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A'llr, and delivered tip, without being
p lid his wages; and previous to his being
thus delivered up, he had never served
on board any French armed vessel, ci
ther publick or private. The sailor also
produces a certificate from the Ameri
can consul, a copy of which is subjoined.
If his statement is doubted, he shall be
brought forward to preve it in a legal
manner. Please to make this public.
Yours, An American.
[ Certijicate. ]
Consulate of the U. S. at Cadiz.
I do hereby certify, that the bearer
hereof, Nicholas Virhagc, was serving
on hoard the U. States ship Constitu
tion, II. G. Campbell, hAq. commander,
and while in this bay was delivered up
in consequence ol orders from the
French admiral, Mons. Rosily.
James M‘Cann, Consular Agent.”
Com mum c atton*.
The honourable and right-reverend
John Smith, member of the senate of the
United States from Ohio, and one of the
principal secretaries of state to his im
perial majesty Aaron the first, emperor
of Mexico, Ike. passed through this
neighbourhood a few days ago. It is
understood lu was on his wav from b lo
rida, but wheth r to take his seat within
the bar of the senate, or without the bar
of the circuit court at Kichmond, we are
unable to state. The honourable gentle
man used to tarry a little while in this
place, when ’passing to and fro, and give
his acquaintances the news of the clay.
Uut since his connection with the em
peror has came to light, he seems to feel
himself above these little condescensi
ons. He travelled through altogether
incog; so that whether he passed thro’
the town, or not, or the precise time
w hen the land was honoured with his
presence, cannot be ascertained. He
was attended by an escort, after the
manner of the great men of the East:
but we are informed lie travelled rather
in the style of iiajazct, than of Tamer
lane.
Some four or five weeks past, one Jo
nathan Dayton, anothci principal secre
tary of state to his Mexican majestv,
travelled through this neighbourhood
westward. He did not passthrough
Wheeling,for whicli wc have understood
4c had very cogent rca\onv. 11 e had j ust
vetiicd from the bar at Kichmond, and
was anxious to visit the seat of cntcr
.rize, in the neighbou:hood of Cincin
nati. Perhaps he wished to convey ir
telligcnce of his <fc safe deliverance'1 to
his brother secretary. Friend Jonathan
told some strange tales about his being
indicted through the malice of the grand
jury. Hut his cypher letters to general
Wilkinson shew that he had some con
nection with the secretary department of
emperor Aaron. We understand that
Jonathan is about to sojourn eastward.
It is probable he does not wish to meet
the emperor on the western waters. A
malicious grand jury mav he impanncled
even in the district of Ohio.
A man in Franklin county, Pennsyl
vania, lias been convicted of killing his
wife, and sentenced to be hanged. He
bail beaten her severely early in the day.
She died before night, and he was him
self the first who announced her death
to the neighbours.
Another person in Cumberland coun
ty, in the same state, has been convicted
ot murdering his wife. A motion in
arrest ol judgment, on the ground of de
fects in the indictment, suspends his
late until another term of the court. It
appears that, to prevent a discovery of
the barbarous deed, this inhuman mon
ster threw the body of the unfortunate
woman into the flames, and some ot the
bones witnessed against him.
Nov. 20 1 8G7—Married, Mr. C harles
Hot; son, aged 63 scars, to .Miss Sarah
I.inii er, alias Mrs. Kurtz, aged 52,
both of Wheeling.
Thomas Thompson,
Justice of the Peace.
Belmont County, State of Ohio.
Congress.
In the 11. of Representatives, Oct. 30,
Mr. Rin a (Ten.) moved the following
resolution, which was adopted—and,
with a similar one passed yesterday,
was ordered to lie printed.
Resolved, That the committee on pub
lick lands do enquire into the expedienc y
of laying off and describing by certain
metes and bounds, a tract of country to
which there is no < xisting Indian title,
within the limits of the territory ol Or
leans, and to include all the settle ments
on the west side of the river Mississippi
within the said territorv; and of having
the said tract r»f country laid oil into
townships,sections, half and qu irter *t c
tions, agreeably to the sever.d laws lit re
tofore made for surveying the public k
lands of the IT. S. an 1 also to < nquire
into the expediency of granting one quar
tor of a section to every free male white
person who now resides thereon, or who
will within actually improve
and reside thereon.
November 2.
The speaker laid before the house a
communication from gen. Wm. Eaton,
inclosing the translation of a memo
rial from Hamct Caramelli, ex-bashaw
of Tripoli, stating, that, from attaching
hints* It to the service and interest of the
U. States, he had suffered great injury.
That he had relied on the promises of
the officeis of the U. S. for remunera
tion, the non-performance of which had
reduced him to the greatest difficulties.
Referred to a select committee of f
members.
Is' Sfvatf., Nov. 5, 1807.
Mr. Tiffin offered the following reso
lution :
Resolved , bv the Senate and House
of Representatives of the U. S. of Ame
rica in Congress assembled, two thirds
of both Houses concurring, that the fol
lowing section be submitted to the legis
latures of the several states, which when
ratified and confirmed by the lagisla
turcs of three-fourths of the said states,
shall be valid and binding as a part of
the Constitution of the U. S. in lieu ol
the first section of the third article
thereof.
The Judicial power of the U. S. shall
be vested in one Supreme Court, and in
such inferior courts as die Congress
may from time to time ordain and esta
blish. The Judges both of the Supreme
and inferior courts shall hold their >rfi
ccs for years, shall be removed
by the President, on the address ol two
thirds ol both Houses of Congress re
questing the same, and shall, at stated
times, receive for th- ir services a com
pensation, which shall not lie diminish
ed lurinir their continuance in office.—
Which was ordered to lie for consi
deration.
Mr. Mitchil offered the following re
solution :
Resolved, That a committee he ap
pointed to enquire whether any and
v. hat alterations are necessary to lie
made in the laws respecting insurrecti
ons and violations of the public peace
and authority, as well as the laws re
specting the conspiracy of private indi
viduals against foreign nations in amity
w ith the U. S. with leave to report by
1 bill or otherwise.
V\ hith was ordered to lie for consi
der atiom