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(Borgia. ] R\ Thomasßourke, ckrl:
j, 5 > theC ’ Urt of Ordi arv for the cnui-
Th H urke J > of m the date aforefaiii
WHF.RcA- Robei * H.ite (ham ha* made appl.
cau n far letter* of admuidtraticm on the ellat* an.
effects of Thor,va* Mill*, late of this c unty, Over
leer, dec afed, a* principal credit.r
Thefc are therefore to cite and admonish all anti
(figiLar the kindred and creditors of the deccafcd n
h ,c ihcir objection* (if any hey have) in rr v ofl.c,
on or before the 39th day of January next, o’lierwil
letters of admmiP.ration will he granted them.
Giver under my hand and i a , hi. *pth day r f
December, in the year of /ur I.ord one thou
land eight hund ed and feveo and in the h
ty leconii year of American 1 .dependence. 14’
Georgia. 1 By Thomas Hourkc, clerk
1,. S. Vc urt of Ordinary for the C umy 0
Th Bourke J Chatham, in the ila’te aforelaid
w MERE AS R .bert Habctfr.am has made appliC; -
tion for letter* of admimftration ‘ll the ella’eai .
eflect* of Enoch 5. Green, late of this cny, I’h)
fician, deccafed, s attorney for next ot km :
Theft arc therefore to cite and adnt nifli at
a’d ficgclar the kindred and creditors of th- fam
deccafed, to f.le their < bjtil|ons(tf any they have) 11
Bty office, on or before the :J'h January next, nthe -
Vile letter* ol admintllratiou will be granted him.
Given under rn> hand and fe 1, ’his 29th day *1
December, in the yeat F our L< rd one thou
faod eight hundred and seven, and in the ini
year of American Independence [,l 1 J
W. J. & A. Wcyman,
Have received per the ship Dartmouih and hr is;
Lovely Lass,
A large ftr.d fresh supply of the most fashionable
CLOATIUNG,
\Vh ; eh will bed sposed of very cheap.
December 26— M—I4j
’ TAXES.
Defaulters are Notified, that the di
gest for 1807 it> placed in my oriicc,
v. nt re returns wiii he received until
the 15th day of January next.
JOB T. 13 < >LLF,S, Clerk.
Chatham county, Dec. 5, lb )7
* G. be E. FENNY,
HAVE FOR bALE.
A handsome and w ell selected assortment ot
Fancy and Windsor CHAIRS
Si.ur, Cane and Windsor SOI’AS, Bcc.
Just recei'cil by the ship Liverpool Packet,
ffuptain Parsons, from New-York.
AN U, ON CONSIGN 111 UN TANARUS,
Twenty-one casks assorted NAILS.
Nov cmlicr 26 13a
Garden Seeds.
Just received by liic lirig -.ra-island, 100box
jt.1 iresii .'LEIJ.-i, which can be vvarrante l ot
live uest quality , for sate 1.
Hu hard M ore’ll,
Sturgcs, Hiirwugiia &. liutu.-r s wharf.
December _(>—>1 —11 j
FOR SALK,
J.> pieces CO l ION BAGGING
j (..Isas Loudon Brown stout .
,8 ditto liioocia’s > PORTER
Id vllttO .VII Ill'll S J
Maui.LlA WINE, in pipes, iialf pipes ami
quarter casks
S iv 11,V ditto m ditto
3d xcgs it—k GUN-POWDER ; and
\\ OvJk/ENs, GiiOc EKi Er> ex. ERG VISIONS.
F. ter Mitchcl.
December 1. 1 d4.
•w——
iioarii oi lire AUi.sicrs.
Savahhau, November 30, 1807
RtsopvtD, Fii>,t iii lavurc, tile Finds isN
OINEs under the c.'iilimil ot this Board, be
pI.qZM oft at die Market-square, tile first Sat
urday ui cucu mouth, at three o’cloc a P. yl.
Lxtraci tram the Minutes,
Thomas I’itt, clerk.
December 3 —c a— lJ3
CJuimbcrSy December 26, 1807.
Present, their honors John il. Mokll and
AitciubAUb b* Bulloch.
In conformity to the Act of the Legislature
fef the first of December, lsob, the Justices
the Pence of Chatham Gotuit) art* hereby noti
Ceil, tb it an ELF.t IRON tor a TAX t uL
LECTOR, and RECEIVER of FAX RE
TURNS, for the year 1808, will take place at
the Court-House, on tilt - first Monday in January
next. Extract front Uie Minutes.
Job 1. iioltcs, ('lerk.
December 2o—l 48
Axemen and Sawyers.
\\ mted to lure lor twelve mouths, twelve I
*1)1 e Axemen ami four Saw i ers, to be employ ed
on tile river St. Mary's; tor whom ;ciu-rous
v iges will be given, and paid quarterly, if rc
quired. For terms, apply to
Niehol Turnbull, at Savannah; or
James Seitgrove, in St. Mary’s.
December 10. 188— r.A
NOTICE.
ihc Copartnei-flnp of the fublcr'brrs, trsnfaAing
bulinefs muter th, firm of
BELCHER iS PHELPS ,
Espirtal on the tirtl of Sepu mber tart
W illiam Belcher,
Charles 1\ Phelps.
Hester, October 10, 1307.
WILLIAM oi.LCHER,
Twf irms his t’lends, that he ceminuts to traivfaif
BUSINESS ON COMMISSION and tender* Ins ,
fcrv'ce* tn that line t
Oiictcr 10, 1807—133—K0
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Tenth Congress of the United btates.
HOUSE OF REPHtSENTATIVF.3.
Monday, December 7.
Mr. Dana offered the following resolution,
which he yvisiied to lie on the table :
Kesolvcd, that it is expedient to provide for
regulating the conduct of such merchant ves
sels, as, by agreement of the respective owners,
may sail in concert tor mutual assistance and
defence in any lawful commerce ; and also for
settling, according to the course of proceeding
in courts of admiralty, the respective rates oi
contribution to he made between them on ac
count of any loss or damage which may be
thereby incun cd.
On motion of Mr. Blount, the house resolv
ed itscll into a committee of the whole on the
bill reported by the committee of aggressions
on the subject of foilification, and the bill from
the- - senate making an appropriation Dr the
more effectual defence of the ports and har
bors ot the United States, Mr. Basset in the
chair.
Some progress was made in considming the
bill, when a message in writing was announced
lioru the president of die United Statcsby Mr.
Coles, his seeielai y, and handed to the chair.
It being suggested by Mr. Newton that the
message very probably contained information
which might bear on the subject now before
them,
1 he commiitcc immediately rose, reported
progress, and obtained leave to sit again.
The speaker declared the message which
had been received lobe of a confidential nature ;
the gullciies were accordingly cleared,and the
bouse remained in session with closed doors
from hall past 12 o’clock, till a quarter past 5,
when they adjourned.
Tuesday , December 8.
The house this day met w ith closed doors,
and after remaining so about twenty minutes,
the Ooois wetc opened.
The house were occupied nearly the whoie
of this day in committee of the whole, on the
bill from the senate, to appropriate a sum of mo
ney for buihlii", an additional number of gun
boats. and ill bill icportedbv the committee ‘
< f aggressions, for the protection of our ports
and hui Lot s.
The toi mer bill being under consideration,
a motion was made by Mr. Milnor to strike
out live words “ and eighty-eight/* so esto les
tt id he number to 100. This amendment'was
I'Cgjt.icd. 21 only rising in favor of it. On this
motion a considerable debate ensued, in which
Mr. dilnor supported, and Messrs, llurwcll,
t row ninsriibid, Jlluunt Smilie,Chandler,New
ton and Gardemer opposed the amendment
This bill being gone through, the committee
took up the bill reported by the committee ol
aggicssions ; and after some pi ogress made in
it. the committed reported the former bill'and
obtained leave to sit again on the latter.
The speaker laid before the house a commu
nication trom the secretary of war in pursuance
of the resolution moved by Mr. Quincy on >he
first instant.
Mr. M’Crccry presented a memorial from
the officers of die amtv ot the United States,
praying foi an increase ol pay and rations;
which was rclcrretl to the committee on milita
ry and naval establishments.
Mr. D R. Williams obtained leave of ab
sence from to-morrow; or the remainder of the
session.
Mr. Miltior said, it would be recollected by
the house, ihat the committee on military and
naval establishments had made a report which
had been made the order of the day for yester
day ; as it had not been taken up, anti as he
thought it proper that it should he before the
same committee of the whole, who had other
modes ot defence under consideration; he
moved that the committee of the whole to
whom it had been referred, be discharged from
it* further consideration, and that it be referred
to the same committee to whom was referred
the bill from the senate, and the bill reported
bv the committee of aggressions on the subject
of defence.
Mr. Blount thought the bills for the erection
of gun-bouts and fortifications, should be dise
tinct from any other mode of defence ; as con
sidei able progress might be made in building
them before the otner modes could be com
pletely discussed. Ihe whole system of de
fence could not be gone through m both houses
in less than two or three weeks; which in that
case w ould province as long a delay in attending
to what it was necessary immediately.'to com
mence It the gentleman’s object Was not to
clog the projected measures lor defence, he
must perceive that there were strong reasons
against the adoption of his motion.
Mr. Dana moved for the consideration of the
resolution which he yesterday laid on the table ;
which being taken up,
Mr. Dana sunk the resolution contemplated
a prospective measure, which might be benefi
cial to the country ; and it might require much
considera'ion He wished it to be referred to a
com mttec of the whole house, a week or a
fortnight hence, when it might be freely dis
cussed.
Mr. Crowninshirld wished the gentleman
t om Connecticut would have been so good as
to have stated the object he had in view in mov
ing this resolution. It appeared to Mr.C. that
it would lu> very improper at the present lime
to enter into'a regulation of this kind. Should
they at this time authorise merchant vessels to
arm, or now to refuse the right of searching
merchant vessels? However that right v had
been violated, he did not feel prepared at this
moment to pas* this resolution. It was not, he
observed, a proposition to authorise a commit
tee lu investigate the subject, but a direct pro-
’ position to tVe house to adopt an important
measure. Notwithstanding the abuses of the
right of search which had taken place, he did
not think it pioper for them at this juncture to
refuse the tight of searching merchant vessels
for contraband articles : for such he pre timed
was the object of the gentleman from Connec
ticut, the resolution appeared to him to beat that
construction.
Mr. Dana said, that if the resolution was In
tended to have the effect supposed by the gen
tleman from.- Massachusetts at this time, he.
should also have deemed it improper. Rhe
resolution embraced two objects to be provi
ded for when at any time they should be ex*
pedient, but said nothing of the propriety of
our merchant vessels being armed at this
time. One object was, that when the execu
tive authority of the country gave cot,sent to
the arming of merchant vessels, they might
sail in unison so as to render their purpose of
defence more effectual. The other object
was, to remedy any difficulty which might oc
cur, if merchants should disagree as to tin
rates of contribution to be paid by vessels ; and
it might he a question in the ‘ itter case whe
ther rebel could be had but by suits against*the
owners. “In their system of genet ;! laws, they
had one which regulated the disiiibution oi
prize money, and one to regulate salvage on
captures. He wished something of this kind
a general law, in regard to the present sub
ject under oonside ration. This law was his
real object. He had presented it to the house
in the first instance, that the house, if they
should be generally satisfied that the details
were impracticable, might reject the resolu
tion ; if they did not, they would refer it to a
committee to make the experiment.
Mr. Chandler could easily conceive that the
time might come, perhaps it was not far dis
tant, when the measures contemplated by this
proposition might be necessary ; but he could
not precisely understand why it had not in the
first instance been referred to a select commit
tee, rather than a committee of the whole as
was proposed.
Mr. Dana wished the subject to be discussed
in committee of the .whole, that, all difficulties
might be at once presented and judged of. if
they chose to send it to a select committee, it
was proper first to give it a discussion.
Mr. Smilie thought the course proposed by
the mover of the resolution was the most cor
rect. In committee of the whole house thev
might.decide whether a law of this kind was
necessary. Indeed he could see no objection
to the adoption of the resolution ; it merely
went to discuss a subject which might be pro
perly comprized in a standing law of the coun
try.
The resolution was then referred to a com
mittee of the whole on Monday.
Wednesday. December 0.
Mr. Green presented the petition o{ sundry
merchants of Nantucket, praying that that place
may be erected into a port of entry for vessels
from the Cape of Good Hope and places be
yond the same ; which was rcterred to the com
mittee of commerce and manufactures.
Mr. Boyle, from the committee on public
lands, in pursuance of a resolution referred to
that committee, reported a bill makirtg further
disposition of those sections of public land here
tofore reserved for the disposal of congress ;
which was read twice and referred to a Commit
tee of the whole house on Monday next.
Mr. Dawson presented to the house an esti
mate from the secretary at war,ot theexper.ee
of a standing army of 32.500 men ; which was
referred to the committee of the whole to
whom were referred the resolutions for the
increase of our military and naval cstablisn
ments.
On motion of Mr. Blount, the house agreed
to consider the report of the committee of the
whole of yesterday, on the bill from the senate
for the construction of gun-boats ; which being
under consideration.
Mr. Durell moved to strike out 18S and in
sert 124 as the number of gun-boats, and to add
the words, “ and four 44 gun frigates.”
On this motion a debate ensued, in which
Messrs. Durell, Gardner, Cook, and Masters,
supported, and Messrs. Blount, Smilie. Thomas,
Bacon, Crowninshickl, Sawyer, Hoi land, Chand
ler, Fisk and Gardcnier opposed it.
In the course of the debate Mr. Blount call
ed for a division of the question.
The question on striking out was negatived
—Ayes 19.
After which the bill was ordered to a third
reading to-morrow.
Thursday , December 10.
Immediately on the meeting of the house
this day, the engrossed bill for appropriating a
sum of money lor building an additional num
ber of gun boats was read, and on the question
“ Shall this bill pass ?” a lengthy debate ensu
ed. in which Messrs. Elliot, Sloan, Fisk, Dana,
Nicholas, Williams, Burwell, Uphain, Van
dyke, Randolph, Crowuinshicld, and Quincv
took part ; when the house about 4 o’clock ad
journed, without any question having been tak
en. In this debate a wide arid inteiesting view
was taken of the relative merits of a navy, of
gi.u-boats, and of other means of defence, which
shall be given as early as possible. No other
than this general notice can in this sketch be
taken of the speeches of different members,
from the vaiious grounds taken by them, some
being both in favor of gun-boats and the bill,
others, although unfriendly to gun-boats, vet
being in favor of the bill, and oitiois opposed
both to gun boats and the bill ; and the debate
generally turning not so much on the passage
ot tlu-bill, as on the system of defence best
adapted to our existing situation.
NORFOLK, DcccmKcr 15.
Wc have the pleasure to announce to ti e
► nbiic, tlie arrival of Mr. Mcnii e ; he ai.ivtti
yesterday with his lady and Miss Monroe, in
ihe ship Augustus, cp-.air. Howe, afier ~ le
nuukabit quick pass, gt oi 23 day s. The ci
vil and military authorities of the berm ..it,
w ith a iiuinb&r of private citizens tv. itc-tl on
Mr. Monroe, to welcome him to his iv.nivo
country, and to express the high tei.se tihiih
they cnteiHiin ot his faithful and Uonoi able m--
.ch.agc of the important duties which have
been for some years past as-ignedto him. 1 o
morrow morning Mr. Monroe sets off far
Hampton, in order to proceed to the scat of
government.
Captain Howe, in the fast sailing ship Au
gustus, whose arrival is noticed in'the prtci •
ding article, has favored us with a die of Lou
don papers to the 29th of October, and a;*•
London papers of the eleventh and twelfth if
November. Extracts iiom these are given
below.
Private letters, as well ns the public papers
received by tl-.i; ship, express the Elrci gcr.i
expectation that a’.i matters in disput- bctv.’ cn
England and this country will be am * >lv ad
justed. Merchants had acted upon tins ex
pectation, and American ships were < ham red
for various voyages, sortie by specie! license,
and others in their accustomed employments*
1 he account of the capture of the Russian
ships in the Archipelago, published in the
Northern papers, is incorrect, that fleet having
arrived at Gibraltar on its way to Russia. It
is probable from the advanced season that it
will w inter in England. The situation of af
fairs between England and Russia, are very
equivocal yet, though the appreliensiins ot *
rupture had greatly subsided.
Mr. Rose, the envoy extraordinary from
1 Great-Britain to this country, sailed from
1 Portsmouth, hound to this port, in his majes-
J ty’s frigate Statira, on the Sd of November,
: but meeting with contrary winds sliu leuirncd
j on the 9ih, and sailed again on the 12th, tv.
days before captain Howe. This minister tnaV
therefore be looked for daily.
This day the following address from the
mayor, aldermen and common council of this
borough was presented to Mr. .Monroe ;
TO JAMES MONROE, E*i.
The mayor, aldermen and common council
of the borough of Norfolk, in behalf of their”
fellow citizens, have the honor to congratulate
you upon your return to your country.
In the arduous duties incident to your ap
pointments to the different courts of Eiuropc,
you have doubtless experienced all those sali
vations which are inseparable from public em
ployments ; whether in the acquisition of an
extensive country, by which our western breth
ren are in possession of an outlet to the ocean ;
whether in the discussion rifor.r poliiical or in
the maintenance of our nnuiume rights,'we
lake pleasure to assure you, that mjr touiitrv
men have beheld your exertions with peculiar
partiality.
They cannot be insensible of die difficulties of
an embassy, during a period when t! igbts of
nations are too often assailed on the broad plea
of necessity. But whatever may be the result of
5 our dependencies with Great Britain, ve feel
| persuaded you have brought to your cotuif-y
, that knowledge of European politics, so neces
| sary to the formation of a correct judgment on
| our foreign relations.
3 We beg you to be assured that in the im
! portant concerns intruded to you, your fellow
_ citizens have the utmost confidence hi ycui zeal,
j talents and patriotism, and that you may long
{ live in their affection and esteem is the sincere
!w ish of their hearts.
.\orfolk, December 14, 1807..
To which address Mr. Monroe returned the
following answer :
To the Mayor, .dldermen, and Common Council
qf the Borough of Norfolk.
If any circumstance could heighten the de
light which I tccl in returning to my count! y,
it would be the very Untuning reception which
has been given to me by the mayor, aldermen
and common council of the borough of MoDfoik,
on their c* n part and in behalf ol their fellow
citizens. Eo kind a u - 1 omc could not have
failed to produce under any circumstances its
merited effect, but in the present case it has
excited in a peculiar degree my sensibility.
In the high trust with which I have been ho
nored by my government, with several cf the
principal powers in Europe, for nearly five
years past, I have indeed fell all that solicitude
which you so justly describe. Well knowing
that the honor of my government and the hap
piness of my fellow-citizens weio esscntiallv in
volved in the results of the important negotia
tions in which I partook, J am conscious of hav
ing done every thing in my power, to acquit
myselt in every instance to their just en.-.ms
and expectations. Their approbation is the
high reward to which I have looked, and l beg
you to be assured that it will give me the great
est possible satisfaction to find that 1 am
thought by them, in sonic dtgrco, to have de
served it
1 lie assurance which you have been so goer!
as to express, of your confidence i:i the zeal and
integrity with which I have discharged my
public duties, and thuintciest which you taint
in my bunt e welfare merit my warmest r.c
.cnowledgmonts. ‘i a..; you. gentlemen, and
‘hat all my fellow-citizens of Norfolk may cut -
linue to enjoy the blessings, which are so emi
nently due to your merit and patriotism, is a
hope which I s'n :i never ceas- to cherish, art
sveks an object in which I -h B always take
,he great’.-St inteieH. Jaar* Motirroi:.