Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-01-06
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY s.

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thank 1ueh as are neglected, te
| give information at the office
that the procedure may be cor.
rected.
The sloop Henry, Seth Burke, master o
and for Providence, from Alexandria, with {
cargo of 500 barrels OF. -four. was cast away or
Wednesday evening the 10th inst near the
light house on Beaver, tail--crew sayed-the
vessel with small part of the cargo will be
lost. No.toKfa1tero
In the house of representatives Of .heU.
S. oa Tuesday the 29ih ultimo, Mr.. Bias
sci, made the following motion:
Whereas the constitution Of the u. S.
provides, that no officer Of the government
shall be eligible 10 a sea.in either house. &
congress, thereby establishing The genuine
republican principle, sha, the me mbers Of
the Representatives body should be exempt
from every imprcper bias; aud as ii is The
bcunden day of he represe n'a,ives ct the
people, to give the fullest eff c. 70 conssi-.
.ns'onal principles.
Resolved, That preeisions ought 10 be
made bylaw,so prohibit the cGcers OF go.
vernment from making any Contract on be-
bali of the i. S. with any person being a
member Of either house OF congress, or with
any other person, for his or their use.
Resolved, That every contract hereafter
to be made, on he part Of the government
If she United States shall contain
clause or condition 70 render the con
tract absolutely voidifihe couractershould
be msmbeE Of either house Of congress.
Resolved. That aoy cficer inffipg.ug the
foregoing provisions, ought to be punished
by removal ffora ofsce, aud insapacisy Of
ever after holding any Office whatever.
The blII'supplementsry to the ACT layipg
an embargo (Which was this day ordered TO
he eugrossed) was read the third time.
Mr.. Dana said, that he was opposed TO
because he was against an embargo, but he
objected to- is on grounds which he tho't
entitled to the attention Of the house. His
principal objection was to the first section.
By that section, no vessel licensed for the
coas,ag trade was allowed to depart, with
90. first giving bond to double the amoun
Of vessels cargo. This restriction on YES.
sells engaged IN the coasting trade was pc
culiarly burdensome and severe; and would
subject them to pains and peoaltiesfar more
rigorous and iatolerab c than the principles:
ofan embargo required, Every por. 10 the
u. S.was either a.pors of entry or delivery:
he was willing, however. to believe thai
thc word port here meant custom house
district. What was the consequence? The
coasting vesseAs zOoula have to give his bond
cevery time they went from one port 10 another
Wholesome perhaps m ght do once or swice.
week. He shoughs this peculiarly hard,
particularly at a time when there was such
total stagnatioE of BUSINESS, aud when
Y. eughl rather TO encourage the coastiog
trade as much az possible, instead OF i'm
posing restrictions upon II. by this secsl.
on a vessel could not go from Burlington
IN. i, TO Philadelphia, nor from n. York
to Paulus Hook or Hudson, and vice yer.
ga, without first giving bond to the amount
of double the value of vesset and cargo
even the packets from Philadelphia to N.
York, &c. would have to do it. He men.
tened number Of other places, and said
he hoped the house would no. impose
such restrictions. He concluded by call
ing for the ayes and aoes on the passage
of the bill.
Mr.. Macop said, he also should vote
against the bill, but not for the reasons