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L ns for complying with the request
oi the petitioners, and therefore
fubniitting tfafe following refoiuti-
RfsoFeedy I hat no further com-
for services performed,
or expense s incurred than those al
reacTy provided by law ought to he
flowed to the collectors of the di
rest tax, or an y them—which
report was referred to the commit
of the whole.
V a message was received from the
prefid eh t, with a detailed statement,
ty ‘kr. Lairobe, exhibiting the
prefeiit ft ate of the public buddings
in the city of Waftiington. the pro
-rSfs made since the la ft session of
Corgrefs in the cuurfe of the ensu
ing feafcn.
In this fhtement Mr. Latrobe
cflimates that an additional appro
priation of 40,000 dolls, will be
peceffary to complete the Tcnith
rr of the Oa p * ■ J.
The message was referred to a
committee of five members.
The House went into committee
of the whole—Mr. Tunny in the
—on the report of the com
mittee of claims on sundry petitions
relztive to the granting further
compenialien to the collectors of
♦he dire & tax; and agreed, with
cut debate to the following rtfo’u
ticn :
Rt eke \ That no further cem
peufauon for fer vices performed,
or expetces incurred than those
already pr*. vibed Ly law cuy lit to
be allowed to the collectors of the
d*vc .W t -v’ r\ l* nr v C f I^n
14 V ‘.* U ‘Ji ‘ V ‘ * li4W
Flernhy 30.
far. Grey? c l Li ved that co: fid- ‘
e diffi nl ies had in 1:, n in lur
vtyiftg the lands in Louiilana, cv
iiig to oiiiiilion in the law palled by
the la!t Congrifs, and that the .
comminee on public lands had re- .
ceived a letter from the Secretary 1
cf the Trdalury representing ihefe j
circumftanre and dating the need- {
% of legi&nive interposition.
Mjf. Gregg having read this let- :
ter, affied in the name of the com
mittee and obtained leave to pre- !
ftmt a hill extending the poweis of
th huveyer General to the terri
tory of Louisiana, and for other j
pufpofes.
she bill was rqad and referred j
to a committee of the whole.
, On motion ol Mr. J. C7"S ■ ith,
toe House wait into a committee of
Aewhole on the report of the com
of claims on the petition of
pdurn J. Meigs, in favor of allow- j
m g the gevenor, judges and fee re-
H r y 01 the government of the ter
toory north weft of the Ohio com-
P cp uaiion for ferviccs performed
s Wee n the adoption of a ccnftitu*
| IGTI the slate of Os io and the
I 7 eet tog of the leg.flature under
-A arose whether those
I h- e compensated by
k United States or oy the (tale of
1 this quefHon confideiable
I arofe—
| l^ nen on motion of AY, [J- C.
Vm f 5 le committee rose, and af
n s tave t 0 fit again, which the
| lufe granted.
(QM
* tJ **day 9 December 3 1.
m , CQr * ! "*Jcratioß of Mr. Sloan’s
ton'll 1 - 011 to 4y a tax on (laves ini
till to mtc l^e G. S. was noftponed
| on day rtexi
m °ved the following
| ‘ button;
Resolved, That it is expedient
to provide by law for fitting and
repairing navy yards belonp--
In o t 0 the United States, cn or
near the shores of the Atlantic o
cean for the reception of the {hips
and veil'ds of war of the United
States.
Referred to the felefl commit
tCe on that part of the PrefidentV
message which relates to the mak
ing provision for the better defence
of our ports and harbors, &c.
} r * Bindley observing that he
had a confidential communication
to make, the galleries were cleared
aboin one o’clock. At half after
one they were again opened—-
? Vvhen further debate arose on
tne report of the committee of
claims in the case of Return T.
Meigs.
On concurring in the report of
the committee of claims, there
\v er c~ a yes 6 y—c arri e and—•
Whereupon the rdblution was
referred to the .committee of claims
to bring in a bid.
o
Thursday , “January 2.
•Mr. Varnum, from the commit
tee to whom was referred that p .rt
of the message of the President.
which relates to the organization
and clafuna*don of the militia,
made a detailed and argumentative
report in part, which concludes
with recommending the following
o o
refoiuti on:
Ref ;v ft That it is inexpedient
to adopt m afures for the clallin
cation or new organization of the
lOt 11 ia.
R Terree to a committee of the
whole on Monday.
j he house went into a commit
tee of the w e!e on the bill for el
tablifhing rules and articles for the
g vernment of the sfrnti of the
U.Srates —mr. J. C. South in the
chair.
The bill was read by fcchons.
As the committee progrefled in
reading the bill, numerous amend*
merits, principally verba!, were
made.
The committee then rose, report
ed progress, and asked leave to lit
again, which was granted.
. Friday 3.
The home again went into com
mittee < f the whole, mr. J. C.
Smith in the chair, on the bill to
eftabliih rules-and articles for the
government of the armies of the
United Sia;c3. #
The committee, having consid
ered the remaining parts of the bid,
feet ion by lection, reported the
fame with, (undry amendments,
which the house took imo imme
diate conlideration, approving feme
and rejecting others; when the bid
was ordered to a third reading on
Thursday, , , ,
Mr. J. Randolph obicved that
he bad a conunir iemion to make,
which according to the rules of the
House, required the galleries to e
cleared ; which the Speaker there
upon dirtfted to be ...one.
The galleries continued doled
til! about 3 o’clock
j were opened, and the House ad
journed till Monday.
FOR SALE,
at this Office,
A BLOW AT 7 FB ROOT:
A SERM°N,
M O N 1 T O R.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 25.
borne time past the death cf gen
eral Robert Anderson was announc
ed in the Monitor, at the request
of a gentleman in this town, who
had been in South Carolina, not
far from the residence of the een
eral, where he received the infor
mation. From the source whence
the information came to us, we
could not doubt its authenticity.
We have, however, the pleasure of
contradicting it, from the authority
of a letter just received form Mr.
Shaw the general’s son in law, and
from a paragraph in the Charleston
Courier, mentioning his recent ap
pointment to the office of lieute.
naut governor of South Carolina
Charles Pinckney, efq late
Minister Plenipotentiary from the
United States to the Court of Ma
drid, came pafihnger in the Hen il
eus IV. from Lrfbon.
ft he reports, by the arrival of
the Uenricus IV from Lilbon, are,
that the Court of Spain is more
favorably Jifpofed towards the U
nited States; that they had agreed
to make compenfatioh for fpefiati
ons committed by their own 1 sub
jects, but would not ccnfent to pay
for those made by French citizens
in Spamth ports; admiral Gravina
was only (lightly wounded in the
late aTion, and is not dead—-The
king of Prussia had joined the coa
lition—'i he French tree ns were re
s
ported ro have made 12,000 pri
ieners shortly after the fall of
Uhn.
(Oharteftcn Times.)
Captain Ryan who left Trinidad
D c. 14th, informs, that a few
days before he failed 7000 Negroes
had revolted and embodied at Port
of bpain with an intention cf dei
troying the place and committing
a general mail acre of the whites ;
that Marshall Law was immedi
ately proclaimed; the troops and
inhabitants turned out and the
Kmg of the In undents with 17
of their ringleaders v ere taken,
examined an J committed to pAion;
but on the 14ih-at 4 o’clock, when
captain Ryan was under way, there
was a geneVai alarm fired and the
bloody flag hodled.
G::z.
SALEM, DEC. 20.
We are told a letter was yester
day received in town from Mr
Crown jnffiie Id, at Washington, ii
fonning that the Spanifli court, by
rccueft of our executive, had re
ca Med the Spardih ambaflador, the
marquis Yrujo. The interference
of this officer, we believe, has
been treubiefeme to our govern
ment.
\
N # EW'YORK, DEC. 27.
The memorial of the merchants
of this city to Gongrefs was read
last evening at the Tontine Coffee
Houle to a crouded and highly rtf
pe£tac!e meeting of the tnei chants,
called for the puipofe, and unani
mously approver of. r l his memo
rial takes a very extensive view of
the fi uation of the merchants of
the United States, in confluence
of the late detention of colonial
produce by Great Piitain- of tne I
treatment which our veffcls have j
received from the unucciiced ui m- i
on vdr Is cf the bclHgcrcrif powefi
—mb of ti e deftncdhfts hate of
ou>* fea-porl towns. The mernon
d is certainly one cf the mofl able
produ&ioi sos the kind we ever
read—it expresses in mil;., yet fit in
and dignified manner, the griev
ances of a highly injuad people,
and asks in a tone not caiv to be
refufe’d, for red re s from the gov
ernment of their country,
The oldest inhabitant (fays the
Norfolk Herold of the 28th r t )
docs not recoiled! so mild a for fori
as the prefer.t — We had Green teas
expbftu for fade in cur maiket cn
Tuesday last.
The senate of the United States
have ratified the treaty with the
Creek Indiant.
MARRIED,
On Thursday ike 16th infant
Mr. John Fnttis to Mrs. NancY
McGrath, both of this county.
w .Mfiiwwr- “'* ‘
L-lE'D,
On the 21 ft uk at his plantation
ill ivlTmolh county, in die 49-.fi
year of his age, May r Lachlan
MTntosh.
SHERIFF’S SALES.
WILL EE SOLD
On the firjl Tuesday in February
next, at the Court house in dark
county, between the hears (j’ ten
and th>ee o'clock, the
property 1 rid.
jT k,
\ /NE hundred and five acres
i of land on the nuodie 1 k
j i >
of the Oconee river, in the coun
ty of Clark ; it being a pa* i oi a
four thousand acre tract, origin*
a ly granted to Horatio Marhury,
adjoining John Gann and others
—also, two negro girls, Jude and
Violet; levied on as the property
Wiley Roberts, by virtue of an
execution, Edmund O’Neals a
sjainft William Roberts, Richard
o
Jones and Wiley Roberts.
dfo
One bay gelding, seven years
old, taken as the property of Da
vid Gaddy.
4 I r
a!jo
Fifty acres of wood land, lying
in Clark county, on Green-brier
creek, adjoining Peter Lewis and
others; levied on as the proper
ty of Isaac Kendal.--Levied on
and returned to me by a conlta
ble.
Condi lions Cash.
Samuel Jackson, D. S.
D c. 28, 1805.
NOUCF.
r T^
1 HE Copartnerffiip of Terrell
and Kennon is this day difolyed,
by mutual corffent. All peiioes
having claims againfi the firm are
requested to call and receive pay
ment, and those indebted are te
quelled to make payment, or liqui
date their accounts.
The business will in future be
carried on at the fame place, by
Charles Terrell and Warner L.
Kenncn, under the firm of Ken
non and l erred; to wfiom the
notes and accounts, of the firm
cf Terrell and Kennon, are pay
able. *
John Terreu..
Warner L. Kennon.
Hopewell, 2cth Dec. 1805.