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'tfndisttirbed enjoyment of social ease, or the
'cultivation of literature and science, free
from the intrusimwif tobacco, tar, pitch, pot
ash and cod-fish ; sandahs, baftas, bugli-
poors and all the jargon of East India com
modities. If they have a moderate compe
tency, they are beset by greedy beggars, who,
by dint of perseverance, at length tempt
them to ehgage in some profitable specula
tion, Which draws them gradually from their
former pursuits, and ingulfs them for ever
in the vortex of gain.
In fart, no young man, now-a-drys, at
least in our commercial places, thinks ui sit
tingdown quietly in the enjoyment of wealth
and the cultivation of those elegant pursuits
which adorn bur nature, and exalt a coun
try. Sometimes, indeed, he becomes what
is called a gentleman, that is to say, he a-
bnndons every useful or honorable pursuit,
and either lounges away a contemptible ex
istence in doing nothing, or in doing what he
ought not to have done. But the most com
mon fate of young men, in our part of the
world, who inherit great fortunes is, to set
about making them greater. The.y seem
noverto think of the enjoyment of that lofty
independence, which is the lot of the young
man of wealth who retires to the enjoyment
of what lias been left him by his fathers.—
They seem to think there is no alternative
between absolute idleness, and absolute de
votion to business: nor do they appear to
recollect, that the noblest employment of
wealth is, to do good with it, and employ the
leisure it bestows in the pursuit of know
ledge, rather than the accumulation of su
perfluous riches, which they will not bestow
on others, and know not how to enjoy them
selves.”— Anulcdic Magazine.
CONGRESS.
IN SENATE.
Monday, March 2.
The senate resumed the consideration of the
bill regulating the pay and emoluments of brevet
officers, (providing that the officers of the army
who have brevet commissions, shall be entitled
to, and receive the pay and emoluments of their
brevet rank, when on duty, according to their
brevet rank, ami at no other time )
This subject occupied the senate (he remain
der of the sitting.
On motion of Mr. Baibour, the bill was amend
ed by the addition of a new section, declaring
that no brevet commission shall hereafter be con
ferred, but by and with the advice and consent of
the senate.
In this shape the bill was ordered to be en
grossed for a third reading.
Thursday, March 5.
Mr. Williams, 6f Viiss. communicated to the
Senate a reolution of the Legislature of Missis
sippi, requesting their Senators & Representatives
in Congress to use their best endeavors with the
proper authority to procure the estinguishtnent
of the Indian title to as much of the lands w ith
in that state as can be procured from the differ
ent tribes Owning the same.*’
The Senate tow up for consideration the follow
ing resolution submitted by Mr. Talbot on Tues
day i “ Resolved, that a select committee be ap
pointed to enquire into the expediency of adopt
ing some measures proper for the speedy extin
guishment of the Indian title to the lands lying
within the limits of the state of Kentucky, anu
which is surrounded by the Tennessee, Ohio, ami
'Mississippi rivers, and the Tennessee line 5 and
that such committee have leave to report by bill
or otherwise.”
Mr. Noble moved to insert, “ and within the
limits of the sfute of lmljania,” which motion,
the Senate being equally divided, was carried
by the casting vote of the President; and,
Thus amended, the resolution was adopted
and Messrs. Talbot, King, Morrow, Campbell,
and Macon were uppointed the committee.
To this committee was also committed, on mo
tion of Mr. Wiliams, of Mississippi, the resold
tion ' communicated by him this morning on a
similar subject.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the
resolution, proposing an amendment to the con
stitution, so as to provide for an uniform mode
throughout the union, (by districts) of electing
Representatives in Congress, and Electors of
President and Vice President of the United
States; and, on the question of engrossing the
resolution fora third reading, it was decided in
the affirmative, as follows: yeas 18.nays 13
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
TutSicy, March 3.
Mr. Lowndes from the committee who were
-instructed to enquire into thq expediency of re
pealing the duty on salt, made a report against
repealing the duty 3 which was read and refer
red to a committee of the whole.
Georgia Claims—The house then resolved it'
self into a confmittee of the whole, Mr. Bassett
in the chair, on the bill authorising the payment
of certain claims of Georgia militia fur services
rendered during the years 1794—5.
* Mr. Cobb spoke at some length, recalling the
attention of the house to the observations life hail
made at an early period of the session in support
of this claim, and adducing some further argu
ments, drawn from facts not in his possession
when he first expressed his views of the subject.
Mr. Terrell also addressed the house in behalf
bf tliis claim, and enforced its merits by a vari
oty of cogent arguments.
After tne amendments had been made to the
details of the bill, a motion was made to strike
out the first section of the bill.
Mr..Tallmailge rose in support of the motion
the merits of which he examined with reference
to the documents on which ithad been sustained
as well as to the old age of the claim, and its re
peated rejections in firmer days, and during the
administration of Washington, when the real
nature of the claim was better tindersfood, he
said, than it possibly could be at tile present dav.
He also took the ground against this claim, that
it was intended and understood, by some of the
commissioners at least,and sb reported by n com
mittee of the house, to have been merged in the
amount of 1,250,01)0 dollars, which the United
Stales agreed to pay Georgia for the territory
ceded by that state to the United .States.
Mr. Forsyth replied to Mr. Tallmailge. point
by point. He denied that long denial of justice
ought to constitute an obstacle to its final award,
or that repeated refusals ought to be plead in bar
to a just claim, He went into a full examination
of the ground*.of the claim, which he sustained
with earnestness. I11 regard to Mr. Attorney
General Lincoln’s unsupported impressions re
specting the liquidation of this claim by the con
vention between Georgia and the United States,
which hud been quoten by Mr. Tallmailge, here-
fused them any weight whatever, particularly
when there was direct testimony by two other of
the commissioners, positively denying the Cor
rectness of Mr. Lincoln's impressions. Mr. F,
concluded his comprehensive views of th(s ques
tion, by expressing his earnest hope, that justice
would at length be done to these claimants.
The question was then taken on striking out
the first section of the bill, and decided in the
negative, 60 to 59. The committee then rose
and reported the bill to the house J but, before
coming to any derision thereon—the house ad
journed.
Wednesday, March 4.
Expatriation Hill—The question under con
sideration being on the adoption of the following
substitute offered by Mr. Robertson of L. as an
amendment to the remaining section of the bill
“ That in all prosecutions which may hereafter
be instituted, against any person, for having en
gaged in military or naval service, for or against
any foreign power, when without the jurisdiction'
of the United States, who before the commission
of the fact with which he may stand charged
shall have been a citizen of the United States
but shall have exercised his right of expatriation
by becoming the citizen or subject of any foreign
state or community, by adoption, it shall be law
fill for such person to give sucli fact of expatria
tion in evidence, upon the general issue ; and
if upon the trial of such person re charged, as a-
foresaiil, he shall prove such fact to the satisfac
tion of the jury, lie shall be discharged from such
prosecution.” ”
Mr. Williams of N. C. after entering briefly
into an explanation of his reasuns, ottered as an
additional section to the bill, a provision in sub
stance, that no person availing himself of the bill,
and becoming expatriated, should ever after be
permitted tone again naturalized a citizen of
the United States, which was negatived without
division.
The qutstion was then taken on ordering the
hill to be engrossed for a third reading, and de
cided in the negative—so the bill was finally re
jected.
The house then took up the report of the com
mittee of the whole, on the bill providing for the
payment of certain claims from the state of Geor
gia for militia services rendered in 1791—4.
The committee had reported the bill filled up
with the sum of 143,500 dollars ; which amend
ment the house refused to concur in.
Mr. Cobb then moved to fill the blank with
140,000 dollars, and spoke at some length, and
earnestly in fa> or of the bill and his inotioiij
which, however, was negatived.
Mr. Taylor, thinking the house had clearly in
dicated its hostility to the bill, moved its idefi-
nite postponement. The motion brought on a
very long and animated debate—in which Messrs.
Forsyth, Cohb, Baldwin, and Mercer, strenu
ously advocated the bill; and. Messrs. Liver
more and Tallmndge opposed it—and the latter
gentleman ypry earnestly and at much length
The question on postponing the bill indefinitely,
was ultimately, about half past 5 o'clock decided
in the negative—ayes 54, noes 64 5 and the house
adjourned.
Faiday, March 6.
Internal Improvement.—The house having
gone into a committee of the whole on the report
of the committee appointed on so much of the
president's message as relates to internal improve
ment, the following resolution, recommended by
the selec,t committee to the adoption of the house
was read :
the motion, was adduced the important services
of the militia during the revolution, frequently
of the higher importance, and always more mer
itorious xhan those of the regulars, because not
under the impulseof professional inducements
aiid obligations,
Against the motion, the main argument was
the impolicy, of the amendment, as tended to de
feat the bill on its return to the Senate, whose
disposition on the suKect had been sufficiently
indicated by the amendments it had already matte
to the bill. Tlic merit of the services of the mi-
litia was not denied, but the difficulty ot dis-
criminating between those who served occasion
ally, and those, who served lor a particular term
of "time, was mentioned as constituting an obsta
cle to any provision on the subject.
The question on this motion was decided in the
negative : yeas GO : nays 91.
Mr. Bayly moved to amend that part of the
Senate’s amendment which provides that the re
lief contemplated should not be allowed to Any
of those officers and soldiers who are already on
the pension list of the United States or ol any
individual State, by striking thereout the words
“ or of any individual state,” This motion was
supported by Mr. Bayly, and opposed by Mr. Ed
wards and Mr* Bloomfield as going to destroy
the principle of the bill, which was to relieve ou-
ly the indigent. This motion prevailed, by a
Friday, March (1.
The motion yesterday made by Mr. CamuRi
Was agreed to ip the following words: ^
Resolved, That the committee on the 1^
ry, be instructed to inquire into the expLw
of extending (he provisions of the law pre* •
ing the mode in which the public acts, record
and judicial proceedings, in each state shall *
authenticated, so as to take effect in ever, w
state, to the public acts, records, and jnd
proceedings of the several territories of the 1].;
ted States.
FOREIGN.
“ Resolved, that in order to promote and give
security to the internal commerce among the se
veral states 3 to facilitate, the safe and ex’peditious
transportation of the mails, by the improvement
of po-*t roads, with the assent of respective states
—to render more easy and less expensive' the
means and provisions necessary for the common
defence, by the construction of military roads,
with the like assent of the respective states 3 and
for such other internal improvements as may be
within the constitutional powers of the general
government, it is expedient that the sum to be
paid to the United States, by the 20th section of
the act to incorporate the subscribers to the bank
uftlie United States and the dividend which shall
arise from their shares in its capital stock, becon-
stilcted as a fund for internal improvement.”
After much discussion, and the rejection of
various amendments, the committee rose without
coming to any final decision. I
Mr. Bloomfield, from the committee to whqm
the subject was referred, haying made .areport on
the amendments of the Senate to the.jbjll concern
ing certain surviving officers and soldiers of the
revolution— ' '
A motion was made by Mr. Edwards, in or
der to enlarge the provisions of the bill, and
make them as comprehensive as he could, to
strike out of the Senate’s amendment the'words
“ on the continental establishment.” This a-
mendnient would have the effect to embrace all
who served for nine months in the military ser
vice, and were in service at the end of the wajr,
thu9 including the militia as well as the regu
lars. This motion gave rise to much debate,
in which Messrs. Edwards, Simkins, and Stroth
er urgently supported the motion, and Messrs-
Palmer and Bloomfield opposed it. in favor bf
vote of 79 to 61.
Mr. M’Uoy moved further to amend, by stri
king out “ nine months,” the term of service re
quired to have beeti performed to constitute a
claim to the. bounty of Congress, and inserting in
lieu thereof f ‘ three years.”—This motion was
decided in the negative.
After some amendments of detail, the ques
tion was taken on agreeing to the amendments
of the Senate, as amended, and agreed to
and the bill was returned to the Senate for
concurrence in the amendments to the a
mendments of that body.
Georgia Militia Claims.—The House resum
ed the unfinished business of yesterday, being
the bill for the payment for services rendered by
the Georgia Militia in 1793—4.
Mr. Cobb moved an amendment to the bill
with a view to obviate the objection which had
been thrown against the bill, and which he feared
might defeat it requiring that the sums claimed
and proved tube due, to the satisfaction of the
Secretary of War, should be paid “ to the per
sons who performed such services, or his or their
legal representativesthus preventing the pay
ment of these claims to assignees, or persons
who may have bought up the claims. The motion
was agreed to. Mr. Cobb then moved to fill the
blank m the bill with the sum of 55 109,130 63,
being the stun which, according to the report of
Secretary Dearborn, in 1803, was due for servi
ces performed to the end of the year 1793, anil
also the same sum as was embraced in the bill
which last vear passed the Senate, and failed in
(his house only from the lateness of the session.
Mr. C. then" proceeded to reply to the remarks
of Mr. Tallmailge yesterday, and particularly
to the argument against the claim which was
founded on the po iev of that day,as contradicting
the calling out such a force as 1200 men fur the
frontier defence—an argument which he replied
to with great force and feeling.
Mr. Spencer then rose in opposition to the
bill, 011 the ground that the services proposed by
the bill to be compensated were not renderyl un
der the authority of the United States, as hr! con
tended from the documents ; and, not being so
authorized, ought oil no pretence to be compen
sated bv the United States—if for no other rea
son, because it would establish a dangerous pre
cedent. He also objected to the incompleteness
of the documents which had been brought to the
view of the house relative to this claim.
Mr. Forsyth replied to Mr. Spencer, contro
verting his positions, and vindicating the claim
from the doubtful character which he had impu
ted to it, at some length.
Mr. Spencer rejoined.
M r. Adams of Massachusetts, spoke at some
length in support of the claim, on the ground of
the evidence in favor of it, which he critically
examined.
Mr. Rich delivered his views of the claim,
which were rather doubtful than adverse ; but,-
after lending an attentive ear to the discussion,
he yet doubted 5 and, doubting, could not vote
for the claim.
Mr. Tucker of Va. advocated ttie admission
of this claim on the ground of the duty of the
general government to afford protection to every
of the U. S. that it does to any of them ) and
that, in pursuance of this principle, the claim
ought to be paid, on the evidence by which it is
sustained. ,
Mr. Livermore assigned some further reasons
in opposition to the claim, because of the defect
of authority from the United States for the em
ployment of this force.
Mr. Forsyth quoted the case of the recqnt
payment for the militia of Maryland, employed
without express authority from the United States,
because the urgency of the case did not allow
time for it.
Mr. Williams of North Carolina, stated the
same fact in regard to the late services of the
militia of North Carolina.
Mr. Reed confirmed substantially the fact sta
ted by Mr. Forsyth, and stated the circumstan
ces under which the militia had been called out
particularly on the Eastern shore of Maryland.
Mr. Claiborne stated the circumstances of the
payment of militia employed in Tennessee: du
ring the late war, without authority frortt the
general government, against the Indians in two
cases, who had been promptly paid by the gov
ernment of the United States.
The question was at length taken on filling
the blank in the bill, as moved by Mr. Cobh, and
decided thus,- For the motion 74, against the mo
tion 74. The Speaker (Mr. H. Nelson then act
ing as Speaker) voted in the affirmative; and the
motion was agreed to.
The question was then taken, “Shall the bill be
engrossed for a third reading ?” and decided by
veas and nays as follows : For the bill 70, against
it 90,90 the bill was rejected.
PRINCE REGENT’S SPEECH.
London, Jan. 27.—The Session wasop^,
this day by. commission. As soon as the hj.
Commissioners Had taken their seats in the Hoi*
of Peers, tlie attendance of the House of Cm.
mons was commanded ; and the Speaker of ti*
House of Commons, attended by a large m-
her of members, having obeyed the summon. '
Speech, of which the following is a correction,
was read :
“ My Lords and Gentlemen—We are tea.
mantled by his Royal Highness the Prince'-Ik
gent to inlorm you, that it is with great toncaj
that he i9 obliged to announce to you the contie-
uance of his Majesty’s lamented indisposition.
The Prince Regent is persuaded that you oil
deeply participate in the affliction with whichkis
Royal Highness has been visited, by the extC
itous and untimely death of lies Deluved andonf
child the Princes Charlotte. Under this :
dispensation of Providence it has been a >___
ing consolation to the Prinee Regent’s heart,t#
receive from all descriptions of his Majesty’s
subjects, the most cordial assurances both of their
just sense of the loss which they have sustained,
ami of their sympathy with his parental sorrow;
and amidst his own sufferings, his Ruyal HiA
ness has not bean unmindful of the ell’ect whifi
the sad event must have on the interest andfo<
ture prospects of the kingdom.
We are commanded to acquaint that the Prioct
continues to receive from foreign powers tke
strongest assurances of their friendly dispositr
towards this country, and of their desire
maintain the general tranquility.
His royal highness lias the satisfaction of bein
able to assure you, that the confidence which Is
has invariably felt in the stability of the pal
sources of our national prosperity, has not ben
disappointed.
The improvement which has taken place in At
course of the last year, in almost every brand
of our domestic industry, and the present statenf
public credit, affording abundant proof, that the
difficulties under which the country was laborin'
were chiefly to be ascribed to temporary causa
So important a change could not fail to vtitln
draw from the disaffected the principal men*
of which they had availed themselves for (he
purpose of fomenting a spirit of discontent,
which unhappily led to acts of insurrection ant
treason ; and his royal highness entertains the
most confident expectation, that the state of i*i
tranquility to which the country is now restored
will be maintained against alt attempts to distant
it,by the persevering vigilance of the magistral;,
and by the loyalty and good sense of the peoplt.
Gentlemen ot the House of Commons,—Thn
Prince Regent has directed the estimates for thn
current year to be laid before you.
His royal highness recommends to your Con
tinued attention the state of the public income
and expenditure^ and he is most happy in being
able to acquaint you, that since you were last
assembled in parliament, the revenue has been
in a state of progressive improvement in its nub*
important branches.
My Lords and Gentlemen,—We are comman
ded by the prince regent to inform you, that lie
has concluded treaties with the courts of Spain
and Portugal, on the important subject of the
abolition of the slave trade.
His royal highness has directed that a copy of
the lormer treaty should be immediately laid lie)
tore you, and he will under a similar communica
tion to be made of the latter treaty, as soon as
the ratification of it shall have been exchanged.
In these negotiations it has been his royal high
ness's endeavor, as far as circumstances would
permit, to give effect to the recommendation*
contained in the joint addresses of the two houses
of parliament 5 and his royal highness has a full
reliance on your readiness to adopt such mea
sures as may be necessary for fulfilling the etn
gagemeutiato which lie has entered for that put-
pose.
The prince regent has commanded us tn direct
particular attention to the deficiency which has
so long existed in the number of places of public
worship belonging to the established church, when
compared with the increased and increasing pop
ulation of tlie county.
Ilis royal highness most earnestly recommends
this important subject to your early consider*'
tion, deeply impressed, as he has no doubt you
are, with a just sense of the many blessings which
this country by the favor of divine Providence
has enjoyed ; and with the conviction, that the
religious and moral habits of the people are fhe
most sure and firm foundation of national pros
perity.” —
Bonaparte.—Mr. L. Goldsmith, in a late num
ber of his Anti-gallican says—“ On Friday last
l received a letter from a friend at St. Helena,
which I here subjoin, stating that Bonaparte has
the dropsy. If his complaint is dropsical, ho
will not be long for this world. I have been "in
formed on very good authority that Bonaparte
frequently, and especially of late, received aa«
surances from persons of the first consideration
at Vienna, that nis liberation from St. Helena will
soon take place. I do not know why those per*
sons indulge him with each hopes.”
“ St. Helena, Oct: 10.—Nothing particular oc
curred during our voyage from'Batavia—A few
days after I landed here, I found an opportunity
of speaking to otye of Bonaparte’s attendants,
whom 1 formerly knew in Paris; and learnt from
him that they are all as resigned as possible con
sidering their situation 3 but they expected, and
were constantly enquiring fur new* from Eng