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•WASHINGTON, November 2.
Monday the Senate rel'olved to
wear crape for Stevens Thomson Mason,
a Senator, deceased. The also came to
a resolution to wear crape for Samuel
Adams and Edmund Pendleton. This
Ml measure was not adopted without
debate. Messrs. Pickering, Hillhoufe,
Adams, Dayton and Tracy, opposed it j
or. the ground of the precedent it would j
fuinifh. It was fupportcd by Messrs.
Br tckenridge, Nicholas, Wright, S.
Smith, Jackl'on and Butler.
The opponents of the motion requir
ed the taking of the yeas and nays,
which were—-Yeas 21 —-Nays 10.
CONGRESS.
house oe representatives.
Monday, Odialer 3 1 .
A Message was received from the
Menace, (dating that they had receded
from their disagreement to the amend
ments of the bottle to an aft “ to enable
ci.c Prelident to take pofftlfion of .the
territories ceded by France to the United
States by the treaty concluded at Paris,
cnthe 30th of April lad; and for the
temporary government thereof.”
Mr. Eppes, from the joint committee
of enrqlemenl, reported that the com
mittee had examined Die above bill, and
had found ..the fame duly enrolled—■
whereupon Mr. Speaker iigned the lame.
Gn motion of Mr. Early, the resolu
tion, laid on the table by Mr. Rodney
for the extiriguiUinient of Hate balances,
was till, the ill Monday of
December, to allow time for the repre
sentation of Nkw-jerfey in the honfe.
Motion to exclude Strangers.
Mr. Early of Georgia observed that
the house mult often luve experienced the
great mien option their bufinels and de
bates met with, from* the admitlion of
Hungers upon the floor. He therefore
moved, that it be resolved, thslt no per
son ihall be admitted within the bar of
this house without being introduced by
cue of. the members thereof, Foreign
Ambsffcdors and their suits excepted.
Mr. Nicholson, laid, it will be. well
to cchne what is meant by being within
the bar. He did not apprehend that the
gentleman from Georgia meant that this
xefclution fho.uld extend to thcexdpfion
(ft Stenographers; or to the total exclu
fi-.m of a certain part of their auditors
(females) whefe company he was always
hapm to Ice in that part of the house
fiunT vbich.thfc gentleman was for ex
cluding ilrangei t
, Mr. Early declared, that he was as
much pleased to have the company allu
ded t; wrthjt: the oar as the gentleman
whj !jv:ke lait. It was not, continued
f.ir. E. feota. an idea of excluding them
—but chat their prcfcr.ce draws after
e’ucm another defcri| tion of llraagers,
who greatly ditlurb the bufmefs of the
house. If the gentleman will form a
XcfoKition so as to admit the former and
xti'ft the latter, it Ihall give my hearty
aff'm. • . _ .
j.*i'ft.nfl'.!ph, was thankful to the gen
tlem.m from Georgia, for having intro
duced this motion. It was an invidious
talk, in moving for that which went to
interrupt the eg refs and regress of the
house. Since Us being a member of the
house, he had not once then the gallery
Entirely full. He wilh.d to give every
citizo,’! right to hear the proceedings of
thi* |f .( e. In the aiforders and inter
ruplfon which so frequently happen in
the.houfe, he has marked that the galle
ry is alrnofl always exenfpt from them.
T*he,gallery is immediately before the
Speaker and under the cognizance of the
chair. Those who occupy it are seated,
and cannot walk about. As long as
persons are fuffered indifcrimmately to
come within the bar, and talk, no offi
cer can keep order in the house. I have
frequently seen great intnifion from
strangers—-they occupy the fire -places,
and they interrupt our debates. Ido
not think Foreign Ministers lh Juki at
tend the debates of this house, and I
/eonid wilh to have them excluded in the
prr'er.t motion. Their bufmefs is with
the executive—they can have no bufmeff
in this house.
. Mr, Huger, understood that t!ie mo
tion went to exclude any person coming
within the second door, if so, he. might
perhaps vote for it; yet, it was rather
hard if a member could not introduce a
particular friend—one who might have
come a great diftmee to hear the debates
or to fee his reprefeutarives; and upon
Lome momentous question find it difficult
to be conveniently seated in the gallery,
Mr. Randolph, moved to ilrike out
the words “ Foreign Ministers.”
Mr. Elliot opposed, and Mr. Sanford
tnoved, that the question be poilponec!
t Mil to-morrow. Agreed.
Tuesday, November t.
The motion to exclude ltrangers from
the floor of the house, was again taken
up—and, after confideraWe debate, it
was agreed, upon the motion’ of Mr.
Da vfnri, to be po!t;>or.ed until the isl
day of june next.
NORFOLK, November 3.
Captain Whitrjdge, arrived here on
Tucfdiy lalt, from Salem, (poke on Sa
turday a brig, out 40 days from Cadiz,
the captain of which corroborated the
accounts we fome days since published
f f war being declared by the Emperor
Ci Morocco against the United States.
CHARLESTON, Nov. 9.
A gentleman in this city has received
a letft.r, ‘gi a ing information that the
French piivueer lately off our bar, a
few days since ran a pilot boat, in which
were an hundred negroes, on Tybee 1
breakers—seven of the negroes, and the j
Pilot, were drowned. The privateer is j
said to be now near Tybee.
’’ 1 . IN —— !
SAVANNAH, Nov. 16.
A democratic paper informs us,
that Mr. Jefferson has dispatched his
private secretary, capt. Lewis, accom
panied by a’ capt. Clark, and attended by
20 soldiers in the disguise of hunters, to
explore his newly purchased territory of
Louisiana ; which also states that
“ The first cbjeft with these trav
ellers, is to proceed to the source of the
Missouri, and thence to endeavour, bv
following the course of some great river,
to reach the pacific ocean—. This, no
doubt, is an expedition of great difficul
ty and hazard, at the same time, if.suc
cessful, as wu wish it may, of great na
tional importance.”
It would appear, however, to be a
matter of quite as great national impor
tance, to ascertain whether the United
States, after all this negoclation, are to
be compelled at last to assert their right
to a place of deposit on the Missisippi
by the point of the bayonet , for, not
withstanding our purchase of the coun
try, the place of deposit is not yet re
stored, nor is there a probability of its
being done immediately, as the Spanish
court has not only remoc lira ted to our
government for purchasing the country,
but direfted the governor, not to deliver
it up, either to France or the U. States.
The question then now is, whether the
Pre.-ident with the troops of tire firated
States will proceed to conquer the terri”
tory, or whether he will call upon the
“ Enlighten / Government of France*'*
to do it for him. If our enlightened ex
ecutive has not been purchasing “ a pig
in the poke,” there is sufficient reason
to fear the purchase is involved in a
scene of illaaueation, no less ridiculous
and embarrassing.
The following observations are ex
tracted from the “ Wafbington Fede
raliit, of the 3 1 il ultimo :
“ A report has been current for
fome days pall, that tne Spanish mini!
ter had entered a protest ‘.gainlt ths U.
’ States tailing poneiun of Louiflaha un
der the treaty with France. Our en
quiries on this iubjeft have refaited, in
a firm belief-of the truth of the report.
In the treaty between France and Spain,
the latter was to receive dr. equivalent in
Italy far Louisiana.
‘ 6 The Spanish court now Contends,
and with great juilice, that as France has
not put Spain in portsffion of the equiv
alent, that ffie is not bound to give up
Louisiana. The claim of our govern
ment to a portion of the country on the
Fall fide of the rivet Milfifippi, has giv
en great alarm and uneasiness to. the
Spanish court. It has been generally
supposed that Louisiana, lay entirely on
the Weft fide of the river. It is now
contended by our government and hy
Mr. Randolph in congress, that it em
braces a large traft cf Territory on the
Eall fide of the river, lately diilin“uifh
ed as West Florida.-— Under this con
lttuftion of the Treaty the Spanish ter
; ritory in North America will be very
trifling both in extent and value. She
will be excluded from the Miffiftppi, the
Mobile, and several other important
rivers, and from the mud valuable part
’ of the Floridas as to fertility of foil and
commercial advantages. The United
; States will possess all (he wants, as to
• security and navigation. She will there
- fore not only be wholly independent of
Spain, but will poifefs the means of ei
fentialiy injuring and annoying her in
case of a rupture. .
“ Under these circumftar.ee;, it is no
vender that Spain should feel both re
: fentment and mortification at being thus
’jockeyed out of her poffeflions. Ano
ther reason ft ill more injurious to the
charafter of the firll confol is affigneci
Tor the conduft of Spain. It is supposed
by many, that Spain is in thy inltance,
what file has been, for several years pall,
the mere tool of France. That the
Treaty, made with this country by
France, was merely for the purpose of
either obtaining a loan, or of cheating a
few rich individuals out of their fortunes.
It has been Hated in the papers, .that
Dutch merchants were negotiating with
the Fiench government for the purchase
the money, to be paid by the U. States.
‘Bonaparte may have secured this eafh
and now invents these delays, that the
territory may be unoccupied till the con
clusion of the war, when he will again
take poffeflion. He will, by this fkilfu!
manoeuvre, obtain the loan of money,
secure the country againfl the possession
of England, and enjoy the benefit of it
in the end, without the intermediate ex
pence and trouble of preserving it. It
will be universally allowed that such a
piece of diplomacy would be well wor
thy the genius and principles of Bona
parte. It will be founded too, on the
true principles of Liberty and equality.”
We learn from Louisville, that Mr.
Milledce is re-elefted governor.
A letter received via Boson, from Si.
Übcs, dated the 23d A just, fays—
“ The Portuguefc govern lent had il
fued orders direfting ever) man in the
kingdom, without dillin ion, who is
capable of bearing arms, t hold himfelf
in reading's to join the smies; and in
the mean time had prohib ed the young
men from marrying.” j Balt, fat ]
Extra/2 of a letter from a gentleman in
London, to his friend in 1 ichmottd, Fir
ginia, dated September 1 u, 1 SO3.
“ Great preparations ae Hill making
for the threatened fiom France,
but from thc.ftrift blockadf of those ports
and of the Dutch, although little appre
henficn can be entertained of their put
ting to lea without our knowing
it, and if fortune favours tjneir success to
reach this country, the dciteat they mull
experience will be the belli proof of even
our present slate of defencj and prepara
tion; indeed the Very national fpiritmull
aft out sh the world, much more than even
the inhabitants themlelves. This spirit is
univerial, and prevails in every rank in
focie.y. At present .the volunteer corps
are upwards qF 800,000, whole services
are accepted by government, to march
whenever their services may be required ;
and from the very sh m tune they have
been training, their difeipiine, See. Sec.
does them much credit; —its so admired
Major General Earl Harrington, who is
appointed to be the Reviewer General of
all tire corps. „ ...
“ I am niyfelf (who never expefted to
be a soldier) in the law allocution, (who
exerciie in the temple), whs re the Lord
Chancellor, Lord Chief jurtice, mailer
of the Rolls, Judge of the Admiralty,
2nd many ether Peers, and Members of
both Houses are privates. The Hon.
Thomas Frfkine is our lieutenant colo
nel. Indeed it would be needlcfs toe
nyunerate the dillinguilhed characters
that have come forward—no Ids with 0-
ther refptfftable dalles cf the community.
Our ilaets become truly a military parade
higlit and morning, as<d reviews pretty
genera!—and was not the Summer so far
advanced, they would soon become no
infignificant force to repel any enemy
whatever.”
AR.R WED—Ship Herrv, Rvynnldi, Cub*,
via Chatl ITn—Schooner, Toplhtm, P...bsrt,
Cuba—Sloops, Frederick, La.idoa, Cbarieftdn
Rachel, Brown, ditto.
—
ST. ANDREW’S DAY.
(j“f* A meeting ot th-, Subfcribtrs to a
DI NNER., on th# 3>h iiifti t', in celebration
of that day, i*T.equefted at theh'uleof Mr*.
Sears, THIS hVh.NI\ 7 G, at 7 o'clock.
Savannah Nov. j 6 74
IN COUNCIL.
Canonndh. November 14 th 1803.
WJIERIi \S it appect* to Council, that th;
contagiout diforitu lately prevalent in thr
Citfo! of New-Y-nk, Philadelphia, and Alex
inbria, are ahamd,
Rtsotvtd, Tnat the Quarantine imposed up
on veff-l* arriving ‘torn thole porta, hedilcon
iiauctl, and that public on: -,.e be given thereof
E.l'rafl from the n’nutes
74 J. M. WILLSON, C. C.
Mfis. HF.USTON’s Academy
for the tuition of young ladies will open
on Monday, the 7 th foil, at Eppingcr’s
brick building, South Common.
Nov. 2 St, ‘ 70
ASSIZE for Nov. i8o?L
Tha prtc* of Flour being g dollar* Sc 50 ett
per barrel, Bread for thit mouth mull weigh
viz,
ctj. loaf. I 6|- rt. loaf.
* in. 03 cz. (lib. 1J -a.
Os which all Baker* and Seller* of 3rad.
.ira to take due notice.
JEREMIAH GUYLKR, City Trafurer.
Mr. Armour,
OPENS his DANCING SCHOOL,
at a room opposite . Commerce- Row, on
THURSDAY 17th ifi't. lnftiuftion
given three days in eabh week, vix.—
Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Ladies
will receive their lelfonson Thursday and
Friday Afternocns, from 2 until r o’clock :
rtnd Gentlemen, from j until 8 o’cl >ck ;
and on Saturday, Afternoon, Ladies from
2 until 4 o’clock, and Gentlemen from
4 until 6 o’clock.
Likewise, on Thursday Evening r 7 ill
in ft. he commences Inftruftiou in Mu
fick.—-Leffons given on 7 hursday and
Friday Evenings, from 8 until 10 or 1!
o’clock.
Ladies or Gentlemen wishing for pri
vate ltfforrs in Dancing, will receive im
mediate attention, by giving information
at the room.
November i5 74
ST RAY £d” .
On Sunday
Kipht the 6th
W instant TWO
BAY HO ; RS *
1 ... if „ y. ES, one of i hem
is a raw bone
Horse, upwards of fifteen hands high
with several saddle spots on his back,
fome of which are frelh, having lately
performed a journey. The other is a
compaft well made Horse, about sou
teen and a half hands with one of
his (find feet white, and will draw in a
Carriage. Whoever will deliver the
said Horses to the fubferiber in Savan
nah, or give information where they
maybe had, (hall behamifomely com
pensated for their troublr.
JAMES EWELL.
November 15 74
ALLUM SALT and COTTON
CARDS.
1000 bulhel* heavy Alloa Salt ’
15 boxe* No. 8, 9 and 10 Colton Card*,
For fate by S. L. EULLEN.
October *6 6b
AUCTION.
On Friday, the i B ih inst. nvill be sold, at
the store of the subscriber.
5 pipes Holland Gin,
‘/ cafics draught Porter, .
50 barrels navy breads 9 kegs butter,
4 boxes cordials aflbrted,
10 kegs Starch,
1 case linens,
A small invoice Dry Goods, confiding
of durants, ihawls, &c.
A few pieces Mahogany furniture,
2 setts handlbme tea china of 55 pieces,
An invoice of hardware,
Z ridihg chairs,
i likely Negro Fellow,
1 ditto, ditto Wench,
ALSO,
75 coils Cordage, aflbrted, on a credit of
9 ° JOSEPH ARNOLD. Auft’r.
Sale to commence to o’clock.
November 16. 74
An ordinance
For ere/ling and affixing Lamps in the
Streets and public places of the City of
Savannah, for the purpsfe of lighting
the fame by t.igbi. *
WHEREAS it would be highly ben
-1 eficial, and tend in a great mealure to the
; iiifety of the Inhabitants, Were the Streets
i and public places of this City lighted in
, the night time, ,
| ; And whereas the City Council by an
Ordinance entitled “ An Ordinance for
; laying oH'a certain space of Ground situ
) ate on the Bay of the City cf Savannah,
and for felling and djfpofing of the fame
for the use and benefit of the laid City,”
have eltabliffied a fund for the purchase
of Lamps and other materials neceff*ry
for th p purpose aforelaid,
Be : t therefore ordained, by the May
or and Aldermen of the City of Savan
nah in Council affcmbled, and it is here
by oidairied by the authority of the fame ;
That as 1 Jon as may be after the pain tig
of.lhis Ordinance, there. Pull be iurnifh
ed and provided, by a Committee to be
appointed by Council, a fufficieot num
ber of Lamps, to be affixed and placed
in the Stteets, and other public places in
this City at lucb diflance, height, and in
luch manner, as to the laid Committee
shall seem nfofi proper : which said
Lamps shall be lighted at or before dark
every r.ight throughout the year, and
shall burn until daylight, except on such
nights, as shall be lighted by the Moon.
And be it further ordained, That if any
Person or Persons shall wilfully or niali
cioufly break or deilroy any Lamp, or
Lamps which shall be placed or affixed
in any Souare, Street, Lane, or Alley
within tbe City, or at or before any
House, Outhouse, or other building
within the fame, whether such Lamp be
so placed and affixed at the pnblic ex
pence in pursuance of this Ordinance, or
at the proper and private ex pence of any
Individual or Individuals, Inhabitant or
Inhabitants, every Person so offending,
shall, on conviftion thereof before the
City Council, forfeit and pay, for every
luch offence, the sum of twenty Dollars,
and make good the damage done by .such
treipal's : And if such offender be a Have,
he ihall be puniflied with thirty nine
lalhes on his bare back, at one oi the
public Markets in market time, unlds
the owner of such Have shall pay the said
fine of twenty Dollars, and makegood
the damage done as aforefaid.
And be it fuitbsr ordained, That Coun
cil Ihall, immediately after the parting of
tiiL Ordinance, appoint a Committee to
carry the fame into execution, which
said Committee or a majority of them
ihall be, and they are hereby veiled with
full power and authority, to purchase, or
contrail for the put chafe of such number
of Lamps, as in their difcrction they
shall think proper, not exceeding one
hundred and fifty injiumber, and for all
such p-fls, Iron work, Fair.t, Oil, Cot
ton and other materials neccffary for
erefting and, affixing such Lamps'as a
forefaid, and also to contrail with the
necessary Workmen for exefting the fame,
and with such person or persons as they
shall approve, to light the fame for the
term’ of one year after the fame shall be
so erefted, and redraw Bills on the City
Trealury for the amount and difeharge of
such contradfo, as they shall by virtue of
this Ordinance make and enter into, to
be charged to the fund appropriated for
that purpofr by the Ordinance aforefaid ;
and until that fund shall be fufficiently
pr duftive, to be paid out of any Money
that may be in the Trealury unappropri
ated, chargeable neverth clefs on the laid
fund. And genet ally to do all other
adjs and things whatsoever, for the pur
pose of carrying this Ordinance into full
execution ai*d tffeft.
- In Council,
Savannah, November 14, 1803.
passed
l a s S CHARLES HARRIS,
Mayor.
ATTEST, ‘
74] J. M. WILLSON, C. C.
FOR SALE,
A vacant LOT, on the Sank Square, with*
foul hr r n from, and it one of the mod eligible
fitualiona in the City. For terror tpply to
JOSEPH HABERSHAM.
November 16 74
Commission Bu
siness.
THE fublcriber* hiving convrnirnt (tore*
00 Bolton’* wharf, for the reception of Pro
duce, offer their fervice* to tbe {Plaotcr* and
other*, in the FACTORAGE and COM
MISSION BUSINESS.
JACKSON & HARTSTENE.
OAoh.rtq. ‘ X)
THE SUBSCRIBEKS
HAVE FOR SALE.
500 pair‘Negro Shoes—and on Cor,figr,ment,
100 pieces beji Inverness Ragging, on which an
indulgence of t or 4 months will be given for ap
proved notes. MACUIN St MACINTOSH.
N.vimber 5 7 1
f‘'t V i .
Public Auction.
THIS DAY will he sold at the
North East Corner of the Exchange,
. A VARIETY Os
Wet and Dry Goods,
Consisting of
FRENCH BRANDY in pipes
Holland Gin j n ditto
Peach Brandy in barrels
Sugar in boxes and barrels
Negro Cloth and Blankets
Irilh Linen, &c. Sec. Sec.
Sale to commence at 1 o o’clock.
Also, precisely at 1 2 o'clock,
Nine New Negroes,
Confining of Men, Women and Girls.
Conditions—A good Note with
approved indorfer, at go and i 20 davs.
T.M. WOODS RIDGE cs” Cos.
November 16, Auctioneers.
Mr. HUES TON'S
F.nglifii and Mathematical Academy
commences this day at the Filature,
where a few young Gentlemen will be
carefully inllrufted in Reading,Reciting;
Orthography and Engliffi Grammar—-
Writing, Arithmetic (Vulgar anJ Deci
mal) involution and Evolution of the
Roots by Logarthims Book-keeping ;
Geography and use of th; Globes, Eu
ctids Elements, cf Geometry; Trigo
nometry, Heights and Diitances, Land
Surveying, jNavigation, Mensuration ;
Astronomy, and Algebra.
November 16
t o BE cs<Jld~,
A FR .I MX HJt/SE in iliou.ffiton-llrvt
with an unexpired leal* of nearly’ two ye-rj,
inoderate ground rent, <nd an excellent flacd
for tha Grocery bufinef*. Enquira of tho
Printer!. Oitnher a 6q
PIJILETUS HAVE NS “and Tame s
BILBO,
Having entered into copartnerffiip umkr
the firm of
Havens & Bilbo ,
Offer their services to the planters and
others in the
FACTORAGE fc? CO MM IS-
SION BUSINESS .
For which purpose they have taken the
wharf, and a part of the llores lately occu
pied by Meflrs. Belcher and Dickinson,
where any species of property entrulled
to them for l'ale, can be fafely flored.—
They have also purchased Me/Trs. Belcher
and Dickinlon’s remaining STOCK of
SHIP CHANDLERY,
A General Aflortment of which, and
groceries,
They intend keeping. April 19 —14
- NOTICE”
Copartnerfhip of Robert
John Bolton.
THE death of Mr. Robert Bolton,
renders it neceflary to inform the friends
and correfponcfents of the Firm, both
in the United States and abroad, that
the Funds and Stock in trade, remain as
heretofore, and that pravi/ion is made
not only to preserve, but annually to en
creafe the Capital. They are also i
ormed. that the bu/inefs of the House
will continue to be conduced by
JOHN BOLTON,
Under the fame firm of ROBERT &
JOHN BOLTON.
Joseph Habersham, J
William Wallace, f /
George Woodruff, f 5
John Bolton, J *
Savannah, Dec. 8, 1802. 81
H. H/LRFORD,
Has just received and now opening, at
his ilore in DARIEN,
The following articles of Merchandize,
which will he disposed of low for
Cajh, Cotton andTobacco.
Superfine Cloths and Caifimercs
Second do. do.
Lion - /kin Coating for great coats
Strouds and Blankets
Plains and half thicks
Gold spangled, T
Superfine London, r
Tam bored and itriped, p Muslins*
Cam brick plain and i
coloured, J
London Plaited } r
Fancy and Furniture J atcoes.
London Lawn and Cotton Shirting
Sarcenett? and Tiffinys
Catgut for curtains v
Bandannas, Silk and Cotton
Romals and fancy fi!k Handkerchiefs
Linen and Cotton pocket do.
Gi!!-a-poor and Policatc do.
Marseilles and Swanfdowns
Fancy Cords and Velvets
Iri/h Linens afl'orted
Oznaburgs, Britifli and German
Gurrahs and Humhums
Silk and Cotton Hosiery
Durants and Calimancoes, with a general
aflortment of Hardware and Cutlery.
FROM LIVERPOOL., ts
Crates of Liverpool China .
-Blankets
White and blue Plains _ ‘ ’
Oznaburgs.
Darien, Ofloher 16. 3m. 66.
Lor sAIe.T
Prime Cotton LAND.
A traft of Lard containing 1150
acres,’ fituatc on” the Great Sattilla riv
er, about three miles above the town of
Jc/Ferfon, it has a handsome Bluff, where
a /hip of zoo tons may load and proceed
to fie a.
The above tiaft contains about 500
acres of good COTTON LAND, and
I 400 of the firll quality of Rice Swamp.
Apply to
MACLEOD & MILLFR.
November z 10: . 70