Norfolk gazette and publick ledger — Norfolk [Va.], 1810-01-17 00:00:00, page 2

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THURSDAY MORNING, j A nTTs, i«10
lUmniking oaths President's brtMage, lb* A*
r»ra s*ys -
•* It is to be regretted that every member of admi
atration do'i not adhere to the pnitiace which the
law imasweatgoed bins. The president considers
these topicks as peculiarly within the scope of le
gislative funrtlon: the secretary of the treasury
was «'< anxious to dakbtt in affairs of liatt, that he
was indiscreet enough to enter into a conference be
yond the threshhold of his duty, and encroaching
both upon the president’s and aerretarv «f state’s
functions, in conversations with a foreign ministet;
by no means calculated in the tenor or form to his
credit or the publirk advantage. In like manner,
without referring to Hie scandalous if not predeter
mined character of the financial report to the (nil of
it ie tucked in tbe seme manner, a supg, sti»n of
•Iternatises wholly beyond I is province ; and, a
belonged exclusively to the president lo make. Thi*
man's conduit in the ridiculous essumption whirl,
be has made about Pennsvlvanis being V-stile tr.
the general government is n > longer entitled to for
bearance; we know of no persons in this .-nm .non
wealth hostile lo the genera! government hut Simon
Snyder end his frru-y i.numeilnrs, tvho are well wor
thy of their turnpundent during the presidential
canvas.” w
If the seatiments *f the president, respecting
England and t nnrc, nny bo fairly gathered from
bis lute message, we must conclude that, while he
is sufficiently indignant against the former, he che
rished a remarkable suavity nfdispnsi lion towards the
latter. Napoleon has violated a solemn treaty,
which England has done. He has violated this
treaty by the enacting of his IJerlin and Milan de
crees i by capturing, sinking, and buring our ves
sels upon tbe high seas ; by imprisoning our riti
aens j by multiplying rexatious regulations aeainst
oar commerce, in tbe ports under his rontfoul; by
the senure of our vessels in Holland ; and by con
demning American property, to the amount of mil
lion* upon miliums of dollars. These depredations
and robberies have continued a very long time, and
hive gone on from bad to worse. The French are
arill euwliiMMw V_i 1 .
D M I I
prisoning American citizens. And what does our
{resident say to this? Her*-it is nil; you ran read
, at a single breotli—“ With France, the other M
“ ligerent pmocr, whose trespasses vn our c m.t creinl
“ right* have tong been the subject of our just r*.
** monstrances, the posture of our relations dots not
44 correspond inth the measures taken vn the part of
the Trailed Stale* to effect the jux ourable change,"
-The variest Frenchman up.n earth could not in any
^tenscience find fault with this sweet-toned period;
ft it mildness* it is tameness itself.
i.%■ Con. Cenr.
from the United States’ Gazette.
Captures.—Those who are in the habit of eom
Ssring the injuries which we receive from Gre.-t
riihtfi and France, respectively, and who always
ind the b lan> r greatly in favour <•: France are re
quested to attend the following statement, w hich a
*V one can substantiate for himself bv look ng er
^e book". By tliie it appears th:<t the amount of
»n propel ly raptured by the 1 i.-or'
htreo was raised, is more than fire
that r.ipiured by GreatBrit-iu, is
V. Of t*-e raptures made hv the
. we»wsh one thirdasl the amount bos been already re i
stored, short *<Hp;tim> has hv*n. Oi those io*de
V fljtf r* neb, n*fa rent has been restored, except
Such STlias been ruptured by khe pirates of the
ncvait and by th-m returned to ns 1 > wfol owners —
It is a cartons fact thu tr.ese tea robbers, against
**hon^re are called upon to draw the sword for the
which th*> have committed upon :>ur
wimBte and ae^trai lights—It is u curious fart,
I sav, that tuflk sea robbers have wrested from
France and featured to ns a sumconsideral.lv great
•r tbfjjl tits whole qftuni of the raptures made
fjm»«• hy tihemtelyW. When it is further const
dlffrd that Me immense amount, of Danish ruptures
qtfnt, elsi^pt be pi i ed to 'Ij. arr..unt of France
9^WlMBBit'Se,s|ifiicuh to strike the balance. Jt is
wiurOTh he wished that similar extracts were made
from the hooks ot the insurance companies in the
•thrrconmierrialcities. '
An authentick st.iti oi^ft of the capfuies of our
Commerce by the belligerent powers of Europe
.since raising the emha'rgo l ist March, as in
surer! iu the nine publick nG ea in this city.
Pm
& UV,VWV
pOO whereof has been returned.
t »l fnpUirn by the French in
.*b
ling one vessel plunder'd und
irjnt at,sex'*
150,420
31*500 whereof has been recaptured
by iha British and restored on sal
vage.
tnnuirt nf captures by the Danes
209,542
£1.500 whereof has been released on
fsuymg charge*, which in some in
stances amount to a species of ran
spin.
L Amount raptured’ by the Spaniardf
J 0,000
whereof no ttdinaasiore captured.
kl/tkta. D'cM■
^|omb tnclud^P part of the late sequestra
I Italy, or lb* rumoured French captures in
disn seas.
aW lay at Wtukmgton, a treypau on
0* thu 5th Inst, agreeably to notire, Mr Popr,
obtained Wave, in the Senate, to Inn*
ing Bill, which was read and pass
ond readiup
A B1I.L
far tit improvement of ike United Staten, by publick
mtl ^mtkjnd can
Bf it emaeted t>v tW Senate ami Haute of Rtpre
* (*nr'tSap
amtativeo of Ike United Statetnf ^frtrlca, in con -
auembled, I bat in all rases in which any
>* nr COfoponirs shall have Ween heretofore
rated, W shall in future be incorporated, un
authority b*any Mate, nr the roman-in* no
of aov two or more states, within which
I and roads hereinafter enumerated and
•Ml lib, trlixaugU i*k* they shall
da.-!'
pM*. «w ln« ni«in-t ronstruetmg, tod nmktng
ouch canals and nuoi, and of the capital etoi*.. uf
«bieb at li-net one half shall bava been subscribed,
either by' individuals, bodies politick and corporate,
or by the president of the United States, on
the application <>l su<-b rnmpsny or companies,
shall be authorised, apd he is hereby authorised, to
subscribe unto the capital stork ot‘ said company or
companies, but in the manner and under tha res
trictions in this act contained, to the amount which
uiay be deficient in the subscriptions to the said
stock, not exceeding the one half of tbe whole ca
pital stork of such company or companies, to wit:
1. To the capital stork of any company or com
paniss, which may be incorporated by the states of
Massachusetts and Hhode-lsland, for the purpose
ol cutting a canal from the harbour of Boston to
the navigable waters of Newport Bay, in the slate
ol Rl>r<1e Island.
2. To the capital stack of any company, which
may he incorporated by the stale of New Jersey,
tor the purpose of rutting a canal from the navig*
.le wateis of Harilon to the navigable waters of the
Delaware. #
J. To the capital stock of the Chesapeake and
Dil iware canal company.
^.'To the capital slock of the Dismal Swamp
Canal companies of Virginia nnd North Carolina,
■ir ol any other company or companies incorporated
foi the purpose e| cutting « canal from the naviga
ble waters of James River to Alhemsrle Sound suf
ficienlly deep lor sloop navigation.
5. I o the capital stock of arv company rr cr :r
prnirs, incorporated by the state of N.-w-York, lor
the purpose of rutting ranJ from the Hudson or
its waters, to the .wateis of Lake Ontario, or of
take Lluc.
6. T-. the capital stork of snv company incur*
porated by the stale of New-York, for the purpose
ol catting a canal tor vessels drawing ten fe> t wai<*r
to pass the falls of Niagara.
7- lo the capital stock of any company iiKorpa
TMted by the state of New-York, for the purpose ••{
rutting a canal Irom the river Hudson to the w-ttrs
of Lake Champlain.
8. To the capital slock of any company inrrrpe
rated by the states ol Ohio or Pennsylvania, for the
purpose of rutting a canal from the waters of the
Oh ir* in « line« I . L- „
9- To the capital stor k of any company incnrpo
rattil by live stale of Kentucky, for t'e propose of
cutting a canal to pass the falls ofOhi.i.
10. To the capital st«»c Jc of any company or
companies winch shall ’’e incorporated by the (talas
of Virginia or North Carolinv, for tin* purpose of
•■'^ting n ran-jl iro:n the waters of the Roanoke,
above toe Grant Falls, to the waters af Appamat
lox.
11. To the capital stork of anv company or com
panies which shall be incorporated lor the purpnsr
of uuing a raiiti) !roni the waters ni the Tennessee
river to the al^rs o; the Tombigbee.
1?. lo the capital storks of any company or
comp:,: ; s, which niby be incorporated hy any ol
the st, les ior the purpose of making turnpike road*
i r the highest navigable waters of the Atlantirk,
to tit nenrcct navigable waters of the western states.
13. And to the capital stocks of any company
or companies wltirh may be incorporated by any
one or mere states, for the purpose of making *
In: opike road or r.mds, >n tlie most prepsr direction
nr carrying lire general mail from and through the
distiirt or Maine, in the state of Massachusetts, to
nd through tbe state of Georgia.
1-i. And to the capital rtnrk or str*cks of ’any
company or companies, which may be formed by
<ny ore <w more states, for the purpose of rutting
such canals, opening and clearing stirb rivers, or
making such turnpike roads as may hereafter be
approved hy congiess.
„ Sec. 2. dnd be it further enacted, That whene
ver application by any ot the companies, in this act
enumerated, which ate now incorporated, or may
hereafter he incorporated, for the pui pose of cut, ing,
constructing and making the said canals, or ro ids,
shall be made as aforesaid, an, authentic map and
description ot snrh canal or road, explaining the
manner in which the same is proposed to he carried
into effect, shall he deposited with the secretary of
the treasury, together with a correct list and ac
count of All the subscriptions and payments, which
shall have been made to the capital struck of sorh
company or companies, and also a ropy of the low.
under which the company or companies shall have
been incorporated and empowered to act; and also,
if the said company have already commenced their
operation, a clear and detailed statement of all the
expenses they shall have incurred, of all the. monies
due-to them by the stockholders and others, and of
the debts due by them, and also a complete sche
dule ol all the lands, ellccts and rights belonging to
sard company or companies : and if it shall appear
to the satisfaction »f the president that all the pro
visions ot this ,«< t have hem and are fully aatialied,
and complied with, and that competent provision
has been made, for cutting or making the said ca
iijIs or roans, and efficient provision for the pay*
ment of the shares subscribed therefor, and for the
recovery of anv arrears (hereon, so that the porti
on actually payable to the United States, shall ne
ver exceed one half of the capital stork, actually
piid or parable for such work ; and that the canal
or road, lor effecting which sueh company or coin
jtiMiioe have been incorporated, is one of those enu
rneraii d and described in this art; and that in his
opinion there is no sufficient objection to the line or
lines, on which the suui companies propose to carry
the said canals or roads, then the said subscription
no tne part o! the United States shall he made in the
firm and manner in this art authorised. But if a
ny objection as aforesaid, occur to the line or lines,
on which the said companies propose to carry their
ranals or roads, then itehall be lawful for the pre
sident to withhold the subscription, on behalf of the
United States, until the line of said canal or roads
shall be located luaocb manner as to him may ap
pear proper.
Sec. 3. And it it further enacted!. That tha re
gister of the treasury shall, under the dnertion ot
tnee>'rrel.irj <-f the treasury, issue certificates for
the amount of the instalments of that part of tha
capital stock of the company or companies afore
laid, subscribed on the part of the United States, as
the said instalments shall from time to time heroine,
payable under the several laws of incorporation of
such companies, which said certificates shall bear
interest, ah the rate of six per cent, a year, f/om the
I respectively, at which the inalal
iwtioned shall become payable aa a
" be aesi^na^ aad tranifarable as
m
t
ol!»er certificates of Ike Uoited States stock; but
the principal of Mid certificates shell be redeemable
at the will of the United States, and payable oot of'
the proreedaof the frar|«f land hereinafter dcsig
anted; and the proceed* of the tales of the public
ftnd contained io the said tr&cl, shall from time to
time be applied by the secretary of the treasury,
with the approbation of the president, to the*pay
ment of the prineipil of surh scbscription, by either
purchasing or redeeming the certificates issued, as
aforesaid, us may be most convenient.
Sec. 4. And Lt it further enacted, That in order
to make good and secure the payment of the inte
rest on the certificates issued as by Ibis act provid
ed, so much of the money arising from the sale of
the publick lands of the United States, as may be
necessary, shall be and is hereby appropriated, the
said interest to be paid in the same manner as the
interest of the publick debt nl the United States,
and at such place or places as the secretary of the
treasury stull direct.
Sec. 4. 4„,/ l,f it further enacted, That it shall
and may be lawful lor the President to cause the
shares, which shall belong to the United States, of
the capital stnek of any of the companies, to which
subscription may be mad - on the part of the United
Stales as aforesaid, to be sold, provided the same
shall not bs sold under per. and the monies arising
from such tiles, and also (rom dividends of the pro
fits on the stock ot *i»v o, the said companies be
j longing to the United State's, may he applied to the
payment, redemption nr purchase of the interest, or
. uiiucipal of my certificates issued by the United
| State., under the provisions of this act.
Sec d. And b< it furl hi r enacted, That in order
to make provision lor the purchase or redemption of
t '.e certificates issued under (his Hct, the proceeds
'■f ull the pui.lirk land of the United Slatis con
‘ lined ma tract, bounded on the east by the western
boundary of the Cnnneciirut reserve ; on the south
by t. c forty-first d yr e of north latitude; on the
wen. by that meridiau which forms the wesUrn
boundary of the state of Ohio, continued north
wareby to ibe lake Michigan ; ami northwardly and
•astwuidly by the lakes Michigan, Huron, St. Cluii
utti^ ii'pic _i. • • .1
or $o umrh theieof as may be necessaiy, is
here y appropriated.
St . 7. Arid be it further enacted, That with re
spect to the companies which tnav be already in
( 01 porated lor any ol the purposes above recited,
the shares constituting the subscription which n ay
he made on the part ni the United Stales, us by this
*ct provided, shall ba vested m tbe United St«te«.
atift it shall ,.nd may be lawful for the President to
appoint a proxy to vote at an\ st.it- d or other nie-t
tnj> ot the stockholders, on behalf ..f ti e* Unite
St.trj, But that no Mibsc r'ption to the capital
stork of any company to he hereulter incorporated,
lor any ol the purposes by ti s a't enooieialen,
shall t.* made by the Piesidrni, unless it be specially
provided by such art of incorporation, that the sub
scription which shall he oinoe on the part of the
United States to tiie caj ital stork of such compa
ny, shall give to the Pr<-*ioent a number of votes,
equal to one third ot all the votes to whirli tbe
shares of sod. company are entitled and nodnorr,
md uKo that tbe books and papeft of such com pa
nirs shall be at all times »p-n to msperlu-nand exa
urination, by any person or pt rsons to be appointed
by tbe President, on behalf of the United States for
that purpose.
Congress of the United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Thursday, January 11.
Mr. Ifuit trum the committee to whom was re
ferred the mpssage'of the president covering a re
port from the superintendant of the publirk build
ings, reported a bill making appropriations for cer
tain purposes therein mentioned. Referred to a
committee of the whole house.
Mr. Newton, Irom the committee of commerce
and manufactures, on the petition of Levin Jones,
reported favourably.
A message from tbe president, covering b report
from the director of the Mint, was read and ordered
to be printed.
A message from tbe secretary of the. treasury
containing a report on tbe petition of ADthony
Ruck, was read and referred to tbe committee ol
commerce and manufactures. t
Mi. Tnllmndge from the committee on the mili
tary establishment of the United States, reported
* A bill authorising a detachment from the militia
of the United States.’ Referred to a committee ol
the whole bouse on Tuesday. [This bill authorises
the drelting of one hundred thousand men from the
militia—volunteers to be ai cepted instead of drafts.
Theconscriptiouto be held in service for six months
from the time they arrive at the place of vendrz
vous. The president to call nut any part of the
conscription he may think proper. The act to con
tinue in forre far two years and no longer.]
Mr. Johnson, from the committee of claims, re
Doited a bill for the relief of Richard Tavlnr.
Mr. Johnson from the sano* committee, on the |
petition of James M'Crnrken, reported that the
praver of the petition ought not be granted. The
house agreed to the report.
Mr. Johnson algo reported on the petition of Eli
sabeth Hamilton, that the committee were ol opi
nion that the claim of the petitioner was just, but
that it was barred by the statute of limitation—and
therefore, agreeably to the rule they had laid down
in such cases, they were under the necessity of re
porting, that the prayer of the pgjfilian ought not
to he granted. The report was referred toocom
mittee of the whole house on Wednesday next.
The house then took up the unfinished business
of yesterday—the report of the committee on the
contested election of Jonathan Jenumgs. Mr. l.i
vermore’s motion for recommitting the report under
consideration.
Friday, January 12.
Mr. Sheffey moved to appoint a committee to en
quire and report whether the monit£ drawn from
the treasury between the 3d of March, 1801, and
the 4th of March |809, have been faithfully appli
ed and regularly accounted fur. Adopted and •
committee appointed.
Mr. Campbell laid before the housa^rertaio pa
pers sent to hiui from Mr. Shaw, principal of
Charlotte Halt Academv, relative to the vaiiation
of the magnetick needle. Referred to a select com
mittee.
Mr. Cfajt caUcd for the order «/ thy day on tbs
# ’ %
I unfinishedbesiness of yeiterda v— the report *>f fa
commits «6 the cj^.sted Election «f JWHtb*u
Jtnnmgm . -JW". -«fe,
' Mr. JMtnwnre <^Mri>w bis motion to rrconimrS
| the report, and at two o'clock the question was ta
ken on the report to vacate the «e*t „( Mr J»„.
nines, and lost, only 30 ayes. A% tunings here,
toforc holds his sent,
A message from the president was read, covering
a report from ttie secretary of stale, in answer to %
call of the house of the 3d instant,, «j3de -on motion
of Mr. RurweN, for information respecting the
blockade of the Baliuk hy France.
Another message was read, covering a report
from the secretary of state, giving lhe j„f„rmatioll
called for bv the house, of the 6th of December
respecting captures and condemnations by autbori’
ty of the governments of Denmark, Great-Britaia
and Frai^p and their dependencies. The messages
with the report were ordered to be printed.
Mr. Eppes n\oved a resolution to appoint a com
mittee to enquire what means, if any, are neos
sary to expedite the pnhlick printing. The resolu
tion was adopted, and a committee appointed.
The house then adjourned until Monday.
I HAVE FOR SALE,
jU my Bake-House* on Commerce-Street and Town
, Point,
Pilot, Navy, and Ship BREAD,
of.nn excellent quality.
K7" A constant supply at all times of these arti
cles, and on the most liberal terms.
Stephen Harris.
Jan. 12. tf
COMMERCIAL NOTICE.
The undersigned, his Danish Ma
jesty’s Charge des AfLires and Consul General to the
United states, avails himself of this method to inform
the merchants of the United States, trading to the
Uanish dominions, that he has iecei’erl instructions
trom his government to furnish American vessels
tr ding to Danish ports, with a certificate, the ol>
[other papers idai.-e to the ship, as well as to the
cafgo, gjiven by the requisite American authorities'
I Hr'* genuine end correct. Similar cer.iii cates will on
Hppl ration be given by his majesty’s consul in New.
York r nd by the vice-consuls in other states. These
cert firates will be demanded at all the Danish cus
tom-houses, previous to the admission of the vessel
to an entry, from every American vessel that shall
arrive with a , argo taken on board at an American
port, and which sh ,11 have cleared out after the pub
lication of this nrtice.
F. PEDERSON.
Danish t onsitl General
’ ar Philud^fihia.
January 2, IS;a.
3
Twenty Dollars Reward.
DESERTED from the Navy Yard. Gosport, (Va.)
on the night of the 9th instant, JAMES KIDD, pri
vate in the marine corps, says he was bom in the
state of Massachusetts, 22 years of age, 5 feet 8 1-4
inches high, dark eyes, dark hair, and dark com
plexion, by occupation a carpenter ; having a num
ber ot articles of cloathing with him, renders it use
less to particularize his dress further than a brown
coating great coat, with a cloak cape, which he pro
bably will wear in travelling. He is supposed to
liave taken the road to King and Queen county of
this state, where he will probably be secreted for a
short time. Tite above reward, with the necessary
expenses will be given for apprehending and secur
ing said deserter in any jail m the Unitid States, or
by delivering him at anv Post or Garrison most con
venient to where said Kidd mav be apprehended.
WILLIAM ANDERSON,
VT „ , „ Lieu'. Mar. Com.
Navy Yard, Gosport, Jan. 15, 1810. tf
EXHIBITION. *
1 To be seen at Mr. Maicxe’s Gardens, from eight,
o Cluck in the mnrnifi<r until sunset,
THE ROYAL
TIGER & TIGRESS,
OF ASIA.
These serious animals, lately imported from Su«
rat (in Asia) are the firs* that ever reached any
part of this continent. On their arrival they were
not a year old. They are nine feet in length, and
three feet in height. Their crowns designate them
as royal, and peculiar to Asia. When full grown
their bulk is tremendous, much superior in size to a
►Lion, and of prodigious strength. Their colours a
bright yellow, beautifully marked with long stripea
of black, which run in the same direction as their
ribs, with others across their thighs. The Tiger*
in Asia are the scourge of that conntry ; insidious,
blood-thirsty and malevolent, preferring human flesh
for their sustenance to that of wild beasts. They
lurit among the bushes, and hound bn their prey; if
thdy succeed and are undisturbed, they plunge their
heads into the bodies of the animals up to their eyes,
as if it were to satiate themselves with hlood, before
they tear them to pieces. It attacks the Lion or E
lephant, and is truly said to be the most powerful
animal in the world.
The Ladies and Gentlemen of this borough and
vicinity, are respectfully invited to lose no time in
viewing these exlrao -iinury animals, as there never
were, and probably never will be exhibited, animals
so worthy of their attention. As the trouble and ex
pense of these animals are enormous, it is impossible
the keeper can tarry long in^a place than while lie
meets with encouragement; he therefore solicits
tluir speedy attention.
rL B. The cage in which the Tigers arc confined
is very strong, so that no danger %«» be apprehen
ded from the^i.
BC7* Admittance 25 cents for grown persons-^
children half price. Jan. I'?. 3
1000 bushels Liver
pocj COAL,
For Sale on .board the Ship j
ustina, at Murray's
Wharf.
A. MACLUBE.
January 3.
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