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Mt {TVs. Morrow, Goodwyn,
l*ibU. E!v. Jiovd, Howaid
• *
aim Simmons.
EUElior.s.
Mrffis. Fjud'cv, day, Suir
gcs, I roup, Taylor, Van nenf
fclear and Ganiret.
Jlevijal and Unfnijhed bvfinrfs.
MifTrs. Souihdid, R. Jack
sou and Shaw.
Account*.
MtflYs. N. K. Moore, SttcL
iiian and Milnor.
Tcjl Offices and Vojl Beads.
Mifl.s. Rhea (Ten) Helms,
John I hompfon, Ddha, Stan,
ford, Ivcnan, Calhoun, Smelt.
Morrow Davenport. Chuten.
<ien Gokffborough, W.tchill,
l*otie», John Smith, Upham,
Wilson, (N. H.) and liar cl.
Reduction or the army and
Expenditure or pirauc mo
nies.
Mr. Han*dc i.ru said herofe
for the purpofeof making two
nioiions, [they are as follow :]
1. That the additional miiita
rv lorcc raised in pursuance of
the atd to laife for a limited
time an additional military lorcr,
be d.lb ended ; and that the sur
plus of appropriation made for
the additional military force and
the lurplus of appropriation re.
roaming uncxpei.#.*d on ac
lount of gun boats, [which Mr.
H. laid he was vny glad to lee
the Piefidmt was laying up in
dry dock] be expended in arm
ing and equipping ihe militia ol
me United Slates.
2. That a committee be ap
pointed to enquiie and repot*,
whether monies drawn from
the trcalury have been faithfully
applied to the objetls for which
they were appropriated; and
whether the lame have been re
gular ly accounted for,& to re
pottlikewile whether any further
arrangements are necelDry to
promote economy, enforce ad.
hercnce to Icg.fjiiivc tellriblumu
r o. rrccuieitic avCountability of
per lons cntiuiled with the pub.
he irtonev.
The Hnufe ag'c d to confi
dcr thf fc motion , by Yeas and
N a) s, una'iimoujly ; ir 6 tncm
bcis voting.
After which the queflion was
taken on referring the fill! ido"
Union to a committee of the
w hole on the Hate ol the Union,
and carried Ayes i.
The queftton being on con
currence in ihe lecond refolu
tion, Mr. K.ppes moved lo to
vary the motion, as to make it
a motion for the appointment
of a cotnmrtec tv> enquire how
far monies a propnated since
the 4'h of Match tbot, have
been faithfully applied.
Mr. Randolph confirmed to
the iuodification, though it had
not been m. in avion to have
gone so fit back. Alter a few
observations from Mtil. Eppes,
jackfon, l ay lor and Randolph
in reply, the queluon was taken
on the 2d rciohition as amend
ed, and carried unauimouiiy,
124 meenbe.4 voting.
After the resolution had been
agreed to, tt appealed from soma
observation* m ide by Messers.
Eppes and J.u ksou that they had
understood, in voting tor ihe mo
turn, th :»t the last clause ot the
resolution had been strikca out.
This not bavin been done, Mr.
J. t». J iC Aon moved to re-cousi
del the itsoi utuu tor me put p*>sc
of aramding it. Alter some de.
bale die House agreed tu rc cou
vid r it, 53 to Mi ; Out before the
proposed amendment could be
made, a motion made by Mr. Ncl
eun to adj .'Uiu, was cairtcd, 05
lo 43.
1 il UR Si) AY, 'i.vi 35.
We fi.t»c on, room to >tate
thil ou th.s dav tile couun.Uc ut
C anauice and ibteiuie, re
po int u Uiil to permit vessels or
%*Lv/«4-4 u «vu wuwiii iiutr*
•* • • v
course i* permitted, as Sweden
and Portugal, to clear out with
cargoes of foreign or domestic
grow ! h or rnaiiufac ; ure. The
bill waa twice read arid referred
to ? commute of the whole house |
to morrow.
The following resolution, offer,
ed by Mr. Eivermoie was refer
red to the commin.ii of Commerce
and Manufactures, with leave to
report I* bill or otherwise :
Resowed ihat it is expedient,
that the operation of so much of
the act to interdict commercial
intercourse between the United j
Siales and Great Ifiicain and j
France and their dependencies
as prohibits the importation of
goods Irutn Great Britain and her
dependencies, be suspended until I
tfic 10th day of June next.
Mr. Randolph, after some prefa
ratory observations offered the fol
lowing resolution which after a de
bate of four hours, was adopted
without a division, the words in
Italic having been inserted on
motion of Mr. Troup.
Hcsolvcd , that a committee he
appointed to enquire whether any
and what prosecutions have been
instituted before the courts of the
United States, and by whom, for li
bels at common law, anil to report
such provisions as in their opinion
nv»y be necessary lor securing the
freedom of speech &of the press.
PHILADELPHIA, May2s.
Ala late hour lasteveuiog, we
received English papers to the 10th
ult*
It is reported that Massena has
been lolled by Bonaparte, in a fit
of passion, though other accounts
say it was accident.
Accounts were received from
Paris, on the 28th March, that
Bonaparte had not left that place
—but that he would probably set
off after an extraordinary meeting
that was to be held of the senate.
Troops wrr» pouring into Ger.
uuny from all parts.
A paper ot the 4,h mentions re
pons King received of actions
between the french and Austri
ans, but later papers give no con
firmation ot them, and it only ap*
pears that preparations were go*
ing on vigorously between them.
A paper of the 4lh say*—‘wo
expedition* are intended—one has
jusi sailed from Cork—the other
will sail from Portsmouth in a
lew days, one is intended for
Portugal, the other unknown.
London, April 5.
General Dupont, who surren
dered to the Spaniards under
Cucsta, is said to have been bro’t
to trial ami condemned to death,
lie was shot by torch light. This
punishment is aaid to have produ
ced much murmuring among the
French officers.
April s.
There was u report thin mor.
mug that the Delccarians under
Gen. ball, had succeeded in re
leasing the king of Sweden from
his confinement, and in reinstate,
ing him upon his throne—that the
duke of Suciermsnia had fled to
wards Finland to take refuge in
the Russian territories. We
know not ou what authority this
rumour rests. M e have not heard
ol any arrivals bom Sweden since
the 2S.fi ult.
Extract of a letter from a respec
table clei genian in Sweden, da
ted Hedemora, in the province
Dulccarfin, Btfi Nov. igo#. 1o
the Rev. Gustav us Brunanark,
chaplain to tfie court of St.
James.
“ I Ds winter threatens to be
one ol tfie severest we have ever
had to sustain ; and God only
knows where the poor will .» c t
thcii bread. Provisions ol all
it.uus aie exorbitantly dear; and
w.iat is still worse, cannot be got
except wc bring them ourselves
from Gaflr St other rc mote quarters,
blocks ot me northern Ualecar
l.itus Ot mountaineers, of butii sex
es, daily pass tins town in quest
of work, and all vve can do is to
them a scanty hit <>t bread
and our pity. Poor people '. tfi .-y
*‘u> go tar tmd yet find no wuik,
mikc so many resources are en
tirely stopped up. And what
win then u.cotuc of tiuse tney
leave bemud, van tor me tn >st
p:\ii ilcpeUd no wfiac live wan-I
del efa OiaV cai U uofo.td and bring
home. The war has also home
very heavily on thit poor hut lov-j
al province. Ihe inh-dutants
have raise cl at least 500 0 men, i
regular* and volunteers, which j
latter they have ha.! to equip, and
furnish with necessary subsistence I
during the exercise and march !
to the Iruniftrs ; and this has so
completely drained all our supply,
that I do not know what will be
come o| us —our hope is in God ■
alone.”
Extract of a letter from a re ,
%pectable magistrate in Sweden, ;
dated Stockholm 22d Nov. 1808
to a Swedish merchant in Lou-- ,
don.
Great exertions are every
where making to raise a lub
feription for the winter, in be
half of the widows and chil
dren of our fallen warriors :
but it i« feared it will go only a
hule way. Our divines, our
authors, our poets, all join in
calling us to our duty m this
relpeCt, and we obey as far as
we can. The young ladies
hete are alio setting an excel
lent example ; —they have de-
Icrted the theaues and the ball
rooms and seek a better eiu
ploy in making up linen and o
ther articles of dress, for na.
ked children ; and thus fiiew
thetnlelves worthy of being the
daughters of a free country;
which though oppressed by
war and threatened on all (ides,
never (halt bend its neck under
a foreign yoke, so long as utter
flarvation doe* not benumb our
arms.
May the Almighty avert that
word of evils, which however,
approaches nearer to us every
day ! I allure ycu, dear fir, the
diltrefsis very great; & lliouid
it incrcafe in pioportion as it
has done of late, 3ur ruin fetms
inevitable. Belides number left
oi other lufferets, the country
has 7000 widows, recently be
came 10, to provide for; and
I do not overrale when I Gy, 1
that these 7000 mothers have at
lead 14000 dellitute children,
for whom no caithly provilion
is made ; and the families of
these loldiers, are alio in very
bad ctrcumdances.
“ You know well, that there
is hardly a nation in the world,
that can bear such privations,
and live so hard as ours—but
flili we cannot live on nothing.
What would the good people
in England fay, if you were to
olfer them bread made out of
bones, chaff\ and bark of the jir
—and a bason of hot wate r and
salt to soak it in ? —Would they
not even complain, if they were
j to live upon nothing but bread
of oats, thin beer, and (alt hu
'mgs ? Whilst thousands here
would be happy if they could
afford to buy such food.”
I From the Xew Orleans Gazette.
K
COMMUNICATION'.
Madam Forage's, April2o, 1809.
Sir
At no period since the 14th of
ISQ7, ha* it in mv pow
er to address you—— I need not now
remind vou of what took place by
ym'r order on th u day—So far as
related to mvself, the effects have
4>*en too severe!v felt ever to be
forgotten. A person insulted ; a
wounded reputation and injured
fund*, excite feelings in the breas
of a man, which call for reparatiot
•—Justice would not wait such s
call ■, a soldier cannot with honot
refuse to repair the wrongs he ha
done, 60 far as mav yet he in pi,
power. To obtain this is the
object of the present note. G-n.
Hojikio', who will hand vou this,
is my ii lend, fu.lv acquainted with
my wishes—-to hisdecision 1 bub, !
nnt rnj"Ss!f. It is not convent
cut lor in' to remain long in this 1
city ; f hope to hear from you on
tMs subject as soon as couvcntimce
will permit.
1 am, ?ir,
Your most obedient,
JOHN ADAM.
Gen■ Janes JYitkinSJn-
ORLtAMs, 26th April, 1809.
On the 21 -<t iri't. I waited on
General Wilkinson, at his quar
ters, with this note [alluding to
the above.] Ine General pofitivc
ly refused to receive it, and gave
a* his only reason that Gen. Adair
had threatened and muDaced to |
assassinate him—He after some
conversation on the subject, infor- ,
mtd trie, he would send to me h‘l3
friend, to whom I might explain |
more particularly the object of gtn.
Adair’s note ; and that he would j
receive from him such impressions *
as should govern him on the sub
ject. —A. L. Duncan, esq. as the
General’s friend, and myself had
an interview on the 24:h. The
result was that Gen Wilkinson de
clined receiving any communica
tion from Geu. Adair, which was
finally nude known to me on the
25ih.
SAM* HOPKINS.
I publish tile above documents,
not 00 account of any effect they
may produce as torwy own stand
ing in society ; but that the peo
pie of tnis city who feel and res
pect either honor, truth or honesty,
may the better know the man, with
whom they are in ,ome measure
obliged to associate.
I am no duelist, nor do I wish to
acquire a name in that wav I
have been denounced as a traitor
to my country ; and although no
specific charge has been produ
ced against me, yet the denuncia
tion (;n the minnsr in which it
took place) was in my mind a?
unpardonable as it was ungrateful
and irreparable—more especially
as the outrage was committed un
der the orders of the very man
who had been for years soliciting
me to join him in leading an ex
pedition into Mexico ; the act
which he now has been able, thro’
hard swearing of his own and
good affidavit men, to twist into
treason.
In justification to my own feel
ings l may be allowed once more
to a>scrt, that I never have been
engaged in any military enterprize,
or political scheme whatever, cal
culated to disturb the of me
I city, or do an injury to my coun
try ; and as ttcason (the cumc
with which l have been charged)
cannot be committed by asinglc in
dividual,! call on the peison to
come toiward and declare hitu
seit whom f have ever attempted
in any way to seduce from his alle
giance to the government of the
United States.
There is not a man living, who,
to my own knowledge, has been
engaged in any treasonable project,
or received a petisiou lor u«aion
able purposes from any foreign
government, General James With
inson excepted.
Low and tomtcmptible as this
man has stood for some tune past
in the opinion of mv countrt men,
as «ell as of m y9e !f, 1 wou j d not
have stooped t u inv i ie him to a
meeting had it not been that h e is
still permitted to wear the coat
of a soldier, and wield the sword
of my country.—Nor would I
have believed that he could have
been stimulated to meet a call of
honor, from any man, had it not
been lor his late vapouring and
boasting as a duellist in the Allan,
tic sta ei, ad'led to his own declar
ation* to that effect. I have now
done with him in this wav, firm
ly believing that be is a COW
aII D, and that to apply any wea
pon of chastisemant t 0 him more
formidable than a horse whip,
would but disgrace the arm ma
king the application.
JOHN ADAIIt.
Savanah June, 1.
HAIL STORM.
Wc were visited last evening
it c*?out 8 o’ciock, with one o!
the melt violent Had Storms e
ver known in this place—lt was
preceded by heavy clouds and
I ,nu ch lightening, and a foud and
ver y dilianc roaring, at a great
ddUnce, announced us ap„
proach. It continued about 15
minutes, and in that tune, it u
luppoled to have deitroved up
waids often thousand panes of
glass. Vs e hope the vein did
not extend much in
for the fake of our f;ie;ia> ~
:he country, as those croos o,
which it has fallen, mull h e j e f
troyed. The largelt ofih e fc a j
Hones 'which we have fe?f», w » r „
about the lize of a pij> e > CJ;
and were of a hatder confidence
lhanufual. The Hsil was of
a remarkable fulphurous i4 c
and as loon as the storm | la ',
paired ovei us, a smoke of the
I mo ft disagreeable fmoulderinj
smell, palfed in a cloud thoug'n
| the (treets, and induced
to believe that fomehoufe had
been feton fire by the
-We leave it to mturahfts to
explain this lait phoenoinenon
and would be happy to have
lome communications on a sub.
ject lo interesting.
On Monday morning next
at the court house in
ton, Henry Fenk oropofes to
exhibit the modle, and explain
the principles of the Perpetual
Motion, difeovered by him,
which will tend to remove eve;
ry doubt of its luccefs from the
minds of thole who may think
proper to attend —Lex pap.
Mr. John Adam* seems deter,
mined to rum the Junta, by xsri
ting down their favorite d >g.
mas of submission to England an!
hostility to Frauce. We hearti
ly wish he may persevere in his
labors. He has trie powers, & ap
pears to have the will to develops
the conduct of the anglo-federal
party, and shew them in their na
tive deformity to a muchab ise j
& deceived people. Anecdotes of
the leading “ friends o’order-*,’’ m
1798-9 would be highly amusing
and extremely beneficial ; and
we hope Mr. A will not spare
the wretches who wished to haul
their greatness on the rum of our
couutry.
Baltimore Ev. Post.
A very respectable gentleman of
this env, «ent us yesterday a sam
ple of Salt, with the following
ar.coutof it:—“ The sample of
Suit now sent you was made in
April la-«t, near.Wa hing'on, it
North Carolina, where several
persons have undertaken to make
it in larpe quantities, on the same
r>!an and with the same process.—
I he crystals of the Salt are small
and not very equal, which is ow
ing to the weakness of the sun’s
heat in the spring ; but that which
will be made in June, July aod
August, will be of a larger grain.
Reckoning as near as possible the
expences on such undertakings,
tbev find that ten feet square of salt
water will yield one bushel of Salt,
and that, on an average it will
come to about 50 cents per bushel;
but these expences will decrease
a3 the works progress.”
The above mentioned sample
may be seen at the Office of iha
City Gazette.
Charleston paper .
Mr. Erskine in h:s correspon
dence with Mr. Madison, af
fects to consider the non-inter
courge act as a conciliatory mea
sure. The governor of Canada*
in his speech to the legilature of
Inst month, declares, “ at a feature
of hostility, the non-intercourse act
is even more strongly marked than
the embargo,” & c . “Who shall
decide when such men disagree?**
Prenton True *dmer.
By a federal calculation, between
ten and eleven thousand seamen
have arready sailed from the (jol
ted States since the partial repeal
of the embargo. As mans moy
aie probably shipped for those ves
sels about to sail. Yet hew often
hare federalists told us that our sea
men w cre a i| dnven oat of the
couutry by the embargo ? ib.
1 ne Boston junta, who but a few
months ago wer*. loudly threatening
a division of the union finding pub
lic opinion udveise to their plau,
have not only abandoned it for the
present, but stoutlv deny that they
entertained any such idea. Thi*
sneaking conduct of the junto,
reminds us of the anecdote related