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THE
eighteenth congress.
Executive.
James Monboe, President
John (Quincy Adams, Secretary ot
’ William If. Crawford, Secretary of
the Treasury.
John (\ Calhoun, Secretary ol \N ar.
Samuel L • Southard, Secretaiy *)l
the Navy.
Win. Wirt, Attorney General.
[These constitute what is termed
the Cabinet Council.]
The Senate.
Daniel I>. Tompkins, Vice Presi
dent of the United States, and Presi
dent of the Senate.
Jolm Giilard of S. C. President pro
tempore.
SENATORS.
From Maine. —John Chandler, John
Holmes.
New Hampshire. —Samuel Bell.Jno
E. Parrott.
.Massachusetts. —James Lloyd, Eli
jah II unt Mills.
Connecticut. —Henry \\ . Edwards,
James Lanman.
Rhode Island. —James D’W olf, Ne
emtah Knight.
Vermont. —Wm. A Palmer, Horatio
’ey mour.
New-Cork. —Rufus King, Martin
an Beuren.
New-Jersey. —Mah lon Dickerson,
oseph M’llvaine.
. Prnvsylnania,‘-W alter Lowrie, Wm.
Kind ley.
Delaware. —[Both vacant, to be fill
'd by the Legislature which will meet
early in January.]
Maryland. —Ed ward Llord, Samuel
Smith.
Virginia. —James Barbour, John
Taylor.
North Carolina. —Nathaniel Macon
John Branch.
South Carolina. —John Gaillard
President p. t. Robert Y. Havr e.
Georgia. —John Elliot, Nicholas
Ware.
Kentucky. —Richard M. Johnson,
Isham I'alhot.
Tennessee. —Andrew Jackson, John
11. Eaton.
Ohio. —Benjamin Ruggles, Ethan
A. Brown.
Louisiana. —James Brown, Henry
Johnson.
Indiana. —James Noble, Walter
Taylor.
Mississippi. —Tlioe. 11. Williams,
David Holmes.
Illinois. — William It. King, Win.
Kelly.
Missouri. —David Barton, Thomas
11. Benton.
Charles Cutis, Secretary.
it E Pit KSKN TATIVF.S.
New-Hampshire. —Aaron, Matson,
Wm, Plummer, jr. Arthur Liveinore,
Ichabod Bartlett,* Thomas W hipple,
junior, Matthew Harvey.—6.
Massachusetts. —Samuel C. Allen,
B tV. Crowningshield, Francis Bail-’
ies, Henry \V. Dwight, Timothy Ful
ler, Je emiah Nelson, Aaron Hobart,
John Reed, Jonas Sibley* Daniel Web
ster, Sain'l Lathrop, Jno. Locke* John
Bailey.*—ls.
Rhode Isluad. —Samuel Eddy, Job
Durfee. —2.
Connecticut. —Noyes Barber, Ansel
Sterling, Ebene/.er Stoddard, Gideon
Tomlinson, Lemuel Whitman,* Sauvl
A. Foote.—o.
J'ermont. —R. C. Mallory, Charles
.Rich, Samuel C. Crafts, William
C. Briullov, 1). A. A. Buck.*—s.
Mu hie. —Stephen Longfellow,* E
noth Lincoln, David Kidder,’ Joshua
Cushman, Kbeno.er Herrick, Jeremi
ah O’Brien,* Wm. Burleigh.—6.
JS ew-Vork. —Silas Wood, C. C.
Cambrelcng, John J. Morgan, Peter
Sharpe,* Joel Frost,* W. W. Y r an
Wyck, James S. Strong, Stephen Van
Kenssellear, John L. Hodgebooin,*
Charles A. Foote, Jolm VV. Taylor,Jno.
Richards,* Dudty Marvin,’ Robert S.
Rose,* Elisha Litchfield, Egbert Ten
Eyck,* F.la Collins,* Henry R. Stores,
M oses Hayden,* Lewis Eaton, 11. C.
Maitimlale, Albert JL I’racy, Row
land Dav,’ P&nnento Adams,’ Jolm
\V. Cady, Lemuel Jenkins, 1 Hectoi
Craig,lsaac W ilhanis/ Justin Dwin-el
Lot Clark, Samuel Lawrence,’ I. Ty*
son, Joint llerkiuer, \\ iiliam Woods.
—54.
•AVir Jersey. —George
Lev. is Conflict, George Holcomb, Ja‘s
Matlack, Samuel Swan, Garrison.
Pennsylvania. —John Brown, James
Buchanan, Samuel Edwards, Patrick
Farrelly, John Findlay, Walter For
waid, Joseph Hemphill, SamM Breck,
Daniel H. Miller,” Samuel 1). Ingbaiu,
James S. Ylitchill, Thomas Patterson,
George Plummer, Thomas J. Rogers,
Andrew Stewart, John Todd, W. Coi
Ellis, Isaac Wayne, Daniel Udree,
James Allison,* Robert Harris,* James
\\ ilson, Henry W ilson, George
Kiearner,* Samuel M’Kcun,* P. S.
Markley. —26.
Delaware. —Louis M’Lanc.
Maryland. —lsaac M’Kitn, Joseph
Kent, Peter Little, Rapheal Neal, John
Lee,* Henry R. Warfield, Dm. Hay*
ward, jr.* J. Spence, Geo. E. Mitchell.
Virginia. —Mark Alexander, ft m.
S. Archer, fUm. Lee Ball, T. !*• Bar
hour, Burnwell Basset, John Moyd,
Robert L. Garnett, Joseph Johnson,
Jabcz Leftwich, It iiliam M*Coy, John
S. Barbour,* Charles F. Mercer, ‘Tim's
Newton, John Randolph, lira. (’.Ri
vers, Arthur Smith, ft iiliam Smith,
Alexander Smyth, Andrew Steven
son, Jared Williams, Goorge Tucker.
—°2.
North Carolina. — Weldon N. Ed
wards, Richard D. Spaight,* R. M.
Saunders, Alfred M.Catlin,* /Lillie P.
Mangutn/ Hutchens G. Burton, Lewis
//lllums, John Long, Charles Hooks,
T. 11. Hall, H. ft . Cornor, John Cul
pepper,* Robert Vance. —13.
South Carolina. —Joseph Carter,
Joseph Gist, Andrew R. Govan, James
Hamilton, jr. Robert 11. Campbell, G.
McDuffie, Joel R. Poinsett, Sterling
Tucker, John Wilson.
Georgia. —Joel Abbott, Thomas ft.
Cobb, Allied Cuthburt, John Forsyth
Edward F. Tuttnal, fV iiey Thompson,
George Carey.— 7.
Kentucky. —Henry Clay, Francis
Johnson, John T. Johnson, I homas
Metcalf, David Tr inble, Robert P.
Fletcher, Thomas P. M tore, Charles A.
Wicklifte,* David White jr.* P.
Thompson/ Richard A. Buckner, Ro
bert P. Henry—l 2.
Tennessee. —John Cocke, Samuel
Houston,* Robert Allen, R. I. Alex
ander,* J. C. Isaacs,* J. B. Reynolds.
—9.
Ohio. —John W. Campbell, Phile
mon //eecher, James W. Gaz.l ay, I ho
mas R. Ross, S. F. Vinton,t Elisha
Whittlesey,t Win. McLean,t John
Sloan, Joseph Vance, Duncan M’ Ar
thur,t Mordecai Burtley.t H iiliam
ft ’ilson, John Patterson, J. C.. Wright.
—l4.
Louisiana. —Edward Livingston,t
William L. Brent,t R. H. Gurley.t—s
Mississippi. —C hristopher Rankin.
Indiana. —Jonathan Jenkins, Wm.
Prince,t John Test.*—3.
Illinois. —Daniel P. Cook.
Jllabama. —Gabriel Moore, John
M *Kee, George M. Owen.
Min souru —John Scott.
Michigan. —Gabriel Richards.t
Jlrkansas. —W. C. Conway.
Florida.—* Rich aid M’Col.t
[I he names marked thus * or thus t
have never before been in congress.]
At a meeting of the Greek Com
mittee of New- York, the following
incident occurred :
Just after the meeting was or
ganized (says a New York paper)
Col. \Ydiet entered the room—ev
ery body rose—he advanced slow
ly to the table, and spoke in sub
stance as follows :
I ask one minute’s indulgence.
1 take it for granted that fourscore
and three years present a good
apology for my not be:ng able to
attend the business of this commit
tee. Its object is, if I understand
it, the defence of liberty—it is 58
years since I first engaged with
the sons of liberty to take measures
to oppose British aggression in this
country —The sons of liberty were
then not divided—they united for
the good of their country. I would
that it might be so at this dav. Our
success was not complete at that
time, we only got a repreive, and
succeeding oppression drove us
again to assert our rights, to tax
ourseh es and regulate our own af
fairs, and we entered into a non
importation agreement; I was ■of
that committee, and from that day
to this, I think my conscience will
acquit me in saying I have long
been engaged in the cause of liber
ty. lam now too old to be active,
but 1 wish it as well as in mv more
youthlul days, and tan only, in ref
erence to the objects of this com
mittee, say with regret, “Oh the
day that 1 was young.” Gentle
men I could not omit on this occa
sion to say this much, and I have
presented myself here to de
clare that though age has enfeebled
my limbs my heart yet glows in the
cause in which I understand you
to he engaged—the cause of Liber
tv.
It may be imagined that this ad
dress was received with no little ap
plause— and as the venerable war
rior withdrew, the whole commit
tee arose to salute him.
It should also be .stated that Col.
VVillet after closing his speech of
fered to the Chairman, as the only
contribution which his circumstan
ces enabled him to present, his title
to 2000 acres of land, which he had
a fair claim for on his state. It
was gratciully accepted,and a com
mittee was appointed to receive
from the Colonel the papers and
documents idative thereto.
Mr. W cbster.a member of the House
ot Representatives lions Massachu
setts, submitted lor consideration the
following resolution:
Resolved, i lut provision ought to
be made, Uy law, lor defraying me ex
pense incident to toe appointment ol 1
an Agent, or Commissioner to Greece,
whenever the President shall deem it
expedient to make such appoint
ment.
in offering the resolution, Mr.
V\ cbstci suueu, it was tar irom he-,
mg las wish, in any manner, to
commit the House, in this, or any
ot me political contests ot Europe ;
but the President ot the U. budes
having in Ins Message to Congress
not omy expressed a belief that the
Greek. nation in its present struggle
witn its oppressors had the good
wishes ot the whole civilized world
but also advanced the opinion that
the Turkish dominion over that
country was lost torever; he tho t
that, il such were the tact, it was
important that Congress snouid act
upon the subject. — ahe L • states,
lie said, had diverse interests m
the Mediterranean, which might
be seiiously effected, more or ieas,
by the com se ot events in that quar
ter. The main object he had in
view, he contessed, was to obtain
from this House an expression, re
sponsive to the sentiment ot the
Message, in reference to the sacri
fices and sufferings of that heroic
people sacrifices and sufferings
which ought to excite the sympa
thy ot every liberal-mind and n *an n
Europe as well as in tins country*
Hut, whatever might be the case
with other nations, we certainly
ought not to be restrained Irom ex
pressing, with freedom, what are
our views in relation to the Greek
cause, so far as it may be done
without committing ourselves in
the contest. And he really did
hope that we should shew to the
world, that there is at least, one
government which does entertain a
proper view of that barbarous des
potism, which under the eyes of
Europe, has been permitted, by a
system of the foulest atrocity to
attempt to crush an interesting
Christian nation. He did not de
sire that the resolution should beat
present acted upon, but simply that
it lie on the table for the consider
ation, and deliberate reflection of
this House.
Jfavdgu J-raciUfinur.
General Kikgo, was executed by
hanging, in Madrid, on the Gth Nov.
Kvery tiling was quiet at the time ;
and it was only at the moment of exe
cution that the cry of Long live the
absolute King was heard. Thus has
suffered one of the best patriots of
Spain : and that by the sentence of
a king under whose orders he had
committed the CRIME. ! Who is there
tint would not rather be a murdered
Riegothan a living Ferdinand ?
A Paris article of the 10th Nov.
says, ‘ the dissolution of the Cham
ber of Deputies is at length deter
mined on. The convocation of
the Electorial Colleges will not
take place till the middle of E’eb
ruary, and the new chamber will
meet in the beginning of March.
Barcelona was surrendered to
the French on the 4th of November.
I’hc city of Madrid has presen
ted the duke d’Angouleme, with a
magnificient sword bearing the fol
lowing inscription —“ To the Lib
erator of Spain and our King.” He
has also been created DukeofTre
cadero by the King of Spain. In
Bayonne, workmen were actively
engaged in erecting a triumphal
arch for his entrance.
THE GHKKKS.
It appears from a letter published
in the Commercial Adveitiser dated
at Smyrna the 29th of Sept, that the
cause of the Greeks is not so hopeless
as we would be led to believe, from
tli extracts published in Boston, from
Smyrna papers. The writer states
that their affairs go on well, and that
they have had some important success
es in Roinelia. lie also observes that
the Capt. Pacha was at Mytelene, but
that the Greeks were too wise to risk
a battle. Ilis opinion is that they have
more to fear from Russia than from
tlie Turks.
Russia and Porte. —The London
Courier of the 22d of October con
tains an important State Paper rela
tive to the protracted discussions
between Russia and the Porte. This
paper which is from Count Nessel
rode to Lord Strangford, “ indi
cates the probability ot a pacific ter
mination'of the whole matter in
dispute ; but there are one or two
passages, referring to the affairs ot
Greece, which tend to a contrary’
conclusion.”
Died in France, Don Carlos Go
doij, Prince of Peace, the Favorite
and Prime Minister of Charles 4th
of Spain. Since the days of Wool
sey no individual ever experienced
greater vicissitude ot fortune. —
From a private in the royal guards
he rose to the most eminent rank,
and highest office, and from a state
of penury, accumulated a fortune
estimated at fifteen millions ot dol
lars. His Merino flock amounted
, to 80,000. When the Spanish lioyal
( Family was Kidnapped by Buona
parte, in 1808, at Baynne, Godoij
i was accused by Ferdinand as hav
’ ing betraved him to the Corsican ;
but at his death lie left the remains
i of his fortune, (amounting to about
J seven millions of dollars] to Ferdi
nand VII.
FROM THE WEST INDIES.
Capt. Sheffield, of the brig Hero, ar
rived at this port yesterday from St.
Thomas has politely furnished us with
a St. Thomas paper of the 6th inst*—
The following is the only article ot in
telligence contained in it:
Snr. Rrpub.
The Colombian sloop of warOrinoke
put into St. Bartholomews on the 29th
ult. for the purpose of procuring sup
plies, and on the same night the cap
tain and some of the officers being on
shore the crew mutined, and took pos
session of the ship—they then sent
ashore such of the officers as were on
board, together, with some of the sail
ors that were thought inimical to the
proceeding. The mutineers immedi
ately cut cable and set sail; two days
after, she was seen off St. Thomas,
steering to leeward, when she put 15
of her men (Frenchmen and Spaniards)
on board of an American Brig bound
to St. Croix. ‘Those that remained on
board amounted to about 60, principal
ly Englishmen.—The Urinoke hail on
board £40,000 worth of Jewelry, a
quantify of dry goods, and a great deal
ot gold and silver plate. It was said
to be the intention of the mutineers
to proceed to Porto Rico or St. Do
mingo to give up the ship to the Span
ish government.
The official account of the capture
of the fortress of Porto Cabello is gi
ven in the St, Thomas paper. All the
artillery, and munitions of war, and all
the small vessels in port were captur
ed, and all the officers (including the
commandant, Gen. Calzada) and men
left a) ive, surrendered at discretion,
with the municipality and government
officers.
Spirit of the British IV. India Islands.
For a long time a determined
spirit of hostility has existed be
tween the Royal Governors and
the Legislative Assemblies of ma
ny’ of the British Islands, and a
tone and vigor have been assumed
by the latter, little inferior to any
thing used by the American As
semblies prior to the revolution, in
the contest with the royal govern
ors—while the former appear to
hold a similar spirit of haughtiness
and discornmodation. The tone
used at Jamaica, is, “ Wc are de
termined to resist, by every legal
and constitutional means within our
power, the unjust and arbitrary pre
tensions of the British Parliament
to the right ol Legislating for us.”
A convention of Delegates from
all the islands had been proposed,
to take into consideration measures
necessary to be adopted to resist
the pretensions of parliament.
Koslon Gazette.
From the Hamburg Gatetteuf Dec. 31.
We discharge the painful task in
announcing the total destruction by
o! the elegant new steam boat
William Lowndes. The detail, as
lar as we can collect the particulars
is short and sad.—The boat had
been under weigh during the whole
of Saturday night, when about
half past six o’clock on Sundav
morning, (near Flowrv Gap, 47
miles below this place) the alarm of
tire was given, which was discover
ed in the hold on the right wing.
—I he officers and crew used eve
ry exertion to subdue it, but it
spread with such rapidity, owing
to the timbers of the Boat all being
varnished, and to the great number
ot crates ol crockery* on board,
that in less than ten minutes from
the first alarm, the whole main deck
was enveloped in flames. The
Passengers and crew were therfore
obliged to seek their personal safe
ty in a speedily flight. Fortuately
no lives were lost, or any materi
ai personal injury sustain . 1
scarce an article of any cl e s b .B
was saved, even the
clothing of the officers,
fkc. were all destroyed
ception of two or three small
It is supposed that the total l"**
property must amount to ck*’ B
or upwards. ‘1 he manner i n v B
the hre originated, cannot b e .B
factorily accounted lor, t| l( S^ S B
is gratifying to learn that JJ 1 * B
much more so when they r? I
not the smallest imputation S ‘"B
lect or blame to the officers or
We sincerely sympathise?"B
the sufferers generally, hut in, I
pecial manner with the enteri)/ 1 ■
Proprietors of the William
In their laudable !/'■
had identified their o„ pr J>|
tv,tit the public good,
loss is therefore a public calam’ I
—Even in the abundance
such losses are to be deploi t( U H
men of moderate fortunesoy ■
event has made a chasm i n “1
communication with CharlJjl
which we trust individual
prize will speedily fill,
crative character of that trade ■
doubtably holds out too |
inducement to Le long resisted!!
the capitalist, and ahhough Jl
present misfortune Iras casta |
mentus gloom oxer the public J.j
we trust that the vigorous mind,/!I
only extract from it fresh incentives!
to enterpnze , and that m in I
again witness the hour when
patronage which hath hitherto Cal
one polar star, shall once more I
rise and shine in the sphere it iscaU
culated to adorn.
Highway Robbers.—Mr. W arMr
a drover, returning from New for,
last week with a large sum ofn, c !
ney, was assaulted in a lonesome
wood in New-Jersey by tw o rob.
bers, who seized the bridle of his
horse,presented a pistol to his breast
and demanded his money. Mr.
put spurs to his horse who cleared
himself from their grasp. A pistol
was fired, but it missed its aim...
Mr. W. rode to the first house, gave
the alarm, and returned in compa
ny in pursuit. The principal rob
ber was taken at Hoboken ferry-
It appears that he crossed from N.
York in the same boat with Mr. W
and had gone on with a view of
stopping him in some convenieat
spot. The accomplice escaped-
This shews how much may be ef
fected in like cases by a little reso
lution ; and how many* are there
who under similar circumstance
would have given up their properly
for the want of it.
Counterfeiters. —A letter from i
gentleman in Niagara, Upper Cana
da, dated Pth November, to a gentle
man in Albany, mentions that five gen
tlemen had volunteered their serviccs
to go in pursuit of several counterfeit
ers, taking with them as a guide, a
fellow who had been convicted of the
same offence. They were conducted
to a swamp, about 15 miles back i
Kingston, where they found several
huts; in oneot which, ufter arresting
a man and his wife, they found a >et
ot die for coining dollars, and others
(or doubloons, together with sheets ot
copper, thin plate of silver &c. In
other huts they secured four more
persons, ami numerous pieces of un
finished metal (or manufacturing gold
and silver coin. The chief workman
F landers, from the vicinity of the Mo
hawk, had escaped a few days before
to an island near Prescott, where he
had located himself and familv, leav
ing the others to follow as soon as
practiblc (they have since got him)
and brought with them all the imph
ments left by him. •
In addition to the above, several
others had been arrested.
/’lie dollars coined are lievicr and
not perfectly round—they are not ea
sily detected even by cutting in the
side ol them ; the copper is in the cen
tre and convex—they contain two
thirds-copper and one third silver.-
They are cut to fit the mould or die.
and one blow or strike of the sledge
on a wedge that is next the dies, com
pletes the dollar, except the temper
ing them, which is done in a few min
utes by another. They likewise ha v
plates on a number of the banks ot
he United States, and banks of Cans
da, &c. for counterfeiting their notes-
John Zimmerman, living in the
upper part of Pennsylvania, on the
borders of Lehigh county,murdered
his daughtei, aged about2o, a few
days since. It is said the cause of
this unnatural and horrible deed
originated in the intention of the
daughter to marry a person disap
proved by the'fatncr.