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killed, 20
badly wounded. zz
wounded more tightly, -
Total killed and wounded, 70

Total killed and wounded, 10
We had, as | wrote you before, only
one man killed, and two badly wound
ed, one Of which is fnce dead, the
ether is a midlhipman, Mr.. M'Don-
ough, who loft his foot; an ordinary
feaman was afterwards dilcovered to b
Aightlywounded this is the whole num-
Der loft and injured on board the Con
ftellation.
hlll proceed to repair the damages fuaAin
eI 70 both ihips as fpeeiiiy IS Tofble and un,l
tie pleaClre Of the United Sta es. Il known
intend to give Lieut.. John Rogers an order 10
command IT, Inlurgente. Tie was ono at The
hfR Lieutenants appointed, has a claim 10 being
among the fri promotions, but a very ltronl
one, for behaving well, and bling the 6rt lieu
tenant of the COnRelauon, a. NE c.ptur- oi
the FRI governmental lhip # any coniequenc..
ever made ty the arms az he United Stres at
iei fuce or being know as a nation h
other officers ihail appoint in the fame way.
Nv gun deck !, divided into ttree divilOEs,
The frR Of guns, and oPP.iile fup-rinttnder
w the Hrit lieutenant, NJ. Ro-ers. The II
cond Of Ave qurs. and cppch'e by the f,,ono
ltu-enIut, Mr.. Y viper. The third OF tour
gun,, and oppof.e By the third Ii,ur N,
Srerett. The zeal of thde three officers III per
70 ming Their duty, and complying tri9ly with
ny otd,rs, c7nro iurpaGtd, hut mutt not,
10 priue Of them. be lient as to the good con-
duct af Mr.. ohirly, tie matter, and Mr.. Archer
the 4tE lieutenant, who acted ihcir pant near my
Peifln on The quarter deck. and who are aio
deierving OF nodce but for the honor # our
na ion, mutt declare that il IS impoIibe for
officers, and men in any fervice to have behav
ed better than my people did generally on this
occafion it mutt therefore not be unde food.
Be- caufe have mentioned The names Of few
of the principal gentlemen, that thole Of an in
feror grade in their aations are lels deferving !;
on the contrary, to the latter always feel my
felf moR indebted for their exertions in The hour
If battle, as they have generally much les at
fake, than thof- in higher Ralions, and con
fequently lefs indulement to dilPlay their val
our"
The gazette., 1799-03-25

EI-RTTFP p lE rICULARS.

A Liter Fl N Capt. TRuxroN, to Mr.. VAL
LOTT, of Blhm7rs, gives the Lglargen'5 coai-
plenent Of men, as undc1 -
51 Officers lcnt 70 Cga44iaaae.
$50 il priion A.ips, ione hgh-lywonnded
100 in goal IN B.D,fyre.
34 in boi ital, wounded
20 killed and died OF wounds
IA retained On board the Cynf.Aatia7 &c.
The gazette., 1799-03-25
Letter from Capt. TRUxToN-datcd
& United States fhip Conlelation Bafcterre


Road, St. ChriRophers 18th Feb r7o9
" Bef're this can reach you. the capture Of
the Iatargesfe, French national frigate, of 40
guns and 400 men, taken by the arms Of he
United States Tin fight OF this i1and) or board
of the above llliP, after an a6ion Of one hour
and quarter, will no doubt be known to you
in Baltimore.
I" The Captain Of the Iglmgsnts obfsrved lhar
my taking Of him would be confidered dec
laration OF war againft France told him if
the capture Of a national vehel was to be con.
iidered as declaration Of war, his taking #
the Retaliation, which belonged to the Uated
Stafef, was certaicly declaration Of war a
CAN'T Us on the part of France. However be
it zUar Or Be it peace, told him fhould certainly
take every French frigate and other French
armed veGel l met vi Ii, if not overpowered,
and Of his determination [ requelted he would
inform General DEsFoRNEAux.
/" have ient up car;el 10 Cau4al7u5e. in
hopes Of exchanging the priloners. If l can
get men I will have the Ir(4yqsQte c-uiz:ng with
ME by the lit Of March"
The gazette., 1799-03-25

# tie jqanl Of s.. CbrjfoPbeys, Feb. Q, r790.
DsAR SIR,
| WROTE you the 4th inf. TO
which | mutt beg leave to refer and
Ioon after weighed from Bahaterre
road, St. Chrifophers, and proceeded
to iea, having made the necehary ar
rangementS with the merchants and
matters Of vefels for a convoy, to fail
this day for the United States, under
The charge Of the Norfolk and Rich
mond, which vefelS | directed to
cruize, in the mean time, near St. Bar
tholomewS and St. Martins, 70 as to
be at hand to proceed with the convoy
at the time appointed. AS foon as |
left the road Of Bahaterre (Which | did
with the Contellation foluS) fretched
under Monlerat and towards Gauda-
loupe blythe wind, and from thence un-
der the lee Of Antigua and Barbuda.-
IL this rout | only met two merchant
vehels, and Britilh frigate. | there
fore thought it bef to change my
ground, which | did, and run down to-
wards the illand Of Nevis, and on the
9th inf. at noon, that iland bearing
w. S. w. five leagues difance, diff
covered large ihip to fouthward, on
which | bore down. She hoifed A
merican colours, and | made our pri-
vate fgnalS for the day, as we'll as that
of the Britilh, but finding ihe anfwered
neither, | Immediately fufpe6ted her TO
be an enemy, and in fhort time after
found, that my fulpicionS were well
founded, for lhe hoifed the French ma
tional colours, and fired a gun to wind
ward (Which is fgnaI of an enemy.)
| continued bearing down, on her, and
at quarter paG 3 P. M. fhe hailed
me 1everal times aid as foon as | got
in a petition for every fhot to DO exc
cution, | aniwered by commencing
clole and fuccefsful engagement, which
lated until about half paG a p. NJ.
when fhe nruck her colours to the
United States lhip Conitellation, and |
Immediately took pofeilion Of her
She proved to Be the celebrated French
national frigate Infurgente, Of AZ guns
and 4o7 men, late out from France,
commanded by Monfeur Bureaut, and
is e3eemed one Of the falteit falling
fhips IL the French navy. have been
much ihatterej in my rigging and fails,
and my foretopmait rendered, from
wounds, ulelels you MAY dePeld the
enemy is not lers lo. ~.
] intend 20 ge! into Bafaterre road,
ST. Chri3ophers, if poflible, with my
prize but The wind being adverle and
blowing hard, much doubt, in the
crippled fate Of both lhiPs, whether l
llall efett it, and if not, | mutt make
port 10 leeward. The high fate Of
our diiciPline, with the gallant conduit
Of my officers and men, would have
enabled me to have compelled a more
formidable enemy to have yielded, had
the fortune Of war thrown one i'll my
way ;-aS it is, hope the Prefdent &
my country, will, for the prefent, be
content with very fine frigate being
added to our infant navy, and that too
with the lolS Of only one man killed,
and two wounded, while the enemy had
(the French furgeon reportS) s. or So
killed and wounded. Several were
found dead in the tops, &c. and thrown
overheard IS hours after we had poi
feflion. | mutt not omit, in this hafy
detail, to do iuaice to Monieur Bu-
reaut, for he defended his ihip manful-
lr and from NV rakinr him feveral
The gazette., 1799-03-25
BOSTON, MARCH 2T.

AT the late truly federal election II Portf-
mou h, truth and patriotlm uiumphed. Mr..
Gim4n bad ga lufrages, while hio rival can
dd4Je, Mr.. Langdon, had but g.
The gazette., 1799-03-25

A letter from on board the Montezuma, da-
ed la,. 80 long. I3, Feb. 20. go, Rates that
" commodore Barry, of the trigate United
States, Las been 70 fortunate as to reach a
French priva eer with his heavy metal, aud
ink her and had juA time enough to run a.
long iide and fave 90 men, which be attempted
to fend athore at BaFeterre, CaudAfoupe, by
hoilting Aag of truce, but it being fred on,
he benevolent deGgn was given up"
The gazette., 1799-03-25

The Preflent Of the United States has or
derel the French inrigans, who have lat ly
been detected at Charlelton, to be conveyed 10
the feat Of government.
The gazette., 1799-03-25

hxtyaR ot' a letter from LjI52n 70 r1be7aBle Msr
camille HouJe in PHILADELPHIA, dated 5tb Jan. L1R.
4" The Flen>h have lately met leve,e check
in Italy The King If N pies, at tie head IF
his army, has taken PoAeaion Of the Popg's
dominlons, and every whore heat the French
army mott feverey. On The Neapolitans en-
terng the city If Rome, General Mick, the
commander in chief, fummOnel ihe canle of St.
Angelo, which was Ril in PoAefIion OF the
French, 70 iurren Ter, which they rtfuled-He
then fent them a mfage, declaring, that if
they 6red On the city, that for every gun, he
would deliver Freedman To the populace-
Tni. did not intimdate the French they fired
leverAl gun, and General Nix, as good as
bis word, delivered as many FrenchmeB TO the
mob, who murdered them IN the mott cruel
marner-h he then ient them ano'her me1age,
relating whit lie d u done, dn1 what had haP-
peaed to tn poor Freachuen, who had t-lien
vi1ms ~ their folly, o0 which they ce fed fr-
ring, a.d lie ivered up the ca1Ie. a few days
alter thar, l-vere engagement took Pia-e be-
tween $4,000 7 .each, and about 5000 Nea-
pultans. n which the latter we're vitior ous -
they tork about 1000 p'iloners, and killed in
il'tle about 5000.
TIE los " N. N-ip7litans was v-rv trivial
-omDared with that 10 The French The
of Tie kne of " pies was arr rd wIh q d'W-
foa of t.e army1f Civtl NecchiI, * had t4ken
poT lIi 4 cf that city and Po.t The Romans
rer- every where Hocki0g ir great numbers 70
enter in-o the \ea7.lt " army L have no
doubt but the French viii ne N rap ily
driven out of I,aly than they entered ir. Bu-
onapa-'e, all accounts agree, WIS thot At
coun,H cf war, by an Egyp ian folder, an his
whole army by this time de,troyed-io mu-h
for ihat Egyptian"
The gazette., 1799-03-25

OF THE CAPTURE or THE FRENCH
FRlGATE L'INSURGENTE.
The gazette., 1799-03-25
T0bn Adans.

BY the PreGdent,
TIMoTHY PICKERINC,
Secretary or S!ats.
The gazette., 1799-03-25

Erfr07 ora letter f5ol9 CAPT. THOMAS TRUX
TON % tie Secretary Of tbs Navy, dated ~
The gazette., 1799-03-25

Er.ya9 ~ tAer. from CAPT. TH0M4S TRUX-
ION, 70 he Secretary ef tbe Navy, dated On
Ss.rd ne J'aaed States .J6iP Conaelation ii f}bt
gf hts iQaad Of s.. CbrJfqPbsr5, Feb. {, Q, 1899.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1799-01-18
r &c II NJ 0 " D:
FRIDAY, JlxuAkr IS.
Eetraa from tJri Journal ei'Me HovsE Of
DsASGATsS Of YixoMiA,
FsiDAI, 1.,aaa,y ~, I7oS.

The Houfe according TO the order Of the day,
fefolved tlelf into q committee Of the whole
Houle on the fate Of the commonwealth, and
after fome time lptnt therein, Mr.. Speaker re-
fumcd the chair, and MIR Calls reported, that the
committee of the whole Ifoute, had according TO
order had under their confederation the Fate OF the
commonwealth, and had come % two refolutions
thcreupon, which he read in his place, and then
delivered in at the clerks table, where the fame
were again read, and are as follows:
{. The General Afembly of Virginia, eonfider
ing thatthc privation of perfonal rights, foiemny
fanaioned by the contribution and laws of the u
nited States, is arbitrary, and unjuh.--Thst the
right Of eleaisn 10 Office, is orc Of the mot inn
portant Feared, thereby to the citizen; and that
it ought not to he deGroyed, or impaired, efpcci,
ally by regulations having Retrospective opera
ton
Therefore R.EgseG. That the propofition from
the Legislature of the State Of Mathematics, hav-
ing for It's obea the excluiioa Of certain citizens
from their eligibility TO Offices, which they now
actually polIefs and, the excl0lion of other per-
fons who may become pofcGes thereof, upon the
performance OF certain conl tons held ont to them
by exiting laws: Thus by Retrospective regn-
laton, improper in itief and inconliacnt with the
fpirit Of all our civil iniiutions; infringing the
rights Of perlons, loleninY guaranteed by the
fifUtion and laws---is arbitrary, ard unjua, and
Nnat - ougnf net 10 ftCciFc VIC appreciation OF
che General AGenlbly.
2. The General A1embiy, ncyerthelel., con-
curing in opinion with the Leginature Of Maj
Iaehuictis, /" that every oonnituiional barrier
hhould be oppofcd to the introduction Of foreign
inauencc, INTO national councils '-lg5j cfps@,
Tia, the contribution ough, TO be 70 amended, that
40 foreigner who iiall rot have acquired rights
under the oonifitutisn and laws at The time of
making this amendment, hall thereafter be tGgi-
bic 20 the Office Of Senator, or Reproductive N
Congrefs, Of the listed States to any Office in
the Judiciary or Executive Departments.
The 6rt refolution being read fecond
time, was on the quetion pat thercupon, a.
greed to by the Houic.
The fccond refoiuiion being read fecond
time, motion was made, and the qneition
being put to amend the fame, by inferting
after tho word " Judiciary" in the laa line
thereof, the word " Military"
It par,d in the negative.
And then the main queGion being put,
that the Houfe do agree with the committee
Of the whole Houfs, in the reGolution as re-
ported.
ItPaEcd 10 The affirmative, aye' 81, noes
-.
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land is afeertained beyond query. Sir + B. War
Ien took the fIoehs of 90 guns, and frigates-
The Mclampas took ore frigate, !, were carr;sl
into Sligo Bay, ard into Grscnoek, which MAKE
the ihip Of the line and frigates. The Hochc
israted in l French Rsgiler 4. $50 guns.--Wc
have inherited one article relative TO an attack OH
the Texel, which is taken from the Ham5urgh
correfponden,, Of October 5I.--Ths Altoona Mer-
curry, of about the fame Gate, has fimilar para
graph. bririh papers have heretofore limited At
adeign upon this rendezvous of III. Bdtavan
heet---Thc dilpatches frsm Buonapartc. Sc, arc
of an ancient date and only noticed as eurioii-
ties The account from Meiiina, corrobossting
other intelligence. announcing the French defeats
in Egypt, appear, in degree, warranted by Gen.
Bs own lctScrs---in which nc confctTcs the bravery
equipment aud eumity Of th- Mamalutes and
Arabs Indeed it may be inferred that The Editor
Of the Vienna Gazette vouches for mon OF the par
tSulars IN the la,cmeut.--We obferve nothing
contradictory ofthe advces of the conlagration
az The tranlports. The late information on the
fuhie9 implied that the eveSt happened about the
10Th Sep. To FAY the French Government is rem
dered nloEe favorable to peace by Bruey's defeat,
is bold ancrtion for Paris Paper--and NAV
therefore be concluded Rubborn faa But thev
have therefore loG The opportunity of making \
good bargain. In GRIPPING at too much they pro-
badly viii get nothing. The Germans can find
reatons foT breaking of the Negotiations az any
tiu,c.-The German troops are ready, and the
Pulans hand to aiiit chem, in cafe OF renewal
Of hoilili;ies.
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On motion MADE :.y hIr. Tohn Fox, fc.
conded by Mr.. Tate-OrGkre&, That the
names Of the ayes and noes, on the forego.
ing queRion. be Inferred in the Journal.
The names ofthoie who voted in the afIif-
native are--Meifrs. Bailey, Cabell, Ware,
An3elfor, Porerfield, Walker, Chsffin,
Giles, Page, White, Otey, Tate, Baker,
Breckenridge, John Miller, Fletcher, Mp
CURE, Colwell, Bucl;uer, Spencer, Bedford,
Hauifon, Cheatham, Thomas A. TAYLOR,
Hatcher, Daniel, Roberts, Shackelford,
Peterion Goodwin, Pcgram, Booke', Welt
wood, Webs, Herbert, Jennings, Horner,
Hadcn, Payne, NIGH, Wolfe, Greer, Ben.
Cook, Bymm, Reeves, Mordecai Cook,
Hall, Plcaiants, Heath J. Miller, John Ma
thews, Jones, M'Kinzie, ROYAL, SNYDER.
King, Starke, ThompCou, Fifher, Simon,,.
Selden, Price. Goodwin, James Johnfon,
John Allen, Iazewell, Young, Richard Cor
bin, Thomas Lewis, Morris, Turner. Wal.
lace Pollard, Gregory, Joiepl, Carter, Pow
ell Chaplain, Calls, Meriwctler, Francis
EPPes, Roebuck, Hill, Marx Alexander,
X CHI. ii Corbin, Evans, Inglc Ta,nes S.
Mathews, Joiiah Iiddick, Watkins, Hura
Siaughtcn, Freeman Eppes, Woods, Wright,
N h'nly, Clarke, Devin, Motley, WoodIou,
Georgs x. Taylor, Pope, Brooke, Robin,
ION, M'Coy, Coenrod, Rentfro, MADDEN.
Barnes, Caruthers, Andrew Alexauder.
Chas. Lewis, Browniag, Gatcwood, Hula
ney, Robert Goodwin, Mer er, Stannsrd,
Nat. Fox, John Fox, FauIcou, Seward.
Booth, Mafon, Gary, Burnham, Lee, Hun
geriord' Meek, Crockett, Shield, Griffin,
Andrews, Fouihee, Newton-rsz.
And the names of thofc who voted in the
negative are--MeiTrs. Nicholas, Ruifin, Boil.
ling, Perrow, John Taylor, Tyler, Caven4
din, Pruniy, Cooke, Scott. Peter Iohnaon.
Cureton, Davis--i3.
ordersd, That the Clerk do carry the faid
reiolutiods to the Senate, for their concur
renee.
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PHILADELPHIA, January Z.

On Saturday the Scuate again ref,med
the trial ofthe Impeachment of William
Blount, when Mr., Ingerfoll, in a neat and
eloquent Speech of two hours, fiaihed The
defence in fupport Of the Plea againa the
jurildiaion Of the Court, After which Mr.
Harper, with his ufual ability, made reply
of two hours againt the Plea, and in fup-
port of the jurifdi6tion of the Senate. The
Court adjourned to Monday morning, when,
1t is expected. Judgment viii be given on the
quefion of jurifdi6tion. If the Judgment
ihould be againR the iurifdieion ofthe Sc
nate, the whole buineis win of courfe, fall TO
the ground, but if the Judgment ofthe Court
be sgaiut the Plea, and in favour of the ill.,
riidietion, then the trial, it is preiumtd, will
proceed on the articles Of impeachment.
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Mating in the whole o,szf,6t7 90
Tie funds out of which appropriations
may be made, for the purpofe before menti-
oned arc
Fi5R, The FUN of fix hundred thoufaod
dollars OF the proceeds of duties on i,nports
and tonnage, which will accrue in the yeer
1929, which ium is, by law, Annually refer
yea Tor the exPenfe aud fupport Of govern
mcnt.
Second, The furplus of revenue and income
winch may accrue to the end of the year roo
atler iatisfying the objects, for which aDnro-
Priatlons have been heretofore made sed.
71'rd' Tie proceeds of tie loans which
may be negotiated on the credit Of the Uni.
ted Staes, purfuant to either or boiI the aaa
OF Congrels, psfcd on the Exteen,h Of Iplv,
1913, the one, entitled, " An act 70 enabla
the Preiidcnt of tine United State, 20 bor.
row Toney FOR the pnolic feryice - and the
other, entitled, a" An act making certain an.
preparations, and to authorize TIC PfeGdert
tax"
NC oecretary respectfully ob(etves, that
the expenies Of the revenue cutters have been
hitherto betrayed by the collectors Of the cuf-
toms, out OF the proceeds Of the dutieson in.
ports & tonnage, & charged intheir acc,s. as
expenditures incident to the collection ofthe
laid revenue; ieveral of the cutters now in
ieryIee are, however, well calculated for Co
operating with larger 1iips, for the defence
OF theiea-coat and Of commerce ; and, while
10 employed, order ssd economy vii be
promoted BY an arrangement for fubiet1ing
tie expenditures 20 the controul Of tbe
Navy Department on this ground, the
exPediency of an appropriation fordefraying
TIC eSpenies OF lescral Of the llid cutters is
iubmitted.
The Secretary alGo traofn;;s a astement
Of the recciP and expenditures Of the Uai-
sed States for .he year pros to the GgG ds
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KNOXVILLF. Deccmher 8.

Agreeably to the Proclamation Of his TX
Cellenoy the Governor, for convening the
Legislature Of this State, the Senators and
Representatives. met accordingly; the Senate
proceeded to the choice of Speaker,
when the Hon. WILLIAM BLOUNT
was cholen, and condu4edto the Chair.
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a II frtons having claims againR the easte
Of HCtiHkD Holt. late 81 Ed,S county.
are heretJ qu'hsd to make thtm Known on o..
bcioTe INC - n C3J Of irnr ncy,.---. Aud 7.fg
thoie whotase -sinls r-iril a.. eAsts ofSA MI
FL DOORS, dec. iz,e Of he fame count. are
hereby rcneaed 90 briIe hem IN well au.leb,ie,-
ted, on before the a7fh dsy az F,bruary oc.,.
as ma sitisment and dilribution Of flid eAatrs
Is likely take plaee on abcnt Ga times above
mentond And 'his giycrtif,7rsnt viii be plesa
IN bar otsny claims brought IN afterwards, bv
RICHARD HOLT, Admir-.
81 Jauary, T-91 s
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January
f'0n HG'abarg paper Of O6ober ~.

HhGuE, Der. "a.
strl6tcr means have been la,ely propofed to
prevent the introduction of Engliih goods and it
Is now deerced, that after the an of October
none OF Englith merchandise fpeeiied in the or
dinanee mall he imported into the republic [of
Ratavial by land or by fea, on pain Of the confr-
cation ofthe faid merchandise anl the baniihn-u,
OF the importer. This decree has been already
fanet'oned, and the directory has announced !, to
the people by proclamation.
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For the civil lii, or The fup-
port Of government, inclu-
ding the contingent expen-
fes of feveral departments
and Offices, tie FUN of 5o4,zo6 50
For defraying the compcnfa-
ton Of clerks in the ,evc--
raj loan offices, and foe
books and fationary -
heretofore allowed bytem-
porary acts Of congrefs,
the laf Of which will ex-
Pire at the clole Of the
prelent year, Ia.oca
For the payment OF annuitiss
and grants, 1.6o, ..
For the fupport Of the Mint %
Establishment, t5.oo
For the expenfes Of inter-
courfe with foreignnations,
including fun Of twenty
tn uisnd dollars, eains,ed
as being recuiite for the
relief Of dehitute feamen.
& executive Of the ANIMAL
appropriation ef forty
thouiand dollars, authori-
fed by the aa March 10.
1898, -,o
For The payment ofexpenfes
incident to the tieatics
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GJa9 CeRf - eGyard.
y AN way fon the fubIerii cr on saturo al.
: = an apprentice LAD, ny the name of THO IS
CHil.bRAY Who has a65us te, month, n -
time t. ierve yet Il likely he is lurkjno ako,-
-Four Mi Greek where he same frcrr--As he ba,
gone OF without my jon csuf,, anil probsb ~ vii
ehaeASof to get INTO ernploymen,, he CIV r5-e.
yarn an pe7ioaS ti.m employing him .r any ,.sy
wns's r'and whoever oil deliver HIM 10 me f ajI
have the a,ovc toward.
Janparyr6th, 1899 w
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SERVICE OF THE YEAR17oo.

n Report from HE Secretary ef@e 7rtaEiry,
ofhf (nms nec1fSry to be abir0briatfd for
The Jff1yief Of TIE .year 1899.
The Secretary Of the Treafury respectfully
reports to the houfe Of representatives of
the United States,
THAT for the fervice Of the year 700,
the following appropriations, as detailed in
The climates herewith trsnfmitted, appear
to he neceliary;
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Erom PbiLnl.Mk;, r,n 3

from 1,ALddHbsiI, Jan. 3.
Extract of letter from Nevg-York. dated the
9Th Infant.
Aeconnts received yesterday from an EaheTn
port mention that veael had arrived there III 4
ihort paiiage from the Weh-indies. with t6c in
i9{niaton Ct Rifpaniola being declared indepen-
dsht, and that the flag citablihed there wa Nhte
one with three Negro Hesds"
IL reported that dreadful nianacre of the
whites BY the moattoes, in which 500 of the for
n,er iutieiSd, recently took place at Fort Dau-
Phin.
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of odiober !aa, being the Iaa period t
which an account can be prepared.
All which IS moh respectfully tubnittet
by
OLIVER WOLCOTT,
Secretary gfaas afeell,y.
Treasury DEPASTMssr,
December the a2d, 1898.
THE FOLLOWING. ESTIMATES
Accompanied the eve letter OF the Secre-
tary of the Navy.
Amount Of colt Of bUi,dina and equiDp:ng
Seventy fouf gun lhip, OF l,6zo tons, ex-
clhiive OF military itoTes.
Like oak timber, dollars 10000
White oak and pine, sc. $1,000
t,aoonf. IS 100
CSaoie., rigging, cordage, &c. $500
Smiths work, 40 4co
Anchors, 400
Msrling. ecco
Sail makers bill, two lnirs, ineIud.
ing canvas, 10000
Joinsr'. till, ineIaaias GnF. z.8oo
CarVer's BIZ, 80
TT'Sgeis DO a,24o |
amer S tic. 700 |
- . @'n'ef co. 3,24o !
~" peg a"' 4,SGo !
Clock makers ds. 40 |
i3ost-bnilder's do. I.6zo |
Plumbers do, a'Azo |
Ship chandiery, o 72o !
Furrer's Siu, I.a1c }
Copper bolts, 1906
shea hing copper, nails, &c. 17.4Ac
Ncolens, Tor fheatnins I.nfc
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citTste Of pay and rstions of tire officers a nd
ere" OF thip of war Of - suns-Co.n
plsinent $50 men, for u months.
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Dollars 55S&5+o 90

DIED.
LATELY At smithhelJ, Mar. SoLoMAN Wli.4
SON, formerly of this city
7-----------oH Iueiday la.a JOHN LYME, Ef4 os
th,s ety-.an old and very Respectable eitiF 81.
Pleaiure Of his acquaintahce