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na' arryipnnint, for the present is, the estn
bUshment of an executive council of seven
members, with the marquis of Astorga at
the head of it, for the administration of the
affairs of the nation. Among the members we
rejoice to find the name of the marquis of
Romans; \Vc have a pledge tor the steady
patriotism of this nobleman, not only in his
own excellent character, but in the hatred
Bonaparte be trs to lti>n. lie is amongst tlie
few proscribed, and so beyond the reach of
favor or purchase. As far as it depends
nnnn his conduct, the country will be wisely
governed, and the war vigorously conducted.
This form of government is, however, but
lemporary; a proclamation, (which we re
gret our not being able to insert, ou account
of its length,) lias been issued for the assem
bling of the Cortes, on the 1st day of Janua
ry, to enter upon their functions the 1st of
March following. Thus the ancient privi
leges of the Spaniards will be. restored by a
national representation, confidence created
between the people and the government,
and the spirit of the whole nation Concentra
ted into one point, and reflected back to the
extremities of the Peninsula. Should Spain
remain unconquered until that period, the
‘power of the Supreme Junta will devolve to
the Cortes, and the basis anti form of a per
manent government be laid by the assem
bly'. What an effect will this proclamation
produce un the patriotic Spaniards! The
reestablishment of those ancient assem
blies, tlie guaidiaus of their former free
dom, after a lapse of three centuries! and
in them the prospect of useful reforms, ra
tional libe’ tv, domestic happiness, and re
viving national dignity, resulting from a
inixt and participated government, llut
with these we are obliged again to connect
the appalling contingency—should Spain
ro.nain uncOur/urred l
Wchcar, however, with pleasure, of the
increased activity of the Spanish prepara
tions and movements. The patriotic spirit
is reviving in the North. Letters from Di
jon, dated the 14th inst. state, that general
Porlier, with a Spanish force of 4000 men
attacked a strong corps of French which
had come from Hitboa, and having defeated
it, afterwards proceeded to St. Andero.
The Tyrol.-The submission of the Ty
rolese does not appear to have taken place,
as reported in the French papers. Hofcr,
the gallant chief of the patriotic cause, was
mentioned particularly, as having made a
surrender of himself to the Bavarian general
Wredc. at Inspruck, as an hostage for the
submission of the whole. By a proclamation
of Dronet, issued on the 4th ult. it is, howe
ver, only stated, that he had sent in his
submission in writing; ami perhaps even
this may be questioned. Ir may turn out to
be an invention to produce an alarm in such
detached bodies of these resisting mountain
ders, as are out of the immediate reach of
better information. Be this as it may, it is
certain that the inhabitants have not discon
tinned their efforts in the sacred cause of
personal safety, and, with them, its corre
lative, independence. The last French ac
counts are filled with details of military
movements and skirmishes. Another chief,
of the name of Zeggerlen, has started up,
and attracted particular notice by hisactivi.
ty. Twenty-four hours only, from the date
of Drouet’s proclamation, are given the pa
triots to lay down their arms in order to
claim the general amnesty ; after which,
all persons found in arms, are to be /tut to
death an highwaymen .' Such are the ten
der mercies of these modern Vandals!
Trance.—The plots of Fontainbleau have
not yet unfolded themsslves, but Kings,
Princes and Cardinals, have been sent for to
Paris. The disposal of the papacy, new
divisions of states and kingdoms, new titles
and the transfer of crowns, may be confident
ly presumed to be the subjects of delibera
tive policy, or capricious impetuosity ; but to
What extent, and in what direction, except
in one instance, are yet unknown. Bona
parte, in his answer to the Roman deputies,
informs them, that " Franceand Italy must
be com/ilctely united under the same sys
tem by which it appears, that contrary to
the constitution of halv, which provides,
that alter the demise of the present sove
reign, the two crowns shall never fallen the
same head, Bonaparte intends to unite Italy
permanently to France. This will afford
another proof of the indiflerence in which
he holds the most solemn engagements. The
remainder of that address, shows with how
broad a face the wily tyrant can unite his
hypocrisy with Im policy :
“ It is not my intention, that there shall be
any, the least change in th religion of our
fathers. I, eldest son of the church, will not
depart from her bosom. Jesus Christ did
not deem it necessary to invest St. Peter
with a secular simremacy. Your See, the
first of Christendom, shall remain such._
Your Bishop is the spiritual head of the
Church, in like manner as I ant its Cxsar.
** 1 give to God that which is God’s, and to
Cxsar, that which is Cxsar’s.”
Austria.—The Emperor Francis has ad
dressed his army on the conclusion of peace
in terms which contain much of that spirit
which he m itiifestcd during the negociations.
Gold and silver medals have been distribut
ed among those officers and soldiers who dis
tinguished themselves. The address con
cludes with emphatically declaring, “that
it is only by discipline and true valor they
can procure a tasting and permanent peace,
or the esteem of their neighborsthe plain
interpretation of which is, (says a contem
porary print) that tube at peace with France,
they must be prepared to resist her.
immm
Denmark ami Sweden.-Tin- pacific ne
gotiations between Sweden and 'Denmark
are. terminated The plenipotentiaries reach
ed the scene of ncgociation on the 11th ult.
and on the nrwrnmg of the 25th, intelligence
w;.s received at Stockholm, that peace was
concluded.
The succession of Prince Augustenburgh
to tire Swedish throne Is likely to meet wi"h
opposition, ns a strong party hasbecn form
t d in favor of Gustavu*’* non, who, it was
reported, would he favored by llussia. An
unfounded rudioi prevailed in Gowtenburgh
on the 25th nit. that tile iate king, Gusta
viis, was dead
The private letters from Sweden speak of
a growing misunderstanding between Den
mark and Prance, but are wholly silent as
to the cause.
i.rvmpooi. prices curnent-nftr. 11.
•U'l.nber—Am Pine Logs, 4<- .vj n
Plank*, Os 9d* a 0- <J ,d
Hoards, Oi 5ri a 0*5 !il
G;;h hog?, 0:| n 5s 4 1
Punk* 10 1 a 0- 1 id
Board*, Oi 5*1 a OiOi j
Birch, Bccch and 7 , w,
Maple Logs, j 4k 5d a 4s‘ d
Lath wood, 121 Os a 141 0s
Staves, VV. O. Pine 381 Os a 421 os
1 IL L 281 Os a 331 Os
Bbl. 191 Os a 211 Os
R. O Hhd. 121 Os a 15l Os
Tobacco—Jann-K Zz York river, 5d a 13Jd
Georgia tfc Carolina, None
Kentucky, 4d a6d
Roto w mack, A one.
Rappahannock, 4d a 7d
Maryland, 5d a lid
Stemmed, 9i<i a I2d
Brazil, 4d a 6d
-^shes—Pot lsts, 50s a 55s
Pearls, 59s a (50s j
Max-Seed-N.- York for ) „ .
sowing, > Uncertain.
For crushing,/<erB. J0s6d a 12s Od
T<ir, 36s Od a 38s Od
Tur/irntine, 25s. 0da28s0d
Wee—— American, 28s od a32s0d
Brazil, 21s Od a 2f>s Od
Wheat—English, 1G« 3d a 17sOd per 701b. i
New, 15s 3 1 a 16s Od do. |
American, 16s Od a 16s 6d do. j
Quebec, 14s 6d a 15s Od do.
Old Irish, 11s Od a 13s 9d do. !
,, New, 13s 6d a 14s 9d do. I
F!oir*r*Can 1 a ^ls ^ per bbl.
Cotton—Bowed Georgia, interior JVbm.
fair, , jVoih,
good, i3d. aod
New Ortear.3, l9daO<l
Tennessee, 18Jd a20d j
Bea-.IsIand, 25d a 2s 8d
Stained, 21d a 24d
CIRCULAR.
Livkhpool, Dec. 11.
The uncertainty in which we have remain
ed ever since the date of nnr last circular,
and the difference of opinions respecting
what may finally be the event of the nego
ciaiions now pending between the British
and American governments, lias placed the
general course of commercial operations in
our market, as respects American produce,
in a state of comparative inactivity. Such
sales as have been effected for some weeks
past, have generally been made to the ma
nufacturers and the trade, and as the specu
lators iiave not shown themselves in the mar
ket, prices have, for the most part, conti
nued steady. Within the last week, howe
ver, some articles, particularly COTTON,
have experienced a small reduction in pri
ces, which is attributed to the impression
made by several recent arrivals direct from
tiie United States, and the uncertainty to
what extent such supplies niny be received;
we cannot, however, suppose, that such ir
regular adventures will be multiplied—on
the contrary, it seems to us more probable,
that your government will take speedy and
effectual measures to put a stop to them ;
and in that case, the regular demand for
COTTON for the consumption of oar ma
nufactories, we think, will maintain the pre
sent quotations, until some material change
takes place in augmentation of our imports.
Of ASHES we have still a considerable
stock on hand, but a large portion is of crust
ed and inferior kinds: One hundred barrels
of Pots were sold by the hammer the other
day at 50s. 6d a 52». but prime Pots and
Pearls maintain our present quotations, from
which we see no cause to anticipate a decline
during the suspension of direct intercourse.
WHEA T and FLOUR of fine qualities are
in good demand at improving prices, and for
the reasons mentioned in our last, we con
tinue of opinion, that the prices will remain
high until the near approach of our next har
vest—Owing to the scarcity of good old
Wheat, the line descriptions of that article
are in very brisk demand. TOBACCO, du
ring last month, has been uncommonly flat:
Indeed, the ordinary and inferior kinds, of
which the quantity on hand is large, are nut
enquired for at all, and therefore prices are
nominal, nor can the holders of such expect
to be materially relieved until an intercourse
with the continent snail open a vent to fo
reign markets. Finer sorts, however, are
very scarce, and command 13d. a Ifijd. and
will, no doubt, shortly be higher should no
fresh supplies be soon received. RICE is
held for better prices, which are confidently
expected in the event o*-no immediate consi
derable arrivals. Fine QUERCITRON
BARK is in good demand ; so is every des
cription of TIMBER and STAVES, of which
the market, without speedy importations,
will soon be run very bare, our present quo
tations could easily be obtained. NaVAL
STORES are become dull at our present
currency.
The London papers of this morning, con
tain v copy of a letter from the Emperor of
the French to the Emperor of Russia, dat
ed Schoenbrunn, 10th Oct 1809, which con
tains these words :—“ The United States are
“ on the worst terms with England, and
“seem disposed sincerely and seriously to
“apvoximate to our system.”—The letter
is said to be authentic.
We remain,
Very respectfully,
Yor.r obedient servants,
JAMES ROBINSON & SON.
Thc^ following is an extract of a letter i
from Copenhagen, dated Nov. 4-“Since !
my last letter to you, an intrigue of a very
curious nature has been discovered. The
Hereditary Prince of Danmark, who is mar
ried to a daughter of the Duke of Mecklen
burgh, being called from home by military
duties, had scarcely been gone three days,
when it was discovered that a Frenchman of
the name of Dupuis, who was the ballet mas
ter, and also had been ehosen to instruct the
Princess in singing, had been perceived go
ing into her apartments at a late hour in the
night. A guard was placed to watch his re
turn, and at four in the morning lie was seen
leaving the Princess’s bed room. An express
was immediately dispatched to the Prince,
to make him acquainted with the circum
stance ; and on examining the Princess she
confessed her guilt. Dupuis was instantly
sent under an escort tolmbeck, never to re
turn to Denmark under pain of death, and 1
the Princess has since been sent to Alton*.
Messengers have been sent to all quarters, to
apprize her relations r f her conduct, and a
divorce is expected to take place, 't his
same Dupuis was some years ago in the Swe
dish service ; but hiscnnduct was so in famous
that he was banished rom that country.—
London fiaficr.
~ ’-- — T_- J
I'UHTICJL VIE U S.
At a period when we have demonstrated to
onr.*< Svos I be truth, that nations ns wHI •-< rulers
tiiay be infatuated to their ruin, it cannot be on
in'.ereslittg to blend wv.li tlie general current of
more Inc. | politics, a sketch of a power and
gutroritnnm.i, which hss been nil hot extinguished
'»y il r ul.mines# and reiterated folly of it# m
i r», u:i t L igt;,,. Mice cf its people, and suflc. <kl
exist only through the magnanimity of its con
queror. A1 read' in the 9th year of *ts age, the
prediction has been verified, that “ nothing in
this century should be like the last.” The house
of Austria has lieen but a little wav behind thn
Bourbons, nod they have lx en conquered only a
few years after the entire extinction i f their pre
decessors in exile, tiie Stuarts. ' i it were pos
sible that monarchy could profit ?y experientee,
the times ought to lie fruitful of lessens for kings ;
out as kings are not attgols but men, thev are
destined to incur the penalties of their education
and their seclusion front that km-vledpe of man
kind wuir.h is tlie true, the otdv basis of kiic
e*<*s and security in government t and in tfiis
view the repeated disasters and follies of the
house of Austria are full of instruction.
I'.ie curiosity of mankind is us oft«n ox**itrd
by great misfortunes, as !>▼ great triumphs ; tl«o
former goto the heart, the litter attract Hie hr.
agiriation ; the one excites sympathy or pltv.
the < a er admiration or awe. I'i witnessing"
great misfortunes, we often lose sight of the
causes that produced them, in rontv.mplating t!ie
measure of the misfortune, we forg“t the crime
io our pitv for the r.rimiriei. 1.re commisserate
Charles II. and Louis 7.VI. hut the h»-<\ of tlie
house of Austria, has not incurred the I ke fate,
our compassion i* somewhat restrained, and our
passions are free from the impression of the last
of all punishments ; the judgment cannot, cut
contemplating his reiterated foMi'-s, hut oens'il-r
in retaining any portion <>r doniiiti<>n rr po'cer,
liis fate more fortunate tl>-<o meritorious. Hap
py will it b<* for him and ids successors, d-eib
Iv happy for those ever whom it is their misfor
tune, that fools should Iv* rulers, if d'uas
tr rs that lie has fullered, can tench him vc* th**
11‘cessitv of contentment ; rr it' the chi'Is *>« •
other nations profit by his merited itumili vti'in j
1 lie cessation of the title of Grmart emperor, I
and the extinction of tlie federal government of" I
Germany, was an extraordinary esen*, but it pa*. !
sed away without arr of those concussions '
winch were the aebompanimrnis of such revolu- 1
tions in former ages ; nor would tlie cessation of j
the title of emperor of Austria now, ai m.i-■ !
than tlie necessary and inevitable enmnMion ol |
the ineffectual moderation with which it has been
so often spared.
The absorption of the crown of Austria in that
of France, is one of those incidents, which the
present ruler of Francois fond of placing before
tlie world Charlemagne, whom he effects to 5
mite.te, ( and posterity will sav the imitrtor is
greater than the origio .l) milted the crown of
Germany with that of France, about the year 800.
anil administered bis government by chiefs, who
had tlie title of dukes, who held sway overexien- I
sive provinces ; these were divided into lesser di
visions, and ruled by deputies of the dukes, v .'io
were calle<l comes or cout ’s, thence the districts
were called counties ,* tlie German ti le was Graaf
The emperor iim ^ed these governors with judi
cial, civil and military authority, hut an xpnrvd lay
to him, which lie referred to the counts of his pa
lace, who formed his counsellors in tV cabinet,
and liis staff in the field ; thes* w re -.-•died counts
of the pr.lr.ee, whence conn’s palatine, or what «he
Germans denominate Pfatspraaf,- some of these
deputies who had charge ot the frontiers, were
Called counts of the marches, bv the Germans
Markgraaf, whence the marquises of modern
times ; those v. ho were invested with national
domains, were denominated princes, or landgraaf
—and those who ruled over cities Rurpprnaf.
These dukes and counts, and lardgraaf, secu
red their power to their descendants, and out of
their rivalry in a subsequent age sprung that fede
ration of princes of various denominations, who,
through various vicissitudes and revolutions, for
med the ostensible power called sometimes the
Germanic body ; the descendants of Charle
magne were recognized as the supreme head, un
til the demise, ol Louis IV. in 912, when the
priesthood had become so potent as to secure by
the revolution a large share in the temporal con
| cei-ns of Germany, ! y uniting with the prinrc3, j
j and raising Cunrade duke of Franconia to the dia. '
dem.
These duke* and the pries*? exercised the pow- 1
1 <»r of electing the emperor thenceforward, until
i the pope took upon him to issue a conge d'eltre, for
making emperors, as the king ami pope of Eng.
j land makes bishop* ; as was to he expected, nu*
I ny wars arose i>etween the spiritual/vicar and the
worldly minded dukes, in which the unfortunate
flock were butchered with as much pretensions
to evangelical piety and religion as in modern
time.
At length, in 984, in the reign of Otho III. the
g-cut rogues or dukes, and the great priests or
archbishops, agreed to deprive toe littie rogues
or counts, and the little priests or bishops, oi t.ie
trouble of electing an emperor, and undertook as
disinterestedly as any of or modern dukes, or
counts, or bishops, to elect the emperor them
selves.
And here we reach the founder of the hous.
of Austria, in ltodulph, who was on:y a count of
Haps burg, who was elected in 1273; so that
the dynasty lias now rcigneu years; h few
years before the establishment r.f the Turkish
empire in Bythinia, only 7U years after the first
chimnics were erected in England ; year* ,f
ter magna charta was signed ; 70 years idler tin
establishment of the inquisition.
The little counts and burgers, were not well j
satisfied, and terrible wars arosi out of .lieu- ex -
clusion by the select lev) ; after much bloodshed in
1437, a sort of government was committed to writ
itig, of which much has been said without being
generally understood ; this writing, which w...>
upon parchment, had attached to it a golden bulla
or seal, whence it has been call d the golden bull,
and was in fact thtfederal compact of those Ge •
man dukes to rule Germany and elect an empe
ror, this was acceded to by Albert il. cmpt-i >r
of Germany ; but it was much more enlarged at
a subsequent pencil, by the emperor Fn dcrick
III. By the golden bu'l promulgated by Chari s
IV. the eleclo s were limited to seven ; upon the
death of Maxmilian, Charles V. who united the
Spanish monarchy with the imperial diadem,ex
cited great jealousy, and the electors combined
to limit the emperor’s power, anil obtained from
him what is culled the capitulation, ai.other law of
the empire. In 1S49 the duke of Brandenburg
was admitted as an elector; and in 1092 Hano
ver ; in 1777, they were again reduced 11 8, by
two centering in one house, ttiat of Deuxpont.
anil Bavaria ; which were again extended to l* n ;
but they all ceased w ith the extinction of tin
title ol German emperor, by ilie treaty of
J’resbuig, or rather by the battle of Auster
litz.
It may be not impertinent to many of our rea
ders, who have no leisure to study history min
utely, to explain a phrase which is olten met
with in the Germanic history, ami it is conveni
t nt, as it It ads to an unfolding of another iiecessv
\y part.
\v« Is are seen that the house of i-f a nsbotirg ori
ginated in Roil l|»l), in li73j it was not iur.il
16J1, that llio right <>l pnm iginimre was estab
lished to tli*-ir estates in heioli ary succession;
theyear after Frrd lii.iid II. r.ompu- e l c* uicorpo
rated witli those estates the kingdom of Bohe
mia ; Charles VI who was the last male of his
race direct, in I TUI. established ihe succession
in the females ot his house, r-u-1 the nearest of
kin—'i ln » has been disputed, by otiier branches
of that house, hut it prevailed ; Charles VII. of
lJaVafia, and Augustus king ol Poland, being de
scendetl from an elder brother of Charles VII.
disputed it t hut in 1724 the question was r«-'i»r
red to the states ot Hung try, it was accepted by
(i'.Ti any in 1710, and guaranteed by Hie trea,,
of Westphalia in 1748 j this act w*s called the
fn<tynut>ic tarn-lion ; it was under this gnai-antev
that the Iiimih*ol Lorraine came to he identified
with the house o' /nutria ; for H}tria 7*htrc,a.
daughterOi Cllal l«<S VI. Ill • .•it'll b'rar.cit Ui' r t,j
i.art and was in her right proclaimed mo J
rrr Francis I. The empeior Joseph II. wis Ion
son; tuc emperor Lc«tol J, who preceded J • |
w.s also btfrs'n.Jir died oTpo^on i.i jpoj ;
Hud rrm>f"t 11 i »e present emperor, is the »•>»»<
that Leopold.
Francis 11. was boriS ! FeKmary, 1768, has
hern twice married, his first wife wii'm he mar.
tied in 1788, was a prince*- of YVirit-mbcrg, wbo
died in 1790 i the same year he marred his con- 1
sin, A laria Theresa, <>f Naples. Hi first wife !
he had no issii*. by Itis pr -nt wile lie his two |
sons and four daughters t the eldest son Ferdi
nand Charles', born April 19, 1793; tlie second I
Joseph Francis Leopold, born April 9,‘ i~'.’9 ; s*»
that his eldest son most he 16 years old. The
brothers of Francis 11. are seven—I. Tlie l«v*
archduke elector of Svhaburg, Mid formerly
grand duke of Tuscany, Ferdinand, who comman
ded the aviny in Poland, he was born in Mav
1769, he married his cOusin another daughter of
the l.-.te king <:f tlie 2 Sicilies.
2 The archduke C7i.ir.Vr.(the ri-d-van^ first trett
eral of Europe) born 5lh Sept, l.VI—:j. Joseph
Antony, archduke palatine of Hungary, Match
1776.—4. Antony Victor Joseph, August 1779
—5 John, (the chief of the army that wrote a
letter io the French general duke of Istria, to lay '
down his arms ;) horn, January 23. 1731_6 He". I
g'.ster Joseph, Septpmbcr SO, 17—7. Louis,!
December 14, Rudolph, J ent.-rv 8, !
1738, and two daughters, one Marin There* i, j
bo ii i 1767, and married to the brother of tlie king ]
ol Saxony ; Maria Anna, bout 1770, aiul appoint i
ed abbess of Prague in 1791
V/<* shall close this article bv n view ol iu n\- j
tent, tv. population ; reserving for another essay a I
political sketch, applied toils modem history »n.I |
the consequences : keeping in inmd that the facts !
here given will be fuutid to agree with those of,
\I. de l.ucca, Clarke’s statistical view of Get- j
many, the annals of prince Lich-teristcin, Hoc-1
•plot, 'i ai(licit, s-ml the Huron de More.
llBMAI.SS Of Till* I.AT A HOUSE op AUiTllIA, ■
BY III* 1* V ACE OF 1809.
Savvies Inhabitin'* Dili a**.
Hungary, oo.OOO 6.20'J,0od 3,000,00) I
FKama, 16 400 8»,*,otx) 1,Out).DUO I
3. I'.vouis, 17.000 250,080 274,000 ■
IF-hemi:., 14.4*i0 2 0 20,000 3,3! >.0u0
lo avia, 4,200 1,125,000 l,2uu.O00
1“sr<y,t'’lril °'} «**» 28.0(10 458,000
J ,r-'wer Austria, 5.200 100 030 1,600 000
Fju t Upper Austria, 3 000 34 U0O 640 000
99,700 10,597.000 11,66*.000
I.OST BY THE LA1K WAH.
raAt.S,n'er} ~>5S0 23,000 317 000
C&rinthia, 3,214 240.000 371.000
Cannula, 3,518 380.000 511,000
Illyria, including V
istria, Fiume, Fog C 6,400 1,330,000 800,000
lisa, and Spulatro. )
Hungarian Dalmt* 7 o „„„
tia ami Croatia J 8000 770.000 400,000
Austrian Silesia, 1,396 1,100.000 250.000
?.'-v;,o!». 6.750 530 000 24 J 000
Gallic:.*! Sc Lodo-7 „ „
mirin, £ 27,800 2,540s0l)0 1,170,000
The Buekowice, 15,100 130,000 2C0 000
Salzburg at*d Her- > .
lochegaidcii, ^ 7,000 135,000 150,090
, 81,628 7.488 000 4,409.000
1 hese io<:er. are independent of the circle . t
Burgundy or Netherlands* the Austrian fv.-fs in
Sin.lna, Bavaria, and Franconia ; the Venetian
dominions, Lombardy, and the Milanese, lost by
iurmer coalitions.—Aurora.
FORTITUDE AND PRESENCE OF jflXD.
A striking example of fortitude and pre
sence of mind, was exhibited a few days
since by a gentleman and a voung lady, in
passing the Cayuga lake, in the state of N.
iork. The circumstances were as follow.
■Bout. Pal.
Mr. William Tappan, of Geneva, set out
on a journey to Boston iu the stage with his
little daughter, about 4 years old. In cros
sing the lake on the ice. he committed his
cniid to the care of Miss Vredenburgh a
young Indy of about 15 y ears of age, «,f a
very respectable family at Scancotal’s Uke,
yvbo remained in the sleigh ; the other pas
sengers considering the passage dangerous,
chasing to walk at a distance. As Mr. Tan
pan was holding up the hind pare of the
sleigh, it broke through the ice, and that
with the horses were instantly under water.
Mr. i'appan s ivam to where the ice would
bear him, and looking back, helsaw Miss
Vredenburgh holding up his child above
water, yviio with a surprising composure of
mind, and unexampled disinterestedness ex
claimed—“For God’s sake, Mr. Tappan,
save your child, for we are both drowning
together.” .
, 1 \ * • pbmged in again, received the
cn.ld lrom her bands, and was fortunate c
nough to place it in s-yfety on the ice. lie
then returned and took the young lady, who
was quietly waiting up to her neck in water,
landing upon the upper part of the sinking
sUogh, and swam with her again to a pk.ee
o‘ sa.cty. All this time she never uttered a
sign or a complaint; but suffered Mr. Tap
P *' 1” take hold of her in the most advan
tageous manner for swimming, and delibe
rately avoided grasping him yvith her hands
winch she was sensible might prove fatal to
them both. The result was, that under Pro
vldence, the fortitude and presence ot mind
of these twopersons, was the means of sav
’mg three souls from a watcrv grave. It may
be observed at the same time, that the wea
thrr was so excessively cold that their clothes
were immediately stiffened with ice,
Baltimore, February 13*
FROM LISBON.
Captain IJarnard. of ship If err*, at New.
\ or**.. left Lisbon 25th December; at which
time fl'nr was it eight dollars, plenty_
rice < i .*—pork 12-beef 10—cotton pro
hibited—tobacco do.—codfish (A meric in,)
no sale—Indian corn t 3o—bbl. staves 30_
pi pe do. 8 50. I'lie French were said tube
within 80 miles of Lisbon, when Captain
Bernard sailed.
IN SENATE,
Wedkesday, Feb. 7.
On motion oF Mr. Bradley, the .further
consideration of the bill to engage a corps of
voluntee rs for a short period m the service
e>f the U. States, was made the order of the
day for Monday next.
The bill from the House of Representa
tives concerning the Virginia military Uml
warrants was read and passed to a second
< lading.
Thursday, Feb. 8.
The bill to incorporate a company for ma»
king certain turnpike roads m the district
ot Columbia'vaa fut’tht • discussed, and or
dered to be engrossed for a third reading.
J he bill gran tog a right of pre emp’ion
to pure lasers ot public lands in ci-rt-im m
scs was read a third time and ord red to be
engrossed.
Tne fj.mate resumed he c wii 1 ration r»l
Mr Heed's uutiou t..r a*. amem men.'.otht
' . «.
* -t. n. t» ....... t ;
v/ns made tne order ot ti>e u iy tor im -v
next.
. Monday, F*h. 1 '
T.ie h*1! I" r-e«-cht (hr issuing of n«a.leu >s
eri cj»t to ueriain wssulx, was mul n irmml line,
nnd committed to Messrs. Bayard, Bradley. :• >
l.t-ih. • 7
The ronslderst’on of die Sill to engage in t» •».
service of tlie United States, for u short per ml
a corps o' volunteers was, on motion of Mr.
dr ally, further postponed until Monday next.
Mr f.'oyd'* motion caPlng for information on
tlie amount o' duties accruing from imports Irony
tlie Mediterranean, and ds!, for the amount of
du'ies accruing front the tluty commonly e.iltvl
the Mediterranean fund, was taken up & agreed ■,
to. 1 * V
The House resumed the consideration of t’>o
hill for incorporating religious societies in U>*
district of CoxioiIiih—.out, on motion <>l Mr. 1*
df-son, iof» further consideration thereof, was
(postponed till the lirst Monday in Ueoem'Jtr
next.
I hill lor Hie relief of Win. Hawkins was
t !;*"l i third I'Hi; and p:i,»,eri.
1 he hill to men. .,ora*e n company for m".k'rlg
turnpike roads in me District of Columbia was
Imti.rr discussed and amended ; soil then ro
roinmined to Mcssr* I.eib, Smah (VId) and
Brent.
Ti Fsn v v, Feb. Id.
r?'r» Sill }r> prnfr‘!i» t!ie mode of application
*>r UiO imrr ii:« se o» Inn*! sit fli** flPvtM'hl |,»uH m ,
crs ami lor 11 * v relict ot'Jonb Garret, w.u* pp.si*:,!
to a third reariiiiv
A 1C *\ \T VAVIGATTON- RTT.T..
Mr .9••»/•/> >.f Aid. from the eoniinitt-c to wh-'m
1 ’ relerrecl <ti*» hi11 ‘•concerning commercial
liilcrcours wiili fnvat ISribiu at.«l France, an l
ihcir depentleucirs, mul for other purposes ’*
reported U smile with an amendment (not a;'
<erting the principle of the bill) which was read.
'File mil is made inc order ot the day lor Mon
day next
Air. A’s motion f »r an amendment to ill's
coiistitmion i,f the U. .tales', was furiner discu.
sed ; and on motion ot Mr. Crawford referred t<»
a committee for further consideration. Messrs,
iteid, Crawfortl, I.eib,-Giles, Si Pickering com
pose the commillet..
house of representatives,
Wednesday, Feb. r.' l
DETACHMENT OK DI 11.1 T1 A.
The house resumed the consideration of
the report of the committee of the whole on
the bill authorising a detachment of the mi
litia of tbcU. S
Mr. Dana observed that tlich'.'.l provided
tiuu the quota to he dialled trom the states
respectively should l>e up portioned, accor
ding to the retu'iis of-militia received at the.
office of the Department « f war from each
s- .i.e 1. • wished to oil .r .in amendment to tins
jiart oft he mil,because from some of the states
returns i. tight have been regularly receive.!,
whilst trom others returns might not ha -e
been received lor six or seven years. T ie
.. i.i.li.% to be called into service to perform
•tv: 1 itiu duty. Air.Dana remarked wasaspe
c*es or capitation tax. paid not in money but
i.i service ; and being a direct tax, shoul l
< oe, as (lie constitution provides, apportion
ed among the several states according to
their respective numbers. If the states were
liable to miluia duty only according to their
returns, the more ot their citizens they ex
empted from military dutv, the smaller would
be their proportion of the public burthen
which a requisition of militia set vice imnr*_
sed. The numbers of militia increased with,
the ratio of population ; and of course those
states whose returns for several years past
were defective, would not bear ’ their due
I proportion of the capitation tax. Where
[returns were thu-wanting, he presumed the
I most eqhitable mode v ould be to apportion
the militia according to their representation
in Congress. With this view he moved to
amend the bill by adding after the clause of
the bill which prescribes the mode of appor
tioning the detachment where ?*»-‘urtis are
defective, the words “accordingto the ratio
Ot representation for the states respectively
. ancl bv such other data as in- shall judge e
qiiitahic tor lhe respective territories.*’"
Air. /,“y doubted whether lie correctly
understood the object of tii — amendment, if
lie did, iis operation would be extremely un
just on tile southern states, wdiose represen
tation was partially founded on their lilac.c
as well as white population, and. who wer •.
therefore unfortunately weak-r than tt »
states diiforeni iy situated, if they wt'Y o i
that account to luriusli more than their pro
portion in detachments of militia.
Mr. Dyna said the gentleman had under
stood his object correctly. lie certainly
meant, where the proper officers in a stato
had neglected their duty in making returns,
that the quota of that'state should be .ap
portioned according to its ratio of represen •
tation.
Mr. Art/ said he had no idea of inflicting
on states a punishment ot this kind because
thcii otKeers had not made tlie proper re
turns. The principle would operate more
injuriously than was necessary to enforce
die laws, and he dal mt think a principle
so unjust ought to be adopted to enforce the
laws of the union, when other means of do
ing it were within the power of congress.
Mr. Desha observed that, in addition to
odier objections, such a provision would o
perate. i juiunuslv in nnwher if-spec*. Since
the present representation had been appor
tioned. some states had nearly doubled their
population, and they would not, where re
turns we re defective, according to this a
mendmeut, be called upoh for their proper
proportion. lie presumed no gentleman
could wish to prevent the -western people
from furnishing their full quota of men for
the public servic e. Such a provision as this
would deprive his Constituents of the privi
1 ges of turning out their proportion, if tneir
country should require iheir assistance.
Mr. Dana said he did no! know how beirg
[drafted in the quotas of militia would bo
i deemed a greai privilege in the Western
country—but. however great it was, the
deprivati m of it would not be very injuri-mw
in those states, which had not for some yens
sent an inspector’s return of militia, r.->,- e.
ven written a letter to the Sect e ary of\V*»v
As respected certain paits of the union,
where the Execmivrs of the states were hal
| hituated to issue orders to the proper
I r.rro, to inform thrm that the quotas should
I be detacficd and equipped—and where, on
failure of attending promptly to their du.y,
tlie officers were liable to be tried and pu -
nished, and where the execut-on of the law
was a considerable tax on the citizens con
cerned, both as to time and Property, lie
had some doubt whether it was esteemed a
very great privilege te be drafted fro.n tho
militia. It might-be so where a sufficient
i number turned out anti equipped ihemselve*
i * volunteers, so as to render a draft unne
*-ssH< y, 1 he contribii'.i-.n ot either propev
y or service to tnt tfouoiry, Mr. Dana said,
*.is in she imtip-e of a dit-» ct tax, , ,. •
compliance with the lequisnion of a q-i ,