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a^ire. If tbcy «ae, Junl tile edict* shall •
Vmve hern revoked, the seizures will have
been illegal, and the collectors will lie liable
»o personal suits. This inconvenience may
be remedied by a provision, directing, that
during that period it shall be the duty of the
Co;lectors to make seizures, but that the
goods shnll be restored to the parties on
their giving bond with sureties lor the vn
lue.
3 No exception has been made bv the
act in favor of vessels which have sailed for
the British East Indies prior to the Presi.l
dent's piociamatidn ; and the short period I
.of three months from the date of that pr» !
fclaination to the day when the law is to |
take effect, will occasion f rleitures or bea. ]
Vy losses in cases ol bnn-i fideAmcrican pro-I
ffterty in England paid for nr ordered orior !
*to the proclamation. It seems in even pmn* j
cf view eligible that cases cteartv foreseen
should be provided for by law, instead of be I
it.g lelt.t. executive discretion.
4 It is believed that an abandonment by !
the United Sta'es of their share of the pe - '•
nalties and forfeitures which may lie incur, j
red. and tint dntribution of these, accnr.
dug to the circumstances of the case,1
amongst the collectors, the other custom
honsr officers, the inspectors who heretofore
nave hail no share and the informers, would
eiiMiie a greater degree of zeal and vigi |
f lance in detecting and preventing inti-acti
ons of t f e law.
5 Some additional provisions will bene.!
oss.Aiy to enforce die law on the northern
frontiers of the U. S. amongst which may
be reckoned ; the erection of some new col- j
fcCii.-n districts, particularly on the river St. j
JLi .wience a:id in the eastern part of the state !
V* Vet in i • • ; an increase of salarv to the
*•' • bat quarter, inasmuch as t:r..'
de tic non-.iinponatioti. that part of their’
< .,a isation which is derived from fees will
la < n iderably reduced ; and that which I
-a11 • s b’om commissions altogether jst ; i
Ai <1 an authority to tnc armed force of the j
U b to make seizures. And it niu»t be ad- !
ded iliHt.the peculiar situation of Uiose dis- I
tr-us will render condemnations extremely '
difficult, unless tile obligation be imposed oil
persons claiming merchandise seized there
to prove that the same was It <*ally jm
-pouch.
All which is respectfully submitted
ALBERT GALU -WIN.
Treasury Department, Dec 10. 1810.
The '.•'tici and report having been rend,
,80 much thereof as elates to the revenue
was teferred to the committee of Ways and
iVleans, and so much as relates io the act
respecting commercial intercourse, C\.c. to
the committee nt Foreign Relations.
A message was received from the Presi
dent ol the U. s. [See the message above. 1
Hie message and report of the Secretary of
State, having been read, were referred to
the committee of Wavs and Means
AFFAIRS OF THE DISTRICT.
On nm ion of Mr Love, the petition of
the President and Directors of the Bank of
Alexandria was teferred to ilte committee
on die district of Columbia.
Mr. Villi Horn presented the petition of
the President and Directors of the bank of
Washington, and of sundry inhabitants of
Washington County; the peti ion of the
1 iesideut and Directors of the Union Bank
of George Town, and the petition of the
Washington Navy Yard, Mechanical Socie.
ty ; severally praying for acts of incorpora
timi. Kelerrtd to the commiuec on the
district <>i Columbia.
O.. notion ot Mr. Morrow,
K -nlved, Tiis.1 the tonumUee of Pnbl.c
Ltnnls be instructed to enquire w .ether ..sty O
it ny, wIia: further provision is n« < ct.a-y !;•.
ir.ade for settling the clmnw to lands, and for
surveying snU sale of the Isncls of the United
State-, in the- T. niton, of Oil .ms and Louis!.*
and that the comm ttee report by bill or o
tile wise.
Mr A7utr reported r bill fur tl.c
oniner.t ol representatives among tlit sen*,
r-i- *>tates according to the 3d enumeration.
[ l ue ta'io ol apportionn.'ent is reported
bl ok ] The bill was twice read and re.
ferred to a com -ittee of tlie whole.
PATENT OFFICE.
Mr. Mitchell remarked that Congress
had, bv virtue of the poWer expressly grant
ed by the constitution to secure to iedividu.
a!' their intellectual proper'y, pissed se
vi ra! statutes, together constituting \-hat
wa , called the patent office. lie said it was
ex remedy evident to every one who enquired
imo the subject, that the power granted to
the S. of btate in this respect was incon plete.
Adverting to the measures taken a. the last
session and commenced at this towards tlie
improvement of tlie state of that office, Mr.
M. said he wished to go a step further bv
adopting the following resolution :
Resolved, ri.»i h com mil tee be npp»':nted to
enquire whether my, and if any, w». .t amend
ments ought to be nude in the », vend acts
f18,11 pfC to individuals an cxelus-ve pnvilegr
in t.u-ir f.eiersl iiwviitious mid discoveries ; —
and that they report thereon bv bill or other- I
wist*.
'1 he resolution was agreed to.
'ibe bill from the Senate to suspend the'
second sec*ion of the act for regulating Fo. !
reign coin1'- was twx** re.'tl ai d committed.
Mr. Johnson presented tlie petiti..
John and Edward Fanner. <1 Louisiana
Territory, praying the aid of the U Starts
,n opening a canal and road wh'u n thev state
will be of great utility in facilitating inter..1
nal communication and intercom sc in that i
countiy. Helerrtd.
Thursday-, D:c. 15.
Messrs. Alien, Burry and bmeli attended
this day
On motion of Mr Johnann,
ll^olvcd. J'h it tlic rninmntee of Wsys end
W o.s n. if.«trnct«f! to prepare and bring it. a
. 11 "*,nf» the no-,her an«l compensation of clerks
'1*' “ r“> departments of the government of
the U S' > *.
Mr. Mum/ord presented a memorial from
mm dry inhabitants of the city of New York
remonstrating against a supposed operation
nt 'lie late proclamation of the President on
those tret f hunts who had previously sent
•tders for supplies of British goods. Ho
fei red to the committee of Foreign Kelatt
ons.
Mr. Mifchill presented a petition of cer
fain pet sons who had imported at a great
explore* number of salt pans, and praying
on account «»♦ the utility cf he object to h*
o:<ru pted from t»ic pa«'’'ien' of tb" duty
then on.—Referred to the committee of com •
rntice ..d imtnnfV.ctures
THIRD KNUMERATION.
i he House resolved i'self info a coommit
tee of the whole, Mr liaaact in the chair,
on the bill to apportion the* Reprsenta'ives
according to the third enumeration of the
people ot the U. S
the rptention orcurring on rhc blank
w) h the number of souls which should enti
the to a representative,
Mr.fiVF remarked that the committee;
('■f '■hich he was chairman) wlr> rep >v«d :
|!»e bill had not agreed on un pieces- utim
her ; hut, consulting 'he opinion of other*
rather than his own, lie would move to fill
the blank .\itn a number not as I ire- v.s h
should wish. The precise amount of h
population of the U S. bv tire present cvu
sus, could not t». ascertained ; but a rvi
onatestimate might be made Calculating
the ratio of increase for the 10 vears since
1800 at the same rate as ten years precad ’
mg that period. ihp present population m v !
he estimated tit about seven million- V i
ratio of one Keprc* eniative for even 45 000
the number of Representatives would • .. ,
be 155. It. howcwr, that population >n. .id
reach 7,500.000 s>»uls us mativ belrv-d. the !
number of lie preseulativ, , w mi ! amount .> !
lftf) llu should exceed 7 500 000 and rear h
8.POOOOO, as some calculvott it would j
tins number would give 17." ftrpreseuta i
lives.
Tile question was t:;km on filling the I
blank with the ratio of 45.000 and mst
For this ratio 39
Against it 56 I
Mr. IV. shator: said as no number hot 4j
000 had been mentioned, and t|»p c.>;iimitr> e I
hud expressed the>r dis ipprobation *>f »t»at 1
number, he felt inclined to propose a larger !
one, although ne had been willing m m'fieri
to mute - itli others, to take the i»no pro
posed by Me Fislc. Ii tlu ratio tell to less
than 4.5 or 50 COO this body would 'H*come
too numerous to ttaosact business. If g.-n
ilemeti would turn their attention to the m
ctcase of the 10 vears previous to 1800 bev
would be. satisfied that, with a parallel iri
ct > ase since that period, a h ss 1 atio than
'15,0.00 would u(fil'd nearly 200 members
He said be felt convinced ’thru a numerous j
both would no, afr rd more talent titan ,i
smaller body. 11 the Congressional district
weie larger, the chance >it obtaining men <>t
talents would be quite as g ent.-f leas* ms m
smaller districts. One advantage of large
districts In the Southern states f,e said,
wculd be to put nn end ;o the moth* of elec*
lioDceritig piactised in some of them ; it
would then be impossible for the candidates
lo tide through them as they now did. Mr.
A. said lie vv .s Imoseli clearly of opinion
that business could be done as w• • 11 and as
satisfactorily with one hundred as wi h two
huntil ed members. He thereto ' moved to
fill the blank m the bill with 50 non
Mr. iJot/d made some rt*m<i*ks. which I
wtie not distinctly heard, in fav->r of a small !
rtitio Frofn the ter.ns of the constitution, I
making jO.OOO * hi* minimum. he drew the!
inference that the illustrious Irnmers of that I
instrument had considered 30,000 as the ,
most propel ratio. He adverted too to the
salety produced by having many counsellors
—a small body might be led away to act ‘
rashly by passion, which would ant have the
same operation on a larger body.
Mi. Alti crj?i said he was decidedly of opi !
men that the ratio ought tube fixed, before
tin- result of the census was known, lie had
no objection to a moderate increase of he
number of members ; if they amounted to!
.•o many that one side ol the House could not
hear the other speak, debate was at an
end, and the purposes of deliberate legislu..
tion defeated. Ke should have !'k<d die
bill better, he said, it it had decHr. d ti,rtl
the House of K presentatives should hereaf
ter consist of a certain number of members, j
and had left the apportionment then to be
mane according to the papulation. On the
subject of electioneering, he said it became
him at '.cast to say that the portion cf the:
people Who sent him here had not been con.
cci tiedin it. Whatever might have been I
the practice elsewhere* so far p.s concerned l
nia constituents, there had been no ,m«r
about or haranguing And on ilie subject of
electioneering, said he, w erever the peo
pie aie free, there will be electioneering——
It belongs to Ire. government F .ssibly dit
icieui pans of the country may diPer as to
ilie mode. In some, men go themselves a
bout electioneering; in others their friends
do it un them In seme, newspaper pub'u
cations help an election; in others they des
troy it. In some places I have heard, the
sacred pulpit is not free Irom it; m others
a tlivine would be destroyed that would at_
temp* it. 1 here was nn> more electioneei
mg Smith, Mr. .V. belit\ed, than elsewhere ;
certain he was that candidates could not
there spend the Mims ot money which he had
heard <.t being spent elsewhere in an electi.
on. Hec.i ucluded by saving, he was in ta
vo' **1 *l moderate increase of Repress nta
tives lit was not afraid tha from a mul
titude .| counsellors nothing would be done ;
it was quite as much to he feared Irom too
tew that they would act rashly.
Mi Smilie, urging the importance of this
question, the necessity of mature rt flection,
and hia own doubts as to the proper ratio,
moved that toe committee lise, report pro
gress and ask leave to sit again.
1 he committee rose, 53 o 49, and ob
tained leave Iosif ntriin. I
TUKElUN COINS.
1 lie H.'Use resolved itselt into a commit,
tee of the whole on the U:il from the Senate
to suspend the second section of the act for
legislating foreign coins.
i lie hul went through a committee of the
wh lef and was u ported to die H* use. The
question o* curred—Snail the bill be read a
IIIi•'(| time f
The following section fmm the. act of
* el>ttieij 9 179J, is that proposed to be
suspended:
" Sco *i. I'roriden n/uutyt, and be it further tn
a cirri, . ii:i t at t tie expiration of three veara next
ensiling, the time when the coin.«g>- gn.i .uid i
stiver, ftgteetihly to the «ct, entitled, *’• An Act j
establishing a mint, and regulating the coins of I
the United States,” shall commence »t the in nt
nt the United S'ato*, (which time shall he an
Honored by th** proclamation of th<; President of
tin-U States) ail foreign gold cniitj, arxl all lb
rc'gn silver coins, except ap.miah milled dollars,
and parts of s’.irh doll... s, shall cease to tie a le
gal tender as aforesaid ”
Mr. Root objected tn tlie passage of the
bdl. By an act ol April, 1B06, the above
section had been suspended lor three years
from that date, wetcli period of suspension
had long ago expired. Why, he asked, now
make that a tender (not by tale, but by
weight) which had not been so for neatly
2 yeais past? He said he certainty should
not gue his vote for what would subject our
citizens to so much inconvenience. Was it
to provide for coin in the banks, which c ould
not otherwise be disposed uf unless at adis
count or sold to be recoinfeU f If foreign
gold was made a legal tender, from the
want ot nr.cans «»t ascertaining its value,
much perplexity would be. produced, livery
fanner nr mechanic did not possess scales
for weighing it, and if they did, probably
had not sufficient acquaintance wiih u •<,
know to how much so many penny we/ghts £c
grains Ainou:'t( d. Besides, he said i would
oe flu i re ring tohnn, is i citkr.cn, to see ti>«
emblems ot ins o»n country circtllittug a.
roong ns in preference to those of a foreign
p.-wi r.
VIi. 1Ii'chrlt said he was one ol hose w'v
bought the hdl of no g-ea* public in iiran
I t h»- iad lather it should pa^s than not. —
II * s itfil the re:.son why th*s section had
hf <n heretofore suspended, namely, that thi
•niut h ul no’, :is hiid b’en xpectcd thrown
into circulation a sufficient qu.intitv rf coin
' •’the currva exchange, the failure be
II'K produced firs’ by a ■■ u>: of skill per
b.'insm ;he coiners, aril subsequently by a
wHnt of bullion to wni k ttp«ni. J'» sick's
when our dollars were coined, it tvas known
• one tha there w..s a pr t!;ri ns
exporta'ion t<> C». Britain and 'lie )vts* In
die ; uud when it arrived in Great B itain.
it was well known, that as from the most
scrupulous honesty the UnitedS a t\s’dot
I tvs e "i ainetl less allot than the silver coins
■s other nh ions, they were melted down by
toe silversmiths for pi tie i d tor other pur
p >-es. If it was expedient to allow foreign
coins to circulate. as the v now do, h\ com
m n consent tor the purpose of avoiding
litigation, he was willing to make them a
legal tender The law had already suOici
untK guarded, by various provisions tv.nicli
M*. M. rcatl, against the circuU.ion of
spu.i .i.u'5 r.v an; other than good rom. VVun
such guards of is purity, the alarm --this
colleague was quite gt ontllp s The coins
w^re now circulating de J'nco; me bill
proposed :pVi'' iy, when g ml to establish a
... f ul in re.ation to .Item.
M- . ’ ‘hard was ill favor of the bill_
H* viewed h decision on the nil as hang
V S *n ' quest, ; of policy ; whether
it was ev-j i u permit Hu’ circulation
of any «> e.o r|« ,, American Spanish
milled dollars •* H< thought a legal circu_
i "'on of golo c • would in; more advanta
gt ais • nan iitii 'i ivtse, .ind therefore lie was
in favor of : he bill:
'ii. .i aeon sh i cl ; i\iv nn. the general firm
c ft1. *ie cwuld not set; win foreign coin
s lonld be made a legal tender, because
'mints could Culler, and have ii tecomed.—
oiu. at the present moment, under the par.
cnlar circumstances growing out. ot t!ie
non. tcnu.vul of the charter of the Bank ol
neL- S’ates. which he understood was
Winding up i s affairs, am! had o{ course
neaiy demands up n the state Batiks; and
umkr lie pressure produced oy this demand
or an increased pressute crea ?d by the
Bank to serve their own purposes, if foreign
coin were not made a legal tender, the shock
upon the batiks and ihtough them upon the
community, would lie vety ievt«o .Vie. B
said he was not, at he present crisis (>f af„
i tirs. inclined to give to the Bank nf the
U mod States a facility to augmen- the
pressure which really existed. These con
St(,ei 4 ions might not l»e en i.led to weight
bin to almw time for turtlie. consideration
°Y. he moved that the bill lie upon the
table ill to morrow.
Mr. Burvjrll a:d in his opinion the gen
lie man lust up nd taken a correct view
nt ,hp As far as m- had any inlor..
rna ion tin* bank t.f the U S pressed very
much upon the sw Hank , rei.:sin°* to re
oe.v, gold com in payment lor hem notes"
w 1,1 ,cr passed oi not would have
rna etial effect upon he country at I-.i-et*.
'rt*8r* C(nn was already circu a. . «■
and ever, .»..c, . h • :.ad a del>' due ... him’
was w.lli,.g .o cio>e it by receiving that
com m p lyment Bin Mr B. said hr d.d
believe, that the crisis ajluded to was one
w.nr.h deserved the consideration nt tl.e
House ; ai.d he believed, by passing such a
law, that they would enabh hr .St o ,• h inks
to s and lie storm gadw i ng.,v. r them
H;s impression * ,tS that h. Bank t' h* (J
s .1 Obtaiu ii»r re ewat. t .a ,v ..,{j
make every effu* < toer.li- m toeir news ill
the monied institutt ms of the count. Hnc*
it am one ho« ed a disposi it., oopp.se,.,e
renewal d then charter Jiat ic would re
ceive •>» quarter from the R .njr nf ti,r ij c
1 he quantity d fo. eig:. gold coin in the conn
tty c.-uld not be considerable, but mtglr be
«tn object to the s a<e banks. To those gen .
He men who •> 'shed to sustain the state
bunks, the o .jeci o. this bill mus be verv .r
crptable. He called the a-tention of the
House to a paragraph he had seen in the
newspapers statmg that from the single port
o. hnadelpina in he las> year there had
beet, exp Tied be-ween 2 and S millions of
Si.ve, dollars ; and inferred thence the pro.
'•tide scarcity of ilu* (J. S. coins. Mr B
uoh m *aVoPofth« bill's lying for considera.
Mr Snfirrf said that, for the informal
on of ,ho House, he would state that the case
"hich had been supposed, as likely to exist
had really occurred. The Bank of the U S
had pressed upon the state banks, refusing
to receive m payment foreign g Id coin
which had been tendered, unless at a re
limfd Ia. m Hif Wrt* th<rt,fore oi opinion
that the bill ought t»> pass.
* ' ao ,l! WilS or*ltM'eJ to lie on the table,
50 to 4J.
Friday, Dec. 14.
Mr Southard from the committee of re
V,sal «c. inane a report of unfinished busi
ness ; which was read and ordered to lie
on (he (able.
Mi A*wrrjn reported a bill authorising
the issuing of debentures in certain cases ;
which was twice read and referred to a com
mittee of the whole.
On motion of Mr j\rivton,
V T"at the committee of Commerce
and Manufactures be instructed to enquire -mo
toe expediency of m king lberie „-.» me rivor l e
er. in the Territory of Orleans. ;l ,mrt 0fclrtrv .
and ihat the committee have leavo to report by
bill or otherwise 1
On motion of Mr. Gold,
Kesolved, That M c‘ommi»‘ee be appointed to
< oqmre into the expediency of providing by I , v
fir asceitsmm* and a.nhng the controverted
bounds of the l.mla of the U ft at West Point ,n
the state of New \.»»k
On motion of Mr. Purler,
ltenidved, 1 oat the > oinmutee of Commerce
anc. Manufacture* be instructed to inquire into
tin* expediency of removing the office of codec
tor of toe custom, lor the district of HufW,
Irom tlic vilUcr -f Hull loi-1(. [f, . fc |.;ock
l’OKEIGN COIN'S.
On motion of Mr. Acwicn. the House re
sumetl the consideration of the bill to >u."
pend the second section oi the act rejnilatiur
Foreign Coins. **
i .,^r’ f^uinctJ fnoved a recommitment of the
bill to a ie.ect Committee, on the ground
that it would he apprehended, as it at prt _
sent stood, go to admit the gold coins of fo.
reign powers to circulate at the*r nominal
instead ot i heir real value; by which means
certain coins won.d become a tender at their
nominal value, which were not worth so
much by four cents in »he dollar. To die
pi no;pie of the bill,he mid, there Could be
no objection, anti he only wished a commit
tee should be appirte . toex .oune tlie ope*
ratir ii of the bill and ascertain whether it
wuuld be as lie suspected or i.rrt.
After, a fevv observation i from IV?*»4sr<!
M"Ctii!l and Hit 'ii on the su!>}cC‘. tnc bill
VA1» r?'e it'd moittee of fire.
I HIU1) ;*F.NSUS,
Ihc H msv I'l yjlv; <| :'s>|i into a cnaiaiit.
*'r '•I the whole 51 -o 14- Mr ft mi-' in ilie
chair, on die bill t-»i ippur.i'Oing tlie Re
ore-* ntutivci neronling in ih<- third ciiumr
i At inn of the pe >;>!e nf ihe tin- U. S.
1 iwq-n-somu pending when th«: c rnmii
**" r ' esterd .y w is, on til! nr the blank
tor the nuo nf apmirtioniuec. with 50,000.
| i'liis cpiestion >V h ' « , Yves 23. >
| The number 43 000 w> next prop *-.* d,
lod In',: ; 4° I i ,i, 56 agvosr ir The
numbw 40 000 w is n--x: proposed, and af_
•e» brba.c, agreed m by the commiitteJ
ty«s 78
I •>< committee then rose and reported I
jlh* b-ll is amended.
i 1 lit q u s' ion was put on c incurving with
the com ii • e <f the whole m filling the
i blank wish 40 000.
Hut a mo i —i mas m ule by Mr. Quincy to
pos'pone the full till Monday,andeveiituahv
carried, 55 >43.
LEGISLATURE, OE MARY LA YD.
Monday, Doc. 3.
On motion of Mr. Ferry, the lolloivior re.
solutions were read :
VVnertasit is ,ui object of great impnr_
tanct to elfec. an adjustment «>l the west
nil limits ot this state, by mutual Compact,
between tiie common wealth cl Virginia ami
this st tte ;
Resolved, That the governor, and council
tie, and they are Iteroy authorised to ap_
point three c i.iimissioners on the part of this
state to meet such Commissioners us may bo
appointed for die same put pose by the com
moil wealth of Virginia, to settle anti adjust
by mutual compact between the two govern ,
mtnt>. die western limits of ,hi> Ma'.’e, anti
tht dividing loie and boundary between this
state and said common wealth-and also to
st*.lit and adjust as atoresa.d any claim of
this state and the suit! commonwealth, to
territory within the limits of me other ; and
the commissioners appointed as aforesa>d
ate requied to report then proceedings m
| v‘rtue their appointment and authority, to
| the general assembly ol this state, at their
[next se>s ion, ale r the same shall hive been
concluded, fui cr-iifi* rotation 01 rejection.
Uesnlvvd, 1 tint the governor of tins state
[ be requested to traiisiuii without delay to me
governor of V irgi ia, a c py of the foregoing
j r«solve, in order to its being laid before the
legislature ot that common wealth ; .mil at
' the same ime to communicate tfie wish of
[thisg.nei.it assembly t ut a simiitr resolve
niay be passed by the legislature of Vinri
I nia. ° “
I
INTERESTING TO MERCHANTS.
It app that 2j Ainencau vessels and
Cargoes have jcen confiscated by the Coun
cil oi Prizes a Paris, since the fi-.-t «t J-.„u
ai y I'l5*'■ \/e u> e apprised, however, iliac
roa: tribunal ha* umioi nly ; a'died coinpro..
nu-es between the capt ; s and captured ;
and as it is a subject on winch considerable
doubts have existed among the merchants,
we have deemed it p, .per 10 state a tew
facts hi elation to it.
In '/it1 cuac of . /jc Ahtdison, of Bal'iv^ove
— I wo thirds of .lie nett proceeds were re
stored to the owners.
/in? Carotin?, of Boston -This vessel
wa« restored, and the su n „f 33 000 ducats
was given for the cergo. whicti was near
l> equivalent to 'he nrst cost and changes
The f'amc.of S.jrfotk—This vessel was
restored with two-thirds of the value of the
invoice.
* he Indcfiendrnr?' r,t~ Haiti:" on •_
captured ace. ed half of theV.cTt proceed^
and »he vessel was restored.
The Union of Providence_The vess"l
was restored, and the nett proceeds of the
cai go wmi- rij i.- ll> divided be.w een t!ie c 11
tors anti captured. " 1
I he Arrow, of Boston—One third of the
nett proceeds of vessel and c.ugo were riv
en to the captured
The Imsrica, oj Phimde/f,hin-\Vas ran..
Mimed tor t .e sum ot 100 L'On !r uncs
SwatTv, f Philadelphia
-U0.G00 francs were jiten to the cap
tured. '
1 he Pocahontas—1 he vessel was restor
ed and 166 u00 -r.t cs w.re given to me
prourieturs the ca> go.
The Sfirimr h.ri> j,Ulza w c .([_
t.aptnrt d m ports of 'he bay of Bisc ty The
vessel and half of the nc c proceeds were
given to the owners.
Several other compromises were made
in the month of September and October
last, in the case of me Governor Gore, ife.
An article which o gm tily appeared in
th: Boston prints, and lias been copied in
lT'li «rher)fW17‘‘-i P‘i,,lS' s'a*-ing that Mr.
I) B. Warden late consul at Pai n, in con
sequence of a serious misunderstanding be
tween liir.i and Gc-n Armstrong •• modiri
ted an a tack”on that gfntkman. is. w-«rc
authorised to s.ate, utterly untrue, and with
out foundation.—A at Int.
Extract of a Utter from a xentlrnutn in the If it
23**nf/o ’^'rrr,tory* ttated fort StoJdart, Oct
“ I)i:au Sir We last night received infor
mate,,, tha, GW,,| Thom „ on h*£Z,
FW 'Mn'l'r,5!' Un' F'"t "* lile
Florida, lie to Jr p., (>| j p, lS10 . 1- Till*
pnnrtp il ' ilia ounts have p«t up , |,fiiP mo*. 4 *
, ef<rr,*I"WHt,,e Knn , ,r protection, . ml ,t
«• II bf* defender,v ail tlle ,iiMS
ti c military I he Fort .s one of the bey .
military work in thn mo,id of it, diu. -iU, - -
and military gentlein-ri 8ty, w.|| |,e „
haroe*t to get possession of. r< f. s
no ram,on, nd of course t is uncertain die pin,
he wdl put'diie lie ,s brave and desperate, ami
followed hv men capahb* of any «l,inrj m(.., can
1 ' i , ,nr d<’U il a 1)1 ""'y ^e:,r on ;„v
feaclnng Mobile. 03 I im confident he will n
tempt some desperate m »v nirn t* He ar‘s
nmlor the authority of the I) ay on S„rah Convey
^n- .their object appear, n >w to add t > their
Jh.tr,a, the iJ.stncfg Uymc be-ween men ami
Tw "'!m0r',,lrr ,v,,rcK »M the District*
’ Weal . Ion ],. and bring the whole under o «
General Covernm nt In this they
ran raise a i i.kast ten thousand militia. Any
farther movements 1 will inform you of.”
Tile fnUe v.n" i, ro rr,r„rt of a letter fmm near
St Stephen*, flft.tti.tippi Terr,lory, t, „ gentle
man m thtt city, dated Nov. 1U, 18lU._ N.it.Jnt
" Ned >tibt you will he fn full po* session ofthc
er nmstmres which I,a. Utelv ,ra a,,.re I «•
U.mn Ruife in W-at FI »ridi. The Convention
hare sent agents t » this (J.sfr.ct to i ,v,te men to
•>,7 v ?rra! Thontsa, wtio, ! am informed, will
altnc* \.o t.le ,n 20 or .% d«ys f -m this, with H.
r» .it 4dU men. be.* d« what go from d» h Them
•* nl no» number Iroui this neigtijoiftt/od.’*
H.E ■« s •- ' < tmn mr
l ion Agent. Stock Exchange & Tobacco 8< o
*cr m, this place, w ere 1,- ..ft ,s h<s v pvicm ,0
tne public to transact gcer a Commiasio.. li,,*-*.
n«a, which he w ll e.itueiy devote hi* -u ...on
t), with a nope ot > n, able to execute to uivan
t.ie various ord is from i i? country ^-‘Ise-1
w..ei-e, with pr >mn mde, either in the ask or
purchase ot the dirl'tent articles current in this
market, as he will always consular it his duty
faithfully to obse ve me interest of his friends .y*
giving them the earliest information r-sp.- Viar
t!ie state of our mafkets, and othet circum ,Zt
ces that may ocmr, which he trusts will uh m. tc_
ly tend to promote him in their esteem H i\ i&
a fire proot Warehouse near the basm of t. • ••**»
nal, which is r«ady for the reception of „li kuula
ol storage, on the shortest no! ice and reasonable
terms, where ever, exertion a ul unlimited atten
tmr. w. I he paid to the interest ol those who nnV
please to honor ...... i,,c,r commence He
ptease to honor him with their confidence. He
will also otter for sale, at public auction, ev« ry
[ d"y a; - ° ‘■dock, before the door of the H- II Ta~*
. -- viww, in uh: rv II i a#-'
rei n, or on the prcm.ses, lands, tenements, slaved
horses, goons, wares and merchandize of ev, Z
description, that his friends may please to con, gn
him. He wdl attend the sales of goods and fr.‘
inn s on tl,f* wltariv o fevwi:**. , . j ° .
•* , —•** " ,**’t u»»|iOfCa Ot. *ttnl*r'
red n fire proo. iioure; advances of cash made*
it required by BARTLETT STILL,
ii n -p ’•'obncco Broker and Vendue M ister.
Jitil Tav-'n, It t un . rf, Virginia
Wlio has on hand, a •••.t bur*- ,in r>
ary t.OuDS \„d ’ qU*"t,ty °f
SJJJ do'fc“ L ‘,,d ,n:he Ohio
*U‘J» uj do m K.f-o'uct'v
8UJ0 do do ,n Hurr^.m *ml
R.i.m dph counties, lor sale low, or barter ii.r „
toer oro,»erty u"
Tne "igi esc price given for to'.a-cn w
■at.'
Hour and hemp—als- bills of exchange
•ok
stock, ump.ke *»d j river company**
negoc.Hier at l,i» ffl , ,sn ra.s.-d on
>rl
no es, an.I all .1 • s t bank not. a rhansrt
t d.
m •delate premia n. d- fits mile .fed &. m.V, f
turn other account* liquidated v/ohdisn , ,-i( Ly
BAlt i'LET 1 STILL. ’ ^
- Fl T anti O.mtnhtion Mi • oi.ant.
Beil Tavern R niond, V.rgi,., ,.
1/ALUaBLK UA.NL’, t*or .SALE_•
V subscriber wdl sell, nncl K,,e , n.n . Z
po.sess.r.n, I... PLANTATION ly nK L Z
cayler county, on th~ Rnppah„mv i .-Ser, CQ,Z
taining by estimaiion, 700 acres; 40'J <>-i his land
.s under a heavy grow,hot valu..„l, timber, and
the balance is ffe«d com „flt.at |;in.,
the premise*! there „ a bri k two .... ,ry |Lr«
binMing which With little repair. ,flay
com. ort able and convenient f.,r a kc:iv- I t.. .
there ,« also two very good app!orchard,
•9 ywnic trees of choir e fruit, & , variety of other
.i " . tr< e» on the pi,mat,on, and 0,t,*r convenient
cu a which t.hs p ace possesses tomske ,t a t. .,i.
rnhieoi.e; tins hnd.sdivKlediiUotuos-pir.oc.
y 40J & <*- other 3jo woi. it
w,.l be sold acp.,rate, t-, suit ti e purci,.,, . - „„„
person wishing- to purc-iase may know tie ZZ
by apply,,,- to the site,!,,, ,, T .mVS
king, resid.ng in Northu.n!,. rbn I
December 1, *******kl.L.
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f) H Y a o o D a. *
| Oil 'J 1 Y' 'MI ha< rrce.-rrd prr ,/,• f/n
4 rT' Yrfioi / pntuge* -v.,.,
,Hr ut rtf ttnnt, ontd Article* Wire A Ar w
poiC of ’- wAr.. , ..V rAe i«,,i ni^e
hrfi*' t.ti' u < * (,. fjiii»
Slip Ji’ i <V st mcr>:s
I't'tfu tl I,nit
IH'ooilrn S atinetts
Welch Pirtiiu
Mar-one Vo-kthirc Cloth'1
| 1‘rlitsc Cl a* lit
Ha*c Wtnket,
Vtlfta Corduroy*
Cull/coca, Co:io i, Checkn
Cambric/ Mur,.in* ami
Cotton Shirt up*
Ht ha* (i/to for # V tonic excclmt Hr cion
Stout, ,nc„ab co-.'. ,«.n< ,2 H ,3
Appi v at hit Counting Room in ,/,e Croi* s,
lr ,n. to Shock,*'i Tobacco Warehou e
Richmond. b- r. 11 ^
Iff A N K P V1 K01N1 .7-77"
l' s #r° >»ereby notified tfc.tufir jjeneJafanl
1 ”K f )i . c or* tor Z n, fr
of Virginia. and tb~ several off , 0r discount t
«rS7?&
oJS^!Stocrcnmiovzi -
SAMPSON^ yp£VJCI7
ENQUIRER OFFICE, Dec. 18.
TO THE EUITOR OT THE ENO'JII'f It
SIR,
It> an addressed to the Legisl «ttir- of
V*- on the subject of the U. S. Hunk UilL
pubushed m your paper of the 13tli iiiat I ob
served that “ 1 h<ij reason to believe that
too Senators ot this stale 'would be ‘among ilia
Miirnhcr’ ot Its advocates,'• unless ZNSTavCT*
eu by their constituents —Since writing*
that essay 1 have seen a letter from Mr. Giles,
aru! from another Senator of the United Stales,,
winch enables tne to correct n statement, not?
made but with a ft m conviction ef its truth,
numded as I supposed, on sufficient reasons—*
! *o* I** t^r of Mr G'le* coiit uru, as it ought* no
p«;.irr .coloration ni his sen'iments on mis iin
(.■•riant subject, hip leaves u strong inference that
ms fine laU nts will he enlisted on Uu- side
tmth, in sujip rt of the ■ onstPuliun— Sit friend}
lc:t r is mure explicit.
\ el urn with viand mg, the legislature ought to
instruct—their example w ttid be some'hing,
th-tr mere recommendations would have weight,
and they have another I' li.t'ir to whom instruct
tio::s might be necessary—There are tew men
more intelligent tlian Mr. Brent, and none more
amiable ; but his opinions m.iy he, .mil I b heve
in iin-> instance, are not only erroneous, but in
direct hostility to those of his inimedi.wu consti
tuents, and of the people of V rgini g-ncrdly.
t% , H A U..MOD !(/&.*
December 13, 1810.
fj' We arc h ippe to 1cm, that fie tide ill
turning at Washing, n ag dust the U;;rk.
I’hc following from u very intelligent gentle
man at New-Orlems, proves, that obHcrvers
near the scene of action, recommend the very
step which has been taken. J
Extract of a letter to a gentleman in this citv, da
ted N O Nov. J6, 1810.
“ Things in the Floridas remain in statn quo.
I suppose that the attention of Congress be.
early and earnestly directed to that quart ._
There is but one rational course to be pursued_
The country, at least as f«r as the Perdido, ought;.
U> J, n l,f)'^,,Jsion of by the United St .te's—
801 ,i/Ti,4er' " ou,d bt‘tl,e ">'•*« dist mt probabili
ty ot East Florida Calling into the hands of any
European power whatever, we should, without;
hesitation, fix our standards at M Augustine anA
Pensacola The province f itself'isof |,Ule va
lue ; but it is one of the keys of the Mississippi *.
Power |>1 seed there, wHl control the commerce
of the .Vestern Woild”
DiKo.at York (V ) on Friday last, after a,
long &. lingering illness, Cykus Gkiffi» e.Su
i’ederal District Judge, of this State
'f? M my articles exelud- d, to let in the jour.*
nals of Cung -sa—Qur fingers tingle, to expose
the cool u> ill I muilt which our minister has
ree.eiv- d. »•»» t Br • mb Court