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AN ACT
Making opprtpr'taitom to Complete the for ft
fications gam fenced for the/ft*' Ity of the
{fa pert titivns and harbors of the United
S tales and to defray the exptnfe of deepen
ing andextending to the river MtjfiJJippt
ih canal of Ca rondelet,
BE it enabled by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United S'.lhes of Ante
/ rica in Congrtfs Assembled, That tor the
pnrpofe of complcteing the fortifications
Commenced fur the tenuity of the fca-port
towns and harbors of the United States and
territories thereof rxdufive of the contempla
ted line of blocks and chains across the bar.
bor of New. York, there be, and hereby is
appropriated the sum of four hundred and
fifty thousand dollars to be paid out of any
monies in the treasury nor oihciwife appro
priaicdk
See. 2. And he it further enaSed, That
the Prefidcnt of the United States be, and
fcc is hereby amhotifej to cause the canal of
Carondclot leading from lake Pc-nchartrain,
byway of the Bayou St. John, to the city
of New-Orleans, to he entended to the riv
■ ur Mifliffippi, and made fufficicnt deep :hro’-
out rri admit an caf/ and fafe paflage to gun
boats, if, upon survey thereof, he lhall
be convinced that the fame is prac
ticable and will conduce to the more effeftn
«l defence of said city j and that for the
ptupofs of defraying the expense thereof,
there be and hereby is appropriated the sum
«f twenty thotfand dollars to be paid
out of any nu-hies in the treasury not other
wise appropriated.
■J. B. VAP.NUM,
Speaker of the Honfe of Rtpre/ehtafk’es,
JOHN JViJtXEDGE,
Prefidcnt of the Senate pro tcm.
Approved, Feb. ro, iBcp.
TH; JEFFERSON.
>IMI *MI ,
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1 creign Intelligence .
SAVANNAH, March 2.
On Monday latt arrived here the French
schooner La Fortune, from Dchay, Guida
loupr, which (he left the 7th February. A
pa(Hn »rr informs, that previous to failing,
the French govertment bring L’Aventurier
got into that port from St. Malocs, bring,
ing dispatches tor the commandant at Guad.
aloupe, and French accounts to the 23rd of
December, which stated that Madrid aud
Cadiz nai surrendered to the French—the
farmer, after a lo(s to the Spanish and Bri
tilh of 40,000 men ; the latter, with Utile
or no bloodllud, in confluence of a threat
on the part of the French to storm it. An
Erglifh and a Spanish fquad;on, lying in
Cadiz at the tune, are fa id tc have fallen a-
Icng with it. Nothing official had transpi
red at Dehay ; the* dilpatches having been
forwarded, immediately on their arrival, to
the commandant at B ;flctcrre.
Intelligence from Martinique stated, that
little apprehension was entertained there ot
an attack from the British, they had been
to amply fupplicd with provisions and troops
from F ranee,
****** *
From. London papers received at New. York,
London, December 10.
A Sunday paper fays, some ministerial
changes ate spoken of. The duke of Port
land, Mr. Canning, and lord Mulgrave,
it is said, are to retire. Lord Chatham, it
is added, is to be removed to ths treafurv,
and lord Melviiie has been offered a feat in
the Cabinet.
M'. Shaw, the menffenger, left London
the 1 orh of December, wuh difpatchc* for
Paris.
Accounts from S weden were unfavorable
since the iu pture of the armilticc. The
Ruffians palhed forward wjth fveh pvcrwehtlra
fcg superiority of force, that all the gallant
efforts of the Swedes have been fruitlefs.
Dutch letters received in England date,
on the authority of accounts from Paris, that
the ans ver of the British government to the o
vertures from France and Russia, was very
detailed, and very favorable, and that at
Parit, it was generally supposed, a peace
would sh >rtly be concluded. A London
p'twr fry» “ wc cannot agree with tha Par
ifim quidnunce, as to the probable rcfult of
the negotiation,’*
Private letter* from Holland ftatc, that
Bonaparte has ordered a relaxation to take
pla-x in the regulations enjoined by his
Milan decree, n*u'ra?s. By the
decree alluded to, it was ordered that all
neutrals which had touched at a Britilh port,
or submitted to be fcarched by a Bmifh
cruilct, ihoui ■ be cunfifcated on entering a
Frcpch port, or r .idemned a* legal prizes
if,captured by a French armed veffd. It
is now ordered, that neutrals shall be ad
mitted into French ports, tho’ they have
beenfearchei by a Britilh cruiser, provided
they have not torched at a British port.
Bonaparte, by relaxing in the Milan decree,
probably expects that the Ametican govern,
lucot will be induced to remove ita embargo,
so far at least as regards veftels bouud to
France,
Confirmation of the Spanish stews, contained
in our lafi
The Spaniftt schooner San Joseph, arrived
at this port uti Thursday night, from Bara
coa, in 15 days'paffagc j and brings intel
ligence of ihe capture of Cadtz and Madrid
by Bonaparte, and the total fubjugacion of
Spam aui Fmcugal k to hi* arm*. AU the
f Britlfh force in either country in
to his hands.
The old king Charge*, was at Madrid, 8c
had been declared by Napoleon the legiti
mate sovereign of Spain, and Joseph Bona
parte was appointed, and actually acting as
regent.
, This information was learned at Batacoa
by an Englilh paper received at the Mole,
which had been circulated in Baracoa in a
private manner. Nothing was buffered to
be said with regard to the affairs in Spain,
under pain of death. There was a differ
ence between the captaih general of the Ha
vaono a>d the soldiery, who had more ihan
once attempted his life. The French resi
dents of Baracoa, about 500 in number,
were all obliged to quit jhe place on account
of the great apprehension ofmaffaciefrom the
Spaniards.
THIRTEENTH BULLETIN.
St, Martini, near Madrid Dec. 1.
On the 29th ult. the I- ad -quarters of the ;
emperor were removed to the village of Bern,
zealas ;on the 30»h, ar break of day, the
duke of B.duno prel'ented himfdt at the head
ot the Sortiofiena anny ; a divift n of 15,000
men of the SjMnifii army ot refer ve defended
the palfcge ot the mountains. The enetny
thought thtmfcives uha.t lack able in that
petition. They h<d entrenched the nair.-w
pttlLgc, culled Puet to, with sixteen pieces
cannon. The 9-h light infantry marched
uprn thought; the p6th uptn ,he C atfe.
way ; and the 24th loliowed by the* fide ot
the heights on,the left. Gen. Senarmonr,
with fix pieces ot artillery, advanced by the
caufcway. The aftion commented by the’
firing of mufquctry and canp; n .
A chatgc by the gen. Montbrun.
at the .ieari ot the PuHh light- horse, deci!
ded the affatr-.t was a molt brilliant *ne,
and the regiment covered it feif with glory
and proved it was worthy to form a parr of
ti.c imperial guards ; cannons, flaps, mus
quets folders, all were taker, or cuf ,0 pie."
ces. Eight Pouffi light horse- were killed
upon the cannon and sixteen have br«i
wounded. Among the lafi is captain Dzin.
yanolki, who was dangeroufty wounded and
lies almoli wuhout hopes ot recovery. Ma
jor Srgnr, marflial ot the emperor's* house!
hold, charged among the Poli(h troops, and
received many wounds, one of which is
very fewie.
Sixteen piece* nf cannon, -
covered chests, 200 waggons, laderf w llh
all kind of baggage, and the military clW» s
ot the regiments, are the fruits of .fai, h rs i
liant affair. Among the p.ifoncr*, which
are very numerous, are all the colonels m
AUTf i? ' U m S l” ni ‘ h
All the foldters would have been taker if
they had not thrown awy their arms, and
difpetfcd into the mountains.
Onthexfl December he head-quarters
ot the emperor were at St. Angusln: a d
on the 2 d, the Duke of Irtria, with the
ca ™ r >* commanded the heights o‘~Madrid.
The infantry conld not arrive bdore the
3d. r he intelligence, which we hitherto
have teemed, kuds us to think that this
town ts fuffermg under a!! kinds ot difurders.
and that the doors are barricadced. The
weather is very fine.
Camp at Madrid, Dec. 4.
The town of Madrid h.s capitulated.
Our trorps entered it this day at noon.
( I hts intelligence is coniained in che Moni
tcurs ot the 13th .nd i 4 h inttant.)
«j . ]r .. Lon*on, Dec, ,6.
Admiral fir Samuel Hood is under c-rders
for the coail of Spain, The precise point is
not known, as he is going npon a fccret fer-
V ICC*
December 17.
Capitulation of Madrid.- Entrance of the
french army into that city.
By the flag of truct which ttui'-ncd tafl
evening to Dover, with Mr. Shaw, the
ntefirnger, on beard, we have received
Fans papers to the 15'h infl. Their con
tents arc of great importance. The city cf
Madrid has capitulated, and the French
troops entered on the 4th infl. at noon.
I hts intelligence is datco from the French
camp at Madrid, and is officially announced
in the Moniteurs of the 131)1 ai.d ,4th.
We have also extracted from the Moni
tors an article Iron Copenhagen, which
slates that Mr. Adair has failed in his mis
sion to the Sublime Porte.
LONDON, Dec. 10.
The following is an arc. urt of the total
supplies (sent and ordered o fihe defertption
undermentioned for the Spaniflt armies, as
tranfmitfed by the chancellor of the Exche
quer to ihe Lord Mayor, and read at tfie
Oiry Meeting jefterday, by Mr. Rowcroft.
Suits cf Clothing for 91,400 men 1*41,400
CN.ith for 150,000 do / men
Great Coats for 350,000 1
Cloth tor Gieat Costs 50,000 J I 0
Shirts 35,00 c
Sheeting 100. coo yards.
Cf»co £82,000 do. ,
nen 11 3.«oo do. I
Shoes,—as many as can be procured, J
Os the above articles the following have I
been actually forwarded to Spain, at differ
ent times; -
Uniforms complete far 58,600 tbfn.
Cloth for do. 50,000 do.
Linen and Calic# too,ooo yards.
GrcatCoats 38.750
Shitrs 23,00?
Sh° c * 73,000 pair,
Dec.' 13.
The following is an extract cf a letter
from an officer in one of the .dmhens of the
army ot Gen, Baird *
ej V r
Villa Franca, Nov. ts.
I can only tell you that 1 am quite fcel!
and fare ar vyell as drcuu dances will per
mit I got to Aftorga from Oviedo on
Wedncfday evening, & on Thursday morn
ing last, 23d inst the army retreated, bur
advanced again on the Friday. A courier
is going-est to Logo, by which I fend this.
You must not be alarmed at not hearing from
me often, as it is. impcffible. The French
are in great force, rear 100,000 men, it is
f dd, at Burgos Valladolid, Vdiuvcn, and
their cavalry at Rio Scco, and advancing a
hout. The two Englilh a-mies have not
joined, and it is uncertain when they wfll*
On Thmfday l.ft, 23 1 I concluded we
(hould have retreated much further. As it
was, I had to march on a continuance about
thirty miles ; calks of rum were ftovc at Af
rorga, &c. and every one thought the
Ftench to be very near; next (.day wc ad
vanced to our old portion. Blake's army,
i, c. Romans’# has been completely defeated
an icartmd. 1 here were only 3000 men
at a weik ago though the Spaniards
would u- me every where that there were
30. r 40,000. If we cannot form a June
lion with Sir J, Moore, or he with us,
which must he the case, as we cannot leave
the road to Corunna open to* the French,
both armies must retreat furleur fas. This
is a wretched country. 1 am sure the French
would do them goc>d, but as an Knglilhman
1 cannot wish tnem to gain a tooting here j
though I am afraid they will eventually
fuccced. it is said, the French have pushed
on a column to Oviedo to pass by Logo, &
intercept our retreat, but that is * uncertain.
'I he Spaniard* do not adt with the spirit they
might.
French Dignitaries.
As »hc n-w Nomenclature of the French
Generals occasions (bate difficulty to the rea
ders oi the Bulletins, &c. we inlcrt the tol
l-wing Key sot their latisfafticn :
'1 he Puree A. '
Chanc. •. i the Duke of Parma.
Em. (Conduce. * . ‘
icsj'iht Prince J
er ) * of Pia«"M
IVladhal Moncey of Cornegliano,
Wadena of Rivoli.
* Augeteau of Caftiglione.
———Sooit -of Dalmatia,
Lannes of Montebello.
.Vloiticr of Tievifc,
Ncy of Elchingen,
Davouft of Anerlfaut.
Bcfters of Iftria.
Vidor ——of Bcliuno.
—-Lcfebvrc of Dantzic.
Kellciman cf Valmy,
Colonels. General,
———Martnuut Qi.kcoi Ragufa.
Junot ——of Abrantes.
Great Officers of the Crown. v
Caolaiuc urt, Great 1
Chamberlain j Duke of Vicenza «
Duroc, Great Mar- 1
fltal of the Palace j of Fironc.
Gtner Is.
Sivary D ;ke of Rovigo,
Arighir of Padua.
Mr. Biackbourn’s Letter,
From the i vangelical Intelligencer.
Maryville, Sept. 16, .1808.
Rev. Sir—'The period has at lait arriv-,
ed, on which i have long lixed my taper
eye.
The Cherokee nation has it length de
termined to become men and citizens. To
wards this my exertions have been unremit
ting!) tlireded fmcc tt>e commencement of
try million to them. A few da) s ago in fail
council, they adopted a confutation, which
embraces a Ample. principle nfgovcrnhitnr.
The legislative and judicial powers ate
veiled in a general Council, and lefer ones
fuboidinary. All criminal accufatiohs mult
he cftablillml by icftimcny, and no more
e. ecu 1 ions must be made by the avenger of
blood ; the infliction of punifhmcrt is made
a governmental tranadion. Small compa.
nies in each diftrid are to have the power
of our fhcriff* to apprehend fuppoftd crimi
nals ; and to execute according to the de
cree of the council,—This could not be
done as with us by an indivit ual, there be
ing no way properly to bind him ; it must
therefore be done by a company that one may
be a check on another.
They have aflually made some laws and
entered them on rcccd to Hand as written
laws of the nation ; aud you would have
been aftonilhed at the etiquette with which
they jurformed thisbufinefs; from council
to council messages were palling and repaffing
according to the rules cf paruam-nt.— One
law is that no murderer (hall bepunilbed un
til he has been proved guilty before the
council—Another that til Indians who have ’
flock to a certain number fpecilied, (hall pay
two dollars annually tofnpport their nation
al government; that every white man in
the nafion, of every defeription, (hall pay
one dollar per annum for the fame pnrpofe,
and some whose na-rncs are mentioned s* high
as five. *
That all Indians shall Be obliged to pay
for crcffing of ferries in the nation, s> 9 (h e
white® d»; that all ferries arc to be taxed
for the fame purpose, some as high as fifty
dollars, some thirty, feme twenty &c.
Laws are likewise enadlcd to elfablifh.
their companies as mention, d above, and
give them their proper jower. The laws
arc in the following style, “ Be it enabled
by the general council of the Cherokee na
tion Sec.
1 fufpeft their next step wifi be the par.
tilicrirg oat their lands n-d fn»r,W
regular habits ol hi ffcj.rdiy. '11m,!,,,
thy Clurckers cdv ?! .c«! * further I I,';'” 8
than any other fiction of Indians in Aire,}?*
Thcfc advantages they cannot lofc ; ?r6 *'
soon as they aie civilised their way win U
open for the eftalpklhment of regular rclj,?
c ua fodety; may the lord foou hasten j*
This is the most critical and eventful pcr :J
I have ever seen ; it i* a time of anxie.y t
rny mipd ; and a time which call* forth a ]i
the energy in the minds of the Indian*,
feel* my friend that I need more grace, * an< i
more strength cf body and mind for* thj,
great business.—Money will also be needed
The fepport of this million may seem to \,!
3t a grrat expcr.fr, but let it he recol!rfl c ]
that the objeft is great j and 1 hope it „jij
not be left for want of aliftlc of that tre?.
sure which God has Co abundantly bcftowJ
on his people. 1 would ehqcrfnMy fir C tiiP 5
my little nil, but it is too inconfiderab’eto
add momentum to this machine. 1 haver,n
of my schools at a lacramcut this day, oii
that it may he a of power among ft them
Excuse hade, exqufe blcmtlhcs, pray f t)r
alTut me all you can. Tell your female sod!
eties to pray for me, and my 11:tic Indians
Yours in the gospel of Christ. *
GIDEON BLACKBOURN.
Certain Rt/ilu/ions of the Citizens of Mar,
hie he ad—in the genuine Spirit of Scvcmi
Six,.
Re/olmed, That WC view the utmost ah.
horrence and indignation the conduft of 4
party among us, who arc .continually er„
dtavoxing to excite the good this
commonwealth to a difobedicncncc of the
laws of the union, by falfc and libdlom
publications, refpeiting the motives anl
measures of the General Government, and
by gross miftatements of the niture and fom.
ces of our present cmbarraffimnts, that the
real objeft of this party is to fopararc the U.
S. and cxictc Rebellion and Civil War, for
the purpofc ot eftabliftung a Monarchy uii.
dcr the pretence of a Northern confederacy,
or to force us into a deftruftive war wftJi th ;
Continent of Europe, conftquemly a fatal
alliance with the corrupted monarchy of
Britain, “ whofc embrace is death."
Refolded, fThat the conduft of Gr-at
Britain in the impressment of our Semen,
adds a deeper dye to the ihjurie* inflicted
upon us by her—That her claim to fores
our innocent seamen into her fcrvicc under
the falfe pretext of their being her subj ets,
is an outrage upon our national fovcrcignty
which ought to be refilled at all hazards;
and the men who puMifh to the world de.
derations that Great Britain has done us na
injury, when thousands of our Teamen are
confined on board her {hips of war, ate un
worthy of the name of Americans, and
fbould receive the pointed distrust of all hoa.
est and honorable men.
Re/olvtd, That wc behold with mixed
emotions of pain and abhorrence the pro
ceedings of certain towns in ! this Common,
wealth, convened for the express puroufeof
criminating the National Government, and
fcatterirtg the feed of difeord and contention
among the community, as pregr. mr with
the most pernicious confequcnces. inflaming
the minds of individuals against their talers.,
entic.ng them to an open rebellion againl
the conftitutcd authorities, and which, if
peddled in, will produce feenes from which
the mind recoils with horror,
Re/ulvedy That as we hold facrcd thof:
invaluable p.iviledges purchased by “ the
best blood of our country,” and resigned to
our hands by a numerous class of brave and
hardy 'I ownfraen who facrificed their Jives
for the achievement of our glorious indepen
dence. That in order to pioteft and defend
tnele priviledoe*, ever to be held sacred bv
Americans, we will arm and equip onrfclver,
in fnch manner as our circunftancctt will
admit, and do hereby publicly and folemniy
declare that “ we will die Freemen, and
never live Haves.’’
Voted , That the proceedings of this meet
ing be publiflied in the Efi'-x Rcgifter, and
the Republican papers in Soft on—and Priii.
ters in the U. States, friendly to our Re
publican Govenmcnt he rcquelled to insert
them.
Attejly
JOSHUA PRENTISS, r ow « CM,
GOVERNMENT LOOK OUT.
The brig Stephen, the .propertp cf a re
fpedlaqle mercantile houfc in this city clean,
ed out wiih a valuable ftcight for Nrw-Ot
leans in November last, having icgolar!/
complied with the formalities of the embar
go laws. Within a fliort distance of the
mouth of the Mdfiffippi was hoarded by ;■*
Engiifl) fliip of war, captured, and ordered
for a Britilh port, for adjudication. After
having remained several days in rhe pc.ffefii
on of the prize roaster, a part of the origin
al crew with the afiiftance of feme p: JengeiJ
who had remained on board tofe oput th*
captors, retook the veficll, and in the ccm
fluff killed two of the Eog!i(hmen.
The Stephen is a coaftir g trader, and her
cargo confided chiefly ofdry gccds. Ti ea
bovc is given on the authority of relpedtnMs
merchants in this city.— N. Y. Tub. tuiv,
Rouge rdugt hy a Rogue
In or about Haipfwell, in the diftttdl cf
Maine, Iron) undoubted authority we Hate,
that three embargo breakers were out-wti
tnl, by employing as captain of enc ol thti<
fmuggiing vefltls, a charadcr to th- e
occafiuo, who, after performing the util**’-
ful voyage, with a cargo ofeightten tluti.taf-d
five hundred dollars, leiurntd, and refund
to knew the original owners. Good “■*
coaiageWnt foi m., U take is.— Deteciwr.