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umver.al that the t?m:.r rail for vigorous men lures, as far as we can foini ah efti- ! i mire of ideas of the others, their appears 1 I to be do fettled conviction in the public I nind of thebeil course to lie purfu d.— ; | Tiiis would seem to !, fuhmitted with 1 entire confidence by people to their repre- | I ■ :i’t3tives.—Not p'jfhffed of the ample • ” and accurate materials which wili con- | cent rated in the kgif.ative body, the pro- ■ ‘ tit have ilicwn their ul'ual rood fenle m I Tefrantng trom either forming or expref. | [ fm~a decided conviction of the fitted. ! & meaftires to he taken. We confider this j ■ Ia m-'il fortunate circumffaiue ;as no ; | itubhorn preconceived lyftem, formed on j I partial views, wih hand in the way of J lithe adoption of that plan which a full j Id tcluiure of Circunifiances and mature j ■deliberation (had recoin in end. In thi Ii ippy itite of the public mind we recog - I jt'fc the harbingers of diipr.lTr.iate refl.o ----f tiou and vigorous conduit ; of enluditen ed counfe! and undivided energy. Up- ; onthewhoh we think, the y . op’e l.uve no refund for aim :n ; that on the contra ry, they have the ttror.g.- it rci.ion to be hove, either that our differences with so- j rcjyn powers will he fatisfafto.nly acljuft ■ e h or that merlin vs will be adopted the tell fitted for vindicating or our rights, a.'d maintaining our intcrd'.j and honor. iJSTH CONGRESS. ! HO USE OF R F.PR ESENTAI'WES, VfednEsday, December 4. Mr. Micholfon offered the following refold’km, viz : Resolved, That so much of the Mes sage of the Prel'dertof the United St r.tcs, a ,; relates to the conduct of tfc biilegei ent powers towards the United States, an:! to the unjuftifiablc.conftrufticn late ly given by tome of them to the law cc nations as it regards the rights of neutral?, be referred to ,'ie committee o: Ways and Means, Mr. Bidwell fai l this resolution em braced in fome measure his oLjeft ; but a ■ it did not exactly comport with it, he would take the liberty ot reading, by way of argument, the refolutnn whi )i he bad prepared. Mr. B. then read the follow ing resolution : Refolvad, That so much of Meflage of thePrcfident of the United States, as relates to injuries done to us, as an 11- trnl nation, by the interpolation of new, ’orjr.ft, and unacknowledged principle:, into the law of nations, be referred to h feleft committee, with inftruftions to en quiie, in what rei'pert’, and to what ex tent, our neutral rights havetlms been violated, and what legifl.uive nieafures the true interest t,f the United States requires, to count?rail such violations. Mr. Bidwell remarked that this rvfo button went further than that offered by the gentleman from Maryland, So far as that resolution went it met his ideas But lie thought it should go further ; and should it not be adopted by the com mittee, he would afterwards move the er ehe had just read. His reafort for thh king the House ought to go further was this ; We have been informed by the Pi-lident that new principles have been interpolated by foreign powers into tne law of nations. What these princi ples are is not ftated,except in one inttance. To what extent they have been carried, we are not informed. We have, it is true, out-door information on the fubjeft j but not ot such a nature as tojnftify our acting in our If gi dative capacity. These principles, as weli as tlie injuries we have received were, in bis opinion, a proper L” j ft for tilt invefligation of a commit tee. Mr. Micholfon said he ecu hi rot con ceive in what the two resolutions differed except in language. They both embra ced the fame objeft. In one refpeft only tliry differed.—While the >-efolu tion of the gentleman! from Maffachu lett*. referred the fuSjcft to a feleft coin ni'tee, his own resolutions referred it to the committee of Ways and means.— The investigation rontemplated by the gentleman could be as well made by the committee of Ways and Means, as by a fe’eft committee. Nor was it neccffary ‘ for thispurpofe to give them any ir.ftruc tioru;. If the fubjift required investiga tion, it would be their duty to make it, and to lay the refu't of the inveftira-] ttrn before the House. R would be al lowed that it was a fubjeft in which tlie revenue was melt deeply interested, and as fueh properly the province of the committee of Ways and Means. For his own part, Mr. Micholfon said, he could have no objection to the resolution of the gentleman from MaiTachufctts ; but as his own resolution embraces the fame ob ject, an\i went to the fame extent, hr per ceived no reason against adopting it. Mr Quincy could not agree, that the resolution offered by the gentleman from Maryland, either embraced the fame ob ject, or went to the fame length wi’h that proposed hy iris colleague. Jie thought ’hat. offered hy his colleague fir preferable, as it was more extensive in its views. He was of opinion, that whatever comm ttee wis appointed should invtfli gate the tiatu-* of the principles sl'iided 10 in the mefLge, as well as the meafu rej re’erred to. The committee of ways and #icans were not b und to make a special report on the fuhj ct ; they might content therr.felves with a general one ; v-d it might be necefftry afterwards to appoirtamw committee, to make the ra'lifi’e invefligation. M r . O was rhe more anxious, as he thought it iK ceffsry •orta cunr.pkte investigation should be *.tv ‘ c in the I o ft, be nature and o t t of the pr n-iplts referred to in the ! M lure. F.’.ijt said he did not perfectly 1 undsriland the gent tertian from Maw. 1 rylaud, when he told them, that the firi jeer ,contemplated to be referred, natu • idly and excliilively fell within the pro ; per jurisdiction of the committee o 1 | ways and means. It would be admitted. on all halids, that the fuhject was not ■ only important, but like wife novel. Ou; | attention is forcibly called in the Message ;to this, ae a subject of the firft impor } tai.ee. “ New principles too have been inter- I po! ited into the law of nations, fonrded j neither injufttee nor the usage or ac i knowledgment of nations. According ! to these, a bellitje-ent takes to itfelf 11 J commerce with iis own enemy, which it j denies to a neutral, 011 the ground of its I J aiding that enemy in the war. But rea-; ion revolts at Such an inconftftencv, and! the neutral having equal right with the j belligerent to decide the question, the i interetls of oar conflitueuts, and the duty ■ of maintaining the authority of reason, j the only umpire between just nations,) impolc on us the obligation of providing! an ‘ ff-ctual and determined opposition to 1 a doctrine so injurious to the rights of) peaceable nations. Our attention is called so the impor tant point of new interpolations into the law of nations, or in other words, to the adoption by the government of one or more foreign powers of what is eonii u,red as a modification of the ancient, laws of nations, as accommodating then to their willies, and as introducing new principles which they with to impose upon other nations. How a fuhject so important, naturally and exclusively be longs to the committee of ways and means, it was impofftble for him to fay. j But, fays the gentleman, it is a question ‘ of revenue. How so ? It may affedd the ■ revenue incidentally : but, the question c-f revenue, from its comparative unim portance, is at once merged and loft in j the move important question, whether \ we P.rall pafiively submit to the iiitroduc-j ‘.ion of new principles to be impeded up on neutrals, by any government whate ver, however powerful or extensive its influence. On this fubjrft, Mr. Elliot said he thought, as it appeared by the mtffige the Executive thought, that it poffffcd great importance in itfelf. Nor did he conceive it pofftble to present any view more important than that taken by the refolnrion of the gentleman from Mafiaci uletts. He acknowledged, that the committee of ways and means were fully competent ’o ait investigation of | the f;’i j T- rn tlu ir ability to invelti- j gate, hi had full confidence. But he thought they had fufilcier.t business in their proper i'phere to occupy thnrat tention. For these veafons, he hoped the resolution offered by the gentleman from Maryland would be rejected —and that , fuhinittea by the gentleman from I iViaffiotHifeits, substituted in its room: Mr. Gregg thought the gentleman from Maliachufetts would fully attain hisobj rit by offering a pan of the re f lution lie had tead as amendment to the ref lution before the house. The resolution of the gentleman embraced two diltiiid parts ; the firft regarded the oljodts to be enquired into, and the laid, inltruiled the committee how to aft. The resolution of the gentleman from Maryland embraces tne frtne objtft. The end therefore of the gentleman from MaffachufetU would be fully gained by adding the inftrudive part of bis own resolution to the resolution under difeus fion, as to the diftlience between a (landing and fcleft committee, it was not so important as it appeared to be to the gentleman from Vermont. The fubjeft from its charafter naturally came before the committee of ways and means ; and it was understood that Handing commit tees went through the bulinef3 referred to them with moie regularity than feleci committees. Mr. Bidwell said that if gentlemen at tentively considered the two resolutions, they would find that the resolution offe red by the gentleman from Maryland did not go the fame extent with the resolu tion which he lad had the honor of propofitig. The former referred to but 1 one principle, and limited tie fubjeft to considerations connedted with revenue. It appeared to him that from out door j information, it would be found that va i rious principles had been affimed relative j to the laws of nations to which we might not as a neutral nation choose to submit. It was true that the subject was connec ted with the revenue ; so however, was every fubjeft. Every fubjeft, whether connected with a state of peace or war would neeeffirily more or less affect the revenue. Though this was the case with this fubjeft, it ought not to be considered an primarily connected with revenue. Under prrfent circumstances we do not cosifidcr it principally as con nected with finance, but with o’her sub jects. Mr. Bidwell fa id he had no par ticular withes with regard to the commit tee to be appointed in this infta ice : but lie did wish the subject examined in more extensive views than was contemplated iu the resolution. Mr. Nicholson observed that the prin cipal objection made to the resolution he had offered was that the committee ol ways and means were not bound to inves tigate the fuljtct, and iubmit to the house the result of their invefligation. ome gentlemen think it neccffary that inftructibns (hoc! 1 be given by the com mittee to insure such an investigation. Mr, Nicholson said he had known mftan ces within the courfc of the tix pall years in witch a lubjcct apparently simple had . produced a voluminous rrpoit without j any inltruction of the house ; an I lie ha l j known other iniiauce3 in which a sub j j -cc of great importance had been refer -3 red, on which there had been reported a ‘ ftmple refbluiion, which afterwards be .-ame subject of argument within these walls. If in this case an in ,r eftigation is defined there is no doubt but that the committee of ways and means can make ‘t, and give the result to the house. lie •ccollccted fome years ego a ftmple refo huion was referred to a committee ot which he had the honor to be chairman. They considered the subject as of vast importance, and thought it proper in j their report to go at length into it. The report was made, and on it was prid'ca ted the extensive purchafo of Louiitana. Yet, in this case, there were 11c inflruc tionn given. The committee hotivith > (landing thought ic their duty to enquire j into the subject ; they accordingly did | enquire, and made the report alluded to | in everv point oflight in which the I present fuhject would be viewed, it would jbe found to affect the revenue. There are various ways in which we mny attack j the belligerent nations Wc may attack I them ly land or Lv sea — The prepara |tions required for this purpose may not j only fink cur present revenue, but ren -1 der it necefftry to resort to the railing ; additional revenue. Should there be a non importation act, which had been late ly a subject of dil’cuffion in the public prints, it would necessarily affect our re venue, and before it could be agreed to or acted on, it would be abfoluteiy ne c.fftry for the committee of ways aud means to enter into an investigation how the neccffary revenue could be obtained. If we resort to the expedient of railing the duties on manufactured articles, he would ask if that were not a proper subject for the committee of ways and ‘rt .ar.3 The measure could not but af j feet our rtvemie deeply, and would it jnot become neceflary for the committee of wajs and means to enquire to what ! extent the duties might be laid without ! producing the neceflity of resorting to j new taxes. But as the gentleman from ) Maffachulctts was desirous of inilrueting the committee, he had no objection lo to muddy his resolution as to add to it the latter part of the resolution offered by him. So modified the resolution was read from the chair, as follows; 5. ReVved, That so much-of the message ■>f the i’< .iilent of the U. S as relates 10 the conduct oi the belligerent powers towards the U- -1 ■ anti to the unjuiUfiable conltruflio:l lately given by fome of them to tiie law 0f na tmns, as it regards the rights of neutrals, be referred to the committee of ways aud means, j with mllruAions to enquire in what refpe(sts, a id to what extent our neutral rights have been violated, and what legitlative measures the tru” interells oftheU. S. requires to coun teract such violations. Mr. FI id w oil enquired to what committed he defenlive measures recommended by the l’re lidetu had been referred. The Chairman replied to a feiefl. commit tee. Mr. Bidwell said that the fubjeft appeared to him as much connected with the revenue, as principles which refpsfted the law of na tions. If that fubjeft had be-.-n referred with propriety to a leleft committee, surely this might also, as it was not so necelYartly connec ted with reirnne as to make it the peculiar lrufinefs of the committee of ways and means. Mr. Sr.tilie remarked that it appeared that the ideas of b 1 gentlemen were incorporat ed in the resolution as it flood ; and that the only fubfifliug difference was as to tlie com mittee. This wasnotof fufficient importance to oceppy much of their time. The fubjeft might muff properly go to a commercial com mittec ; but as lie believed the committee of ways and means perleft r competent, he should not objeft to the resolution. The question was then taken on the refo’tt tion and paffud in the affirmative.—-Ayes 56 Noes 4a. Frorn the ChtrlejUn Courier. TO MY SVVEET-HEART. LONG have I fought and fought in vain, A Sweet heart fair to find ; But never yet could meet but one, Completely to my mind. With red and white flrrak’d down y. ur cheek, Like blmhes of the morn ; You look’d as fweetas any role, A role without a thorn.” With eag"r hands and fparklmg eyes. And face devoid of grief ; I preftthee tomy longing lips, O lov’d New England Beef! EUPOLIS. ANECDOTE OF PERICLES. This great m*n was nevdr J known to give way to anger, let the provocation be what it wool !. He was once for a whole day loa ded with reproaches by a vile and i abandoned fellow. Pericles bore it with patients und fiience, con tinued in public for the dispatch of fome urgent affairs, and in the even'ng walked slowly home, the wretch followed and infuhiag aim all the way. When he came to his own door, it being then dark, he calmly ordered one ol ‘1 is servants to take a torch, and light the man home. THR members of the FI’M/ILE ASSn.UM are rcqutftcd to pay in thei- fubfcriptionS for the year 1806, on or before ?otb January next, to the Secretary who is iuthorifed to receive the fame. The Books of the 7 ‘teafurer and Store tnry are open to the tnfprftioti of ar y of the Members who may wish to fee them. By order of the Board. Surah J, Lamb, Dec. 24, ts 33’ Stc'ry. RE PUBLICAN. SAVANNAH, December 24, 1805. FIR E. About 7 o’clock on Snndav evening, a lire broke out in an unfiniihed building in market Iqiiaie belonging to Me firs j Wvly and Piatt, but was fortunatelydtfeovered and e.\- tinguiflied (by theaftivity of a number of ci tiaens) before any i jury wa: sustained. We regret to lav, that fromwh.it we ran learn, there remains not a doubt but that the ..re was put to the (havings in the building by iome designing villain, and thu.hu was leu it by no one except a negro buv about i a t ears o( age, w'lo fax s he was a white man about j tire middling f.ze dressed in black or blue clothes. !t is ftate. l maNew-York paper of the 6fh inst. tbat the (havings in the cellar of anew 3 story brick house in Baltimore were set lire to on the ift. ir.ft. by delign, and leveral buil dings deltroved. _ A LIST OF ACTS Paffid the Ergi/l Uttrc of the Jhtc of Geor at their fejjian of November and December, i Soy. 1. An aft to authorize the mayor and aldernren of the city ot Savannah, to ca tablifh a watch in laid city. 2. An aft to amend the several afts sot regulating quarantine &c. &c. 3. An aft for the belter regulating the town of Darien. 4. An aft to alter and amend the se veral afta for regulating the town of Sunbury Sc c. 5- An aft to eflablifli a Ware.houfe and Infpeftion of tobacco, on the lands ol J D. Terrell, on Tugalo river, I'lauklio county. 6 All aft to repeal an aft, entitled “ an aft. to eftablilh an academy or Se minary of learning at Sunbury, Liberty County. 7. An aft to authorize the Inferior I court of Franklin county to lay an extra tax for county purposes, See. 8 An aft to inereafe the funds of j the Prcfbyterian church in Savannah, See. ! 9. An act to fecurc to churches ami I religious societies the lots of land cou- ‘ veyed to them, See, 10. An aft to alt-r and change the name of Daniel Sharp, to that of Da niel Nunez. 11. An aft to authorize ihe Inferiot court of the county of Wilkes, to levy an extra tajt, .Src. 12. An aft to alter and change the name of Thomas Keys, to that of Tho mas Allen. 13. An aft fo’ the better regulating and government of the town of Sparta. 14. An aft to rai!c a tax for the (up port of government for the year ißoy. 15. An aft to authorize the inferior, court of the county of Bryan, to levy and colleft an extra county tax, ami up propriate the fame to county purposes. 16. An aft to alter and change the names of Betsey Burton, Sally Burton and Mitilda Burton minors. 17. An aft to amend an aft, entitled “ an aft to regulate Escheats” 18. All aft to alter and amend an aft refpefting vendue mailers, &c. 19. An aft to authorize the indices of the Inferior court of the County of Greene, to lay an extra tax, for buil ding a Court house and Jail, and fixing the state thereof. 20. An aft to repeal the 2d feftion of the aft to make dtftribution of the I late celfion of laud, &c. Bcc. and the 3d feftion of an aft to compel trespas sers on the lands south of tile Oconee, to return Sec. 21. An aft to repeal an aft, entitled “an aft for inflifting penalties on, and confifcaticg the ellates of persons therein named,” so far as refpefts the banifh tnent of John Boykin, fen. 22. An aft to authorize the Inferior courts, of the several counties to efta blilh ferries and bridges. 23. An aft to divorce James Brown and Abigail his wife. 24. An aft to amend the militia law of this state. 27. hi aft fur the better fclcftion and drawing of grand Jurors. 2d. An aft to amend the aft for the limitation of aftiono. 27. An aft to amend an aft to cany, into effeft the (lath fcft- inof the tiiird 1 article of the coni!n. lit n>n of this state. 28. An aft to amend the road laws, so far as refpefts the c stinties of Bryan, Liberty, M’lntofh, Glynn and Camden. 29. An aft to incorporate a company for the improvement of the navigation of the river Oconee. 30. An art to define the number of ! commiffioneis for Milledgeviile, and to; extend their powers. 31. an aft appointing cbrnmiffioners to fell and dispose of the frafti-.niil parts ; of lands in the counties of Wilkiolbn, I Baldwin and Wayne. 32. An aft to organize the counties cl \ Wilkirrfon arid Baldwin. 33. An aft to appoint cornmiffioncr , i I for the better regulation and govern-) ment of the town of Wafltington, and ■ for incorporating the far... 34. ah aft to amend thr aft regula ting the dilliibution of inteffate effatea, &c. _ ! 37. An aft to extend the tune forj carrying into eflcft the lottciy for the academy of Wilkes county. 3b. ah aft to amend the fc fat road j taw, so far aS refpefts tlie county of Burke. 37. an aft to amend an aft f.r orde ring and governing flavts, 3cc, 38. An aft deft: irig the counties of O.ynn, Wayne and Camden, and to or., gani/.e the county or Wayne. 39. An aft to appropriate mor.-i.s so 1 the year 1 iod. j HOPF. WnATamiferable unfortunate Ving were man, Tent into this troubJefom work’, destitute of that pleasing phantom, that b’r.ign cncknnirtjs , that supporter of na~ ture s drooping /pints —aiJ cheer ing Hope. In every grade of human lif , from the wealthy prince to the impoverilhed beg gar, Hope hath its charms. Ihe lawyer, pleating his cli ent with ali’irances of liiccefs in ,u s calc, hope’r for a hpjvy fee from the already naif Hulled-fim pletou. ° The merchant risqurs per haps his nil, and he hopes that facet* l 3 may attend his flipping and 1 he beggar hope. 1 to/e >./. ter days, File client’s purse fails, a i( j the lawyer’s hope, variJJj.es in the Ihe mere haul a llup iq wi < cited, and heil(o, meets with his difappoiimnenc. i h.c beggar young, dies a beggar old, and vain ate all tb-.ir hopes. But what a dreaded afpetft would the grim tyrant death wear, were it not fur the hope of future salvation ? Who endure the thought ? Who reconcile tiiemfelves to this their lure fart f We hope for happiness be yond the grave, and the happine/s of hoping, with l'ome, perhaps is all.—AN: honeilly—take truth for a guide—Jnduitry for a partner—keeping charity for a 1 j inmate—and then place our hopes on a Jure ft un i.iion. H r a. Mu. POR 1 Ot SAVANi\AH.” evtf.rfd. Ship Pilgrim, Wheelwright, Jamaica firi'’ Cleopatui, Jloadly, Char idiom Schooner Attn Li Harriet, Reynolds, Jam. Rambter, Pitcher , JNecu Turk U IrARIiD, Ship Hudson. Tombs, Liverpool Brig Solly, Ifughs, Barbados Canton, Case, Martinique Thomas Dexter, Kent’ To k ’ fa j* - -tt'., -Jair izcSSri -jq-T— rr -) DRY GOODS, THE fsbfefibers having j,i/l arrival from Nat) To: l, are opening for Jale Jor a ferns usee's only.at No- 3. Wood lioufcs Row, on lire Bay, a general as* fcrlmtsit of DRY GOODS. A MOTTO WHtCtl ART* TflF t* l. I.r.\v In G , VIZ ; Superfine and lccond Broad CLOTHS Coaifc blue and nrixt do. Mix’ and Brown Coatings IBne Iverfeys and Frizes Blue and Mixt Plains S'Tiinfdmvns and Toilenetts Baizes and Flaiintls Ruffells and L'alirnancoes Duranis (ingle and double fold I Rattinet’s and Shalloons—Brctannia* Brown Platilla*. •Coarse a id fine liiffi Linens Half bleached and Brown do. Irish Sheetings , Long Lawi.s, fin- and coarse Table Cloths, different qualities Humhutn Mnfiins Colored and White Cambric do. Superfine plaid Ginghams Coarse and fine Dimities Cambric do-—Calicoes ami Chintzes Black Lultring—Black, ftiipe Satin Fancy Luftring Ribbons Satin and Love do. A variety of Fancy Cotton Shawls and, I land kerchiefs j Do. elegant lilk Shnwls i Do. <l>) cainel’s hair do. i Cotton Handkerchiefs, JilFcrcm kind* j Velvets ami Fancy Cords Silk and cotton brae •* Black anil White Crape S.lk and cotton Urtjbrt.Ha* Laces and Edging* Black patent Net Laces Do. T'aris Net CiaiK..&—-'Rennet's Cord* Coarse and fine Cotton Hose Do. do. Worlted do. Black and colored Sewing Silk i Linen and Cotton apron Check* i Book Mufiinsand Handkerchief* | Elegant Lace Cambric Muflina Do. Sprigged I.en.au ! Coat and Veff Buttons I Belt fafhiom.h'e do. do; | Men’s Beaver Glove* 1 l.artica long do. do. , Do. Cotton and folk do. Do. I’ic Nic Mitts The above articles., with a tariet p of Others too tultous to enumerate, will be made an ohj-. ttoMe t r:<n.t3 or Planter•, who may p tale tan > above. N. It. // tew low pi iced I'/001 J.2INS ■mi! SI.CO.\I) CLO THS which wnl be fold ut.ufually cheap, if applet! for iu to’ < ‘otlf-n'i C< B.ikcr. I H-c. 2.y ts 34 Dy lii b.l !]J iviarlha i juß From Liverpool. The Si bferiber* havf rt-c-ived tie remrin trr ol tlirir Supply . t lal ■; W u'o j U;, wiiich a, . offered for rale ?* rfwth- They itiav • a!t i for file anew mc.t of aUojt o tent nirrhen, C r.iy ri^yrd ctrit I IS BOL t -IN’ V ) t.'ovem'ier tt ts ’