Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-01-16
Tuesday, January 9.


OF sunlry pap :r-makers in tho tate of
N-w-Jersey, praying aniacrea ofdu-
ty on imp 'rted pap r.--a ;f.rr l.
Ga motion of Mr.. Whitman,
Resolved. Tha:, com nistse be an
pointed TO enquire into tn. EXP sdiency
of Altering the time for h5siine tn
two terms of the district COURT for tins
district OF Maine, nov BY law nolSl-o
on the last Tuesday Of MAY & the first
Tues lay of Septe m,,rr, so that the fpy-
m-r sh IL be hereafter holden Oh th-
tonrth TUESDAY Of June, and the latter
on the second Tuesday Of September.
And that the com aittee h,ye leave TO
report BIZ bill or otherwise,
A letter was-receivei from the Sc
cretary of the Navy containing schr
dale of the contracts entered into by
that department. during the last year;
and also a letter enclosing Ii st of the
clerks, 81. m the Navy Dep .rtment.
---Ordered 20 be printed.
MEDITER RANEAN FUND.
The engrossed bill ssto revive and
con:inu. in force for a further time
the first section OF al act entitled Is An
act further to protect the co miuerce. *
seamen of the Unieed St,.es ar inst
the Barbary powers" was read a third
tine and passed witnous OPPOSITE.
Oh.
The consideration Of the rebort Of
the com nittee of tn. whole on the con-
tested election Of Jonathan Jennings
was taken up and after debate. post
pone1 till o-norrow.
AMERICAN NAVIGATION
BILL.
The House agaln resolved itself into
committee of the whole, Mr.. Desha
in the Chair, on the bill CONCERNING
COM nercial intercourse with GreaC
Britain and France and their depea-
dencies and for other purposes.
Mr. Pickman's motion vet under con-
sideration-
Messrs. Pickman, Liverm3re, Pot
ter and Ross sup ported, and NJ SIS. S.
Macon, Fisk, Shelley and Taylor o.
posed the motion.
Ihose who supp orted the motion
contended that the 5eh section of the
bill, having for lis object thu pr5ht5ili-
ON OF the importation fro nautrai
countries of g,ols thu produce or. ma
nufacture of France or England, End
also the Importation from the coi3, les
or the belligereats of the produc or
manufacture of the IN 1ther Countries.
and vice versa, WAS inexpedent Ia
practice, and could not be executed !.
tina: 1t would be impossible TO distin-
gu,sh between the productions of diff (
ferent countries; that it was notori
Gus fact that large quantities of pro-
duce were dailJ impors>d through S
Bartholomew, win h, b-ing small
isiand, 1t WIS known was not capabI.
or producing ths qiant ties of produce
exported from Is--'u, that it was aad
alw ,ys would be impossible to distin-
guisli h@twecn the produce of that i
slanl and thos contiguous t. it ,hAr
salt, for example, was an article. the
place OF in .nufsc.urc of which COLD
nsvsr be ascertained that this section
would II this respect possess the incon-
veniences Of tn non-intetcourse ,w
as 1t could not be carried into exec,.
-" NAaAt IL OAS OCLiScfenl, EiZ,.s(r.
Britain, were to rescind its DEGREES.
AMI intercourse was to be renewed
with the nation so doing, he produce
OF the colonies OF France might be in
nocehtly purchased at British ports as
the produce of the latter; til at there
were Certain articles of English manu-.
factlr VIZ. low priced wooIlens.
which were al most necessaries ofIfe'
and as such would fiad their way ioto
the country; thas this section was AZ
war with the other principles of the
oiil, which were said to b. 70 remove
the restrictions from cur own citizens
AID impose them on the ciizrns of
France and G.. Bit,in; that many :.
viIs would result from this secfio.
which could not now be foreseen. r.
was also said thpt the prin iple of re-
gllatIDg commerce on the ocean bv
such provisions was absurd thar +
would be curious to hear Of Lou;s
xviii. issuing DEGREES for The govern.
ment OF France, which woald be fooI
tor ldu shter for Napoleon; that we