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Marina Stock 10 per rent adwr.ee J 1 den>»"*
MARTIN FISK.
WlflCommence landing this dny the Cargo of the
Schooner Mermaid, captain Buc k,
hogsheads New-England RUM,
barrel* do. do.
heavy W»ck Pepper,
MO twite* Brown Snap, A
100 do. Mould C im'ln,
MO dm Mm t, 8, and 3 Chocolate,
50 barrel* N». I and S B.-ef,
40 Crate* QueroN Ware, b mdaomely usnrted,
20 boxea China Ware ; I raw: Tunt'jler UUaaes,
109 barrel* Loaf Sugar,
1000 buihcU Liverpool Salt on board.
I* Shirt,
JOO bltrTeh choice Rye Whiskey, Russia and Ra
MrtQflk..** PUBC^ei,ns Grenada Rum.
BILLS on Baltimore.
1000 Dolls at ten days s:ght for Cash
SOOO Voliars at iixty Days sight.
For Sale by Mfc
CA.'.H tilVLN FOR
O. Jiogshcad STAVES,
James YmHut,
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THt|nypAY MdRNiyCyJAH. 55, IBlQ.
Wy^bs*«*e tb*t Alr. MrU^C. toward. the e«2l
WyjubsetvethxtAlr. AlilflrirT, towards the rein
cIbsmb «f Jg| speech, ha* adopted ao argument
«M>b «a fWe often before heard, but never tx
V*te6 to find repented by a statesman nr legislator
H« contends that tha British orders in council chn*
not ha considered as a great national policy, inai
niuch as, by the practice under them, the British
government permits its own subjects to supply the
continent with those very articles, which neutrals
are forbidden to rarry ; whereas the avowed object
of the orders is to rut off from the continent hiiv
supply of those artirles. But here is an evident
misconception on the part of those who use this
argument. It would have been s very paltry occu
palion for the British government to employ iti-lt
ill devising and executing nuans to deprive the wo
men and children n| France and Holland of the use
•>f sugar and coffee: But lo cripple the resources ol
their enemy nr to increase the ratio in the superi
ority or their own, is nn Object worthy of stales
men. A rigid enforcement ol the niders in coun
ril would accomplish tie former; because the
Fiench government drived a large revenue from the
importation of the article* prohibit'd hy those or
ders. The latter object is attained by perm uing
British subjects to carry on that rniuruetre which
is denied to neutrals. It is true that the resource*
ol Eranraare increased by this means; but thuse
of Great Bnfain are increased in a much great-r
proportion. While the trade was carried on by
neatjrals the exchequer of France derived a large
income from it; that of England none at all. But
when carried on by British subjec ts, all the piofit
which was before derived by the neutral is trans
feree! t» themselves and turns the scale greatly in
favour of Britain Suppose when the trade was in
the hands of neutrals the resources of the twooati
nns or means of carrying on the war were equal_
say as .5, each. An entire prohibition of that trade
interdicted by the orders in council would redurr
those of France to 3, and leave those of Biitain at
5, making a difference of two In favour of the latter.
—But repose England to take the whole of what
- umiiiinrc min n»T own
hanUs ; the belligerent ability of I'rurr is in this
•any r Stored to 6‘, while that of Great Britain, hy
nowtknti to herself nil the profit which w..s i«
Imp exclusively enjoyed by the neutral, is raised to
10 or 12, thus making a difference in her n* it lavour
of two to one in the means nf-maintaining the con- '
test.
In these remark* we are hy no means the apolo
gists of either of the belligerent nations as to the «*.
i er.tiion of their arbitrary edicts upon our r*ghtt.—
Our sole object is to show the nnsonndness of the
arguments which are adduced to prove that the Bri.
tish government, hy gr.nling to its sir jerls licenses
io trade to the continent has abandoned all the po
litical objects which it professed to aim at hy the
orders in council, whirb, as is said, have now no
other operation than to secure to Great Britain a
commercial monopoly. U. S. Gas.
LAW INTELLIGENCE.
Tn the District Court of Pevnsyitatcia.
At an adjourned Stusinn /widen on the 1‘il/nif Janu
ary, 1810.
The (Juried Stales n. Jahez Colt.
Present, Peters District Judge.
Tl is was an action to recover from the Defen
dint a penalty not exceeding 20,000 doll ;rs, nor
1 8s tl an 1000 dollars, for h-ing knowingly ennreru
•n in a prohibited foreign voyage, cnntiary to the
torniof the acts of congress of the 22d of Decem
ber !807» and the f)tbo! January 1808, laying and
enforcing an embarge. The trial i ornmened on
!• nday, the 18lh of January; the Judge delivered
his charge at 12 o’clock on Saturday ; and the jury
(having agreed on Saturday afternoon) delivered a
verdict this morning (Monday) for the United
States, and assessed the penalty at 4000 dollar*.
It appeared in evidence, that Mr. Colt was the
supercargo onboard the brig Concord, Alfred Gibbs,
master, tVhirh saihd from New Orleans, on the
11th nf April 1808, and alter « pretended forcible
capture by a Spanish Felucca, entered the Havan
na, sold her cargo at a high price, and returned to
the United States. The brig was seized, libelled,
uuuiuuucmiicu, vii uci Hinvaiai rmiaoeipnia, and
a particular report of the case will be found in Pool
son’s American Daily Advertiser of December 1,
1808.
On tlit present occasion, Messrs, fngersoll and
Hallowdl were counsel lor the defendant, and Air.
Dallas attorney lor the United Stales. The argu
nicnlturned upon three questions:—1st. Whether
an offence had been committed by any body? 2d.
W hethcr, if an offecnce had been committed, the
defendant was a party? And 3d. What, tinder all
the circumstances of the case, ought, to he the pe
u .lly assessed, according to the discretion given by
law to the jury ?
The charge of judge Peters was in favour of the
United States on the first and second questions, and
un the third, after recapitulating the legal and equi
ta' le rules for the assessment of damages, be added
that whatever might he the speculative opinions ol
the jury, as to the general policy, or hardship of
the embargo system, they were bound, as good ci
in na, and conscious jurors, to be influenced only,
m forming a verdict, by the evidence and the law,
in the rase under trial. In conformity to the jud
ge’s advice, and to thetinwn correct principles, the
jury derided : and the writer of this note is gratifi
ed in observing the exemplary fidelity, with which,
upon this and every ether occasion, the Julies of
Pennsylvania, have maintained the constitution
and laws of the union, independent of local, party,
or personal considerations.
From a late London Paper.
BUONAPARTE’S TRIBUTE TO GREAT-BRI
tain
(Front the 12th numherof Mr. Gels bridge’s Friend.)
•* Sorely, never from the beginning of the world
mac such a tribute of admiration paid by ons pow
er In auotbet, aa Buonaparte fine within the last
J**r« paid to the British Ei»iL
With all iho na
Sural and .artificial powers of
wju, allth.
me,
millions pf meo,««^ l*a tint*
01* >*me language, S5»w»» it
fcyO*ioUMe*i B*t*»*]0yfewiib th* mighty and
swarmiag empire nrg*n‘**dTn «U it* parts for war,
iw) forming «ot bugg camp, Mil rambiniog in hi*
peirion tbit, twn-foM power of Monarch and
Commander ia Chief; with vU them, advantages,
with all these stupendous instruments and inex
haustible resources of offence, this might]! being
find* himself imprisoned by tfte enemy whom he
inoat hates and would fain despise, insulted every
wave that breaks upon his shores, and condemned
to behold bis^ast flotillas as worthless and idla as
the seaweeds that rot around their keels! After
years of haughty menace and expensive preparati
ons for the invasion of an island the trees and
bouses of which are visible from the roofs of his
naval store-houses, he is at length compelled
In make open confession, that he possesses one
mean only of ruining Great Britain. And what
is it ? The ruin of his own enslaved sul jects !
lo undermine the resources of hiseneniy,here<Ju
< es the Continent af Europe to the wietrhed state
in which it was before the wide diffusion of trade
and commerce, deprives its inhabitants of comforts
>nd advantages to whlrh they and their fathers had
been, lor mare than a century, habituated, and thus
destroys, as lar as his power extends, a principal
sounr ol civilization, the origin of a middle clasi
throughout Christendom, and with it the true ba
lance ot society, the parent of international law,
the foster nurse of general humanity, and (to stun
up all m on-) the main principle of attraction and
repulsion, by which the nations weie rapidly tho’
msensii'ly drawing together into one system, and
by which alone they combine the manifold blessings
of distinct character and nationalindependenre, with
(he net dial stimulation and general influences of ii»
tercominiinity, and ' e virtually united without being
crushed together by conquest, in order to waste away
under the tallies and slow putrefaction of a universal
monarchy. 1 his hoasted pari Seal or of the world, this
earthly pruxidrnce* as his Catholic Bishops blasphe
moosiy rail him, professes to entertain no hope of
purchasing the destruction of Great Britain at a
less prire than that ol the barbarism of Europe!
By the ordinary war of government against govern
ni nt, fleets against fleets, and armies against ar
mies, he could effect nothin** Him Heal* >1110Vit ub
w*>ll have been built hi his own expense in our dock
Varus, as tribute offerings to the M :at *ts of the
Oee-'n ; and hit Army ul England lav encamped
on his coasts like wolves paying the moon 1"
•It has been well remarked, that th»re is some
thing far inure shocking in the Tyrant's pretensions
to the gracious attributes of the Supreme lluler,
than in his mosl iVinnrseless rruelties. There is a
sort m wild grandeur, not ungratifyiug to the ima
gination, >n the ansurr of Timor Khan to one who
remonstrated with him on the inhumanity of bis de
vastations; Corine (iominvim putas, et non polius
11am Dei in tei riagentciii oo p-rmciem hu.uani ge
neris f Why do you deMn me a mao, and not rather
the incarnate wr .to i#God acting on the earth lor
tiie rum ot mankind f
Hartford, January 10.
We arc loth t« make invidious comparisons be
tween the southern and northern districts of the
United States, and nothing hut necessity could
dive us to it; for we firmly believe loat a strict
cm.on ol the states and cordial Harmony between
them, is a thing most desirable, lint when we see
I Ci iles, oi Y irginia, and Troup of Georgia, rome for -
ward with re-olves Undoing to enkindle the tlanies
01 war with England, we cannot Help enquiring, by
whom is such wai to be rarried ou and supported.
Would Virginia, in stirh an event, refund the thri*
millions ol dollars or theieabouls, of the debts of
ils rittsens to England, which were finally saddled
upon the United States f Would Virginia end Geor
gia replenish mu exhausted treasury with the loan
of a few necessary millions, for carrying on the war,
or would they send out some few thousands of their
brave and hardy sailors, lo nie> i the English upon
i the orean f Or, if the British settlements in Ameri
ca are to be invaded, will it be done by Virginians
and Georgians ?—These southern gentry who ale
so hot for war, will they risk in it their own lives,
or send out the young nabobs their sons, to tight in
the lauksf No : they will not budge, as sailors or
as common soldiers. They can wite and publish
! ludamainry resolves, they cau look big upon pHper,
they cau put forth a hand to direct the storm, they
, may perhaps condescend to fill some of the most
importunt and lucrative offices both in ihr army and
navy : and lha'/s all. New-England and the mid
dle states, must hear the brunt of the war, and the
heal and burden of the day. They alone must fur
nish sailors to' fight the English ; and they alone
must storm Quebec, il Canada be invaded. Though
it should cost the lives of ten thousand men, not
an ounce ol southern blond issuing from the veins
of a common soldier, will be spilt there.— In a
, word, the blovs must he endured by us, hut the ho
nour and emoluments, if there sheuld be any, will
go to Ibe south. Con. Courant.
Congress of the United. States.
IN SENATE.—Wednesday, Jan. 17.
The bill for incorporating a company lor making
certain roads in the District nt Columbia was on
motion of Air. Smith of Maryland, le-committed
to a select committee consisting of the following
gentlemen :—Messrs. Smith ol Aid. Brent, Good
rich, Bradley and Galllaid.
The bill authorising the fitting nut, officering and
manning the frigates of th£ United Status was read
to the committee of the whole and ordered to be
engrossed for a third reading.
VOLUNTEER CORPS.
• The bill to engage a corps of volunteers for a
short period in the seivireuflhe United States was
an motion of Mr. Bradley, postponed till Monday
next.
[By this bill Ibe president af the United States
is authorised to engage in the service of the United
States for the term of one year, the fallowing mili
tary force to belonged as volunteer companies :
From Vermont HO companies, New Hampshire
*0, Massachusetts 40, Rhode Island 10, Connecti
cut SO, New York 40, New Jeitey 20, Pennsylvania
40, Delaware 10, Maryland 30, Virginia 5$, North
Carolina JOJSputh Carolina 30, Georgia tO, Tetr
MMee 2<r, Kentucky 30, apd f i era Ohio 10 com*
| panics; each to cojisiat •( one captain, one iieute
•>«•*» we ensign, f»w sergeants, four corporals, two
[ musicians, k not Its* tWforty a«r more Uian sixty
fejfefc&f b* •PPofotf4
•nurfi^in tbs •fflrtner the «»my e^.» ni Hii'u.
whoso (fatty it shall be to repair’teethe state for*
•hM* feJt «n«J rtcetw « e edttn *n
gageraetfftt the fpmpailies, dec; The corps of
*ql«Bttrfi Wt» liable, duripg the period for whirls
--via” H«iwiJ«r wnirts
they are engaged, to be nrdefcd into actoul Mrvirw
by the president of the United State*, bid whilst in
SPrvice to be eddied fo the tame pay, rati
on*, forage and Hdlummt of every kind (boun
ty **d clothing excepted) with the regular troops of
the United States. When these volunteer corps
Shall be engaged, mustered and accepted by the pre
sident, they shall be entitled to the following b jun
tiet: to each commissioned officer one month’s pJPg
to each non-commissioned officer, musician and pH
vnte of such companies who are dressed in fotn
plete uniform and armed and equipped fit for ter vie*
in the field, twenty five dollars; to each private, -
&c. in complete uniform aud not armed, fifteen dob-1
lars, and one musket and bayonet, and one ratitdga'
box. The corps to be formed into regimeqts^rone
sitting of ten companies each, from the same state,
one colonel or lieutenant colonel, and two major*
to each regiment to be selected by the president of
the United Slates. If a sufficient number to fill tha
quota from each state shall not engage by the
d*y the president is to accept !•
many supernumerary companies from the statn
nearest to it, as may he necessary to supply tha
deficiency ; hut when more companies shall en
gage than the quota required, those whose written
engagement w-re first received shall be accepted it*
preference. The office of inspector of volunteers
to be discontinued from and after the day
the officers appointed shall return. .
home ; or sooner if the president shall think pro
per. A sum of dollars is proposed to bn *
appropriated to cairy the plan into effect.]
January 13.
Mr .Tired submitted the following resolution fop
an amendment of the conSitution ; which was read
for consideration:
" Reach'd by the Senate and House M Rtprttcm
tatiresof the United States of Americt^n Cot.great
•*semkl. rf. two thirds of Loth houses concurring* <
1 hat the following section he submitted to the^le
gislatures of the several states, which when ratftlfcd
by the legislatures of three fourths of the stamen,
shall he valid and binding as a part of the Consti
tUtion of tlif> Ilnilod Kthfos
“ lf any citizen of the United Slates shall accept '
•f any title of nobility from any king, prince or
foreign state, such citizen shall thenceforth be in
capable ol bolding any office of honour ot profit un*
der the United States.”*
Mr. Pope reported the bill for the improvement
of the United States by public roads and canola,
with considerable aheratioos end amendments.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
WentcraDAT, January >7.
Mr. Garland, elected from Virginia in the plara
of W. C. Nicholas, resigned, appeared and took hit
seat.
Mr. Poindexter reported a bill extending the right '
of suffrage to the inhabitants of Madison county, in
the Mississippi teiritory—Twice read and referred
to a committee of the whole.
Mr. JoJmsoH reported a hill for the relief of Isaac
Briggs 1 wice read and referred to a commute* of
the whole.
WEST POINT.
Mr. Gold after some remarks on the state of the
public property and the doubts existing as to the
boundary line of the public land at West Point, on
the sill jert of which suits had been or were about
to be brought by claimants, offered the following
resolution which was adopted :
Resuhed, That a committee be appointed to an*
quire into the stale of the Public Arsenal at West
Point, in the Slate of New York, and the condition
ot the public pioperly there deposited, and to con
sider of the means necessary for the security and
preservation thereof; and also to enquiie into the
expediency of providing by law for ascertainingand
settling the controverted boundary’ of lbs public
land at said place, and that fliey have leave to re
port by b it or otherwise.
Mr. tt.sk rose to offer a resolution in some degree
connected with the subject embraced by theresolui •
on snnihitted by his colleague: It was well known 1
thut this fortification had been and might be again
n very important station. It was now out of ri«*
pair, and might be put in a state ol repair with a
small sum of money. For the purpose uf enquiring
into this desirable object he submitted the follow
ing resolution :
“ Resulted, That the committee appointed on *•
much of the message of the president of the United .
States as relates to our fortifications, he instructed
to enquire into the expediency of repairing the for
tifications at West Poiut; and that they have leave
to report by bill or otherwise
liiC UlUlldii WHS rtgrrrfj IO.
AMERICAN SEAMEN.
Mr. Newton revolted a bill “ for the benefit of
American seamen.”
[ This bill provides that no vessels shall hereaftel
enjoy the benefits and privileges appertaining to
vessels of the United States unless the mate as well
ns the raptain and the mariners or crew uf the ves
se! or at least of them shall be citizens of lb*'
United Slates.]
The bill was twice read and referred to n com*
tniltee of the wbdls. f
Mr. Summons presented the petition of Petet
Sternberg, of the county of Montgomery, Near
Y ork, stating that he had"for a long time perceived
the effects of smut in wheat, and for a number df
years applied himself to the study of discovering 4
preventative and has effected that object ; that thn
discovery :s of such a nature that by the pr*seut
laws of the United States be.ran receive no benefit
trom his invention ; and praying that he may re
ceive a compensation ia proportion to the utility of
the discovery.—Referred to a select committee.
CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
Mr. Jhiwtf olhred the fallowing resolution;
“ Resolved, That the committee of accounts be
instructed to enquire into the manner in which the
contract with the clerk for supplying this house
with stationary has been executed- endslso the ex
pediency of changing the pirn nt made »f supplying
the members to far as to furnish at the^contmence
m«nt of eviry future session to e-eb’ member #■<
quantity of sutiowg* not exeectiios ' ifiol
larsin volar.” ' • 'JK •;*, i<
After.dthnie tfielrst clause of the resoletii*