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ai influences of England. I shall
' now how to punish her, if she suffers
Crsdfto he governed by cunning
n l perfidious councils.
“ I have wished to give the Swiss
•uion a new proof of my esteem, by
nncxingto my titles that of their
Mediator, and thus putting an end to
;l l.l the uneasiness endeavoured to be
pread among that brave people
“ Holland, placed between Eng
land and France, is equally bruised
bvjthem. Yet she is the debauche of
the principal arteries of my Empire.
Changes will become necessary ; the
safety of-my frontiers, and the well
understood interests of the countries,
, imperiously require them.
“ Sweden has lost, by her alliance
• with England after a disasterous war,
the finest and most important of her
provinces. Happy would it hav
bcenffor that nation, if the wise
prince that governs her now, had as
cended the throne some years sooner!
This example proves anew to kings
that an alliance with Englnad is the
surest pledge of ruin.
“ My ally and friend, the Empc
tor of Russia, has united to his vast
Empire, Finland, Moldovia, Wa
lachia, and a district of Gallicia. I
am not jealous of any tiling that can
produce good to that empire. M
sentiments for its illustrious Sove
reign, are in unison with my policy.
*• When I shew myself be\ond
the Pvrennees,the frightened leopard
will fly to the ocean, to avoid shame,
defeat and death. The triumph of
my armies will be the triumph’of the
genius of good over evil, of modera
tiou, order, and morality, over civi
war, anarchy, and bad passions. M\
friendship and protection will, I hope,
restore tranquility anil happiness to
the people of the Spains
ryiand, to the state of Ohio, was read unless act unify invested with a suffi
and passed to a s corn! reading.
Monday, February 12.
The bill to prevent the issuing o1
sea-letters, except to certain vessels,
was read a second time, and commit
ted to Messrs. Bayard Bradley and
Leih.
The consideration of the bill to
engage in the service of the United
States lor a short period a corps of
volunteers was, on motion of Mr.
Bradley, further postponed until
Mondav next.
AMERICAN NAVIGATION BILL.
Mr. Smith of (Md.) from the com
mittee to whom was referred the bill
“ concerning commercial intercourse
with Great Britain and France, and
their dependencies, and for other pur
poses,” reported the same widi an :t-
nendment (not*affecting the princi-
tentfotce to render the entrance t;
t dangerous.
The 4th section provides that tin
commanders of the public armed
vessels convoying according to this
law shall permit the public armed
vessels of any belligerent nation to
visit and search on the high seas nnv
private ship or vessel under their
convoy, for the purpose of examining
whether it be laden with eneihy’s prp-
perty or articles bv this law .declared
contraband of war, or whether it be
bound to a port actually blockaded.
Secretary cf State, rotrii>V' n R thr
isolution of the 2Vd of Jatm.arjr.
JAMES MTD1SON.
February 9, isto.
REPORT.
The Secretary of State, to wIto/n tb>
President has hern pleased to refit* th*
Resolution of the Hmite of Reprio’ii
tativea of the 22.-1 of 'all month,' hai the ho
luams endeavored to suppress the
: rt edom o\'speech ;uid the liberty of
1 :K * press, should now be the greatest
a awl ms in its defence f Mr. Gar-
lenier in his six hours speech declar-
'1, that the Constitution secured the
nor to ftate that it appear# from the red freedom of speech, and he would lx*
cord# in tlii# department, tha'in the years!
I SO t and lfcOS, the Executive had endeavor
ed to obtain for the citizen# of the Uiited
State# residing on the waters of Tombitf
hee and Alabama rivers, the free passage ot
the Mobile river to it# confluence with the
ocean—firft, hy claiming this navigation as
a neutral right functioned by the general
k;tc 1s X the niGHT !
thjgfc?
anj^i
was further discussed ; and on mo
tion of Mr. Crawford, referred to a
committee for further consideration.
Messrs. Reid, Crawford, Leib, Giles,
and Pickering compose the commit
tee.
Thursday, February 16.
Mr. Reed from the committee to
whom was committed his motion for
amending the Constitution, reported
the same amended to read ns follows :
“ No title of Nobility shall be
granted by the United Stales ; mid no
person holding any office 0: profit or
irust under them shall, without the
consent of Congrscs, accept of any
present, emolument, office or title of a
ii)' kind whatever from any emperor,
king, prince, or foreign state : And
if any citizen of the United States,
shall accept of any title of nobility or
of any other title of distinction above
or below that of nobility from any
emperor, king, prince or foreign state,
or shall hold the same by descent,
such citizen shall thenceforth be in
capable ot exercising or enjoying any
of die rights and immunities of a free
citizen of the United States, or of the
individual stages ; and shall also be
incapable of holding any office of pro-
■I V *h section provide, that
said commanders shall not permit n-uleavnring to purchaic the couutiy held I y
jnv privateer or other ihjf^a nation lijSpitiri on the Mobile.
These efforts were m.ide before it
known that Spain h#d ceded Louifiatia to
France, and confeqnently before the pur
chase of (bat piov li e by the Untied Staten.
Since that purchase, the country held by
Spain on the Mohde hai been claimed a#
ocinu included therein.
The Spanifh government having object
ed to this claim in a manner which justified
a belief that the queftion wOMd not be Ion*
decided, our Miniftcr at Madrid was in-
Itructed again to claim the free navigation
if the Mobile under the general principles
of the law ot nation#, and lo re ardent to
hi# Catholic Majtaty the propriety and ne
<Lity of giving oul r< to bis officer# not to
armed vessel to visit anf^'essel un
der their convoy.
The Gill section requires the com
manders to resist by force the cap
ture oi’anv vessel under theii* convoy
pie ot the bill) which was read. The for any other cause than having ene-
bul is made the order ot the day tor m ; cs property or articles contraband
Mondav next. _ of war on board, or being bound tc
Mr. had S' motion for an amend- a port actually blockaded, anil to con
invent to the Constitution of the U. S
■S^entlemen Deputies of depart-
:iM to the Legislative Body, i
irected mv minister of the Interior
to lay before you the history of the
legislation of the administration ol
the finances of the year just expired ;
you will see that ali the ideas I had
conceived for the amelioration of my
people, have been followed with th
greatest act.vk)—that in Paris, as in
the most distant parts of my empire,
the war has not produced any delay
in the public works. The members
of mv council of state will submit to fit or trust under them or either ol
you different projects of law, and es
pecially the law upon the finances ;
you will see in it their prosperous
condition. I demand of my people
no new sacrifice, though circumstan
ce* have obliged me to double iny
military means.”
them.’
“ Gottenburgh, Nov. 25.
“ I beg leave to inform you, there
is a report in circulation here, that
the former king, Gustavus, is dead,
•and that there is some disturbance
at Stockholm j indeed, it is expec
ted some material change is about to
take place.
“ Every thing is quiet at Gotten
burgh. The officers ot the English
House of Representatives.
Friday, February 9.
The following letter was laid be
fore the House
“ Fo tne Honorable f. B. Vacuum,
Speaker of the House of Represen
tatives.
Sir—Having published a pamphlet
explaining my experience on the prac
lice and effects ol torpedoes, I beg
leave to present you and each member
ot the House of Representatives one
copv. Should the House consider
this subject of sufficient interest to
merit further explanation, I shall be
happy to give a lecture at suchi time
ships land and frequently come to and place as may be most convem-
town in plain clothes, it being the re-Jent, in which i ’ ill exhibit thevari-
quest of the governor for them no.ious inodes ol attack with torpedoes
to appear in uniform.
“ Admiral Dickson is arrived fromjac
.the Belt, and com man us in H iwkjst
r roads ; the winter is set in very se
vere ; there is a great deal of ice here
now ; the packets are expected to
continue coming here ail the win
ter.”
“ Stockii: lm, Nov. 13
“ It is confidently r, ported that the
emperor Alexander, (though in one
* of the secret articles of the treaty ol
peace, he stipulates not to interfere
in the internal government ot Swe
den) covertly favours the election ot
‘ ihe son of Gustavus, as the succes
sor to the throne, with the view ol
making the queen of Gustavus, who
is Alexander’s sister in-law, more a
son asic ; if this party should succeed,
it is thought that the answer given
by prince Augustenbqfg, with res
pect to the words, L whenever a
peace shall take place,” sviii be con
8trued to mean a gent+al peace in
Europe, and that lie will receive an
indemnification for the artifice prac-
< tised upon him.
“ It is said the diet will break up
on the 1st of the ensuing month.”
V'ONUrllEhS,
SENATE.
Friday, February 9.
Tlie bill from the House of Reprc
sentatives in addition to the act to
regulate the laying and making a road
from Cumberland in the state of Ma
and harpoon guns as prepared for
on, with such models and demoli
tions as will lead to a clear un
derstanding of the subject.
I have the honor to be, See.
“ ROBERT FULTON.”
“ Kalorama, Feb. 9, 1310.
Leave was given to present the
pamphlets mentioned in the above
letter as requested.
CONVOY AND ARMING
Mr. Burwetl lrom this committee
appointed on the subject, reported a
bill authorising the President of the
United States to employ the public
armed vessels and permitting mer
chants to arm for the dclence of the
American commerce.
The first section of this bill pro
vides that the President of the Uni
ted States be authorised and requir
ed to employ the public armed ves
sels of the United States to convoy
vessels owned by citizens ot the U-
nited States and laden with the pro
petty of the United States the pro
perty’ of such citizens, provided such
produce is not contraband ol war, and
the said vessels shall not be bound to
a blockaded port, or to any port oi
place belonging to or in the actual
possession of any nation having in
force orders, edicts or decrees again:.;
neutral rights in v iolation of the law
of nations.
The 2d section enumerates arti
cles which shall be deemed contra
band of war.
The 3d section provides that no
port shall bo consider*^as blockaded,
tittue such resistance so long as m i)
lie necessary for the protection of thi
'So Is under their convoy.
The 7th section provides that ves
sels under convoy, agreeably to the
provisions of the act, may be armed ;
that they shall permit searches iu th
cases before mentioned ; but that they
shall resist search bv privateers, let
ters of marque, or private armed ves
sels.
The 8th section provides that ves
sels described in the preceding sec
tion shall resist capture, &c. in the
same manner as the commanders oi
the vessels convoying them are by
this bill authorised to do.
The 9th section requires of evert
merchant vessel armed as aforesaid,
previous to obtaining a clearance
bond, that its guns and ammunition,
etc. shall not be used lor any unlaw
tul purposes, but merely lor resist
ance and defence in the cases autho
rised and specified in this ..cl, and
that such arms shall be returned with
in the United States.
The 10th section provides that
vessels thus convoyed shall be sub
ject to the signals of the commander
ot the armed vessels convoying, and
to such rules and regulations as th
President may, under the provision
ol the act, establish for the govern
ment of the convoy.
The 11th section limits the durati
on of the bill to a year, and f roir
thence to the end of the next sessioi
of Congress thereafter.
The bill was twice read and refer
red to a committee of the whole on
Monday week.
EXPORTS FOR 1809.
The following report was received
front the Secretary of the Treasury
tk Treasury Department,
February 7, 1810
Sir, I have the honor to trans
mit herewith a statement of goods,
wares, and merchandize exported
front the United Slates nominally
during one year prior to the 1st ot
October, 1809, but in fact during
the six months and a half ending on
that day, exportations having been
prevented by the Embargo till the
25th day of March, 1809.
The goods wares and merchandize
of domestic growth or manufacture,
included in this statement, are esti
mated at 8 31,405,702
And those of foreign
growth or nianulaciure
at 20,797,531
Amount together to 52,203,233
The articles of domestic manufac
ture may be arranged under the fol
lowing heads, viz.
Produce oi die sea 1,710,000
forest 4,585,000
agriculture 23,234,000
munufact. 1,506,000
373,000
SCIPIO.
For the Georgia journal.
Lycttrgus observed, “ that all the
facilities a human being possessed,
w ere capable of being benevolently
employed, and that after having spent
his life in the service of Ah country,
a man ought, if possible, to render
his death a source ofadditionalbcne-
lir.” The Federalists think differ
ently. They are for spending the if
lives-—nay, suffering martyrdom in
defence of the rights of their most
gracious sovereign, the King of En
gland. SCIPIO,
By a vcfsel arrived at New-York from
interrupt tlie free communication with our bringing London dates to the aj
terrftoile# through the waters of the Mobile. December, we learn that Sir Arthur Wei-
In addition to what ha# been done through | e ,| ry bad arrived from Spain and accepted
this department, it appear# that the Gover-|,| lc appoinrmant of Secretary of State fot
nor of the Orleap# territory and other offl.|f oreifrn aff,i rl _| t ig reported that Lord
cent of the United States have endeavored Camden had determined to resign The
to induce the Spandh .ut'iorilieb on the Mo troops from Watcheren had been ordered
home, and every preparation wai made fat
bile tn abtl.mi fiom ex'Cling duties on the
pafsage of our merchandize or produce up
or down the river. Notwithftanding, how.
ever, tverv thing which ha# betn done, it i#
tn derftond that theft authorities have con
tinued to exact (with seme occasional re
laxations) a duly of twelve per rent, “on
ali article# of ihe growth or manufacture
ot the Untied States, which arc conveyed
through Laid river to and from the City of
New Oi>caiis.
Ail winch is refpeifUully submitted.
U. SMI III.
Department of State,)
February 8, 1810 J
Monday, February 12.
Mr. Fmk reported the census hill with *
mendments ; which wt re read a"d commit
ted to a committee of the whole Houfc.
TORPEDOES.
Mr. Dawfon. On hearing the Journal
read, I find that on lail Friday a letter wa»
received by the Speaker from Mr. Fulton
What merit is due to hi# invention l will
not pretend to fay ; hut 1 know Mr. Fulton
to b: a man of fcience and tuccesiful experi-
tlieir embarkation.
By private letters from New,
York we learn that news has arrived
there of the capture of Guadaloupc
by the British.
The following is an extract of a let
ter from a gentleman concerned
in the culture of the Vine in the Indi
ana Territory, dated at Vevay t
in New Switzerland, Dearborn
county, Indianna Territory, Tan.
15,1810. " '
“ It is flattering to be enabled to
state that from four small Vineyards
planted where seven years ago there
was not a stick of wood cut down, we
made last bill six hundred gallons of
pretty good wine.”
Charleston, February U.
ment, of which he has given proofs both in r » .* ’ .7
F.urope and this country. It feem# to me Fxttact of a letter, dated Liverpool^ .
that tome attention ought to be paid to hi#
communication. I therefore move you that
Ms letter be referred to a select committee.
Mr. Daw’fon'# motion wa# agreed to, and
a committee appointed confifliug of Mefsrs.
Dawfuii, Taylor, and Brown.
February IS.
THIRD CENSUS.
The House refolved itself into a commit,
tee of the whole on the bill for taking the
third census of the inhabitants of the L
nited States.
Various amendments were made to the
allowance# to maillial#, &c
'TUESDAY, February 27.
An extract of a letter from Wash
ington, gives the following return ol
die army at New-Qrleans, as mad.
o the House of Representatives
pursuance of the resolution for tlnn
purpose:
Privates fit for duty - - 270
Do. sick - - 621
Do. in arrest - - - t,
Do. absent (deserted) - 399
Do. dead from 1st May,
Uncertain
31,409.096
It i# proper to add that the summary ot
the deftirntion of thore exports, being
grounded on the cleaiances ot the vessels,
cannot be reli.d cn, under exifting ci-cum
itanre., a# (hewing with precision their real
deftination. Thu,, all the vessel# actually
rirltmed tor the dominions of Gieat Britain
which left the Uniten States between the
9>h of April and the 10th of June, cleared
for other ports, principally, it is believed
lor Sweden.
“ I have the honor to he, &c
ALBERT GALLATIN.”
“ The Honorable Speaker, •
of the Houfe ot Representatives.”
The nport and documents were ordered
ro bt p: inter),
NAVIGATION OF THE MOBILE. .
The following message w i# received froiii
the President ot the United State# by Mr.
Edwaid Coles, his Secretary :
To tne House of Representatives oj
the United States.
I tranfinit to the Houle a report of th
THE
JOURNAL.
15th Dec. 1809, to a merchant in
this city : received per ship Tara-
gon, arrived at Amelia.
“ An Austrian messenger is arri
ved with a Flag of Truce from France,
offering, it is said, a congress for a
general peace, to meet in the n >rth
of France^ This fe only a trick of Bo*
naparte’s, and I do not think anything
of moment can result from it. ” Now
lord Wellesley is minister of foreign
affairs, I do not think he will be so
asily duped. Parliament meets on
the 20th Janua.v. The holders of
American property appeared very
much frightened during the last few
days, from vessels arriving which
have evaded the non-intercourse law.
Two of them from New-York, the
Connecticut and Lavinia, have been
totally lost within a few days past,
owing to the storms we have had—*
the former near Studwell Roads, the
latter near the Kibble.—Upland Cot
ton, is. 6d. and lowering; Sea-Island,
2s, a 2s, 2d.”
to 15th Nov. 1809.
Officers on duty - - -
Do. sick - - - -
Do. in arrest - - • -
Do - resigned ...
Do. absent -
Do. dismissed by court
ma, dal -
Nou-i:nuntssioned officers.
Absent -
Du. on duty -
Do. sick - - - -
523
4*0
17
2
51
46
Married, on Wednesday evening
last, bv A. M. Devereux, Esq. Mr.
Robert Hill of Milledgeville, to the
amiable Miss Lucy Wilkinson oi -
Baldwin countv.
. - - 43
- - 9j
- - 10/
John Roane of Newington, King
and Queen count)', Virginia, without
the least known provocation lately cm
the throat ot his wife from ear to ear.
They had been married but about
two months, and his wife was a most
amiable woman. He has been com
mitted to prison. The friends of Mr.
Roane believe, it has been bis inten
tion to destroy himself tor two year
past, but had not the spirit; andtha !
ne committed this act, supposing ite
would then be compelled to it. .
FOR THE GEORGIA JOURNAL.
It is a little remarkable, that the
Federalists, who in the reign of John
aStriffy &atg.
WILL BE SOLD on the first Tue**
lay in April next, at Montictlld*
Randolph county,
The lot of Land,
No. 154, in the 17th district of Bald
win, now Randolph county, one bed,
one cow, one mare, and one chest,
levied on as the property of Zabcd
Hearn and Moore Bagley, to satisfy
an execution in favour of Lewelling
Williams.
P. Fitzpartick, Sheriff.
T ebruary 27 18-—tds
On th<? first Tuesday in April next in the
’own of Clinton, between tite usual hours,
WILL BE SOLD,
101 1-4 acres of Land,
n the 11 th district of Baldwin, now Jones,
t facing part of Lot, No. ior, in said dis-
rict, taken as the property of James Du
bose to satisfy Hubert Urynold’sand Co’a.
execution.—Condition!- Cash.
Jas. Riley, D. S. J. C
February 27 18—tds*