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~. ~,o'eato.h'. bill to be emi-1
, |' « an aft to lecure unto
jofeph Bryan, the excluhvc:
Lt and privilege, ot erefling
i bridge acrols great Ogechee
vet - within certain limits.
a * bill from the lenate to be
he town of Wnghtfborough
in the county of Columbia, and
to fecure the inhabitants there
of, in their rights to certain lands
appropriated for their benefit
was read a third lime, and palf-
A mefiage from the fenate,
by their fecretaty, Mr. Robert
lon.
Mr. fpeaker—the fenate have
agreed to the report of the com
jnittee, on the Governor’s mef
fage on the fubjefl of the do
crees of the federal court.
They have patted a refutation
authorizing and empowering
the Governor to ilTue his pro
clamation, requiring the mem
bers of the lenatus academicus
of the univerfity of the ttate of
Georgia, to convene at Louif
ville, at the mod convenient
time in his judgment, between
the terms of the fuperior courts
in the prefent year, to take un
der their conlideration, and
adopt, fuch meafurcs as may
beft promote the objedt of that
inftitution.
The houfe then took up the
amendments of the fenate, on a
bill to be entitled, “ an aft for
the appropriation of money, for
the year 1799 ” and on the
quellion put iq allow John Mel
ton, efq. the (um of one thou
sand and ninety-four dollars, it
■was carried in the affirmative ;
and thereupon the yeas and
| nays being required, are as fol
low :—Ayes 38 —Noes 6.
The houfs tnen took up the
t refolution of the fenate, autho
rifing the Governor to ittue dedi
mufes under the executive Teal
to fuch perfons as he may judge
proper to qualify the juftices of
the inferior courts in the refpec
tive counties, and concurred
therein*
dhe houfe then adjourned
till to-morrow morning, 9
o'clock.
Married, on Thurfdav even
ing latt. Mr. James Scott, of
Augufla, to the amiable Mifs
Mary Marbury Frazier , of Louif
ville.
hied, fuddenly, on Tuefday,
the 12th inflant, Mr, Needham
Cullers, of Columbia, South-
Carolma,
AMERICAN CONGRESS.
110 U S R OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Tite/dav , January 28.
naval establishment.
The following relolutions re
poited by the committee were
agreed to.
Rrfolvei, that two docks be
c ab ‘tthed m the United States,
an ' [ * m a fum not exceeding
fheiefo 0^ arS appropriated
Kefdv'l , th it 100,000 dollar's
be .appropriated tor the puichafe
of timber, to be ided or pre
ferved for building (bins, or vef
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felscfwarfor the United States.
Rcfoived , that the navy be
augmented with fix (hips to
carry not lefs than 74 guns each,
to be built or purchaled within
the United States, 2nd that a
lum not exceeding 1,000,000
dollars be appropiiated there
for.
Rcfoived that the Prefident
of the United States be autho
rized by law to augment the
number of guns on board any
veil’d now in the fervice of the
United States, or building above (
the number at which fuch (hip
(hall be rated, and that 35,000
dollars be appropriated tor that
purpofe.
Rcfoived, that the Prefident of
the 1 nited States be authorized
to take into the naval eftablitti.
ment, fuch revenue cutters now
in the fervice, as may be, in his
opinion, fit for fervice abroad*
The committee rofe after
confidcrablc debate on the third
refolution, and the houfe took
them up and agreed to them,
and on motion, refeired them
to the committee by whom they
were reported to bring in a bill
or hills purfuant thereto.
Adjourned.
. The following mejjagt of the
Prefident of the Uni'td States, was
received this day.
Gentlemen of the fenate and
Gentlemen of the houfe of
reprefi ntatives,
An edict of the executive direUcry
of the French republic of the 2gth of
October , 1798, inclo/ed in a letter
from our mnifler plenipotentiary in
| London of the 16th of November,
is of fy much importance that it can
not he too foon communicated to you
and the public . 1
JOHN ADAMS.
January 28, 1799.
Extra ft of a letter from Rufus
King e/q. miniflerplenipotentia
ry of the United States at Lon
don, to the fecretary of fate, dated
November 16, 1798.
u Ihe annexed arrete won J d ap
pear extravagant and incredible , if
it proceeded from any other authori
ty ; but mankind is fo accufomed to
the violence and injufice of France ,
that we ahnofl ceafe to exprefs our
furprife and indignation at the new
injlances that Jhe continues to dif
playN
[TRANSLATION.]
Decree of the executive directory of
October 29, 1798.
The executive directory, upon the
report of the minifler of foreign
relations , confidering that the fleets ,
privateer s % and fli ps of England
and Rujfia are in part equipped by
foreigners.
Confidering that this violation is
a manifefl abufe of the rights ofna
tions, and that the powers of Europe
have nit taken any meajures to pro
hibit it. Decrees ,
i ft. Evrry individual. native
( ou ongv are) of jnr ndy countries,
allied to (he French republic orneu
tral , hearing a commi/fion , granted
by the enemies of France or making
part of ihr crews of /hips of roar and
others, fhall be by this fln
git fad declared a pirate, and treat
ed as jack, without being permitted
in any ca/c to a!ledge that he had
been forced into fuck ftrvvt , by vio
lence, threats or other wife,
2 d % The executive directories of
the Batavian , Lnga r ian, Cifahine,
and Roman republics fhall he iu
flrufted to this ejfeft.
3 d. Theprov fions contained in
the fir/l article fhall be notified to
thofe powers which are neutral or
allied to the French republic.
\th. I he minifer of exterior
relations is charged with the execu
tion of the prefait arrete which fhall
be printed in the bulletin of the
laws.
( Signed )
T k a i l h a r d , Pres ident.
CHARLESTON\ Feb. n.
Yeferday arrived the brig Au
rora, II oidman, Hamburgh 6o
days. A Hamburgh paper of No
vember 2jth % received by captain
Woodman , contains the following
paragraph :
Vienna, Nov. 3. The la ft ac
counts from Conftantincp'e pnft live
ly afferty that Buonaparte was de
feated at Cairo, and was obiged to
retreat to Alexandria, where the
Arabs furprifed him , and defrayed
h l s whole army. Letters have alfo
arrived from Scutari , dated the
of and a'fo from Italy,
which make mention, that the Arabs
with a conftderable army, attacked
Buonaparte, but that he fought f 0
defperately that he killed 14,000 of
the Arabs and 13 Beys, but fill
was compelled to retreat to Diamet
ia t where he was again attacked by
the Arabs, and every Frenchman
was killed. Buonaparte s head was
cut off , embalmed, and font as a
t>ophy to Lonflantinopk. This
news gains belief in this metropo
lis.
Capt. Spi'er has brought from
Najfau apart of the crew of the
brig Mercury, capt. Hatch , which
[ailed about four weeks face for the
Havannah. The Mercury was
captured off the Havannah by the
Coffee-Mill and Ranger , two French
pirates , one of which fired two
broadfides into her after her colors
were ft ruck.
The captain and crew of the
Mercury were put on board a fmall
Spanifh Jloop, and fent for the Ha
vannah, but an Englifh privateer
falling in with the f loop, took the
crew from on board and carried
them into Naff an.
The flaps Thomas and Harmony
from this purt are fent into Ja
maica by an Englifh frigate.
A letter has been received in this
city, wh'ch confirms the account al
ready publijhed, of the Pre ft dent of
the United States having difmiffed
capt. Phillips from the command of
the Baltimore floop of war ; and
adds, that the P ref ident has alfo
directed the mini tier of the United
■ Stales at (hr. court of London, to de
mand Jatifaßion for the infult oj
f trod to the American /lag, by com
modore Lonng, report Jays, that the
■ Jatifaßion to he demanded, is the
dijmijfal oj the commodore .
SAVANNAH , Feb. rs.
Yeflerday arrived the b ;
tt'zcA, /mr, m 16 days /ro?/i
Martinique, a gentleman who comic
in the above ve/Jel has fovaired us
with the following information :
I hat accounts had arrived previous
to their failing, 0/ the taking of
Maltai by the BrU'fli, under general
Stewart —Md/ the account feme
time fince circuited, of Viftor
Hughes being forcibly taken on board
a frigate at Guadaloupe, in irons,
bound to France, by order tj the
directory, is atlually true—and
that the governor of Guadaloupe,
count de Fourneaux appears well
difpojed towards the Americans, and
intends [ending the Retaliation,
(United States fchoon r formerly)
as a cartel to the United States,
with the Americans that have been
captured and brought in there.
ProviJions at Guadaloupe, (that
ts America n produce ) were exceed
ing [cane, beef 36 dollars , pork
40, and other articles in propor
tion ; and that there is no ri/k at
prefent, in going to, or coming from
I the WeJUlndies, from the number of
! American and Britifh cruizers in
all directions.
Commodore Barry is cruizing off
Guadaloupe, and has exchanged fe
ver alfhot with the forts,
DREADNOUGH T,
NOW in full perfeftion, and npwarof
of five fee' two inches high, will
(land this frafon, every other week ftt
Spar a, and the week following on Big
Ogcchce, viz. Monday, Tuefdayand W>d
nrflay, at I’mvclton ; Thurflay, Friday,
and Saturday, at Henry Jones’s mill on ihc
0 ;cch 'c ; in order to he let to mares at four
dollars Ihe feafun, two dollars the leap, and
eight dollars to infure the marc being with
fold, the money to he pail at the expira
tion of the feafon, vhich will begin on the
full day of March, at Sparta, and end the
lal day of July next ; but the SubfCMDer
will not lay himfclf liable fur any Occident
that may happen.
D eadn< u*bt was gat by Surprile, his
da n by Fear nougl t, Surprifc was got by
Clodious, and Ciodious by the noted boric
Joyous.
Anderfon Reefe.
February 19
FOR SALE,
A HOUSE ami LOT, will, a STORE
adjoining, near the Market, with a
Kitchen, Stable, and an excellent well of
water. It lias five fire places, and is forty
two by twenty feet, with a SHED twelve
feet wide.
ALSO,
A two flory HOUSE and LOT, with a
Kitchen, Stab e, Garden, and a good fpring
near the Houfe.
Conditions, one half cafli ; the remainder
on a credit of lix m urbs.
Jofeph Chairs.
February ig.
NOTICE.
ALL thefe indebted to the Ellate of
John Calhoon, deceafed, arc re
quilted to come forward and fettle their
Accounts j alfo all thole to whom the fanl
Eftate is anywife indebted, are icqueftfd
to bring forward Ihe ir Demands regularly
atteflcd, to r eccive pajmenf of
John Buiton, adminijlraior>
February 19*