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GiiliKS.
I »va\ that out of ihai jiuuiber r. Tot ib.ef
could at all times bo commanded, to put ait end
I to itnv Indian war which might happen. witli-
FOIKUIN.
out calling upon the militia—Yet an lioli
IN SENATE.
Turinlay,.Mareh til.
The Senate proceeded to the choice of a Presi
dent pm tern. I'll>* following vvas the result : For
Mr. Gailltml I'd, Mr. Macon l2.;Mr. Tait2. So
Mr. (iaillartl was olccte.l, anti, being conducted
to the chair, made his acknowledgements In. the
distinguished honor again conferred upon him.
Mr. Harbour, having obtained leave, introduc
ed the following resolution. “ Resolved by the
•'enate and House of Representatives of the lh , . - , ,• ,
assembled, that the Presi-! 1,1 the most consequence to them; lor that
IIU.STILITV (If SPAIN.
Our renders will see by the document, published
war had happened, which one ul the general ol-1 ^ ( | ny< ^ Klt ( | u , ;ap:i m i a refs have already struck the
firors of the United States had chosen umpliati-j o rs t hlow. The ship Heaver, owned by Jacob
rally to call it a tittle war, to tei minute which
militia ton oof at least four thousand men had been
called into service. It was not for him to give
reasons for this procedure. There were at this
time in service at least three thousand men of'he
Georgia and Tennessee militia. They had been
called
Miter, of Now-Yol k, and laden with a very vnlu-
ibie cargo, and the brig Canton, of Salem, have
jeen seized at Talciihunna, and their crew-
being engaged ill a trade
been
thrown into prison, I
received. I'In*-Hamburg mai',howcv
a i art of the dicadful iliteliiecnte.
cr. repi
Ffnij
the British vice consul’s son uuVnnt 01
ed, but threatened. The former account r 8t '
Algiers allodged the forcible consign,ne n u
Hritish vice consul s daughters to the hare, r
the reigning despot, and the murder of ids " "
before Hie e ves of the same barbarous anti o^?’
and .11 the presence of the assembled minister } f
.... , 7 . , , , tlie Kuiojiean powers. I he Hamburg r»a 1)ei -,„'!
Inch the mother country bail considered uiilavv- ()U iy the niece of the Sardinian consul i.i*"
d, but which the patriots, in possession, had tie- ^ , so i u: , u ited. 8 “ e ‘
allowance of half a pint of ecru it tiny. T
whom the blame of this state of things wa to hr
attached, he would not say : but he thought that
persons sullenu,g such hards'.ips and grvation
States, in congr
dent uf the Tnited States be reipiestcd to pie
gent to Colonel Richard M. .lohnison, a sword,
as a testimony of the high sense enlei taineil by
coligioss of the daring and distinguished valor
displayed liv himself and the regiment ol volun-
'toeis under his command, in charging and ossen-j”
ti.d I v contributing to vampiisli the combined Hi it- '
ish and I mliau loi ces under Muj. Ueneral Proctor j
on tin* Thames, in I'. Canada, on the nth Oiio-j
la . 1813.” I lie said resolution was twice read,
and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.!
Friday, April 3.
.Yaeigation hill — I ho senate resumed the
Cousi lerat on ol the bill concerning navigation,
reported by the committee of foreign relations on
Wednesday. ( The first section provides, that
f mu and after the 30th of September next, the
p .is of die I mted States shall be and remain
closed against every vessel owned wholly or in
part bv a subject or subjects of his Britannic
majesty, c< tiling or arriving from any port or place] l ! lflt '."/“’f ‘ 4I . .
in a colony orlemtory of'lii- Brita'nnic majesty ,| *j|f‘ SU "’ WW,ld ‘‘
that is, or shall la*, by the ocdi’iacy laws of na- * " " ""
vigation and trade, closed against vessels owned
bv citizens of the I'nited States ; and every such
vessel, so excluded from the ports of the United
States, that shall enter, or attempt to enter, the
same, in violation of this act, shall, with her tac
kle. apparel and furniture, together with the car
go on board such vessel, be forfeited to the Coil
ed Mates. The 2d section provides, substan
tial';., that any Hritish vessel entering our ports
shaii. on her departure, if laden with the pro
ductions of the United States, give bonds not to
laud her cargo at any of the Hritish ports prohib
ited in the first section, and to forfeit vessel, tac
kle, etc. if she attempts to sail without so giving
bond. The 3d section enacts the manner of re
covering the penalties, accounting for them,
etc
b
in the affirmative.
it at a season of the year, above all °lli-1 c | ;l j C( j f, c,v. For trading with'these ports Vineri
lost consequence to them; for that; ca ‘ n T0 ^ s( ,| s are se ized and their crews imprison-
they would be in service just long enough to de-, j. w | u j. |?, itisli vessels are permitted t
ive them of the opp a tnuity of ina! : - -
! j upon their farms. In addition to thi
observe, that a more inclement season
; | v ever been witnessed in that pai t ol the country
here the militia were. If Ins information w
correct, thev had been expi
from the time they were embodied until he last
heard from them. Hut this was not all: they had
hern starred. II • had understood and believed
that the Tennessee m:!it>u after having entered
the Nation, were compelled to return to the set
tlements in Georgia in ol der to he subsisted ; and
that the Geo gia militia had been reduced to an
'tade L U is8tatc,l l the authority of letters
II nllbUllitllimillC flint - 111#* line. ,.l T*. "•
airing a crop i , J""c ct of hostilit s Constant pie, that (he Ueys of Tunis
lis. he wouid' • ; fl j T'l ii; very spiritedly, has en-iS" !M h «« c "F 11 " ei1 i ‘ tr P atv 1,1 I*«e "mlerti
mi had ha, d- “ otcat Is a b ead of the' law of na- <(l Jlani1 at the
if the country^;,™ ^.CSnlc.icc to a neutral po.t. The conjunction w.th the Dev of Trip (lli(
his udormaiioti was , llars iin ?t, a tisiiiitted to Emigres.-, and will cute ed into aiiolleiisive and nefensivi. s |.
i*im1 to incessant runs ' f • .>• • ir y Ihrnltl * ,ahCC with t he emperor ol Morocco. Ifthuln
, , . 1 ? |.r,,lia!»l v appear man official jorm.-—.'» . J • I lei iu u. . . . . ... . *
appear inanoiiiciai im in.—»•*. “ r '.‘““r telligence be true,'it will, in some degree .
he Ruenos A vi es (iay.ette, id the oi-. ol ”t .. ac.
.la, last we have Gan slated an account, pub- c,, . u,lt ‘nr the an oganre ul the present Hey rf
lis mi. tied ili Gazette of .^atuidav thu'cth'' Ihekiogot Sardinia is stated t„ have
of Dec. KGr,fio„i the territorial quarter of Con- » Jew, consequence ol tue above „ ut .
the -2d of Nov. 18IT- | V '"t «>ut a sr|uadron lor the purpose of de.
Violation of the law of nations.--liy Mr. I mull d"*K satisfaction.
Francis Reeves, second supercargo of the Ame-
ric a n ship Heaver, which sailed from the port ofj London, February 3.—The report made by ft,
L ’| Nevv-York, destined to the North West Coast.i chancellor ol the excbcqucr to the house ofcom-
‘ the island of Japan, and Canton, w ho took refuge mans, relating to the financial state of the roun.
in this place the fifteenth inst. after having es-.try, states that there vvas an actual diminution ,f
were entitled tn a great,o eompensalimi than th' 1 ' C aped with five other individuals from the prison j the national debt during the last year to the
j | itifui sum of five dollars per mouth, lie thought; •paicalutana, where thev were confined, wc 1 mount of ”.000,0001. or more. There was an ft.
| that the house would agree with him that not lo-sj | )ave i„f, (nnc( |, that having approached this; crease of the funded debt of about 1 ‘2,000,000 •
Ilian double that sum would be but a poor reward : i, ,.r „•„«<! m.l li e.!, m-ovi-l inakins the whole amount about 5r.000.nnn ti ’
pint in search of water, wood" and fresh provi-l making the whole amount about 57,000,000.
to men thus situated, tic was ol opinion that,! s j|, l)s , a ft e ,. a voyage of 160 days, the above sliip chancellor concluded by moving for a grantnf
had the militia been properly few ami attend, »Uoj w:ls Sl) rprised iii the vicinity of (jiun<|uinire by 22,000,000, to pay off the exchequer bills under
*' I ‘ l ’ ' ' " * ' an armc force, who took possession id her. and 1 * - - *-*
immediately began to search and plunder vviiat-
tliey would not have cumplained
the trilling pay allowed tue.n by law.
ared for
Hut In
without
thought the government ought at lea-T to increase j ever they could lav their hands upon, will
the weight of their pnekets, after failing to afford Lj iami g t ] le clothes," powers, and other neeessa-
them fund. He concluded by saying, he hud of- nos 0 | p t h c olficers of that ship; and after hav-
fered these observatimis with the mo,ive nfi;v*|
(hieing the house not only to adopt the rcsolutio
committed the greatest excesses and insulted
(iiern in the grossest manner,’curried her to Fai
lle had ofiered, but speedily to adopt any meil-j cahuana. when having stripped the vessel of lie
sure founded on it. ^ Fhe motion vvas agreed to.
Saturday, jlpril -4.
ils, and whatever was neeessan' tn enable her
i to continue her voyage, they landed liei crc.v and
^ On motion of ,M . iavlura resolution was a- adopted against them every nostile measure which
dopted, in-trucling the secretary ot the navy t"! nations the most inimical use against one another;
the first week nf the L m | an
at the same tiuiu the vessel and all
statement of the ex- iioi- c.-ir wluTch according to the invoice price
i- u .I .... s>. . ...... . I _ .i . '
etc.] The question vvas taken on ordering it to p.', 1 , tne
he engrossed and read a third time, and decided Constitution, a
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
IVednesduy, Apr. I 1.
Mr. Pleasants from the committee on naval af
fairs, made a report on the resolutions, some time
si. ee submitted by Mr. Johnson of Virginia, on
the subject of the court martial upon Captain
Perry and captain Heath of the marines. The
report was long, with the statement of the opin
ion of tl e committee, that the defect vvas nut in
the law but in the administration of it.
At'.vt meeting of Congress.—The engrossed
bill fixing on an earlier period for the next meet
ing nl Congress than is appointed by the consti
tution. was read the third time and put on its
pa>s,,e. {Several attempts were unsuccessfully
made u> defeat or suspend the pa-sage of the
bill, by motions to lay it on the table, to postpone
it indefinitely, &.c. after which, the question was
taken on its passage, and decided in the affirma
tive, by yeas and nays as follows: for its pas
sage 87 against it 42.
Thursday, April 2.
Mr. Claiborne offered the following joint re
solution, which was ordered to He on the table:
Resolved by the senate and house of represen
tatives of the United States of America in con-
gre-,., assembled, that the president of the United
States he requested to cause gold medals to be
struck, with suitable emblems and devices, and
presented to major general William Carroll and
port to the h mse durin.
next session, a particular
lenditure ot the appropriations made by the act i j n the United States amounted to more than one
officers and crew of .the frigate hundred thousand dollars.
and ol the W a.p ; the act to re-1 They behaved in the same manner to the A-
ard the officers a id crew of the s| ,„p Hornet, mei ican bri»- Canton, from 8aIem, treatin
th - act of last session, now outstanding aad
provided for.
and lieut. Elliott and his officers and crew ; the
the like manner Mr. James Jamison, and her
arts authorising the purchase of the vessels cap- { supercargo, Mr. Coffin, who touched at die same
port twenty davs before the ship Heaver, as she
was on her route to the North West Coast, and
China, which, with her cargo worth eighty thou
sand dollars in goods, vvas declared by the gov
ernor of Talcah.uaua a good and lawful prize—
thev also robbed him of eighty tluusand hard
dollars which he was conveying to China, and as
Mr. Reeves thinks, they will take both vessels
lured on lake Erie, and those captured oil lake
Champlain ; the act to reward the officers and
crew of the Hornet for the destruction of the
Penguin ; and tiie act authorising the distribution
of 100.000 dollars among the captors of the Al
gerine vessels captured and restored to the Dev
of Algiers, designating the names of the prize a-
gents appointed and the payments bv them re
Trinidad, Feb. 12.—About 300 officers and
volunteers arrived here lately from England t»
join the Independents : of that number 100went
to vugu-tura ; as many more returned home quite
disgusted with the cause; 30 or 40 died of ftj
terrible fever which lately prevailed here; and the
remainder are wandering about in great distress
regretting the day they allowed themselves tube
so completely dufwd by the agents of the Ind^
pendents in England.
A singular (says'an English paper) though ctr
rions and sati-factory hypothesis, respecting
the formation of clouds, has lately been publish*
ed by an anonymous writer. 'He conceives them
to be not merely one continued mass or boili of
vapor, or mixed gas-.es, but interspersed with
bubbles or bladders, inflated with oxygen ami
hydrogen gas-es. It is known that clouds con
sist almost entirely of these gasses. To illus
trate his opinion, he therefore took a bladder full
ot oxygen and hydrogen gasses combined, in the
prupm tion ol 86 parts of the former to 14. of the
latter, and immersed the stop-cork in soapsuds,
He then infl ted the bubble th.it hung to it, by
| compressing the bladder, and on passing an elec*
f I' I #v «lltl I'v } 1 I t*( ■ 11 ■ r I I if if i Inti, mi fml ■ ■ • ■ 4 1. 7, ..a
.pectively made, specifying the time' when and , mme diataly to Puerto Cabello. , . ,
persons by whom the same was made, and the i Such proceedings show, in the clearest light, trie spark through it, it detonated with a loud re-
w .... .-o...Jo «!.-:» - 'o r, i * md the two mixed gasses were converted
qu.al in weight to the decomposed
balances, it any, remaining iu their hands uncx- the perlidv ami barbarity of our enemies, who,! port
pemled. ‘ ' ' 1 '
without paying the least respect to the iudividu- into water,
1 lie hoove on motion of Mr. fucker of Va. als of a neutral nation, have violated, in the j gasses. From this experiment he adduces tb
proceeded to the consideration of the following j most scandalous manner, the rights, laws, and j argument, that although it frequently thnndwv
conduct, hitherto respected by even the most un-1 without apparent rain, vet it is only when tl»
civilized. I doubt not, when the g_n#ei innent to
resolutions, reported on the 30th ult. by the com
mittee on internal improvement:
Resolved, that the secretary of war be instruct
ed to report to this house, at the efUuing session
of congress, and reporta plan for the application
of such means as are within the power of con
gress, to the purpose of opening and construct
ing such roads and canals as may deserve and
require the aid of the government, witn a view
to military operations in time of war, the trans
portation of munitions of war, and the mnrecom-
plete defence of the United States. And also a
statement of the works of the nature nbovemeu-
tioned, which have been commenced, the pro
gress which has been made, and the means and
brigadier general John Coffee, in testimony of Ifirpspecto It hen'completion, together with such
the high sense entertained by congress of their ihdormaHon. a., m the opinion ol the secretary,
gallantry and good conduct in the several con- ® m ateria 1 in relation to the objects of this
flirts during the late war, at Talashatchie, Tala resolution.
dega, Enotochopko, Emucklavv, ' , ' 1 ' ~ 1 Itesolvoi
New -Orleans.
Tehopeka, and Resolved, that the secretary of the treasury be
instructed to prepare and report to this house at
of
Resolved, that the president be requested to | d"-'* 1 ' next session, a plan lor the application
cause a gold medal to be struck, with suitable cm
blemsand devices, and presented to major gen
eral Joseph Desha, in testimony of the high sense
entertained by congress, of his gallantry and
good conduct in the conflict of the river Thames,
in t ppci Canada.
Among the petitions presented this mornin
such means as are within the power of congress,
to the purpose of opening and improving roads'and
making canals, together with a statement of the
undertakings of that nature, which, as objects of
public improvement, may require and deserve
the aid of the government; and also, a statement
of the works aboveinentionud which have been
was one by the .Speaker, from Vicente Razos, of commenced, the progress which has been made
Peru in 8. America,’on behalf of himself and I 11 * them, the means and prospect of their being
others, praying compensation for their private completed, the public improvements carried on
property, which was taken possession of at A- by the states or by companies, or incorporations,
melia island b . the troops of the United .States ; j which have been associated for such purposes, to
which petition was referred to the committee of
claims.
Friday, April 3.
Mr. .Scott from a select committee, reported a
bill to aut orise the people ol Missouri territory
to I'..mi a constitution and state government, and
fm ihc admission of such state into the Union,
on an equal footing witli the original states; which
was twice read and committed.
Air. Cobb submitted lor consideration the fol
io wing resolution :
Resolved, that the committee on military a Hairs
be instructed to enquire in the expediency of in
creasing the pay of the militia now in the service
or which mav hereafter he called into the service
of the United States, ill the war now prosecuting
against the Seminole tribe of Indians ; and ol af-
! mling additional pay to those who have been in
service in said war and have been discharged.
dr. C. oh.-i rvctl that an apology was due to the
house, for ofi'ering this resolution at such a late
day in the session—the apology he should make
va*, that he had understood this measure had
bee i introduced early in the session in the sen
ate—From causes unknown to him, tliat body hud
not yet acted upon it.
Mr. C. further observed that if he recollected
■correctly the published arguments which were
Urged lor retaining the number el I'MJUi) mc.i
-ipon the peace establishment of tip,* army, out*
which it inay be deemed expedient to subscribe
or art’ord assistance, the terms and conditions ol
such associations, and the state of their funds,
; thunder is at a distance ; arid that invariable
which these injured persons belong, shaii know a clap of thunder is heard, rain falls under did
and be iiifurmci' of the injuries and iunialts neap- ! cloud, in proportion to the loudness ot the report^
ed upon the n, she will make them a subject ofj
the brst founded complaint, and will exercise her AVw-Vurk, March 31.—Tire British frigate
utmost energy and zeal to revenge such an insuit, I Crhelie arrived here yesterday, from Jamaica
and obtain a satisfaction such as the case requires. I via Havana and Charleston, with about half a
lam also persuaded, that other nations, at the million of dollars for the United States bank,
mere relation of such an event, will be struck A passenger in the brig Four Sisters, 24 ilav*
with horror, & recognize the Spanish character in! from St. Michaels, informs us, that a vessel had
these respects, as stimulated and actuated solely j arrived there on the 3th inst. in a slioit passant,
by a spirit of robbery, a contempt lor her equals, from Lisbon, and brought intelligence of die caiv-
Ci||>
ture of a Portuguese frigate bv *'ie Algerines,ont
the 10th of February, near Gibraltar It \ia»
said that the Portu uese government hail declare
ed war against Algiers, immediately.
W e also learn that a Dutch ship from Holla,nl v
with 200 passengers* ostensibly bound to tin*.
United States, touched at St. Michaels in No-
j comber la-t, where under some pretence she
and a thirst for pillage, without an idea of repair
ing the inconveniences and evils, which a con
duct so unheard of & reprobate, must occasion.
The above mentioned Air. Reeves, influenced
by the most just resentment, and this day pla ed
amongst us in perfect liberty, communicates the
occurrence related, as well to his government as
to the owners of the property embargoed, and
when an event ol such a class c. divulged, thej landed and left her passengers wholly de-titutfii
whole world will acknowledge the just motives and vv'' ' ’*
which have induced Chili to seperate from awl! selves
detest those Spaniards from who..i if even ueu-1
tral nations deserve no respect, much less can we
expect it, who are now held up and stigmatised
as rebels and traitors—All which 1 communicate
to your exccdlcncies for your information and
government. God preserve your excellencies
many veins—Directoral quarter of Conception,
Nov. 22d, 1817.
BERN \RDO O'HIGGINS.
To the delegation of the Supreme Junta.
London, Feb. C.—It is stated that the vice con
sul of Sardinia at Algiers, had arrived at Genoa,
and such other iidormution as in the opinion ot j who relates the following facts: A ■Sardinian
the secretary shall be material in relation to the j ijrin; Had been captured and carried into Algiers,
Baltimore, April 3.— The report that lord Co.-.-
chraue had sailed for South America,' appears tv
he amply confirmed. It is announced that In
arrived at St. Bartholomews, with a frigate and
three transports, having one thousand men nil
board, from whence he had sailed. It is also
j mentioned that privato letters from Carraccas
corroborate the above, and state that it is sup-
j posed lord Cochrane was bound to Guavana, and
that he would non have to repent of Ins cliinietr'
ical undertaking.
Paris papers contain the following short lie* -
objects ol this resolution
The question being taken on agreeing to these
resolutions was decided in the albruiati' e.
uo^ iiau uei-o ciipiai uu aou cai , ico lllio /vigiers, . 1 , — » . •■
under a pretence that her papers were not regu-j ? crl |dmn ol that city : I here are now rec*niici
lar. The vice consul protested against the cap-! 11 ' *‘ 11IS 1109 streets ; 110 alleys; 111 p<is>ages;
ture, and proceeded to the palace of the I)ev,K° < l ua J ,s ’ boulevards : 87 places; 31 crn»
with his colleague, and other consuls. The l)ev | ’ 121 culs tie sac ; (courts through vv Inc
v his! ls 11(1 thoroughfare;) 10 public promenades:
I j ces ; 2 cathedral churches :
I pies ; 3 colleges; 15 hospitals; 9 asylums
Monks ; and 10 theatres.
,10 halls; 28
barracks ; 12 pah*
8 churches ; 4 tern*
for
It is stated in the London Courier, that the
I.OiGv AGAIN.
7JMIE subscriber now calls on those indebted
i to him, for the last time, lie intended to
have sued indiscriminately at last February
Court; but that intention was changed, under a
sincere wish, that a further indulgence of six
months would have superceded the painful ne
cessity of calling in the aid ot the law, to ob
tain, what in ju. lice, he ought tong since to have
received ; in that hope lie has been disappointed
to a considerable extent. To those therefore,
who have promptly discharged their respective
dues, lie tenders his sincere thanks, and those lace,
yet iu arrears are positively notified, that unless The Sardinian vice consul received no other an-j slave sitting on the steps of the pedestal, »i ,, ‘
they make payment by the 25tli day of June suer to his representation, than an order im-1 his eyes raised in gratitude to Mr. Fox, fur the
next, they wid bo sued.—He cannot pay his mediately to quit Algiers, and they took from him I distinguished part Tie took iu the abolition of tlitf
debts without he can collect what is due him ; jliis daughter by force. ' ‘
lie must sue or be sued, and self defence is the | February; 7.—Tne details of the horrible atro-1
first law of nature,
la-t in tire.
Sparta, April 1, 1818
received them sword in hand, su rounded by
guards. The English consul presented himself 1 | ari ' R ' ls : *9 gates ; 10 bridges;
at the same time, to complain of the acts of vio-: mal ’ket places ; 9 prisons ; 13 barm
lence which had been co.omitted upon his son and
two nieces. Tlrey had been stopped in the street, I
the young man had been thrown into a dungeon,
and the two ladies conveyed into the seraglio of
the Dey, where Turkish dresses had been given , - ,
to them. The Dey in a fury, ordered his captain j monument from the chisel of AVcstmcort, which
of guards to bring in the young Englishman whose I ls f° be erected in Westminster Abbev to the
iiead was cut off in the presence of his father. The j memory of the Right Hon. Charles James Fos,
bleeding head was exposed at the gate of the pa- j “ consists of two beautiful female figures lament*
and the English consul retired trembling, mg over the departed statesman, and a ticgi"
slave trade,’
This notice is positively the j cities stated, on the authority of letters from Ge- j Paris. Jan. 28. The 27th ult. a rare pheno
lima, we are glad to find, are not confirmed by meiion occurred at Bologne—a considerable tall
.lie Dutch mails, which have subsequently been) of snow, accompanied bv thunder and lightning