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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*