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,.a, Charles XII possessed not only i inland and Carelia, but all the rich provinces that extend from thence to the mouths of the Vistula, and of the Oder. Even the ground upon which Petersburg itself is built, was part of his dominions. The Duchy of Po merania, and considerable territories in Lower Saxony along the bank of the Elbe, which had been ceded and confirmed to Sweden by the peace of Westphalia, rendered the kings of CONGRESS S. SENATE. Wednesday, January 3. A message was received from the President ot the United States, b\ Mr. Grab am. To the Senate and house of Representatives of the U. States. , _ The act authorising a detachment that country powerful members ofjof one hundred thousand men from the German Empire. Charles XIII die Militia will expire on the 30th of is now reduced to the possession of '' that slender, sterile and narrow por tion of Scandanavia, included be- t veen Norway and the Baltic, or the G ill of Bothnia. Alexander, mas- te )• all the Duchy of Finland, from t]L* river of Kymen to Abo ; master March next. Its early revival is re commended, in order that timelv steps may be taken for arrangements, such as the act contemplated. Without interfering with the mo difications rendered necessaiv by the defects, or the inefficacv of the laws oi the fortresses of Helsingfors and Louisa ; of the whole tract extend ing to Tornea, at the head of the Gulph of Bothnia, and even threaten ing to descend through the provinces on the Western side, towards Stock holm, may be said almost to hold Sweden fit his disposal. Even the Isle of Aland, which nature seems to have placed between the coasts of Finland and of Sweden, as an ad vanced post of bulwark, is in th hands of the Russians. From thence if the British squadron, which now cruizes at the entrance of the Gulf of Finland, were withdrawn, a Rus sian armament might in three days, be landed in the province of Suder- lYKinia, and appear before Stockholm . Under circumstances so deplora ble, or rather desperate, without pe cuniary resources, exhausted, drain ed and depopulated, it is not easy to see what terras can lie obtained irom Alexander, except such as he may be pleased spontaneously to grant. Assuredly none can be extorted irom him. We may safely anticipate the cession of all the provinces that hi arms have conquered. Sweden then, whoever may nominally reign at pre sent, or may eventually succeed to the throne,must sink to a level with; The motion was agreed to without opposition, and Mr. Burwcll and Mr. Gardner appointed a committee to wait on the President accordingly. RUPTURE WITH MR. JACKSON.’ I he House resumed the consider ation of the unfinished business of yesterday, being the resolution of the Senate approving the conduct of the Executive in refusing to receive any further communication from Francis James Jackson, &c. Mr. Gar denier, after some prefa tory remarks, moved that the further consideration of the resolution lie postponed to the third Monday in February. Mr. Gardenia's motion Was ne gatived, by Yeas and Nays as fol lows : YEAS—Messrs. Blaisdcl, Breck- enridge, Campbell, J. C. Chamher- THE 3O C RS A j .. restrictive of commerce and naviga tion, or with the policy of disaltrtwingjlain, W. Chamberlin, Davenport, E- to foreign armed vessels, the use ofJly, Kmotf, Gardenier, Gold, Hale, our waters ; it falls within my duty Haven, Hubbard, R. Jackson, Knic- recommend also, that in addition kerbucker, Lewis, Livermore, In to to the precautionary measure autho rised by that act, and to the regular troops for completing the legal esta blishment of which enlistments are renewed, every necessary provision may he made, lor a volunteer force ol twenty thousand men, to lie en listed lor a short period, and held in a state of organization and readiness for actual service, al the shortest warning. I submit to the consideration of Congress, moreover, the expediency’ ol such classification and organizati on of the militia, as will best insure prompt and successive aids, from that source, adequate to emergencies, which may call lor them. It will rest with them also, to de termine how far further provision tmy lie expedient, for putting into actual service if necessary, any part oltlie naval armament not now em ployed. At a period presenting fea tures in the conduct of foreign powers towards the United States, which impose on them the neces the weakest European king loms {jsity of precautionary measures in- cven with the revolutionary ones of giving expense, it is a happy x nappy con Consideration that such is the solid state Wirtemburg, or Westphalia, thing, indeed, except the naval pro-| ot lllc public credit, that reliance can tection of Great Britain, or the morej be justly placed, on any legal provi- i&werful support of Napoleon, can, sion that may be made for resorting cording to all appearances, prevent! 10 «»•» a convenient form, and to an Sweden from being on the first rup litre with Russia, overrun, subjected and swallowed up in that vast empire. To the Corsican, it ft probable if not certain, that Charles XIII has al ready applied, to extend his interpo sition, and to rescue him from Alex ander’s overwhelming influence.— He must purchase such a mark of Napoleon’s favour and aid, by the complete renunciation ol all commu nication with England, and by shut ting e.verv Swedish port against us. In a word, by submitting to' all the privations & sacrifices, under which Denmark, Prussia, and even Russia herself, continue to retain the name oi states. Such is the probable ter mi nation to which the imprudence of Gustavus IV and the errors of the present British ministers, will con duct the only Baltic power, which, up to this time has continued in alii ance with us. F oj* 'Sale, At this office, a small collection of Miscellaneous and SCHOOL BOOKS, among which are the following : Parley’s Diversions, 2 vols. Letters on the subject ol the Catho lics. •• Marmion—a tale of Flodden Field The Federalist—2 vols. Walker’s Dictionary, Advice to Mothers—by Dr. Buchan Large octavo Prayer Books, Small Praytn Books, Father and Daughter—a novel* Theodore Cyphun, 2 vols. do. Irii<tun Tale. do. M urray’s Introduction, Do. Sequel, Harrison’s Grammar, The Rainbow, A compendious View of the Trial of Aaron Burr, New Sword Exercise, See. &c. The Laws And Concurred Resolutions passed at the late session of the Legislature Are now Published. (£J° A few copies for sale at the Journal Office. January 10. adequate amount. JAMES MADISON. January 3, 1810. The message was referred to Messrs. Giles, Pope, Bradley, Good rich, Leib, Sumter, and Gilman. House of Representatives. Wednesday, January 3. A message was received from the President of the United States In Mr. Graham. (See proceedings of Se nate.) On motion of Mr. Dawson, so much of the message as relates to the militia, Was referred to the commit tee already appointed on that sub ject ; that part relating to volunteers was referred to a committee on our military establishment ; that part re lating to the navy was referred to the Committee on our naval establish ment ; and so much as relates to our finances was referred to the commit tee of Ways and Means. TRADE TO THE BALTIC, &c. Mr. Burwell said that he had gi ven to the subject of our foreign re lations as much consideration as h was capable of doing, and digested some plan which appeared to him best adapted to the present situation of the country. It would be recol lected, however, that they had seen in the papers that France either had contemplated or did contemplate the blockade of all the ports not embra ced in the British orders ; and the) had seen in the papers a paragraph intimating that a project existed to close the Northern ports against all vessels but those of France. He conceived it necessary to calf for any information which by possibility might be in possession of the Execu tive on this subject, as such informa tion, if to be obtained, might Jiave some influence upon his mind as to the course proper to be pursued j and therefore moved the following reso lution : Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to lay before this house any information he may possess relative to the bloc kade of tne ports of the Baltic by France, and the exclusion of neutral vessels by Russia, Sweden and Den mark. vingston, Macon, Matthews, M l - Bride, Pearson, Pitkin, Potter, Quincy, S. Smith, Stanford, Stanley, Stedman, Stephenson, Swoope, Stur- ges, Taggart, Tallmadge, UpKiuvr, ' an Rensselaer, Wheaton, Whitman, Wilson—39. N (VYS—Messrs. L. J. Alston, W. Alston, Anderson, B;.con, Bard, Bas sett, liibb, Boyd, J. Brown, Burwell, R. Brown, Butler, Calhoun, Clav, Clopton, Cobb, Cochran, Cox, Craw- lord, Cults, Desha, Eppes, Findlev, Msk, Franklin, Gannett, Gardner, Gholdson, Goodwyn, Heister, liol- and, Helms, Howard, Huftv, Jen kins, Johnson, Kenan, Kenedv, Love. Lyle, Marion, M’Kcc, Mil ler, Milnor, Montgomery. N. R. Moore, Morrow, Newhold, New ton, J. Porter, Rea, (Pen.) Rhea. ( Ten.) Richards, Roane, Root, Ross Sage, Sammons, Seaver, Smelt, Shef- ev, Smilie, G. Smith, Southard. Svybert, Taylor, Thompson, Tracy, Turner, Weakly, Whitehall, Wither poon.—74. At length, at half past five o’clock, in the morning, the main question on the final passage of the resolution was taken and CAaair.n, 72 tq 41. The Yeas ami Nays are as f ollow : YE AS—Messrs. L. J. Alston, W. Alston, Anderson, Bacon, Bard, Bassett, Bibb, Bovd, J. Brown, R. Brown, Burwell, Butler, Calhoun, Clay, Cobb, Cochran, Cox, Crawford, Cutis, Dawson, Desha, Eppes, Find- lev, Fisk, Franklin, Gannett, Gard ner, Gholdson, Goodwyn, Helms, Holland, Howard, Hufty, Jenkins, Johnson, Kenan, Kendedy, Lot Lyle, Marion, M’Kee, M’Kitn, Mil nor, Montgomery, N. R. Moore, Morrow, Newbold, Newton, Ni cholson, J. Porter, P. B. Porter, Rea of Pen. Rhea of Ten. Richards, Roane, Root, Ross, Sage, Sammons Seaver, Scybert, Smelt, Smilie, G Smith, Southard, Taylor, Thomp son, Tracv,Turner, Weakley, White- hill, Witherspoon.—72. NAYS—Messrs. Blaisdell, Bn c kenridge, J. C. Chamberlain, V*’ Chamberlin, Champion, Chittenden, Dana, Davenport, Ely, Emott, Gar denier, Gold, Hale, Haven, Hubbard, R. Jackson, Kmckerbacker, Lewis, Livermore, Livingston, Macon, M*- Bryde, Moseley, Pearson, Pickman, Pitkin, Potter Quincy, Stanford, Stanley, Stedman, Stephenson, Sun ges, Swoope, Taggart, Tallmadge, (Jpham, Van Rensselaer,^Wheaton, Whitman, Wilson.—41. (On this vote were absent 27 mem bers, viz. Messrs. Campbell, Clop ton, Cook,* Christ, Denning,* Golds- borough, Gray, Heister, J. G. Jack- son, Jones, Key, Lyon,* Matthews, Miller, T. Moore, Mumford,* Nel son, Randolph,* Sawyer, Shaw, TUESDAY, January 16. Extracts of a Ifttet received by tin Editor of this paper from a member of Congress, dated the 4th i.nst. “ The important question on the resolution from the Senate, appro batory of the conduct of the Presi dent, in the dismissal of the late British Minister, was decided tins morning, after a sitting of nineteen hours. It has passed botli houses bv very large majorities ; say sit) to 4 in Senate, 72 to 41 in our house—as soon as the joint resolution is in print, it will be forwarded for publi cation. The President made yesterday by IN less age, a communication to both houses. He strongly recom mends die raising immediately oi wentv thousand Volunteers for a :iort pern d ; the revival of the law, a ith U’isit g a detachment of one hun dred thousand* Militia ; and also, the propriety of putting in commissi- jn the residue of the Navy, that lias not heretofore been equiped File recruitingbusi,icss for the com pletion of the late Annv, is now a- . A ^‘Uct been received in this pm revived—These measures ap- c . lty bn & from Calcutta* war to have a squinting at War. S '‘ nK 21 “ By ;m arrival at Boston, after a short passage from Goltcnbnrg, it is iJnu-Tori, Dec. 23* Tlie British hat’.P at length deter mined to evacuate the island of WaL oheren. The Loitddrt Times of the 19th ult. says...The Transport Board we understand, have given order# to their respective agents at the dif ferent ports, to get ships ready to send to Wale heron, to bring away the garrison and stores, preparatory to evacuating the place altogether. New-Tork Dee. 30. * From a passenger who arrived 4 here this morning in the schr. Flash, ' from Cadiz, which port she left on the 10th of Nov. we learn that Sir Arthur Wellesley had embarked in- the Donegal, .74, for Europe, but had not sailed—that a report was • current of a French fleet being at sea, but no confirmation had been re ceived—and that the quarantine had been limited to eight days, except as to vessels from New-York and Phi ladelphia, which was 40.—When the Flash left St. Bartholomews, it was reported that tile British were going against Guadaloupe. reported, and credit is attached to the report here, that the four great powers of the North, have resolved to shut the Baltic against all other unions, France excepted nothing >f moment further occurs.” Extract of a Letter from Gen. Wil kinson to a member of Congress, dated Natchez, Dee. 6. u The indulgence offered me by tlie Executive, trt present myself at he scat of government, will prove •.’.'.availing, should gen. Hampton’s arrival here be unseasonably’ delay- d ; because I cannot move be fori his presence may enable me to de volve 011 him the extensive and com plicated command ol his department; and I must afterwards, for the tenth lime, commit myself to the Ocean,as die season and my health both forbid my traversing the wilderness.” On the 2Jth ult. the following ad dress to the President of the United States, was unanimously adopted both houses of the Legislature of North Carolina. TO JAMIES MADISON, President of the United States SIR——The Legislature of North Carolina, assembled for the first time since you Were called by the suffra ges of your countrymen to presiel over the councils of their country, fee! it their duty, to the performance of which they cheerfullv advance, to, convey to you their unqualified ap probation of Uni course v. hich you have pursued, and which has so am ply protected from injury, the henot and dignity of the American govern ment. In times portentous and alarming as the present, when every salutary and equitable principle seems to be disregarded by the turbulent nations of Europe 1 , ■file citizens of the United States unassisted by that firmness, wisdom and patriotism which has characterised vour public conduct, would, indeed, have much to fear; hut cheered lay the consolatory be lief that the American spirit which jhas hitherto secured to us the bene fits of your talents, will be always ex erted in the advancement of vour country’s happiness, we feel no jicsi II* ItdllUUtUUt UitWVCl. . . I I * I • y. Slicffcv.y. Smith, S. Smith, Trmp,'?'°? 1,1 loured™, «u!,v v,.„ li.V, * v,„. ,„,1 vvL, » jUually, anJ as the.Representative, ..I Van Dyke,* Van Horn and Winn, of whom those (itlie freemen of North Carolina. to u. .muiu ...wow marked (*) have, ^ ^ , ,. . . i • .1 • . i • .i support with energy* and at the risk not appeared in their seats during the 1 v .. , , 11 c . . . »• lot our lives and fortunes, such mea- ni’PCimf Spcsmn nnrl thntH in linin'f _ 7 present Session, and those in Italic are known to be absent from the ci ty*) The House then adjourned, at a quarter before six, after a session of nineteen hours, during the whole of which time the Speaker presided in the chair with dignity and modera tion, to Friday next. Notice. NINE months after the date hereof, ap plication will be made to the honorable the Inferior court of Warren county for leave to fell SOS 12 acres of land lying in the WinneJ'red Benton Adin. August 19th, 1809- 12—Jqi sores as the General government shall think proper to pursue, to pro tect from insult and aggression our common and happy country. (Signed) JOSEPH RIDDICK, S.S. TIIOs. DAVIS, 6. H. C. A few days before the House of Commons rose, the following patri otic resolution was adopted : “ Resolved, That it be. recommend ed by the Representatives of the dated Sept. 21st, which contains the following intelligence :—“ TWe has been a civil war on the coast. Sir George Barlow, the governor, at tempted to curtail the perquisites of the company’s officers, when they re* belted against the government; and carried matters so far, that they seiz ed upon Scringapatam, Mausulipa- tarn, Hvdrabad, and a quantity of treasure belonging to the company j and have since had an engagement villi the king’s troops in which they were rather worsted. The govern or general has proceeded down to Madras, and there are hopes that the differences will be adjusted. The general opinion here is, that the com pany will be under the necessity of placing the country in the hands of the king.” Boston, Dee. 25. Important Rumor-vNRetters hav^ been received from Sweden to the 3d inst. A report prevailed at Got- tenburgh, on the authoritv of com munications from Stockholm, that the four principal powers of the Bal tic, Russia. Sweden, Denmark auc| Pussia, had come to a determination o close that sea against the shipping >f every other nation, with the except tion of the French. Philadelphia, Dec. 30. The supreme" junta of Spain has declared war against Derimark. One >f the reasons i3 the refusal of the Danish government to receive an E mbassndor. Baltimore, January 3. A letter lias been received bv A respectable mercantile House in this city from St. Bartholomews-, dated Dec. 14, which states that an Kng* ish Squadron sailed from Antigua destined to act against Guadaloupe $ that another was to sail from Marti nique to co-operate with the former; ind that a fleet of thirteen sail of the line had arrived at Barbadoes in pur suit of the French Toulon fleet, which tlie writer s;lys has nbt yet made its appearance in thdsc seas. Calcutta, Sept. 9. The reports at Prince of Wales Island wefe, th^t admiral Siircey’s squadron had arri ved at the Jslc of France, with 7 fri gates, but this report is contradictesl by letters from Penang. The French, as late as the 16th of July, had been for some weeks occupied in building forts at the Mauritinds, and prepar ing against an attack : the blockade was strictiy maintained by the Bri tish squadron. John Kilty Smith, Esq. i9 appoint ed navy agent at NeW-Orleans, vice Keith Spence, Esq. deceased. Notice. NINE months after date I (hill apply to the honorable the Inferior Court of Wilkin, fon county, for leave to sell the following tracts of L.nd, (lying near the mouth of . . .. - ir .l n r i Little Black Creek, in »hc 5th diftrict said tree people ot North Carolina, tliatjtvitkinson county) viz Lot, No. #03, No. the members who shall compose the 254, No. qss. Aif>, about too acres on 3rd district of Wilkinson county No. S61, next Guneral Assembly appear, at,Rudy creek, Warren County, all belonging for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of . . • • , sess : on r l 0 .,»h to the eftatc of Jefle Matthews, deceased* Aaron Benton late of this county dec. the t,n . ie ot th * ir s . aid , session, c loath- fof th of , hf hftrJ creditors. ed entirely either in the manufactures!^ the ^“jacOB MERCHANT, Adfni of this slate, or of the U* States,” jWurea coauijr. /an. ii> t ibio. 1*—sm^f