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TREATY WITH SWEDEN. The following Abstract presents a correct awl con densed outline of the provisions of ihe Treaty between this country and Sweden. We hope it will prove! acceptable to our readers, for whose convenience and accommodation we have arranged it.— Charleston Time*. Art. Ist. It is agreed, that the two countries, respectively, in relation to their commercial in tercourse, shall be placed upon the same footing of reciprocal liberty—and, that there s -all he given to the merchants find traders of each the same security and protection, in the lawful pfos ecVon of their business. M /*t. 2d. No other, or higher duties be imputed on the importation into either dpuntry, resptmively of articles, the growth, pi ofluce or mamilat lurc of the other, than those to jfrhich the same ancles would lie subjected in etch of the two counties, respectively, if they were the growth, produce or manufacture of any other. The same fjirovision is made for articles of ex portation! so, that in each of countries, respectively*he articles which jFall he exported to the other, ifcnnot he chaigi and with other impost, highi'Acr other, than fltose to wnich the same would bemsubjected, if #x ported to any o thcr country. w\o’ prohibition to be imposed upon the importation or edjportatiftn of articles, the grow th, prothfee-#f either country, respectively, tha*loes not extend equal ly to all other nations. Swedish ships importing in& States articles of* the growth, procluc* cm manufacture of Styedvn or Norway, or exp<*Upg from tiie United Shtds articles of indigenoJp>i owth, produce or manu facture, are to pay JR other, or highef, duties than would be vessels similar ly occupied —\vJt n/cr versa of American v, sscis similar circumstances. The provisions m] this article are also extended to the Swcdishjrolony of fct. Barthelemy, as well in what reladp to the fights and advantages which the vesMlsofthe United States shall enjoy in its ports, -amu relation to those which the ves - els of the djony shall enjoy in the ports of the United Sy*s, provid’ and the owners are inhabit ants of StJßarthelemy, and thedfc establishedtuul naturalized , and that their vefyls are of the same character. Art. 3d. T’his article having excepted to and finally rejected, there can Mho necessity for setting it forth. Art. 4th. The same obscrvatioflkpplies to Mw, as it was also rejected. Art. stn. This article relates to thmright of eaVli government localizing and emnloj\g con suls or other < ommercial agents in the of the other—their liability to punishment— the exemption of their archives from examination, and the other etcetera usually appertaining to their appointment. Art. 6th. Tne same observation is applicable to this, as to articles 3d and 4th. Al t 7th. The citizens or subjects of either power, when arriving on the coast of the other, who are not willing to enter into port, or, having entered into port, are desirous of prosecuting their voyage, are permitted so to do, without be ing subject to render an account of their cargo, or to pay any other duties than those imposed on the Vessels of the count) y similarly circumstanc ed. An officer of the customs has a right to be on board to prevent all illicit intercourse, and to see tnat they conform to the local navigation laws. Art. Bth. The vessels of each power,entering into the ports of the other, are permitted to dis charge any portion of their cargo, and to proceed to any port within the same country, or to those ot any other, without paying any other duties than upon that part which shall have been al ready landed. It is understood however, that Hie duties payable on the vessel itself, are to be Bvaid at the first port at which she breaks bulk, ‘i.'ltl that no such duties are to be again detuund- the inhabitants oi the country lie sub ""'rpT-BL.-i 1() hirthcr duties similarly circumstanced. -hb. The c itizens or subjects of cither l|ipPi> shall enjoy in the ports of the other all the Hp t r ‘for their vessels as lor themselves, asThosc e most favored nations in the same port, j Ma’ danger of being, or which have been actually il.e duly ot the government in rendering them assistance — passports which are to be gra, ted to the passengers and the restoration of the property if a year and a datvupon payment qT.tfrose costs and ciiarges and ailjTHl^catiom^'^nuW^cvconfor mably to the laws and of me imitations, respectively, w c luTH** yr of either country ttfould pay,s ed. Art. 11th. All vessels arriving direct from the polls, ol either power, and furnished with a clean bill ot health, arc to be admitted to enter and discharge their cargoes; subject to no an tine but what is sufficient to admit of the visit of the health officer of the port in which they ar ri\e —except in cases where manifest symptoms of malignant diseases are apparent in the person of anyMjj the passengers or crew. „ £ Art. 12th* The treaty between the lent of the United States and his majesty the hking of Sweden, concluded at Paris, in the year is recognised and wing xcefiting the 20th and 24th arnfcw, 4s ■ y articles, \ 2, o 1 place. f either power, blockaded at ncA subject to iteujtpch ports of such an entry into such ports of the enemy, shall be j liable to seizure anti condemnation. Art. 14th. Tne treaty is to continue in force for eight years from the exchange of the ratifi cation. —■ OUR RELATIONS WITH SPAIN. The following is an abstract of the answer of the Secre tary of state, to the late proposition of the Spanish minister. The answer of Mr. Adams is dated Oct. 31. lie says that the right of the United States to the river Mississippi, and all the waters flowing into it; and to all the territories watered by them, is established beyond the power of further contro versy. In reply to the first proposition, he says, that any proceedings upon it is rendered unneces sary, by tiie determination of the government to restore Pensacola, and the forts of St. Mark’s and the Barancas; and entirely useless, from the nature of the second proposition. With respect to the second proposition he insists, that the late grants ol land made in the Floridas must be can celled, unless some other fund is provided for satisfying the claims of our citizens on the Span ish government. On the question of boundary, he proposes as a substitute for that offered by the Spanish min ister, and assures him tiiat t is to be considered as a final offer on the part of the United States, the following, viz. beginning at the mouth of the Sabine river, and following the course of the river to 32. N. tat.: thence due north to the northerly part of the 33 deg. N. and until it strikes the Red River; tiiencc by that river to its source in the. Snow Mountoins, 31 25 N. and 106 15 W.; to the summit of tiie mountains, and fol lowing the chain of mountains to 41 N. and fol lowing the 41st parallel of lat. to the Pacific ocean. He consents, on condition that ail grants of lands made in Florida, since 1802, siiail bean nulled, to the proposal ol renouncing mutually all claims by the citizens or subjects of either country, against the government of the other; limiting it, however, on the part of citizens of the United Slates, to claims provided for by the con vention oi IBu2, —and all other claims which oave yet been submitted to the department of state, or the American minister in Spain—claims on account of tne suspension of the light of depo site at Ncw-()i leans, in 1802,and all other claims which iiave yet been submitted to the depart ment of state, or the American minister in Spain. Ihe United States undertake to exonerate Spain from these claims, and to make satisfaction for them to the amount of five million ofdollais. fine other propositions are in substance agreed to, except a requisition of further provisions to enforce the observance of the treaty of 1795, which is declared inadmissible. Tne Spanish minister in reply, November 16, insists on an ind nii-ity foi the damage sustained by the governmei t ind by the subjects of Spain, It' 'in the invasion ol Florida. In reference to the 2d proposition, he consents that all grants of lands in I* lorida, made since the 24th of January last siiail be cancelled, the conditions of said grants not having been fulfilled by the grantees. On the subject of boundary, he agrees to take the Sabine, instead of the Marmenta, provided the line proposed by Mr. Adams, as far as the Red R iver, snail continue due north to the Mis souri, and thence follow this river to its source, leaving the boundary thence to the Pacific unde termined. The modification proposed to the 4th article, he accedes to, on condition of its being made reciprocal. He insists on some further provision to prevent violations of the treaty ol 179 5, by thy armament of the Spanish “tradWn the ports of thy, United States, but agree# to t^B.other modifications of his pro positions. *’ H * \ No report lias yet been made in either house of congress, on the subject of the Seminole war, nor on the subject of the Bank of.tiic U uiled States; two topics on which, the first par ticularly, much interest is excited. If we are not misinformed, the military com mittee of the house of representatives, who have the first of these subjects under consideration, find some diflu ultv in agreeing on the report; and, whatever it may be, it will not fail to be op posed by a formidable minority of the committee. This report, we learn, may be expected to day. What is to be the nature of the report of the Bank committee, we have not heard; but we should not be surprized if in that committee also there should be variant opinions. This report is looked for during the present week. —National Intelligencer, Jan. 12. UNITED STATES’ FORTIFICATIONS. The National Intelligencer contains a report from the war ch partmeqj. relative to the army and fortifications of the United Slates. By this report it appears that the work con templated for Old Point Comfort, to mount 250 cannon, and upon Rip l||n shoal to mount 250 These works to cost The at Patch, in Dela ware Bay, to to cost 8300, 000.— “To complepKv the this pass, it will [ be occupy with shoals ol’ the Delaware and.New-’Jfc&kv shored, the whole, two steam be i^uisite.” “.Yew York Harbor. —The only work now progressing in that harbor, is a castellated tower, building at the Narrows, upon Hendrick’s Reef, it will mount 96 cannon, and will cost 8275,000; it is more than half finished, and can be complet ed in the year 1819. The other positions which must of necessity he occupied, to complete the defence of New-York, are, Ist Sanday Hook, 2d Staten Island, 3d west end of Long Island, 4th Brooklyn Heights, and sth Frog Point, near the Sound.” Lake Champlain.— The works to be erected ‘ are at Rouse’s Point and Island Points. Tnese works being contemplated to withstand a seige, will mount nearly 300 pieces of cannon. The government have given orders to suspend the works at Rouse’s Point, untill the line be tween the U. States and Lower Canada shall be completed From the Albany Argus. ■ OUR RESOURCES. A St. Louis paper mentions, that survey ors liave gone out to run the lines of the Indian cession of 1816, lying between the waters of the lakes and the Mississippi, and also to run the lines of a cession, forty miles in width, stretching from, the Illinois to lake Michigan, between which points an important thoroughfare has long been established, by French settlers on the lakes and on the Mississippi, though not gen erally known. It is presumed to be the inten tion of government to have this tract settled. The waters of the Plein, emptying into the Illi nois, and of the Chicago, emptying into lake Michigan, take their rise in the same flat; both streams are without falls, rapids or shallows, as is also the Illinois; and when the streams are high, the flat becomes a pond and boats of ten or a dozen tons pass from one to the other without difficulty. In dry seasons, they are unloaded, placed on vehicles, and drawn by oxen over a ■ portage of a few miles. | What a magnificent spectacle does the con struction of our interior country present ! What livelv anticipations of our future population, commerce and wealth, does it not awaken! An ; internal water communication, stretching for more than 3000 miles thro’ a fertile continent, its banks every where covered with a thick and busv population, and studded with towns and vi 1 - hires; receiving in its course tributary streams of wealth, from the remotest parts on the right hand and on the left; and its commerce accumu lating, with the waters of the great rivers which ; form its extremities, until, having collected up j on its main artery the wealth of states, and the products of the labors of it shall pour its congregated treasures, through its two great avenues, upon the bosom of the astonished At lantic—forming at once the prolific source of a nation’s wealth, and the strongest ligament of its union. —. From Philadelphia Papers. O^PUONATTON. \ statement has anpeared in the National In telligencer, and has been rcmiblished in the newsnaners, generally, purporting to be extract ed from a report from the treasuarv department, vespertine the state and condition of the bank of the t T . States, op the 30th of September last. The statement of debts due to the bank of U. States, is introduced with the following remarks: “The amount of debts due from banks pav “ing specie to the bank, and several branches, “an- 1 the notes of banks naving specie, on hand, “after deducting therefrom the afnounts due by “the bank and its branches to the said banks, re spectively, is thus stated: “At Philadelphia R 1,745,375 73.” From this statement, a belief prevails, that the state hanks of this citv were indebted that amount to the bank of the U. States, on the 30th of Sep tember last.—To counteract this impression, and to give the public correct information on the subject, the undersigned cashiers of the City Banks, and of the bank of the Northern Liber ties, met at the Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank, on the 2d of January, 1819, and reported the balances of the accounts of their respective insti tutions, with U. States, as they stood on the 30th of September last, from which it ap peared, that taking the several debits against the bank of the U. States, and giving it the several credits to which it was entitled with the banks aforesaid, the bank of the U. States, on that dav, was collectively indebted to them in the sum cf §49,829 14. Henry Drinker , Samvel Wilcox^ Elisha Chauncey , J. Williams , Quint in Campbell , IK .Waudeville, Henry A'nhl, Thos. Wilson. Philadelphia, Jan. 2d, 1819. l r O ra Editors who have re-published the state ment from the National Intelligencer, will please to insert the above in their respective papers. The Democratic Press , as a “communication,” says— we are authorised to say, that the state ment alluded to in the publication of the cashiers of the state banks in the city of Philadelphia and Northern Liberties, daterl 2d inst, not having been furnished by the hank of U. States to the treasury department, is incorrect.. January 5,1819. The National Intelligencer , of Thursday last, on publishing the proceeding statement, says— “ Lest it should be supposed, the error, if any, rests on our shoulders, we transcribe from the report, verbatim, all that relates to the amount of debts due the bank of the U. States, at Phila delphia, as follows: To the bank of the I T . States, viz: In London, Paris and Amster dam, § 1,530,576 04 For the funded debt, part of the capital, 7,430,926 60 For bills discounted, 8,834,089 62 From sundry banks, (paying specie,) 82,079,485 77 For notes of sundry banks do. on hand, 455,284 57 2,534,770 34 Deduct am’nt. due sundery banks, (pay ing specie) 789,394 61 1,745,375 73 f Debts due bank of the U. States, at Philadelphia. 819,540,967 99 Having done thus much justice to the Phila delphia slate banks and to ourselves, we will only add, in justice to the bank of the U. States, that it is very obvious that the “amount due flora sundry banks” at Philadelphia, does not mean banks in Philadelphia, but includes ail other banks owing balances to the bank at Philadel phia. There is therefore, no incompatibility whatever between the statement of the bank of the U. States, and the above statement of the. Philadelphia banks.” _ [ Now, as the U. States bank was really in debted to the Philadelphia banks, collectively, there seems to be no way of reconciling the up i parently discording statements, but in l lining tnat by the amount due at Philadelphia it was I meant to include the sums deposited in rev i ■ of the state banks, but passed to the credit ol the U. States on the books of the mother bank, in that city, (which show an amount of about 880,000 dollars,) and the notes of some “specie paying ” banks yet on hand, which the U. States, bank received when it first commenced its operations: for it is believed that the bank of the U. States at Philadelphia, has not receiv ed the notes of any of the state banks, except those in that city, and in Nevv-York and Boston, See. which there is no sort of difficulty in pass ; ing off, in the present state of the trade of tne country. But, great is the mystery of banking: the initiated, only, can tell us how it is—if they p lease. — Wiles ’ H < gis t r r. From the National Intelligencer. Ms srs Gales if Seaton —lu your daily pa per of this date, you mention, that according to a statement in the Boston papers, no less than fifty vessels cleared fiom that port during the iast year for ports beyond the Cape of Good Hope; and you add, “thus have the vaults of our banks been cleared.” I do not mean to examine the question in political economy, respecting the free circulation, and unrestrained importation at and e x portation of the precious metals, though I c an not help saying that I disagree with what seems to be your opinion on this subject. My single purpose is to state a fact, which leads to this conclusion, that, if comm uce be left to itself, it will correct its own mistake: more than one half the tonnage of the United States employed in the trade beyond the Cape of Good Hope, during the last year, was employed in bringing home East India cotton wooi; not for our own manufactures, (for except for car,die wicks, little of the East India cotton i.s used it’ this country) but for those of Europe, whither it has been sent. This branch of trade, by being over-done, or from some other cause, will prove to have been a losing one. During 1818 as much as fifty thousand bales of East India cotton wool, or about seventeen millions pounds, and which cost two millions of dollars weie import ed into the United States—on this cotton wool there will be a loss of 30 per cent. The consequence is an obvious one; for this year, and to a considerable extent in future years, this branch of trade will he discontinued, and specie will not be sent out of the country to carry it on. A. B. January 11, 1819. FROM ENGLAND. New-York, January 4. The arrival of the Manhattan puts the editors of the Gazette in possession of E iglish papers and Lloy I’* List, to the 19th of November. It was rumored on the con’ nent, but contradicted in the Paris papers, that England is going to exchange Hanover for Belgium, ceding he former territory to Prussia. M. e’e Talleyrand has returned to Paris, and resumed his functions as gran 1 chamberlain to h s majesty. The articles of a treaty lately made between the French and English governments, guarantees to French ships trading from Bourbon and their establishments at Madagascar, the same rights and privileges as are grant ed to English vessels carving on a similar commerce. A grand expedition is stilt spoken of, as intending soon to sail from Spain for South America. An order in council has been issued, prohibiting the exportation from England, of gunpowder, arms or am munition to Africa, the West-Indies, or any part of the continent of America, except with permission— to con tinue for six months from the 30th November. It is said, that one part of the contents of the late des patches from St. Helena, relates tft attempts made to corrupt some of the troops there. By a law in Eng land, it is made capital to rescue, or attempt to rescue Bonaparte in his confinement. Sir Gregor MacGregor was in London on the 14th November, and was immed ; ately to proceed to Deal. It was said he would embark on board es one of the two ships, forming part of his expedition against New Gren ada, and sail from the river for the Downs. Other ac counts sav that he had sailed. Mr. Ogilvie continued to deliver his orations in Eng land; which were attended to with profound attention, and decided approbation from numerous audiences. The British parliament was further prorogued to the 29th December. A royal ordinance has been published, convoking the assembly of the chamber of peers, and the chamber of deputies, on the 30th November. Our London papers mention the death of sir Samuel Romilly, who, having lost his wife, made way with hi n self in a fit of despair. Sir Samuel is said to have an nually netted from his profession, from 16,000 to /,17,000 sterling. An article from Stockholm says, that Mr. Bussell, the American ambassador, left Stockholm on the 23d of Oc tober, on his return to the United States. Mr. Hughes remains as charge d’affairs. About 5000 French women, of all ages and descrip tions followed the English army to Calais. A young, interesting and well educated female, was discovered in male attire, 01^ ship board, having followed a private soldier. She was not allowed to continue her route, but was ordered to be sent back to her connections, who were respectable. When the account left Calais she was in a state of delirium The allied p wers have extended the time from 9 18 mon'hs, France to pay the contributions due them. The Musquito, sloop of war, arrived in England Nov. 7, with dispatches from St. Helena. Sailed Sept. 29. \s the captain went express to I.ondon, and no inter course was allowed with the vessel for 24 hours—many extraordinary reports were circulated. [We have later accounts in the U. S. from St. Helena. LATEST FROM ENGLAND. By the brig Manufacturer, arrived yesterday, (says the Charleston City Gazette of the 18th instant) in 35 days from London, we have received London papers to the 27th November, ten days later than our last ac counts. T*hey contain no news of particular importance, - Lo’ ddx, November 94. ” market remains in the same dull state