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t.ovrn, that many of the transports, in
stead of pursuing their destination,made
tor whatei. r ports they could reach, it
>\ ill th ere lore he* some time before we
learn the late ol the different vessels.
Kussia has unequivocally refused to
enter into any negoeiation with this
cm ntrv, lor a renewal of the treatv of
conunerci.
3N i.w-Vork, December 8.
1 here are 3 gun boats ashore in the
cove to the westward ot S.nulv Hook ;
and 1 on Staten Island—all high and clrv.
14 Bordeaux, Oct. 15, 1 sop.
“Vv ilham Dee, Ksq. American Con
sul in this city, has rect ived a letter
ii'om General Armstrong, desiring him
to advise all masters of vessels to quit
T*as port ia as short a time as possible.
I he like advice, it is said, has been giv
en to the Consuls at the other st uports
—Bonaparte will have no neutrals—
Americans will have to light for or a
gainst him.''
It appears bv t'ne Courier, of the 2*2d
Oct. that lb British government ha\ .
issued a pii.clamation, declaring the at
tack on tile Chesapeake an unauihot i/.
ed act.—As our pap rs are irregular
We have n t the one \\ hich contains the
proclamation. Several of the la don
papers, however, obervo of it, and saw
‘•his majesty's ministers have abandon
ed a valuable right without an i rlTa
lent. '—And that the proclamation con
cedes too much to Amerii a—other pa
\ . rs advocate the pacilick tenor of this
pi' lunation.
W 11 L E I. 1 X Gy
Thursday, 2-1 th 1)i crmur.i-, 1807.
On Monday the 7th inst. the I.cyr
hi lure of Ohio commenced its ses ion,
at Chiiicothe. 1 lion,a-, kirker, Km.
the acting (governor, a hire cd both
houses. He complains of defects in the
militia law, and call tli attention of the
legislature to inconveniemn s n tiling
from decisions of the Cour; , declaring
unconstitutional a legislative provision
giving magistrates juristlkiion, in civil
cast s, to the amount of fifty dollar ,.—
lie notices the alarm on tin li :/i rs,
from tlic Indians ; sutts that, when in
! vestigatcd,thc alarm proved unfounded;
hut mentions his belief, that peace with
the Indians will depend on peace with
England. He also states that there are
i but lew arms in Ohio, and that arms
cannot lie obtained within the state.
Air. Kirker is re-elected Speaker of
the Senate, of which Thomas Scott is
chosen Clerk. In the House of Repre
sentatives, Philemon Beecher, Esq. is
chosen Speaker, and T. S. Hind Clerk.
On Monday the 7di inst. the General
Assembly o( Virginia, convened at
Richmond. Hugh Xelson, K q. of Al
bemarle, wa1-, on the fourth ballot, cho
sen Speaker ol the House ot Delegates.
The I.nglish government has* issued
a proclamation, which may he consider
ed a decisive rejection oi’the claim of
o .ir gov erment, to have merchant vessels
cd from tr< or li > a ■
men. I he proclamation requires all
idritish seamen to withdraw from fo
reign service and return home. Naval
officers are commanded to take such
seamen from on board m reliant vessels.
1 hey arc also directed, upon informa
tion oi any being on board ships of war,
t » claim them Irom the comman lews ;
and it they tire not given up, report is
1 to be made to the admiralty, in order
; tl. :» redn ss tnayb th manded of the go
, vernment to which such ship belongs.
I 1 he prot lama’ .on further announces,
i that certificates ot naturali/.ation are
: not to be21 vgard d.
Co.Nttnr.ssl-ii- 1 lie. bil. report d in se
nate by .Mr. A lams, lor preserving the
publick peace and authority in the liar*
I hour;, and waters of the Id. States, has
passed m that bodv; \eas26; navs 3.
1 he hous of Kepresenuitivcs hav •
adopted resolutions for arming tl;e mi
litia and prov iding a loitnidable train of
artiih r\ lor the service r f the U. S.
[ Mr. Dawson. Irom the committee
on the military establishment, reported
that it is expedient to raise regi
ments of artillery, cavalry and infantry.
He also submitted an estimate of the
expense of maintaining 32,000 men.
The bill appropriating 8jO,000 dollars,
for building 188 gun boats, has passed
both houses.
I he nun-importation is now in force.
On the rth inst. the house of Repre
sentatives of the U. S. received a confi
dential message from the President_
the door, were immediately closed,and
the house continued sitting, with dosed
doors, until an unusually late hour. Ou
the 8th the doors were again closed for
about half an hour.
rhe Danish Consul at Philadelphia
has published a proclamation of the
King of Denmark, requiring all Danish
seam n to return home and assist in de
lending- their country.—The English
!1 a. e evacuated Zealand...alter shipping
oil their ill-gotten booty.
I he United States sloop (if war I lor
m t, arrivi d at Charleston on the 29th
tilt, in ! 2 days from Malaga, in distress,
informs that all neutral vessels are cap
tured by the belligerents, in the jVledi
t- rranean. All communication with
(»ibraltar has been interdicted on pain
of death.
■It a Court rontiwtrcl and held for Ohio
County, on Tuc-sduu the Zd day of No
verabrr, 1807.
Benjamin Cass,
John Koons.
i his day < ,imt the Complainant, by his
( mr:.< I, and it appearing to the Court
that the D .•hint is not an inhabitant
ot tiiis com aon-.vealih ; it is Ordered,
1 hat the r» ml l) dVndant. do appear here
on the first Monda\ in !Starch next, to
an v. t r tin ( omphiinant’s bill; and that
a copy ot t! b Onlir he forthwith posted
tip at the door ol the Court-house of
this county lor two months successive
ly, and also he published for two months
successively in tin Wheeling Repository*
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