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the twenty fifth tky ot firbruary.in the Mgr of nor
bject to
I.ori!, sevcnteew bundled an'! ninety one, Wbj
the provisions and conditions in this ai l to he made,
be;M# Uif same is hrreby continued in force, for
end during the further tefui <>f twenty tears, from
■nd after the fourth day ot March next: Vruvuhd,
■ ilisiht the president und director* of the said hank, of
‘U* United States shall, on or before the thirty first
day nf December next, pay into the treasury of the
United State* one|pulli<>n two hundred and^ fifty
thousand dollar* a* the ptice and equivalent for the
renew*) aijd continuance of their charter as nfore
laid; and the better to enable the president and di
rectors of the said bank to pay the said sum of mo
yyty, ihe «i>.wf president and directors of the bank of
twr United Slate*, shall he and they are hereby au
thorised to add to the capital stork of said hank
two thousand fire hundred sh <re*, and to sell and
dispose of the same at such time and in such man
oor, aod at such price as they may think proper,
#l>d for the m«*t advantage for the interest of the
/ Mid company 1 l* r or if in/ ahto. That the raid presi
«t Mid'direotors of the said bank shall at all times,
n and after the passage of this act, and duiing
continuance of the same, be hound and obliged
4 to make* loan or loans to the United Stairs, if re
quired and aulborised by law, of any sum or sums
' of money not exceeding in the whole at any one
time five millions of dollars, and at a rate of interest
| Wot exceeding si it per centum per year: Prmideil,
^ That it shall he the doty of the see ret ary of Ihetrea
sury of the United Slates to’ make his application
in writing, to the president a*d directors of said
Vink, for such loan or loans, atjeast three calendar
months previous to the time when such loan or
ioans shall be required ; and that the said piesi
dent and directors nf the said bank shall not be re
' 'Jp
to make a loan of mors than 2,.i0<),000 dol
»lhe present yeuC, nor more than the last
sum during any oilier year: fVnnrfr.y,
m:
CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS.
GENERAL POST OFFICE,
March 29th, 1810.
Sin.
J^lo myself the honour to transmit two reports,
jntule in oledienr* to the resolutions passed in the
leas* of lepresrntat/ves 00 the I-1th and 20th of
the present month,
I bavethe honour to be, &r.
' GIDEON GRANGER.
Hon. Speaker, House of' R,
The pe^MjlMter general, in obedience to a rosohitt
owoi tfie house of representatives, passed on the
14th tost, respectfully reports :
The whole amount of expenditures in transport'
l»g what ts commonly called the Orleans mail, he
tween this rrty, Athens in Georgia, and New Or
leans, frptp its commencement It* April, 1805, to
the 1st oi January, 1810, wus 74,824 dollars and
A dents; of that sum, 21,6.90 dollars ar.d fl cents
was paid for carrying the mail » etwern this city
andCoweta, M. T. from Sl..v 10th, 1805, to April
1st. averaging at the rate nf 11.926 dollars n yeor
nearly 5 and;th« expense of carrying toe mail !•«
tween Coweta and New Orlems for the same time,
was 9,371 dollars and 75 cents, avenging ne rly
4,96.3 dollars a year.1 The expense of carrying the
matt between this city and Coweta from April 1st,
i#D7, to January 1, 1810, amounts '.o 23.316’ dol
lars and 6 cents, averaging at the rate of 8,660 dol
lars nearly, a year.
No accounts have been kept which will shew the
value in postages of the mails, conveyed by this
route. Two mails were sent upon it during the first
'year of ill esUblishtn* nt, hut since that time it has
been the route of nearly an equal portion ul the cor
Wsponderce with New Orlruus.
The neat proceeds of the post office at New O
»m April 1, 1805, to January 1, 1810, a
to 24,193 dollars and 10 rents ; and front
1806, to January 1, 1810, to 20,171
idgjJeeets—the value of postages of let
. ‘ ttrs from New Orleans may he supposed equal, and
• this roete should have credit for carrying letteis
•wbo*e postage* would anmunt to the last mention
«d Mm : taking into view the predare of Fort Stod
. LETTER
• ^rom the Secretary of, the treasury, transniiting a
v, atetrment of the annual amnuut of expenditure,
> in relation to the military und naval establish
meow, from the fourth of March, 178.9, i<> On*
fad of the year, ,1809; in obedience to u resolu
tioawf lb* thirty-first ultimo.
’V . Treasury Department,
''■-J- April Zd, 1910.
StR-*-! have the honor, inobedienre to the rrsidu
ttion of the house of .representatives, of tbe 31st
.lilt. l« transmit • statement of the annual amount
expenditure in relation to the military and naval
A tietememt exhibiting the gross aanwtl amount of ei
* ' % blithments, from the 4th of March
’’fP * YEA**. * Military establishment.
•sjftnm 4th March, 178.9, to
«|it December,
632,804 03
Br iboyur
1,103 04b 47
1,132.443 pi
2,5s;;,o97 59
2,422,383 £1
r,240.327 82
1,002,299 04
1,939,692 39
2.405.669 17
2.517,409 99
1,600,944 08
1,179-148 25
822,055 S3
875,923 93
712,781 28
1,224,355 38
1,288,685 91
2,900484 40
5,«4J,772 17
to she United
’■SbgWaiui interns ui^ternie of three pet centum
p>:r star «n ail sumfW iiHry »' the Mini <>l
three millions of dollars, whii h shall accumulate to
the iTedit'of the treasurer of the United State*, in
the said bank or in any of the hranrbedpf •i*id
bunk, and finch shall remain there tor ofte Whole
yeart Provided, Thai it shall he the duty of these*
cfftlary of the treasury of the U, States, from time
to time, to give notice in writing to the president
and direr to i s of the said *'a»ik, at least sixty days be
fore the lefm or time „t which Said interest, to bs
paid wlnrrsaid, tha!) le considered to commence
and begin to accrue ; whi< h notice in writing
shall specify the pit rise' amount of the depo
stie so to rema n fur one whole year a* aforesaid:
1‘im.dea ole/>, That the United States shall
be authorised at any time daring the continuance ol
this urt, to in'-rrase the capital stock ol said batik
in such maimer as may hireafti-r be prescribed by
law, und ior which the United Slates shall become
the 6iibsriib>-i und owner in an amount not ex
ceeding in the whole allures, and
not exceeding in any one year shares :
Pioiidrd, That the abates thus to he added am!
suosrrihed f>r on behalf ot the United Slates, shall
not be sold by the United States at a price lest
than for each share : dud provided also.
That nothing tn this act contained, nor in the act
intended to be continued in force by tins act. shall
he construed to restrict or prevent the United States
from incorporating any bans or banks :n the dis
triot nl Colombia : Provided, That any hank to be
inroruoiated by the United Slates, m the district
of Columbia, shall be restricted from extending
any branch thereof beyond and without the limits
of tho said territmy.
•See. 2. And be it further enacted, by the authori
iy aforrs-id, lhat tt shall I e lhe doty of the presi
dent and directors ol the said bank, on nr before lli
(l»y nl next, to signify tn the
president of the United States, their acceptance on
b-halfoi the hack oflh* bank of the United SUit-s.
of the terms ami conditions in this act contained,
and il they shall lull to do so, on or before the day
above mentioned, that then this act shall cease to
be in force.
dert mid several other small offices which it ac
commodates. By the arrangements of this office,
the mail should oe conveyed from this ctty by Athens
to New Orleans in 17 days, and from thence bv
way of Nashville, in Tennessee, m 34 and a h.-’ll
days; and the actual performances Ho not materi
ally riifler from the same prnpoi lion—hence th»
time taken to transmit intelligence is 7 and a half
days less by the Atfiens than by the Nashville
route.
All which is respectfully submitted.
GIDEON GRANGER,
Post matter general.
The post master general, in obedience to a resoluti
on of the Lousj of representatives, passed on the
20th inst ml, respectfully reports :
I he mail may he c iriied with some increased ex
pedition from this place to Raleigh, the seaUof go.
vermmnt of North Carolim, by pursuing 1 lie Or
leans post road to the sooth of the river Roanoke
and going from thence to Raleigh, at a probable
increased expense of seven hundred dollars per an
num,at the benefit ar'sibg Irom this increased ex
pedition Will be very inconsiderable.
1 he mail which is nmv eight and an half days in
going (rnm ibis pine* to Columbia, the seat of go
vei nmmt in South Caioliu.i, may be sent there in
fi e days by pursuing the Orleans road to the south
ol Salisbury, North Carolina, and going from thence
to Columbia, at n pro.at.le increased expense of
800 dollars per annum.
The mail is nnw carried to MilledgeviUe the seat
of government in Georgia, on thp mam post road
in 15 days, and in 8 3iid a halt days by the Orleans
road ; and it may he sent to MilledgeviUe in seven
and a half days, with a probable increased expense
of ^tiO dollars per annum.
The sum of eleven thousand four hundred dol
lars winch was appropriated lor opening and im
proving the Orleans post road, hetween Georgia and
New Orleans, has been principally expended ; and
the wbolp of it would have been expended last au
tumn, had it not been for the intervention of the
Indians.
All which is respectfully submitted.
GIDEON GRANGER,
Post master general.
establishment*, from the fourth of March, 1789,10
the end of the year 180.9.
'I he stuns paid for military pensions and for the
Indian department, are not included in the state
ment—but it embrace* nil other expenses, inrlud
ing those tor fori'Gcation, arms and military stores,
purchase of navy yards and building of vessels.
1 have the honour to he,
With great respect,
Sir, Your obedient servant,
ALBERT GALLATIN.
To tic honourable the Speaker
of the House of Representatives,
penditure, in relation to the military and ntnal tsla.
1789, to tie end of the year IS09.
Naval establishment.
TOTAL.
632.804 03
1,103,038 47
1,132 443 91
61.408 97
2,650,506 56
410.562 03
2,832 9*7 81
274,784 04
1,521.111 86
382.632 89
1,384,930 93
1,381,347 76
3.321,040 15
2.858,081
84
6.263,751 01
3,448.716
5,969.126 02
03
2,111,424
3.712.368 08
915,811
87
2.094,960 12
I. 246,317
2,068 373 74
89
J, 273.860 25
2.149,784 18
1.397.500
2,310,281 28
1,6496*1
44
2,873,996 82
1,722,064 47
3,010,750 38
^ r 881,067 *0
4,784,902 20
5^773,530 97
2,427,740 88
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By MpUtir&Uoo/wfcrebamved here j
fWUttofrtrpmtlM&m, "»b>vc London
papers lO the IO(h February, ■'■ •
In the debates in the English parliament, we
have m*t irtuod'any thing on American affairs. The
ministers ap|>eur determined neither to go to war
nor to relax their orders in rounril. The papers
which passed in all the late negotiations i4<h the
United States, have l.een laid beiore parliament and
published. Mr. Pinkney and hrs lady .were tinusu
ally rnnstant in their attendance on the royal levees
and drawing rooms.
The him. Mr. Wellesley had sailed from England,
on a mission to Cadiz. lie will probably follow
the Junta to South America.
I be repons oi a tieaty between Frauen end Ame
nta, and ot thenluxatinn of Buonaparte's decrees,
had evaporate'). Atneiican vessels continued to
he captured and sent into the ports of France, and
the colonies. Napoleon hud not set off' for Spain.
The Dutch official Gazette had announced it hav
ing been settled, that the future bride of the French
emp.rour would tie Catharine Paulina, sister to the
eruperonf of Russia, who is in her 31st year; and
that a French officer had been sent to St. Peleis
burg to escort the Russian prioress to Paris.
It was reported the Toulon ffeet had pul to sea ;
and that lord Colhngv/ood was in pursuit of it.
We'find no mention made in the London papers,
ot sending a new minister to the United States, or
oi recoiling Mr. Jacksou.
1 be famous French frigate Lu Cannonier, from
India, is among the prizes recently stut into Eng
land.
The Ex V ice President Burr, was said to be in
Paris plotting inischie).
Extract of a Utter from an American gentleman in
Paris, dated, Jan. ‘21.
“ All will depend on the final result of our affairs
with this country : and 1 think no one can judge
the derisions ot nor government on their bearing of
the outrage committed on our property at St. Se
bastians and Naples, which was as unexpected
here as the measure appears uejust! The only ex
planation U is government bus given to onr mini
ster is that “ it is a political measure.”
l-ONDON, renraitry 10.
By the Lilly from Cadiz, we have h conformation
of the advance of the French un Cadiz; and that
ttie Spanish fleet had moved down, antkwere anchor
ed out outside mir sijuadroii. (MsUnos is again at
the head i f t he arntv.
A Inter from Rotterdam mentions the arrival of
a great number ot Fiench troops in Dutch places,
ana states that some Anret iran vessels which had
been permitted to sell at Amsterdam had suddenly
received an order to put to sen.
February 13.
An Amcricangentleman landed on Sunday nt Do
ver, from on' board tin American vessel from Ca
lais, with despatches for Mr, Pinekney. The ship
immediately ptoceeded trmn Dover on her home
ward bound passage. The captain of another Ame
rican ship, which is now at Knnsgate, landed at
the June tttiie. Jlis vessel had been raptured by a
French privateer, hut was afterwards retaken. He
was carried a prisoner to France hy the privateer.
He complains much of the til treatment he receiv
ed in that country, having heeu plundered of all his
money, and otherwise til used. It seems that the
Americans, who are carried into France lor trading
with this country, are treated as badly as the Eng
lish. '1 hs intelligence from France is, that an em
bargo has been laid in the French pmts along shore
for some days. A squadron is said to he fitting out
at Dunkirk.
Mr. Powell, the gentleman who Mr. Pinkney
sent some time ago to Pans, arrived at Dover on
Sunday on h-is return. Intelligence was received
by the vessel that brought him over, that an embar
go was ordered to > e laid on all the French ports.
IMPORTANT.
From the London Chroinc/e—Ftbrnnm 5.
T lie publirk will rerollert that some days ago, ac
counts were received that American vessels in the
ports ot Naples and alsit <if Spain, were oidered t«
be confiscated. The following notice of the tart
from genuine authority, was yesterday made known
in the city:
“ I have received intelligence from France on
which I rely, that an order has been issued to bring
to sale the American ships and cargoes captured and
lit might into Nsples, and that another order had
been issued to seize and confiscate all sui h as had
arrived, or might arrive, in those of Spain."
The committee of enquiry un the subject of the
Walcheren Expedition, set constantly, lor the exu
mination of witnesses; and publish daily a ropy of
their minutes.
February 15.
Rich Pni2E. On Thursday arrived at Plymouth,
the famous French frigate Cannnnnicr, ni 44. guns,
prize to the Valiant, Capt. Bligh. She lias a very
valuable cargo of colonial produce, said to the
amount of 150,000 pounds, besides a quantity of
specie.
Deale, Feb. 14.— Arrived the American frigate
John Adams from the eastward, and sailed immedi
ately for the westward.
The following is a specimen of the noncha
lance with which the Paris papers mention the
rapture and burning of American vessels :
Paris, Jan. 7.
The Confianre privateer, burnt on the lSl'h ult.
the American brig John which was on her passage
(mm London to St. Mary’s, one of the Azores. The
same privateer has sent into Brest, the Calpe,
of Petersburg, capt. Moore, front Lisbon for Liver
pool, with tobacco, Pitch and pipe staves.—This
prize had 13 Americans and a passenger on
board,
The Neapolitan privateer Le D’ure, has sent into
Naples, the 12th ult. a Salem brig laden with colo
nial produce.
Rotterdam, Jan.2.
Arrived the American ship Susannah, Capt. De
lano, from New Yoik, with pot-ash and tobacco, a
prize to the \Vagram and Laup Garonne privateers.
Progreu of the French m Spdf.
Cadiz, (Spam) February 2.
The Supreme Junta hat published intelligence ot
the advauce of the French towards Una city ; and
that the duke uf Alb4«juergce arrived yesterday in
the island, [on which Cadiz is situated} witlj^^QoO
wen. .The hast measure* have been adiflH to
mananr (feet, Patriotism, order, unity, anfTner
gy are every where conspicuous. The high clergy,
the military frvm the highest tfejja lowest, rich
«rt aCfct||p^W the*
fortifirkium ? The train of artillery
v*itfo Airr.Ie la Real where the troops fromthe Si
erra M-rfrira are rallied. T^e #c<n^« headquar
t»ra are said to be at Cordova, wb-re ihe ujjreding
kjng K«d arrived. Their advanced parties are at
AU mIh. Gen. Carvajal, with e gl t thousand Spa
ni<h troops is in Sierra de Runda [not far From Gi
braltar.]
Cadiz is safe, and we trust shall new be lost.—
The duke o| Albuquerque's division is here.—Tha
French aie not jet In Seville.
From Late London Papers, * *
Rotterdam, February 1.
Letters from Tonningtn of the 22d instant, state
that the commission appointed to examine the
cargoes brought there by American vessels, had
( commenced their operations, and had, at the above
deie ordered the restoration ot the carports of the
Pickering, rapt. Carver; Telrgraph, Atkms, Bos-'
toii; Three Sons, Woodward, Salem; Devotion,
Miller. New-York ; Orion, Wilier, do.; Concordia,
do. ; Thomas, Law, do.; and Pittsburg, Yardsley*
ol Poilatleiphia. it was . Iso expected that the
cargoes of the other American vessels, whose pa
pers hart been delivered to the commission, would
be given up.
At rived in the Texel, January 2 9, the Mary,
Lr-ies from Boston, a prize to the French priva
teer Dunkerquois.
February 2.
According to letters from Copenhagen of tha
20th olt. the papers of the Betsey, capt. Wisdard—.
Native, Hill and Commerce, Hardy, which ves
sels bad been seiz.d by the guard ship at Tontiin
gen, are assertert to have been fabricated in Eng
land, wline it appears tbe cargoes, consisting of
sugar, cod e,. &c. were ladea for English account.
The crews were a mixture of all nations, being
Swedes, and a very small proportion Americana.
VIA CHARLESTON.
j London, January 25.
French papers have been received to the 19’,h
inst. They contain* report from marshal Auge
re»u, of (he military operations in Catalonia to the
lutter end of December. General Blake appears ts
lie a most active and enterprizing general. After
tlie sanguinary battles that put the French in pos
session oi (lenme, lie sjmred no pains to recruit and
re establish l.i8 military force, hoi] to do tbe Spani
ards justice, they enrol themselves in the different
armies with the greatest alacrity. How active ge
nera! liiake was, may he inferted from Attgereau’s
report, which states, that fy tbe lath ult. be had
concentrated his force near Gernna. On the 18th,
an action took place, in which the French claim the
victory. But Augerean confesses that the insurrec
tion ot the inhabitants impeded his communicati
ons greatly, and that the Spaniards fought five suc
cessive actions, on the 21st, 22d, 23d, 24(h and
'•?31f» with what obstinacy, we may iuilge from
the confession of the enemy that both “the fitighia
f i,n<1 the plains Where the actions took place wert
strewed with timid bodies. No great'advantages*
however, resulted to the French front their success
es ; exceptthut then positions were more tranquil
than they bud been. The insurgents are said !•
have he-n dispersed; but we have seen iiom the Le
ginning of ibe contest with what admirable promp
litud these insurgents re assemble after defeat and
dispersion, and resume their operations against the
enemy. I his ir.fbxi le mind oi the Spaniards, this
constancy which is not to be shaken, this hatred of
the Frem It, w hich increases rather than diminishes,
«nd this desultory kind of warfare are most galling
and harrasing to the enemy.
'1 he Russians are said, in an article from Sem
lin, inserted in ti c French papetf, t« have demanded
an armistice, alter the ir defeat near Silisiria. This
the Turks reliued. unless the Russians would eva
1 date Wallachia, Moldavia, and Bessarabia. The
Russians would not consent to it. From the readi
ness with which the French papers give insertion !•
accounts unfavourable to the Russians, we may in
fer that their disaslets are not disagreeable to Buo
naparte.
January 30.
Prince Stahremberg and suit sailed from Dover
tn a flag of truce yesteiday, for Calais.
hi the hous- ot commons last night, thanks wer»
voted to lord Gamhier, though the opposition divi
ded against the motion— it was carried, however,
hv a majority of 161 against 39. Lord Cochrane
had previously moved tor the mmoles of the court
martial, which fie accused of partiality—tbe moti
on was refused as being in direct violation of tbe
most sacred ruie of British jurisprudence; that %
m tn once tried and acquitted can never be tried a
gain for the same offence. Lord Cochrane is an ex
cellent officer, but we are sorry to see him thus
persist in attacking lord-Gambier after the full in
quiry that has taken place, and the honourable ac
quittal bis lordship has received from a court com
p. s d of some of the most distinguished and honor
able ram in the service.
i ji.nii .-iii.tiiis, .-wuericuri irigate, liyrivcg
at Amsterdam and landed ti e money sfwpmd om
board. She is u> sail again lor America ail Soon ae
possible, and to call at an Knglish port in her wsy,
for the purpose of receiving Mr. Pinkney’s drs*
patches.
February 1,
A private letter from Fans, dated Jan. 16, stated
the seizure and confiscation of American ships and
cargoes at Naples, St. Sebastian, Bilboa, 4c. Tha
information is confirmed hv the arival of letters
lrom Holland to the C7*b ult. which do not yet re
veal the cuu3e of this unexpected and hostile mea
sure adopted by the French government against the
trade of America. Conjecture is, hs usual, active ;
and it is generally thought that Buonaparte demand
ed freedom of admission f.»r his vessel a into the v -
ters of the United Statis, allho^p the same privi
lege should be refused to the sbtj^ofGreat Britain.
Gen. Armstrong is supposed to hav« replied, that
his power did not euuhie linn to conclude such an
arrangement, and the seizure and confiscation of
American propirtv to have immediately followed.
The letters from Holland carry tht it tended efTertt
of this order still farther, th«.y s'iite md. finiteU,
"* that American ships and cargoes, hiund iii any uf
the ports of France ; or tb«>s<* countries under bet
controul. had teen mode Julius to tins 'rjjour of the
orders issued from Pan* unWhUu *n.f t>lof Jnmiav
ry last; which had Wo *mto Naples, and vari
ous other /ports, li»rihepuipo*e being acted upon
t»y the constituted tlw.rjt u-s without t>*sa of time."
Letters from S^ptenihuig, whdi bata bred