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that if I shall iterrafter discover
war for affirm),
go such goods, wires, or merchandise amongst the
tied gods, wares, and merchandise, imported in man-
or and fors aforesaid, I will immediately, and with-
out delay, report the same to the Collector of this
district."
Ste. 3. And be it further enacted, That the fel.l
towing additions shall be inserted after the passage
of this Act, tp the oath or affirmation taken by the
osiers or persons having the charge or command of
1„,. ship or vessel arriving at any port within the
States, or territories Thereof, to wit : " I fur-
ter swear (or affirm) that there are not, to the best
ofoiv knowledge and belief, onboard (the denomina-
tion aad name of the vessel) any goods, wares, or
tierchandize, but such as ere authorised by the pro-
oiont of this Act to be imported in the United
States, or the territories thereof ; and I do further
foal. (or affirm'', that if I shall hereafter discover
0: know of any such goods, wares, or merchandise
ea board said vessel, or which shall have been im-
plied in the same, 1 will immediately and without
delay make repert thereof to the Collector of the
I,r)rt of this district." •
Sze, 4. dad be it fdrther enacted, That if any
person or parsons shall falsely make oath or ailirmk-
tion to any of the matters here-in required to be re-
Titled, such person or perseas shall suffer .11410
pins and penalties as Ishall be incurred by persons
committing wilful and corrupt perjury.

!ROM IRE COMMERCIAL ADYRIVEISER, JAM. 11.
THE ARMY Or TWENTY-FIVE TLIOCSASTD.—The-
Settte, as will he sees in our sketch below, have
rk;reted the principal amendments of the House of
Lepresentatives to the Bill for raising an army of
5,000 men. Whether the House will concur with
the Senate is yet uncertain. if, however, they are
seriously disposed for war, •we tee not how they can
refuse to concur. The vain hope of raising so large
an army, without commissioning and paying the
pacers who are to raise the troops, surely cannot be
indulged by a single Member.

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.
Washington. City, Jan. 7, ISM
Mr. Lewis,--In the sketch furnished you yester-
day, the important aiyi interesting fact, mentioned
by Mr. Stanford,. of North Carolina,in debate,
relative to the project' of an invasion f this coun-
try by a French force about the year 1798, and ex-
plicitly confirmed by Mr. Randolph, was not as dis-
tinctly stated as it ought to have been. The fact as
communicated by Mr. Stanford was this—Barras,
one of the French Directory, _proposed to a distin-
guished American Republican, glen ii Paris, t,
send a competent force to this country to enable
the then Republicans, or minority, to put down the
Federalists • and that thereby the former might gain
the validity), and dsurp the Government.--Mr.
Randolph said, that if his friend's speech should
perchance go out to the public, without mutilation
or perversion, this Gentleman, to whom the proitti-
sition was made, would probably come forward and
prove the fact asserted. We are not told-the name
of this Gentleman, but all will naturally conjecture
-who he is.

HOUSE OF EtPRESENTATIVES.
WAsantolow Oily Jas. 7:-
Mr. BAco.g, from the Committee of Ways and.
'eans, reported a Rill, making an appropriation
for expenees incident to the vie companies of mounted
triers during the year 1812. Referred to a COM..
wittee of the wholeto-marrow. •
Mr. NrwTori observed, that the Committee of
Commerce avid Manufactures, had been for some
time hesitating what report to make on the various
petitions of merchants, praying permission to import
British goods purchased' previously to the 2d Feb.
last. The delay of the Committee had beets owing
to a wish to ascertain the course that Cougress
would pursue ; and as the National Legislature had
determined to assume a manly attitude with regard to
Great Britain,the Committee, he said, had instructed
him to report a Bill for the relief of t.ie potitioueri:
Mr. N. accordingly reported a Bill, authorising the
importation of certain:goods, wares, and merchan-
tmder certain circumstances, from Groat Bri•-
laia, her colonies, and dependencies. The Bill was
referred to a Committee of the whole on Friday.

JAM. 8.
•
Mr. Lieu presented Certain Resolutions of the
Levy Court of Washington County, proposing some
modifications in the law, so as to eua6le the Court I
to levy a tea upon the whole of the County, and so
as to alter the mode df election of tha Levy Court, ;
se as that the Members may be drawn froth eve 9r
part of the county..—Referred.
l'lle SPt ti-lit laid before the House a Petition of
the erseliue Nuns? at New Orleans, praying that the '
Hospital uhich adjoins their Convent, and is in a '
decaying state, may be eemoved, and that they may be
permitted to build a house thereon for the education I
of femalts.—Referred.
Mr. Mrreurl.t. presented the Petition of certain
tr.imhitants of the Mississippi territory, stating, that
boatmen who navigate the Ohio, are frequently •
taken sick at the -Natehes ;--that the inhabitants of
that place and the western country, have made con-
siderable exertions amongst themselves to establish an
hospital for their teception. This Petitiou prays for
nine portion of lends to enable them to effect their
work,--Ordered to lie on the table.
The %luau woe preeenied a statement from the.
Setretary of the Navy, in conformity to the Act re-
quiring tip same, respecting the Compensation of
Clerks.
Aud another of the Contracts made by the Secre-
tary of the Navy during the past year ; which were
ordered to be printed.
Mr. *Kee, front the- Committee to whom-wits
referred the Message of the President of the United
States, transmitting Iwo letters from Governor Her?
"s"a) respecting the affair on the Wabash, made a
t, recommending sundry resolutions making
l'"ision for the sufferers in that engagement, as
evil as for the widows mid orphans el tkoad who
sieve killed--the report was committed.

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