Virginia Argus — Richmond, Va., 1810-01-26 00:00:00, page 2

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RICHMOND, "*
FRIDAY, January 26, 1810.
FOR THF. ARGUS.
M*. Editor,
THE following remains were written
some months since at my request,
by a young gentleman residing in the
Western p ,rt of Virginia, and con
veyed to me by letter. The fami
li '.rity of the epistolary style, I
thought might not very weH suit
lh: nature of the publication. I
have therefore taken the liberty, to j
make some few alterations, by which
(candor compels me to sav) the piece
has ra her iost than gr,iucd. It was
the original intention of die author,
as he himself told me, to have writ
ten only a vindication of Cicero,
■wherefore I shall give it tc you un
der the signature of some remarks!
on the Letts as o', the British SFy,
in a familiar correspondence, by
Philo-Tullius. The author in his
letters scrupulously avoided general
censure, and if any thing like it
should escape me, I beg that it may
be attribut d to the furnisher,and not
to any disposition on the part of the
writer tno ha.'shly to ceujnre faults
in a work for who3e beauties he was
partial. They were enclosed to me
in two letters. I shall submit the n
to the pujlic in two number-.
W. L.
ISO. I.
Wksterw Fohkst, June 20,1809.
* BOOKS are known to the world un.
* der Several n.»inrs (says Swift) as Dis
‘ putt's, \rguments, Rejoinders, Bi lei Con
* sulerutions^ Answers, Replies, Remarks,
•* Reflect oiis. Objections, Confutations. For
i a vry few days they are fixed up in all
‘ public placeSj cither by themselves or
‘ tlie.r representative*, for ptssengers to
* g;se at, trom whence tne ca;efest, aad
* ana lar«es?, are removed to certain ma.
‘ gszmes called Libraries, there to remain .
‘ in a quarter purposely assigned them,
‘ *nd from thencefoi tu begm to be called
‘ Books of Controversy'.**
We have in Vi rginia a book which hns
passed through the necessary .gradations
until it li'.s been quietly stuck into the
corners of rur libraries adoued’lt, and be. '
cone of cour»e a «*Bjok of Controversy.”
by a • etter claim too that, 'tbit ci bulk.
1* Hre authors suffer their Valuable lucua
b-Rions toreach this po ut, wiicrethey are
Iixely either to be forgotten, or to be re.
inotuocred anu t'eltr. td to as arbitrators of
literary cootraversies, it would be well
Kn ii. .u to mite the appeals ot their Cli.
tmsassale as possible, by correcting those
(,r wh:cn they had besa bstrayea,
by that ualortu.iutu g.ddioess which .t.
tcc most authors in tueir first efforts—or
i uic . commonly the case by .iguo.
rtn o, it ■> puiite.y c.tllcd, by not
knov/i . bet er. Nwtv since the author of
i.,e iii i.su spy hns no. ihougnt it proper
tj ru .t '.nt- arr.c Jd meats, end smee for
r jgut i an w i»e uas lclr our country
( <ttch »f he wnut ne i-ports n niseii
to have oi'iit *«. h .1 tv . ;h reason lo de.
s re) . should ue uc one oi our own cm.
2 mi, nt .u • hs »o con* mpiuously of oar
learning ha. fte w.il pr«^ably m ver Ukc
t.io troun c to set u- tigi i» wuai ue nas 1
ken soa.c to set u_ wr ug bOut, 1 w 1 w th
gr.at utfor«mce t ms coi.su.D n.itc wisdom
and w.di b rms ng uitfta nee of my own
siend.r a0.i'..ie». uu it ioi him, not m tne
.east <ioub<H)g that tie will assure himselt
that 1, an lil.u tate V irgin un, will uOt as.
|itc .o any competition widi his lordship
(if hi. is o lord; wh cu 1 oeg leave to doubt,
supposing it to bo w tu . 3 i»e o.usr errors
ui tm like K. nd a laji.u* )ienr.ue.
Ci . . ■ .s<b i.. i .i
MUV -- —--— —■•■hi
l: -.y to or attendee >y in* y dimcultitu,
buiu deCiOkt: the ic 'trs o a.a brl.iati Spy,
h ,v« ai.ca " euc.ved tcry war ucommcii.
d»tioD' ' - .a i e yu ; ic ; aud b< cause tb' u
kuppOsvM ac tier j. •* out. md) w ill * ccr,
t in cias*. m read*ra,.(w.»oadmire the co/.ia
ot spr-c. x) a rrpu.a l Jr tar th-- highest lit*
ru-y afa.i.ci--.. * ; J w.d liaiikly „vuw litr.t
J *:u vuy rur f» .*: /i*.ui;g .ud;.i-*c., from
any-meri wL *Kncr the latter* mm,
seivo*, c neir vuibca- int»y pj>K • , a, i a.a
v ry v .mg 'o at know cu0e. anii- imni»h«
er (wmi I .hke to ot tue wrnvijha* said,
»* . .ii y arc pieil y wnttei * »nd <t m nofc
generally n« lau.t oi O'. praisa that u a
too w. a».
Then have beer in several purls of tb •
Unite state* cr t c *if»» published, o.i tho
IJiu.j.. Spy, hit th > hear strong mark* «f
h V r.g’b-ru w. *ttei» Oy sorur of hie LiaWr
yen. it wh •»» >ur anchor speaks," who
li*.’ * no-. * iSoe.it funu of general know,
ltd'*”t r kuch x wot It ; or oy ruc.i as have
cipc* A tbt L» ok to s.ii, and w u .i wish
a* mnny a* p 1 • trie to ~»e c t»ver cd mto
4 tOufctofC'uit-, veny” oy whatever means
t ;y c«utd to they weie p.id tar theif p «ioa,
Ynewcoojictsrrt will lie thought mr.,-t ua
l rai, wiirn it is remvint.srtd ’hut the oa
to which I ( art’ >nr y ai.ude. Was p'l-rian.
ed in that p,irt .A .he union wneb u.odostlv
»«yh t .it .1 the " A u as ot • A ner.c* ”
The critic ifthsl commercial MAt<-, which
nn^ht with ipucii proprttty tie culled tne
Iloc-tia a3 i„? A hen* oi cur nation, a!or
liinrciiiijr j,ie * ,rit in geuei-il ei n*f
rem rk*d««(aul scert on Words, ♦*4 raau.
gie, Crepuscular, Irgoormc i/* tr »low*
er-f*r well »u,uctf ih remarks tjay be to
the captenv o| the critic v/uo i|t.= ti c them,
J *>••!( uke i,o notice my**If ot any enors
el this kind, althuigti th y art numerous-—,
t/ .it we t< n*’d rt tn« very narrow hound*
Wf-eie.rt the utbor allowed hlmaeif to coin,
*n. tih- a. j jo a.t Uiir.nd to criticise words,
but ult.j.
* il^.ksaciutsctt^ r
i
I hope my reader brill not be disappoint- *
ed if he shall find these preliminary re
marks too lengthy tor so inconsiderable
ua essay as T propose to raise upon them,
since 1 follow the example of most-of oar
modern writers, who promise very fairly,
aiul say very pretty things, in the beg’n.
nirg, but as soon as the work is entered on,
shov that they knew how to promise bet
ter than do any thing else. 1 would advise
them to remember, as 1 shall do myself
throughout the short annotations, which 1
propose now to make on the Letters of the
British Spy, the Story of Dionysius the Si
cilian tyrant, and the courtier who shook
his cloak whenever he entered the court,
to show that he had no weapon concealed ;
but was told by Dionysius, that he would
rather he should do so when he went out,
that he might see he took nothing away,
which did not belong to him ;
The idea of writing such a work as the
British Spy, was perhaps suggested to the
author by the Letters of the Turkish Spy,
said to have beeo first published in Paris,
but which were soon translated and exten
sively circulated. The manner in which
the letters were brought to the press is al
: most exactly the same.* But plagiarism
' of this kiu-J, if any fault at all, is the least
I which a book can have, and much less than
[Virgil was guilty ofin the .Lneid. Perhaps
too it is the only kind of which the British
Spy cau be acoused. His allusions are cu
1 naerous, but 'those of Cicero and Boling
broke, are numerous also It is not my in
tention to invoke the cursfes of every man
of taste upon my head, by comparing these
writers, the most eloquent perhaps who
have ever adorned the pages of literature
—with- the author of the »k pretty" para
graphs of the British Sp3r. I only menti
on this'circumstance to assure him that I
do not mean to condemn in him what his
long been admired in greater men. I am
sure, however, that I shall be pardoned ui
regretting, tbat since the British Spy^ pro
baoly, imitated them, in some of his al u
sions and comparisons, that he had not imi
tated them also in their accuracy- This
was a duty particularly incumbent on him
who is to p >S3 far a British Lord, and a 11.
i terary despot, and who finds us so dtfici-*
frit in € * orpnpru I Irnninlerlw*^ *nri it Hiticrtnu!
ornament.” However general his know,
ledge and reading may b*, h<* has certain,
ly never read the Metamorphosis of Ovid,
or eLe he has done it to very little purpose ;
since he haa enlarged the ashiev.in.ms of
Hercules by a labour, which, although it
111'ght not have bevn a great one, is one
which we have no reason to believe he ever
performed. This labor is the strangling
of the serpent Python,f who COvid says -^pol
io, shot with his arrows. Andwce.her Ovid
or the British Spy knows best, is not tor me
to determine.
The second letter in which the author
shows us plainly, that he succeeds better,
in polishing sentences, in the ilcwing and
watery vein ot Osorius, the Portugal Bishop,
as Lord Bacon says, than in matter, might
be a very fit theme for criticism and retu- <
tatian, had it oot been already ably handled,
by an anonymous writer, under the Bigna. 1
ture of ao Enquirer. The British Spy in I
this letter, if 1 endurstand him at all, cer.. ]
tninly means to contend as the Enquirer i
understood him to do : that a muimain I
which had jast emerged from the deep, t
wcuid, in the revolution of the earth, en. <
counter the resistance of that part of the o. ]
sean by Which its eastern base was envelo- t
ped. Or why does he say, “ still to our f
■‘newly emerge^ pinnacle, which is whirl* t
“ed by ihe earth’s motion ttuough waters j
“of‘.be deep, tire consequences will be the
11 same its if there were tilts actual and t
“ strong current.” *Now» if I understand l
the meaning of the expression “ wmrled 1
through,” tue British Spy lUtendv us to sup
pose that hit newly b merged p.nnacle is K
continually leaving that p .rt of the sea r
oeniud which was Uetort: in coauct with
the pinnacle—or if he means by the ex* >
pression, that the p nnacle and water move \
on togsther, he h.tdas welt say,that a man t
who marches in company wth an army i
without ever chang r.g the relative position i
which he has to the soldiers who compose :
it, marches through the army. Tie must f
mean then, that the pinnacle is continually (
cuccuuteiung the resistance of the water as r
ihe oreast ot a Swan does w*ien she swum i
over a lake. This w-«uid firi:na facie be t
very uncivil in the pinnacle to run nwuy i
rrotn the water winch made it ; and it i
wuuiu jivvircn i fULic uo wuu ra.)r \sj <t:i
the known laws A moving bodies For toe
relative mo'..on ot all bodies on me earth
is eKac.ly such ss it would be were me
f.i-tb at rest. Since whatever motion it
may g.ve tu a oar e running to the east, the
t>..*ne motioti will it g vv to the gicy ho-am
at itt bee.*. And so hkew.se it-.n-.y run to
tue west r>u sagacity of me British Spy,
or the furuis.ier of tiis letters, or their ad
vocate, whoever he m/iy oe, will not, 1
h pe, enquire of me, way then a hound can
leap as far to the w<»l as towards tne east.
For wh»Krver he lo^es at his rise, uy means
ol tue rotatory mo.ioa oi tue eari.i towards
Me east, he will rug.ua oy tnr.ans of the
sine motion using given tu tue print
winreo.1 lie will light. Till same thing*
take pl.iX._- With b dicsurv ug in fluids, and
with flu ds ihemseives. Nor can 1 con./
:eive h w try the revolution of the earia,]
any loco motion will he given to the parti,
ties of fluid up >n us surface For, if a cup
of water be pfaced upon the deck oi.a Ves*
icI sailing r.m ,or dy, me water will oe aL
iuo»t as pe.fecUy without motion, as if it
w is on teitii firm i. Anti if lliere was no
irreguLr y or tottering in the vessel, i.
wouid b • entirely s . Ta • Urn ah Spy will
not taiuK. that I am forgetting his expert*
meat of the plate am. o 1, winch Ciawileo
u-ied fur the m:o purpose that lie hat
il.*ne, and wb ch »as as little concern w.tn
wn u i f, w. jug, as it uad w;rh whu he
intended to '•apl in >y it* We know that |
the tendency of a»l oodi. ■ at rest to reman) 1
so, wm'd make t ie oil overflow by u sud.
J n jerx Bel lot ih« motion be cmauiuau i
c-i.eJ gradually, and n« will fi id that the i
o f will auo.i become reconcile I to motion,
And will overflow on to* Ojipuu.tc -side when i
Cue plate is .m.iuenly stopps I. Th.s cxptri.
ment m.j'H have been ot service to a boy,
who, hku John (idpiii, was going to r’.de a
• Vid. prtf ice to vol. 1st of the Turkish
py# and preface to tue UriUsa Sj»y.
,t V.li, ia«t, IX,
I *
race, to let him know that if he strict h;s
horse su ldenly lie mig it lie tossed over his
heid. Bu: l do not suppose that he wio
made the eirth, made it without knowing
this—and he therefore made the waters at
the same tune—and they moved on har
moniously together.
After supposing to he true, what any
thing bat credulity would doubt, he dedu.
ces inferences, which, ia reason, are not
deducible. 1 shall piss over his idea ol
Hampton Roads being at some fu uro day
fertile rallies, and of the Guiph of Mexico
being filled up, in contradiction to another
philosopher who supposes it ooce to hare
oecn a champaign country.^ But there ia
one idea so cur.ous that it deierv.-s some
attention. “ Perhaps (says he) at some fu.
ture day lands mav emerge in the neighbor
hood of the antarctic circle, wnich, by pro
gressive accumulations, anh a consequent
increase of weight, in ly keep A juster b*.
lance between the pales, and produce n
material difference in our astronom.cil
calculations.” So tar from there being
any probability of lands emerging near ei
ther of the polos in preference to the equ^.
torial regions, it is more probaole mat
they will emerge in the latter iu prefer
ence to the former. And even if they wjre
to emerge near one of the poles, 1 can find
no reason why they should do so towards
the south rather than the north. Reason,
ing bv conjecture, aod conjecture too net.
ther founded on reason nor probability, will
riever bring truth from the well and Indeed
it hss more the appearance of falling down
after it, an experiment which will give ua
nothing but broken bones.
The shells which gave birth to this
letter of the British Spy and which are
found 15.090 feet nbove the level of the o
cean, will perh ps long defy the research
es of philosophers. Mons. Voltaire's idea
that they have been formed by chemical
affini'ies, his been treated with its merited
contempt. We must then necessarily ad
mit that they were onee the envelopes ol
living animals and of animals existingon
ly in water. The next and most difficult
query is, how came tney on the Audes an J
other places distant from and elevated a
bove the sea. That they never could hive
been carried there by any human or other
animal beings, their number R9 well as the
fruitlessness of such a task testify ; they ne
ver could hare b-sen hurled there by any
volcanic eruption, as the form in wuicu
they are deposited, as well as their union
by slender ligaments, proves. They must
then hive perished in their native els*
ment, the sea, that is, the surface of the
earth must once have been covered for
15 000 feet with water. To this idea a
very able writer and cautious philosopher,
nasobjected, that if all the circumambient
fluids by which our earth is enveloped,
were converted Into water, that they could
only cover it at the greatest calculation
for 35 feet. And even if that portion of
matter which has since the supposed al.
luvion been converted into organised bo
liesjwas added to the calculation, it would
fall far short of 35000 fect,p irtlcularly since
>y far the greater part of these bod es are
ighitx- than water. Are we then to su,j
lose with the ingenious Dr. Darwin, that
he moon was really hurled from the bed of
he Pacific Ocean, and conjecture farther
hat the waters which once covered the
arth have retired into this cav ty f Were
disposed, as more ingenious men have
ieen before me, to account f:r unknown
ihenomena by shocks and convulsions of
store, I might believe this io have hap
leneti.
L*et us for a moment instead of imagining
he “ highest paint of the Biae ridgo” to
lave emerged —imagine the earth just to
ave commenced its revolution on its ax s.
ri;en as Aristotle haj sai Isince tnereis in all
odies revolving roundel txis ume * ilnt,
uieacent, wa cn psir.t is the axU-.-that
> a line lying between the two p.iles-„it
vlll lie easy to conce.Ve now nucri less me
vlocity must be near the sequiescent points
iian remote from them, since it increases
i receding from them directly as the pe
iferles of the circles of latitude wnich eir
u usenbe the eartn at any given dis< ince
rom the poles. HfaCfi the velon y of any
ioint in the equator whose diameter is
nore than 7970 miles, must be to that of
mether point ne .r one of the poles almost in
he rutin of iiifcuity to nougnThi3 greater
relor.ltv in the emiatorial than in the rninr
egionstvill give to water und to loose para
idea of matter on tha be a of the ocean a
cadency to accnmulate m ttie former at
he expense of the later parts of our Globe,
iy which mean* the water of tae seas
oust once have been elevated in (he t o
>ic«l and other countries near the tropics
0 a height much beyond that which it at
iresent holds. For by the a ^cumulation of
olid particles of matter and by their su.
lerior specific gravity to that of water,
hey must have taken its place, and driven
t hack again to <s polar habitation* But
he precarious ebbing* and flowings of tnc
ides of the sea, from known and other
ihanges, from unknown and adventitious
causes, the for ns of continents are not ex
ictly such as these reasonings would lead
is to expect. Thus might large beds of
ihells and marine substance* ->a in one mo*
nent deposited on the highest mountain,
ind in the next bur ed by a mass of earth.
shall offer in other apology for suggest
ing these remarks than tnat l do not re
;oUect to have ever seen or heard them
ugrested by any o.ie else.
PHU/J-TUL.UU3*
| V,d. Appendix to Jefferson's Not at*
Extract oC a tetter *rj/n IVuaWngtan Ci+
4(, dated January 18tht 1810.
tc Ae opinion here is that John M trsha’l
vrites tne fl‘d scions” whicu appear in
he new-fledg’l er Pitriot” of your city,
f m, the judge (exc.pt in point of tern/ter)
nakes as bungling a hand of it aa his bro.
,ner sc.'ijilers in «!ur quarter!# His ho.
ior hashis rcNim and firtra r grieV*
vtiich impel him at this period to wield
ils pen. 2!" and the wnole host of his Co#
1 jjutors m iy batfev away at Mr. Madison«
lit President is i an penetrable, ana grow*
nore pjpaUr every diy.”
-COMMdHCR —From the 1.5th March
o the 31st clecen^er last, 470 vessels
;l«4ied from tltc port of ^ahlmorr, for fo
reign port* ;Sh the sun* time, upwards o!
800 cleared from New York j *ud CpWardJ
of 700 from Philadelphia.
Virginia Legislature.
ACTS fiassei at the firesent session of the
Gkbsbal AssHMBLr.
[Continued from, the Argus of the 9 .h insl.J
19. An act esuolishing several
towns. ’
20. An act authorising John.Ashliu
to erect a da n. across Hi/anna river.
21. Releasing the right of the com
monwealth to certain lands therein
mentioned, to the relict and chillren
of John Carolin.
22. Concerning Pilot*.
23. Refunding a sum of money to
Thomas Smith.
24. Appointing Trustees Tor certain
purposes tnerein mentioned.
25. Making compensation for the
tobacco destroyed by the burning o!
Nicholas's Warehouse.
25. C mceruiag the sherifaltv of
Nelson countv.
27. Establishing an inspection of
flour at New-.Market in the county of
Nelson. *
28. Concerning James Rose.
29. Incorporating u company to es
tablish a turnpike road froinFride
riksbu-g to SwiFtruo gap in the Blue
Ridge.
30. Authorisi ig the common hall
of the town of Petersburg to appoihe a
master of police and for other purpo
ses.
31. Supplemental to the act srttitled
an act incorporating a company to build
a toll briig.- over Great Hunting creek
in the county of Fairfax.
32. Concerning Morgan Tomp kies,
ia.ic sneriii oi uioacest^r.
j • 33. Concerning the Lower Appn
: mattox Company. ,
J 34. To authorise the county court of
^ Randolph to sell part of th* p ublic lot
; in the town cf Beverley,
j 35. Authorising Thomas PurJie to
erect a toll bridge from the town of
ISmithfield across Pagan creek.
36. To authorise me executive to
commission the fourth inspector of to
bacco at Johnson’s 'warehouse in the
to^nof Manchester; «
37. Coaceraiig Pa.uaee had her
children.
38. Releasing to William Coleman
the common wealth’s right ti certain
land therein mentioned. J
39. To establish an inspection of to- ^
bacco in the town of rappaUaunock in !
the county of Essex.
40. Concerning Yeatos’s free schools
in N.nnsemond county.
4!. Authorising county courts to al
'.low a reward for Killing Wolves.
1 42. Concerning the state road from
the upper navigation of J.a nes river to
• the upper navigation of Keuawha ri-<
: vcr.
43. Remitting a fine imposed ilpoij
Joseph Pullen.
44. To am‘ i l the several laws re.
g dating the iasp-c:ion of flour.
45. For adding mart of the county of
Patrick to the co inty Grayson,
i 43. Concerning Germantown in the
county of Franklin.
47. Authorising a -sale of the glebe j
ot *vmgtr.On parish m the county of Ma
thewftj and f ur other purpose*.
43. Authorising John Jordan and
! John M >or itca 1 n build a toll bridge
over tae North branch of lames ri
ver.
49. Concerning the Dismal S ^ureip
Canal company.
50. Extending the time of the co n
m mwealih’s age i.s to coll ct certain
arrearages of taxrs due this state.
51. ll vorcing Abner W. Clopton
from hisyvife Sally.
52. Authorising the president and |
directors of the Leesburg turnpike I
company to erect t>11 bridges over'
Broad run and Goose creek.
53. Making provision for the sale of
public property in certain districts.
iL~v~y vSfc,1 -
HOUS*i OK HliPRfiSK,>ir.\riVfiS.
From tbr Ixdepkmdkxt 'Amrricaw.
Friday, January IP,
MrNewton Trnui the com ni'tae of ,m
merce and m .ufactures rrported a bill to
prevent the is*uh.g sea letters except to
certain vessels,” Referred to a committee
of the whole house on Monday.
Mr Love from the committee on the aL
fairs of the District of Columbia, reported
a bill“ to authorise a jail to he erected
I in the town of Alexandria." Referred to
a committee of the whole on .Vedacsday.
Mr Van Horne presented »he petition «f
sundrv inhabitants of the county of Aie:<m
andria, praying an alteration .in the insoL
vent laws of the Di strict “aeRt for red to
the commit! on tue sBTttr* of the District
of Colmn'ha.
Mr Harwell offered the following resolu
tion, which was laid on the table.
Keioivedf that the President of ’he U. 3
he authorised I immediately to e noloy tip
( public armed vessel* of tue United State
I to convoy and protect the ship* and vestal*
j the property of cititen# of tne U. S' <
II idea wi.a aruc.as of their grow.a, prj
" M
dace and rr.ana actcre, not fc-mtrs&antl tri
'< war in ineir trade to aud from ports i>* err
r >r their reception and the regulations of
.the government under wliuso jurisdiction
they are situat?d4 if they be nut actuary
blockaded or . i vested by a competent
force. Provided thatsuen government may
not have in force edicts or decree# violating
neatralcommerce. And that the owner"
and erews of merchant vessels be permit,
ted to associate for taeir defence against
illegal Captures and molestations, under
such reguUuou as shall be prescribed 0/
lavr. 7
Mr Macon's bill regulating com.net ce
was called up. Mr Ruea'o motion to
strike out the last section, so a# to make
the law permanent, under consideration.
Mr Livermore spoke agaiust tho amend
ment. lie was followed by Mr aturges, m
a very able and argumentative speech a.
gainst the aineudment.
Mr Cults spoke in favor of the bilL
Mr Root against it.
Mr Potter spoke with great good reuse
and great good humour against making tue
mil permanent.
Mr Sawyer spoke against the billl=ivrr
Macon tallowed in favor of hi» beloved
child.
Mr Key rose to speak against the
menu meat, waea, he was caltedsto order
by Mr. Sheff>y and silenced. The ques
tion on tiie amendment of Mr Ruea w.»
then taken ati 1 lust«Ayes 25»Nue.s \y^
Mr -vl icon’s motion to limit the act ta
the present session of esngress was take*
and lost -^Ayes 54s=Noes 71.
Tne houic then adjourned.
Saturday* Jan. 201 ^
Mr Eppes iron the committee of vraT»
and means reported a Unil <*« makihg Hn
prupriation* for the support Of goverum -m
lor the year 1810 •** ” *
“ A bill making *pprepriation» for tbe
Hiiy of the Co.led outes tor the year
1310 ;
And 4 bill cr making appropriations for
the support of me military estaulis’iment
of ini* tTni ..-1 .1.^ _ .. « .
These bills were referred to a’committee
oi the- tvaoie hours: aul ordered to be n«,u->
ted.
Mr borrow from the com nlttee on p»b»
lie lands, on the petition oi in* chirf* d.»u
head men of the Otlnwiy, Wy..i ot and
: i’atawatarnu uu.ichu ->f lmltahs, piaviug the
United States u» ratify tio a Dcctoi Brown
a certain trac oi ia.id# three m.,e,
waicn they had g Wed to U ,cwor tirawp
for his profession ., services—reported tn^c
jt'n* prayer of the p&titiouers ought hoc to
os giuHted.
Mr Van Horn- presented the petition^ of
the widow and children of Josupu Hod*o-*,
praying compensation fur a house burnt io
the City of Washington, while wa ned a*
a w.tr office. Referred to che caat.a.Lt'-e
of claims.
Mr Macon called up the unfinished bo
sines* of yesterday, the bill for. rag .l.itmg
commercial intercourse tmwetit the U. ii*
and G, Britain, Sec.
Mr I.ivcrmore moved to ammd the bill,
w adding a section to suspend the oner a*
tun of th-. 11- 4 h, s.h, 6 h, 7th cad 8di
sections, until the day of
n-xr. Lost, only 24 rising id theaf&rma
i tivC.
M- os« made a long war aneech. Th*
hill h* di I not 1 Ice—it is *oo weak for him.
I lie wanted war measures im nedistely.
f Mr Mum for.i was against the blit and
for continuing the old non.isteiiourre. He
wished ihat if this bill pais there ryi'v he
t-\-\ n*w sections added to it. To nr-ii
commerce agreanb!v to Mr Bur we! To rfi_
kolutl'ms offered some days pis:.
Mr Montgomery nffc-eAanother amende
nem to »u horise «he president to instrnce
*h .- comm miters of \murican armed ships
aa* vessels, to bring i.i any res»e’s at,
te.np'ing »o m I* the provision* of this
law, for adju.itC t on.
These amendments altering th* provisi
*n* and principles of the hill’ v:
owed refer to a select commit^.-.
Tim quest'-on was lost-aayes 50 -mr, GO-.
Adjourned.
The following Bill, r-«per tin* Fore'.-*
Licenc-a is bef>rr the II uso id Keprei.n.
tstives of the United Slut*,.
Be it en cted, 8tc. That if any person,
being t citizen of the U. S of Amer ca
shall solicit, take, accept; or us-, or surer
any rserson acting by. or u ider his or hr r
authority to solicit, take, accept, or „v. ^
license or permission, procured from any
fnrtign power whatsoever; or any pap-r,
writing or domment purporting to be a II.,
o** pcnnKHionj issued und^r the mi4
thority of any foreign power wha.soever]
for his or her vessel, to pass to, or trade
with, any other foreign & independent
‘*r» such person shall be deemed guilty of
nigh misdemeanor, and on conviction there-^
of in any court having competent jurisdic
tion, shall be fined in a sum not less ihs*
two thousand, nor more than ten thousand
dollars. 5c be imprisoned for a term not less
tsan six months, not more than two years*
and such person shall forfeit the right and
privilege of owning nr navigating ever af
ter wards, any vessel entitled to the benrfits
and privileges of a vessel of the United
States; and shall forever be disqualified to
hold any office of h .nor, trust or profi tin*
der the Un- ed Stales And the register or
sea letter, together with all and eW y o„
ther paper or muniment belonging to such
v.tp or v.-ssel, shall become utterly null
and void ; and no rrg >ter or sea letter shall
ever aftrrwaids be granted aad. r authori
ty of the U. S. to such sit ip or vessel.
Sec. 2. Aad be it further emeteu, Tim
[*11 penalties and forfeitures arising under
or incurred by virtue of th.s *ct, may be
I sued for, prmeca.cd and recovered wuh
'costs of *u:t bv action of debt, in the nar.a
of the United States of A nerioa or l»v ii»„
diet meat or informal hm, in any court ha
ving c tmpetent juris beti n ro try the sum
*'■('. (t dl be hiaudhuted a id accounted fo
in me manner ptascr >ed by tbf ?st n*rl<*
- An act to regulate the collection U du i s^
m imports and tonnage/* p.me,| ,,ie s J
cmid dry of March, o„. Uo/.sar.i »JV.» (
tiaai.wd and Ninety seve».