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.■ . ■-—r.gh FOURTEENTH^ONGRESS. v 8ECON0 SESSION. Bom ot lUrtutmnni, December 18, , _ THB COMPENSATION SUBJECT. Johnson, of Kv. from th« committee appointed On (he subject, submitted a report relative to the compen sation of the members tff congress, embracing an elabo rate and ampTe view of the subject, accompanied by a Oill'to repeal the present compensation law, and in lieu (hereof to provide a daily allowance of dollars, and dollars for every twenty miles travelling to and from -the seat of government. (The great length of the report prevents its publication to-day—it shall be given a» e«riy as practicable.) The report and bill having been read, Mr. Johnson, of Ky. moved, that the bill be made the order of the day for the second Monday in January.— Mia reason for moving so distant a day, was to give time to, many members to arrive, who had not yet reached here,, and to avoid having the subject discussed during the* holidays, when the house was usually- thin from the absence allowed to members. Mfc.H. Nelson, ofVa. objected to so distant a day, arid moved that the bill be made the order for to-mor row. A short debate arose on the propriety of selecting an early or distant day, Mr. Nelson’s motion was advocated by himself and had any right to call f*r them at that moment. Mr. Barbour, on the ground that the subject had been ■o much agitated and so=fiilly discussed, that it was al ready well understood, and further time for its consid eration was unnecessary; that the measure was carried through rapidly at the last session, and as it required no more time to repeal a law than to make it, further de lay was useless. The motion, • ule by Mr. Nelson, was opposed by Messrs. Grosvenor, Calhoun, Robertson, Hulbert and Pickering, who were in favor of a more distant day, be cause between this time and January the house would he less full; and*that viewing the subject as one of uncom mon importance, one which was perhaps connected with the future liberties of the country, a proper time for de liberation was necessary; that as the house had been ac cused of acting rashly an passing the existing law, they might he ais properly reproached with cowardice by a Jitstv and precipitate retraction, (See. Mr. Gastoti, conceiving that die honor of the house required tiiat they should on the one hand avoid unne cessary delay, and on the other an unbecoming precipi tancy, moved that the hill be made the order for die ■ffirat Monday of January. J£he question being first taken on Mr. Johnson’s mo tion for the second Monday, was earned by a large ma jority. THE EPERVIER. Mr. Taylor of N. Y. offered for consideration ’lie fol lowing resolution: ’'Resolved, That the committee oirr.aval affairs be in structed to inquire into t tic expediency of providing by Iasv for the settlement of the accounts of the officers •ml crew of the United States’ brig Epervier, supposed to have been lost at sea. Mr. Taylor remarked, on this m tion, that all must iv-collect with what pain and anxiety the arrival <jf this tassel dad beep expected and hoped for, on her return with despatches from the Mediterranean. From the lapse of time since that period, the last ray’of hope glim mering in the bosoms of the friends of the officers and crew of diat vessel had become extinct, and the persons on board had been now long given up for lost. Among t&em there was a young man of the name of Mhelaue- ffion W. Bostwirk, who was purser on board the vessel. On the breaking out of the late war, said Mr. T. lie felt a disposition to signalize himself in the service of his rtJHntry, He entered the naval service a volunteer, and Was placed on board the frigate Essex.. In the various instances in what t‘-at frigate distinguished herself, Bost- Srick bore a 'distinguidied part. Without die aid of friends or p.xteonage, by his good conduct on every oc casion, he 4;>on attracted the attention of the very distin guished commander of that vessel. After the capture of the Essex, he was on his return home, recommended and appointed a purser in the United States’ service: . There was committed to his charge money for recruiting for the Epervier, and he was distinguished by the accuracy and attention with which he discharged the duties- of his appointment. His papers, his roonejvand all his accounts Air. T. said, were at the bottom of die ocean. It was due to the feelings of his friends and connections, that their regret *t his loss should not be increased by his Suppose these J|repte fairly at Washington, preimnsJ thepaintimg wdtfktftK a* iLprc'uU monumcril < t the , before acSjWimittee ofcongreSfe—what woiiUfv elevated character of American genius; while the tub- . — it. 1 ' _ " . * * — - - - . — - 1- — 1 h A m a ^ 1 ■ m n ik/. ii i, i i — fl Hir /I Ailu MATuiti.li Sk/« ilk#, , v, .i i %ng pi _ t _ le books of the department as a de- udter, oif acebunt of the disaster which destroyed at the tame time his life and hi* accounts. It was not ne cessary, Mr. T- added, to say any thing on the subject of extra allowance to * the heirs of those who had thus perished, as that subject would present itself to the naval committee. But, at any rate, it was fit that some pro- Tiiion risnnld be made, for die adjustment of the accounts of the deceased, which could not be settled at the navy Apartment', without the interference cf die legislature. The resolve was agreed to. Mr. Caldwell of Ohio, submitted for consideration the fbllowtng resolution! ’ ‘Mesdlvod, That a committee hi appointed to. inquire &o the expediency of autliorizinj the president to ap point conuwiasioners to locate and mark out the road from the Ohio fiver, opposite to Wheeling, in the state of Virginia, through the jjfcste of C?hio, witit leave tore- JhJFI fiyiiiff or otuTnVyje. The resolution having been amended, on mot)on of Mr. Taylor of N Y. so an to refer the subject to the standing committee on die roads and canals, was agreed . to. . * AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION. On motion of Mr. Pickens of N.C. the h mse again resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the stste "of the Union', to take into consideration his propo sition to amend the constitution of the United States. After some debate, the question was taken on tire first part of his proposition, Hi the following words; "For the purpose of choosing of representatives in the congress of the United Stales, each state shall bedivided - bjr its legislature^ into, a number of districts, eqnal to 1 the number W representatives to which the state may be entitled". " .■ Each district shall contain as nearly as imy be, equal ^numbers, which stludl be determined' ay adding to the whole number o a free pecsmtft including those boun l to serv ae fora term o.f yeara,. and excluding Indians not taxed,, thcee fifths of all cither pemoiis. In qaclsdistrict the qualified voters shall elect one re presentative.*’ And deckled as follows: For th»t clause ** * - - 86 -Jtpninsjtlt • • * • - * -33 So'that more than the constitutional majority of two „ thiadxilccidod in favor of this part of Mn Pickens* pro- ^TTlto debate- enntifntcd •on the remainder of it till nearly 4 o’clock, wlicu the committee rose and reported pro- gress; and The house adjourned. • ' , '■ ■ ■ WW-^pgoiec to find that the subject of internal impreve- . nrrn* Has been,introduced into the house of ■ represents- - rive* toy Mfc Calhoun, ill a shape promissing to lead to ‘ rnw r^ result. If -his. proposition ftrcceeds, winch we eaanot but hope it will, the annual sum of three thousand dollar* wfll be permanently appropri- ... ■- -‘-••I object; a sum sufficient to accomplish touch i as large, as tl»e treasury, hooking to a out revenue from commerce, will at pre- gqpb an apprun nation would at lea^t ing wedge of a sptem of improve- mJ —* has hitherto been slow to X 7th iiut. “Who did call out these troops?” Governor Strong. “By his own authority, or at the requisition of the President of the -United States?” His own authority. “And yet if he had at first called »Po the field, the troops the president had asked for, tiiere Vould have been no occasion for vouf governor to have called any himself.” It is ascertained there would not. "With what fice then do you lay your finger on a constitution which you have disubt veil? Ilow can von ask of ns to defcnJthe state, when you would den) us the ipeans? How c ill upon us now to pay for troops, which tve not only did nut e.id out, but which you vourselves called out m the tcvtli of nur atithoritv? Would you have us hold out a premium to rebellion? Go back and Tell Massachusetts, that she h not to nrofit bv her own wrong —that when she obeys the law, she may appeal to it for indemnity.”—Enqui rer. THE BOUNDAR .'*iNE. We learn, that John Ogilvy, esq. of Montreal, his ma jesty’s commissioner tor ascertaining the b undury tine betwixt the American territory and that of his majesty, from St Regis upwards, has returned to Montreal, after meetingat Albany, in conformity with the treaty of Ghent, with general Porter, the commissioner in behalf of the United States. An interchange of their respective powers, we are in formed, took place, and the necessary ai’raneetucnts wen- made, to commence their operations at .St. Regis, on the 10th of May next, in mu el lately after tire breaking up of the ice in the'St. Lawrence. Tire line to be run, is of great extent, and immense importance to both parties. The distance, in a Strait line it not much short of 1500 miles; and by follo wing the water communication, as agreed upon bythp treaties, it far exceeds two thousand. Many valuable islands, now claimed by each party, will be finally awarded to the re spective governments, to which tluv, bv treaty, belong; and the settlers, on either side of the line, will no longer remain in doubt, to whom alhgiance is due.-— Guiette, .Von. 28. lime nature of the scope, by dailv reniintU . __ . thev utge? The whoU- tiegor.iation may be piit into xput shell—the course of argument would be sometliing like ] beni of Congress of the virtues of their vi thefollowingr Upon what ground, sir, do you claim reimbursement ? Reply—Upon that of the constitution. The United Steles are bound to provide for the general defence, that is, of all the state*—and these ekpenees of which we speak, were incurred for the defence of Massachu setts. “True, gentlemen, we admit that the United States are bound to defend you: but, you must also confess that a;- far as they can, they are to be judges how this is to be done—we say m fur at they can, because if any new case of danger occurs which they liave not foreseen; if an enemy comes suddenly upon you, before you have time to consult the United States, you must defend your selves, and we are equally bound to pay for inis expence as if we had ordered it beforehand—this point you must confess to be too clear to require any proof. We are then bound to defend you, but if we know of the dan- S ir, we must do it in our own way. You have a right to e defence; but we have a right to the means of making it for VOU—the principle then being so plain, all we have to do,is to see the facie. Were these troops then called out by the United States?” No. "What! did they call out no troops for your defence?” They did—but governor Strong would not let tbt troops go out—he (lid not think that the United State- inlcrs tor Wheat, from England, coukl not be, policy of crowned heads, but thev have *““*!«• »*■»«<* rmed, that ve-sSels were loading with grwSUMo . . e }' r,va 's or enetnies, Thus, tne restricts.,. _ tlie ntem- r r . - ; . IT .rable ances tors, Vould constantly tend to 'strengthen tlie sense of their obligation to maintain inviolate tlie sacred princi ples on which our independence is founded. These sen timents, we trust, are iu unison with those of our fellow- citizens in every section of rite anion, The republicans of Massachusetts have nominated and agreed to support major-general Hknrt Dearbors, rs a candidate for GoVqpor of that state at the next elec tion; the hon. Wrti.rAV Gitar having declined that honor. General William Kino is to be supported as the repub lican candidate for Lieutenant-Governor.— CharUttun City Gazette. English papers to the 30th October have reached Nor folk, bv the Indian Chief, 37 days'ram London. No po litical news. There had been no reduction in the prices of grain and tiour. The Times, of the 29th October, states, that the quantily of CORN in the king’s ware houses is not above 200,000 quarters at the utmost; and that by the time the British ports come to be open to receive cOm, those ports from which it should come, will be blocked up by the ice. By tlie last mail from Holland, it appeared, that flie prices o*’ grain were also rising on the continent; Una letters from Hamburg stated, that the orders executed briskness ever, informed, that vessels were loading wilhgi star, for the English ports as soon as they abrftikl be opened. J ■■ * ■ Belvnir Castle, the splendid mansion** tlie duke of Rutland, near Grantham, in Lincolnshire, was destroyed by fire on the 2.5 h d* October., -it was only insured at 40,0 01. The paintings alpnc were said to be worth twice iii.u sum—iu. FROM PORT-AU-PRINCE. New-York, Ik-oemlier l6. We learn from captain Uenfielil, of the brig Sarali, that the lull st news at Port-au-Pr nrc, From the Spanish Maine, represented tlie contest of the patriots to be very suc cessful. A vessel had arrived tlu-re for the purpose of taking over gehsfal Holiv..r, who was to resume a com mand in the patriot army. The French frigate, which brought a minister to treat with Petion nm^ Christophc, sailed for Jamaica oji the 13th of November. Translated from a Cart-an Prince Gaze'te, received by the Surah, raliiaiu flenfieiil. Notice.—The secretary general of his excellencV the president of ILyti, has the honor to inform the merchants of the r public, that by official despatches from the em- perorof Vus'.iiu,ihrou h Iwscliarge de affaires, dated the 15th of last August, at Trieste, that the ports of kusLria are open to the-Haytian flag; and that the Austrian em peror is anx-ous to promote a mutual intercourse between the two nations. Persons desirous of availing themselves of this infor mation, may be fully -atislied, hy viewing the .official des- patches, and receiving all die necessary documents for an intercourse with Germany. , Office of the Secretary General, Port-au-Prince, 5th Aove/nber, 1816, loth year oj the Republic. . B. IxeiitAC. Important—Wc have been politely favored with the following extract ol a letter from a respectable gentle- man in the Choctaw nation to his friend in this place, dated "Choctaw Trading House, Oct. 25, 1816. “The way is at length opened to Mobile. Yesterday r treaty was signed by which the Choctaws relinquish their claim to ail lauds east ofShe l’ombigby Ilunmille Republican. As an evidence of the continued emigration of persons to the Alabama, a gentleman directly from that countrv, informs us that as be came in, he met in nine days travel ling,. 141 waggons, 102 carts, 10 stages, 14 gigs, 2 coach es, 20 droves of* cattle, 27 droves of hogs, and 2 droves of sheep; these were, all bound for the Alabama, and most of them for the neighborhood of fort Claiborne— and they were ail met between a place called the Burnt Corn Spring, thirty miles this ride of the Alabama and tort Hawkins, which distance our informant was nine days in travelling—and he observes that with the waggons and carts there were generally pretty large families—he supposes from the number of persons altogether, he should be within bounds, to average twenty persons to a waggon and ten to a cart; this, including those who were on horseback lie supposes would be within bounds, kr,d if so, the whole number of persons met would be three thousand'eight hundred and forty. Our informant from his knowledge-of the country is of opinion tiiat the i * rent of emigration is such, tlrit considerable incon venience will be experienced Hy the new-settlers for want of provisions, as he- thinks the crops have not been equal to such an increased population, and he supposes a few cargoes-of rice from the southern poi-rs to that quarter might afford an acceptable relief.—Augusta Herald, 19th instant. THE JEM'S IN MARYLAND. By the consi itntion and laws of this state, those of oitr fellow citizews who profess the Jewish religion, cannot hold any offioe of profit or trust; .neither can they, as we understand, practise law, nor serve as commissioned offi cers of militia. It iii well known, that although there are but few Jews in the state, those few are generally intelligent, valuable, and respectable citizens; (hey pay their full proportion of taxes for the support of govern ment; they are compelled to perform mili'ary service, as other citizens; their interest in the defence, prosperi ty and welfare of the commonwealth is as great, in pro portion to their numbers, as that of any other class of fieople; in fine,they discharge all the civil and political duties which, as men and citizens, they one to fhe state, as correctly, fully and uprightly as any other sect. As to their religious creed, that is a matter between their Creator and themselves; a matter for which no human tribunal, law, dr constitution has any right to inflict on them any sort of disability or punishuicm whatever; and the line of distinction which our laws and con.ititution have drawn between Christians and Jcwh, in reference to their social, civil and political character, is one of the few absurd and oppressive inequalities, which prejudic ed and “vain man, clothed in a little authority,” Uas in corporated, and permitted to remain, in our code. After these remarks, it is almost superfluous for us to sav, that our paper will cheerfully lend all its support towards persuading and urging, the ljgtefetiire to place the Jews upon an equality with uthei^^^Bs, in relation to their civil and poetical rights and^^^Henrs; and wc believe that a memorial to tlie generat^BRnbly, having that just object in view, would be signed by every li!>e- ral and intelligent man of every denomination, and would have tlie desired dlcct.—Baltimore Patriot, I4./1 inst. SAVAJtNAH REPUBLIC,AJs*. Saturday Evening, Dec. 28, 18^ T. hC teP ,ature ofSouth Carolina adjonm , on the 19th instant. Jot) ni*] LIBERTY oFTHE PRESS. In no country where the liberty of then is abridged can man enjoy hi* rational J?? legea. The sources of correct informal 1 ' ing shut against discussion, his infere Qce , ae ‘ drawn from uncertain or erroneous rf nr(1 are tions of things. Hence, bis mind rtc^ nta " pressions etjualiy uudeterminate ando^ '"- ed; he imbibes one absurdity after an tl t^“ nd ' til, it maybe said, be loses his reasoning 1 !' ties and becomes a mere machine in the Wj of tyranny. To ajtain this object, in their- dominions, has always been the undevi; r sent i sngagCJtv error, in^i the office of I have dost authorised im to Washington to claiid of the secrete* 'or In ease his power is defective, of congress, t dFriwexpencet she Sustained during the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. GzmtVA, (tv. t.) December 4. It is rumored, ami we sincerely hope on good grounds that a distinguished American painter, intends, at the* present session of congress, to make an offer to furnish that honorable body with a superb Printing of the De- f claration oftndependt-nce The desien of the artist, we understand, is to represent the President, Members, and Secretary «f the illustrious Congress of 1776, as in ses sion, and in the act of signing the Great Charter of our Liberties. We cannot bring ourselves to doubt, in oase SOUTH AMERICA. Krtrac' of n letter received ye terrliy hy a sincere friend to the sucerd cause of humanity. “By letters which 1 have just received from the gov ernment of Buenos Aires, 1 am happy to find the polit ical state of that beautiful country seems to wear even a more favorable aspect than when I left it. San Martin, general ot the troops in Mendoza, was already f.r advan ced in his preparations for tlie invasion of Chili the pre sent spring. The patriot army of Peru (which I enabled them to equip) was on its march, abundantly provided with every necessary; so tiiat 1 ain now more sanguine than eve.r that tlie whole of the provinces north and south of the line will be soon liberated from the blaspiieinous and debasing despotism of the wretched Ferdinand.”— .National Register. TLrtract of a letter from Pans. “The late accounts from South-America, which have appe.ire,. in the French papers, make considerable sen sation here. They have given rise to a report of Joseph Honaparte’sbrother being called to the throne of Mexi co. The success of Humbert and hij companions, who are represented as the leaders there of a numerous army, produce a general wish in the French officers on half nay to emigrate to that country. Tlie editors of all the French papers have in consequence, received orders to moke no further insertions relutingto the events in South America .—Dublin paper. The following is an extract of a letter received by a respectable gentleman in this town, dated Buenos Ayres. September 12. “There will be a great rejoicing here in a few days on account of the independence of these United Provinces, which lias been recently declared in great state; but thc minds of tne Patriots are so unsettled, that it is uncertain how long if will be ere another revolution takes place— there is no danger, however, of its coming into the hands of Old Spain again. This market is in a most horrid state, and glutted with every kind of product and merchandize, European, Indian, and from the United Stales. Even the most staple articles will scarce.}' bring costs and charges; and no profit whatever will arise from the returns.”—Pfewburyport Herald. The French general Braver and his son, have sailed from Baltimore for Buenos Ayres. It i-, said, general Lavaysse will follow him. General Letiebiirt-Deanouettes is, we believe, in Louisiana. A colony of French emigrants has been established at Rio Janeiro.-—Boston Patriot. The editor of the New-York National Advocate states that • tlu Jewish congregations in London, Amsterdam, Leghorn, and other places in Europe, keep up a constant enrre:poiulenc* with their brethren residing in the vicini ty of die Hoi} Land; and it is not long since a commu nication was received in New-York from the Jews in Hebron near Jerusalem ” Lord Selkirk has completely demolished, the North Western fur trading company: it appears that numerous shares of the company had fallen into the hands of per sons residing in the United States, whose influence in tlie company was supposed to have drawn a great por tion of the fur trade into.the United Sta'es. Hu lordship has made short work of it—after shooting about twenty of die North Wesl Company’s servants, iie has sent the principals in irons to Quebec; at the last accounts from tlie northwest, his lordship had established hii beu&yuar- te> s in one of the captured posts of die North West Com pany, near Lake Superior.—Aurora. WESLEYAN METHODISTS. Number of members under the care of the British and Irish conferrees, 241,319—of these, in Great Britain 191,680; in Ireland, 38,542; in France, 35; in Nova Scotia, 1,824; in tlie West Indies, 13,938. Number of members in America 211,165; ot these 167,978 are whites; 43,187 coloured. Total number ot members in the Mcdiodist Societies throught the world, 452,484. their rivals or enemies. Thus, the rtetricfoT laid on the French press, during the rei*n!f Napoleon, (ui niched a perpetual theme for tL spleen of English ministerial journalists wnil* I their own fellow-subjects were incutriu* ii * pnsomnent and fines for its infractions, aad f like manner, is its present degradation i Dt L. distracted nation treated by tlie political nnT biers of the Netherlands, who are th^X .subjected to the same inhibitions, liu j n / country have the evils, emanating from thes\ lv ^ ry of tiie press, been more extensively felt, nor it no period created more d-testation, than at the present, in Fiance. Little doubt can be enter- tained that its population would gladly exchange I their present illiberal dynasty for anv other.— I, This antipathy to despotism has figured to their r imagination an extention of liberty under a Najarietta II, or a Duke ol Orleans, or the Kinj '1 of Holland. The matrimonial alliance be twee fj the son of the latter and Russia has served n«a L little to brighten their hopes for a return ofhapj. I erdays. \\ hether this expectation will ever t a realized is 1 seked up as yet in the deepest recesses I of royal treachery; but one thing is certain—tin; f nothing like the. liberty of the press will ever < be extended to France by a sovereign of Dutch extraction. The house of Orange lias everbeen as fond of absolute sway as that of Btamlet- ! burg, Austria, or Bourbon. The following law, proposed by the king of the Netherlands, to hit chambers,‘on the 10th of September last, for, y > punishing “insults through the medium of th.-A proas to foreign governments and sovereignsfv indicates any thing other than he would suffer' his own subjects to question the extent of his j prerogative or investigate his measures, with i imvuniti/t “His majesty, therefore, proposesalawby which.firt, ? all those who m their publications, insult tlie personal fj character of foreign sovereigns and princes recognized! by his majesty, and on terms of friendship, with him, who sltiiH quest km tlie legality of their governtneSt or throw odium on die acts of their govtmurtfc? shall be punished for the first offence, by a fine dt 5d florins, or in default of payment, six months imprtso: ment and on a repetition of the offence, by an impriait ment of from one to three years. 2. The- printers, St are to be liable to u e some penalties, unless thev pvt up tlie author, so tiiat he may convicted and t-unished The printers besides loose dieir license for the first time for three, and afterwards for six years, with confiscatioi of all the copies of the prohibited work. 3. It shall be n« excuse that the articles complained of are taken, extract td, or translated from other papers or works.” By a letter from an annonymous correspondent c eorgetown, we are informed that it is probable a //** Department of State will be created by congress, and ti; report said Richard Rush, esq. would be appointed st cretary for tiiat department. We know not what degrt of credit is due to this information; but we give it as w receive it, only remarking that should an office lorhosi ■.Hairs be instituted, we know of few citizens whose pit riotism, industry, ability or virtue would enable them tt preside over it, with more honor to themselves or bend to i heir country, than Mr. Rush. An amiable, honorable iiigli-minded man; the accomplished scholar and the pc iislied gentleman; studious in the close;, able with the pci eloquent in debate; a firm friend, faithful to hit country, j unwavering in tlie support of its rights; Mr. Hess »iii al ways he use r ul and respectable in whatever station he may occupy in the councils of the nation.—Balumrt Pat. riot, 17th inst. f vice R G. Haqter — tfie' offer should be made,-that both Houses of Congress election has not taken will eagerly sscctat it, and proceed with promptness to of that state for authorise the rfefcessary engagements for commencing and finishing the;work in a style suitable to the gran deur of its object, and the dignity of the nation. H^w gratifying would it be to the lofty feelings of an Ameri can citizen; to see the copy of such a painting suspend ed over the sent of the President of the Senate, and another copy over that of tlie Speaker, jf the House of Representatives! This interesting exhibition could not fail to produce the happiest effects. The elegance of From the Prince of fValeo Island Gaxette, of June 22. Wo observe by the Madras papers, that die embassy to China was expected shortly at that presidency. Should this prove correct, we may look forward to the honor of seeing lord Amherst here, on Iris way to Canton. By the arrival of the Puce nix from Java, we learn that the Dutch fleet had at lengU; arrived at Bptuvia from the Cape, consisting of three line of Rattle ships, and some smaller vessels; having on board the governor general UarOff Von Capel, and staff. Tne troops, amounting to about twp thousand men, had been landed, and quartered at {Cornells, but no au thority had yet reached Java for delivering up the territo ries to the Dutch, although hourly expected: We that considerable liiknctl pfevaite concerned to bear that < Batavia, at tUe time the PtxeiMX quitted it, m had antiiapated, from the unuaijal quantities of . deluged the town during tbelate stsiiftC" On Saturday last (says the Petersburg Intelligence A the most splendid and brilliant entertoinnunt ever »n P nessed in Virginia w as given by the city of Richmond tej general Scott—Tro.vas Wilsov, esq. tlie Mi.'or of th* ] city, presided—general Scott sat upon ii* right, anc governor Fmastox upon his left Charlt.stos, December 51. Laxodov Chkvks, esq. was, on the 17th instant, ele«‘- ed, without opposition, by the legislature of tuis Hate, t judge, in the room of judge Smith. Extract of a letter from a gentleman in St. Frmatviik, a West- Florida, dated November 17■ “ On the night of the 11th, the ice formed « wat **» in a barrel, one inch in thickness—the «ug« can ?^Jj r j the uplands are entirely destroyed, and I am st j 10 'T' - j apprehensive for the crops on the coast, and ri tne ■ j tackapas.”—Kentucky Gazette. From the Democratic Press. Madam Toledo, consort of the general, did oe *•* honor of culling, to inform me the general had rtq . ed her to pay the money he had borrowed of me- < wish tlie remedy to be co-ox‘ensive with the ‘ n .Tj r - v ' ,_ cal tiiat part of my publication w hich charge* the j ral with being a swindler. John C- Mere a * Philadelphia, December 13, 1816. ViTTSBDM, December 7. m , About twenty members of the new French e ^ society, who were scon here these few days P^Vly;, harked on Sunday morning last, to explore a , I tract of Laid, foT tlie culture of the sugar, the cott > ^ J the vine. Among them were a number of genu high rank and distinction, both civil and mihtar). .. is with pleasure that we announce that the greats ship and harmony existed among them. Blooded Vorit<* .k w well *t®. Nbw-York, December 14 We understand, that tlie brig True B which sailed this morning for yroler»l* B and, lias a crew of one hundred andjifty men. ^ ^ i crew for so short a voyage: At any' rat ®’ very little hazard of being captured by any « “ privateer,— Commercial Advertiser. t THF, ROMP. wofth* ll*