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Georgia Republican,
4ND
S> T \TF \’THJ.IGFNrER
hi LY J\ and MORSE.
SAV tNNAH, February 21, ißcj.
NEW-ORLEANS, Dec. 8
The following i* the arfwerof fhr
legislative council to the governoi’s
fpvtch
TO HIS EXCELLENCY COVER
NOR CL AI HORNE.
Council Chamber, Dec 7, 1804,
Sir,
WE beg Live re f pe£ffiiiiy to
join our congratulations imh your’*, on
the fir ft inciting of die lygifiau.e of
t(lie Unitor y, and return our thanks
for your cxe lk-.it ami comprehcniiYe j
fpen h.
Our union with a wife and free people i
and our conn ;£tion with tlicir juil gov
ernment, under win fe aufpicts they have •
so soon become poweifu! ; who Have
■tade such rapid advantages in agricul
ture ana commerce, and who have hem
m the continual enjoyment of liberty, 1
of laws, and uK uninterrupted ptacr, :
make us look forward to the pleating
profpett of permanent aggrandizement-
Upon us has dev .1/ed th honorable and 1
important tru.t of%ft giving to this
£o’..nb'r 2 dilfrkt r uch laws as ilie wants 1
aw I injkrelt* or iis inhibit ams may log- ‘
gelt ; and however great maybe theob-l
ftm-lcs we have to futinount, “Or patriot— !
ilm tori)i :s in to (hrmk from the aitenipt. j
Wuntever talents we pofT is (hall be ‘
faitlifu y employed to enftire, as tar as
in u. lies, an able a If .ichrul cJ:I- 1
ch irceuf that arduous 1 a (k. Uur anx-!
i’ us 1 the tit le ‘or the elect of our la- \
bo s, is lelf ued by the hops of the ail ‘
we th id derive from the wifdora and ex !
prri nce ol your excellency, and our
co .fidence in your w filing: .els to aflidin
ad nnalures which 10,iy teuJ to the pub
lic good.
\om advice and our own inclination
will make us endeavor to avoid tiie evils
Tifulting iron impetuous or careiefs in-
Itivation on tlie one hand, or from mdo
fence or timidity on th; o her. A sys.
tem of jurifpru lence luited to the inter,
eds, and, so much as poiSble, to the
habits ol the citizens, will occupy our fieft
attention ; ptriiiadeii that without it the
territory rent tins fubjrft to great incon-
Vruienc*. AnJ although your rXrellen
cy, fiom a daily exp.-dlation of f.mc Us
ed ~ov,r mi 11*, tiu’u I yourfeif under the
necelfity ot delaying the organization of
regular tribunals of justice, yet we are
truly persuade l, that according to cxift j
tng eireumdunces, you ad and wit !i the heft j
and with the purcil intentions, in cllaj)- 1
lithing the temporary courts which lately I
• xifted We cannot omit this.iportuni-!
ty of leftifying, tliat an authority almost *
without I'lijit, was, upon all ocyafuma
exercit.d by y >u with 1 moderation on
exan pie I Indeed, when we reflect
that you were obliged to exercise at tin
fame instant the fevera! duties o r gover
0 >r, intetidaut, cliief-juftice and com.
mandei in chief, and eor.fider also the
interrupt >n 1 .li t; from ttie free access
which ou 1 z-t.s had to your pet sou, at
all ‘hr. n I upon . 1 accnii great or
tiival, we e note Vurpiifed that so much
f.a9 bee- • ‘e, than that mote has not
been ctTcefe ‘
No time will be loft on nu’ part, to
give the judicial au ,r iiics a lit *a l
coiiv.n.ient di--ft'o t ; *0 fttorteh a.iifi ta
p ‘y the forms u! practice and so far as |
may b■, to prevent the and. lay of ju lic; j
We will alio ei. icavor, in so mmg a f\ f- :
te r >f crimitva! jur f; rude ice, to avoi 1 a J
to > fan ui inry oV cruel fcalc e.f pu t(h |
menu, by t. mpering severity with mercy. |
The eftabdfhittent of iuErior tribunals, j
will be early attended to ; fa A we entire I
Iy h. rece With your excellency, in the I
advantages that wil relult from the lav-!
% out the territory in o fever*, diftticls
whereby just re will be brought to the
very door • t our fellow citizen.
The city of New-Orlra is lias great
cLjms tin tlic patronage of the legifiatu r e ;
aifd it will be our care to veil lueh Dow
ns iti a municipal body, as will enable it ■
.I'.Rorj.atiiz- a more energetic police, to
prefrrvt , with the ad of God, the j
h'tthli of the inhabitants, air! to affect
the oilier deliruble ends diftgnated in your
a hi refs.
Ottr h ft attention will be diiecfted to
the est ‘b dltment of pub ic Uminarits, for 1
the education of youth, on 1 the advance-'’
cunt of learning and lcitmce ; and everv
conllitutmrial encouragement shall be .
given to the minilters of our holy religi- 1
on, which blunts the edge of misfortune, j
and invites to harmony and mutual 1
good will 1 , in this world, and gives u-j
the gloiiout pron.ife ot happtnds in the j
pevt,
Oo'virC'd that ntithrr moderation,J
tior'js >id m, 11 or iutlice, cun always fccure
o ‘ p.a ‘.dethc ei'] ly.ient ofpesie, our
j eu'i n will be tiet;t(Tartly directed,
■line >rga liatian ot th? militia of the]
*.'t<-i’orv, Jto dev tie tucb nn-j fares as
,vi.> hitt;i tll k-ep our teilow-citiz ns
•tin *i.> and ut. ip.med. tor the protection
>t ir la ‘ s tst our government, and
f.r the wc cun cijoy under
;*• t.
■in on> fcvTi-al arrangements wc (hall
...vcrl !r ot ;< prudent eCOnot.iv ;’
ac . tie,u jii-tir i xceliency will irnn
true to .tjj; favor us with la eh comrau
•catiou lu e >iions a> nnvun jlc us
•n o t.e 1 cve.ute our tu a li a J un
to and tru'd jg
. C'O ill t), Pt cf of tie CuhJ. j
oy the Ei i. .nil,
J. vVOiULMAN, Sec'rj.
j
HOUSE Ol REPREeJEivTA- j
TIVES.
Wednesday, ‘'fault try 23,
A letter received from the S-cretaty
of State was read, giving a ftatcmeiit of
the American ftamcn impressed by the
belligerent i.aiious. Ti.e documents ;•••:•
coinpayin tn.m were volumiiioits, and
contained the names of I5 3* teamen ;rr
preffed fittce the’ conitncuceincut of the
prefetU war in Europe.
It was moved to print the doeunrents,
with the letter from the Secretary ol
Stele;but the motion was withdrawn,
on tlie suggestion of a gentleman that tl
would he very expensive.
Mr. Crowr.ii.fhitld obfetved, that he
was not in his plate at the time th; letter
of thr Secretary of State was red ; but
ihe understood the report c- 11 ar ed ‘he
’ names of more than 1 roo lcair.en, in..
! prefltd chii fly by the Sritilh. He hop
‘cil the House would not regard the ex
, penfc of printing, The United otatevi
ought to know ‘.bat a grot number of its
citizens were detained by a foreign gu
v -oment, & he hid almost said, in a (fate
of flavey, cettaittly contrary to their in
-1 clinntion. W c wanted the fi rvices of 1
’ tliis ufefu! iioJv of mttf: No fore; n 1
government bad a right *o authorize the
seizure of American citizens : Wc knew
that many outrages had been committed j
■on their pcrfoual rights, and’he wished,
Congress to point out a remedy adequate
to cirri cf the evftt Tne expenle of j
■ printing the lift was no cor.lideratibn
J with him, auu he tru.tcd the Houle wou. J
j agree tv it.
Mr. jaekfon fuftporteft the propriety \
:of printing the whole documents, and ■
| the H mft accordingly to it by a
j large in .jorit y.
J Mr. Crowninfnicid said th'’ Ho: fe
1 would recoiled, th t n .i!t of i.nprcfT.d
seamen was furnilh Ithi; inorititi:; from
! the Department of State, which ‘.seeded
in number any tiling !,e h td txpefted.—
He thought these unpreiTmcnts ought to
be prevented, and tl.at the fuhjecft de
rranded inveftl gation. Hr had idraficd
.t rd tl.ution whtcb he would fubm.t to
tin- House, having in a view to connect
this wi:li at.other very i nportxiit liibjecl.
Many gee leinen mu it have ol.icrvcd
tint ft lie I,ate p; ■ alamatians had been 1
iff.ied by *the goveriic of the ff-vcral
Brit ah Well India ill .n ~ iiuer'Ji'Sting j
the American t*j ie after May it x:.— ■
The uroclauiat.oni o.nc d„t; t;i October j
o • November, and were to ink. effectin’
fix months. it appeared to hi n, that j
the Brilifti gov.■■rumen*, were detei mined j
to exclude us ftoin th.ir l iattjs ; upon J
tiic expectation that tSc ir own vtlf.-ls ‘
would be competent to carry n.t uecifft I
jry iuppiiis. Mr. G Du t ive i.a 1 a right J
to carry the product.OßS ol .hr United |
States in .American bottoms, and lie ho j
i ped we Ihotiid never permit foreign jliips j
jto come to out ports and carry on an :x j
J dative trad.- with any country whatever,!
where our vifTeis were not allowed th
fame privilege. HA intention wts to
prevent the American carrying trade to
the Welt-Indies from falling into the
bands of other nations. He Would not
iXoludc foreign veflels iron) our port's ;
but it was dclirable that our own exo t;
trade sh iuldnot be monopolized by fo
reign. r s. Tiie fubjedt was highly itu
portant to this ccu .ti y Will the Unit
ed States tamely iubinit so fee fotac of
its hilt citizens torn from tl.etr families
and friends, without attempting lotne
tliing For tTaeir relief I Snail wc fee ano
ther count:y pnrlulng uicafui'cs Itollih
to cur coiumercial rights and fn ike no
! 1 ff.nt to exclude the mifchlef. The
) Well India 1 Hinds depend on rhe Untt
j eii St.tt s for their ordinary iapplies, and
jourv ffeis lud ufnaliy carried a large pm
-1 portion of their cargoes on A iterican
| account ; but it appeared now, that we
’ wife to be (hat out from this trade, and
!it was in future to be carried ott in Li~
I reign vcffcls. A 1 cffeiftual remedy would
Ihe to prohibit the exportation of our
pmdu tioiis in foreign bottoms to eli ports
lor illn nith whic'.i wc were uot per
mitted to have intercom fr, and-in order
tyat the fui)j'A might tm ieigo an exa
mina; ion which its unpjrta icc demanded,
he offered tb. following refolutton : j
Rtfolved, that tin: f ihtinutee of Com- j
mcree and Manufacturers be inftruded
to ei.qui e if any, uod what fur. Iter p o
vifiott be neccuiry for tlie protection of
( the commerce and icamen of ti.e United
I States ; and to euqniie whether auv fo
reign cnutry lias ti.ade any late regal,l
‘turns w.lh a view to monopolize any
j branch of the American carrying trad.,
to the exclutive benßit of fucti foreign
.country, or which in their operation may
!be ii.jut'ioUs to the agricultural or com
inivciat tntereft of tfie United States.—
j And a!Ct to enquire into the expediency
jot prohibiting t ,e ixporta ion from the
1 Ihuted States, of ail ac.d merclian-
I liize whatever, in foreign (hips bound to
) a-.y port with winch the vcffcls of the
United States aie not allowed communi
cation, or where a tree and uuu(trained
trade is not p:r:niticd in the productions
lof the United States ; and that the con
mutec be authorized to report by bill or
! otberwhe.
j Mi. Randolph wiihcdthe rcfulution
11) lie ioreoHlidcraiiou a few Jays. He
wouid mention Monday ; the gentleman
had laid tt w,i< an important fubjett, anil
i if he had no obj.c\t<>h it would be as well’
to a’.'o.v tire reloiuti u to remain u tacV and
upon for a lut eti ne. It might be print
ed R-,r the confidi ration of the houle, auu
he rather fuppeded fame Iteration woolu
be uxcofiry in the form of th; lclolu
t.uu. ‘
I My. CrownitdhicM replie-J that he v-rs
perfrcfly willing the rcfulution lhouitl j
rcaaaiylot coubicratija agreeably to the j
’ •>* t: ~1- ‘*-1 V’.r {
lie ooi.M, Cl. fei.: to .‘ V - A !
•,i:ta t-d up'Mi tilt a period ‘"’late i•* t
brtelu'V 2.. f iiKHtares ft'Otn being adop
•ted this fetliim oec.uf. the pr.iolamcttonr
(would ta£e tffed in the month of May.
He was not tenacious of forms, it was the
lubtlai.ee ot hrtg* lie iookcvt to, auu t.
would ‘■ Hb ~rt a t plcafjre agree to mo
'tfy the leloiatioa to any (hape wfiich
•lie gentleman froun Virginia might fug
/eft.
A motion was mide to refer the rrfo
lutionto a committee, of the whole for
Monday next, which was agreed tt,,
■nd the rcfolutio.i oidercd to be p:in
ted.
Si. Jajo leL V ? , ('Jam.) Dee. to.
Bv a return ot tne naval oiEctr laid
before the house of tT-mbiy on ruefday
tie 1 jth of N’ov. the following is a
t'uiuutary of the export* and imparts of
tlii ‘ll>md, from tuc 30U1 Sept. to
30th Sept 1 804 :
[<nports f. am the United Sta Set of Ameri
ca.
In American vi ff. h--5436J barrels
‘corn meal and flour, ; 16119. hags 62:3
] barrels, 389/ kegt of bicue. , 3 63 tier
jc-.sof rice ; 22/5 hngft. ads. 137 .13 bar- j
rc!s, 4 4 kt'gs, 2743 boxes, and 267 |
j quint?:!; of ffth ; 11741 barrels beef ; |
1t y 023 boi'iii.ip', h; 5 tii‘.<iiis but
. ter ; 6)4') irnft.clse.tr. ; 6768271 feet
lumbcyn 799797* ftav.- s a..d leading ;
j and 127332C7, th nglis.
In biuiftt veffeis : —12937 barrels
.coin inenl aid ffour ; 648 bv.rels, 513
.kegs brc. and ; tSI tieuea of rice ; Zbt
i hogftva ’s, 874 rtnnAis, ICO keg, 565
1 box:s fi(h ; 667 h: reels beef ; l 396 far
. ic, 1 i"'.* k , .y .1 .vii.j hut.ei , la, itiii. ~
! 780.! buftt.'seoru ; gooftgj ‘eet uiinltcr : |
411962 ftr.ves and heading; 242000 ]
ihmgles; 98 ear:* tabaceo ; anti: 1467
barrels r.iv \ ftoncs
cro.n Bsit’.fh AmeriCit.
I ft if) barrels of fl ‘iir ; io,o bags, 88
‘barrel.,, 1 >7 l egs, to quintals of bread ;
‘1964 hhd ■. 13*93 Itaircls, 321 kegs,
I 36S boxes of fith ; 362 barrels of beef ;
191 barrels pork ; 80 niknn beater ;
,4300 b :fh :'s corn ; 719971 feet lumber ;
‘302730 Haves aid tleading 5 13975 c
, llunglis; 153 logs; 60000 lect nuiue
■’ gai.y ; 15; catks ot o : ; o? hogiheaus
beer.
j P ‘•'ports.
Total ft-orr. Kiugllon ; —41,362 bg
j(heads, 7.9 ;o t -ir. s, via 1, •rr- ! s of !>.
.gar; I 2,003 puncher; s, gj’ oyhie'/i
j 1 uni ; 6 4 casks of molaff. ..; C 73
j 1*024. citoks
I CHtiv 3 punotto i ‘ J **> * h 0• ‘
fed
‘ Total fr •**. the out ports ; 61.790 hog
j (heaii, 8.362 tierces, 767 birtcL of f.i
gar ; ? ; 204 puucheoti.,, 372 luvgftieud
|tu n ; 363 casks of tn <l isl s ; 984 ttag:,
j 70 cask, .{tngcr ; 13,927 bag:, 755 calk
| pim.'ut . ; \7s'et)y4*b‘’ ufci,.i.c.
• ii •. i t.-.ai 1—103,352 hogflteads.
12,3/2 11. icC ‘, 2,20* barrels Sugar ;
42.2-. 7 •■‘j icheons, (j 13 liogihe.uL mmg
429 eaiks molaffe?.; >,854 bags, 1,094
castes ginger ; 19,57* bags, [,41 7 cask
pimento ; 2 2.0-63 y v’o lbs. iff c-'ffce.
Insre is: fittce ‘ ‘ft y:
la cuhee, only 42 4,0977 Iks.
Deere, a:.
About 6.000 tihds. of figar; 16 14ft
mhti;. 560 hhds, rum ; 93 casks .nolas
t's; 2,644 bags ginger; 1,237 bags,
68 ’-risks pi nento.
The tonnace of vt (ftr's trading to this
:,l,tad between the 30th Scptcmlies 18/3,
nd the 30th September 18 .4, was—
from Great Britain a,id Ireland, 93 433
mas ; font A metier,69,s 25 Jtoftf ; from
iht iilh Mam, 4 tot tons ; traders
, :(Lr free port act, t 4 826 lulls; and
diOggers, 3,382 tons.
During Lite above period 1,813 horfet,
2,152 mules, 21S affts.and 2,107 horn
ed cattle, nave been imparted. And from
Clie.it B itani anJ Ireland, 54,507 bbls.
of herrings.
Commerce evil's Gi e.l Britain.
Aniuiat ol -articles imported into
Great Britain from the (/*/ ed St iter and
exported from G. B. ti> the U. S- in the
j years 1790, W 9:, 1792. 1799, 1800 and
jl.tOI —as appeals from Mr.99. Coch’s
1 auf.ver to lord Sheffield* pamphlet.
Imports- fro if. S. to G• 11.
1 7Q3 £. 1,1911000
1 75 1 1,194,203
J 792 1,038,700
1799 1,818.9:0
ISOO 2,357,000
tftoi
Exports from G■ B. to the U. S .
179- £.3,431,600
i79 * 4’ 22 5 l or>
, 79 2__ 4,271.300
2 799 7,056.500
I.*JC 6885,401
l 80 l 7,5:7,400
A r o’;--T'be value ot imports and ex
p rt us ’.fated m this account, not the
hSuil value, but an of id va'ue fixed
about a Cfiitury ago ; and ever li .ee re
tained in t'm Cuffo n-houle books,*for the
j'urpofc of (bewing the comparative kite
of our trade. The aflud valtie of the
u ticies exported and iraportvd is, of
courte, gtea’er by all the rile in price
which has fimee taken place.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 30/
On Monday luff, the Senate of Ptnn
!v ivaoia JeciUed on the article of inipeacti
ueiit agitntf the honorable thejuitges of
the Supreme Court : I'hirtctu of toe
members vote 1 for condemning, and ele
ven tor acquitting them, to wit.
I. Joseph li-rt,
2 j >n HartztJ,
3. Gabriel H(filter, (
g William M* Arthur,
5. D. Montgomery, jr.
6 Thomas Morton,
7 John Piper,
8. John Porter,
9. William Reed,
10. Rudolph Spangler,
11 John Steele,
11. Joseph Vance,
13. Robert WhitehilL
t. Jamea Brady.
2- James Gamble,
3. James Harris,
4. John Heister,
4. Edward Helton,
6. John Scan,
7. Prefly Carr Lane,
8. Christopher Mayer,
9. Thos. Mewhoiter,
10. William Pcnnel,
1: John Richards,
They are therefore acquitted, as no
p-’rfon can be convicted wttpe ut the con
currence of two thirds of the members
‘^refent.
Dreai'fdl First.
GOTTEN BURG, N’ov. i.
YclVerday morning, aoor 2
| o’clock, a dreadful Ftre broke
j out here, which contnmpd to
ourn with unremitted fury unrii
ten, during which time (the
houfesbeing chiefly of wood) it
consumed the who e louch-wtlt
part of the city ; the new
barracks which were bout wi h
brick, and coif 40,0001. fltrling.
! the two royal magazin- sos grain,
! the poll-office, and the epticopa;
(house, the Freerntfon charity
fchool, together wiili aoou ivvo
or three hundred ho ties, were
entirely destroyed, The dii'cres
fes of the fufiFerers, parcutw iriy
the poor, at this inclement tea
fon, is very great, but every
means is ta,<en to aiicvuc ;r.
The rich and patriotic merchrm,
Mr. John Hall, hts, with a nu
mane zeal which always dill n
gutfhes him, opened Jus spa tons
house and premiles for as many
as it will contain, and has given
ip his privite I'neatre for th
uie ot t‘.c Fteemaion’s chart iy
“htjdren : fe.verai otuy/s have
♦oiiowed his exa njue. it is as
certained that the fire has di’-
iodged more than 7.000 pe-iplc,
and his fa tly diomicd o.;e o
the handlotnell cities in thi
North of Europe.
From a Lon Jenpaper.
THE LARGE CANAL 1N T 3CCT
LAND. j
The extecftve c ttnirtei cc which has ,
been carrtt'J on, oil one It te between th
North Sea, and on the oth jr between -
Ireland and the western ports of England I
has long fiuce demouftratc-i the necelfity ]
of opening a communication by means ot
a canal between t e east and welt coalt
of Scotland, in order to lave a very’ long
and dangerous paiL.ge for the Giaigow,
Liverpool and Bcifaft v.-ff-ls. In tact
the passage by the Orkney Islands is 1b
very Sad, and the number of lhipwreck
there so very cflnftder ib e, that Govern
ment will be in a few years indemnified
for the expcnce of cutting 3 canal. Tile
execution of this project will aifo produce
the advantage ot preventing the emigra
tion of a great number of poor fanu.ies,
who, tor want of employment, and to
provide for tact; fubliittnee, are turned
to forfukc their native country. Laii
year Pailiament granted £20,000 ller
ling, for the puipofc of making a com
munication by water between fort Wil
liam and inveruefs, Tne coramiffijiiers
appointed to cary this ad into txe-.utiou
held their Srll meeting on the 30111 Jnly,
1803. Mr. Tnomas ‘Pellord, the Engt
neer, was feat into Scotland in order to
take the necessary plau, to give orders
to begin cutting the ground, and to caul:
quarries to be opened. Mr. T. received
full powers to draw Bills on the commis
sioners, for as oiuch money as might
be uectff.iry ; his own lalary was
three guineas s day. He arrived
in Scotland iu the middle ot Augitil,
and took drafts immediately ot tnzt p3rt
of country through which the line ot na - )
vigation ta to puls ; ir-”>m Locii F.il near
Port William, 011 the weltcoaft, to Loch i
Braulv, near Inveinrls, on the Ealf
This line is lixty mties in length, 22 of
which are on tera tirma, and 38 across
the lakes of Efougtour, Nefs, Oieh and
L’jclty. Mr. Murdoch Dow.fie received
a efimmiflian from M r , Telford, to , xa
mute accurately whether the navigation -
of thefe* lakes was prafticable , wheu ‘
after repeated trim* it wa Ijunifi'lt'.at j
the nature of the ground was tavor.ible
and the dtri ffion of t.*ecutreut excheiit.
Mr. Da.viie fi r, .t visited Loch Nefs,
ft reaching from x. to w. and occupying
22 :n <ci o. tuc pioj.’Acd itne: He found
-t Iron tw6 to 129 yards deep in the j
middle aud 85 at each end. l’ue waves j
in it are ftroug to veer about a i
vessel of 100 ton* bait hen, bet not 01 <
force ialllt tent for a veiiel ol 3.0 to.ia. ,
The iaxe Oka, 4 1-2 rates to the s- w.
of lake Nefs, is about 3 t-z miles long
auu a hall a mile wide. The Lite Lochy
two ufi’e* to tac w. vt iaxe Uicu, is 2
!-t miles loag and three quarters of a
mile wide.
Mr. Telford having thus obtained fa
tisfaftory information, laid out the sum
of £ 3,631 in wood and tools. He gave
orders for docks to be dug for half a
mile, quaries to be opened, ani com
fortable barracks to be erected for the
workmen to reside in. Fir and Pina
wood, fit for that purp >fe, cost the fpu*
from 10 to 14 pence, the cubit foot-
Two wet docks are already begun, one
near Loch Brauly, the other near Loeb
Etl. They wti ! he each 400 yards long
and 70 wide Th; workmen now em
ployed receive t gh een pence a day. Mr.
Telford has laid up 400 bolls of oat
meal (the boll weighs 140 pou.ips En.
giifh) in the magazines at Fort William,
in older that it may be fM tothc hbouf-•
r* at prune cult, ris tne Con.-iilouciS
wished to be informed how much the Ca
i,.;l would cost, an cftiinatic.il was
j out, by which it appeared that it wotila
1 require 531, to which mud be nil
ded £ls ,OOCi tor the purchate of
a .and £ BtOO,toi anchors and cnains.
c mmiOt a.cis hiving also exprefled tiuir
defile to know in what time the under
taking might be fi wihe.;, aud how much
it would repuire yearly, MetTrs. rciioti
and jeffenh de-w up a valuation, fri.:n
which it appears, tnat tbeaimui. .xptu.e
vritl amohnt to £75.0-0 tterii .g, and
that K will be 5 years b tore the who's
cart be finitb- and. Th s Car. ti will be za
feet deep aid 38 wide ; it will ha.; 2 1
1 stood-gates ouad vs many bridges
City G.tis,
1 Halifax, (s s j Jan. 3.
The Fijheriet.—- it ii w itri p 1 ( . *2. ure vvs
can (Lee, for the iufrrntatton of out iu
dullrious Ftihermen, the reprrfentiit.oa
or the mei’chauts, and other uihaoiiaiua
of Halifax, .nade to Government 011 tne
fubjett 0$ their trade to the lkitiih VVctt
liidics, hat been attended with neaviy,
the wtihed tor luceeld ; and that, iu c0,.-
icquctiee, inffrutt ous ttawe been sent to
i the different Governors iu the Englith
ifrauds, to .nut their rjfpcidivc pons a.
gaiult ihe admiifioti of articles from ths
TTnitcJ S’ates of America, which are not
ailowjJ ;o be imported by law, except in
case of real and very great necessity j
and they ar; aifo and efpectally to
report, iii every instance, the reasons by
rv.ncu they tia\e been induced to resort
id this mcaiure. We are aifo further
informed,that, in future, when American
articles are admitted under lueh rcilrio
tt-.mH, the tame duties will be paid ou
them as are, or are to be, impaled on
articles imported from these colonies.—
I'hu >, vie hope, a foundation is l.jd, on
which tlie merchant an J ft (her mail may
reaionstJljr expect a .evival of their once
! ffiurtlhing t-ade to our filter Colonies.
We learrr,'that, in cordequence of the
above orders to t ... Ifiand Covcrnor*, ihe
Merchants of Halifax are lo iai anticipa
ting the demand of fi'h in the Weil-lndtca
tlut they are adopting the means of nn.
porting large additional quantities of
Salt for the eatch of the ensuing fea
| foil.
Nesv-Yori, jtin. 19.
j I l.sve heard marines ailct that if an
(empty glass bottle be corked tight and
J funk tnio tb; ocean by weights to a
’ certain depth, that the bottle when
drawn np would be found full of water
by neats of the cork bemg forced in by
the preffttre of the sea. To those wh®
rjre acquainted with the principles of
nydroftatics this will not appear impro
bable, and [ have no doubt of its being
a faii>. The e v periment t owever baa
been lately made, iy a person now in this
city, and attended with a different and
very furpniing result. A"bott!e was
corked perfectly tight, and the cork fe.
cured in such a manner, by means of tar
red cloth, as toptevent tthe forcing in
ol the cork. It was then funk seventy
fathoms deep, and when drawn up was
found full of wate r withoat any apperant
removal or difturbauec of tlie cork- The
bottle with its contents is now m the
pofretfion of a gen: email in this city in
ihe’fame slate as drawn up from
tu*; ocean. From the credibility of th
perf.n v made the experiment, I have
no doubt of the truth of the above cir
cmn ft an ccs. The query is, in what man.
ner is the water forced in the bottle ?
Is throughtheporesoftheglafs, orthrough
the pore.; of the cared of the tared cark ?
Let PhiiufopUer* determine
PHILOS.
Cipt. Matchett, who arrived at B-ofton
on the 14-th inflant from Sumatra, jin-
I for ms, that the Eeglilh had sent a third
!expedition agatnil Mucca, and entirely
dcltroyed the fettie-ment, with all the
i nenper it contained.
iV, T- fipzri
Oapt. of the- fchooaer Dash,
arrived yefberday from Havanas, in 5
drys, informs, that an embargo had exilfc
jcd for two months previous, and was tak
1 en off three days before he left that port.
! A fpiadr-on confiding of three Englilh
fiigates, a {loop of war, ar.d 3 bng block*
aded that port, and had captured, it wa*
fail, a Spaniih packet, and close in with
:'he M-Jro, a valuable ihip tma Vera
Cruz, with a coufiderab!* quantity of
specie on beard. For son e time puft
■ there had b.en no anivals from Spaia
l at H.va.ma. All property bclong
(Mgtoahe Englith had Been LizeJ at
1 Hj vacua.
City Gaz.
Buron Knabelfdorf, la-e PruiTjn min.
Candautinople, hat been elecdol