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MARYLAND.
ANEAroLIs, Nov. 90.
AcmberI offbe ofb Congy,6.

PFNNsYLyASIA---l9. Jofeph Clay, Michae,
Lelb, Jacob Richards, John Pugb, FREDERICK
conrad, Robert Brown, Ifaac Anderfon. ChriI.
tan Lover, John WhitehiiI, John A. Hanni,
D i, Bard' Andrew Greg, James Kelly, John
knea, William FIndley, John Smile, John Ia
milton, John b. c. Lncas--17 of whom arc ~
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WILLIAM BENTLEY.

The petition Of Benjamin Ernlons as agent Of fy-
ty aioertes IN Vermont praying for grant of land
IN Louitaua for ie,tement, which was postponed az
the last FELTON,, was called up.
Mr. I''@i i'ioved IT'S reference tn fejea commit
Zee.
Mr. Nie'a5'r ;h7ugNt it cught 70 20 to the COM
nnee appointed on that parr Of IN. prehdent, neC
iage which relates to the aneioraton Of the govern
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Dan,rstit JntclIigsufe.
MASSACHUSETTS.

We have the fatsfaetion of announcing the
official refult of the Maiiachufetts election FOR
Electors. The votes given in the fcverai coun-
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From the 1T day of April,
1901, to the 3oth September,
1904, the following debts
which originated prior 70 that
period have been discharged.
4. Payment on account of
the domettic ard foreign debt,
as above ftated, ls,576,sSl
9. Frf inftalment of the
FUN payable to Great Britain
=" in fatisfa6tion and difcharge
of the money whichthe United
States might have been liable
TO pay in puriuance of the pro-
riiions of the iixth articlc of the
treaty of 1894" $4,000
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LOUISIANA.

a tranfport has arrived at New Orleans. fro-,
Jamaica, with two hundred troops on boarJ
belonging to the late army of st. Domingo
She was bound originally TO Havre-de- Crace
lheie men took poiieflion of the flip off the
Blaze, and conducted her TO Plaquemin, wbrrc
they landed with the content of the officers.
anu were proceeding TO New along the
banks OF the river. it WIS thought that .h9, in
PRODUCTION of tbeft people would incrcaS tbe
difcontents that prevailed there.
CD: City Gazette.
A letter, dated Telco, October 25.h, na,e,
that the day preceding the Convention held ar
that place with the Cherokees had broken nm
ana that the Commillioners could only obtain a
uhaIi .Iact OF land on the iide of Georgia, that
which iscommonly called WoFord's Settlement
Little doubt, however,Ts reprefnted TO be entrr
the fpring. ~ !"
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Gongrrf8.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26.
TIE Sfratr, laid before the Houfe the following let
ter received by the Clerk.
SG's@, AfaG.I IT, S. II.
l6 Nov. 1904.
Sir,
have received with every fentiment Of gratitude,
the notice of the late appointment Chaplain to the
ttoue Of Representatives Wilmington; the highel
ienie OF the honor done me, and the mott fnecre afec
ton to the administration of government in the United
states urge my acceptance, but the nature of my ha
bits and my preient employments and engagements
oblige me to ak that may be pcrnted to continue
my iervces to my country i'll the inoere duties which
belong TO my prelent tuation, while hall never for
get the testimony Of public favor and never reue to
my country my best e,deavours for It's freedom and
haPPineis
1 am with due relpea,
Your devoted lervant,
WILLIAM BENTLEY.
John Beekley Efq
Clerks OfRee of the Houfe
Of ReprefentativeS Of the
u. States.
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NEW-JERSEY.

jNEW-JERSEY. BvRLlScroy. Nov. &.
On Saturday afternoon the 10th inf. man
named Jofeph Hutchin, fell off the town
wharf into the river, and remained in the wa
ter about twenty minutes before he was found
and taken out. The ufiaI exertions TO reflore
iutpended animation were made by the Humane
Society of this place, and other citizens bv
their direction. For the fpace of an hour very
little hopes tiucceis were entertained, but by
active perseverance, before the end of the fe
cod hour, the powers OF life had returned
their operations, and by Sunday morning the
man was able to walk about his ROOM Though
IT'LL feeling the effects of the accident, he feems
to be gradually recovering his ufual health
ne above account ihews the efficacy not on
~ or active but of long continued excrtions :;
and 1t is hoped will ferve to induce the like per-
icverance in cafes iimilar to the foregoing.
While the fnalett fpark of life is left the fire
may be reklndled, and it is probable A fpark
often remains in bodies which for a conlidera-
bic time thew no ligns of its exiftence.
James Monroe efq. of Virginia, has been no.
minated and appointed, miniter extraordinary
and Pienlpotentiary, to the court of Spain.
ne object, of this appointment, it is prefumed,
IS 10 bring the pending negotiations between
the TWO governments to fpeedy termination.
aurora.
In addition to the particulars, which We
lately publthed, respecting the new French
mlnliter, Cen. Turrcau, we have lince learned
Others OF a Description equally honorable to his
character.
As an officer, of high confequence and great
valor and ability, we find he had ferved from
the commencement to the clofe of the war ON
the continent. He feryed in the army of the
Rhine and Mofelle, under Gen. Jourdan AZ tbe
beginning of the revolution and was preGent
at mott OF the important actions. He COM
manded the right wing or divifion which was
tatloned in the Vallais, ofthe army of MaGena.
at the time it annihilated the Rudians. He G1h,
fcquently ierved in Piedmont and Itaiy. and
was IN the army under Souchet, when MaGe.
ma was IN Genoa. His military career termina-
ted with the battle of Marengo, at which he .,,s
Preient, as that event put period to the war
VI 'ie Co''t"neN' Ii.
WAX LAND ANHAroLIs, Nov. 90.
Tuefday lait the Hon. Robert Bowie was ~.
elected governor of this fate for tbe enf,in,
year, aud Richard ii. Harwood, Allen u
bucket, Richard T. Earle, Reyer,iy Chifeln
and Francis Digges, were elected the council IN
the governor. On this location falutes were
hred by detachment of captain Mur's Gonna.
ny OF artillcrfts, and the French fricate I,e
PRECEDENT. ~
Yesterday Benjamin HARDWOOD, ero. was an.
pointed, toy the houfe of delegates, treaft:rer Of
the welteru thOre of thie fate
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Forfbr Nqva1 ERa6G@ment, q,iz.

For fbr Nagal ERa6lJBmrnf, piS.
For the expenfes of Fix
frigates, two brigs, and
three fchooners in aeiu-
al lervice, 743,65s CT
Forthe crew of the fri
gate Philadelphia 1880 70
Por the expenles of two
gun boats in aStuaI fer
vice, 22,O7S %
Forthe repairs and expen-
les Of the velIels in ordi-
nary, including the half
pay of the officers not
in actual fervice, 22s,957 10
For the fupport of the ma
rine corps, l1O,4s4 IS
tor improving navy yards,
docks, and wharyes, 10000
Tor completing the ma
r'uc BARRACKS. $500
-
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And from which dcdueting
l. millions, 100000
being the purchafe money of
Louiiiana leaves, l,265,I72 l2
difference of more than twelve hundred thou
land dollars in favor of the U. S.
1t may be added that if the revenue fllall,
during the enfuing year, prove, as is not impro-
babe, more productive than has been e!timatet,
the iurpus will be applied towards the pay
ment of the above mentioned FUN of 1850 900
dollars, yet uuprovided for, on account of the
American claims, and will 70 far diminih the a.
mount of the loan authorized for that object
From the preceding ttatements and climates,
II reiuts that the United States have, during the
period of three years and an half ending on the
Soth Sept at, discharged larger amount of
the principal of their old debt, than the whole
amount OF the new debt, which has been or
may be created in confequence of the purchaie
OF Lou'iiana +; and that their exiting aud grow
ing reiourcea will, during the enfuing year, be
iufilclent, after defraying the current expences
ofthe year, and paying more than a,75o,ooo
dollars, on account of the engagements refult-
ing from the French and Britifh conventions, to
dhchargc a further FUN of near three millions s.
icven hundred thouiand dollars, of the principal
of the public debt.
Allwhich is respectfully flbmitted.
ALBERT GALLATIN,
Secretary ofthe Treajiay.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.,
NO1eni6sr 1921 1904.
Tee Secretary cFtbe Trealury respectfully reports
TO tbr Ro4f Of Repreitntati4,c5 efthe Un;.ea
THAT for the fervice of the year 1905, the
following appropriations, as detailed in the ef-
Inmates herewith tranfrnitted, appear to be ne
celiary.
For tie Civilh9 or the fupport of govern
nent, including the contingent expences of the
fevcral departments and Offices, fundry cxpen-
Cts incident To tine aiciimcnt OF tine direct tax,
ard the civil expences of the territory of Or
leans, DoX5. Cts.
o1l,9ll so
For Mii.ilaneou5 Expenje5, piz.
For the payment ofgrants
and annuities, 1880
ror military penIona, $4,000
For the fupport Of the
mint Establishment, 4 9,4oo
For the fupport Of light
hoHfes, beacone, buoys,
and public piers, and
other establishments for
the lecurity of navigate
on, including fix months
additional fupply of oil
70 the feveral light hou-
les, l96,77s 81
For defraying the expen-
ies OF furyeying the
public lands in the ter
ritories of Indiana and
MifIiAippi, 10000
For defrayng the expen-
ies of the fecond GEN.
fus, l4,i62 II
For the purchafe and E.
rcction of wharves and
flores under the at;arafi-
tine law, l7,l4s Oh
(T'he two lait being
the unexpected balances
of former appropriate
ons.)
For fatisfying mifcellane-
Gus claims, 1000
--slO,9S2 81
For f6s FxpenjeJ Of LntereOnrlf evitb Foreign
NafionJ, Vi1.
For thediplomatic depart
ment, 77,o5o
For the expenfes incident
to the intercourse with
the Barbary powers, lls,5oo
For the payment of a.
wards under the 9TH ar
tcle of the BrtiIh trea-
For aid to dinre1ed fea-
men in foreign coun-
tries, 5000
For protecting claims in
relation to captures, 1000
-2e9,55o
For The Military ERadiHment, zig.
For the army, including
txpeDfes oftranfportati-
ons and contingent ex-
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Deiiarf, s,375,ia5 29
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l6,965,47c ls
100000
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For HE Military ENa6HNmenf, qig.
For the army, including
expenfes oftranfportati-
ons and contingent ex-
pennies, 7Il,l22 SO
For Notifications, arfenals,
magazines, and armoH-
ries, 1926 SO
For the Indian depart
ment, $4,000
For the pay and emolu-
ments Of the command
ing officers Of the FIVE
dftriftS Of Upper Loui-
Hama, 5,971 II
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mocratic Rspuacans-Mr. Kelley is fede-
raj Republican,.
CoNNHcrrcuT--7. John Davenport, CAL
win Goddard, Jonathan q. Moiely, Benjamin
Tallmadge. Samuel w. lana, Roger Grifwold,
John c. Smith. All Federal Republicans.
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Making all together,
And from which dcdueting
IS millions,
being the purchafe money of
Louiiiana leaves,
Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1804-09-13

Bot they have not their due inAuenee IN ihe
keeinature. Thin complaint is little 6nguiar
In you. who fepreient them a. being bent on
,nifchief. We confefs, however, il would be
too fevese to require conGtiency. Of fuch minds
az yours. In other parts Of the State, your
Iricnds have been in the habit of complaining,
that our representatives had TOO much influence.
We with you would agree among yoarfelves,
whether they have TOO much, or too little. II
they have TOO much. we will put. you in ;-if
they have too little, whatever changes We make
We viii certainly leave you out. So long as
our representatives. are complained of. both for
having too much, and too little influence. We
thence have pretty good reafon to be fatsfsd that
they have their due ihare.
TOWN OF NEWPORT.
Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1804-09-13
Fs, tie r. Z. REPUBLICAN.

MR. EpIToR,
r AM not one OF thoic Who arc difpofed to trea.
Il the reafonine Of man of common feu{e with
levity or burIciquc. But when fuch abfurd de.
Carnations are made, without truth OF rcafon, a.
thofe Of pretended :" Mechanic" in the Mer-
curry OF the 9Th ult. my riibIe nerves are on the
ffretch, and rcafcn will occsiionslly give place
to modea fslles OF iatire.
Since .sMschanic" and his brother, have
had little or 10 weight in endeavoring to dearoy
the jualy acquired popularity Of Mr.. Jeferfon,
and can have no fhare OF the loavcs and fihes--
every thing, of courfe, done under his adminii-
tration, mua be conducive of d,iorder and ruin
Gus 20 the fate; for every sd of government
initiates sgainii their arifocratic fyaem, and is
an innovation upon their anglo federal charter.
Were they only admitted to fharc IN the admin
iRration, all would again be very right, & /" "ey-
cry body would be growing rich." There is
nothing that will 70 effeeiuaiIy flop ,difafeetcd
tongue, al gold Its powerful charms make ev-
cry thing 10 glide 70 fmooihly On with them,
that were they to live under the tyrannic gov.
ernment of Turki!h Seignior, they would
chant the amiable virtues Of their foyeteign, and
the miIdnef, of rhe laws. s.fa
II Mr.. +" Mechanic is feriouny difpofcd.
with rather more I" decency" Of language than
thar which marked his laR production, to fup-
port his defamation Of the prefent adminifra.
tons having been ruinous one TO this State
wiIl hear him with as much patience and plea
fore a. the ridiculous acrtion will admi. of, and
endcsvos to enter into kdrxed diicufion on the
fubjetl. Many Of his aiIertions, the mo2 pal
pably falfe, malicious, a0d vile, fbsll be pafTed
over in GIent contempt. Others, which are u.
bcls in themielves on my character, fhali be no.
ticed. He fays. I eotertsin q fovercien aver
fion for mechanics in general" ffhe can prote
this by any thing that have fa;d. he Il a pro.
found logician and fcholar indeed and however
old he may be, arm certain il nun have taken
him all his days 70 have made 70 great prof.
cheney 10 that ardous Rudy; He could have no
time then 10 fpzrc for feven-yesrs apprentice
nip to nechanifm. So fsr, however. from en-
testainiug any averon either to the arts or arsi-
zzns ihemfelyes. il was my earnefl endesyos 10
divef4 q tsnosdsl I" Mechanic" Of the tide he
had thus anogantly saumcd. knowing thss he
aiIumed Il tnef.ly for political pofpoie. and
NOT from flie deHfe Of being ranked sn,crg thar
sfeful and rcfpedsble cIzfs Of citizens. TO pain
them ovcf 10 his politich principles. he roundly
snern that the mechanics hsvc little OF no en-
ploy. and that the State thereby IL Ia . ruinous
condisioo. The known fal6iy OF this, ~il con.
fen him to lneritsd infamy. A--He next sccr.
ies me- Of sfpg % biIline5essc Isnsssse," which
10 lasehsble enoush.--Whas is this lzft pfoduc.
lion Of Mr., ' Mechanic, bat I" MATS OF pp.
trefcens matter" indeed flowing % il we're for
Ihe waat Of ipduary 10 disea channel from
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fome nceeaary" sppcndage BAT sill naf-
ten my reader TO his next accpfation, the
only ;utf one which he has charged me with, and
which ! am proud to bcar-thar 10 Of being a
friend to the Iriih )" as thouehis were crime
20 DC friend to oppreAsd humanity. My feel
ings have been too long iaicerated with the
melancholy accounts of that fufering nation,
oppreaed BY unieeling syrants. and loaded with
accumulated iorrow, not 20 commifrrate their
depreced, unhappy condition. can any be
tosnd in America, fond Of flibery and life, who
have heard of the fate Of EMakrr aud hott Of
lrilh patriots. whoit Gill semaia triends 10 their
opprraors, and cnemics 70 their canic H. Thy
name, oh EMMsrr, will remain lsiting mon
ulnent OF thy love of freedom and thy country,
while tyrants fhall dread even the found of it,
thy Virtues viii he interwoven in The Wreath OF
iime, and thy name ihall be cngravcn on the
ihield and helmet Of liberty. m.n,
One thing more. 70 utterly falfe, fhall not
cfcape my notice, viz. my :" having repeatedly
attacked innocent individuals" IL would require
more fets e. logic than Mr.. I" "Mechanic'. pofef.
ics. & Rill more knowledge than his fhalIow pate
IS capable OF containing, to make this clear. evan
TO his own readeu.--i DEFY him to do it.--It
is by no means a trait in my character. But
this bare afertion of his, is in perfect union
with the ref OF his competition. Were il even
probable thar could obtain the real name Of the
writer Of Z" Mechanic, il would be no induce.
ment, no Atisfaetion for the enquiry. IL !, not
impoihble he may have once been obliged to
make nails. and thus become meebasie, in
fone convenient buiidns---as many one,
equally as respectable as he appears to be.
has had that opportunity, by n remarkable fac.
ulty Of working at all trades.
"a But have done with Mr.. I" Mechanic" be.
ing well aiIufed that is is not from contea with
fuch /" billingigaie" writer's. tha, am to reap
(" immortal fame" but rather =" accumulate a
doe (hafe OF contempt"
CORRECTOR QUIZ.
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.fo~er orss ia their hands. perlseuts to their
turn for confcience-fake, as well a. for political
principles. IL is only Of the qusken Of Possf
mouth / fpeak--for the fociesy of friends gen
orally entertain every feniiment Of refpeta.
Thus much, MIR. Farnfworth, for the pref.
ent-houlh IL be found necefIlry to add in tu-
turc, you ihsll hear from 'e3s
a ReSnbLeas Ciisrs Of Psrtfasst5.
PSrynosfb. Sspf. IIfb. 1894. kSf
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IoxArHAN THuR,roK. Of Portfinouth

~ JONATHAN THuRsToN, of Portfmouth,
in the county of Newport. OF lawful age, teri
6eth and faith. that Danhi Cbait, oI Portf-
mouth, repeatedly fenr for him in ,hs month Of
Augue, 1904, previous TO town meeting; that
ne waited on fad Cbafe. who iaid to him,
know you have been neglected that there was
money appropriated for you, and that you had
not received any |; and now make you pref
ent OF Four Dollars. and if you will come and
fay at my houfe. You fhsll be welcome--it ihslI
not coe you any thing. and we will give you
more money. And furthermore this deponent
tefife,h and faith, that he was offered by ano-
ther man. Ten Dollars, to 90 and hire Repub-
iicsn to nay at home on town. meeting day.
JONATHAN THURSTON. ,
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A SATIRIcAL POEM.
In the Prei', and ihor,ly will be publiihed,
(Caaso sbe Fi,fJ

The HAMILTONIAD,
on, AN KxTISeuIshsR yoR ru.
KOHL FACTION Of NEWiENcLAND.
copios: Notes. Illuarative, Biographical. Phi.
losophicsl, Critical, Admonisory and Polit-
zeal beirg intended % high hecled
ihoe tor all hmpisg Republicans.
8t AN9H0NT PAS2UIM, Eta.
SIC f,a.G gloria ssssd;!
Here to day, and gone laa Sunday! 4
- A.. pidt Iifh editions
The MenztebHs fnivel and fob.
And fadden all Bolton to~ny,
Caufe Freedom goes up, up, up,
And the fe,irs 90 down, down, dow1yt
! Pa,ody on SaDji's ballad.
rrce to fubfciben az cents, to non.fub.
this Office.
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s..s, Po,JfwostS, S<btembes 10, 1904.
Perfonally appeared the above named John
Fin. Peleg Barker, Edward Cook. and Jcna-
than Thuraon, and being duly fworn, ieverally
made oath to the truth Of the above depoGtions
BY them refpettively Gened, Before me-,
GILES LAWTON, jun. Jgaiee Peaee.
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NEw. roRK. Sept. q.
:. Oar bae fis~St." Hi, Majray's (" Sers
yznts' at the hook pcrfersere in their stts Of
am'y. They continue 10 offer their kid s,sa
tsdiss TO " dneriess Csm~efee."
The American fhip lohn, Patterfon. m.f-
ter. from Botdeavx, belonging 20 Theb,ua and
Longcamp, merchants, arrived the ri ;uA. A.
II reiclyed to try TO what pitch Bstifh inlult anc
aggrefion might be carried, the Lcandcr chaled.
and, when but eight miles esf of ,he Hook,
with the pilot on board. commenced and kept
up continual fire az the John until Che was in 4
fefbes acessr! The grape-ihot fell on board
the John 10 thick that the men were driven be-
low TOR ihelter.--Capt. Pattcrfon had feveral oe
the grape-ihot that were fired at him which
lodged in the quarters OF his vefcl. The Le-
ander fired ese bssdSsd and Gx sssuds al fIs
Jses! To morrow ihall lay anthcntica,ed
faet. before the public on this fabjeta. One bsa-
dred ard fs rosslt 6red in our own waters. at
one OF our ihiPs, by the veiiel Of foreign
posetl hi TOO mach, IL is bcyoad human
endurance.
Approximations for the faiety Of the Lean
der induced her commander to difcontinue the
cha'e. Arrived IN four fathom water the Lean-
der was fearful Of puiioing the John my far
tner' zen Inc iho.x ground. She here hove Co,
and, within haihng. poured into the Joha voi-
iss sf msk"y!
| Two privatcer brigs each carrying IS guns
and SO nieo, are cruidng under Spsniih COLI
ours, Oft the north Gde Of Porto. Rico, and in
the Mona paifage they rob every vcncl they
board have run fevcral aihore. aud butnt OF
funk others.
Il
Brig Difpatch. Hatding. icf Bofton) from
New Orleans, for BelsR, has been captured by
French Privatcer; Capt. Harding, his mate
and iupercargo were put on more al Havana.
Brig Caens, Of Milford, Con. founSered
IN iquall, about month nnce, in lat of w. u
Three feari,en were drowned, the req of the crew
were iaved on part of the quarter deck, on
which they driftcd to the i1snd of Montierrat.
The Neutrality. Norris, from New Haven
tor ST. Domingo, 10 taken by French ptiva.
teer, and tent into Porto-Rico.
The Orange. from Newport. for Jamaica,
and the Sally from Lance al. Vcsu for Bslri-
MORE have been taken by French priva,eem and
carried into Barracoas M. Papsr.