ACTS.
Pttjid by iht lajl Ltfijlatntt of thejlate of
Qeorgia.
AN AC r
To Incorporate a company /of the improrve .
meat of the navigation of that part of the
Oconee river , b'lnueeu the Big Shoals,
at John harnctt't, and the town of Mil
ierfl'evtlle.
T T HERE AS the improvement of the,
V V inland naviga'lon of every country,
ji of priomy iaicojtance to iis inhabitants ;
; .id as fewcoumiies enjoy greater natural
advantages than tins ftatc, for theex’ention
of conrnerce, and it being conceived that
the clearing out and removing throblffufti ns
jn thu part of the Oconee river, fio.n ihe
Shr».ds, at John JJarneu’s, to the town
ot ivltliedgevtUe, would greatly conduce
t * the convenience and filtered of the inhab
itants, fettled in the ninth and fjulhv/eftern
parts of this ftarc.
B£ it tnateed by the Senate and Bnufe
of RepuftHtatives of the jlaie of Geor.
£7/7, tn Getter .1 A/fembly met , and by the
«f the fame. That a company (hall
be clfablilhed, the capital ttock whereof
shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars, di.
vided iatp two thousand ihar&s, each tharc
being twcnty.fi . e dollars ; a*«i that fuh.
feriptions towardsconftitnting the find ftcck,
(Ini', on the fuff Monday in January nex»,
he open at Hancock, Green, Clarke, Jack
fan, and Franklin court.houfts, Walhing
lon, in Wilkes, and Millfdgcvtlle, under
the fuperlatendance of such perfonsl as the
, corporanmi may apnoint tor that purpose;
which fubfcripiions fliall continue open until
the whole of the said tfock 'hall have been
fubferibed.
St. 2. And bf it further castled , That
if Tinll he lawful for any perfoo, copartnrr-
Ihip, or body politic, to fubferibe, as he,
filter they lhall thiric fir, for such or so ma
ny ffenres, not exceeding fifty ; and that the
fuins refpeftively fubferibed, dull be paya
in gold, lilvtror bank bills of the Uni.
led States, to be paid at four fcveral pay
ments, at the diiianee of twelve calendar
month* from each other, Ae Sift wheieof
lhall be paid at the time of fubferibing.
Sec. 3, And be it further enabled, That
all ihofc who lhall become fabler ihe rs to the
laid company, their fuccdlbrs and afligns,
(hall be, and are hereby created and made a
corporation and b«dy poii ic, by the name
awd llylc of (he oconeb navigation com
panv, and by that name lhall be, and arc
hereby made able and capable in law, to have,
purchafc, receive, poll’cfs, enjoy and retain
to them and their fucceffurs, lands, rents,
tenements, hcredeta.'.ents, goods, chatties
and eiT els, of what kind, nature or quality
soever ; and the fame to fell, grant, demiie,
alien, or difpofc as; to fee and be sued,
plead! «i?d be impleaded, answer and be an
fwe'red, defend uud be defended, in courts
of rec ord or other place wliaifoever: and
alio to make, have and i’fe a common fcal,
and s he fame to break, alter and renew, at
their plcafurc ; and also to ordain, pftablilh
and put in execution, such bye-laws, ordi.
nances and regulations, as (hall seem neces
sary and emvitfient for the government cf
the said corporation, not being contrary to
the laws of this Hate, or to the conlHtutba
thereof, (for which purpose general meetings
of the fubferibers to the said flock lhall and
may be called by thd directors, and in the
manner herein after fpecified) & generally to
do & execute a!l& lingular sfts, matters &
things, which to them (ball appertain to do;
fubjetl ncv.crtiiehTs, to the rules, regulations,
refl fictions, limitations and p.oviliona here
after preferibed and declared.
Sec. 4. And be it further enatied, That
for tha well ordering of the ulTtivs of ihe fiid
borporatian, there fcall he ten directors, fa
whom jluie lhall bo an election on the firlf
tylond>y of January in each \ear, by the
ftockholdors or proprietors »«f Itock in the I
laid corporation, and by a plurality of votes,
c ctu illy given, and thole who lhall be duly
chofpiv.it any election, Ih ill be caps I fie of
forving asdireftors, b virtue of such choice,
Until the end and expiration of the firtt
M unlay of January nex f milling, the time
or such eleftion and no longer, arid the said
directors at their fir 1 ! meeting after such e.
left} an, (hall choofc one of tftcir members as
president,.
Sec. 5. Provided alvenys, and be it fur
tier enaded, That as fnon as the sum of
two thoafand dollars lhall have boen aftual.
\y received on account of fchfcriptions to
said link, notice thereof lhail be giv.*n
by perfnns under whale fijper in tendance,
the fim Or fil have been made, in one of the
pcblic Gazelles 0; this date, ant! t he said per.
sons lhall at the fame time, and in like man.
tier, n m!y a time and place at the ditfmcc
of thirty from the line of such noiiri
cation, for proceeding to the cnnice
of directors ; And ir lhall be Ira fnl for such
r left ion to be (hen and there n nit*; and the
jxrfons then and rhsre chofenihail be the hrd
diteftofs, and liaall be capable of serving, |
by virtue at inch choice, until the end ami •.
expiration us the lirft Mundav in January
next dnfutng, ihe time of making rhe fame,
and lhall forwiih thersafter commence the
operations of the said corporation. And
provided That in case it Ihould at
any «ime happen, that an eleftion for dirtc
tors fhouid not be made upon any day when,
I pursuant to this aA, it ought to' havo b-en
made, th* said corporation lhall not for that
cause be d.ffoived j but it lhall ba lawful on
any other day to hold and make an eleftion
of Qireftcrs, in such manner as (hall have
been regulated by the laws and ordinances
•» the laid corporation.
L be continued.}
'V* -■ -• t . »v .. ji. «
NINTH CONGRESS.
The Prefldcnt of the United States has
nominated! and the Senate unanimously ad.
viCed and contented thereto, JAMES MUN
ROE, naw Minister Plenipotentiary of the
U. ’States at the court of London, and
. WILLIAM PINKNEY, of Maryland, to'
be CommilSontrs Plenipotentiary and Ex
traordinary,, for fettling all matters of dif
ference between the U. States and the united
kingdoms of G. Britain and Ireland, rela
tive to wrongs committed between the par
ties on the high seas or other waters, and
for efUblilhing the principles of navigation
and coinmc*cc between them.
The two Houfe* of O-ngrcfs brought
their listings to a clofc on Monday night at
about eleven o'clock, when an adjournment
took place to the iirit Monday in December.
The fitting of Monday was continued from
ten o’clock in the morning until eleven in
the evening with only the intcrmilCon of
ore hour. Too much business was transac
ted to enable us to give a detail of it in this
paper, TU mud important mei.fuiCs.udop
ttd were.
The paflage of a bill for continuing until
the end of,the nextfcflion, the Mediterran
ean fund, d>fc*nnteied- from the repeal of the
fait tax, the Senate having adhered to iheir
dtlagreemrnt to the last orient of the bill.
I'hs p..1»,.ge ot the naval peace cftaUiih
ment oill.
The pafTage of a bill for the temporary
relict of Hdiuet Caraiualli, uUoAuig him
2,400 dollars.
The pail" ge of the bill for the payment
of tJI the witnclLs fummened ori the trial
of Judg't Chafe—the Houle of Reprefenta-
having receded from their amendment.
‘i he indefinite pnftponemem of the report
of the committee jat enquiry on the clhciul
conduft of Gideon Granger, Pull. Mailer
General.
But that business, which excited mod
attention, mingled with, perhaps, becoming
warmth, was the prtfenution by Mr. Quin
cy of two memorial?!, one from Samuel G.
Ogden, rh'' other from William Smith, of
the city of Now Ymk.
The, memorials are very long, and give
a minute detail of the circumstances alledgcd
to have attended the expedition of Miranda ;
acknowledge the participation of the mc:nr
rialifts in the enterprize ; and declare it to
have heen their impteflion that the expedi.
tion was countenanced by the implied sanc
tion of the Prlfidcnt and Secretary cf flat;.
The memorialifta further complin of the
on just and illegal proceedings of the circuit
court of New York. The memorials are
couched in language uncommonly acrimo
nious, and a (bribe to the public agents un
worthy and impure motives.
After the reading of tilde memorials an
interesting debate ensued, vvtiofe length for
bids its insertion in this days paper. We
(hall only, at present, attempt a brief Sketch,
reserving its full detail fora future paper.
Mt. Lyon, reprpbjtted the (lyle and con
tents of the petition, and moved that the
petitioners (hould have leave to withdraw
iheir petition,
Mr. IVilliam , of New York, inveighed
in terms of strong indignation, agaimt the
nature and tendency of the attempt. He
pronounced it unprecedented, while a prose
cution was corn* jndtee, for the acenfed to
come forward, and attempt to wieft their
cauie from a legal tribunal j declared his
total dubclief of the charges criminating
the executive, and fpokc with the greatcll
emuhalis of the cnofmbv of the effort of
K #
men thus ft touted to diflermm.te suspicion
with regard to the motives ot the executive
government, andYaid it was ridiculous to
imagine tliat any legifUtiyc enquiry could
be made on the very last day of the feftion.
Mr. O^ri'in ev, rose to explain.
M ,m , ‘fark/or, then robe, and pronounced
! the memorials’a tiflue of faltchoods and ca
lumnies balc'y intended to defame the’gov
ernment, and denied th t the executive had
poflelfed the information stated by Mr,
Quincy,
Abcr a fe.v remarks from Mcffrs. Mum
tord, Mailers, and Bldweli,. Mr. Early
otrered the following refolnticn.
Rifilved, 1 hat the charges ebutaioed in
the memorials of S. G. Ogden and William
Smith are, in the opinion us this House, uh- ;
supported by any evidence which in the
bast degree criminates the executive gov
ernment of this country —that the said me.
mortals appear to have been prefer) at a
iim<f and under clicunrutanees irmdiouily
calculated to excitf unjust suspicions in ihe
minds of the good people of this nation
against the exilling udrnimltruticn of the
general government —and that it would be
highly improper in this House to take any
step which. might influence or prejudice a
caufc now depending in a legal tribunal of
the U. States, thcrcfw/c Rcfolved, that said
memorials Is by the Clerk of this House *
returned to thole from whom they cams.
Mr. Clark required the previous questi
on which was t lien by Yeas aud Nays, as
follows : " (hall the main queftipn be now
pa.”—Yeas 74 —Nays 15.
The question was then taken by Yeas and
Nays on the fcvcral members of the refla
tion ss divided by dalhet—
Ou agreeing to ihe
ift member, the Yeas were 75—Nays 8.
2d Yeas 70 —Nays 13.
3d Yeas 84 —No Nays.
Last -Yeas 71 —Nays 14.
Wc (hall not refrain from exprefTing our
fatisfaAion at the completely abortive issue
of this miferahlo attempt, viewed either re
latively to time or substance, to impair the
confidence of the people in the parity of the
motives ar.d the fannefs cf the cocduft of
the executive, and particularly of the Prefi.
dent and Secretary of State. The objeft
was undoubtedly to saw fufpicionj to scat
ter mtfreprefentations, to call a cloud over
the fair fame of men whose names and Cervi
ces have become identified with republican
principles. But the pojfcn has been met
by its antidote, and the-blow menaced at
them has recoiled with double, with over
whelming force on the heads of its authors.
The attempt has extorted from the Rcpre.
fentatives of the people a vote of confidence,
almost unparalleled in the annals of legifla
t?vc bodies —a vote of /twenty to thirteen.
From the Richmond Enq^iri*.
MILITIA of the UNITED STATES.
We have received from a triend at Walbing
ton, a '* Message from the Picfidcnt oi
the United States, transmitting a State
ment of the Militia of the United States
according to the returns received from
the (cveral States and Territories.”—
<* April n, read and ordered to lie on
the table.'* This llatement is distributed
into too many tables, and spun into too
' many ’details, to be either intereftingcr
| indructive in its prefeut form. Wchave
• therefore deemed it fnficient to throw
these d'uTcrenr details into one general
view.
7# the Senate and Hnnfe nf Repre/nt alive s
of the United States,
I now lay before Cov.grsfs a statement of
the Militia cf the United States, according
to the,ret urns last received from the several
ftatrs :»nd territories. It will be perceived
that some of these arc not of recent* dates ;
and that from the dates of Maryland ar.d
Delaware, no returns are dated. As far
as appears from our records, rone were ever
rendered from either cf these Hates. From
the rcrritoiics of Orleans, Louisiana and
Michigan, complete returns have not yet
been received,
TH : JEFFERSON.
April it, rBc6.
The GENERAL and FIELD STAFF
includes the following ranks and numbers cf
officers: 70 Major Generals; 183 Briga
dier Generals ; 8 Quarter Matter Gnetais ;
15 Adjutant Gen<f«ls ; 114 Aid de Camps :
1 • tate Engineer ; 1 Commifl’ary General
of Purchase; 1 Commifllary Gtn. of iflites ;
160 Brigade Majors ; 1 Pay MaSer Gen.
I Phyfieian General; 1 Apothecary Gene
ral ; 1 Deputy Adjuvant Genera!; t Deputy
Quarter Mailer General ;.*i Waggon Maf
tcr General; 1 Forage Mrmcr General ;22
Brigade rter Mailers.—The second lill,
viz. of FIELD FFICERS AND REGI
MENTAL S TAFF, comprehends the fol
lowing ranks and numbers of officers; o
Col >ntl ; 760 Lieutenant Colonels Com
mander.v; 1509 Majors ; 432 Pay Masters ;
587 Surgeons ; 362 Surgeon’s Mates;
6tg Quarter M -flers ; 732 Adjutants,
'The return of the AR 1 1LLER.Y includes
14 Lieutenants Colonels; 45 M- jors ; 195
Captains; 251 -Full Lieutenants; j 59
Second Lieutenants; 17 Adjutants; 16
Qjtf’er Mailers; 733 Serpents; 91 Cor.
po ais ; 359 Muiicians ; 148 gunners ; 62
Alannen ; 6553 MfltroiTes.
'I he lilt ot CAVALRY embraces 37
Lieutenant Colonels; 70 Majors; 431
Captains ; 778 Lieutenants ; 399 Owners ;
28 Adjutants ; 8 Pay Mailers; 25 Quarter
Mallets ; 1366 Sergeants ; 433 iViuficians ;
27 Farriers ; joSaddlm ; 17675 Dragoons.
A dittinCt lift is given es the GRENA
DIERS ; but they are very few in number.
Ir contains 3 C.vpraifis ; 3 Lieutenants; 2
Enfignti; 'lO Sergeants; 3 Corporals; 2
drums and and fifes; 127 Rank and File.—
The number of the LIGHT INFANTRY
also is very limited ; being>lo mere th;:n
7 Cap atns; 8 Lieutenants; 6 Ensigns ;
20 Corporals; 5 Sergeants ; 6 Mufirians ;
281 rank and ire.—The lift es RIFLEMEN
includes 82 Captains ; 87 Lieutenants ; 7/
Knfigns ; 237 Sargeants ; 96 Corporals;
96 ivjoiictims ; 41 24 rank ana die, of which
Pennsylvania a one furnifhcs 3352.— The
litl 6t INFANTRY, which is placed last
on these returns of Militia of the United
States, comprehends, 7263 Captains ; 7093
Lieu tenants; 685'r Knfigns; 499 Sergeant
Majoi* ;■ 275 Quarter-Maller-Seije,infs ;
452 drum majors ; 442 fife majors ; 24,569
Serjeants ; 2222 Corporals ; 10,579 Mult,
many; 245 Pioneers; 471,563 P»ivatfs;
bcfiJes (,0 Cuuoa Warti-Jis, iu Sotu-Caro
lina, * »,
i is a table us the whole num
ber of 'Privates, in the artillery, cavalry,
and foot, belonging to the diffei-nt Hates
and territories. Under the term “ foot” v,c
nuean to include, Grenadiers, Light Infant
ry* Rtflsmen and Infantry :
Art. Cavalry, Fast.
NewHampffiirc 46z lbz() 6q
Mo ILcitu setts 2,09 2126’ 533,6
Rhode )•
Conne.ucut +S? , 2
y Cra ,or,t 3H t >
Nr*.York I 14, -6-7.1
Ne»-jntar. ,36 ' S J 2 ; JJ
P-nnfjlv..j,u 319 ijSi 834,3
Delaware
Maryland
V |r gima 1050 3096 61962
Nonh-Carohna 2 -g --g-j
South-Caiuiina 773 29185
S™*" 7* 590 16630
cnia fy 29356
lcnacffcc 636 14185
* The return fr,n Virgl nie it f tr j go; .
OMo 46 50 8071)
Diftrift of Columbia 81 43 XE93
Mississippi Territory 1623
Indiana Territory j 5 jy iCs
Michigan Territory
Orleans Tenitory ’
•Louisiana Territory
In the U. State* 7,085 17,67$ 476,095
1 7*675
7*083
•Number liable to milita duty 30th
jan, lad# 2,220
Number of Militia, exclusive -
of officers, in thcfe Hates
and territories, from w hich . 503,073
returns were received, at
different years,
LONDON, February 20...26.
Cotton ~ We are informed that in Jan.
1806, the flock of cotton in Great. Britain#
exceeded chat of the fam: period in 1805,
from zoto 30,000 bags. Our ir formant adds
that the impoitaiion w ill not bekfs frcmOr
leansthis year than from 50 to 60,000 bales,
and the increaft from Catolina and Georgia)
at kail one third more than in 1805,
March 5'
The aft for the fufpenficn of the Habeas
Corpvs in Ireland expired yefterdr.y, and
we can positively Hate, that it ia not the
intention of the government to revive it.
A Dublin paper of the 28th, contains
the following article, which we have reason
to believe truly discloses the system of poli
cy which the new ministry mean to pursue
with tefyeft to the country.
** Lord is brew {bury, the Primkr Earl of
England, and in rank amorgft the
Catholics of the Empire, with becoming
prudence arid fpirif, took an early opporfu
nity, after the new mlnifterul arrangements
were completed, of desiring, for bimfelf ard
Mr Scully .f another member cf the late de
putation fiom Ireland} a conference with
Mr. Secretary Fox upon the fubjeft of the
Catholic claims. The minillcr readily com
piled, and, in the ccurfe of a free conveifa
lion, Hated To them vations confitkraticns,
to itcoinmc'nd that the Catholic petitions
should be deferred fur the prefenr, Ha red
ed this recommendation chiefly upon the
public prejudices which prevail in England,
and which have been, of late, widely and
actively dtffufed. He said, that though
.the nuniftry have not any legislative relief
in their immediate contemplation, the Cath
olics of Ireland may be allured of a just and
equitable fpirii in ti c new executive depart
ment—the cxiliing Jaws in their favor {halt
be faithfully executed in all refpefts, and
cfpecially in the army—that the tone of
public officers drai! be more liberal, and the
adminiltraacn of justice fucf>, as to infare
cqusj proteftion to all, without diftinfticn
of Left or party—that the relief and improve
ment of the lower ch.ffes Ih.ilb.be particular
ly attended to—and, finally, that the high
and honorable persons, about to tffutac Ihe
government of Ireland, are ftcdfirftly attach
ed to this f> Item, and finctrely inclined to
promote the general prosperity by the moil
Cbncilitating and bcneitcicnt meafurCE. Ha
repeated his cordial good wifircs toward#
the Catholics, and trailed, that they would
perceive the propriety* of dtffcrring their pe
titions.
“ Lord Shrcwfbury and Mr. Scnlly re
plied, that they could not prefame to anti
ci, a:e the determination ofShat grezt body ;
thi nked him for the ex plicitncfs of his de
claration, and retired. **
March 6.
The preparations for increafingand fitting
out the B mlugnc flotilla areinceil int ou eve
ry part of the French coasts
Humours of a dtfpuiitioa in one of tins
royal brothers to place himfclf at rhe head
of the intended oapofitbn, ate in circula
tren ; we should oe difpokd to treat the i
dea with entire contempt, but it comes from
no light quarter,
March 12.
By the Hamburg M .il of the ;‘h infant
which arrived this morning, we received
ti e following communrcation from cur Coc
refpondent in thar citv
“ Hamburgh, March 5.
“ In mv last I informed you of the cef
fnn of Anipacn to Bavaria. It is strongly
jumoin-ed that Blreulh is also placed at tha
disposal of France, but whst JftSy '(,* l! p
timaic destination is not yet k.towo, Pruf
fta has further cor.fi.nud. to cede to France 5.
Switzerland .he territories of Neufchatel 8c
Le V.iivngein, and to the Archduke Feici
nand of Avflkla, the fortrefs of Wefel, and
the part of the Dutchy of Ckves which.ha
still retains on this. fi.Je or rh? Rhk.c, Theft
reffions are the re'blt rs rk'
tio.ns between Luchefinj, Haugwitz) and
Talleyrand. What coun-cnfttijn has been
f ipniatcd for them has not tranfplred ; bur
the politicians on rhi» fide of the wgter think
it no longer doubtful, thar a very conftde
rable parr, if not the whole of rhe electorate
of Hanover, will be transferred in full fc
veitignty to his F/nffian Majesty.
“ li is reported very confidently, tint
p opofais /.avc been made to the defter of
IKftr., to accept of for,-c petty di;: ,-Uis c:n
-tiguouß to ms urritcr;, t» allume the
tide of King of the Catti.
** The duke of Brunswick reached Sr.
Petersburg on the joth ult. and met with
a mod gracious rocepti.tr. The . Vftft of*
his tr.Ußon w’s to endeavour to eftiblilk
forae balls of uegocjauon between Russia and
France. The Emperor Alexander, howe
ver, his declared, that h ■ -vill ,t 3 c in » iH
hU alliance with Great.B-itaia,
