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blooded, it would have cost 867 in-estimat'd at SO per cent, for the first'one side, in the direction of th stead of R59 19, and would have made 33 yards of Kerseymere, which is ascertained by the weight of tht cloth, the account in that case would stand thus : By 83 yds. Kerseymere, at S 3 50, - . S290 50 To 67lhs. of Wool, and cost of manufacturing, 174 81 75,000 Profit oh & 67 stock, al- ^ roost 175 percent. A Bill has been introduced into the Senate of the United States for the improvement of our Nation, by facilitating the intercourse of its ci tizens. It contemplate* the 'foiion of the waters of Boston harbour with those of Newport in Rhode Island ; of tWe Rariton in New Jersey with the Delaware; of the Hudson with the Lakes Erie and Ontario; of the Delaware with the Chesepeake ; a oanalto pass the cataract of Niagara; *Mie union of the Hudson with Lake Champlain ; the Ohio with Lake E- rie ; a canal to pass the falls of the Ohio, and from the Roanoke to the Appomattox, and from the Tennes see to the Tombigbee ; a road from the highest navigable waters of the Atlantic, to the highest navigabi - waters of the Western States ; and a turnpike road for the general mail .from Maine to and through Georgia. •For the above purpose a tract of land in the peninsula of Michigan is contemplated to be appropriated ; it contains perhaps ten millions of acres (Georgia Express.) year. The following estimate of the “ expences of repairs, is also submit ted : “ For repairs of vessels now in possesion, 150,000 “ For freight, store-rent and all other contingent expences, “ For the repairof frigates now lying in ordinary, keeping the gun-boats 8 119 69. that are now in service in a state of preserve* tion, Ike. 450,000 “ For freight and other contingent expences 100,000) This report was referred to a com mittee of the whole. Vestibule, and the Louvre on th. other. It is 45 feet in height, 60 i. leneth, and twenty and a half it thickness. congmess. SENATE. Monday, January, 8 A report was received from the Se cretary of War on the subject of the Corps of Engineers. Mr. Meigs submitted the follow ing motion, which was agreed to : Resolved, That a committee be ap pointed to enquire into the expedi ency of establishing by law a Land Department of the United States : and that they have leave to report by bill or otherwise. (Messrs, Meigs, Gregg, Andcr- eon, Crawford and Pope were appoin ted the committee.) The btll for the improvement of the United States by public roads and ca nals was read a second time and on motion of Mr.~ Pope, committed to a select committee. (Messrs. Pope, Bayard, Ander son, Crawford and Hillhouse were appointed the committee.) On motion of Mr. Pope, the re port made by the Secretary of the Treasury in pursuance of a resolu tion of the House of the 2d March, 1807, respecting roads and canals, was referred to the same committee. h House of Representatives. Saturday, January 6. Mr. Holland moved the following resolution which was negatived ; “ Resolved, That the committee of Commerce and Manufactures be in Monday January, ft. Mr. Nelson made the following re- port: ^ “ The committee on the military establishment of the United States, to whom was referred so much of the message of the President of the U. States of the 3i instant, as re lates to raising a volunteer force, re port in part that they have taken th same into consideration, and are of opinion that it is highly expedient to place forthwith the country in a more complete state of defence and recommend the following resolu tion : Resolved, That provision be made by law for raising and embodying a volunteer force of twenty thousand men, exclusive of officers, to be en listed and held to serve lor the term of from the time of their being in actual service.” The report was referred to a com mittee of the whole. A letter from Havannn, to a merchant in Richmond, Virginia, dated 4th December, states, that no thing is yet decided on the subject of regulating our trade. The order prohibiting the entrance to Foreign vessels, with other cargoes than boards, See. is unrepealed, and ves sels are daily arriving with all sorts of cargoes, yet they are not turned off, neither are they permitted to sell, but are kept in a state of sus pense, waiting the orders of the Spa nish government and intendant. THE JQGMNUi. The Poston Exchange Coffee-House was commenced in the spring of 1306 and completed last spring. It is seven stories high, exclusive of spacious cel lars under the whole, contains two hundred apartments, and covers near ly an acre of ground. It cost, inclu ding the furniture, 5oo,ooo dollars, and ts the most convenient and most superb house of entertainment in Ame rica. The New City Hall of New Tort, now building, has already cost near 3oo,ooo dollars. It is six years since the building was commenced, is it will require two years more to finish it. The House of delegates of Man- land have passed an act which impo ses a tax of one quarter per centum on the capital stock of banks and insu rance companies, for the establish ment and maintenance of schools for the education of the poor through the state. all actions which shall be commer ced for words, no exceptions shall b taken thereto, that shall take the cons.ruction from the trial by jut-' but the same shall be cognizable be fore the jury, who shall say what da mag s the partv has sustained. Philadelphia, Dec. 29. An authentic statement of captures o' the property of the citizens of the United States by the biliigerem powers of Europe since the rais ing of the embargo last March, as ensured in the nine public offices in this city. Amount o! captures bv the British 30,(XX) dollars 10,000 whereof has been restored. Amount of captures by the French, including one vessel plundered and burnt at sea 158,420 dollars, 38,500 whereof, has been re-captured by the British and restored on salvage Amount of captures by the Danes 209,542 dollars, 94,500 whereof has been released on paying chargei which in some instances amount to a species of ransom. Died, on Sunday morning last aftet a lingering illness, Mrs. Sarah De- VF.RF.UX, r onsort of J. W. Deeretix, Esquire, of this place. — In Putnam county, on Tuesday the 2ad instant, Mr. Robert Stur- oks, son of the Reverend Daniel S '(urges of Columbia count j ; aged, 5 8 yea • s. On the first Tuesday in March next, WILL BE SOLD between >he usual hours, at Monticello, One Lot of Land, No. 2! 5, in nineteenth district of Baldwin county, now Randolph, Ie* vied on as the property of Jos. Hole- man, William Phillips and William Hammett, to satisfy art execution in favour of Eleazar Jeter. ALSO, One Negro Girt, named Lucy* one likely Yoke of O xen and Cart, Four good F eather Amount captured by the Spaniards! Beils and l'urniture, one Sorrel 10, 000 dollars, whereof no tidings since captured. Charleston, January, 15. We learn, by captain Surget, from New-Orleans, that the felucca, on board of which Mr. Brown, the col lector of that port, lately made his escape, had been taken by the Uni- TUESDAT, January 30. ted States Gan-Boat, No. 65, which r »• c i t . . . . , ’ , in favour of Samuel Lancaster nad been dispatched by commodore , • , . , i r ' „ , 1 . r c a- , . property pointed out by the defen- Porter m pursuit ol her, off the is- hf. AI SO Petersburg, (Va.) January, 12. The House of Delegates of Vir- The Northern AIM by AthenThiiil ? ini ‘!v h . ave llt present before them not arrived there, when the mail for this place was closed. No Congres sional intelligence has been received of later date than was published in our last. A Dinner was given in Savannah, on Tuesday the 15th instant, to his Excellency Governor Mitchell, by the officers of the Chatham Regi ment. A Committee of the Virginia Le gislature have reported, a plan to encourage the raising of Sheep, and the introduction of Merinos. As one important means of encourage ment, a tax on dogs is recommended. Messrs. Livingston and Fulton have presented a petition to the Le gislature of Virginia, praying the exclusive right of navigating the rivers of that state, with Steam Boats —particularly the waters of the Ohio and Mississippi. They engage to navigate those rivers in three fourths the time now required, and to carry- freight for three fourths the usual price. Horse, Seven Cows and Yearlings, and twenty-five head of likely Hogs, all taken as the property of Joseph Carter to satisfy sundry executions against him ; property pointed out by the defendant. ALSO, One Likely Sorrel Horse, levied on as the property of Nehe- miah Harvey, to satisfy an execution land of Jamaica; but that Brown !had made his escape on shore four hours before the gun boat fell in with her, with all his plunder. The fe- One Lot of Land, No. 19, in the sixteenth district of Baldwin county, now Randolph, t 1 ^Lructed to enquire into the expedi- -acy of encouraging the manufactur ing of Iron by making a donation of The Society ot Agriculture and Commerce of Caen have been lately 1 presented with specimens of paper a certain portion yf land to such P cr -I manu f ac tured from straw, by means sons as may-erect iron works withinly ;m instrument so simple in its the territories ol the United States. C onstru<ftion that anv person who Mr. Bassett made the following pleagcs may makc paper equal to the report “ The committee appointed on that part of the President’s message re lating to the naval establishment, re port, in part, that they found that the frigates now in ordinary was the on ly /part of the subject requiring im mediate attention. Besides the mo tives presented in the Secretary’s let- fsr for an immediate raparation of those frigates, the eventful situation of our country furnishes a strong in- <lucetifent to placing those valuable ships in- a state Jo aid in the protec tion notof our ports only but of those numerous exposed situations on the water with which our country a* hounds. The committee therefore recommend the following resolution Resolved that ,the hulls of the frigates now in ordinary ought to be immedi ately repaired, and that dol lars qut of any money in the Treasury ,is. appropriated for the same*” • (Accompanying this report was a fetter of the Secretary of the Navy staiinghis opinion that the frigates in ordinary do require material re pairs ; .that ibe increasing injury nost practised workman. The art of printing from stone continues to lie practised with great success in Germany. At Studtgard a printing office has been established for the more extensive application of this invention. The engraving of musick i6 the chief branch. The United States Troops have been greatly benefited in their health by being removed to the vicinity of Natchez, from New Orleans—only sixty having died since their remo val. A person at New York has ad' vertised his having obtained a pa tent for a machine for cutting sas suage meat. He cautions all persons against cutting their meat after his manner without purchasing the privi lege. The triumphal arch erected in the Carousel at Paris, by order of Bona parte, to immortalize the glory el which wilLro.ih from their remuin-Jthc French arms is now entirely iig in their present hituurion may be finished. It faces the Thuillcrics on a “ Bill to suppress Duelling,” the provisions of which are extremely severe. A motion on the 3d inst. to postpone its further consideration to the 31st of March, was negatived —Ayes 20—Noes 135...The first section enacts that if any person shall challenge another to fight a duel, or if any person shall accept a challenge, or fight a duel with any person, the probable issue of which may or might terminate in the death of the chatten geror challenged ; such person shall be incapable of holding or being e- lected to any* post of profit or emo foment, civil or military, under the government of the commonwealth. The 2d sec. enacts that any per son who shalt hereafter be appointee to any office civil or military under the commonwealth, shall in addition to the oath now prescribed by law solemnly swear that he had not since the passage of this act, nor woult be, during his continuance in office be directly or indirectly concerned in a duel. The 3d sec. declares, that nO per son offending in either way as afore said, shall ever thereafter be capabl of bringing or prosecuting any suii o action, eitner at common law or in chancery, and that any action or suit instituted or commenced, by sue! person shall be dismissed, wlienso ever the fact of his having commit ted either of the said offences, shal be established under any plea taking advantage thereof. The 4th sec. provides, that when the commission of either of the said offences shall be established against any person, the record in such action shall be good evidence in every suit or action which may thereafter arise for the purpose of proving either ol the offences aforesaid, although the party or parties to such subsequent suit or action, was not a party in the suit or action whereby the said fact was established. The 5th sec. makes it the duty of the judges of the circuit and coun ty courts at their quarterly sessions, to give in charge expressly to the ju ry all the laws in force to suppress duelling, The 6th section gives power to the magistrates to bind over to their good behaviour any persons whom they may have cause to suspect are about being concerned in duelling. The 7th section enacts, if any per son or persons shall for the purpose of eluding the provisions of this act, leave the state, the porson or persons so offending, shall be deemed as guil ty, and subject to the like penalties as if the offence had been committed within this Commonwealth. The 6th section provides that in lucca had arrived in the Mississippi,'levied on as the property of William but the gun boat had proceeded to \V. Kennon to satisfy an execution Kingston, in pursuit of Brown. Captain Gooch, from Havanna, informs, that that port has been opened by order of the government, until tlie 2')tli ot August next ; but that vessels entering with cargoes of provisions, still meet with several days delay before they can get theit vessels tQ an entry. January 16. Arrived ship Mississippi Kcllsa, .isbon, 36 days. Capt. Ktllsa, fur nishes no news. He sailed on the Ah December. The British arinv was still on the frontiers of Spain Ik Portugal. There were about 200 til of transports at Lisbon. It wa he opinion of some, that the countn vould be evacuated by the British before the end of December ; not- vithstanding his expectation, how- ;ver, reinforcements had lately arriv- d from England. There were tw< British ships of the line and two oi hree smaller vessels of war lying a, Lisbon when capt. K. sailed. No rtficial accounts of the destruction ol he Toulon fleet had been received it Lisbon. Markets dull at Lisboi or American produce. The articl* of Cotton was not permitted to bi ;old for consumption in the country, ind if landed, was subject to a heavy duty on exportation ; and as there were not English or other vessels sufficient to take away the cargoes that were daily arriving, many ves sels were subject to great delay & inconvenience. Several vessels had proceeded to Cadiz, with their out ward cargoes. in favour of Barrett and Sims ; pro perty pointed out by the defendant. ALSO, the one half of a Brick Kiln, containing about 120,000 Bricks, levied on as the property of Josiah Goolsbey to satisfy an execution in favour of Augustin Harris ; the property pointed out by the Plaintiff’s attorney, levied on by Jesse Evans, Deputy Sheriff. ALSO, One Book, one drawing knife, two augurs, three small hammers, one writing desk, one Umbrel la, one Club Axe, two pair of hinges, three files, one snuff bottle and box, and two pistol barrels, levied on as the property of Icabdd Nelson, to satisfy an execution in favour of Isliam Huckohy. ALSO, One Let of Land, No. 8, in the fifteenth district of Baldwin county, now Randolph, levied on as the property of Jacob Mercer, to satisfy an execution in favour of Ransom Swinev. Conditions of Sale, Cash. P. Fitzpatrick, Sheriff. January 28 14—tds For Sale, Three fractions in the second dis trict of Baldwin, on Pot itoe Creek, adjoining Tinsley, Smith and Kanes, containing 375 acres, well improved, with two Grist Mills, and near one hundred acres of open Land, great part of the best quality and well cal culated for public business. The Arrived, sloop Pattv and Lydia,Iterms will be made known by ap* Richardson, Amelia, 7 days, ballast, to John Evi i-igham. The Patty and Lydia experienced some very bail weather, which damaged her sails & rigging ; lost also an anchor and cable off St. Simons. Just before the Patty and Lydia sailed, the comman dant at Amelia informed the Cap tains of the English vessels there, that he had just received a letter (which might be depended on, but would give no information as to the author of it) stating that the French who had been driven out of Cuba, had gone to Guadaloupe to collect forces sufficient to make a formida ble attack on Amelia ; in conse quence of which information, the British Captains appointed as com modore, Captain Forster, of the ship Maiy-Ann, (formerly an American East Indiuman), mounting twenty two guns : and signed an agreement to abide strictly by his order ; Capt Forster was at St. Mary’s, but was momently expected. plying to the subscriber on the pre mises, or at this office. Jeremiah Bonner* January 30. 14—3tfl To Rent, The STORE HOUSE, fronting the public square, and on Wayne and Washington Streets, belonging to the estate of John Peterson, dcc’d. For terms apply to A. M. Devereux, Esquire. John Crowder. January 30 14—4t Wanted to Hire, A NEGRO GIRL, from 14 to 15 years of age ■'--Apply at this office, i January 30. 14— tf Notice. NINE months after date applicati on will be made to the honourable the Inferior court of Randolph coun ty, for leave to sell one tract of land lying in the county of Green, on the waters of Bever-Dam Creek, adjoin ing Ligon, Pinkard and Dillard, containing ninety-seven aud one half Veres, it being the real'cstate of John Cochran, dec. to be sold for the be nefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased. SUSANNAH COCHRAN, Admx, DUDLEY COCHRJLV, Admr. January 30. * i4—»9m