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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.”