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WliailiiNli i.*ON i.-i i Y. Jap,. 6.
V> hive received Colonel Mif
ledgr, of ■ the Senate if the U. States, a
fUpci'frfr nfSugsr Carte, now cultivated on
the Tfl >nd of Supelr, in Georgia. The cane
is » v e Anne with that which grows at Ota
hebe, and is Urge and luxuriant. Three
ceres have Nen afre; dy cultivated hv Mr.
I ,Spa!ding, from whom Colorc' Milledgc
has received this 'l his experi
ment promises to be of tbeuttroft importance,
an it if belie’ cd that all the land that pro.
duces Sea Island chiton will grow cane.
Our fellow.citizens will not fail to dißin.
goifh with their .that ks the individual, who
ha* thi.s rreritorjci fly added to the fol;d ri
ches t li.is country.
, January 9.
V> crr'eratnl.'te t* e rsftdn on the paflage (
rfthe hill more rffflial'y to enforce the
Kmbrrgo. It has pir&d the Senate by a
nt j. tiry of 20 to 7 ; and the Hciife cf Re
picftniaiives by a majority ct 71 to 32.
Congrcfs Intelligence •
December 7.
FJH RA SESSION OF CONGRESS.
The Honfe were engaged till near five
o’clock to-day in din fling the following
re Alutirn proposed by Mr. Stnilte, which
wss finally agreed to, 6j to 21 : Rcfol
vrd, that a cemrai'tee be appointed rq cn.
quire into the propriety of providing by law
lor the. rrcrttrg rs Crngnfs at an carlic'r
period than the firft Monday in December 1
Ku xf, with leave to report by bill or other,
wife.”
The debate on this refofuuon tr.toJvctl
the qntflion, whether it would nr t be pro
j er, before the fit(t day cf December, viz,
in the rt icldie t tf May or hegurir gct Jur e,
rffrntitdh to chr.rgc the attitude of the na.
tier, 51 no change to k place in ;he mraftire*
rs foreign powers ? Tim ref duticn was
lu por'td bv M firs.’ Smilie, Eppes, G. W,
C rrpbell, Story., Bibb, 'bn up, Johnson,
Rhe% Bmon, ’T aylor, Nb.lv las, Southard,
pod Nelson M.-flrs, P, R. Williams,
M ec< n, Hollar d, Alexander, Tallmadge,
and Star ford cither oppeAdihe reflmirn
direc Jy or advocated its p ftrr.ftncnf. M-'fi
of those w ho fopported it df elated it kr their
opinion that uvhfs foreign powets tcvtked.
their orde rs ard decrees at an early day,
it would be proper to raise the embargo and
fiihffiinte war, and that it Kboecd Couj>re!i
to be at their pods to take this impomnt
fiep.
Tiirnary 4.
DISTRESSED SEAMEN.
Mr. Newton t ff ted a reloluticn, ebredb-
Jrg the C( n-mtttec d Commerce ard Maru
fac ores to er quire into the propriety of pr>
vid'rg for the relief cf did rifled ard dilabltd
fcjun-r. •
3i»n-NT-TO.( fl&rcTrrtnnrtmrntd been in
dated to ) r -po.fe the refnlution from the rol
l wing lei ter from thefccrctary tithe Trea
sury.
7 rea/ury Dffcr.mcnt, Dec, 29, ISOB.
Sir,
Wht lb the fund for fv; porting fu k and
dibbled featrei' has fining this t ear been a n
fid-rablv ditritvfhed, the expenses are aftu
jt)ly irc'crfmg. For the fund con lifting of
thr deduction of 20 certs per month from the
v;■ yes oi fcatven, muff necrffuily dccreale
• in the fame ration as th- rumh-r rffeatren
at 4, ually cn plot cd ; and t n the other hand,
the r umber itfelf of those who arc confined
at h< me and deprived cf cmplo\ tnent, pro
duces Tin rrc;eafe of applications tor relief.
All 'h 1 had, by bugality and expendit
ure, been f;md during forme' year* will be
3r -d;quate to supply the deficicnev of the
en uing year, nr Tess o r ders be itrtre
dit'tfiy given to r'duoc oy f f, mc ge cial h;.’(h
ru'elP dm number of petfors heretofore admit
ted! 1 cannot febeve that tl is would be
corfif'ert with 'be intention of the leg fl •-
tore, and think it mv duty f'oftatc the la£t*,
in »rcer that a proper remedy may be appli
ed .
Upon due c< nfideraficn of the Ad jedb, it
appears to n c hat ti e n <-ft fimpie and c quit
abb j-|«n would be to appr* piiatefor 'he year
iPoq, in aid of :ho surd, an additional
fu> • f about two lu rdred rhoufard dollars;
finb Ant to be applied ?,s the fur d i fclf, on.
dc r the general doetbions of the Prtfidenr,
but to Be expended in the fevrrai ports in
ptoportion ft) the amomr aftoally c< Hefted
in <• oh' or that account during the year
ISO7, fnd to K e aupliral Ic to the relitf, not
ct It of fiek and difalicd, but alfool ditfref.
fed ft amen.
1 am, very refpcflfully,
bur,
Your obedient servant,
ALBERT GALLATIN,
T. Niwton, E.'q. ch iirman . t
ofjhe Cprcmittj'e of Com.
nerce and Msrufafbures,
The rtf lution was agreed to w itkeut op.
pofilion.
PUBLIC LANDS.
Mr. Bey it offirtd the following resolution
cbferving tbar the fubjeft had twi n before
lhct.oufe fevctal times, but aA knrtn dccif.
i n h.d never been h * on the fuhjvPf, and
th- f*c who had witnessed the rr.odf of difpo
ling of lord cn credit, had seen the ill effect
\ of The present fyfttm.
Resolved, Th :t the committee on public
lands, be inftrnded to enquire into the ex
perittrict of icrhictrg the puce of public lands
Afidjsbolilhing the Ctedit on files thereof;
ai dhij\at tEejVbave leave to report by bill or
Alfred ro
NAV.-.J ES'l a-li hment.
Mr. Bicry fa id that il the huutc did not
;• ■ ri'-$
w»fh so be'confi It red as (lumbering at their i
p '(ls It was proper that they (h mid after dc.
terminine that they woo'd notfuhmit to the
orders and decree* of the belligerents, adopt
fame efficient fvflem of war fare, if war mud
he the rcfalt.—6l fh ; s point he was deci
dedly of opinion that we could carry on ope
rations to great 'advantage oh the ocean.
He held in his hand a refolntion for enqui
ring into the propriety of augmenting our
naval force which he fubulitted to the confi.
deration of th House. i
Resolved, That the committee to whom
was referred so much of tije mtfTtge of the
Prcfidentof the United .Stites, as relates to
' our military and naval eftaMifhments, be In.
ftrufled to enquire into the expediency of
increating nur navale(labli/lm*nt t end that
thev have leave to report by bill or other
\ wife.
Mr. D, R. Williams alkcd of the gen.
tleman, againfl whom was this force to he
applied ? From whatfourre could any con.
fiderable ir crcafc be nude ? He pr fumed as
the gentleman appeared to have his tried so
fully made up on the fubjeX, that he had
made the necrffVry calculations, and would
favor the House with them. For his part
Mr. Williams said, it we were to go to war
to-morrow, !v would not vote a fiegie addi
tional floating gun. What had been the con.
frqoso eof a igm nnt’ous of naval force i t
other countries? Were they not perpetua'-
Iv augmenting the Britifli navy ? Ihe mm
iftry vvoold give but a small premium to en.
fare the gentleman's augmentation (should if
1 he madt) a fafe birth in the’r ports. Did
thegfPtl em.tn wifli to follow the example of
D-ntn,.ik, and have our towns Copenhagen
rd ?
Mr. GatJr.fr obfervrd, that a bill for
putting nnr prrfcnf navy into fervicc was al
rp'dy before the House. Hr should prefer
, fi’ft afltrg on tint, and therefore fnovrd that
this rrfqlntion lie on the table.
Mr. Story hoped this course would net 1 e
given to his motion ; for it might heperfeft.
ly ptoper not to order the whole naval foire
■o he pu f into aflual frrvice, and yet it might
be very proper to prepare an additional na
val so c<*. We were nor, he said, at prrfent
at war, hut we fcor? ;rtg!u be.
Mr. D. R. Williams said that the gen.
tinman rruil exrttfc him for faying that he
h;,d pnrfued the Eaflern mode of propound
ing other queflien* inflead of answering those
which had been pus to him. He said he had
meinf no reflexions on the hardy fens of
Neptune ; lie believed them to be'ss ccura- i
geo us as the gcmlem r h.td rcpvefcntcd them,
sh? gentleman talks of fifty faft failing fri
gates (said Mr, W.) Is it poftble that any i
man in the nation can fjippofc that its fafety I
depend'! upon ;o ft ft failing frigates ? They
mull, ii sent out, either carry orders not to
fight, or become what the Chcfsprakc has
been-—a di/Wace to ns. 1 foci regret that
f«w*» ii«rfiftrai ion i and I have no other
.'.onfolation than the flare of the natter.
V-s, fir, it is a mortification to me that the
P. iriib minifterhrre has said, and perhaps to
members of this Muife, that if fifty fail 0 f
the lire were built they would f >on be ta.
ken f.- m u>, We cannot command tc
fourcesfor furh cftabliflmicnts. Will g»n.
tlemcn confidcr that our greareft annual re.
venue never amounted to feventeets mil.
lions 1 f dollars ? I :tflc then where are we
to get money for the supp >rt of futh immense
eftabliflitrenrs. Mr. Williams said that
’{was on the (here that lw would tilk the
filvarionol his country j and cf an invading
(oe there would net, he .trusted, a fingfc
man escape to tel! the fate of his comrades.
Indeed h- flu uld tremble for his country if
he thought its faivation depended on fl ..ittng
bafteiics.
Ihe qteftion on ordering Mr. Story’s I
oroonfition to lie on the table wes Cirried. at
to 58.
EMBARGO.
Mr. Van C trtiandt observed that ‘t was
impofiible for the house to get along with
business rill th; q-ieftion cf repeal or con
tinuance of the embargo was decided. He
therefore called for the order of the da*/ on
Nlr. Oh*.ttenden’s refoluiion K.r the immedi
ate repeal of the embargo.
Mr. Bacon made .1 motion which super.
ftdcii this motion, viz, to difeharge the
committee of the whole from the further
cr.nfideration < f it, and to refer it to the
committee of the wh >le to whr>m re.
ferred the bill on the fubjeX of non-inter
course.
Al r er a deha'e of near three h~urs
this motion was negatived—Ye;.s 1 3 —Nays
pi.
The hnnfe then resolved itfe’finto a com.
mittec of the whole on morion of Mr. Van
Cortland--Yeas 62 Nays 49—Mr. Raflet
in the chair on the resolution of Mr. Chit,
tenden in the following words :
“ Resolved, that the aft pitted at the
last ft (lion of Congress, entitled “ An aft
laying an embargo on all Ihipsand vcffcls in
the ports & harbors of the U. States, & the
several aXs fuppJcmcntary ar<| addition
al thereto,” ought to be immediately re
pealed,
Mr. VanCortlandt moved ta strike out
the word it immediately ” and liffcrt “from
and after the 4th day of March rjext.”
Mr. Ghollon a Iked if the g*nr!eman
would not prefer being heard tomorrow.
Mr. Livermore arfwcrcd that he fhnuld.
The Committee rose, but coJd not re.
port; a quorum nor being prefrta
A motion was then made to sojourn ard
carried —Yeas 40 —Nays 38 —aiuotum be.
ing present at the vote, fcwebJl mem! ers
having, whilst the Y.eas tc Na;s were cal.
bog, come into th; house from ie lobby acd
elk Where.
% » it: t,
4 *, *.’ iL _ >•
' EMBARGO.
The house tool? tip the bill sot enforcing
the embargo, early dn the day. The bill
was gone tmvugh and reported to the hour’.
About 5 o’clock an amendment was offered
by Mr. Snuges, limiting the duration of the
bill to the firft of June next; and negnirv.
ed, by Ycas& Nays, feventy-five to twenty
feven.
IMr. Sturgrs then fffsred a new ftftion,
for REPEALING THE EMBARGO, on
the 4th of March rex'.
Mr. Plount moved to amend thi*. fedion,
bv giving authority to ISSUE LETTERS
OF MARQUE AND REPRISAL after
that day, in order to express his fen ft of
what mnll be done, under ptefent ciraun
ftarces, if the embargo were repealed. He
withdrew the motion, however, to accom
modate feme of his friends, who wiftied a
Hired! decision on the naked question pro.
posed.
On motion of Mr. Sfurges for repealing
the mhargri, a debate took place, which
ft ?! I continued whin this paper was ;it to
prrfs, (twelve o’clock) without a decision
“hiving been had,
pRTtMY M.OtINIXG. Z o’clock.
We flop the prefi, to Hate that at 0«c
o’clock—The question was taken on Mr.
Stojge’j amendment to r-ueal the embargo,
ard left, Yens 35, Nay* 81 ; a<d h* h'-uft
nrc now d: bating the bill for enforcing the
embargo, having just icfufed to edjourn, 79
to 3p. Nat. Jnt.
7 o’clock A. M. —We ag.rn step the
press to fay, that st -hit hour the house ad
journed, after the final pitting of (he bill.
Ibid.
The amendments of the H'rf; of Repre
fentnives, to the bill for enforcing the et
baroo were taken into confiderutidh, in which
after much debate, were fiftsjiy sgieed to
about three o'clock. The decilicn on most
of sh m 'in Ayes 23- Noes 7.
The hill coni’ quentlv only requires the
fignarurc of the I’relident to he a law.
lanuary 6.
Rcrnm J. Mcigt, jur.r. appeared and
took hit Text.
The following Mefftge was tccelvcd
from rbe Preftdent of ■ho U, States,
7 0 the Senate and flou/e of Rcfirefn/alivet
of the United States.
I row lay before Corgi e's a ftatrmrnt of
(he work* of defence which it has hern
thought nee'effary to.'pravidc in the firft tn
-1 fiance for the fertility of cur fen.port towns
and harbor?, and of the progtefs towards
their cnmpleficn. Their extent has hern
adapted to the scale of spiiroprUticn, ?nd
L to thecircutrftance* of the fcveral places.
The woiks undertaken at New-York are
calculated to annoy and endanger any n;>-
val force which (hall enter the harbor, and
(fill more one which (heuid attempt to lie
before the city. To prevent altogether the
entrance Os large veffcls, a line of blocks a.
crof* the harbor has beep contemplated;
if is believed, wiih the anxilifry mean? al
ready provided, render that city Calc again ft
naval enterprise. The exu re* as. well as
the importance cf the work, render it a
fubjeft proper for the fpccial confidcration of
Congrcfs-
At New.O ’car?, two fe pa rate systems
of defence are ncctffan ; the one for the
\ ?(ver, the O’hvr for ihe lake, whu hat pae
fcni can give no aid to me another. The
cam! now leading from rhe lake it continu
ed into the river, would enable the armed
vrfleis in loth Rations r« unhe, and to
, meet, in corjunftion, ?n attack from ei»hrr
fide. Htdf (he aggregate force would iLu
hajie the fame rffeft as the whole; or the
fame force double die eflcft of what either
c<in now have. It wo dd sifa enable the
veflels ftatioced itr the lake, when attacked
by fupenor force, to retire to a faf. r | ofi.
fion in the river. The fame cmfidcratii rs
of ex pm re ard importance tenders this alf>
a question for thefpccial dtcificn cf Con.
grefs.
TH : JEFFERSCN.
Accompanying the message is ~ detailed
report of the Secretary of War, which
Ihevi s that much has been d'ne during the
part year towards the defence of our ports
and harbors.
The following are the Turns expended in
the fevrral (fates:
New Orleans, 80,373
Georgia, South and North Carolina
. . 204,289 ,
Virginia snd Maryland it 1.432
Delaware, Pennf) Ivania and New jersey
y,cOO
New-York 3 79.133
Connecticut and Rhode I(land 'r ( o co 1
Mafiachufetrs and New
Ham j (hire 223 473
•3014,702
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CHARLESTON, January 19.
A fetious mifurdntT.ftncfinjt has f. 3. [
ken pl'cc between the Governor and Assem
bly of Jamaica, owing to the cxceffcs com
mitted by the military, (not the militia of
the iflai.d) in which a Planter i* said to
have loft his life--they demanded the aff.f.
(ins to he giv-n up to the civil authority
it was refufed by the commander in chief,
and the Governor joining him in refitting
the AiT-mbly—they on their part, immedi
atelv (lopped the fuppbes for the current
year.
A small detachment of rhe United States
troops, under command of Lieut. Swan, of
the 3d Regiment of Infantry, arrived in
town yesterday, Columbia, and im.
mediately embarked for Fort Jcht.ftcn,
m \
fk Bv tl'ff *rriv:it'hf ih: Sr:g
PhilndcUhia, n Jain lira, a Ca-firmjiJjJ
of there jpture of St. D is Kctivojl
Muff of t<ie luench i fiicc.>takcn had arrive,)
at Kfngftfti,
A let(er receded Kv the F r 'erds, dsif,]
the jth December, fayttr—**-Wc h ive join
“ time by this to inform m,i.
. M rh»t, owing to the fndditi prorogation (J f
I “ the Colonial Alie-nblv, no doty his be t J
laid on ,A ncrican produce, nor can the at. I
“ tempt bdrenewed ,‘or fix months,”
Ft met. I
'STSWSSS a
, IVIL LLiMCO J] IETT, I
This mife remit re fide;J amoagftusl
in the molt critical period of our I
political affairs. He was then- con. I
fidcred as a Britilh adherent,. in I
Britilh pay ; hue the perlbn /whol
confidcred him as fueh, was tic.l
nounced by the federal;Pis as J
French partisan. This man’s prcfil
ifllied forth the molt offendve anil
tory-toned dodrines, bat he was ncJ
verthelels, the Magnus Apollo oil
federal!fm. We invite the attcnJ
tion of these deluded people pircicJ
ularly to the following cxtndj
which is taken from a paper print.l
ed by Cobbetc in London. I
EXTRACT. J
/‘lf lor any one mod dear t J
* r me, # wcre destined to lose m/ orl
"his life in a just war, I know ol
“ no case in which that life woulll
“ be loft with fa little regret, on mjl
“ part, as in demolithing the towinl
“ of America, and in burying theiil
" unprincipled inhabitantsuud.crthcl
“ ruins.” I
Wc presume that they will admil
they were deceived, and wc hopfl
that they will pay more rcfpecl
our administration, when we tell
them, that there are more Willi®
Cobbetts in the federal phalanx- M
Britilh partisans, under the narnl
of Fedcralifts. It is time for ol
countr) to look to this source I
danger. IS
Virginia Argus, I
EXTRACTS I
AUDI EUNDFM ||
Or Peter Pcrcr/pifte vir tie Britfo
and Engljb people. Ea
“ Well, but what arc we doi®
What pa rt are we aCling? W c ill
people of this fine “ free country!
who live under aconilituiion till
is, as Pitt used to fay, at the el
of hisfpeechcs. “ the greared hl.l
sing that a benign Providence!
ver bellowed upon man, Up®
himfelf, I fuppctc he meant, ill
what are wc, free fellows as well
what arc we doing ? We havß
been talking for a long while /I
have been fretting and furningaol
Holding and crying like wo;n®
or rather like Italian men, li®
Jews and Genoefe, who, when ih!
are kicked and cuffed, Hold ail
run, run and Hold. Here i* wil
end, and that our mailers w®
know. I
Who is there, who is not hi®
fclf, or who his not a foal
brother, or some relation or ol
cr, employed and paid by, depe®
dent for bread upon, the mini®
of the day ? Those means I
which men formerly maintaini
their Tons and relations, and I
which a country gentry were 1®
ported in a (late of independent®
j arc now drawn away in taxi
and, in order to find a nrunl
nance, those Tons and relatul
rriufl now go and serve the mini 1
try, in some capacity or oth9-‘i
mull go and crouch to them, ®
receive from them in the Ih a pel ■
pension or of hue, a share of tl
income, which has been drawn I
taxes, from their parents, or ot®
natural flip posters': W
We are exceedingly bold B
reproaching the French with thl
abjeed fubmillion; but, let I
put this question to you, re.'.d|
What do you think the Frci®
government would have d® v
had its generals such a c®
yention as ouishave made ? r®
a little, and then artfwer ®
qucllion. Well, now for an®
er. Suppofc that the French®
vernmeur hid not difeovered ®
anger at such con due/ in its gc®
rals, but seemed, os far as 9