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VIRGINIA ARGUS
Xv'i'lTB TEAR.] X A TREE PRE»» MAIBTAIHE TUK EOVEREIGBTY Of THE PEOPLE. =3»gBa ' ' fMo«'1^35 S ”
_RICUM0ND ■—Printed (or Tbeeqat. ard Fridatb,) bt SAMlTEL PLEASANTS, Junior, Prister to tbe Coeeosbbuij. ~
» t*«- Dollar, Pet A^n-PMin A****. f X ft> A Z\ MARCH 2, 1810. ~~ t12 ,-2 C*. S^Ul ’
» . CT, , ...... - LAND OFFICE, February 1st 1810.
List of Exchange Warrants which have been granted from the office since the 31st of Oftober last,
as also a particular description of the warrants by virtue of which' they issued.
[Published quarterly, according to laVv.1
To whom exchange warrant* have tawed and their place of residence ~ No. J W1"I" '“I —»•*=■ u ■ ■■ ...
nonrr-mi w*mm —Wwaw— .. ^o. « wit t. Acres. Description of warrants on which exchange warrant* issued.
William M’Clintick (of Bath county) assgnee of B. Pnllard Who was " Toythom issued. J Right. tfumSer.fAcres. i&tel ~~
assignee, of George Pickett. 2096 inoo 11 -u-—rw-=B-g=3gg-= «b»~tnn
-Henry Bowen (of Tazewell county) assignee of do. do.’ 2091 looo ' Geofte Pickett. Treasury. 18636 4000 Aug. 13, 1783.
till! 3092 1000 *
‘c! * , 2093 t 2000 r;
Patrick Beyd (ofMonrse) JSs '. ’"^P^ ,
„ Same 2096 Patrick Boyd. 2924 500 April 36, 1600.
. Andrew Hebaurn and Jeremiah Patrick (of Russell county) assignees ■■'T\
of Harry Smith, who was assignee of Alexander Smith. 2097 9.n '
Andrew Hebourn assignee of do. 3og8 Alexander Smith. f 1651 596 Nov. 3, 1795. W
.John Clark (of Frederick cty ) ass’ee of Wrlliam Castleman,jr. ass’eecf
Wno. Noland, ass’ee of Nathan Yomtg whs was ass’ee of Elisha Boyd soog ^
Owen Williams [of Hampshire county] ass’ee of Henry Beatty. 2100 ila JUsha Boyd. 4378 160 Dec. 9, 1*06.
Henry B. Greenwood [ot Monroe county] ass’ee of William Ander- Henry Beatty. 2175 1496 April 17, 1737. > ‘
James Arnold [«f Harrison county] ass’ee of John Radcliffe, ass’ee of UU Win* Anderson; 683 1000 Sept. 4,1794.
‘Jonathan Radcliffe, who was ass’ee of Edward Jackson. o102 .„n
Aaroo Steed [of Wood county] ass’ee of Charles Terry ass’ee of Tho 20 Wwkrd Jackson. 199* ivj9Sept. 30, 1796.’
mas M’Kmney, ass’ee of Thomas Graham. 2106 son •/ . . .
Isaac Enoch [of Wood countylaas’eeqf Charles Terry. - ol04 Thomas Graham. Exch; war'fc 950 150* Nov. 29, 1799.
Aaron Steed [of Wood county] ass’ee of Robert Triplett, ass’ee of Ja. * Charles Terfy. *903 500 March 7, 1807.
cob Deem, ass’ee of Stokeley. ,
..John Frazier [of Russell county] ass’ee of Henry Smith, who was 50 John Stokeley. 1420 261 May 14. 1803.
assignee of Alexander Smith. 7 ’ ;
9 Alexander Smith. ’ | Treasury; 1651 ’ 596 Nor. 3, 1796.
..._ ^_ CHARLES BLAGROVF.. Reccister.
CONGRESS.
IN SENATE.
February 19.
The hill to revive the act for the
relief of the refugees from the British
provinces of'Canada and Nova Sco
tia, and for other purposes, wi3 read
A third time and passed. *
. The Senate resumed the considera
tion of the appropriation bill.
» On motion of Mr. Lloyd to strike
out the following words—44 For re
paying the Bank of the United State*
a fhTfr advanced to the -late collector
New Orleans to enable him to pay
v drawbacks, one hundred thousand
dollars,”—it was determined in the
negative by Yeas and Nays, as fol
low :
Yeas—Messrs. Bayard, Champlin,
^Goodrich, HiHhouse, Horsey, Lloyd,
^ Pick taring, Reed—3.
Nays—Messrs, Bradley, Brent,
i Campbell, Condit, Crawford, Frznk
. lin< GaiHard, German, Giles, Gregg,
• 4 ‘Lambert, Liib, IViatthewsoD, Meig3,
t Paiker, Robinson, Smith of (M<i.)
Smith ofc{N. Y.) Sumpter, Tate, Tur
* cner, VVhrtcside—22.
The hill after being amended, was
passed to a third reading.
February 20.
Mr* Leib presented a memorial
'from sundry citizens of the county of
. Philadelphia, and Mr. German of the
citizens,of N. York, remonstrating *•
gainst the passage of the bill concern
ing commercial intercourse, 'Sic. now
pending before the Senate.
The bill making appropriations for
rvf rmuornmcnf _^ _
r I O ..
1310 was read a third time and pas
• ^e«ir ' ■' *
Mr. Bradley laid on the table the
'following resolution :
► Resolved, That a committee be ap
pointed to enquire.into the expediency
of employing the torpedo or sub-ma
Tine explosions in conjunction with the
; naval and military operations of the U.
‘•States for the better defence of their
ports and harbors, with leave to report
by bill or otherwise.
The Vice President communicated
the petitions rtf sundry impressed citi
•Kens ol the United States, which were
referred, on motion of Mr. Gil©3, to
the Secretary of State.
*fbe Senate resumed the considera
i|ioo of Mr. Reed's motion for amend
w> rr.ent to the constitution ; which after
some debate an to the construe ion of
the terms of it, wo* re-committed, on
motion of Mr Giles, to a committee
cc^rjftsiiagof Messrs. Crawford,Giles,
. Jieed, Pickering, and Bayard. 1
NAVIGATION BILL.
Tbe-Setiatc resumed the considera
tion" ot the b<ll concerning commercial
.int^rcours*!, fee.
Mr. Bayard,moved to postpone the
further consideration of the bill till
Monday » t*t. 'The motion wa* deci
* tied as follows :
» h
For the motion, Messrs. Bayard,
Champlin, Giles, Horsey, Matthew
son, Meigs, Parker, Hobinson._8.
Against it, Messrs. Anderson, Brad
ley, Campbell, Clay, CondP, Crawford,
Franklin, Gaillard, German, Gilman,
Goodrich, Gregg, Hillhouse, Lambert,
.Leib, Lloyd, Pickering, Pope, Heed,
Snuth ©f Md. Smith ol N. Y. Sump
ter, 1 ait, I urner, Whiteside.——25.
On motion ot Mr. Giles, the further
consideration was postponed till to
morrow.
January 21.
Mr Bradley's resolotion respecting tor
pedoes was referred to Messrs. Bradley,
Crawford, Gregg, Coodit, Lejb.
1 he Senate resumed the consideration
of the bill coaceraing commercial inter*
coarse, 8cc,
Mr Smith (Md) moved to strike out the
•*1, 4th, 5th, 6tb, 7th, 8tb. Vth, and llth
sections of the bill.
This motion was agreed to by Yeas and
Nays as follow; 1 ** an* •
n Ander30n, Bayard.
Gnillard, German, Gilman, Goodrich
P \522eyj Leib’ L,<>>'d' Matthewa.mJ
Parker, Pickering, Reed, Smith (Md) Tail
NAYS.—Messrs. Bradley, Brent Clay
Condit, Crawford, Franklin Lambert.
Rob hi son, Smith (N. Y.) Sinupter, Turner
The bill was farther amended so as on
ly to retain the 1st, 2d and 12th sections,
winch provide for ihe exclusion of British
and French armed vessels from our wa
ters, and for the repeal of the non-inter,
course law.
As amended, the bill was.passed to a
third reading.
The several bills this day passed by the
House of Representatives ware read and
passed to a second reading.
The bill making appropriation for the
support ot the military establishment was
I^*d a *t!Coorl »nd committed to
Messrsi Smith of Md. Bradley and Craw
ford. J
The bill making appropriations for the
support ot the naval eantfdishinont was read
a second time and committed to Messrs.
Gregg, Anderson and Clay,
•February 22,
The bill for the relief of Jaued Shattw-k
a lhird time ar*d PO»‘poned to the
3d Monday m March next.
COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE
BILL.
The bill concerning commercial inter
course with Great Britain and-France was
read a third time as amended.
Mr Clay moved to recommit the bill.
The votes on this motion were as follows i
*eas—Messrs. Bradley, Brent, Camp*
bell, Clay, Condit, German, Matthew*™,
Parker, Pope Kobinsao, Sumter,
Whiteside—13. ’
Nays—Messrs Anderson, Bayard, Cham*
plin, C rawford, Franklin, Ga-llard UiL
man, Goodrich, Gregg, flillhouse, Horsey,
Lambert, Le.b, Loyd, Pick-ring, Reed,
anuth ot Md. Smith «f N. Y. Tail, Tucner,
—20.
The bill was patted by Yeas and Nats
as tpllow.
- Anderson, Bayard, Brent.
Gampbeil Champhn, CrawtorJ, Franklin,
trauiard Gilman, Goodrich, Gregg, Hdl*
house, Horsty, Lambert, Leib, Lloyd Mat
5*rr*> P'Ckering, Koeu, Smith
M*l. Smuh of N. Y. Sumpter, Tan Turner,
Whi.tsde—36,
Nays—Messrs. Bradley. Clay, Condi',
German, Park-r, Pope an,) Kobinso-i—7.
4 he title ot the bill was amended thread
as follows; “ An act to imerd>ct the pub*
he ship* And vessels ot France and Great
Britain from the pcwts and harbours of
tne United States and for other purposes. »•
The census bill from the House of Re
presehtativcs was committed to Messrs,
belb, Anderson, Campbell, Franklin and
rope.
house of representatives.
•. February t&.
Mr. Newton "from the committee of
Commerce and Manufactures to whom
was referred so much of the message
of the President of the United States
as relates, to penalties incurred invo
1 u atari iv m consequence of the renew*"
?f the non-intercourse act, reported
a bill “ to remit certain lines, penalties
and forfeitures. .Twice read and
committed.
MILITIA, VOLUNTEERS, kc.
Mr. Clay, fVom (He doOtmittee to
whom was recommitted the bill autho
rising a detachment of the militia of
the United States, reported the same
with amendments. (These amend
ments authorise the acceptance of vo
lunteers, who are to sign articles, Set.
to be exercised at certain times, nearly
as provided in the bill now before the
Senate “ authorising the President to
engage for a short period in ;he ser
vice of the United States a corps of
volunteers.”] Twice read and com
mitied.
SECRETARY Op THE TREA
SURY.
Mr. Gardetjicr rose and observed,’
that in the present axhausted state of
the treasury, and with the utter hope
lessness of its bejng speedily replen
ished, at least by any means visible to
man, it was very natural that the pub
lic should be extremely sensible to a
ny attacks made on the honor or integ
rity of the officer who was at the head of
that department. £ have myself (said
Mr. G.) been subjected to sensations
exircmeiy unpleasant, in consequence
of allegations which £ see advanced a
^ainst not only the capacity but the
integrity of the secretary of the Trea
sury. I do not know that I should
have attached tp them so much of im
po. tnnee myself, were they not accom
panied by circumstances calculated to
give them greater force. It is of the
lirst importance to the public that the
purity of their officers should be un
questioned. Therefore, in my opini
on, it is the duty of the Representa
tives ol the people to investigate char
ges made-against them, no matter-in
what manner or by whom. I have
been induced to make these remarks
by a publication which h now, I per
ceive, running the circuit of the news
papers, malting the most serious and
(it true) the most condemnig charges
against the Secretary of the treasury.
For the information of the House I
will read an extract from a piece (-in
der the signature of Camillas) pub
lished originally in the -Virginia Ar
gil*.
“At a time like the present, when
the kingdoms of Europe appear to
hive coaspired to do us wrong,it was
naturally to have bean expected that
the boasted talents of the Secretary of
the 1 reasurjr would have produced a
—- - II I l~ ■
system of finance commensurate to the
occasion. The report which he has
made is probably the pcrforraahce of
one of his clerks, and the public are
yet to be astonished, perhaps, with
something more praiseworthy from the
fruitful invention of the honorable Se
cretary. I am loth to suspect his ca-,
pacity; but if he does not speedilv
produce some respectable evidence of
Jhis ability, his talents or his integrity
will undoubtedly be questioned. It
must be confessed, that his official es
timate, during the embargo and now,'
give great scope for the impeachment
of his intellectual vigor, mod the sud *
den growth of his private fortune is^
unfavorable'to the Supposition thath .
is .the moat dirititercsted of winhters.
When the Secretary of the Treasury,
from a yearly salary of four or five
thousand, amasses in >the short com
pass of eight years the enormous for
tune of two hundred thousand dollars,
we are authorised to enquire how he
has'*efFected it? If this were a gov
ernment of England, and Mr. Gallatin
a Lord Melville, there would be no
difficulty in accounting for the circum
stance: but it would be too hasty a
determination to decide, without far
ther investigation, that Mr. Gallatin
had made use of the opportunities which
his station affords, to speculate in the
funds for his individual benefit; or,
that he availed himself of the same
opportunities, to become the proprie
tor of lands which have been sacrificed
by the artful representations of the man
who purchased from the public. If
the honorable Secretary has recently
transmitted the interest of the Dutch)
loan to Holland in specie, we may be )
assured he has his reasons for it,; and
it will require all your ingenuity,
sir, to demonstrate that Albert Galla.
tin, who has drained the country of
hard dollars to pay them into the hands
C%f nnr* of* thf* Haninsrloa iimii 1 rk how*
been a proper character to fill the office
of the Secretary of State, to which he
Aspired i I am not fearful of contra
diction when I affirm that he did this
act contrary to the inclinations of the
President.”
I his publication may be consider-1
ed as making three specific charges:
1st. that this officer has made use of
the public funds, while at his disposal,
for the purpose of private speculation ;
2cily. that by artful contrivances he has
procured sales to be made of the pub
lic lands for the purpose of possessing
himself of them; and 3dly. that,
contrary to the manifest wishes of the
President of the United States, he has
endeavored to drain the country of spe
•**% for the purpose of placing it in the
hands of one of the Honapartes. They
are serious charges, whatever may
be the source of them, and it ia
proper that they should be ioveetiga
•ted, that, it true, the officer implicated
may be punished; and, if fal,«t thal
his innocence maj be put beyond doubt
In proposing ttds investigation 1 wisf
it to be understood, that I am not in
dined to believe these charges. I cai
neither believe nor disbelieve, for
have no ground for either. It * suf
ficient tt> induce roe to make an invea
tigadon, that the charges are publiclr
t made... If this would be my opinion^*
ordinary cases, l am more strongly in
.. duced to demand the present investi
gation, because, hearing^ all do, he
voice of public rumor, I have ho®rd
< (^d so frequently as to induce met*
; **Y die report is current through
* the. nation) that the publication from
which I have read an egtract, had it*
origin in the department of state, and
• that It com?* to the world witn th*
knowledge of thehead of that depart
ment. X do not say such ia<tfa«*jfact®
i merely state that such a rumor b 41
float and will spread through the nati
on. And the source to which .th*
publication is ascribed will tend t*
place the reputation of this high officer
before the nation in such a light that,
if innocent, great injustice will be done
to him. I hope therefore no invest**
gation will be made to ascertain the
truth. I enter into the enquiry with
no prejudice against the Secretary of
the Treasury. If I have any particular
impression, as I wouldauppoae every
man innocent till I found him guilty,
I am under the opinion that tbe char
ges are not well founded. Yet, th«T
this is my impression, I must confea*
that I cannot bear to have these char
ges circulating in this way and not de
sire an investigation in some way
which shall support their truth or provo
them baseless calumnies. With this
view I ave prepared several resoluti
ons, whftch I submit to the House;
“ Kesolved, That a committee die
appointed to enquire generally into the
official conduct of the preieni Secreta
ry of the Treasury, and particularly
whether the said Secretary has at any
time, and when, and in what manner,
and to what amount speculated in the
public funds.
“And whether the said Secretary
has become proprietor of any and what /
tracts of hod s dd by the U. States
and if so, how the sales thereof hav*
been conducted.
“And also, in what manner -remit*
ta?fos either of principal or interest
•f foreign debt have been made, and
whether in ai»y and what cases contra
ry to the inclination of the President,
either as to the amount cr manner*
“ Aad that the said ’ committee
imvc power to aena lor person# and
paper#.”
Mr. G. said, as he did not wish t»
take the House by surprise, he would
not now ask tne consideration of the
resolutions. ,
Mr. M’Kim moved that the Hone*
now consider them.
The motion for now talcing them up
Wras*a®roet*tC> ^ a Hrge majority.
Mr. Burweil said he was coondeiit,
from the evidence which presented
itself on the very face of the paper
which had been quoted, that nothing
could be more groundless than the
charges insinuated against the ^ecr*
tary of the A reasury. >How vwaj *ic
possible that he could speculate on the
public lands, the prices ol which are
fixed by law, and the patents for
which pass through several offices ?
It was utterly impossible that he could
defraud the United States of an acr,»
As to the accumulation of a fortune
ol ^00,000 dollars, in what way Could
he have done it by the aid of public
funds? Are there not,(said Mr. iBur
well) annual reports from the Treasu
ry department, open to the inint**,*.
of this House? Every investigating
made has proved him incorruptible &
honest.. A» to the specie sent to Hol
land, it is well known that the interest
and some part of the .principal of the
-Dutch debt annually becomes due :
and since cnmm< rce has been 6uspciw
ded there have been no effects of ow
merchants there ; and it has been dif
ficult, if not impossible to ^rebue
bills on that Country. This fact is no
torious. How then was the .ruhlit
debt mhe paid ? Jf bilk could roibe
purchased, specie must be sent. Tue
money became due, and,.if we would
preserve mviolato our faith ;w cWC1*
nation ought, we must send ^Cic
there* One remark was dropped >*
the gentleman from New-York rmicu,
, I confess, appeared to me very jnmsr^
' lar. He said that a rumor had iuh
, abroad that this ctatemen.: dumc«
authenticity from the sanction of the
i Secretary of State. Is it possible, sir,
l U>suppose that the Secretary ot State
- would so far descend, that he wouil
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