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yisxt stated f ’film of the ftid court, to be
Bolden on the fi:ft Tncfday of April ncx*y
in the fame manner and condition, and th«
v fame further proceeding* may be had there
in, ■# if a fefli »n of the said court had been,
on the said firll Tuefdav of Oftobrr, bolden
according to lire, and as if a regular con
timnnee of all the said caafes, snits, aftions,
writs, process, and proceedings had been
duly entered the records of the said
court*
J. 1. VARNUM,
Speaker of the Hoxfe of Reprefenltftiws.
GEO ; CLINTON,
Kice-Preftdenf ts the United States,
and frefident of tie Senate,
Approved, Fcbruarv 10, 1808.
TH; JEFFERSON.
IkiEUa eZ!S ill»M> ■ •■ -r 'IB
CIRCULAR,
NEW.YORK, February 11, xfTrtB.
The committee appointed by fheTaitJany
Society or Columbitn ord*r, of the city of
Nrw-York, to make arrangements refnrft
ing the intetmeot of the relieks of American
f:amen, foldicrn and citizens who periHied
on board the Jbrsev prison ship during
the revolutionary war, now lying on the
(hires of the WallaS.mt, (Cong liland) beg
leave to fjbtr.it the fubyetl of their appoint
ment to the consideration of the surviving
relatives and friends of thofc unfortunate per
fins jn every part of the United State*, and
of their enlightened and patriotic fellow ci
tizens at large.
Various attempts have been mide to ac- .
omplilh this important and interfiling ob
jeft. Bit individual exertions Ir.ve hither
to proved incompetent ; and the public fen
fibiiity, too much occupied by other confi
deralions, has not as yet been U.flcicntly
excited by the appeals that have been made
to it.
This indifference, so prevalent to the me
mory of thofc of the country's brave defen
ders, who fell victims to the unrelenting
cruelty of her enemies, while it mull fill
every ingenuous mind v/ith t.gret is calcu
-11 ted to fix upon the American nation a
charge, which, while abhor, they at
once provpke and jollify by their conduft.
Perhaps, in the hiilory as nations, therf
is no trait of human natute more strongly
and dearly delineated, than tlio impaffiona
ud and devout regard which is entertained
and exhibited by the furrivors of glothus
and warlike enterprises, towards the m. mo.
ry of their companions in arms, who, being
•ngaged in the fume conflicts, fluting the
fame dingers, animated by the fame lore of
country, and atthieving the fame vidory,
or fultaining the ii.ne defeat with them
lelvcs, have found an honorable grave. In
fomc countries their bodies have been em
balmed ; in other, monuments have been
erected in conmcmora>ion of htroic con
funcy and valor, and their contempt of
death : and in all, the memory of their
deeds Ins been perpetuated, their names have
been enrolled in ihc faithful volume of hifto
rv, and liaoJeJ down to pofteriry, and they
It ill live in their virtuous examples, and the
i:n ;tt*liry of their fame.
Shall America fur.ulh an exception to a
custom so firmly ellablilhed, so rational, /so
meritorious ? Shall it be said—-Americans
Live aiready forgotten their fiaughtered
countrymen; that, as they behold the eatih
(till Itrcwed with their bones, they can pass
cflimny and indifferently by, and refufe them
the “ tribute of a and the common rite*
of interment; and ihr, while in the full en
joyment of independence, they can Ihew the
mott unfeeling negliet to the toil, the trea
Cure, and the blood of which it is the pur
chase, 1
The fuciety by which this committee is ap
pointed are encouraged to think that such
will not be the enfe. But that their excr
ti <ll3 to refeue from oblivion, and place on an
imperi liable basis, the memory’ of a large
portion* of thole w ho perilbedin therevolu.
tiunary cocteft, will meet with fuhablc
countenance and support.
The/have long indulged the hope, that
other* to whom the *a(k wi-h equal if not
greater propriety belonged, would under,
take its execution. They have been anx
ious to avoid the appearance ofao oftcntatl
oas lifplay before the public Sc would chcer
fully hive lent their humble aid to any mca
fu;es which the general of their (late govern,
ment might have adopted on the occasion.
Being dlfappointed in their willies, and con.
fideriag tint the full and greatest objefl of
their iollitu io i is the promotion of the in.
terefts, the Wvdfare and the honor of their
country, thev have a; length ufolvcd to o
liginatc mcafuns on this fuhjedl.
They have accordingly appointed this
committee, and invert'd them with powers
to form a plan for the interment of that por
tion of our countrymen, now lying on the
fhorc of 1 ang Id md. The committee have
procured from John Jackson, cfq. on whofc
£»rnt they were depafued, and where they
now lie, a d-ci ot a piece of ground, con
spicuously and ad vantage oufly fi.uated, be
ing the head of the navy yard, and which
will not he affjfl.d bv any regulations, that
may hereafter lake place. He has already
planted loan trees of an appropriate deferip.
lion 01 the spot fiducial, and his given to
thu foctety, prrmiffun to inter the bone* in
fueli folcm litics as they may think proper.
It U conliicred by the focltty that n a
further delay ought to take place. They
have ,ioco rdingly fitnfttoned the plan repof.
led 10 then, which it is intendad lhall he
*i' i« nu n'ierof American pnfoners who
pc rioted on boo'd th# Jv.Uy prifoo (hip is
fupi ©fed to be
carrhrd into effefl as focn as the fcafon will
admit.
In the mean time, the relatives and friends
of those unfortunate pcrfons, and also our
fellow.citizens a: large, are rcqucfted to for
ward immediately, either to Benjamin Ro-
Maine cfq. grand fachemof Tammany fo
cictjp, John Jackson efq. or the chairman
of (His committee, by mail, or other fafe
conveyance, such information, as may be in
their poffefiion, or knowledge, of the names,
places of birth, age, rank and families, of
thof* pctfbns ; together with such circutn
fiance, refpeCling each, as may be interest
ing, particularly such as relate to their fitua
tiou and f«ft'*ringon board fa id Ihip. This
information is indifpenfibly neceffsry, as ir
is contemplated to credt a monument, cm.
blemaliral in its design and execution, and
about to be commemorated. It is also im.
poriant in an historical point of view, and
will bcufcful to the present generation, and
to pnfinrity.
A proceffi »n will take place, composed of
different focietics, public bodies, and the
citizens at large, and military honor will be
paid on the occasion—An Rulogiam will be
delivered ®n theaffcmblagchya fuitablc char
acter, due notice of which will be given to the
public.
As it is defirablc that the monument
contemplated to be ereCHd, should exhibit a
finifned fpeermen of American taste and pat
riotism, and will consequently be expensive
in its materials and workmanlhip, such
pcrfons ss may be desirous of having the
names of their relatives or friends who are
intended to he commemorated, engraven
upon it, and those who may have ir in their
power and feci desirous to promote this under
taking, ate requested to forward their contri.
butions to cither of the three pcrfons before
mentioned, or to authorife Tome peifon in
the city of New-York to fuberibe for the
purpofc in rbeir behalf. The amount of this
expense it is cflimaled need not exceed ten
thousand dollars. v
The Committee Entertain a confidence that
this invitation will meet with the approbation
and compliance of every friend to the caufc
in which many fell a facrifice, and many who
ft ill furtive, fuffered andbltd.
By order of the committee.
JACOB VAN DEVCORT, Chairman.
ROBERT TOWNSEND, Secretary.
N. B. It is requested that the letters of
information may be forwarded without de
lay, poll paid.
ggIBLH
CHARLESTON, Mach 4.
General Moreau and suit arrived at
N*w.Orleans on the aid January. He was
eipcfted to leave that place, for this city,
' in a lew days after the Amelia failed ; he
may, therefore, be cxp*Ctcd by the firft arrival
from Ncw-Orleans.
Extra?} of a U tter from a gentleman at Wajh~
ixgton, to the Editor of the Baltimore
Federal Gazette, dated February 14.
“ 1 cannot help repeating the report which
was mentioned in your paper of Friday,
viz— That a treaty has actually been fra
med between Mr. Rofc and o*f Govern
ment. It is also (aid, that Mr. Nourfe,
brother of the Rcgiftcr of the Trcafury, is to
carry this treaty to England : This latter
■ circumfiance, it is supposed, is in coufe.
qucnce of fume doubts as to Mr. Rofc’s
powers.
carrra
The Paris journals have lately mentioned
two examples of longevity, very remarkable
both on account of the age and names of
the perfuns.—One is a lady, whofs name is
Lajkukssk, (Youth) who is i*j» years old ;
and the other a man, who norwithttanding
he has arrived at the age of 112 years, dill
ictains the name of Printems, (Spring) •
and has no otlur fymptv.n of the winter of age
than degfnefs.
Agreeably to a Ccnfas, made in Novcra
her lad, the free male inhabitants of Ken,
tncky above the age of twenty.enc, amount
to 49,212.
Amount df Exports to conut ries of which
the Emperor of the French would deprive us
if he could :—Denmark 5,172,000, Russia
1,640,000, Sweden 159,000, Poland 80,-
000, Pmlfia 5,520,000, Germany 2,180,-
000, Holland 418.000, Portugal 1,395,-
000, Spain nx,cco, Italy 500,000, Tur
key 135,000, —Total 310.000!.“
London jsper.
This statement is interesting to the Ame
rican reader, as fumifhing the materials for
a comparative view cf the commerce of
England and the United States, The whole
Briiilh imports amount only to twenty.nine
millions fierling, or one hundred and twen.
ty.fix millions of dollars, while the imports
of this country amount to about one hundred
aud ten millions. On the other hand the
Briiiih exports of dotnefticks productions,
amount to one hundred and ten millions of
dollars, while ours amount to fotty-four
millions; and hcrexports of foreign produCt
ions amount to about fifty millions of dol
lars, while ours amonnt to ftxty millions.
It further appears that her collective trade of
exports and imports amount? to two hundred
and ninety millions of dollars, while our
collective trade amounts to two hundred and
fourteen millions. Sat, Int ,
1 x==
GOLD MEDAL PRIZE.
The Medical Lyceum of Philadelphia,
desirous of promoting the invefiigation of
Physiology, offer a Gola Medal of the value
of 5® dollars, to th* author of the hell Essay
on tb« following queftiens :
I* Docs the bum™ body ptffefs ti e power
•< of <bforbing fubftanccs applied to its
furface ?”
The Essay mull be written in the Englilh
language, anjdelivered-to the corrcfponding
secretary of the Lyceum, on or before the
firft day of January* 1809* with a fealcd
j paper containing the nacte of the author,
which shall nor fce spened, enlefs the medal is
adjudged to the tlfay it accompanies.
IMPERIAL PRIZE MEDAL.
The following intelligence contained In a
letter from Paris to D*'. Mitchill, maybe
interesting to fomc of our citizens :
tt By orderof the Etnp*ror, a Prize
of Twelve Thousand Francs is offered for
the best Difertatian on the Angina Mem
branofa, or Croup, which lately carried tff
the heir apparent of the French throne. The
nature of die disease mud be explained, &
alfoits developem*nt, its affinity with other
diseases, mode of cure, and means of arrest,
ing its uiogrefs. Foreign Physicians arc.
invited to write ; and memoirs on the fub
jeft will be received until the firft of January,
1809"
=a.-oi3es!S3ia«Bagram
AUGUSTA, 12.
NEWS.
From Bell's Weekly Mejfenger —A London
Mmijlerial paper,
Wc ackitnvledgc the right of Amcrca,
but we have a right of our own, end when
the two obligations ciafk, it is just that both
Ihonld concede «little, and melt into com
promise.
The objea, then, of Mr. Rofe's miffior,
it to procure this compromiff. Its purpose
is, as wc are given to understand from fuf
ficient authority, to propose to America .1
ccmpenfation for refig uing the colonial car
) ryi»g trade to France, by suspending our
own navigation laws in her favor, and per.
routing her to trade, unreftriffedly in the
produce of our W. India I (lands. Here (he
may freight as many veffela as (he choofcs
with rum and sugar, without interfering
with us ; for our objedl is to get the chance
of a market for this produce, which abounds
at home beyond the demand, and which is
absolutely wafting the i(lands for want of
provisions.
Here, therefore, (America will have full
fcopc for her capital; but the next queflion
is, will Prance, or the other nations nnder
her influence, be permitted te buy it, when
it is acknowledged, notwithftaadiag the
decency of neutral carriage, as tiic prcducs
of the British W. Indies. Wc believe there
is little doubt but they will; and, if the
traffic be permitted, it will ba infinitely
more beneficial to America as the carrier.
Her route will be straight forward, her sup
ply more sample the commodity cheaper,
and the rifle, except the ordinary haaaid of
the voyage, nothing at all.
Our W, India planters mull have fomc
immediate relief, or be ruined ; and, if it
can be brought about, no method seems
mere fcafiblc than the one propoied.
In the Sheriff’s Court, Liverpool (Eng
land) on the iad Deccaher last, came on an
aftion ofCaiM. C«k. w'hereiu the Earl of
Elgin was plaintiff, and a gentleman of the
name of Ferguson was Defendant,. for un
lawful intercourse with the former’s wife.
The Jury gave a verdid for the plaintiff,
with ten thousand pounub damages!
ExtrsM from the King of England's avf<uier
to Alexander of Rujjia.
Hi* majesty proclaims a new’, thofc princi
ples of Maritime law, against which the
armed neutrality, under the auspices of the
Empress Catharine, was originally ditefied;
and against which the ptefent hoftilitiss of
Russia ate denounced. Thofc principles
have been recognized and aflcd upon in the
best periods of the hiftory of Europe ; and
adfed upon by no power with more ftridnefs
•nd severity than by Russia herfclf, in the
reign of the Empress Catharine.
Those principles, it is the right and the
duty of his majesty to maintain : And a
gainst every confederacy his majesty is de.
termiued, under the bldling of Divine Pro
vidence, to maintain then.. They have at
all times contributed effcntially to the sup.
port of the maritime p6wcr ol Great Britain
bat they are become incalculaby more valu
able and important at a period when the
maritime power of Great Britain constitutes
the foie remaining bulwark against the over
whelming usurpations of France ; the only
rufuge to which other nations may yet re
sort, in happier tunes, for affiftancc and
protection.
tsc
NEUTRALITY RESPBCTED 1
If our Coujhts, the English, will please to
condescend to let ns alone, wc may hope,
from (he following, thit Napoleon will do
to too :
Art. 4. These ioeafure>« which are resort
ed to only in just tetaliatbsn of the barbarous
system adopted in England, which affitni
lates its Iciflgation to that of Algiers, fliall
aeafe to have any effeit with rcfpeCl to ail
nations who (ball have the firmnefs to com
pcl the Englifii government to rcfpefl their
flag. They (hall continue to be rigotcufly
in force as long as that government dues
not iciutn to the principle cf the Saw of
nat’ors, which regulates the ic-u«hh of
civilized dates in a (fate of war. The pro
visions in the present decree fhatl he ga
ted ard null, in fudr, as focn as the Engliih
abide again by the principles of the late of
nations, which arc also the principles of
joftice and honor.
All our miniflers are charged with th*
execotion of the preftnt decree, which Hull
be inserted in the bulletin of the lavs.
(Signed) NAPOLEON.
Nor. xr, 1807.
It is said l hat the snip Osage, Capt. Da-,
plex, has been faken.up to carry paflengen
and letters to L’Orient, in France, andFaU
mcath, in England—to fail «n the nth or
1* th iaftant. She is to return via L’Orient
and will bring dispatches from England and
France— —N. Y, Paper,
The Ex-Baibavr cf Tripoli has at lift
under the treaty, received all hit wives,
slaves, &c.—for, thefc he is indebted to
America and g°n. Eaton.
By perr lof the Author of the Csml,
tragic FeiL t entitled Embargo, we lay
a specimen of his chara fieri, and Dialogue,
before cur readers, in this day’s paper—«
(fee firft page). ..but we arc of opinion that
the Author wa.Vs only to amuse and keep
cs in good ham our, un till the General is /«-
ken oft.
The Editor of the Eagle, Stanftton, Va.
is about publiflnng £ paper in Dutch, and
notices those who have received fufcfcripticns
or who may Ire defirou# to patrouile the work,
to fend forward their names immediately—the
price per annum, one dollar.
It is reported that the* late Piince Regent
of Portugal is to be Vice Ray to the king of
, the united kingdom, and that her faithful
majesty is to cotrrfpoud with the Queen cf di
amends.
Col, Burr did not mn/ier this time at
Chilicoihe j a small fine has been laid on his
Aids dc-Camp fer bis non-attendance ! The
Lieut, Cal, was returned)—no* (ft invest tut.
The following Dmnaatis Per foe a:, are re
parted by one of our continental papers,
as charafieri »f a Tmgedy now perform
ing iu Europe, with great applanfe ! !
Bonaparte, Merchant cf Venice —Tally-
rand, Arch-Biftof —Kwpwor of Rufiia and
his Mother, Cathriue and i'etruebio —King
of Sweden, Don Quixote —Prince ts Portu
gal, JEuees —King of Naples, Ulyjfes—
The Grand Seignor, Sardluapulus —King of
Profit#, Moses in the hullrujbes —George
the third, King Herod iSc, &c*
Lift week on the Congrce, a man at tbs
helm was knocked off, by the (oat finking
cu a snag, and was drowned.- Near the fame
river Cornelius Artery, aa overseer in the
aft of racing for (had, was throw* from his
horse, his head was split opea, ar.d lived bat
two days after.
The account given in car last of four per
sons being burnt cn the waters of Cloud’s
creek, is confirmed with the addition of one
more being burnt to death..-the person who
efcapcd, was so much scorched that ht died
in two days alter.
/?Kw»»r*f..--Th« the Nogcciation isbro
ksn off—-that it is not-.-that Mr. Aurfe
is sent to England...for what. ?
I ___
! Doty cn Spanilh Segars, imported into
1 the U. S. during the years ISO 4, *BO5,
and 1806, amounted to the futu cJ pi 59J
dollars—-so much for smoking !
The Prefidcnt has said that it cannot be
determined till next week, whether Con.
gref* may adjourn lor two or three months.
It has been proposed to adjourn the middle
ol March, and convene again in May.
As soon as Mr. Madifcn is able to at
tend to business, it is rxpefted that a long
report on our iclai tons w ith France will be
made to Congrtfs, /
Wafts, pap,
A new Paper-Mill is eftahlilhcd at Ra
leigh, N. C. where, we make no deubt,
a lortunc will be made out cf tags ; God
fend We may do as much in Georgia*
—BTTTt
CITY-COUNCIL,
Augujia, March iSbS.
This day fomc impoitant cases cams bt for*
thsir Honors.—Among others, a Pharo
Table-.-*. great deal of evidence was
made ufcofon the occasion, pro and ten—
this cause was Jijted whir many puzzling
quell ions, but rebutted upon the broad prin
ciple, that the table was the fame—covered
Or uncovered, and that the cards , new, cr
old, were flock, snd in continuation ; and
that though the lank might have been broke ;
yet, when replen fljed, it was still a hank
what became of ihc Table, the Deponent
fayth not.
Secondly, — Whether a Citizen can treat,
entertain and give licrnfe to his own and
othei’s wegreer, to dance, pipe ard firg at
night, in his awn lot or yard. The par
ties contended very eloquently cn both fide*
(for they plead their own cause) but in the
couife of debate, and when wotds ran high,
the plaint ft' was ordered to flop the depo
nent's mouth , which he intifcftuaily at
tempted 'o dp ; but the matter did not (lap
heie. The dreifios...that as this was a
new case, the Dtfendant be cxcufed.
Next can ea Gor/e.. -this was a cof'ou*
case, if was fold, and no deubt, bought*
before fun life anil fell rinp, and between
the firfi and fccond bell by on*
of the members ; what the grite of Gtcie