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quired from vessels ostensibly em
|‘lr.jre'J in ihe coasting trade, nor
»ny authority vetted by law which
will justify detention, those vessels
daily sail lor British ports, without
any other remedy but the precavi
ous mode of instituting prosicuti
ons agaii&t the apparent owners.
It t 9 unnecessary, and it would bo
painful to dwell on a/1 the > licets ol
those violations of the laws. fj u t
without any allusion to the efficient
cy or political object of any system,
and merely with a view to its exe.
cution, it is incumbent to state that
from the experience of the two last
years, a perfect conviction arises,
that either the system o( restriction
partially abandoned must be rt*in~
ataicd in all its parts, and with all
the provisions necessary for its
strict and complete execution, or
that all the restrictions, so tar at
least as they affect the commerce
and navigation of the citizens of
(lie United States, ought to be re*
moved.
ill which Is respectfully submit
ted.
ALBERT GALLITIN.
Secretary of the Treatery.
/, Treasury Department,
t December 7'h,
1
* CONGRESS.
In SENATE Dec. 8, 1809.
A communication was re
ceived from the Treasury De
paitmcnt, which will be found
in this day’s paper ; and which
was ordered 10 be printed.
Mr. Lab, agreeable to no.
lice, prcfenied a biil to repeal
the afctto suspend for a limited
time the recruiting service.
The bill (uppltmental to the
sQ extending the right of fu.l
- in the Indiana territory
and for other purposes, was
read a second time, A: on moti
on of M r Pope, refer red to a fe
ktt committee which confifls
of Me firs. Rope, Meigs, and
Crawford.
December 11.
Mr Prpe from the leleft com
mittee to whom was referred the
bill from the Houle of Kepre
fentatives fuppkmentary to the
a6“ extending the right of luL
frage in the Indiana Territory
and for other purposes,” repor
ted the fame without amend
ment j and the bill was ordered
10 be cngtofkd for a tbitd read
Recruiting Skhvice.
1 he bill to repeal an abl, en
titled “ an ad to lulpend lor a
limited time the Keciuiting Ser.
vice,’’ was lead a tccond time.
1 he bill to prevent the abuse
cf the privileges and immuni
ties enjoyed by Foreign Min
ivers within the United State.',
was ordered to be engirdled for
a thit d reading without debate.
December at.
1 he bill luppkmental to the
ad expending the tight of fuf--
frage in tne Indiana Te«ritoty
was icad the third time and pal
led.
The bill to repeal the act for 1
fulpending (or a limited time |
the iccruiting fcivicc was lead
a third lime; and, on motion
of Mr. Bradley, the luill.et con.
iideraiion of the bill was order
cd to be pollponed to the lit
day of Augult next.
December 13.
Mr Vefe prel'etucii a petition
fiom the inhabitants of the Mil
fiflippi Territory ea!t ol Pearl
river, ptajmg for a tiiviiion ol
theTcriitoi) Otdeicd to lie
on the tabic. I
December 14.
Mr. l.cib, lubiniucd ihefol. J
lowing motion, l6r conlidcia. I
tion.—
Rclolvfd, that the Piefidcnt
of the United States be te
quelkd to caule to be laid be
loie the Senate a copy of the
cot iclpondcntc between him
and the Gosctnor ol Pcnnlyl
vania in the cale of Gideon
_(Jloillcad.
The bill to prevent the abuse
of the privilege* and immuni
ties enjoyed by Foreign Minis
ters within the Uni'ed St2tes
was, on motion of Mr Giles,
recommitted to a klcEl com
mittee.
The bill to extend the time
for ifiuing and locating military
warrants, was read a third time
and palkd.
lioute of Rcprctentativei.
December It
The following gentlemen com
pose ihe committee of Post Office
and Post Roads, to which hasbeen
referred a number ol petitions and
resolutions on the subject of Post
Roada; Metsra Hhea, (T) Helms,
Thompson, Desha, Stanloro, Cal
houn, iroup, Morrow, buvto
port, Chitteuden, Goidsborough,
Wh.telull, Hotter, J. Smith, Up.
ham, and Wilson*
Ihe Speaker, la ; d btfore the
House a letter irom W. C. Nicir
olaa, resigning has seat iu the M.
ol Representatives.
On motion of Mr; Baton, Resol- I
vcJ, i iut a committee be a) pom
led loi the purpose oi enquiring
whether at.y and what alteration;
or amendments are nect&sary to
be made m the act entitled “ An
act to promote the progress ol
useful arts, and to repeal the act
heretofore made for that purpose,”
and that said committee have leave
to report by bill or otherwise.
[Messrs, Bacon, Kenan, Gold,
Brcckenridge & Stybert compose
this committee.]
I\lr. Morrow reported a bill to
revive ail act entitled “ A» act
for ihe relief of the refugees from
the British provinces of Canada
aud Nova Scotia, and for other
purposes.*' which was received
anti read the first time*
On motion of Mr. Montgomery,
hesolvcd, That the Committee
of Commerce and Manufactures
be instructed to enquire into the
expediency of extending the re
bel contained in the provisions of
the act entitled “ An act for the
remission of certain penalties and
lorfciloiea and for orher purpos
es,” passed the 2Uih June, 1809,
to cases where the introduction in
to the United Stales of slaves for.
tibly expelled Irem the island of
Cuba, with the French inhabitants
thereof, has been from places o:h
--er than the island of Cuba, and
that they have leave to report by
bill or otherwise.
Mr Jf hitman from the committee
appointed on the 6th inst. to pre
sent to the President of the U. S.
a resolution of the same date, re
pot ted that the committee had
peiormed ihe duty assigned them,
aud that the President had signt
fwdthat the information request,
ed (relative to Danish, British and
French captures of our vessel?) !
atiould be communicated mo soou
as it could be piepaicii by the pro
per deput tment.
On motion of Mr. Bacon, the
House proceeded to consider the |
resolution presented by him rela
tive tu duels, challenges, &c.
which was referred to a commit
tee of me whole House.
Ou motion of Mt. Morrow , the
House resolved itself into a com
mittee ol the whole, Mr. Helms
tu the Chair, ou the bill allowing
further time lor issuing and loca
ting military land warrants
1 he blanks ia the bill were fil
led so as to allow a further tcnn
u! three years for that purpose.
I he cote mute then rose and re
ported the bill, which as amend- i
cd, was ordered to*bo icud a third ;
turn* to morrow.
RUPI URli WITH MR. JACKSON.
A paper was received Irons ihe
Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Setre.
uiy, in the form of a joint rcsolu. ;
non apptoviog the conduct of the
I Executive in relation to the refu.
sat to receive auy further conupu*V
i nicatious from .Ur. Jackson.
The resolution was iced a first
J and second time, referred to com
mittee ofAhc whole, aud made the
order oi ihe day for 'J hur*day
next.
December 12.
A letter was received from the
Secretary of ihe i icasitry, endow
mg a state mt m of the district tou
flage of the United States.
A itpoit we» aito received from
Seentxry ui the Treasury, ini
•fitdieuce !tj the set fer regula.
tiig the curnrcy offortign coin#.
Dec ro btr 14.
COUNTFI V/l! C< MMIRCI/L
RJiGI'LAI IONS.
Mr. a(i<rr a lew obser
( vatkn*, io which he declared ihe
oLj< ct o 4 his motion to be to coun
tervail the rtatricthna imposed by
foreign nations on cur commerce,
laid upon the tab.c the following
resolutions.—
HneiveJ, That the committee of
| Commerce and Manufactures he
j instructed to enquire into the ex*
[ pediency of prohibiting by law the
' importation in foreign ships or
ve6tcl» of ail good#, wares, and
merchandize, not of the growth,
produce or manufacture of tha
country to which the ship belongs
excepting in the ships of such
countries as by permanent regu*
fation# permit our ships and ves
sels as Iretly and beneficially as
their own, or itnpon into their
port# anti territories the produce
atiil vanulactuics ol foreign coun
tries.
Hesolved, That the committee
of commerce and Manufacture# be
instructed to enqurc tuto the expe
diency of laying an additional tut*
post duty on distilled spirits im.
potted in foreign ships or Vessels
h oin ports or couutnes in which
American vessels arc not permit,
ltd by permanent regulations to a
fair pauicipatton iu such wade.
—j —-»*■?■ • ■ ■
LATIST PROM ENOLAND.
NEW YORK, December t 9.
By the Blip E iza.Ann, in
35 days from Duh'in, the edi
tors of the New Yotk Gazette
have received papers from Lon
don to the 41b, and Dublin to
the 7th ult.
Ihe Wind for Caflle Packet
from New York arrived at Fal
mouth on the aoth of O6lobci,
*0 days from Hallifax.
ihe Duke of Kent Packet
failed from Falmouth for Ame
rica on the aoth ol October.
Private letters, fay the Lon
don papers, both from Germa
ny and Holland continue to
Ipcak confidently of Bonaparte’#
being in a (late of mental de
rangement.
A leivejr from Hamburg inser
ted in a London paper of the
30th of OHober, fays :
“ Bonaparte is, without doubt,
out of his inind, and incapaplc
of attending to any loit of pub
lic bnlinels. A gentleman has
arrived here lately from Vienna,
who gives us politive informa
tion of (It is fact. We have long
lulpetted something of this
kind, hut we are now convin
ced. Bonaparte had been ill
when the pci lon to whom we
aic indebted for this informati
on left the Danube, for lome
weeks, buj not lo violently as
at prelent. His madriefs did not
exhibit itself till he had been
afliieted with a high fever for
some time. We learn that he j
is about to be conveyed to i
France,”
i he duke of Portland, laic j
firft lord of the tieasuiy, died I
on the 30»h of October. j
A letter from Dublin of the
6>h of November, says, “ The
Packet has brought an account
that an order in council is ex
pected to appear immediately J
in the Gazette, prohibiting the
landing of American produce
that has been landed or ware
housed in any place since they
left America, except from Bn
tilh fliips or American Ihips with
Eugldh licences. This seems
intended to drive you to your
embargo, which from experi
ence, it is expected you cannot
maintain.”
The prince of Port*-Corvo
(Bernadette) ariived at Augf
butg, Oct- 7, with a suite ol ten
carnages !
Ihe London papers men..
tiontd the death of the ftccitd
son ol ihe .late Tippo Sultan,
whose funeral wa* of the most
pompous defeription.
Ihe king of England has if
, sued a proclamation under date
(of October 18, paidoning all)
ieamcn and manners who have
deserted, on fuxrendeiing them,
selves ; and another pi oclama
j tion of the 24th of October, of.
feting a pardon to all deferteis j
in the land-service, who may *
; furtendcr themselves.
'I he Engltlh prints are crow
ded with Iplendid accounts of
| the Jubilee, which took place,
on the 25- h of October, when]
j king of England entered j
the 50th year ol his leicn.
Dec. 14.
Captain Fenwiur, of the Uni
ted States marine corps, arrived
in town yelterdy. He goes out
in die John Adams fhipof war
as beater of dilpatches, which
vcflel will fail the snit lair wind
. for England and Holland. The
John Adams has on board
160,cc0 dollars in specie, being
fix months interest on the
Dutch loan to the U* States.
October 13.
The duke of Poulard died
yefieiday afternoon, aged 7a,
shortly after the operation lor
the ftooc was performed. His
eldest son, the marquis of Titch
held, succeed him, as duke ol
Portland.
It is (aid orders have been
sent for lord Welirigton’s re.
turn, and it is hoped he wil
lake the ofi.ee of foreign a (Tail s.
Letters from Paris ol the 7 b
mention that Bonaparte return
cd there the day preceding.
We have now but little
doubt of a peace between AuL
tria and France. The condi
tions of the treaty are vet un
known—they arc fiudioufly
concealed. }
Dublin November 6.
Ihe Danish privateers are
called in, in coniequence of the
r emon ft ranee of the Ruffian
minister.
The terms of the treaty are
faidto be favorable to Austria.
f rancis remains emperor, and
the Hungarians would rot with
draw rheir allegiance from h;m.
Bonaparte has not made such a
peace as he wanted, and is de
termined, if possible, to keep
the terms leciet.
November 21.
German papers, just receiv.
ed, ft ate, that all the Swedish
ports are (hut againlt ihe Eng.
An army of 81,000 troops
is to he coHeflcd at Hanover,
and on the banks of the Rhine,
to be commanded by the prince
of Ponte Corvo, (Bernadotte.)
On the 28th of September,
a French licet, of 17 fail of the
j Agates, &c. weie ready
! i° r lea at Toulon.
Bonaparte, it appears, arri
ved in Paris on the 16th ult.—
| His in fan it y has (übfided even
in the London paper*.
NEW YORK, Nor. 22.
Sunday a boat of a singular con*
| strut.non »vas employed in carry,
ing passenger* between tin# city
and Brooklyn, on the cast river.
It is 20 feet in length,and it scul
led by two vertical wheels of four
arms, inserted obliquely, (like ihe
arras ol a windmill) into a shaft on
each side 0/ the stern of a boat
and moved by wheels turned b\
cranks with a man to each. The
j advantages of this invention are
j (allowing that no velocity can be
I added without augonnling force)
| that the motion or the paddle# 01
! sculls is uuifotm, incessant, a,.d
I there foie superior to the irrrg U
lat starts of an car, & all the room
occupied by the oars in rowing j,
! savtu to the boat. The improve
u:eut, a in picuimcd,is«object of
I a patent ; and the inventor is Mr
l A* G. D. *1 null!, ol this city,-
;
BALTIMORE Nor. 27.
We flop the press lo an _
nounceibat the bill to prevent
Iniurance by Foreigners has
1 pa fled the House of Delagates
there is no doubt of its b-com .
ing a law.
Lad week, as some work
[ men were quarrying on the
I land# of Doonas, i n the coun
ty of Clare, for Mr. M*flfc y>0 f
Waterpark, on removing a j ar g c
done which lay in the way of«
ear, they found two large crocks
I of antsent gold and liiver coins
’of the reigns of Ejward Vs
j James I- and Charles I. w fih
I many different foreign coins
» *nd half.pcnfe.
London paper .
LITERATURE.
Thomas Kirk, of Brooklyn,
Ncw-York, has now in 'the
press, soon to be pubiifhed, a
curious work, entitled “ An
Enquiry Concerning the In.
tel'cctual and Moral
and Literature of Negroes, fol!
lowed with an account of the
Life and Works of fifteen ne*
groes and mulattoes, dilliguifh.
ed in Science, Literature & the
Arts. By H, Gregorie former.
!y Bifhcp of Blois, Members
of the Conservative Senate, of
the National Inditute, of the
Royal Society of Gortinguen,
etc. etc. Translated by B. 1).
\V aider,, Secretary to the Ame,
rican Legation at Paris.”
The honorable though trans.
cicnt aliulion to the above woilc
in Mr. Barlow’s letter Jo B:fb.
op Gregoire, has been the caufc
of bringing it forward in our
language. Mr. Kirk having
dtlcovercd the manuictipt copy
of Mi. Warden’s translation,
fuppoled to have been left, has
purchased it with the copy
light ; and it is now nearly rea*
dy for publication.
From the known spirit of in
vcfiigation and eminent literary
talents of the author we may
expect to find it a ufeful and
instructive book, calculated to
remove picjudiccs against a nu
merous poition of our fellow
creatures, and to throw some
additional light on the impor.
ant phylioiogica! quedion con
cerning the diveility on men
and nations ; reconciling the
variety cf cad and character
with the unity of the fpeciea,.
Nai. Int.
Respecting the death of Gen*
Hampton, we are happy 10 y
thtie is rvtry probility of its be
ing au.istakc. i * Hood’s Gazette
announced hi-* arrival iu Knoxville,
the 19ih fsav Nov.] on his way to
Natches.”
Strength cf the Vtoplc.
LAWS Or GEORGIA.
AN ACT.
To prohibit Duelling , is'e-
S< c. 1. Be it enackd by the
Senate and House of Representa
tives in Gtneral Assembly met,
and it it hereby enacted by the
authority of the same, That from
& after the first day of March next,
any person or pert-ont who shall
give, bear, or accept a challenge,
knowing it to be to, »n writing or
otherwise, or having given borne
or accepted a challege, or shall in
any way be coocerned therein, or
accessary thereto, cither as second
or principal in the promotion of s
duel, and bvirg thereof duly con
victed shall Dot thereafter be ca
pable of holding any eftiee ol hon
or, trust or profit within this
state.
Benjamin Whitaker,
Speaker, ol the House of
Representative*-
Henry Mitchell,
Resident ot the Senate-
Executive department Georgia
Assented to,
Dec. 12, 1809.
D. IU Mitchell, Goyttnor.-