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^ CONGRESS.
IN SENATE.
February 9.
'The bill from the Hou^e of Rep-esen
tslives in addition to ’.he add to regulate
the laying out and making a road from
Cumberland in the State of Maryland, to
the sta e of Oliir^ was read and passed to a
second reading.
. February 12. ,
The hill to prevent the issuing of
sea-letters except to certain vessels,
was read a second time and committed
o Messrs. Bayard, Bradley,* and
eih
Fhe consideration of the bill to cn
gap-e in the service of the U. 3. for h
short period a corps of volunteers was,
on motion of Mr. Bradley, further
postponed until iVI >nuay next.
Mr. Ldoycl’a motion calling for in
formation on the amount- of duties ac
cruing from imports from the Medi
terranean, and also for the amount o«
duties accruing from the duty common
ly called the Mediterranean fund, was I
taken up and og-eed tc..
The House resumed the considera
tioa of the bill for incorporating rcli.
gious societies in the district of Co-|
lumhia—and,on motion of Mr. Ander
son, the further consideration thereo'
was postponed till the first Monday in
December next.
The hill for the relief of William
Hawkins was read a third time and
passed.
Tne bill to encorpnratc a company'
for making turnpike roads in the Dis
trii-f nf fL.sin tiill i iithq rni’i-lt^r
I serf and Amended; and then recommit
ted to Messrs. Lein, Smith (Md) and
Brent.
February 13.
. The bill to prescribe the mode of
application for the purchase of land at
the several land offices and for the re
lief of Joab Garret, was passed to a
third reading.
A ME RICA N NAVIGATIO N
BILL.
Mr. Smith of Me’, from the com
mittee to whom was referred the bill
44 concerning commercial intercourse
with Great Britain and France, and
j/eir dependencies, and for other pur
J^>ses,” reported the same with an a
# mendment (not affecting the principle
[of the bili) which was read. The bill
made the order of the day for Monday
next.
Mr. Reid’s motion for an amend
ment to the constitution of the U. S.
f was further discussed ; and on motion
of Mr. Grawford referred to a com.
I mittee lor further consideration.
1 Messrs. Reid, Grawfard, Leib, Giles,
| and Pickering compose the commit
■ tee.
I . HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Fcbiuary 9.
C Coniintud Jrom our last.)
The following gentlemen compose the
committee to whom is relerred Mr P. LI
Porter’s resolution on the subjetfl of ca.
rials and rnadn.* Messrs. I*. H. LGrier
Troup, Taylor, Kenan, Burwell, Howard
Weakley., M'JCitn, Van Dyke, Miiro:
SouiIwjU, Stu-g-s, Bacon, Boiler, Wtlaor,
,Chiuem!ti, Moiiow, Poindtxitr, PoydiKs.
and Jeoning#.
The following genilcrtten compite ’fit
Cnmrait'ec to i.hvin is re committed iht
bill atv h de uuh„iet»t of the mill
tla of ihc Uni’.ad Stetei.* Messrs. Teh
marlin, Cf. y. Butler, Kea (P.) Weak
ley. Hale, L'urne.*, II, Jackson, Slnw
Root, H.ufiy, Van Dyke, N. II. M- .rt
D* • -», 15 .’..«nci, Lo: !», Mori . ;, Foydras,
“fomd.
ft *1
Mr Ta’lmadge having obtained leave ol
absence, was excused from serving on ihi
abor? committee.
The following letter was laid before the
House ;
*■ ? o the honorable J. B. Varnum,
Speaker of the House of Represent
tives^
Sir^
. Having published a pamphlet expla'n
•ng myexperi“ncc on the practice and ef
tefls oi torpedoes^ I beg leave to present
you and ercli member ol the House ol
Representatives one cony. Should the
House consider this subject of sufficient
interest to merit further explanation, I
iffinll be happy to give a letture at such
time and place as may be most convent*
ent, in which I will exhibit the various
modes of a'.'ack with torpedoes and har
poon guns as prepared for a£tion, with
sui.h models and demonstrations as will
»ead to a clear undrrs.unding of the sub
jeft. *
I have the hono1’ to be See.
.. „ _ “ROBERT FUi/TON.
“ Ka’cramaj Feb. 9, 1810.”
H-ave was given to present the pam.
oM-ts mentioned in life above letter as m
quested.
drawbacks.
Mr Newton, from be cnmmit'ee of com
merce and Manufactures reported a bill
• o rcs.ri^t t.ic allowance of drawback to
certain vessels.
[ This bill provides that no drawback of
dunes shall |, • ailowed on the exportation
ofaiy good^ wares or merchandise, un
parted into the United bla cs after
day of nexc„ Ulless l!lt. same sha||
h*va been imported in a ship or vessel
jot the U. S'ates—at»dj
That af e: the diyof
j,,cx> n* drawback shall hi allowe 1 or
* paid on 'he exports*ion or any good*, wa es
•>i metchandise, unless the same shall be
exported in a ship or vessel of the U. S.
any law or laws to the contrary notwith
*‘anding.]
The bill was twice read,and referred t
a committee of the whole.
Mr Jennings reported a bill for disco*’,,
t.yu^g certain persons (viz. all per&cn*
i “olding offices under the United S.ates
m. iitia officers and justices of the prace
I'-.xcepied) from afiling as members of the
[legislative council or House of Repiesen
attves of Indiana Territory.—Twice r^ad
and committed.
The bill for the relierof Richard Tey.
lor was discussed in committee of the
whole, Mr Desha in the Chair, and ie
ported lo the House a* disagreed to by
the committee. The mil wa* further dis
cussed in the Houscj and then ordered to
he on die table.
• " cpncernmg the claims to land
in the Mississippi Territory granted by
the British government of West Florida,
went through a commi tee of the whole
Mr M.lnor in the Cha-r ; and was then'
0 derctl to lie on the table, on m :tion ol
• li aiiiler, Mr Goldsboi ough and Mr S an.
'ey supporting and Mr Poindexter oppo
atng the motion.
The bill for incorporating the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the town of Aicxafr
ir,a'in the district of Columbia^ was taken
>tp for consideration ; and, V’-cr being
amended was ordered to be engrossed fo
a third reading on Friday next.
navigation of the mobile.
1 he following ni;*sago was receiv
from tlx. President of tbtf United
'.talcs by Mr Edward Coles, bis Secrets*
O
io the House of Representatives of the
United States.
I transmit to lh- Howe a report of
• lie $„'Cre*i'4.y cl State, complying wi h
tlieir resoiuuon of me 2J.I ol Janua
ry.
_ , JAMES MADISON,
rebruary 9, 1810.
REPOP. r.
TUe Secretary ol State, to whom the
President has been pleased to refer the
rescluuoh of the House of Rcpresen ...
lives ol the 22d of last month, has the
honor to sla « 1 hat it appears from the
records in thts department, that in the
years 1801 and J802j the Executive had
ertdcavorc-il to obtain for the citizens ol
the Uui «*d States re-iding on fhs waters
01 1 orr.bigbe© and Alabama rivers, ihe
I'ce navigation «»l the Mobile liver to us
confluence with the ocean —1st. by claim
mg hi* navigation as a natural right sane
noned by the gcneial principles of tile
law cf nations applicable to rivers simi.
tarly vit Mated ; and 3d. by endeavoring tc
nirchase the country held by bpam on
the Mobile.
I ne:,e t(T *rts were made before it w,i«
:no vn rt** Spain had ceded Louisiana tr
»n« Cj "i»d consequently beiote the pur.
ii't of hit prof luce by the U. S. Binct
hat purchase, the cou itry held by bpa i
«n the ft.. « ljj» been c,aim:cl as being
icludi n •heicio*
II c bp.. i 1 government having ob
jected to 1 »;s claim ,n a rnannsr wuici
jU>lined a bulict that the question vrouh
net be SDon&ecided, our minister at Ma t
dud was in^Juacd gain to claim the fret 1
navigation ofcjhe Mobile under the gen
era! principles of the law of na'ions, and i
o rep' esent40 his Catholic Maj-s'y i|,e
propriety aoTnecessi y of giving orders
to his officers not to interrupt the free rom
mu'iicetions with our territories through
the wa’ers of the Mobile. 0
In addition to what has been d-v^e thro*
tins department i* appears that the Go
vernor ol the Orleans territory and other!
officers of the United States have endea
vored to induce the Spanish authorities
on the Mobile to absta n from exacting
I duties on 'he passage of our merchand we
or produce up or down that river. No*,
wi lisianding, however, everything which
has been done, it is u iderstood that these
authorities have continued to exafcd (with
some occasional relaxa'ions) a duty of 12
per cen . ‘-on all articles of the growth
or manufacture of the United S'.ates
whicli or* conveyed through said river to
and from the cty of New Orleans.”
All which is respeStfully snbmitted
‘ R. SMITH.
Department of State. 1
F b. 8, 18io. J
Mr Mosel ry, from the committee ap
pointed to wait on the President-of the U.
States with the result” i®n submitted l>*
h'm a hw days ago, reported tliat they
had performed the dat7 assigned to them,
and that the Presided had returned ior
answer that he would attend to their re
quest.
The House adjourned tilt Monday.
February 12.
Mr. Fisk reported the census bill
with amendments; which were read
and committed to a committee of the
whole House,
TORPEDOES.
Mr. Dawson. On hearing the Jour
nal read, 1 fiu.l that on list Friday a
letter was received by the Speaker,
from a Mr. Fulton. What merit is
due to his invention I will not pretend
to say ; bat I know Mr. Fulton to (if
a man of science and ^successful expe
riment, of which he has given proofs
both in Europe and this country.
It seems to me that some attention
ought tobs pai-.J to bis communicfiti
on. I therefore move you that his
letter be referred to a select commit
tee.
Mr. Dawson’s motion waif agreed
to, and a committee appointed, consist
ing of .»:essr3. Dawson, Taylor, and
Bacon. ' *
Mr. Rhea (T.) offered the following
** Ice-solved, I’hat the President of
th_ U nited States be requested to cause
to be laid before tins House a state
ment ot the particular sums of money
which from time to time, since the
commencement of the government,
have been appropriated and expended
lor ine purpose ol fortifying the ports
and harbors of the United States and
of any of the territories thereof; and
the sums ot money, if any, which re
main unexpended.” **.
1 he motion was negatived, 41 to
39.
H ATI'UHE OF NF. W-ORLE ANS.
1 he House resolved itself into a
committee ot die whole on this subject,
A> es GO. Mr. Macon in the chair.
Mr. Hove spoke at great length in
support ol t >e proposition submitted by
him a few days ago ; and Mr. Sheffey
replied also at great length.
1 he committee then rose, reported
progress and obtained leave to ait a
gTin—and the House adjourned.
February 13.
>Ir, Goldsborouga obtained leave
of absence for two weeks.
O.i motion ot Mr. Witherspoon,
Resolved, 1 hat the committee on
Post Oifices and Post Roads be in
structed to enquire into the expedien
cy ol establishing a post ro te leading
bom Chatham, by Croenvillc, liento
sonville, Jeffers Creek, Ports Ferry,
Marion court house and Harliesville
in the sta.e of South Carolina, und by
iVHJneen’s store, Stewart’s store, JLau
rel Hill, Rockingham court house,
v/adesborougb and SneeJsborough in
the state ol North Carolina to Chat
ham aforesaid.
THIRD CENSUS.
I he House resolved itself intb r
committee of the whole on the bill foi
taking the third census ol the iohabi
cams of the U- S.
Various amendments were made t<
the allowances to marshals, he.
Considerable debate, of little inter
est, took place on the v.urious motions
The committee rose and reportc
Jthe bill, and the house adjourned a
three o’clock.
/
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Irom t/ie A. lori Public advertiser.
To Jl/ucius.
“May some choice patrons bless
each grey goose quill,”
‘'May every Pavius, huvo his Ihifo
still.” J
Pope.
sir;
As a very plain man. I cannot pay
you a compliment without violating
mv taste and nr>v understanding. Your
oratoiy I ha^e always deemed * Corpus
sine pectore,” and your writings I can
not but pronounce “ Calce sine arena.”
If public conjecture has not erred in
its attempts to indentify your person,
you are a young and inexperienced
nan, somewhat rea l in books, unvers
'd with mankind, disappointed in an
early expcctatOn and acting from the
impulse of strong resentment* Am I
"Ui far right? You have retired from
vour honorable seat in the House of
Representatives, and to gratify your
petulance, have resorted to the news
papers. In this respect, my good Jfu.
cius, you h ive acted wisely, you have
obtained some attentive auditors, and !
have some devoted instruments. Eve
ry tory*in the community from Geor- I
gia to Maine, from the shores of the
Atlantic, to the banks of the Mississip
pi is clamorous in your praise. They
sec in you the united good qualities of
I hersues and Stentor and believe that
the young Harry Hotspur, of the south,
cannot fail to accomplish his great &
glorious purpose of destroying the
j country and the government.
Sir, you Have written two long essays
Sc I have deliberately read them. They
i Have travelled the whole circle of fe
deral and apostate prints. What effect
have they produced, and to what do
| they amount? Figure is heaped upon
figure, and shapeless imagery croud-*
ed together, in ‘all the mazes of meta
phorical con fusion. * They are retfun
| knt, in declaration, barren in facts, &
devoid of argument. One single intel
ligible speech, like that of Mr. Sam
mons, is infinitely more expressive,
than millions of ranting sentences, ei
ther oral or written, which are better
adapted to the sports of the theatre
than to the solemn gravity of the Se
nate chamber ; or, to he presented be
• orc the majesty c! aa intelligent peo
“ quanta spr-cies, inquit, ast cere
brum non habct.” I repeat the questi
on, Sir, what authenticated fact, or what
solid argument, have you in the course
of two laboured essays exhibited to the
pu'dic ? That you were inimical to Mr.
Jefferson aad affronted with him, the
world very well know. That you were
equally opposed to Mr. Madison, was
also notorious. Your own protest a
gainst his election, is a lasting evidence
of jour attempt upon this occasion,
which entitles j’ou to exclaim with
Horace “ 1'. xegi monumentum acre pe«
'rennius.” It is several j’ears sines you
presented your declarations of back
j stair influence and French dictation.
jTnose vagaries of a hca:ed i naginntion
have run the whple gauntlet of public
inspection.—- l hey have been stripped
and “ whipped naked through the
wmrl'l until tney have become the ob
i jeet of universal abhorrence 8c ridicule.
There yre but few intelligent men in
the nation, who seriously believe that
either the late President, or the one
y.’. o now presides, exercised an undue
influence over congress or manifested
an unwarrantable partiality toward
h i i nee. d Hej’are justly deemed idle
tales intend d “ ad capt indum** topre
jtldice, deceive and inflame the passi<
or.s of those who are not possessed of
Uie means of superior information.
^ ott, Mucins, must not consider it
as acorn pi iment when 1 as^nre yott fhai
yemr effusions are unanswerable. They
are unanswerable because they contain
nothing to answer. Historical exam
pies void of analogy’, a thousand un
conn—ctid 1 acts jumbled together ; per^
sor.al abuse of individuals, and a con
fused strain of invective, without or
der or arrangement, is the best charac
ter which I tan assign to your nublica
don. II, sir, you aspire to appear be
fore the public in »he light of a true 8
inflexible patriot. If, sir, you had mo
nentous intelligence to cammunicate
If, sir, you had vast nnd hidden crime
; •*ttrwhipc of justice" to unfohl, i
would have been your duty long sine
|to have stepped forward with’ jo.
■uT >
tacts nrW evidence s and no' to ha*, e 's
mused the community with the inco
herence of feverish dreams. U vr u
are possessed of ficts or plausible re? -
soilings, let us have them,—Surely t e
rant ot Mucius is no better thtui tlui
bawling of Thersites, neither r/n is
possibly prove more effectual. I have
nothing to do with your enmity towards
Mr. Madison, Mr. Smith or any other
officer or member of the gov; ?.**irtfent t
nor vet with the sarcastic cotnrplimenc
\ou have paid to the talent** of Mr.
Gallatin, at the expense of hi*. iute~ri
ty. You, Mucius, appear to be a g^ixl
The dog Ceib-rus barked
the loudest when mostlvmgrv. The
| best way *o quiet him tvajt to thro w- him
a aop—Suppose, sir, \|u h* \ ;!nem«
|ujor.v, would you n it be p j feet v q ,iet
witli regard to Armstrong and A
d ims ?
The whole burthen ol all vour nu
i meroti3 columns, and what you nri.'ht
h ve said in twenty lints, is that an T -
liance with France and an Engli.h war
would be injurious-Surely I need
not tell you that the govsrarin.nt has
done every* thing in its power to avoid
both. If a contest is to be forced up
on us it will be only attribuia le to the
injustice of England. We have noth
ing to do with Napoleon, if he is an
usurper and a tyrant, it furnishes no
argument to submit to the despotism
ol the British navy.—Strange that
you shoal.I consider the nation ih -t is
everyday committing the most vi !.*nc
enormities against nen'rah, to be the
great barrier of the civilized world \
i d-iiv.vs me, it she is t .us outrageous
when you vourself represent her be
I fighting for exigence, she would be a
‘thousand times more obdurate and tv
[ rannical if permitted to triumph.
And now, Sir. before I conclude ihe pre*
seni pajiei, let me return t ;r n nioni-nt
to »lie mily two specific points which y u
have taken. You say that a war wi h
England is not desirable. As an abstract
jpesi’ion ibis is admitted. You assert :hat
j a French alliance would not be a
I affair. Certainly, my good sir, It would
r.oi he agreeable to any of us, 1 can as
(sure you (Ira die bdmimstraiion has taken
; every precaution in its p*nver to prevent
! both these eviB. A-.d, Sir, if they or ei
jther of them, shouid happen, i* wili bo
no. to say mjus.
I i:cc of yourself, and of those* with whom
I you aa Injustice and folly which have
j rendered B itain obsiinae. A >d what*
; would you have the g.v. rnment tod, ?
Must th-y submit volunta-ii/ and uncon
ditionally to rapine and plunder ? Aimt
we *l rj'tia limet” because we tip ’clicnd
the distant contingent and problematic en
mi y or him, whom you coo.nder liic
great (and noons er of Eur - pCj sin-, dur
iI ourselves immediate victims lothe Levu
athan of the ocean ? This would be, be.
i cause a figer might approach, t;> cast
j ourselves into the jaws of the Alliga or.
. YYdl you place your little navy, —Your
.immense mercantile shipping,—Your vast
'property, and your numerous maiiners
•nto the custody and safe keeping of his
majesty the king, to preserve them from
the (deal attack of his majesty the empe*
rnr ! This may be led rai |>olic.y «r.d
federal doclrine, but it is not Ameiican
policy or Americandoarine. An English
war and French co-operation would p.o.
duce their evils ; but abjett submission Sc
loss ol national independence and dignity
would be calamities of far atip.,1 ior mag
nitude If we are compelled to eiecl, let
us remembir that the pa.h of sjle'y is
the path of honor.
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