Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-04-28

triet, any matter or thing touching Q
concerning which they may deernit ne.
cefary that law fhould be pafed by
Congrels for the iaid diaritf and if the
law propofed fhall, on due adviiement,
appear to the faid judges cos0eu:eut, bso-
Per and x/sfab 70 md foy tie Djfrl7 Of
Calumbu, they ihall certify the fame
thereon, and il hall be the duty Of the
MARTIAL to preient the fame, by petition,
to the Houfe Of Representatives, at the
next meeting Of Congrefs.
did Be il fartbereuafed, That nothing
herein contained ihall be Is confirmed as in
anywife to alter, abridge, or impair, the
rights Of any body corporate or polite
wlth.n the faid diitrisf.
ln,hc Ioufe Of Representatives Of tie
United States yeaerday, the Houie went
into Committee Of the whole Mr.. S..
Smith in the chair -on the bill refpetaing
the Diitritt of Columbia.
This bill vets certain chancery powers
ia the courts Of the dittriet- alters the
periods Of holding the courts, VIZ. for
Warrington county 10 be held in July ard
December; for Alexandria county in June
and November directs rhat no perlon
lnall be held to bail unlefs reiident tor two
months in the terrisory-diretts that no
execution on The perion Of tie debtor lhall
be ihued for judgments under 10 dollars,
but that all fuch proceis hall hereafter go
againit the effects of the debtor, executed
by a coneable, under reduced fees; gives
10 the corporation of George town the
power Of taxing town-lots for tpeci6ed
purrofes; repeaIs 70 much Of acts o. 1901,
as provides for The compeniation Of jurors
and witne6es, with other proylfons.
The following, by The Anthony Man
gin arrived at Baltimore, in addition 10
what we gave yeaerday, is copied from
the Federal Gazette So
Other conGderasions than thoie mention
ed, are ftased 70 have alto influenced the
min;ary in taking this Deceive aep -:
France, from an apprehension perhaps that
her fleets in the w. Indies would fall in
to the hands of her potent rival, fhould
hoailities be renewed and viewed fuch an
event as not remote, had difpatehed orders
Tor their irnaeiiate return to Europe
Several SPanih RICHTER ihips, wirh large
iums of ipecie were alfo on their way from
South America which, if tie deli-
besations at Amisns fhonld be longer pro-
traeied, would arrive fate at their dsi3in-
ed ports, and enable the chief confui to
raile his tone, or break off The negociaticn.
To obyiate this, the ftep already mention
ed had been taken; orders for yietualling
the channel fleet for a five months cruile
had been tent to the various outports; and
ten fail Of the line with iealed orders, had
been haFiJy difpasched TO tea. What the
refult Of this may be, is beyond human
foTeGght TO determine for, as the editor
of New York paper july obferyes,
every incident attending the Frenehre-
volutionary war, in It's rife, inits progrrls,
AMI in its termination, fets all common
calculation at defiance. The unexpected
preliminaries of an extraordinary peace,
may only prove hort-lived truce---and
fyeih eruption Of the revolutionary volca-
no may again convulfe and deyaAare the
four quarters of the globe. Should the
renewal Of hoailities be probable, the e.
vent will foon reach America. Great
Britain may politely find it necefary to
retume a menacing poRure, in order to
ilimulate the languid negotiations at
Amiens, or to bring down if9eDIbls, the
high and impoGng tone, which French
omnipotencs has aiIumed."
Captain Dean, late matter Of the lchr.
Amelia, and a Mr.. John Melton, came to
town Yesterday from Providence r II
where they arrived the 10th inf. in The
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