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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