account of the depredations
committed on the commerce of
the United States by vefiels of
Great-Britain, of which com
plaint has been made to the
government.
IVednefday , February 25.
A bill further to alter and to
cftablifn. certain poll roads was
the third time and palled.
A bill fupplementary to an
aft to divide the territory of the
United States, north weft of the
Ohio, into two feparate depart
ments, was read a third time
and palled.
Friday, F\lrnary 27.
An aft to retain a further fum
on drawbacks for the cxpcnces
incident to the allowance and
payment thereof, and in lieu of
ftamp duties on debentures, was
read a third time and paiTed,
The aft providing for a Naval
Peace Efiablijhmenty was read a
third time and paffed, by yeas
and nays as follow ; yeas 69 —
nays 18.
Saturday , February 28.
The bankrupt bill was palled,
after {lnking out the 4th feftion
which was to make the aft per
petual.
The aft to amend the aft
entitled an aft to eftablifh a ge
nera! ftamp office was pafled.
The aft concerning the mint
was pafled.
Monday , March 2.
The houfe took up the a
mendments propofed by the.
fenate to the aft for erefting a
mautoieum to George Wafhing
ton.
It •'.as propoftd to amend the
amendment of the fenate, which
appropriates 50,000 dollars for
the crcftion of a monument, by
inferring ioo,cco dollars in lieu
of 5*0,000.
On which queftion the yeas
and nays were taken, and were
yeas 34—nays 49.
It was therefore rejefted.
Another amendment of the
fenate appointed Bufhrod Wafh
ington, John Marfhal and To
bias I .car, commiflloners to fu
ptrintend the ereftion of the
monument.
It was moved fo to alter this
arr.erdment as to leave the ap-
Mmtment of the commiflioners
to the Prefident.
On this motion which was
f -ally carried, a fpirited debate
en filed,
Washington city.
IVedmjilay , March 4.
The tv/o houfes of Congreis
itla ytftcrday two fcffiions, the
ull °f which was not terminated
t 0 hour at night.
curing this feffiion a vote of
Gariks was moved by Mr. Page
f heodorc Sedwick, fpeaker,
'•yh a guarded omifTion of many
0l lll e cuftomary expreftions of
‘Approbation.
1 he queftion was taken with
-OuJ: Ue hate, by yeas and nays —
. cis, 40 — na y S
. Had all the members in Wafh
ygton, been prefent, the divi
il()n of the houfe would have
Unequal. ■
„ ? houfe of reprefentatives
erda 7 rejefted the report of
!. committee ; virtually
t^e o fHc:ial conduft
’ inthrop Sargcant, gover
| " 0r *> the Miffiffippi Territo
.. r'j.a} c/c 6 .
At an early hour on VTednef
oayr the city of Washington
prefented a fpeftacle of uncom
mon animation, occafioned by
tlie addition to its ufual popula
tion of a large body of citizens
from die adjacent diftrifts. A
difeharge from the company of
Waldington artillery ufheved in
the day ; and about to o’clock
the Alexandria company o<
riflemen, with die company of
artillery, paraded in front of the
Prefident ’s lodgings.
At 12 o’clock 1 iloma■■ ]ef
ferfon, attended bv a number
of liis fellow citizens, among
whom were many members of
congrefs, repaired to the capitol.
His chefs was, as ufual, that of
a plain citizen, without any
diftinftive badge of office.
He entered the capitol under
a difeharge from the artillery.
On his entry into the fenate
chamber, where were afficmbled
the fenate, and the members of
the houfe of reprefentatives, the
members rofe, and Mr. Burr
left die chair of the fenate, which
Mr.> Jcfferfon took.
After a few moments of Al
ienee, Mr. JefFerfon rofe and
delivered liis addrefs before the
largcft concourfe of citizens
ever afficmbled here. Having
feated hi ml elf for a fhort period
he again rofe and approached
the clerk’s table, when the oath
of office was adminiftered by
the chief juftice ; after which
he returned to his lodmnos, ac
compamed by the vice prefident,
chief juftice, and the heads of
departments ; where he was
waited upon by a number of
diftinguiftied citizens.
As foon as he withdrew a dif
chargc of artillery was made.
The remainder of the day was
devoted to purpofes of feftivity,
and at night there was a pretty
general illumination.
Neither Mr. Adams nor Mr.
Theodore Sedgwick, fpeaker
of the houfe of reprefentatives,
were prefent at the inaugural
ceremony ; both thofe gentle
men having left the city at day
light on that incrninpn
O o
WANTED TO PURCHASE,
BE E F 111 DE S.
The higheft price will be giv
en in CASH or GOODS, by
WALTER ROBINSON.
March 28.
■almanacs
FOR THE YEAR OF OUR
LORD, 1801.
For Sale at this Ofßce.
~WILL BE SOLD,
AT Public Sale, at the rrnr
ket-houfe in I ouifville, on
Saturday the 91b of May—One
horfe, Eddie and bridle one bed,
bed-ftead and furniture; and
fundry articles of houfe-hold
furniture ; being part of the
perfonal property of Wm ( M‘-
Dowel flee, to fatisfy the credi
tors of Paid dec.—Conditions,
nine months credit for all (urns
above five dollars, the puicha
fersgiving bond and approved
fecurity.
Jofiah M. Sfcrett,
James Stubbs,
Executors,
LODI s V i L L E,
SA < Jlt.nci 23, lBdl.
On Monday lad the 23d ind.
agreeabl r to proclamation, an
I election was held in the different
1 counties of tins date, for the
I purpoio of filling the vacancy
i of a member in' the bond of
1 representatives ol the U. States,
j In the room ot the late honora- 1
j bio James Janes, dcceafecl.
1 hr following; is a dare of
: the polls, from the bed infor
i mation we can rolled.
JEFFERSON.
xVI.II iC t! ,*re r r
1 3 1 / 1
Stith ,> •
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tones r I
V. y V 5
v an j vi »eti o
BURKE. j
Milledere if, I
A k \
Stith
Jones y
Van Allen o
RICHMOND.
Mi Hedge 104
Stith 47
Tones 1 \
Van Allen o
COLUMBIA.
Ml’,ledge .54
Stith 13
: Jones. 2
j Van Aden o
WASHINGTON.
Ml Hedge 135
j Stith 2
| Van Allen o
: r 1 **•> T' V
v Aivivi IN 1 ,
Stith 304
Mi Hedge 17
V an Alien o
-V.
Milled tre
* t* r
j Stith 92
Van Allen 2
WILKES/
/ r 4 M 4
rviilieogc 27^
Van Allen 120
Stith 30
I ’ones 18
GREENE.
Stub 291
Mil led ge o
v>
Jones o
\ an 1 Men o
JACKSON.
Millcdge 264.
Jones o
Stith o
Van Allen o
LINCOLN.
Van Allen 93
Jones 18
Mi Hedge 4
Stun o
Alfo took place, an eledion I
for a Clerk of the Superior
Court for the County of JefFer
fou, in the room of William
M f Dowcll, deceafcd. The j
votes dood as follow :
Michael Shelman 177
Richardfon 157
j Thomas 93
| Robinfon 55 |
| Wright 42 1
Collier 18 I
As far as accounts have been
I received from the various parts
of the Union, the* election of
Thomas JefferJon and Aaron Burr, 1
to the two fird executive offices
ot the United States, has pro
j duced the livelied feelings of
1 joy. In Philadelphia, New
i York, Baltimore 6c Richmond,
I the bells have been rung, the
artillery been fired, and convi
vi:il entertainments been gi\r>
In various places preparations
are making tor celebrating this
great event on a fcale proper"
tionatc to its magnitude.
Wc learn from Riga, under
date ot November y, favs a
London paper of Dec. i nh.
That a letter from gen. Pahlen,
received there fome days prece
ding that date, has given caufc
to many conjedhires. This
general, governor of Pererfburg,
dmed lately with the Emperor,
his mailer, when all of a Hidden
his Imperial majcfly propoled
to give as a toall— '“ The health
cf the great eft man in Eurcfe”
1 lie general, as a courtier, wilh
-1 ed to believe that it was the
health of the Emperor himfelf.
u No (laid Paul 1.) ; it is that
of Buonaparte that I wifh to cele
brate !" Alter the iionours of
the road, they both exclaimed—
“Huzza! vhc Buena parte !"
Since that time all rhe tables of
Petersburg have followed the
example.
GEORGIA.
Bp his 1 loner D avid Emanuel,
Prefluent of the Senate , and
commander in chief cf the army
and navy cf this flat:, and of
the mditta thereof.
A PROCLAMATION.
\/l7 LILR Is AS his Excellency
* * James Jackson, late ;
Governor and Confmander in
Clnei, hath this day accepted
the appointment of Senator
Irorn tiiis State, in the Congrcls
of the United States, agreeably
to his deftion thereto on the
18th day of November, in the
year eighteen hundred by the
legillature, and hath fignified to
me his refigneftion of the
men/.
And whereas, the fourth
, feel ion cf the fecond article of
I the conditution declare':— ft in.
caie of the death or Ledgnation
9 r difah:lity of the Governor,
the Preddent of the Senate fhall
; exercifc the executive powers
ot government, until fuch clif
abiiity be removed, or until the
next meeting of the General
Allembly. ” By virtue of which
the duties of the Executive have
devolved on me.
I have therefore thought fit
to ifTue this my proclamation,
hereby notifying all officers,
civil and military, that I have
j adiimed the chief magidracy of
' this date, and am now in the
| a (dual cxercifc cf the duties
j thereof—of which all perform
| arc required to take due notice,
as they will anfwer the contrary
i at their peril.
Given under my handy end the
Great Seal of this fate, aS
the State llcnfc , in Lcuij
villey this 3 d day rf March ,
in the year of *cur Lord >
eighteen hundred and one t
end cf American Independ
ence the twenty-fftb.
DAVID EMANUEL.
By the Preftdent and Com
mander in chief ,
Thomas Tohnson, fo:
Horatio Mar bur *
Secretary of Hate,
Gcdfave the flats.
