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CongrefS Of the United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
THURSDAY, January s.
In committee of the whole on thc

In committee of the whole on the
JUDICIARY BILL.
MIR. Nicholas moved to add to the 18th
lection, the following clauie Of the act,
paiied September II, 1850, and now in
force, which is omitted in the bill now
before the committee viz.
"Nor fhall any diftriet or circuit court
4" have cognizance of any fuit to recover
:" the contents of any promiHary note or
:" other cauie In action in favour of an az
!" hgnee, unlefs a fuit might have been pro-
iecuted In tucfl court to recover the faid
contents if no Alignment had been made,
except in cafe OF foreign bills of ex-
6 change"
MIR. Nicholas Rated his object to be to
leave the jurifdietion of the federal courts.
as tar as refpeSfed debts created by ailign-
nent, in the ftuation in which it now
food.
On this motion debate of comfortable
length took place. The Importers of the
motion were Meilrs. Nicholas, Randolph,
and Alton, the opponents, Menrs. Grit
void, Harper and Bayard.
1b3/e 7ob0 impaired The motiou, contend
ed that by giving jurifdittion to the 6ede-
raj courts owe. aligned debts, great MATS
OF fuits would be transferred from the fate
to the federal tribunals; that this would be
done by colluGve Alignment; that it
would thereby be in the power of credi-
tor, by normally ahigning his claim to
citizen OF another fate or to foreigner,
to bring his debtor into any federal court
he plealed, and location an increaie of
trouble and expence; that if any benefit
did attach to the creditor by the right of
infiltuting procefs in a federal court, which
was however not granted, that very bene-
fit would violate the chablifhed principle
Of law, that the afignee of debt ought
not to be placed in better ftuation than
the af1ignor; that when citizen made a
contract with foreigner, he knew the
con{equence, but when he made contract
with citizen, he entertained no idea of
tmenability to the federal courts, and had
no idea of being dragged to diGance in
cafe of controversy with his creditor !:
that in the fouthern fates, and particularly
iri Virginia, this power would be highly
Injurious for that in Virginia all bonds
WIRE afigrlable, and a great MATS of the
debts contracted were in bonds and pro-
mifory notes; that if the power were be-
flowed, it would place the debtor at the
mercy of the creditor; inafmuch as the
latter would chufe his court, and the for
ner would in many cafes be drawn 200
miles from his home, where the debt had
probably, been contracted, where only were
to be found his witnenes, and where iu-
ry could be- formed acquainted with his
general character that the power would
operate feverely to the prejudice of the ci-
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FIRST NOTICE.
Whereas a Cnmnliinn Of
Amoxg 1v6icL are

Whereas a Comminion Of
Bankruptcy is awarded and iaued forth
agalnit Eliiha Cullen Dick of the town Of
Alexandria, and he being declared bank
rru,pt is hereby required to furrender him
leh TO the conmiflioners in the faidScom-
mlilon named, or the major part of them,
on the seventeenth day of this month, at
NV Twelve o'clock in the forenoon, at the
a'lfington tavern, in Alexandria, and
make full difcoyery and d;fclofure of his
citale and effects when and where the
creditors OF the faid Elifha Cullen Dix.
either IN his leparate capacity or as one(of
t,le late houie, of James Meafe M'Rea and
company, may attend, prepared to prove
1neir deots-At the fecond fitting Of RE
.sphmlihoners, the faid bankrupt is to ed
through his fecond examination. and a..
III. VI lais lifting the iaid bankrupt is requir-
~ ~ 20 min his examination, and the Gre
S e.o aforeiaid to choofeafignees, of which
uulequent lifting due notice will be given
..u INC creditors are to ,aflent or diGent
.lol. Inc allowance Of his certificate. All
rionS indebted to the faid bankrupt, or
wv. Ao nave any of his effects, are not TO
psy 2. deliver the. fame, but to whom the
sUa;nliiloners fhall appoint, but to give
HENRY MOORE,
~ Clerk to the Comrnifiion.
january q. TQNy
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was Is per cent. below par, and which
was lawful tender in the fate courts
whereas judgments were given in the fe,
deral courts for fpecie only; the effect
therefore would be, that the creditor would
commence his fuit in the federal courts.
ana by that means obtain Is per cent.
more than was really due to him, as the
contracts made in that fate were predicat-
ed on the depreciation of the paper cur
rency.
lbs/s 7ubo otpg/ed The moti9u, demand
ed to know whether real bona 1fds debt
could not be created by ENFORCEMENT; whe-
ther 1t was not one of the mott common
operations among merchants and whether
the perfon who thus received an endorfe-
ment was not as completely & fubaantially
the creditor as the original holder of the
obligation? The effect of the amendment
would be to ihut out from the federal
courts all perlons Of this delcription whole
claims would be as much affected by To-
cal psliions and prejudices, as though they
had not aligned. 1t was contcnded that
this was one of the precife cafes for which
the contribution had provided; and that
the attempt to defeat this eflential pro-
vlilon was another evinence Of that inva-
rlable and unabating difpoition to defeat
the mott important proviions of the con-
ititutlon, to dearoy its energy, and to
withdraw from it the refpee Of the citi-
zens, which On every location was mani
teited by Tome gentlemen in that houie.
The reaions offered in defence of the
amendment were declared to be fallacious.
There would exit no irrational unfounded
prediction Of the creditor TO the federal
tribunals; in mott cafes the creditor would
prefer the itate courts; in all cafes except
tioie in which he had arong dread that
the undue influence of finifer feelings would
bias them. If gentlemen fmply dehred
to repreis iuits for demands not bona tide
aligned, an express provinon could be
made to this effect, to which the houie
would generally agree; for that provifi-
on, while it gratihed the defres of fc-
veral gentlemen, would not impair one of
the vital principles of the contribution,
ehablifhed on the. conviction that an alien
did not In the fate courts hand upon an
equal footing with citizen.
1t was contended that the obfervations
derived from the ftuation of the fate Of
North Carolina were not correct as it
was not believed that the federal courts
could alter a contract from its original
form and that of courfe in thofe cafes
where contracts had been made in paper
money, Judgment would be given not for
money, but in the nature Of provifons or
Tome fimilar way, as no power could exit
to deteriorate the contract.
1t was not true that the great MATS of
debts incurred were on bonds or promii1a-
ry notes; the great MATS of debts were in
the hape of book debts, which were not
transferable.
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HENRY MOORE,
= 80. Clerk to the Conrniflion.
January 9, 1901. II
I N O T. &c E..

I. ! .al;aa perions having claims
= D 1galnH the relate of the late THom..
ward ~ are requeRed tobring them for.
80 a,u ON or before the firft of March neyt
!, reons snole indebted to him are RESPECTFULLY
cArke payment TO 49, =
.Jan.I. AN AN' Adm'x.
(z)eo
Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-10-09

SHREVE s. TANNEY
HdYE FOR Sale,
IL their FIRE on Union brt1veen Prince ana
Duke .freets,
N. England Rum in bis.
Molanes in hhds.
Sugar in bis.
Coffee ill bags and bis.
Pepper ofan excellent quality in bags,
Fly ION, fouchong and bchea tea by the
cheit,
Cattle and white foap in boxes,
IS boxes legars of an excellent quality,
Fine fair,
Mackarel by the barrel,
Cod filh by the box,
Florence oil in boxes of one doz. each.
Fifty barrels and SO hhds. of Sugar.
Allo,
Ladies Morocco lippers by the box,
Mems frong do. by the doz.
Ravens duck by the piece or bale,
A few bales of gurrahs and falgochys,
and are in daily expectation of an additi-
onal fapply.
sept. ID. d
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Pubic Notice.

I7WOITL IVOLLLEs
AT a meeting of the Board of Over
ieers Of the Poor for tho County of Alex
andria- -Prefent, Aaron Heqves, Peter
WDs, PreNey Guauel, Tbomas It4oiu, and
Pbilib Wanfon---It was refolved, that the
Secretary advertifc the public that they
with to board out the preient poor in
the Poor Houfe-. Any Perfons difpofed TO
take them for time, until better provi-
fon car be made, will pleafe to apply to
either of the overfeers.
PHILIP WANTON.
.Oa. 6. dot
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AMERICA AND BRITAIN.

4 late xxm1er Of tie E0tertord Mirrsr,
Ia paper h.ey 1fablperd BY hr. John
Bull, jamr time ago IF Nec.-1o'kI
esutaius The follo7virs remarks inHs Ps-
Atica Reviezv Of .1meriean dSSavs -
i" THE United States alone in this
quarter of the globe, claim our attention,
ana they merit it, from every motive that
can render the fubjett Of Importance,
heightened by the comparative inGgnih :
canoe of the furrounding nations.
When in the laple OF ages, the preient
time ihall become remote antiquity II
England ihall have experienced the lot
which feens to be common to kingdoms.
as well as their inhabitants, and have iut-
Tered as fate a poiiricsl diiio!ution ;
when either forming part of fone great
empire, the very name CT which canno'
even now be gue1ed at, or fallen back into
its original wild and forea fate at that
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ti.cInfslves 70 &c deceived by tie cart and
wordynotEinss of the French, with their
tSatryu,te hbrue; and the other terms Of
Incarnation with which they feem to have
fpslI- boaud the tenfes OF nations, they will
bitterly repent it; and we are Deceive Ii,
ai!ertins that it will coR the lives of thou
lands of their couptrymen TO remedy an
overnight which little ir,sneis would row
efsttually prevent.
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&C IL GERS; c.e i:x:,ensh OF :i1c ,@Gc.e. a
notion 20 enlarge tie Eun.ber to tixty,
vas laIe!y regatlvcd.
Lon1sn PAPER.
Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-12-02
MI ) y | " Or

From Mr.. c. Beveriey's paf-
ture, at Elkwood, light bay .ddIe
HORSE, about IS hands high, with
(mall ttar in his forehead, and his hip, on
the near iide fomewhat larger than the
other. ALSO,
A red bay HORSE, about III hands
hish, with fmall itar in bis forehead,
and one hind and fore foot, on the fame
Gde, white. A liberal reward will be
given to any perfon who will deliver the
iaid horfes, or either of them, to Mr..
Beverly at Elkwood, to me- in Northun-
berland county, or fecure them and give
me notice 60 thatthey be recovered.
WALTER JONES.
Sect. II. go
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John G. LADD
HAS FOR SALE,
Coarie and fine lait,
Rudia fheeting and Duck,
Wet India and \. =. rum,
Molanes, Sugar and Coffee,
Hyfon, hyfonikin, ! Teas of the beit qua
Souchon and bohea lily,
A few caOks Madeira wine,
Do. bis. beef,
Mould and dipt candles,
by 9 window glaf;,
Soap, chee!e and !had,
Men and womens' lhoes,
Writing and wrapping paper, =:
Cotton and wool in bags,
box linen checks,
do. playing cards,
do. Dutch quills,
Sewing Irvine,
A few crates and boxes gla6 ware,
Pepper, nutmegs, alipce, alum,
Platter of Paris, sc. sc.
Oct. ID. On
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ALL perfsns having claims sgainh the
the eiate OF captain Whlham Chapman,
deceafed, are requeaed to turnih the fame
to the fublcriber, properly authenticated,
for iet,lemenr; ard all thoic indebted to
iaid e.ss,e, are deiired to make immediate
paymen,-no longer indulgence can be
g;ven, on, the accounts muit be cloied as
ioon as PoiAbie.
JOHN FOSTER.
Nov. 2. colin Adn'r.
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l5uDl,r sal.
On FRIDAY,

On FRIDAY,
!. ten s'elock, 4rrH be Eo!d a: Ike Ttna"F
St4,r,
cd and 18th proof Antigua and
lam2,ca Rum il his. and bis.
+; French Brandy IN bis.
Holland GIN III bis.
'ren,ritIe " inc IN calks,
CyIdlais in DIS.
Sugar IN hhds end bis.
MoI4&,, IL hos.
Rice IN Ierle> III bis.
Soap IN uoXes,
Queens ana far:hen Ware IN crates,
Aaudtomeiy atiorlcd,
80 box havana Segars,
Cotton In DaIes---or q cream.
4 u011tv of DRY coos,
AMONG WHICH AKE-
Broad ard NARROW Cloths,
f.annels and Planes,
Carpets and Carpeting.
ir;th ana German Linens,
Worried and cotton Stockings,
1aiicCtS and Ginghams,
y variety Of Mlilin and Muffin Eand-
.e,chicis ard Shavis,
Table Cloths, Hats,
Boots ard Shoes,
Hardware, and
\ number OF other articles.
P. G.. RSTEiLtK,
Nov. : Ntrsi-a Ni.iier.
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SHREVE q jANNEI

H.4VE FOX SHE,
II tbeir fare an Union brt7vees Prince and
Duke brerts,
n. England Rum IN bis.
MoIanes in hhts.
Sugar in bis.
Coffee in bags and bis.
Pepper ofan excellent quality bags,
Hy ION, iouchong and bohea tea by the
chef,
Cattle and white foapin boxes,
IS boxes fcgaTs Of an excellent quality,
Fine lalt,
Mackarel by the bar.el,
Cod fin by the box,
Florence oil in boxes of one doz. esch,
Fifty barrels and 50 hhds. Of Sugar.
AI5,
Ladies Morocco clippers by the box,
Mems !trong 90. BY the doz.
Ravens duck by tie piece or BALE
A few bales Of surrahs ard faigochys,
and are in daily expectation OF an addIti-
onaI fupply.
Sent X.
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Aexandraa Advert,sex.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY !.
FEBRUARY 4.

We underftand that the Preident of the
United States has fulnmoned the Senate 10
meet at the Senate Chamber, on Wednef.
day the 18th of March next.
"A bill has pafed the houfe of reprefen.
tatlves of Kentucky, allowing aliens IN
that fate to hold lands in fee iimple. L
The total expenditures of the govern.
ment OF the fate of Kentucky from Nov,
'I799, to November 4, 1900, is s3,4s4
dollars.
ExfrA7 yn letter from CAPT. 7ouuer,, r.
IBIS o7vae, in PHILADELPHIA, dated Kmgl
tOn, December 20, 1900.
arrived here yeaerday, after a
bo,iterous Paaage of l9 days. On the.
10th inf. eai end Of Jamaica bearing S.
S. w. diftance IL leagues, tell in with the
Britifh fhip of war America, capt. Binq-
ham, of 81 guns, afhore on the Formaees
OF Ants, with her main and mizen mats
gone, 8 feet water in the hold, all the guns
and Provifons thrown overheard, boats
insufficient to take off the crew, amount
ing to $50 fouls, and expecting every mo-
ment that all on board would PERTH. By
the a%aittance of my brig, anchors, and great
exertions got the hip off, and three DAYS
afterwards faw her fafe in Jamaica. My
brig has been injured by my getting the
America off; but the captainpromiies me
a handiome reward from government
that will avail nothing !; for with
any compensation the faving of 4so
men from deRruaion, will always provea
qualification to me-"
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PHILADELPHIA, January go.
COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT.
LIBERTY. EQUALITY.
FRENCH REPUBLIC.
DECREE OF
TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE.
GeaeraI'm CbiGgbe A,mis 9Sh. De-

m"SOs
In confequence of the juA reprefenta-
tons made to me, by the Conful General
for the United States Of America (Mr.
Stevens) whole attachment for the COLONY
IS well known to us.
Being dehrous to maintainrthe CONNER
cial connexions, exiting between the
Continent Of America and of the Eeyeral
Hands, trading with St. Domingo.
Whining { o give them a proof thereof,
by facilitating the everal hipments daily
made for ST.. Domingo.
Being alto defirous to fix the ports lin
this colony for the admifion of neutrals
and foreign veflels, conciliatirg foreigners
intereR with that of the French coating
traders, for whom I mutt alto how my
folicitude.
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poft, is taken and knt into Jamaica e,
sch,r Sally, Glenn, from hence. ha.
arrived at Port Royal, after a pafraoe -
twenty lone days.
Sch'r Friendlhip, Taylor, from hence.
mas arrived at Port Republican.
The hip Camilla, Welt. failed e.o~
Canton the fra Augua-Leit there ths
Ma~7 MEGA, M,kever, of>Philadelphia, and
Mary, Percival, Of Bottom. Paaed ,hro,
cne 'faits OF Alias the 10th Sept. and
POKE there the ihip Jane, Yard, of and
rom Philadelphia for Canton, all we'll
touched at st. Helena the nth Dec. left
no Americans vefTels at that place-fpokc
on the coat fhip Henry, Anderfon, fand
for ballati from Liverpool. and noop Har-
mony, from Philadelphia t o Trinidad.
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FAaNS VIC ldN week 1t began
on Iueiday night the 9th inf. at 8 NJ.
n lated with the intermifion Of part Of
Friday, until Monday, attended with hea-
Wy quits Of wind from the northward and
weitward: the fwell from the lea wa,
great, and would have been much more
10, but from the torrents of water thar
tell; many efates in the valley are under
water, and the road in mott parts of the
pariih 10 cut up, that the putting them in
order, when the weather admits, will be
attended with comfortable labour and ex-
pence.
December ~. !
Arrived fch'rPolly, Munro, from South
Carolina.
The American fch'r Al;aance. from
Jacquemel to Philadelphia, with cotton.
coffee and hides, detained by his maieny,s
fhip Gree, arrived yeRerday.
Ills majeity's fhip Iowestofe, arrived
on Thurfday from a cruife, and brought
IN with her the American Hip Nancy,
from St. Domingo bound to Philadelphia.
with Mahogany, detained by her.
s.. Ann's Boy, December IL, 1900.
Yeiterday morning at day break, a
wreck was difccvered off the harbor of
this place, about a league diaant; MIR.
sexten, the pilot, aduated by humanity,
IN mott t%empefuous weather, and the fea
running very high, went off to her at the
riik OF his life, and the lofs of his negroes,
IN order to fave the lives of the crew but.
behold when he went on board, he found
her totally abandoned, and not having al
foul on board. She proved to be a very
hne ichooner, and bad painted on her
tern, "7he Lizzie John Of Baltimo,e."
Her mainmal and foremaA, having work. |
ed out of the aeps and partners, fell over
board, but were confined to the velel by |
the rigging. Mr.. Sexten is of opinion
fhe mutt have overfet in the late bad wea- |
Their, but that when her mats had worked
out fhe righted and though her hold was
full of water fhe did. not fink, owing to a
great part ether cargo being flour. MIR.
Sexten attempted to fave the velel by
towing her into Dry Harbour, but the Tea
being very high, and the wind far to the
Northward, he could not effect it, andlhe
drove upon the reef, oppoGte Blenheim
Barquardier, where he went to pieces in
a few hours.
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1e are fenfble of the fervice and aAifance
ofMr. Howell, who was directed by the
corporation to take charge of the fame ;
and we return him our thanks for his rea-
dy compliance with the faid order, and
for his regular attendance both night and
day-particularly as he has pofitively re-
fuied any compensation for his fervices.
T. JENKINS,
F. JENKINS.
TIT is 4 pleaiing circumhance to learn
fom the above letter, that we are now in,
poGeAion Of engines that are found ufeful on
more locations than extingnifhing fires.
twas never before fuggeaed hat they
might be applied to the rafting fhips or
veaels funk, but of (which the circumftance
above mentioned gives a mott decided
proofs Of their utility /; and we hope it will
notpafs unobferved by the chamber ofcom-
nerce of this city, who together with the
i~purance offices, &c. will not fee the indi-
vidual fufer a lofs as we have already
fated in former paper, ofbetween-6 and
100 dollars; and we have every reafon TO-
believe that if fubfcription was once fet.
on foot, by fome worthy character, Mr..
Howell would cheerfully be reimburfed by
our citizens, at leaf the above FUN, fer
which he has been 70 long in advance.
Arriv<d Fnce ouykGf,
Brig Dean, Ackley, Savannah.
Brig Agenoria, Atop, from Tobago
and Turk's-Iland. In lat. "a, 10. {poke
the Fnglifh letter of marque hip Cater,
out 24hours from Norfolk, bound to Ia
maica, all well. In LAT. SO, 80. long.
70, 80. fpoke the fhip Ocean Of New
Bedford, out "a hours from New York,
bound to Liverpool, all well. Left at
Turk's-1fland fch'r Concord, Barnes, of
Middletown /; and fch'r Lucy, Carr, Pro-
whence. Sailed fame day, brig Sulanna,
Arnold, of Baltimore.
Brig Thomas Pinckney, M'Fall, from
Kingfon.
d6et'Ao7Oing articles are rotied firm ia
ma'ta papers to The 27tb aH. reeeived
rf7e,aay at the office Of this GAZETTE, by
the 6rig Thomas Piinekney.
KINGSTON, December 70.
Sunday arrived the fhip Matilda, GRAY
ion' from Halifax, Nova-Scotia, in II
Gays. BY her we learn, that the Ma.
rooms had all been embarked for Sierra
Leone, and that accounts had been re-
'celved o their fate arrival there.
Lat Monday arrived at Savannah
MAR ich'r Sally, Robinfon, from Charlef-
CO. me noop clarina, Spencer, from Nor
'olk, arrived here on Wednesday.
! huriday the fnow Lucy, Ruff, from
bolton, in 3odays.
The Snow Pallas, Cunningham, from
New York, is arrived at St. AIMS: and
sss origs Diana, Bartrum, and Friendhip
Tleen, from the fame port at Falmouth.
40 wlndwsrd ofSt. AIMS Bay, Capt. G..
.Aw a ihlp, fuppofed to be the Merlin, with
a~ielucea in tow.
! ne iehr. Hannah, capt. Peck, from this
.Isno, bound to Norfolk, was blown afhore
huC YC10 Or loA