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icrjil INT at arms had been Capable Of relat-
sngv language 70 Numerically oppofite,
he Naniaet;on which had taken place, as
Dad been juh given by the gentleman from
South Carolina and himfelf, that, iniead
Of his conduct being praife- worthy, as was
iated by the report Of the committee, in
his opinion it merited repreheniion, and
that he fhould therefore give his vote a.
gainit concurring with the report of the
committee.
! Mr.. Stanford obferyed, that what he
knew of the fubjee, did not come from
the ferjeant; but he had good authority
for faying, that the perfon who had COM
mitted diiordcr in the gallery, had been
, iet at large after he was taken, and arreit-
ed under the advice and influence of GER
(, tain members Of the houfe, one at leaft,
if not more; that he hinielf could efablifh
| thete faSts-of courfe, that the report of
the ieleet comm ttee was incorrect, and
he hoped the bufne{s would be committed
to committee of the whole.
| MIR. Mott fpoke IN appreciation Of the
report, and itated in detail facts which
had attended the baii,lcis. But rot Eav-
ing heard with dininefnels more than halt
the words he uttered, and theie in bro
ken way, we cannot fate even the fub
Nance Of his fatement. E
| Mr.. Stanford begged leave more par
ticulariy to fate, that on the day of the
diforder, after the hou.e had adjourned,
he Topped into the clerks caice. He
there found the young man, the fabicee Of
this bu!inefs, he'd in cufody. He then
exprcned his furpriie to the young gentle
men Of the Office, that the lerjeant had
confined him, and expoied him to this hu
initiating modification 10 long; that as
it was thoughtlefs act on the part of the
Iyoung man, tohave turned him out of ths
| gallery was fuficient puniihment for the
offence, and indeed the ufual courie. The
aniwer was, that tie ferjeant had done no
more at iirit, but that at the infance, il
ieemed, ct one Or more Of the members,
and not by the authority Of the fpeaker,
he had afterwards gone, re-arreieed, and
thus confined him.
| Mr.. Stanford hoped that the matter
might go to the committee of the whole;
the facts, he alledged, could Il en- be fub-
0antiated, ana the report OF the felect
committee, 10 evidently erroneous, might
be corrected.
| Mr.. Edmonds thought the conduit of
the fpeakcr and ferjeant had been juf
what it ought to be. Nor did the differ
ent hatement of facts, in the leaf, oberuet
the propriety of the aeps taken. In con-
iequence Of the order of the fpeaker, the
ferjeant had arrefted the individual, who
was Immediately put in confinement. AZ
ter this arref the ferjesnt had no power to
liberate him without the permifiop of the
ipcaker or the houfe. Whether, therefore,
ne had remained pcrfonally in the cuRody
OF the ferjeant, or whether he had been
difengaged from him, fill he was fubHan-. 1
TALLY and legally under arreR and confne-
ment; and if he had withdrawn from the
cufody of the ferjeant, the latter had on
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kt1els Of his fate

d givl 10 the Teri lsriea an &c to y
- 81 So f. conf emcnt. [
p Ias herdlRated, incorrobo-
his D Snion of the correctness of
Il repot ID by the committee, the
}e rs nmav to him by feveral gentle
rs to the condua CT the {erjeant.-
4 ~ htement Vas fubiantially the fame
! that Of MIR. Alton which will be
pund below.
- The Speaker role to explain what he
had previouly fated. He had laid that
he coniidercd him1elf as pofIsGed of the
power to arreh and confne perfon for
diforderly behaviour during the prcient
fitting, iubjea to the inftruetions Of the
houie. He had not faid that he had any
power TO confnc an individual beyond
that time.
The words in which he had conveyed
his orders to the ferjeant, where, he be-
! lieved, "Take care Of him" He 4vould
rlsxt.tbis oeeaG0u to Jay thar there 1v0s in
The pubic prints Of thar dry a GROSS MIS-
APPROXIMATIONS of 1vbat occurred in
the boa/e.
MIR. Rutledge had been informed by
the ferjeant thar there had not been e.
cond arreA. The account given to him
at the time of tie outrage, and that given
him to-day, preciiely correfponded. The
account was this, that when the fcrjeant
went into the gallery, the man who had
committed the dilordcrly behaviour braved
tile vengeance Of the hou1e; in confequcnce
Of which he was taken down fairs BY the
iorjeant; he then broke from the cuitody
of the ferjcant, and was finally conducted
into the committee room, where he remain
ed till the houte role, when the ipeaker re-
leafcd him.
Nothing 70 grofs as this had occurred
under the government, except once in Phi
ladelphia, when the fpeakcr had actually
confined all the citizens in the gallery
by locking them in for time. So that
this power Of confinement, which gentle
men declared to be novel, had been exer
cited, and that too in a much more extern
five degree.
Mr.. Allaon obicrvcd, that had it not
been for the observations which fell from
the gentleman from South Carolina, who
jul fat down, he fhould not have trou
bIed the houe with any remarks upon the
prefent occaGon; but that the Aatcment
Of facts given by that gentleman to the
houfe, 70 far as they related to the infor
nation which he had received from the
ierjeant at arms, was 70 entirely differ
ent from that which he himfelf had re-
ceived from that officer, that he conceiv-
ed himfelf bound to fate to the houfc what
he had himielf heard that officer fay
That upon the evening after the traniac-
ton took place, fitting by the fire lde
In the prcfence Of ten or fifteen gentlemen,
who, MIR. AllAon faid, he was very con-
fdent would bear him out in what he was
about to relate, the ferjeant at arms faid,
that in executing the orders of the fpeaker
refpeefing the noife IN the gallery, he had
turned the diforderly perfon out of the
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the negative, having on the firf} o,ea;,
on put on agreeing to the rcfolution, voted
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For Sale,

BY he a6/friber, ae0vtbe Couxty-whag,
COLOGNE Mill-ftones, Of different
flies, late from Amiserdam,
German, London, bitter and Crowley
feel
Sugar IN hognneads and barrels
Goifee, bar and rod Iron, Csfings
template foyes, complete for uie, of diff
ferent .fzes
Clover feed and platter Of Paris
Beet and Pork Of the fra quality, by the
barrel
Fine and coarfe Salt
lar, Turpentine and Roin.
JESSE ~HOLLINGSWORTH.
Baltimore, January IT. 2awre+
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From the Commercial Gazette.
The REFLECTOR-No. w.

!" THE man Ee,et g6eing NLAme, is to
fay great things a Ew and plain
zuorQs."
WORDS, like drenss, are often ufed to
adorn that, which, without the aid of or
nament, would be deemed Of little value.
We are not more frequently deceived in
the worth OF characters by decorations of
attire, than we are in the importance Of
ientiments by eltabliihments of title. To
know the value of a man or a book. we
mutt "trip them of their external glare,
and view them under that implicitly
which ihews nothing different from what
it really is. AN intereaing thought will
continue to be fuch, however fimple NAV
be the expreilions that convey it,.
Many writers aim at a fublime file,
and fuppose they attain it, by ufng a
redundancy Of epidhets, and giving an
harmonious cadence o their Periods
Where this falfe notion prevails, people
will only fudy to make their c%ornpof-
lions found we'll. Why hould they be
at the pains Of deep contemplation, when
a flowing pompous turn ofexprehons will
be taken as an equivalent for fublime
thoughts. But they are in reality very
different things. No nagniGcence of
words can give Importance to a trivial
thought; nor Can any implicitly of ex-
prehion deprive a great idea Of its intrin-
&c excellence.
Shakespeare is allowed to excel any
other author in the force of his deicrip-
tons. But it is well known that he, was
extremely c~arelefs in his file. We are
compelled to admire him, though he
wrote like one who did not feek ad-
miration. His conceptions were naturally
bold and lofty, and though his language
was often coaife and vulgar, yet his works
will live as long as men do. Let every
one believe, that it is more necenary to
ftudy things than words; and to think
well is better than to fpeak lmooth.
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CONDITIONS Of PUBLICATION
of. the
Alsxandyla Aduertl)ey
Commercial ~Intelligencer.

i. 1t will be fubljHea on baJBeet
If G5er-r0yal piper Tgood quality, md
with an elegant type, # 4vhieb this paper
sontains a Lbeeimen.
II. It 4vH be babA@ed eveyy day at 3
ddtk, and AeAiveyed to nbicyi5ess in to1vu
with The xtmsf regularity aid expedi-
tox, and tr~anlnutfed 10 ibe/e at alliance
br9xgb the myf early end regular chan
nb Of Conveyance.
III. The price qviA'be Five Dollars PEI.
assxm, to repaid me bay ON receipt Of tbe
fri uamber, the remainder at tie end of
tie yenv.
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i wa i~ltled uPon It's prefent pr.l.-
ciples. The judicatory had decided ir
70 e law eaettually within the conf,ifu-
lion. there might be folne other quo
rum TO which gentlemen would wifi 10
appeal; perhaps they might be better "a
tisfed by appealing to the people, but he
could not be. He believed the dec;Gon to
be made In a conRitut.onal mode. and wa.
deiirous of giving it his decided lupport.
MIR, Nicholfon faid, had he been a mem
Der OF the hou{e at the time when this bill
paiied, ne ,fhould have mott anuredly given
his opinion that it was unconIitut;onslanH
lnexpedient and all that he had heard or
Teen tince that period in the various exa-
limitations it had undergone, had not con.
tributed to create a doubt inhis mind upon
the accuracy of that deciion. 1t had ever
been his opinion that a v~irtuous admin;f-
%tration, Whole action. flowed from good
motives, required not the aid of a natufe
to defend it from the attacks Of lander.
The abufe of the power confdcd by the
people, and not its conGitutional uEe could
alone tear the TRAITS of reproach, andpower
thus uied merifed no better fate.
Ihee, MIR. Nieholion, faid were lis
ideas, at the period when the bin paaed.
Ii its in~expediency was foevident to him
at that period, how much more 70 mutt 4
appear at the prcfent time : In order to call
this to the view Of the committee he would
bring totlleir remembrance the profecutions
which had taken place under it durineItle
two years ofits exiitence, from which he
could make it plainly appear that the adj
minieration Of this law was extremely
Objectionable.
The frt fat he noticed was the ar
raignment, trial, and conviction of 2
member OF the houfe, who was commit
ted under the care Of a 1cvere keeper.
to an rnwholefome and loathiome dunpe-
on, and the treatment Of that member
whit IN confinement, in all of which
were evinced a fpirit of party highly
unworthy the character this country
ought to bear. The next was the cafe Of
a printer who was made to ifand on his
trial. but notwithstanding he pleaded the
neceaity of producing evidence, which
he itated rnaterialt to his defence, time was
retutcd him to procure their attendance.
He need not expaciate, he prefumed, on
the rights OF every man to demand, when
brought before a tribunal Of juaice, time
to produce w~itne0es, material for his dea
fence, OR of the right Of the court to
grant every opportunity to afford the
means of defence thefe were TOO evil
dent to be oppofed. Another i~nitance
was that Of a trial proceeding, wherein
important teftimony wasaaed, but refufed,
becaufe the perfon required to give the
evidence was an high officer Of the govern
ment. The accufed was told by the Judge
that he had no right to that teAimony.
Another inffance had occurred Of teaimo.
ny, fated to be material to the defence,
but becaufe it was at a diAance, time was
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force: txne of its parts were certainly
unobjeetionable. Ike hra parts proyi,es
a puniihment againlt uula7ytM com6iuati-
.l'Hs to epf2?N the unfional gove,umeut. 1t
IS poiiible, faid Mr.. G. the gentleman may
nos think iuch perfons ought to be punifh-
ed, but do, and therefore the preferyation
OF this proviion is enential to our very ex-
ifence.
Another part is againR perlons who rife
III in%furrettion, or thofe who encourage by
counfelling and abettirg it. That fuch
things mould be puniihed appears to me a
telf-eyident propoftion, whatever the pen
tleman might think of it, yet he thinks
the law ought not to be renewed! Surely
a moments confederation mutt prove that
iuch perfons ought to be purified. and
that their punilhment ought not to be left
to the unlimited ditcreeion of the court.
as by common law, but TO be defined bv =
Aatute.
But the moa eGential oppoftion appears
to be againit thar part where libelline the
government is made an offence and punina-
able. That this part hould be oppofed
by a gentleman whole orderly conduct re-
moves him beyond the fear of the penaltv.
he was much iurprhcd. What is the ef.
feet ofthis proviion? 1t is that if a bsr-
Jan Ao4H p4bAh uNrRuTAs 9eniyf the
government, 7vitb INTENT to bring it into
dygraee, fuch offender hould be puniihcd.
Is there any gentleman in this committee
who wilhes to publiih falfhoods, and ma
liclous falfhoods He truited not and if
not, why :1hould gentlemen be unwilling TO
make this wilful offence, punihable by
f%tatlte? There would be ground for alarm,
tince the penalty was only intended TO af-
feet the publication of falihoods. Falc-
hoods tended to much evil nay they were
evil in themfelves, and it was necciary TO
puniih them, in order to p~reierve to the
government its merited popularity. Tie
proviion was exceedingly important, and
he thought the ideas Of his friend from
/ New-Yorkm uh have considerable weight
| with the committee.
1t was a we'll known fact, that at COM
mon law the truth could not be given in G.
violence; 1t was equally we'll known that
the puniihment for crimes cognizable as it
were left underlined and at the will, he had
almof faid, the arbitrary will ofthe court.
He did not think it right to leave this
power In the hands ,ofthe court, nor did
he think it right to fife the teRimony
of truth in behalf Of the accufed. He did
o believe it to be the with of the horfe
or of the Administration to fupprefs truth
if the government acted in fuch a manner
as not to bear the tef of truth, it certain.
ly merited animadverGon, and with feyeri-
ty. To continue the right ofgiying truth
in evidence, and to keepthe power ofpre-
fcribing a punifhment with the Legislature,
he hoped the law would be re-enaefed.
AS eonGitutional queAion, he though
J 10 doubt could now exit, wha.eyc,
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CongreG Of the United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

S E d / T / O N L A w.
Rog/e in commhtee, Mr.. Moyys in The chair.
(CoufWued.)
Mr.. Grifwold faid it would be well for
the committee to attend to the 4vboke of
the law. The gentleman faid that all the
old writings were to be defroyed, and we
mutt begin anew.
TMr. Davis explained, that he faid it
feemed as though the old papers were tobe
burnt up, and that we hould begin a.
new.
MIR. Grifwold then hoped, from a due
examination of this law, that this would
be onePart he would with to p~reierve from
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Republican; brig Lilly, Rofs, Tile d
Frdnce; loop Eiiland, Hand, ,Aiexan.
dria.
Cleared, Clips Mohawk, Rany, Lon
dondcrry Active, Stevenlon, do. Layi.
MA, Gardner, Charlcison brigs Ariaiaes,
Fotter, do. ]aion, Pearce, 81. Domingo ;
ich'rs. Rover, Veacock, P. Republican ;
Belvidere, Potter, Norfolk J, hoop Cicero,
Sauinier, Havanna. =
Capt. srencc of the brig A-paitrite,
poke the 9th iaa. in |. A., 81, n. long.
II, W. the fehr. Lihsrty, G-rdner, from
Philadelphia TO rensriife. :,
Brig Lilly, Rols, from the lie of France
failed from thence the ls,h Aug. and left
there the following veiic!s: lhtp Merry
Quaker, Cagneau, from, Batavia for BI
to-, in Gi!treis, expected 20 "a! in 3o.days;
Ro,nu;Gs, Freeman, for Bottom, expected
to faii.in 50 days; Belvide.e, DAYTON, for
Philadelphia, from Batavia, in diitreis, ex-
peaed olail in II days; inow Panther,
Waiac, for Bottom, from Batavia, uncer-
tain when to fail.
December 10.
Arrived, fh'r Sylvia, Dagget, Bottom;
Induitry, Rider, Bottom hoop Sally,
WilkiD;on, Havana.
Cleared, briggs Hiram, Norton, ST.
Kits Greenwich, Remington, Marti.
.nique; ith'rs Nancy, Brown, Por. Re i,
publican; Fanny Bridser, Dunn, New
York.
The fhip Connecticut, Swords, Of and
from this port to Canron, pahtd through
;fe Ssreights Of Sunda, all well, out lo3
days.
Thuraay arrived, big Rof, Fuller,
tor, Bordeaux. On his paasge, the a5l
Io.. lar 40. s., long. s., fpoke a fth'r
f on MaIaga TO. Alsrblehead, out 81 days,
ard on ,he o. Dec. lat 40, !ong. TO-,
80, fell in viii, the ichooner Sally, Story,
bound from Halifax ror New Y ork, out
days. Capt. Story, mformtd capt. :.
that he had met with comfortable carnage
and he was tLen fandins for the Wet
Indies.
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GIsraucrls s4JncriiSrr.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER II.
REFLECTIONS,
On Ike Prehacats' WrGaqe.

CH t6e frSfacnf5 H.VaSe. -
II taking general view of the topics
inhpitred 70 the confederation of the le-
siGa.ure, in this ne1age, there is one i'm
areilon which it mutt leave on every re-
ilstting mind, namely, that the Preiident
has made high bid for pop1lariy-h his
aim, at al si!ques, is to obtain the fufrag-
es OF the mott numerous part of the com
muni,y. Havins, paaed fcveral years of
his life at Paris, the hot~bed of revoiuti-
ons, he has imbibed the principles of the
French rcoso@iRs in civil polity, as he did
thoGe OF the Philosophers, inmatters Of re-
ligion. Economy is the leading feature
OF lis meflase--In the practical exerc;ie of
this principle, it. is much to be feared,
however, tina, the Prefdent- has pointed to
ncaiares, originating franz a Lbirif Of parry,
,oVeriive OF the contribution, and fatally
",;.ni>al TO the peace aud welfare Of the
United States. We fhall, however, bet
or underRand hi, views b. purifying the
sgder Of the meGage ittelf-we ihal! no;e
ho!e parts of it which merit comu,endati.
n, which orre!pond with what has hi
;her;o been ecnidered as the true intereit
# the country, and thofe which are a, va
nance with The cvoRitusioi,, and the found
1t principles of government, and finance.
The s:a paragraph Of the Mei1ase
T" announces on grounds of reaionable Ger.
tainty," that the "wars and troubles,
which have FOR 70 many years afflicted our
Ef7sr xatiovs, have at length come to an
nd" We have been in the habit of
fpeak;ng of the States that conaitutc this
;inion IS Gser:fatss, but our Philofophic
PRECEDENT, who has of late proved himielf
och a friend of lsriai harmony Whole ex-
oanded mind would grafp the whole world
its fraterasiemdraee, and conaisuse one
great empire, competed Of Geer-rf3abdt,;
1.-THE mott Kind and coaxing manner, now
ipeaks ofnations in the character of /" M
teri,'' Whole /" irregularities" he fays,
"hsve caia.i the e0mmsree Of nestra
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Friday. Decrwber IS,


Mr.. Nicholfn, from TIE committee
appointed sor that purpofe, reported bill
to amend an act, entitled an act refpea-
ing fugi,;yes from juhice, and perfons
efcap;ns from the fervice of their maj
tiers. Read iccond time, and commit
ted to committee Of the whole On Mon.
day.
Mr.. Randolph, from the committee ap-
pointed yeferday, reported,
I. That it would tend to facilitate the
buhnefs of this houfe, if The head OF de-
partments were authorized and enjoin-
ed to have printed under their iuperinten-
dance, all fuch documents, reports, and
ttateg=n,s as are directed by law or re-
ielusion, to BE annually laid before the
houfc.
z. That it is expedient to appoint a
printer, who inall be reiponhble for the
prompt and faithful execution OF all buff
neis conhded to him by the hcuis.
The firN member OF the report was una
niniouly agreed to.
On the iecond member of the report, a
diverGty Of opinion ex:fed.
Mr.. Randolph, and Mr.. Nicho!fcn, fip-
ported>i, and Mefrs. S. Smith, Grifwold,
and Euais oppo!ed it.
On diviaon it was loft, there r;6ns
! only 81 members.
II was then refolyed, that fuch Part O!
the report, as had been agreed to, be refer
red to the fare committee, 70 bring in .
7 DILL confornably thereto.
On molten of MIR. Giles, the houfe wen,
into a committee Of tie whole, MIR. Nj.
cholion in the chair, on the Dill for the af-
parliament sf rspyeje1tGtiSrs, according &c
the fesond Genius.
DEBATE eizxa in Cur nexf
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IN tie Gaze 9t Andrew k0mjcy aud
Hm1. Ramjay, Bankrupts.

WHEREAS a coEmiiiiOn OF bankrupt.
cy was duly awarded and lifted againe
Andrew Rsmlay and William Ramfay,
of the town of Alexandria, in the dlaritt
of Columbia, by the name ard the deicrip-
eion of Andrew Ranfay and William
Ramfay, on the ninth day of December,
in toe year of our lord, one thouiaod eight
hundred and one Ard whereas the COM
miGioners in and by the faid cemm;Gon
named and authorized, have declared chem
to be bankrupts the faid commiicners
do hereby fummon and require the faid
Andrew Rarnlay and William, Ramiay
perfonally to be and appear before the
ccu;mifiorers, in the laid commiii;on nam
ed, on Thurfday the thirty FRI day Of
this prefent month On Thurfday ,!,e 18th
day of January next; and on Thuefday
the nth day of February next, at the
Warrington tavern in Alexandria, at :
O'Clock in the afternoon of each day, then
and there to be examined, and to make
full & true diicovery and diflolure of all
their eifa:e and effects according to the d.
reetions Of the act of Congrefs, entitled,
An act to eaablifh anuniiorm fyilem Of
bankruptcy throughout the United States
at either OF which meetings the creditors
Of faid barkrupts may attend to prove the
fame, ard thoie who are indebted to the
laid bankrap,s, have effects Of any kind
in their hands Belonging to them, are not
to pay away or ecrete the fame.
!. JAMES KEITH
&c. HERBERT, coEm'rs,
B. NICHOLS,
Tefe, HENRY MOORE,
Secretary to the Commifhon'
Dec. e. as.S9 4Ss