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KXOX & POPE,
HAVE RECEIVED BY THE LATE ARRIVALS,
A general supply oi Goods,
Which they offer oil very moderate terms,
for cash, produce, or on the usual credit to
those who intend payment, viz :
lies'. Cos l TON BAGGING and TWINL
Blankets ami negro cloth
Coarse and fine cloths and cassimcres
iloatings, Gunnels and huizc
Beady made big coats, jackets and trowsers
Fine, and coarse hat-, and hosiery
Irish linen and cotton shining
Calicoes and humhums
Noitliern stamped counterpanes
Plated saddles, bridles and harness
Guns, gun-powder and shot, assorted
UraSs kettles, assorted sizes
• liar iron, moulds and steel
\\ ire and hair sieves
tialt, by thcjtuantity or bushel
Flour, pilot and ship bread
A largo assortment of GROCERIES.
ALSO, ON HAND !
A broad hint u> all wh<s are indebted to An
drew Knox, or the laic firm ol Wilson
and Knox, who e notes, as well as open ac
counts, ought to have been paid long ere this.
Never yet having sued a man, but one, (und
tha* debt supixjsed to be hast or in bad hands;)
norwishtng toenterinto thatunprofuable’trade;
solicit both merchants and planters, with a lew
professional characters, to come foiward ai.d
discharge their just debts, as the present year
affords them generally an opportunity, the like
they may nefci see again. l’;ovidence has
certainly been bountiful in bestowing on us
plentiful crops of both wheat und corn, and
coiton and rice in abundance ; any of which
will be thankfully received in payment, having
large and convenient store moms to put it in ;
and they will try to be useful in turn in si 1.
jug any produce on commission, being well
f;>ed in a central situation foi that litisincss.
Andrew Knox,
for Knox y Pope, and surviving rofuir/nrr of
Wilson tjr” Knox.
November 17 cl 128
AK E Pa ,
Having received by the !tc ariiva 1 *, nearly all their
Supply of W inter Goods,
(Which, togitbir with tlcir former flock romprife
• vary er ten live and gerwral alfortmem) offer their
friend, and the public the following, and a great va
riety of other STAPI.K and FANCY AIU ICLh.B,
ior sale on liberal terms
I.ondon fupetllne C oth
Yorkshire do.
Single jnd double milled Caflimere*
Coating, Flannel*, Sahfbury do.
White and coloured Elam*
Blanket*, Swandown*, l‘oilenet>, Patent Cord’
Mai feille. Quilling, and a variety of lancy Veiling*
Worded id Cotton Bennet's Cord*
Velveteen* and ianty do.
Jrith l.inen*, l ong I.awn* and Cambiic*
Oerman and Hiiflii Sheeting
Diaper* Bed Ticks
Olnaburghs, Do , I;*, apron and fliirting Check*
Cambric and common Dimities
4-1 5-4 and (j-4 Cinfbric Mollin*
4-- ; and 6-4 book aid Jaconet do.
An elegant afTorment of laced and fancy Mufinu
Ilabit-ihirt* and T ucket*
Ribbon*, cap paterns and ace fleevi s
J-4, 1-2, 4-4 and 5-4 black and colored Crapes
Duflringi, Mode, Sarfnets, hlorentines
‘i'ombazets, Uonilrazeeni, Shalloons &c.
Calicoes, Girghiin*. 1 urniturc Chintz
Sills and cotton Cliambiuys
C itoil and thread l.aci-i an dFd ings
Silk, coiton, woriUd, lambs-woo and Angola Hose
l.adie* silk, leather, pic-nic habit and long Glove*
Mens fllk and leather Gloves
Children* yarn lloot-lhoe*
hhawl* and Handkerchief* of every defeription
Dadie* ornamented torti>ile-fl<il and horn Combs
hewing f.'ks, tw ills, thread*, tapes and bobbin*
Adelpl'i Cotton, in varmfhed ho*es
Umbrella*, I'arafols, li,k ar.J cotton Braces
Carpeting, Humhums
baddies, Uattl. loor*
Band boxes, bonnet paper* and w riting paper
Imptria'.hyfon and gunpowder teas,in ‘Jib caddies
jYn elegant afl'ortmfnt of Leghorn, fplit-flraw,
plufb, willow chip and fancy BONNiiTS
•Men* BKAVER HATS
JOO piece* COT TON BAGGING
. Kse, fur ship Mars, a consignment of
llautEonic LOOK.ING-C*LASSES,
(gilt and mahogany frames)
and
20 barrels I.F- Bhf.ton’s ALBANY ALE.
November 12——126
Received by late Arrivals.
.SO hhds. N- K. Hunt
30 bills. No. 1 und 2 Beef
30 bhls. No. 1 and 2 Pork
3t> hags piime Coffee
70 hbls. lresh inspected Muckarcl
for iSale by
< s. Bc. C. Howard.
November 11—1—127.
Coals.
A few chaldron COALS, suitable for lamily
use, for sale by
Taylor 8c Scarbrough.
October 24 — 118
Bills on New-York,
At t ihort fight, for (ale by
James s*. William Magee.
IV'cmSer J $9.
Tenth Congress of the United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday, November 2.
Four other members appeared and took their
seats.
\ir. Thomas said, he had the honor to be
appointed a member of the committee of com
merce and manufactures. He believed it would
be allowed by the members who knew him,
that e bad never failed to perform any duty
assigned to house, nor should be ask
lobe excused from serving on tins committee,
were it not for this circumstance: At the time
the committee was appointed, the immediate
representative of the city of New-York was not
present. That gentleman, said he, is now in
this place, who, besides being the representa
tive of that important commercial city, is much
belter acquainted with questions of commerce
than myself. He hoped the house would there
fore grant his request. Granted, and on mo
tion, Mr Mumfotd was appointed in his place.
Mr. Quincy moved, that the petition of Paul
Revere and J. M. Revere, of Boston, (presented
> at a former session) be now referred to the
committee of commerce and manufactures,—
The petitioners are manufacturers of copper,
and pray that a duty may he laid on imported
copper in sheets, in order to encourage the
woiks established by them with great labor and
expence. Agreed.
Mr T homas moved that the letter trom the
president of the senate, and speaker of the
house of representatives, of the state of New-
York, inclosing certain resolutions of the legis
lature of that state, relative to the protection
of the port and harbor of the city of New-York,
be referred to the committee on that part of
the president’s message which relates to the ag
gressions committed by foreign armed vessels.
Agreed to.
Tuesday, November 3.
Mr. Poindexter said, that a memorial from
the legislature of the Mississippi Territory, was
presented on the 27th of January last, praying :
ior a revision and amendment of the land laws,
and for an extension of the right of suffrage.
He wished to refer these subjects to distinct
committees, and for this purpose moved the
follow ing resolution:
Resolved, That so much of the memorial of
the legislative council and house of represen
tatives of the Mississippi Territory, presented
to the house on the 27ili day of January, ’807,*
as relates to the several acts of congress “ regu
lating the grants of land and providing for the
disposal of llte lands of the United Slates south
of the sta'c of Tennessee,” praying that the
same may be revised and amended, be refer
red to the committee on the public lands, and
that the said committee have leave to report by
bill or otliei wise,
Mr. Pitkin doubted the propriety of the pro*
posed refei I'lice, empowering the committee
to report by bili. He wished the subject of this
memorial to take the usual cowse.
Hr. Poindexter said he would explain the
reasons w by i.e proposed this specific resolution.
Had the gentleman heard the resolution read,
lie would have observed that it embraced a
vaiiety of subjects, apart of which would be
properly referred to the committee on public
lands ; but another part he should propose to
refer to a select committee: for, if the whole
memorial were referred to the committee on
public lands, it would be found that they could ,
not act upon certain parts of it. T hat the
whole might be in a state of progress, he thought
it necessary to divide the subject. Should this
resolution be agreed to, he should propose ano
ther, in relation to right and suffiage.
The reading of the memorial was called for,
which was t end accordingly.
Mr. Pitkin said, that from the information
given the gentleman from the Mississippi
Territory, he was willing the business should
take ihe course he had proposed.
The reference was agreed to.
Mr. Poindexter then moved the following
resolution:
Resolved, That so much of the memorial of
the legislative council and house of representa
tives of the Mississippi Territory, as relates to
the extension of the tight of suffrage in said
territory, be referred to a select committee,
and that the said committee have leave to re
port thereon by bill or otherwise. Agreed to,
and that the committee should consist of five
members.
The speaker laid before the house a com
munication from general William Eaton, in
closing the translation of u memorial from
1 lann t Caramclli. cx-bashaw of Tripoli, stating,
that from attaching himself to the service and
interests of the United States, he had suffered
great injury. That he had relied on the prom
ises of the officers of the United States for re
muneration, the non-performance if which had
reduced him to the greatest difficulties. Refer
red to a select committee of seven members.
The speaker laid before the house the me
morial of Duncan MT'arland of North-Uarolina.
accompanied by several documents, complain
ing of the undue election of John Culpepper,
and praying that his scat may be vacated in his
favor. Referred io the committee of elections
W dnesday, November 4.
The following gentlemen compose the com
mittee to whom was referred the letter of gen
eral Eaton, viz! Messrs. Thomas, John Smith,
Holland, Taylor, D. Montgomery, Taggart,
and Lyon.
Mr. R. Nelson presented a petition from a
number of inhabitants of the —— election dis
trict in the state of Maryland, alledging that
Philip B &ey wa* improperly returned as a
member of the house of representatives ftom
that district, and praying that bis seat be vacat
ed. Referred to the committee of elections
Mr. R. Nelson did not know whether the
motion he was now to make was in order, or
not. He had been instructed to move that the
memorial of sir James Jay, presented at a fot
mer session, and referred to the secretary of
state, together with the secretary’s report there
on, and the report of a select committee upon
that report, be referred to a Committee of the
whole house.
The petition and documents were referred
to a select committee of five members, con
sisting of the following gentlemen: Messrs.
Jones, Stanford, Van Allen, Upham, and Heis
ter.
Mr. Lewis said, that, as at the present peri
od of the session, there was very little, if any
business of national importance before the
house, Ik took the liberty of reviving the sub
ject of some importance to the people at large,
and particularly interesting to the inhabitants
of the district of Columbia. About lour years
ago, petitions were presented to the house,
praying for the erection of abridge across the
Potomac ; and the subject hat! been revived at
every session since. A bill had passed by a
large majority in this house, to effect this de
sirable purpose ; but the other branch of the
legislature, from considerations which it was
not necessary for him to detail, had postponed
the bill. In older to bring this subject again
before congress, he moved that the petitions
which had been presented for and against this
measure, should be referred to a select com
mittee, with leave to report by bill or other
wise Agreed to, and Messrs. Lewis, Mostly,
Swart, Bard, and Franklin were appointed a
committee.
Thurday, November 5.
Mr. Dana said, it was well known, that dur
ing the last congress, an act was passed for the
relief of persons claiming pensions ; the object
of the act was to grant relief to some whose
cases were not embraced by the former act, and
to grant-an increased allowance to others who
had not as yet received sufficient. This act
provides for taking depositions before the dis
trict judge, in cases where the claimants have
never been placed on the pension list, as well
as for examination of the claims of those who
apply to have their pensions increased. Whe
ther any compensation should be allowed for
issuing commissions, or for making the exami
nations required, is not declared by the act. A
difference of practice, he understood, had tfc;-
en place : in some cases commissions were is
sued gratuitously by the district judge ; in
other cases these poor solicitors were obliged,
from their small pittance, to pay for these ser
vices. If any compensation were to be allow
ed tor this service, he thought it should be
paid from the public treasury; whatever might
be the mode adopted, he wished it to be fixed
by law ; for this purpose he offered the follow
ing resolution :
“ Res if <ed, That a committee he appointed to
enquire what compensation shall be allowed for
taking testimony, or examining evidence rela
tive to claims or applications under the act, to
provide for persons who have been disabled by
known wounds, received in the revolutionary
war.”
Mr. G. W. Campbell, from the committee
of ways and means, reported a bill for making
further appropriations for the support of the,
nav/oi the United States during the year 1807;
which was twice read, committed to a commit
tee of the whole, and ordered to be printed,
with the documents accompanying it.
A message was received from the senate, in
forming the house that they had appointed a
committee on enrolled bills ; which the house
concurred with, and appointed a comrqittee on
their part.
Mr. Quincy, after some prefatory remarks,
submitted tot he house the following resolution:
“ Resolved, That the committee to whom
was referred so much of the message of the
president of the United States as relates to ag
gressions committed within our ports and wa
ters. by foreign armed vessels, to the violation
ofour juiisdiction,and the measures necessary
for the protection of our ports and harbors, be
instructed to enquire into the circumstances of
the attack made on the frigate Chesapeake, in
June last, and the pretext or causes assigned
tor making it, and to report the same to the
house.”
This resolution occasioned considerable de
bate It was supported by the mover, Messrs.
Dana, Upham, Alexander, and Gardenier; and
opposed by Messrs. Bunvell, Blount, Smilie,
Nelson, Sloan, Newton, (. W. Campbell, and
Fisk, It was finally rejected 93 to 21.
The friends of this resolulution contended
that this step was necessary, in order to obtain
a full statement of all the facts relative to the
attack on the Chesapeake ; that though this at
tack had been the cause of the early meeting
in congress it was doubtful whether the subject
hail yet been referred to any committee ; they
wished therefore specially to instruct the com
mittee named in the resolution, who had sever
al other subjects referred to them, to make a
full report on the subject—a subject which had
excited so much sensation in the public mind,
that it became congress to obtain for the peo
ple, as early as possible, all the information that
it was in the power of the government to give.
In reply to these arguments, it was stated,
that the committee to whom this subject has
been referred, had already entered upon it, and
were preparing, with all diligence, materials for
a report. The chairman ofithe committee (Mr.
Blount) read a letter which he had just written
to the secretary of state for the information re
quired by this resolution ; that the members of
this committee were deeply the
* i |
importance of the subject and stood ir.no reed
I of special instructions to direct them to their
i duty ; that no doubt had ever existed in the
minds of any member of the committee as to
the reference of this subject to them ; that they
had considered it as the most prominent busi
ness placed in their bands, and had therefore
given it their fust attention ; that a motion of
the kind proposed coifld be considered in no
other light, than as casting a censure upon the
committee. They hoped, therefore, the com
mittee would be permitted to proceed with
their enquiries, without any additional instruc
tions, which were altogether unnecessary.
In St.SAi'F., October 28.
Mr. Mitchill submitted the following motion’
for consideration :
“ Resolved, That the part of the President’s
message, which relates to the defence of our
seaport towns and harbors, and the further pro
visions to be made for their security, be refer
red to a select committee, with leave to report
by bP.I or otherwise.”
October 30.
Mr. White submitted the following motion
for consideration :
Resolved, That a committee be appointed to
enquire into the expediency of extinguishing
the claims of the United States to certain oal
ances reported to be due from several of the
states to the United States, by the commission
ers appointed to settle the accounts of the in
dividual states with the United States, and that
the said committee have leave to report by bill
or otherwise.
November 2.
On motion of Mr. Milledge,
Resolved, T hat the members of the Senate,
from a sincere desire of shewing every maifc
of respect due to the memory of the honorable
Abraham Baldwin, deceased, late a member
thereof, will go into mourning for him one
month, by the usual mode ol wearing crape
round the left arm.
f>n motion by Mr. Hillhouse, a similar reso
lution was passed in relation to Mr. Tracy.
The following motion, made by Mr. Adams,
was agreed to and referred to Messrs. Adams,
Smith of Maryland, Milledge, Mitchill and An
derson :
“ That so much of the President’s message
as relates to the recent outrages committed by
Biitish armed vessels, within the jurisdiction
and in the waters of the United States, and to
the legislative provisions which may be expe
dient as resulting from them, be referred to a
select committee, witn leave to report by bill or
otherwise. •
The following motion, also made by Mr.
Adams, was agreed to, and referred, to Messrs.
Smith of Maryland, Bradley, and Sumter.
“ That so much of die said message, as re
lates to the formation of the seamen of the U.
States into a special militia, for the purpose of
occasional defence ol the harbors against sud
den attacks, be referred to a select committee,
with leave to report by bill or otherwise.”
November 5.
Mr. Tiffin offered the following resolution. .
Resolved, by the Senate and house of Repre
sentatives of the United States of America, in
congress assembled, two thirds of both houses
concurring that the following section be sub*
mitted to the legislatures of the several slates,
which when ratified and confirmed by the legis
tures of three-fourths of the said states, shall be
valid and binding as a part of the constitution of
the United Stales in lieu of the first section of
the third article thereof.
The Judicial power of the United States shall
be vested in one supreme court, and in such in
ferior courts as the congress may from time to
time ordain and establish. The judges both of
the supreme and inferior courts shailhold their
office for ■ years, shall be removed by tne
president, on the address of two thirds of both
houses of congress requesting the same, and
shall, at stated times, receive for their services
a compensation ; which shall not be diminish
ed during their continuance in office.
Which was ordered to lie for consideration.
Mr. Mitchill offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That a committee he appointed to
enquire whether any and what alterations are
necessary to be made in the laws respecting in
surrections and violations of the public peace
and authority, as well as the laws respecting
the conspiracy or enterprizc of private indivi
duals against foreign nations in amity with the
United States with leave to report by bill or
otherwise.
Which was ordered to lie for consideration.
A motion has been introduced into the senate
of the United States, for the appointment of a
committee to take into consideration the expe
diency of authorising the state of Tennessee to
reduce the price of certain lands, which were
ceded to the said state by the United States, by
the act authorising the state of Tennessee to
issue grants and perfect titles to certain lands,
therein described, &c. to such price as the le
gislature of said state may, in their judgement
deem expedient, with leave to report by bill or
otherwise.
In Dublin there arc several little stands for
shoc-blacks, where there is much pleasantry..
One day an Englishman having availed him- v
self of the conveniences of one of these stalls, ~
paid his shoe-black with considerable haughti
ness, upon which, the young dirty urchin said,
when his custotner had proceeded a little way
from his stall, “By my slioul, all the polish
you have is upon your boots, and I gave it you.”