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♦ imher and other materials belonging to the United States now on hand suitable for ouitding ships of war, despribii.g the force and szv for which such timber and other materials arc suitable. Mr. Blount objected to the passage of the first resolution as entirely unnecessary, as he had in his hand a letter from the secretary o. the navy, giving part of the information asked for by that resolution, and as the committee of aggressions had act- illy requested of the se cretary of the navy information which would embrace ail that was contemplated by it. Home conversation ensued on tire particular information wished, and the propriety of calling for it, between Messrs. Cook, Blount Smilie, Milnor, Mumford, Dana, Tulmadge and Gard ner; during which amotion was made by Mr. Smilie to postpone the consideration of the reso lutions till this day week, on which Mr. Mum ford offered the following remark; : lie said, that more than a month had expir ed since they were assembled here on an extra ordinary occasion, and the nation had been con stantly looking up to them in full expectation that they were occupied in measures ol defence. It was true thata select committee had made a report authorising the secretary at war to sell a tew muskets and establish a cannon founder) in this place ; it was also true that the commit tee of aggressions had made a rep rt. He did not mean to arraign the measures of their com mittees ; it was tar from his intention ; he had the fullest confidence in them, he made no doubt they had discharged iheir fidelity. But they had also duties to perform to themselves and to their country, and he did hope they would im mediately proceed on measures of defence. iVould they put it in the power of a foreign mi nister to write to his court that they might pur sue their own measures ; that they had nothing to apprehend from the American congress, as they were occupied in their domestic concerns ? Although they had no official information of late date before tiiem relating to their affairs with Great Britain, he yet presumed every member of the house was convinced of the hostile dispo sition of that government. Look to Nova Sco tia (said Mr. M.) you there find her militia in a state of requisition, fortifying the port and har bor of Halifax; numerous reinforcements daily arriving there, and Quebec under the command of a vigilant enterprising officer ; the whole of their naval force on the lakes prepared for war; numerous tribes of savages assembled at their instigation in the neighborhood of Detroit; a se cret expedition from Europe consisting of 20,000 men ostensibly given out for South America to rc-conquer Buenos Ayres, w hen in fact they might attack some vulnerable part of our coun try ; 14- sail of the line and 18 frigates they had heard were bound to the West Indies, when in reality the. might, together with what force they had at Halifax, blockade the whole of our ports and harbors, in order to overawe our govern ment, and enforce the demands very likely to bo made by their minister extraordinary daily expected to arrive in this country. When they were thus threatened, there could be but one sentiment, and he hoped t’nev would not delay a moment in taking such efficient measures as would at least defend the country. The ideas suggested by other gentlemen, be ing nearlv correspondent with those already given, arc omitted for want, of room. Mr. Cook consented to.withdraw the first re solution till the information asked for by the committee of aggressions was received, which might altogether supercede it, or, induce him to modify it so as to obtain his object. The three last resolutions were then agreed to without a division. On motion of Mr. Blount, the house went into a committee of the whole, Mr. Basset in the chair, on the second report of the committee of a recessions, which recommends the following resolutions : Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise the president of the United States to cause such fortifications to be erected as, in addition to th .sc heretofore built, will, with the assistance of gun-boats, afford effectual protection to our ports and harbors, and preserve therein the respect due to the constituted authorities of the v lion ; and that there be, and hereby is, appro priated for that purpose, out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of dollars. Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise the president of the United States to cause to be built an additional number of gun bouts not exceeding and to arm, eqnip, man, fit, and employ the same for the protection of -our ports and harbors'; and that there be and here by is appropriated for that purpose out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise appropri ated, the sum of— * ■ After son\e debate, both resolutions were adopted, the first without a division, and the se cond, ayes 93. When the committee rose, and fife ‘ft wise agreed to the resolutions, which were referred to the same committee that introduced them, to bring in a bill. Tuesday, December 1. . Mr. Quincy, offered the following resolution; Resolved, That the secretary for the depart ment of war be directed to lay before this house an account of the state of the fortifications of the respective ports and harbors of the United States, with a statement of the monies appropri ated for fortifications remaining unexpended; and an estimate of the sums necessary for com pleting such fortifications as may be deemed re quisite for their defence. Which being under consideration, Mr. Quihcy said, the house would perceive the object of this resolution was to obtain infor mation; there was a document on their tailc •which gave some information on the subject, but was not explicit This resolution was ex actly similar to one passed last session, by which the house obtained some import ;nt and interes ting'.'formation ; this being the case, he hoped no objection would be made to it. The resolution was agreed to without division. Mr. Randolph, after preliminary remarks of £ome length, offered the following resolutions : Resolved, That provision ought to be made fcv law for an adequate and comfortable support of such officers and soldiers of the rcvolutiona t army as are still existing in a state of indi gence, disgrace fid to tile country which owes its liberties to their valors Resolved, That provision ought to be made b” la v for arming and equipping the whole bo d> of the militia oitits Uniteideates. Resolved, That prevision ought to be made by law for procuring a formidable train of field artillery for the service of the United fitates. These resolutions were referred to a commit tee of the whole house to-morrow. Mr. Biount from the committee to whom the resolutions on tlie subject jester da v agreed, to were referred, reported a bill for fortifying the harbours of the United States, and for building gun boats, which was read twice and refcried to a committee of the whole on Thursday next. SENATE OF TIT . UNITED STATES. December 1. The bill reported by Mr. Adams “ for the preservation of peace :.d maintenance of the authority of the United Suites, in the ports, har bors, and waters under their jurisdiction,” af ter undergoing a slight as. endment, was order ed to a third reading without a division. The question was taken on striking out the sth sec tion, which interdicts the entrar.ee of ali Bri tish armed vessels into the ports and waters of the United States, and vests the president w ith power to take off the prohibition whenever, in his opinion, due reparation shall be made, and lost. Yeas 3—Nays 26. Messrs. Pickering, Hiil licuse and Goodrich voting m the affirmativ e. In the senate of the United States on Monday last, Mr. Adams from the committee appointed in the case of Mr. Smith, made a report, recom mending the adoption of the following resolu tions, which w ere agreed to : Resolved, That the committee appointed on the 27th inst. to enquire and report the facts respecting the conduct of John Smith, a senator from the state of Ohio, us an alleged associate of Aaron Burr, be authorised to extend their en quiries to any other facts, which, in their opin ion, would be incompatible with his duty as a senator of the United States, and that they be authorised to send for persons, papers and re cords. Resolved, That the president of the United States be requested to cause to be laid before the senate such information as may be in his posses sion, in relation to tile conduct of John Smith, a senator from the state of Ohio, us’ an alleged as sociate of Aaron Burr. Norfolk, December 4. An occurrence of yesterday has excited some interest, arising from the recollection of a re cent circumstance. We shall state to our read ers the particulars of the occurrence of yester day, as they have been related to us, and as we believe to be correct. A French seaman, belonging to the French ship L’lmpeteux, the ship rhat was destroyed by the British on this coast, had, some time since, entered at Baltimore on board of one of the gun-boats in the service of the United States. Yesterday he deserted and got on board the tender of the French ship Patriot, de claring his wish to return inco the service of his country. The officer commanding the gun-boat discovered and demanded the sea man, who the French officer refused to deli ver him. Some discussion was had, when the American officer departed, under an expecta tion- or a promise, tnat the man should not be removed until the affair could be presented to commodore Decatur. Wjiile the officer was on board the Chesapeake, waiting the orders of commodore Decatur, and for a letter which he was then writing to the French commander, the Patriot’s boat passed with the seaman in question on board; upon which orders were issued by the commodore to man one of the Chesapeake’s boats, and pursue the French boat, with orders to his officer to endeavor to prevail on the French officer to conic along side the Chesapeake, but to bring the deserter back at all events. Upon the boat’s getting along side some altercation ensued, partly, we under stand, by accident, and without design to injure or offend. The French officer, we understand, agreed to return to the Chesapeake. Afterwards, some correspondence took place between com modore Decatur and the commander of the Patriot, the contents of which wo arc not in formed of. We understand that both officers adhered, the one in refusing, and tlie other in sisting. The result however is, that the man was taken and carded on hoard the Chesa peake, where lie now remains, until the plea sure of government shall be known. Such is a conoise state of the facts, as relate to this unpleasant business, upon which we mean to offer no remarks, except to repeat what we have on another occasion, that the em ployment of foreign seamen, particularly de serters, will generally be productive of mis chief ; and it is to lie lamented that the officers commanding are not vested by govern ent with power to act according to the justice of the case, when they are satisfied. Accounts of this affair went off by the mail te ;v. navy department and the French minis ter -Public Ledger. Flic visit of general Moreau to the westward, and the expedition of his travelling, has excit ed a variety of conjecture in the political world. A friend of the general has handed us the following account of the motives of his jonr ney, which will fully satisfy the curiosity and allay the suspicions of those who are always watching the movements of great characters : “ ‘1 he general had some lime ago the mis fortune of losing his only son—his lady lias also been under the necessity of returning to i France, in order finally to settle some family j concerns Such painful senarution, added to the dreadful loss which he had ;ust experienced, have rendered his house so totally disagreea ble to him, that in order to divert his griefs, he j has determine 1 to undertake this excursion, J and visit the Ohio and Mississippi, as far down j as New-Orleans. His intention is to remain , only.a few days at the latter place, as he wishes ’ to be in Charleston next February, and in New I York the foil jiving month. “ The season being so far advanced, made it ‘.necessary for him to trjK, ith sotTVc rap ; % , at.d u was only a few daysV | u.rk, that he was informed £ , ouW be , 3 ptocuted. • & “'1 his explanation was, perhap'sVv ccessa . I rv ; for no person of common sense vk, - j’ ! J gine, that one ol the greatest generals ‘K,. e l , age, should-be willing to exchange his hig, | lame for that ci an adventurer.— Balt, shr.cr. Savannah, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, IRO7. \Ye have received the following as the pur port of Mr. Canning's answer to Mr. Monroe. As this statement is altogether derived from j public rumor, we should decline inserting it, ‘ but for the great importance of the subicct, and from the right of our readers to be informed e ven of rumors so interesting, especially when credited Hy intelligent men. The Note is said to state—-That the British government has always claimed and exercised the right to take British seamen wherever found —That according to the modern usage of civil ized nations, national v essels whre not liable to search—ThatGrr.it Bt tian will conform to this usage—That for the affair of the Chesapeake, reparation will be made, and a minister sent to the United States for that purpose—no hint is given as to the nature or extent of the repara tion-—On the. contrary it. is expressly stated, that the claim of the American gnvei ament to repa ration is lessened by the refusal to deliver up their men, and by the president’s proclamation, both of which are con alered as acts of hostility on our part—That the Minister sent to the United States w ould be expressly instructed not to blend with tlie affair of the t lies;.peake cither the impressment of seamen or any ether subject of difference between the two countries—The letter is in a sty le more haughty tik.u conciliato ry, and calculated rather to increase than les sen the sentiment of indignation so generally excited by the unprincipled conduct of Great Britain towards neutrals generally, and parti cularly'towards the United States Nation al 1n t t lllg Ei.c F. it, December 2. The following extract from a London paper, called The Timex, will be sufficient to show, says the Boston Chronicle, the truth of what we have frequently asserted, that the principal ar guments in support of the British against the claims of our country, have been derived from federal papers, particularly those of Boston. The same paper contains copious extracts from The Repertory, and other papers of the same cast : “ American papers to the 14th ult. have ar rived. The inhabitants of Massachusetts do not appear to be quite so eager for a rupture with this country, as those who live on the banks of the Chesapeake. Wc have given some extracts from a Boston paper, in w hich the impolicy of a war with England, and parti cularly for such a cause as that which is now the subject of discussion between die tv. o coun tries, in urged with much siring h of language and argument.” Died, on Wednesday, the Ifith instant, in this city, Doctor James Cuthiif.ru, a native 1 of this county and state, aged 37 years. To a mind replete vvi h science, this gentleman uni ted a kind and benevolent heart. His active attendance and skill in his profession, will make his loss long be felt by his neighbors and friends. Died, at Windsor, Connecticut, on the 26th ult. the lion. Oliver Elsworth, late chief justice of the United states. PORT OF SAVANNAH. ARRIVED. Sloop Nancy, Gorham, Charleston Stain Moses, Seaman, Grenada Schooner MeSsincf, Eaton, Mafigglante C LEARED, Ship William, Rockwell, Liverpool Schooner Regulator, Hay, Charleston SI limit EC ICS 1 Salen, November 2.1. At length wc find that the lute violent snow storm has been extremely disastrous to our shipping. The Boston papers give the follow ing melancholy account of shipwrecks : “Arrived, captain Poole, from Cape; Harbor, left there last Sunday, where he learnt, that one ship, three brigs, three schooners and a sloop were wrecked on die back of the Cape in the late storm. One of the brigs belonged to Sa lem, from Maracaybn, one man and vessel lost, the cargo coffee and cocoa, saved. One other of the brigs, from Russia, lost nine people. One of the shooners, a Marblehead fisherman from the banks; she overset and ail hands perished. 1 The Rising Sun, from Boston for New-York, and a schooner from Boston for Providence, both belonging to Barnstable, went ashore in Cape Harbor, riot much damaged, and four other vessels.” The Salem brig, above mentioned, was the Dispatch, Upton, and belonged to Mr. Jeduthun Upton. The man who perished was the cook, a black man. A sloop sailed to her assistance from here on Tuesday last. It is expected tlie vessel and the chief of the cargo will be saved. I he Marblehead fishing schooner, which is mentioned among tlie losses, we are tokl, plung ed her bow under, and instantly turned com pletely stern over, and was swallowed up. It is supposed she belonged to Mr. Ilooper and the skipper. Captain Collins, arrived at Boston from Hali fax, gives the following information ;—That an English ship had arrived at Halifax, from Lon don, winch had fallen in v/ith the wreck oi a ship, having only one mast standing; no person on hoard, saw lumber floating out of her cabin windows. She. had on her stern, “Hope of \\ iscasset.” Sh v. as off tlto west end of Cape •babies. ‘ ‘ . ... PRICES CURRENT...SAVANNAS- Bacon—l 4 to IT cents. Bees-Wax—2B to 31 cents. Brandy, CJogniac—-106 to 110 ecr.lß; Cotton Bagging—6o to 70 cents. Cotton, Sea-Island—s2 to 35 cents. •Corn—loo cents; -m'ec—3l to 33 cents. • tol> Vßso to <>oo cents. Iron, SV^les— 6 dollars. Lice, new,x-o to 075 CCll ts Rum, to (10 ccn t Si Salt—4s to 50 cents. | Tea, Hyson —loo to 10<j cp nt3 1 Sugar, brown —o dolls, to 10 Gin. Holland—lo 6 cents. Country—"O to 75 cents. Tobacco—6oo to 700 cents SAVANNAH THEATRE: 6y permission of the city council. On Monday Evening, Dec. 21, WILL BE EXHIBITED BY Messrs. RANNIE ft BERRY, A novel and extraordinary displav of VA RIOUS PE UFO RMANCKS; 111 addition td which, will lie presented, a comic FARCE, in three acts, called T he Suspicious Husband ; OR Till. BACK-BITING QUAKER. To which will be added. The Doctor arid Patient. And, by particular desire, one act of the Pan tomime of 1 DON JUAN. The whole to conclude with GROUND anil LOF TY TUMBLING, ill all its various atti tudes. The pilblic are assured, that great pa his will be taken to render the performances prettmtive, in the highest degree, of mirth anil entertain ment; aud it will be the study of Messrs. Kun nie and Berry to ha\e every paid conducted with the utmost order and decorum. Good music :s provided, and the Theatre handsomely fitted up, for the reception of all who may hon or it with their presence. IT"* Doors to he opened at 6 o’clock, and. tho curtain to rise at seven. Tickets to he had at the office of the Theatres Smoaking Sugars in the Theatre is prohibited; Sugars. 44 hogsheads prime SUGARS, landing from schooner Messina, for sale bv S. h C. Howard. December 10 —hi 2 For Freight or Charter, 1 The staunch schooner MESSINA, ■ 1 Burthen 130 tons, well calculate I ed hr c irr . ing lumber. Appl e to the master J cn hoard, at Howard’s wharf, or S. ik (J. Howard. December 19—142 10K NEW-YORK, * FREDERICK, •►/'-'Tars** Landoiv, master, A staunch good vessel, will meet with imme diate dispatch. For freight or passage apply to the master on board, or Jonathan Meigs, December 19—a*—142 Clay’s wharf, FUR CHARLESTON, ! The stoop N A N C Y, wftSeaSnßJCai ISAAC SAMPSON, master, (Intended as a regular packet). For freight or p issage, having elegant accommodations, apply 1 on board, or to Burns &J.F.M‘kinne, Bolton’s wharf, No. 7. For Sale on board, 40 begs Fresh BUTTER, suitable for familierj December 19—si—142 tp A V 17 CJ I A Alb A. Defaulters arc Notified, that tlie di gest for 1807 is placed in my office* where returns wiiJ be received until the Istii day of January next. JOB T. BOUTS, Clerk. Chatham county, Dec. 5, 1307—136 Small & M‘Nish, Have received by the ship Charles, Captain Atwell, from Liverpool,’ Forty-two tierces of Barclay 3c Go.’, London Superior double BROWN STOUTj Which, with fiffeen cask'; very fine BOT TLED ENGLISH ALE, received on consign ment, per the br g Luna, captain Starr, from New-\ork, they offer tor sale on reasonable terms, or cash. Docenibcr I . To Renl, The YF.LLOW STORE now occupied fry F. D. Petit Hr; ViLpi.rs, Factor, on Dr, George J iiic-s’ wharf. Enquire on the premises. ■ December Iff— o —?4l —a A Wet Nurse wanted; For whom liberal wage, and punctual pry-* ment, by tine week or month, may be expected. Apply to the printers. December 17— 1- —l4l