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AN ADDRESS


PEOPLE or THE u, STATES,
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AGRICULTURE e DOMESTIC lll.aJvy-
FACTURES:
Tending to shew that by a due encourage
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ton will be rendered more respes-
table abroad and more prosper
Gus at home.
TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF
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l.1gtoa,
The native Sheep OF Smitn's Island, and the
plans proposed of extending this valuable
race of animals, for the benefit OF the
country at large:
By GEORGE w. 2. GUSTS ESQ.
| Of .iyA4gtoa House, in the District y CO.
luu,bia.
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LEWIS DEBLOIS

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French Brandy, in pipes ,4..
Catalonia Wine, in half pipes and quaf'sf
eS, New England Rum, in hogsheads and bar.
rels
Goldfish, in boxes 49,, peors
Cider, Potatoes, 8eets, and Winter fearS'
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RAN AWAY from the s,lbscribero Sun
az last, a Negro Boy named G-dB 13I 70 4
about 81 years of age, s feet s inches high
thick set, bow legged and heavy countenance,
he walks stsf, which proceeds from having
the rheumatism IN his ancles--had on & took
with him pair Of hight mixed Wcollen vel
se., and one. pair nanSeen pai1taioons, shirts
and hanlkerchiefs. THIRTY DOLLARS
will he given if taken in Alexandria, and
FORTY iftaSen out, and reasonable expen-
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Tunis Graves.
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e All persons are forewarned from har-
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Sales al Ken2ae.
|One every Tuesday and Friday,

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/ 4 Vsrissy d Dry Goods, Groefr'es, sc.
Particulars of which viii be expressed In
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order, and few casks choice old Port Wine,
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FOR SALE.

y WILL SELL the HOUSE wherein
4 live on the corner of Washington and
King streets, on credit of ~, Is, Is, ~,
and "a months.
Robert Young.
July Is. ~
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John G. LADD,
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Has FOR SALE,
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Checks and Stripes.
1000 pieces Nankeen
Russia Sheeting and DUCK
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so bags Of black Pepper Of the pest qua
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Sugars and Coffee
40 hhds Molasses
lpipe port Wine
10 do. Holland Gin
S Go. French Brandy
? do. jamaica Spirits. g.
a quantity of soai Leather, ohoes' opsi
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N O T ] C E.

In pursuance of the above order all those
persons having claims against the above
named Robert Alexander which have not yet
been exhibited, are desired to exhibit the
same duly authenticated at my office in Alex
andria on Or before Friday next.
G.. Deneale, C0mr.
July ls. It
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LIN Nm AO0 =
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WHOEVER has borrowed or found IT VIA
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Dilfriet Of Columbia, to Wit !;

July Term, lsoS-l2M dag
ofthe Goarf.
Wyllie, Langley. and complts.
against g
Robert Alexander and his Trustees, 8
On the petition of Robert Young
and others, setting forth that they are ercci-
tors of Robert Alexander, and entitled 10
distribution Of MS estate IL is ordered, that
George Deneae be appointed commissioners
to make up, adjust and settle the accounts
and claims Of the said petitioners, with such
others as Shall be exhibited, on or betcrs
Friday next, and report his proceedings to
the Court Oh Saturday the 18th day OF this
court, in order for final distribution.
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pointed, shall choose speaker; and 10
the absence Of the speaker, or when he
shall exercise the Office of president, the
senate shall choose speaker PROTEIN.
PORE.
Art 6. Af,er the third day of March,
one thousand eight hundred and thirteen,
The president shall naminate, aud by and
with the advice and consent OF the senate
and of the house Of representatives, shall
appoin, ambassadors, other public minis.
tiers and cousuls, Judges OF the supreme
court. and all other officers OF the u. >.
whose appointments arc not herein other.
wise provided for, and which shall be es'a-
blished by law: but congress may. oy law
YES, the appointment of such officers as
they thiak proper in the president, by and
with the advice and consent OF the seoa!e |;
and eff interior officers 10 the president IS
lone. IN the courts of law, or in the heads
of departments but 20 law vestiog the
power of appointment shslibe for longer
term than TWO years. All proceedings
on nominations shall be with closed doors
end without debate but information Of
the character and qualifications of the per-
sons nominated shall be received.
Ars.7. After the third day of March,
one shousand eight hundred aod thir'een,
the president shalI have power no til all va
cancies that may happen during he recess
of congress. BY granting commissions
which shall expire at the end OF their next
session. No ssmo2si from, Office shall take
place without she consent OF ihe senate &
of che house Of representatives. But con-
gross may BY las ausho,iae the removal
by the same power as naay, by law, be
authorised 20 make the appointments. Sut
in every case of misconduct IN office.
where the consent Of the senate, or Of .fe
senate and house OF representatives. saals
be necessary TO removal, the presideGs,
during the recess of congress, may sus'
pend the officer, and make temporary
appointment of person TO exercise the OF.
fee, until The next meeting of congress,
aud until q decision can be had. by she sc.
nate, or by the senate and house of repre-.
sensa,ives, as the case nay be, on ques.
lion for the removal of the officer suspend.
ed. An proceedings respecting removal
from Office shall be had wl,hon. debate, up
on she information and reasons which shall
be communicated by the president, ana
with closed doors.
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From The North .fmerican.

A bill respecting Aliens has been brought
into the house oil representatives by Mr.
Burwell Virginian gentleman who though
he belongs to the reigning sect OF politics, has
given several proofs Of an independent man
ner of thinking. The first section provides,
that in future naturalization shall confer no
further rights than are local Or municipal; 50
that the privilege of a citizen shall be retained
by foreigners hereafter naturalizeo, only dur
ing their actual residence.
We presume this is intended to affect the
condition of sea-faring persons, in order to a.
void the disputes which we might have about
impressment. If so we think the phraseology
not sufficiently exact for those who follow
the sea as profession, not having fixed or
permanent corporal residence, have attributed
to them by construction domicil according
to circumstances not accurately de Unable, and
which possibly may be construed to meet and
fulfil the expression {" ACTUAL residence" If
therefore, this be the principal object of the
bill, it will, in oar humble opinion be better
accomplished by using words admitting of less
latitude. This section may have another in
tention equally laudable and salutary, to strip
offraudulent privileges, persons whose only
purpose In becoming citizens is to abuse them
by retiring to other countries, where they
might profit of it, to the injury Of this country
whose name they assume. We should be glad
to find that Mr.. Burweu Mad both these cases
in view and that he should succeed in the at
tempt to reetify them.
The second section debars the naturalization
ofpersons, who, having been citizens, have re-
nounced their rights by eXpatriation, "accord-
ing to the laws of any of me states" Il is be-
lieved that no state iii the Union, except Var.
ginia, has provided any law or form of expa-
triation. In all others the common law, which
forbids the transfer of allegiance, has a bind
ing force. 1t cannot be supposed that the
operation of this section of the projected law
was intended to be confined TO Virginia May
not the constitutional power of Congress to
make naturalization laws be fairly construed
to confer the incident of defining when, and
in what manner it may be terminated? and
if SO, might it not be expedient to regulate
this subject by federal laws of ea:hatrlation,
as it is called, without reference either to
| the common law, or to the anomalous provi-
sion of Virginia With the latter exception,
| the American jurisprudence is liable to the
( reproach; that whilst by the force of the
| common law, it retains its hold of its own ci-
items so it readily adopts and retains those
/ of foreign nations, who pass through the
l mummery of naturalizing according to the
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From tie Sane.

THE condition in which many Of the
Eatopean nations now are, is truly ms
lauchcly. All the fine wheat countries 90
The Baltic have been so layaged by The
mcrciess conquering armies OF France,
tho, instead of furnishing others IS here.
tofore, they are now IN absolute waat
themselves. Portoga! aad Spain are with
our provisions; England and ireland are
both in distress on the same account
Muss humanity, as well as every active
faculty of this country. be brought 80 a
pause! Contrary to the besevolenas which
Providence has prescribed as duty al
ways operative, even towards enemies,
shall we cause million5 Of unoraodine
people 10 suffer wan. by decreeiog CIR su
perauous abundance to perish? Yet our
rulers pretend to philosophy and phiso.
,hropy. Les the sober noralis. rehsc1
upon his IN his tliurnal Hedita,ions, whcn
he re,ires 10 call dowo blessings upoo
himself aud his family How shall be
repeat, Give us this day our daily Bread"
when it is literally refused by our govern.
tnent 10 o,hes
Let the fake Of Portugal speak FOR the
effect which this subservien, prohibition,
will produce upon France. Can it be, that
those who are placed in the high stations,
which enable them to dispose of our des.
linies, and consequently the conveniences
OF others, should be ipsensible TO this last
warning? Will they persevere in measures
which have been accounted for, to the un.
Outstanding Of reaeciing men, only by the
supposition, that what they have made Us
suffer has resulted from fear of or favor 10
France? What has been the issue, in
other countries? The beobls of Portugal,
not the royal family, have been recently
called ppon for 10000 oCO Of dollars, the
paymeD. of which will be enforced by the
bay onet
That at the present time. Americans
should, 10 the acts of their government,
nay even in the inclipasious of any of them,
discover leaning towards he French IN.
terests, is Que oftEe most singular circum.
stances that ever occurred In the history of
man.
At this time, more than usually, the
hideous ghost of British irauence is con.
jured vp, in the hope tha. it may take The
attention from the real monster Of French
domination, whose approach is come, ard
whose loud call has resounded through the
nation. This is stale device. When
Genet, Fouchet and Adet were striving TO
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The bilfgis as Gollo7us,

me 02fRS as 50fl07OS,
A bill supplemental to the act, entitled " an
act to establish an uniform rule Of naturaii-
cation, and to repeal the acts heretofore
passed on the subject
" Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives Of the 81. States CT Ameri-
ca in congress assembled, That every alien
who shall arrive within the q. S. after the
passing Of this act, may be admitted to become
a citizen ofthe q. S. on complying with the
conditions specified by the act to which this is
a supplement: provided nevertheless, that
he SHAH be entitled to the rights, benefits and
privileges of citizen, for and during his ac-
tual residence within the y. S. or their terri
tories and no longer.
I" Sec. Q. And be it further enacted, That
If sny citizen ofthe y. States shall, alter the
passing of this act, expatriate himself accord
ing to the laws Of the individual states, he
shall, ihso tacto be deem q an alien, and shall
moreover be rendered incapable Of becoming
citizen Of the u States.
Refer rea to committee Of the whole on
Wcdnesdaynext.
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statute. From what has happened it might
perhaps OH some occasion, hereafter even be
insisted, that the naturalizing expedient once
accomplished, ought to justify national
demand for foreign seamen or other persons
seized and seizable, under certain combinati-
ons of circumstances.
This second section, if properly arranged,
is susceptible Of restraining in some measure,
changes of the quality of allegiance, to suit
the occasional interests of individuals, and ia
cilitate the evasion of prohibitory CLAWS, having
relation 20 extraterritorial acts.
After all we pass no opinion upon the ex-
pediency of the first section of the law coa.
templated, except as it may be made to bear
upon specific classes of cases, calling for re-
medy. We cannot say that foreigners natu-
ralized hereafter should be deprived OF natl
onal privileges, clearly within the power Of
our legislature, and generally not liable to a.
buse, when enjoyed out of our country. One
of the greatest errors in new laws, is their
sweeping comprehension of general circum-
stances, which did not call for them with the
voice of experience, or which have not de-
manded them by the careful determinations
of examination. We think, however, much may
be done in the present instance, which will
giverespect to our legal system in the eyes
Of foreign nations, anc protect us from unjust
and unnecessary alterations with them.
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llI.. 1ohnson's sfeech c0ntinued.)

or. Johnson's sfeech continued.)
turn with indignation from this 70 new
species Of injury, involving ire events cen
nected with and preceding the Presidents
proclamation interdicting the armed vessels
Of Great Britain from cur waters. al
lude to the conduct Of the oficcrso! the Eri-
t;ah navy, and the evident connlvarlce OF the
British governments. Will only mentlon
three prominent cases.
Isl. Z he Cambrian & other British cruz
ers. commanded by Captain Bradley, vino
entered the port OF New York, aao in dth-
ance OF the government arrested merchant
vessel. ane. impressed into the ships OF war
: number Of seamsn and passengers, Ietu-
SEQ to surrender them upon demand, and
resisted the officers, served with regular
process OF lazy, for nc purpose OF arreSting
The offenders.
S 9. TIE case of the Leander, CAPT. Whit
by. with other British armed vessels, hover
Ing about New-Tork, vexing tie trade of
that port, arresting a coastlng vessel OF the
United States, by firing a cannon, which
entered the vessel, and killed John Pcirce.
The murder of Pierce, a fact SO notorious,
could not be proved in sham trial in Eags-
lard, though the most uns NceptIonabie cha
racters are sent as witnesses from the q.
States; and nor even x, explanation is made
to satisfy this country for the nurdei, OF a
citizen. Call upon Tie citizens OF n. York,
who saw the BODY on their slaughtered coun-
trylnar-asA tie mourning relatives OF the
murdered PIERCE, whether he was slain or
not. But from this tragic scene We must
turn to one OF deeper hae.
The attack upon the Chesapeake. This
vessel had just lett the shores OF Virginia,
leaving the British ship. Of war, the Leo
pard, enjoying the inequalities of our laws.
The Chesapeake was bound to the Nledi-
terranean in defence ct our rights. no
American tars were on board, who had an
dertaken this honorable enterprise. Tn
suspicious of any harm, whilst tfeir rough
cheeks were believed with tears in parting
from their friends. and country, their POW
der-horns empty, rods nislaid, wads too
large, guns not prinied--all was confusion.
In this unhappy moment ihe messenger of
death comes. The unfortunate Barron re-
fuses 10 permit his men to be mustered by
any but an American officer. His govern
ment had given the command. This is the
The vessel is attacked, and
without resistance eight are wounded, three
killed, and four taken and carried into Bri-
.ish service, one of whom has been hung as
/ malefactor in Nova Scotia. Ii has been
said, that the Goddess of Liberty was born
IF the ocean. Asthis solemn crisis, when
he blood Of these American seamen min
lied with the waves, then this sea-nymph
lrose indignant from the angry pillows, and
Ike a redeeming spirit, kindled in every
,osom indignation and Resentment. A na-
ion of patriots have expressed their resent
nent, and the sound has reached the utmost
sounds Of the habitablc world. Let rea-
on;ng world Judge whether the Presidents
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