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TO THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA.
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Oft tiie subject of the mode oFcorapensation, l have
already stated, \here was, as is generally the case on mere
•questions of policy, a diversity of opinion in congress.—
'Some gentlemen foi* whom I entertain the highest res.
pedt, considered the mode objectionable”; while my owr
own
reflections led me to a different conclusion. I had seen
congress charged over and over again in the public-pa
pers, (the same papers which now condemn the change)
with spending their time in idle debate, and protracting
the sessions for the degrading purpose of pocketing the
six dollars a day. Without admitting the truth of the al
legation, it appeared to me desirable, while increasing the
compensation, to avoid every thing like temptation of
that sort, and to remove even the ground of suclftinwor-
thy imputations. This is effectually done by granting an
annual sum, which unites interest and duty in expediting
the public business. The inadequacy of Compensation
and the length of the sessions, requiring the continued
absence of a member so long from his domestic con
cerns, were the evils against which, it was important to
provide. X planter or professional man may, by judi
cious arrangements, leave home for a limited time with
out great sacrifice, while an absence of six months in
each year, would be ruinous to his business. Whether
or not the change in the mode of compensation will les
sen the duration of the sessions, time alone can deter
mine; but such would seem to be its tendency, and 1
think it well worthy of experiment. Should it succeed,
the advantages would be two-fold. 1st. The greatest ob
Stacie to the continuance in service of such men as-the
people may select, would be removed; and 2d. There
would be a considerable saving to the nation in the con
tingent expences of congress. If by acquiring great
skill, and by extraordinary exertions in the transaction of
public business, that should be done, and as well done, in
three or four months, which has heretofore occupied more
than five, the laborer is certainly not the less entitled to
the compensation on that account. Suppose a farmer
employs a number of reapers at one dollar a day, it be
ing distinctly understood that three acres of wheat should
be considered a day’s work; and suppose further, that
owjng to the skill m reaping they had acquired, and un
common industry, they should perform in one day the
work assigned for two, would they not be as much-en
titled to compensation for six acres, as others who were
occupied two days in reaping that quantity? The reap
er and the farmer would both be benefitted; the farmer
would save one day’s board of the laborer, and his grain
would be secured one day earlier. In this case, as in the
case of congress, the employers possess the same means
of ensuring faithful work, and of punishing delinquents,
that they have in whatever manner the laborers are paid.
Against the measure I perceive no substanthd objection.
The charge of novelty may be urged with equal force
against our admirable form of government; and yet I ap
prehend, no American patriot is disposed to reject it, be
cause it happens to be unlike the other governments of the
world. And as to the idea that, for the purpose of sav
ing the greatest possible portion, of the annual compensa
tion, congress may legislate without due deliberation—
that the affairs of the nation may not be properly consi
dered, or properly transacted, 1 am pursuaded, experi
ence will suew its fallacy. The forms of proceeding will
forbid it; the love of fame, which is generally the ruling
passion of men desiring public favor, and which with
other worthy motives, has heretofore prompted them tp
deliver speeches, and to display their talents in the in
vestigation of legislative questions, cannot be extinguish
ed by any paltry saving, the present compensation could
possibly afford. Judging from my acquaintance with the
motives of human action, 1 should think, that the measure
may fail to effect what is desirable—the curtailment of un
necessary debate; but that, it will never produce less dis
cussion, than is requisite in the examination of every sub
ject. But should tny opinion in this respect be errone
ous, should the fears which have been expressed, be real
ized, the corrective will always be where it ought to be
—in the hands of the people. And moreover are there
not at least as strong grounds for the suspicion that a
compensation by the day may furnish •temptation for the
delay and protraction of the public business? On either
hand, as upon odjer propositions in general, it is not
difficult to urge plausible arguments or plausible objec
tions; but surely it is uncharitable to attribute unworthy
motives to the one opinion, or to the other.
How the compensation law is uncongenial with our re-
iblican institutions, or how it is to “quickly engender,
pub
hatch and propogate a species of proud, arrogant, and
luxuriant Aristocrats; no spurious brood but tiieir own
legitimate offspring,” is probably beyond the discovery
of all except the sagacious individual who is so eminently
qualified for an instructor, and to whom the public are so
much indebted for the very modest and unassuming
grand-jury instruction. Of this hotchpotch ot caballistic
words thrown together without sense or meauing, it may
be truly said—
“Words are like leaves, and where they most abound,
“Much fruit of solid sense is seldom found.”
In what respects is a compensation by the year more
uncongenial with republicanism than by the day? or why
is it more in reference to members of congress, than to
judges, heads of departments, and other public servants
m general? It does not make the tenure of their appoint
ments more permanent, nor diminish their responsibility
to the people. You have precisely the same control over
them whether they be paid by the day or by the year,
and may continue or dismiss them according to your
pleasure. Nor are they entitled to the compensation un
less they attend to their duties; because the act provides,
that for absence there shall be a proportionable deduc
tion. If therefore a member does not attend at all, he
receives no compensation, and for the time only he does
attend, is he compensated. In this respect the provisions
yf the act are similar to those of the former law, anil
in no respect, is there a difference in principle.
Whether the act should commence its operation dur
ing the -present congress or on the 4th of March next,
was a question of controversy in the legislature, and
excited much discussion among the people. The con
stitution provides thatt, “the senators and representatives
shall receive a compensation for their services, to be as
certained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the
United States.” The authority and the duty of determin
ing from time to time what is “a compensation for their
services,” ate clearly delegated to congress. It was ob
vious to the wise framers of the constitution, that what
might be a compensation at one time, would not be a
compensation under different circumstances, and there
fore the whole subject was committed to the discretion
of the legislature. I.apprehend it will be admitted by
\every candid man; that since the multiplication of banks
and the large issues of bank paper, a greater sum has
become necessary to defray the expences of a residence
in our cities, than formerly. Supposing six dollars a day
were a proper compensation When the price of boarding
was from six to eight dollars a week, it irresistibly fol
lows, that it cannot be a proper compensation now,
when boarding has been raised to from twelve.to fifteen
dollars a week, with an increase of other expences. If
then the increase of compensation be just, I cannot con
ceive upon what equitable principle, a future congress
would De more entitled to it, than the present. It is not
unusual for the members of a legislature to raise their
own wages. I believe the legislature of this state did so
some years ago; and I imagine there are none now who
think "they were raised too high. I am aware that in
legislating on such a question, a legislator is liable in a
F eculiar degree to the imputation of interested motives.
am apprized of the objection, that if the legislature is
permitted to increase ks own compensation once, they
may finally take all the peopk’smoney; butl would enquire
for what purpose was the constitutional provision inserted,
if it is neverto be exercised? Of every power granted to
congress, that of regulating the pay of the members, ap-
pearsto me thefoast dangerous, the least liable to abuse. In
the exercise of no other po wer, will the people so naturally
misconceive the motives of their public servants, howev
er good those motive may be, and however well dispos
ed the people themselves; and therefore in no other case
is the same caution in legislating, likely to be observed.
I think this opinion is sanctioned by past experience.—
The love of fame, of popularity may furnish a tempta
tion to abstain from the use of the power even when
the welfare of the country would be promoted by its ex
ercise, but it is very improbable that a majority of any
congress wiil ever exercise it imporperly. Nor is the
plea admissible, that a power should not be used, because
*t ma y be abused. Such a doctrine would witlihold the
delegation and the use of any and eveiy power, because any
or gpsVriimefMk because the .gfjnfx-
titin and-vxefcise df powers arel inseparable. from the ..^avpay of-We'arnrr— - , * _ e -
existence of government. Thy truth is, that if the trust ^ind was appro ved by the prcmdeBt. TOeTOy otcon-
repoied in congress of fixing their own compensation greftftwas therefore performed, and the application ®F
has not been abused; {as I humMy conceive It haS not), money to die objects tor which it wa* appropriated, oe-
there is no ground For complaint; and if it ever Should iong% to another department of the government. Ihe
be abused, the remedy, as for the abuse of other powers unfortunate delay which has occurred, is explained in «
is with‘ the people. In the discussions which Were had correspondence between the pay^naster of thejirmy and
upon the subject, it appeared that Some gentietnten felt
■i delicacy in voting Tor the bill unless tire cOTnnte’nce-
ment of its operation should be .postponed until after
another election, while 'others rely ltig upon the fact, that
the amount of pav had ceased to be “ft compensation for
their services,” deemed it as much their right and duty,
to provide for the present, as for the future. The latter
prevailed, and the act was, sent in its present shape, to ,
the senate. So far as a question of delicacy Was involv
ed, it could not be applicable to that branch of the le-,
gislature. The senators are elected for six years, and
therefore, if the measure had not taken effect until the
4th ol March next, still there would have been the Same
grounds for scruples of delicacy; because in either case
they must have voted thejr owr, compensation. 1 speak
of the senate as a body, and as such they never.can vote
upon the pay of congress without ■'Voting it tp them
selves; unless indeed the. act should commence sixyears
afterwards, or it should provide that each member shall
continue to receive the former compensation until after
he is re-elected. To pass a 1 w on such a subject to be
gin six years thereafter, or to make the compensation of a
senator from one state more or less than that of a sena
tor from another State, (depending on the period of his
election) would be agaiiyft the spirit of the constitution,
and an act of absurdity probably without a parallel in the
history of legislative proceedings. Had the bill come to
the senate with a provision postp * ,ng- its operation un
til after another election for-members of the other house.
I should as readily and more willingly have voted for it
in that form; because of the accidental circumstance that
my term of service is about to expire. But believing
the compensation just in amount 1 perceived no adequate
motive for entering into a controversy with the other
branch of the legislat ure, either on that point, or on the
question whether the increase of pay should be by the
day or in the present mode.
Such, fellow-citizens, are the vieWs which have direct
ed my judgment on the act changing the compensation
of the members of congress. It remains that I should
expose the misrepresentations on Other subjects, which
have been artfully circulate fi r the purpose of impairing
your confidence in those men who had served you fiiith-
fully—that I should present the facts and circumstances
in their true aspect. * The wages of the soldier, who has
fought the battles of his country, are, said to be reduced
by congress, while they raised their Own, and while, ow
ing to their neglect, the brave defenders of the nation’s
rights are still unpaid. I am not surprised tliat such
representation should awaken in every patriot bosom
the strongest feelings of resentment. Such feelings, un
der such circumstances are honorable to human nature.
But are the allegations true? and if they be not true, I
leave you to determine what should be your feelings to
wards the authors of such unfounded assertions. With
them I shall have nothing to do, but 1 wiil prove to your
satisfaction that their charges are false. On the I2th of
December, 1812, an act was passed, raising the pay of
the soldiers in the regular army from five dollars to eight
dollars a month, “diivinp-the continuance ot the war.”—
dollars a month, “during the continuance ot the war.
On the 2d of February, 1813, an act was also passed, pro
viding tliat “during tue continuance of the present war,”
the same increase of wages should be allowed to the mili
tia. The acts therefore expired by their own limitation
at the conclusion of peace; but a iiberal construction of
their intent and meaning awarded the increase of com
pensation to the soldier, not to the end of the war only,
but until he was discharged from the service calledfor by
the war.j"
And yet it was never asked why were the wages of
soldiers raised, without at tue same time raising the com
pensation of the members of congress, and ol the other
public functionaries? Congress legislated on the subject
at the time, as wise men wiil always do, according to the
particular circumstances of the case.
So far then from reducing the soldier’s pay, we had
raised it; and upon the expiration of the acts of 1812 and
1813, it continued precisely as it was before they were
passed. And should the situation of our countiy again
call for active military services, it will then be time
enough to enquire into the adequacy of the soldier’s com
pensation. As yespects the regular troops, it cannot be
necessary to recapitulate the various modifications of
their emoluments, which were successively made during
the war. nor is it to be presumed that any man of ordina
ry understanding will imagine, that congress ought to
have continued in time of peace the unprecedented pecu
niary inducements for enlistments in the army, which the
eminent dangers of the county during the continuance of
hostilities, rendered wise and politic. When therefore,
the treaty of peace was ratified, a law was passed reduc
ing the army to a peace establishment of ten thousand
men, and leaving the compensation as ifh ad been pre
viously fixed for ordinary times. The act which had
raised the compensation, having expressly declared that
it would expire with the war, and the soldier having en
fisted under that provision, there is, on 'vs part, no just
ground of complaint; nor, considering the nature of the
service at present, or in any other view of the subject
with which I am acquainted, has any sufficient reason
been disclosed, for increasing it under existing circum
stances.
As respects the militia, no acts were passed during the
last session, except for the purpose of granting them ad
ditional benefits. They have been published; and in no
respect are they more distinguished, than for the liberali
ty of their provisions towards the militia. They provide
that the family of every officer and soldier, who, during
the late war, shall have lost his life in the Service of . his
country, shall be allowed one half the monthly pay to
which the deceased woutd have been entitled, for, and
during the term of five years; and such officers and sol-
diefs as were disabled by wounds or otherwise in the dis
charge of their duty, are placed on the list of pensioners
in the same manner as the officers and soldiers of the re
gular army, at the same time, the rate of pensions was
increased from five to eight dollars a month. With com
pensation for horses lost in the service—an increase of
pay—a pension, and tliat raised from five to eight dollars
a month, and provision for the families of the deceased, I
submit to your determination, whether there be any foun
dation for a charge of illiberality towards the militia.—
No, fellow-citizens, had half the zeal been employed in
the pursuit of truth, which has been manifested in the
employment of unworthy means for the attainment of un
worthy purposes, you would never have been told that
the present congress were unmindful of the soldier’s
rights, or unwilling to reward the soldier’s services.—
That the reward has been so long withheld, I sincerely
lament, but it is not attributable to neglect on the part of
congress. It was their duty, on the estimates furnished
by tine department having charge of the subject, to pro.
vide the necessary sums for satisfying the claims -gainst
the government. The treaty of peace was ratified on the
17tiiof February, 1815, and the 13th congress, according
to the provisions of the constitution, was dissolved on the
3d of March following. Great exertions were therefore
indispensible to effect the important changes in our sys
tem of measures which had been adopted for a state of
war, within the period allowed us. To what extent the
army should be reduced, was a question of much contro
versy between the senate and liouse of representatives,
arid it was not finally settled until the last night of the
session. Until tliat question was determined, the bill of
appropriation could not be passed, because the proper
amount which would be wanted, could not be ascertain
ed. In such a situation it was hardly to be expected
tliat the estimate should be suddenly made, or the
amount of militia claims ascertained, with perfect accura
cy. The delay, moreover, in reducing the army to the
peace establishment, which it appears, the executive
could not avoid, necessarily increased the expenditure.
The last session commenced on the first Monday in
December; and on the 17th or 18th day of the some
month, the estimate of the pay-master was laid before the
house of representatives by the chairman of the commit
tee of ways and means. So promptly did we legislate on
.The duchess
hite for treaso^ at i*on£june id' .... vlll
n -passed Lyons on the same day on her way to p. ***"
Twenty-eight persons haye been arrested at Fan*
ailed ged conspiracy to assassinate the kin it and - , ^
roily, and afc to be tried. S
The princess Charlotte bad nearly recovered from h
disoosition. m
inyseff, the substance of Which, I will briefly state.—
Having understood before my departure from. Washing
ton, tliat the militia of Georgia were then unpaid, 1 wrote
a note to the bay-master, enquiring why it was so* In
reply, I waft informed that “some difficulty and delay
had been produced in the payment of the militia ot
that state, in consequence of their having been dis
charged without being duly mustered,” but that in
structions had been (pven to remedy that defect,
which would be executed as speedily’ 1 as practicable.—
It was also remarked, that there Halil been extreme diffi
culty in obtaining funds in sufficient amount to answer
the payments of the regular troops and militia of South
Carolina and Georgia; the government not having them in
either of those states. I was further informed, that to
wards paying them, one hundred and fifty eight thousand,
three hundred dollars had been already furnished. On
receiving'the answer of the pay master I called on the
secretary of the treasury. He expressed the very great
regret which I am persuaded he sincerely felt For the de
lay in discharging the claims of our militia; and detailed
the causes of tue difficulty which had occurred in his de
partment. While in some states the treasury co Id corn
mand fundft beyond its calls for expenditure, in others,
they were insufficient to meet the demands against the
government; and owing to the deplorable state of the cur
rency of the country, the funds in those states where they
were n t wanting, could not be transferred to the south, and
paid to the public claimants, without subjecting them to
loss, 1 stated my conviction that the bills of North Carolina
would be cheerfully received, arid enquired Whether they
could not-be furnished. He replied, that he would im
mediately ascertain; and if it could be done, it should be
done. 1 afterwards received the Following note: “Ro
bert Brent, pay master of tile army, has the honor of pre
senting his respects to Mr. Bibb, and to state to him that
he has by mail of to day, (30th April) remitted.one hun
dred and twenty thousand dollars to Georgia, to be ap
plied to the payment of ^he militia of that state. Under
standing that tiie notes of North Carolina would answer
for.payments in Georgia; and South Carolina, and not
being able to procure funds in those states, one hundred
thousand dollars of this remittance is by a draft from the
treasurer of the United States on North Carolina, and
twenty thousand dollars by a draft on Savahriah.” From
this view of the case, it is apparent that the soldier (whose
services no man appreciates more highly than I do) Kas
not been neglected by congress. That his compensation
has been thus long withheld, is owing not to the Want of
legislative provision, but to Causes beyond the contrbl of
the national representatives. During the war a scheme
was devised by the enemy to drain this country of its
specie, for the purpose of creating fatal embarrasmerits
iu our pecuniary concerns. And although the difficulty
in dischurgingthe contracts of the government at present,
is to be attributed to the want of an uniform circulating
medium, yet in my judgement, the suspension of specie
payments on the part of the banks was not only an act of
wisdom and sound policy, but probably prevented the
most serious evils at a period of great national danger.—
That specie payments have not been resumed, is not the
fault of congress. Dnrii.g the last session, however,
measures were adopted to remedy the evils of the exist-
ing currency, and there is ground to hope they will effect
a cure, as speedily as the nature of the disease will possi
bly permit. Until the remedies are successful in their
operation, congress cannot do more than to provide the
means of paying the public creditors in such a medium
as the country affords. The public funds are derived
from the public revenues; and the people in each state
can pay those revenues only in such money as is within
their reach. To have excluded from the receipts into
the treasury, the only currency the people could obtain,
indisposition
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Londoi*, June 10.
ALGERINES.
Mr. Brougham Would wish to know from the np> ,
lord (Castlereagh) whether there had been a treat;°
eluded with the-Dey of Algiers, concerning his Eutoc° n '
prisoners. . , *' <5 t
Lord Castlereagh said, that there had been an an-*,
ment entered into on the subject. “ ‘£ f -
Mr. Brougham would wish to know whether he Kj
stipulated for all the European powera, and whether
were responsible for the pecuniary part of the era- *'
ment.
Lord Castlereagh said that there was a stipulation f
other powers, but that we were not responsible ia*i,J* I
-imi-i —' 3 I*" St
and to have demanded what tliev could not pay would
have presented indeed a most extraordinary spectacle
Instead of the Voder solicitude for soldiers’ rights, now
the theme of electioneering patriots, we should have been
charged, and justly charged, with an act of monstrous
folly and oppression.
-d liave thus, fellow-citizens, presented to your view a
fair and candid exposition of those proceedings which
have called forth sucii acrimonious invectives, against your
public servants. All I have a right to expect on your part,
is a like fair and candid examination ot the facts and cir
cumstances which are now disclosed. To the great mass
of the people whose object is truth, and whose honest
indignation has been roused by the apprehension, that their
interests had been sacrificed; I look with confidence for a
just decision, i rely upon the maxim that the people will
always decide correctly, if correctly informed. Astothe
charge ot selfish motives, “of political prostitution,” it is
precisely suited to the delicate and disinterested conceptions
from whence it sprung, anti wholly unjvorthy of respectful
notice. Deplorable indeed is the state of man, if against
such foul aspersions, a life of unimpeachable integrity,
affords him no protection. It cannot be believed by an
intelligent and a charitable people that the present virtuous
and enligtened chief magistrate of the United States, and
a large majority of the national legislature, composed
of men inferior to none in this or any other country, for
eminent services, integrity, and patriotism, could have
been influenced by such degrading considerations.
That I may have erred in judgement, is possible; because,
to err is the lot of imperfect man. From the frailties of
human nature, neither you nor I, have a right to claim
exemption. If therefore you should even determine
that I have erred, I would subnut to your serious delibera
tion—to your sense of justice, whether a single error
justifies die unkind censures which are pronounced
cuniary engagement for them.
June 12.
Price of stock this day at 4 o'clock.—3 per cent. re j
63; omnium 23$3-8; consols foracc. 67 7-8.
Cadiz, May 18.
“Every house in this city has been newly painted; a. I
promenade has been repaired, and a temporary landi-~ I
Tilt- roval i
place erected fot the queen’s arrival. The royal n iB ; |
embarked in a Portuguese line of buttle ship, earn '
March, and are therefore hourly expected. In the If
cipal square a magnifiriefit temple has been tree!- ,
the front of which are the busts of Ferdinand the ser-J
and his bride; and on thfe reverse side are those ot
infanta Don Carlos and his princess. The flight of
ascending tb the temple are supported and surnitoi,^
by lions couchant, in admirable wcrkmansliip; the n -I
of justice, conscience, lame and mercy, are now *; the low 1
corners of the temple, and when illuminated will prcdec
the most striking aiid splendid effect.
May 21.
An armed vessel, represented by her commander to b»
a privateer from Buenos Ayres, is cruising between i-i i
and tweh— leagues to the westward of this port, auilia
made se ♦* 1 captures.
From .he LeetPs F England J filermtry of June S
As a proof of the flourishing state of the slave-trace, q, i
the authority of commercial letters just received fron
the Havana, we are enabled to state tliat in the month,of
November and December last, upwards of fifty T «st-
cleared out from the Island of Cuba, for the coast of aJ:
rica, in search of cargoes of humau fiesh; and since tV
period, on an average six or seven more per month i Z
gone to the same destination. Calculating two hunqu m
slaves per ship, Cuba may therefore expect an annuuj n
pdrtaiitiit df 24,000 slaves!!! It is a fair question to t f '-
whether all this enterprise can have originated in a « «
heads and pockets of Spaniards?
_ Dutch papers,state, that at Eaffer Leipzic fair, Epgiifc s-
cotton-- sold 30 low, as to defy all competition fcy the ra ti
tive manufacturers.
The number of hands out of employ in the once thru,
ing town of Birmingham, is greater thin ever -v known
Yesterday week a tumultuous and ric,ou< mob of
nearly 200 persons, arnua with axes, sav s, spaait
Ac. entered the village of Great Ba rdfieid, in the count*
of Essex, with the avowed intention to -estroy tiir.is! hr
machines, mole ploughs, Ac. They nu.de-their attack at
the premises of Mr. Philip Spreer,- w Lo, fortunateiv tor
the place wbfere he lived, as . also for the villages'
towns on that side of the cotirttry, had spirit and
film frv HaCunJ U* l L ‘ ,
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of
?i-
tion to defend his property, and being assisted b
2J of his neighbors, who were entirely un.rine
determined to resist the attacks of the rii.tc j-s, i
Waterloo movement got between the rial
where the marine was deposited, and da-
advance; when, perceiving tire determine .
their opponents, they wisely resolved to mak
tate retreat.
Lord Douglas, on his manor of Amesbury, h-
in addition to a reduction of 2t’per cent, iii then
that his tenantry may have liberty to destroy the
to their entire satifaction.
The London Courier, of the 10th June, in its er 1 ; i
department,. observes—“We shall soon lay jbefur
British people a series of letters of the utmost n.
tance. They are of a nature to excite one feeling thro-,
out the country of surprise and indignation. We
shall select for their publication a period When the stun,
tion to the public is not occupied by important busi
ness in parliament—for it is our wish that these letters
should occupy their undivided attention.
outweigh a
f As the grand jury have recommended circumspec
tion in voting for candidates to the state legislature, it
may not be apiiss for the people to enquire” whether
any who are soliciting their votes, have given currency
to the falsehood, that the present congress had dimin^h-
ed the soldiers pay from eight to five dollars a month;
and then taken the advantage of it to purcliase the chins
of the militia, for less than their real value.
against me—whether a single error should
whole life of zealous and faithful devotion to the public
interests. That mine has been such a life, you, your
selves have most kindly acknowledged in the renewed
proofs you have so repeatedly afforded me, of your es
teem and confidence. To deserve that esteem and con
fident c, has been the object of my constant solicitude—
by best endeavours.
From my public labours, I never have derived pecunia
ry profit; nor in that respect, is there any thing in the
present compensation to render a continuance in con
gress desireable. But to lose your good opinion, would
be to lose the richest—the only reward for years of toil
in the country’s service. Such an event I should most
deeply deplore; but still there would be a source of con
solation, which we owe to the bounty of Providence, and
which cannot be taken away—the consolation of “a con
science void of offeuce.” William \V. Bibb.
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New-York, August 3.
The ship Laguira, captain Norton, which arrived at this
port yesterday, sailed from Bordeaux on the 12th June,
and from the riVer on the 13th.
Mr. Lee, American consul, and family, came home in
the Laguira.
There is no political news by this arrival We
learn that business was very dull at Bordeaux.
The report received several days since, of the new and
valuable ship Albanian, of and from this port, for Bor
deaux and India, be.’tig ashore in the Gironne, is now
confirmed. We are, however, happy to learn that a part
of the cargo, and rigging is saved, and hopes were en
tertained that the ship would be got off. At the time
she struck she had a pilot on board.
Bostov, August 2.
By the arrival of the ship Susan from Liverpool, ve
have been favored with London papers to the 15th of
June.
The account of the seizure of the British vice email,
and three British vessels, at Oian, a place dependent on
Algiers, and of tiie crews being sent to \ iers
reached England June 10; and was at first bead
ed, and caused a great sensation; but when scveiaiu.,ys
elapsed without its being confirmed; wiien tiie minlsttn
said in parliament that they had no information on the
subject; and when it was noticed tliat the whole rested
on. the verbal statement of the foreign captains who '.A
arrived at Gurthagena; the intelligence was doubt d.—
Lord Exmouth’s treaty is likely to undergo a tiiscussioj
in parliament.
When lord Exmouth made his late treaty with A igieu,
he gave the dey to understand that the continuance of
his political punier depended on its faithful obstr .
There may be a new chance for the substitution of cii is-
twn States for the barbary powers.
The British annual revenue from lotteries is OiBcia r
estimated at 558,2401.
The expences of the parliamentary printing du:_j
“ present session is about 100,000/.
the
The bounty on the drawback on loaf sugar in F.n.i
is reduced 4s per cwt. on single refined, and 6s on d
refined.
In London, in an action for damages in the case of is-
mg bitten by a ferocious dog, the ptantiff has recovered
Bostoit, August 1;
By the ship Susan, which arrived at this port yesterday
from Liverpool, we have received the papers of that city
papers of that city
to June 17, and London to the 15th. They furnish no
news of any importance. The re-election of Mr. Canning
at Liverpool, in opposition to Mr. Leyland, was carried
by 1280 votes against 738: The poll was open five days
Flour at Liverpool was quoted at 58 to 60s. The ships
Courier and Liverpool Packet arrived out from Boston
the former in seventeen days, and the latte# in twenty
daj s’ passage. ■ 1 *
The! amount of revenue to the British government from
newspaper stamps in England for the year ending Ja
nuary 5, 1816, was 363,414/ }. Ip Scotland 20,281/ 12
10. The amount paid by the. London Courier alone
31,155/15 3 besides thy duty on advertisements.
The British stoclft was quoted June 15, 3 per cents
aec. 64$ 7-8 3 percent red. 62 7-8 63 omnium 23 24
French fund* June 14,5ner cta. 69 6-100, b«j* share*
11011, *■* Vj
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Lokdos, June 11.
Three remarkable names are effaced from the list
Grand Cross, in the royal Almanack just published, of
the present year—the Cardinal Fesche, Coinbocercs, -ni
1 ouche; the former, in all probability, as belongn’ 0 '
the family of Bonaparte; the two latter as regicides. It
is remarkable, that Fouche preserves his Graiia Cross oi
the Austrian order of St. Stephen.
A very extensive scheme of forgery has lately beet
executed, by which the bankers in town, and in different
parts of England, hare been defrauded to a very great
amount. 1 he amount of bills thus fabricated is diff er
ently stated, from 50,0001 to 100,000/ and some say
double the latter sum; but the extent cannot yet be ascer
tained.
Old Bailey—Last night, at a late hour, the recorder
passed sentence of death upon 32 convicts.
June 15.
In the report of tiie parliamentary debates of Tuesdav
last, Mr. Goulbum is represented to have said, aiiuding
to the case of Perrott, that “government had received a
despatch from the governor of the Mauritius, referre d
to certain proceedings, respecting the registration of
slaves, which hail led to an insurrection!” Has the regis
tration of slaves produced an insurrection among the ne
groes in the Mauritius, MWeU as in Barbailoes? This it
is important to ascerdB»Indeed mutiny and insubor
dination must be the mffit of this sort of interference,
and wisely has tiie parliament postponed the considera
tion of the subject till the arrival of Further advices from
the West Indies.
The two exchequers of Grkat Britain and Ireland are
to be consolidated, and in consequence, the posts of
chancellor of the Irish exchequer, five lords, and thetvo
secretaries of the Irish treasury are to be abolished. B u k
it is proposed to appoint a rice treasury for Ireland,
who is to have deputy; the saflary of the" former to be
35001 a year, add that of the deputy 1000/. The dutit s
of the former Will be active diirthg the recess, and du
ring the'sitting of parliament bis presence will be neces
sary to communicate local information withrespeet to
financial state of Ireland.
The king of Bavaria has rejected the advice of m 3
ministers to reduce his army; on the contrary he intends
,to augment it Our private hitters of the 5th fw® ’ i "