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“ Here TK VTH untice add rtings,
yin,11hire accost den kings themselves,
...Or rulers of the free.”
Ml! ,1 ]@DGEVliXE7
Tuesday, January 23, 1810.
CONGRESS tie lift mail
wc were furniflied with Congreflio-
nal procee lings to the 1 itli inft i:»-
•clufive The bill on the fubjedt of
•foreign commerce, introduced by
Mr. Macon, an outline of which
appeared in a former Argus, ■ had
undergone confiderable difeufiion.
The advocates of the bill aver that
its objedt is to t ake the rcltriclions
- from our own nation and lay them
on Great Britain, and France—that
it. was neither too weak nor too
flrong a meafure—one of its fup-
porters has pledged himfelf, at the
proper time, to prove it was the belt
meafure, under prefent circumftan-
ces.thatcouldbeadopied. The oppo
nents of the bill deprecate it as a
weak meafure and as one which
would iirfadt be fubmiflion toGreat-
Britaiu—that nothing fhort of actu-
rabiy to fill the heavy column cf (juiy—it vrr.s, whether the Op cf «
our numerous daily papers, as well "wheel moved fafler than the bot-
as afford food for tlte loquacity of tors ?
our political quidnuncs, 1 While others expended theii
But fora weekly paper, diflri-. breath upon this (ingle point, the
buted ptinfllpal’y amnngft tlte far- genius of Mr. Wood feized on the
meis a'riflBLnters of the flate, there truths which were (truck out—from
is alwayWuifricient of interefling tlie cycloidal curve deferibed by the
matter without inferting all thofe points of the wneel, tie traced out
trifling circumflaifccs that no one the laws of their velocity—and
feel an intcrcft in, or thofe contra- < pufhed the application of thefc
diftory rumors that come in fo “ un- truths to the globe itlelf on which
queflionable a drape,” that they re
quire but little penetration to dif-
cover the cloven foot of falfehood,
lurking beneath the cloak of“ au
thentic intelligence,” &c.
We fee neither fenfe or profit in
printing news in one column, and
officially contradi£ling it in the
next. It is thefe ’ practices which
bare given to newfpapers the cha
ndler of printing more falfehood3
than truths. The editor will con
tent himfelf (and he is perfuaded he
will better fatisfy the bulk of his
readers) with fuch interefling intel
ligence only, as comes in a fhape
which drferves fome fliare of confi
dence. — Maryland Repuhlicesn.
we {land, lie has attempted, to
(hew, how the winds, the tides. and
the falls of meteoric stones will be
affedted by them. Some of thefe
ideas may have fhot forth too luxu
riantly—but their germ and (lamina
are immortal. The laws of gravita
tion or of centrifugal force are not
more certain, than the motion of
the globe in a curve approaching the
Cycloid.
It is fo he hoped that this new
w:ik will attradl the notice of the
h!ic !
public
WATER
New-York Colutnb inn.
FOR
Report of the Secretary of tie Trea
ul force could give protection to | fury—Front rite Report of the
commerce—infb ad of fuch a miik
and water meafure they wiflted to
Fee a piovifion authorifing the Pre- I
fident to fit out the whole navy of
the United States and fend it to foa,
raid authorifing the merchants to ,
arm and defend their lawful com
merce—they conceived it would -
produce in pradlice a complete Em
bargo and Non Intercourfe. On
the 10th January, the bill went thro*
the committee cf the whole, with
two amendments—one to tire 5th
fcdlion of tlte till making it lawful
to import Salt from any port in G.
Britain and France provided tis
broughrin American bottoms—the
other in the fedlion which provides
for rlre revocation of the law by the
Prefident whenever the belligerent
cdidls fttoukl ceafe to violate the
lawful commerce of the U. States
the words 1 in his opinion’ fo as to
give the Prefident the power to
judge when they (hall ceafe to vio
late our lawful commerce. The
Houfe agreed now to confidcr the
report of the committee, 62 to 45
—It was then moved to flrike out
the Sd 4th. 1 5th, Gilt, 7th, Stir (Mb
and : OtY feflions, leaving only fo
much of the hill as provides for the
repeal of the Non-intercourfe and
the exclofion of foreign armed vef-
fels from our waters—doubts arif-
ing whether this motion was in or
der, the further canfideration of ihe
bill was poftpoued ’till Friday, the
12th Jan A bill has pafled'both
I levies of Congrefs to continue the
dutv (on Salt) commonly called the
Mediterranean fudn. In the Senate,
on the 1 Orb Jan. the committee to
whom was referred, the late Mef
f.tge of the Prefident of tlte United
States (for which fee lafl Argus) re
ported in part a bill authorifing the
fitting out. officering and manning
the frigates belonging to the United ,
States, which was read and pa fled ,
to a third reading*—In the Iloufe of
Reprefimtatives, on the llth Jan.
the committee tow hem was refer
red that part of the late Mefiage of
the Prefident of the U. States re
ported a bill authorizing detach
ments of the militia of the U. States j
—twice read and referred to a com
mittee of the whole. On the llth
Jan. a Meflage was received frem ]
the Prefident of the United States !
enclefing the report of the dirtdlor |
of the Mint.
Mr J C, Jackson took his feat
in the Houfe of Reprefentatives of
the United Stater, on the 11th in ft.
David S. Garland is eledled a
member of the Houfe of Reprefen
tatives of the United States, to fup-
ply the vacancy occafioned by the
refignation ofWilfonC Nicholas
The editor has been fometimes
crqnired of for the News of the Day,
which he lias ne; ledled to infert.
It may nn he smifs to acquaint his
readers with a fort of regulation hr
has adopted, which is. to omit ab
or rrofl of thofe improbable tales
rr rumen- O'at are manufactured
by the rewfn ergers, abroad and
at hon e, to deceive, arvufe. and
abufe the public ; which are induf
tricuflv circulated by feme peniufes
who are- inter tiled in, ot fond of
tb.ih employment, ytd-Lue tidjjii-
Secretary of the Trenfury made up
on the finances, it appears that the
amount of duties, after deducting
the expence of colledlion, war, in
1S07, Dollars.
26,126,14-8
Debentures ccdudled, 10.0G7, t f) 1
16,059,457
In 1809; total amount 10,582,559
Debentures (on ac-
co >nt of the em
bargo; only 249,39G
10.332,163
Amount of three fit ft
quarters of 1809
—about 10,000,000
which with the money in the Trea-
fury at tlte commencement of the
year, and the eflimated receipts of
the current quarter, will defray all
the cxpences of the year including
8 millions towards the national debt)
and leave in the Treafury on the
firfl day of January next, the fumof
12.500,000 dollars, including out
(landing bonds.
Taking the expenditures of the
prefent year as a criterion for thofe
of the coming year, the above fum
will not meet rhe expences of the
r c,.,- ibio b, ol/uut three millions
of dollars ; the Secretary therefore
ftvgetls to congrefs the propriety of
authorifing a loan of four millions of
dollars. But let it be remarked, the
Secretary Aces, not make any cf Unate ing cr ablation takes place,
of the revenue arifmg from commerce.
So that, fhoul.1 the duties on impor
tations curing the next year amount
toas much as they have the prefent,
and our expenditures remain ftatio-
nary, wc lhall Fill have in the Trea
fury on the lit January, 1811, about
11,000,000 dollars, without the aid
of any loans.
The Secretary concludes his Re-
| port with remarking, ‘ that from the
i experience of the two lafl years, a
perfect conviction arifes, that either
the iy Item cfreflridlon pan idly a-
bandoned mutt be reiiiftated in all
its parts, and with all the previfions
: neceflary for its fl rift and complete
; execution, or titat all the reftric-
| tions, (o far at lead as they affedl
| the commerce and navigation of the
citizens of the United States, ought
to be removed.’ Plebeian
PROOF MIXTURE
SHOES AKI) BOOTS.
The following mode of making
leather impervious to water may b;
at thin time ufeful. Over a flow
fire melt together an ounce of the
oil of turpentine, the fame quantity
of beeswax, half an ounce of Bur
gundy-pitch, and about half a pint
of painters’ drying linfeed oil Rub
the boots and tiroes with this mix
ture, when they are moderately
warmed by holding them to the fire,
until the pores of the leather are
filled with it. Tin’s mixture makes
them foit and pliable, -adds to their
durability, renders them impervious
to wet; and by keeping the feet
warm will prevent colds and thofe
chilblains, or painful lares on the
feet, to which many perfons are fu’o
jedl. If thefe materials arc not at
hand, moilluve may be kept front
puffing through the foies of fhocs cr
boots, by warming them and then
flopping the pores by applying as
much dry linleed oil (that is, oil
boiled upon litharge) as the leather
will imbibe. Copal varnifli has
nearly the fame efredl. Shoes cr
boots intended *o be prepared in
this manner, ought not to have the
foie rubbed or poiifficd when made
After the boots atul flioes are pre-
paredin this manner they ought to
be fullered to*lc p, afedlly dry be
fore they are worn ; in which cafe
the mixture -will give them nearly
twice the durability they would
otherwife have ; as it is when the
fibre of the leather is rendered foft
and fpottgy by wet, that the wear-
Ibid.
a fir.o eftato which was fold to pay
hisd>;bts; and the remainder ho
loft in a hr.rfe race; but it was the
opinion of every body at the time,
that he would have won the race, it
the horfe to run agaiiifl had not
been to faff for him. I never faw
a man. and the doctors all fay fo,
that ohferved directions & took me
dicine better than he did, lie faid he
would as lives drink gruel as wine
if it had only the fame tafle, and
would as foon take jalap as eat beef
(leak if it had the fame rclilh. But
poor foul Iip will never eat or drink
mote, and now you have not a living
relation in the world except myfelf
and your two coufuis who were kill
ed in the l ift wav. I can't dwell on
this mournful fubjedt ; and (hall feal
my letter with black foaling wax, &
put on it your uncle’s coat of arms,
i’o I beg you not to break the feal
when you open the letter, and don’t
open it till three or four days after
yon receive it, by which time you
will be prepared for the forrowful
tidings. When you come to this
place flop and do not read any more
till my next.
Your affectionate Aunt.
P. S. Don’t write me again till
vou receive this.
I
i
I
Tito t.leafy between France and
Atiilria, was iigned on the 14-til
October, and fubfcquently ra
tified by the two emperors. Itr
terms are humiliating to Auflria
in the extreme.— L’he territories
which five retains are. Lower Auflria,
Bohemia (with the exception of fome
fmall diltridts ceded to the King of
Saxor, ; ) Moravia and Hungary.
The day peace was figned, Bona
parte decreed that the circle of Vif
lach, Kira, l’iume, Friefle, Hunga
rian, Littorale, the ceded part of
Crotia, Dalmatia, and its iflands
Ihnuld be called the Illyrian, Pro
vinces. linraviu obtains a part of
the Gaiiicias, and Ruffin. a part of
Eaflern Gallicia, with a population
of 400 000 fouls, Fiie emperor of
Auflria recognizes Jofeph Bonaparte
King of Spain, or if it Ihould be the
will of Bonaparte to depofe hint and
put up any other king, he recognize
him. 'I’he depofition and impvifon-
rnent of King Ferdinand the depofi-
: tion of the Pope, and his imprifon
ment are all indirectly functioned,
and a f-.veeping pledge is given to
ratify whatever Bonaparte may do in
Spain, in Iraly or in Portugal !
Bonaparte arrived at Fontainbleau
g:: the 20th Odlober—His arrival
was announced by the difchnrge ot
100 pieces of cannon. Active pre- i • . .
partitions were making to terminate ; J ltll ^ ,on 1° America^ 13,
the war in Spain. —— -- -
The Engiifh miniftry ha<>e become
very unpopular, and is dated by the
cap 1 ., and pa(Ktigers in the William,
from London, that it was confident
ly expected that the Grenville party
would futceed the prefent miniftry
on the meeting of Parliament.
The fortifications of Vienna have
teen dome,tidied.
A French convoy from, Toulon
to Barcelona lias been deftroyed by
Lord Collingwood A 90 and S-a
gun fillip ran on (bore and blew up.
Expectations are entertained in
France, fays a London paper, that
iV.-m-r,, k -} .
LATEST FOREIGN k
j’o a gentleman
the fillip rhomas. fm, n g,
ael, we arc indebted lor t ;i__
of the London Courier ttft
JGth, 17th and i sth nfSW-
four days the latoft. 'j-; *
cial account of the dedr
of the Toulon fleet
reached London, but Was j j
looked for. The’jEngliij
pers fay nothin;.) of a chan
minifters.
London, Nov. 1G—-W- f
cciv r ed this morning ferae -V
Hamburgh papers, from \ d‘
we extra ft the treaty of /i t
between Sweden and Vud -tT
The fttbflancecf the* S 'A% ,
relative to this country ha s M
known for fome tii^?.
ports of Sweden ar^la
agninfl: us, but fait and cpliUft
pi oducetnay be imported. ■ f.
king of Sweden prontifes t:
here to the Continental fy.jpl
with fuch ntodificatiorvs as f
j be more particularly flipuijSfl;
in the negociation about tjnvJ
entered into between Swflat
France, and Denmark.
Latidon, Nov 17 'it fo y,
to be expefted by Bor.a; ;
that America will be dn
within the vortex of his p.
againlt this country, or zs ‘
called the continental fyfhtv,
which the continent is io •'f
ruined, in the hopes that H
Britifh empire may be ru K
alfo. Gen Armftrong, ,. «
w'as to have left France in, f
beginning of October, butt. *
remains Hill at Paris, is 1:.:;.,' I
have been among the firfi, -i
carry t''Fontainbleau the i . d
mage of his congratulatioasiM
th' 1‘uccefsful ifTue of the c I’J.j
tefl againft Auflria The N :
neral was mod favorably recc
ed— he Was honored with a;";
vate conference, and a v (Tel v
imme iarely otdered to beg
ready to carry difpnteh- s tot
American govern moot; By L •
ir is faid that th, French govet 1 ’ ::'
ment has prefente-1 to Genu-
Armftrong the prof ell of a t rea’ -
between the two countries—H
others it isaflferted, that the ir
FROM AN IRISH I.ATrr TO HER
NEPHEW.
June 2, 1799.
Dear Nephew,
I HAVE not written to you'fince
n,y lafl before now, bccaufe as we
had moved from our former place of
living, atul l did not know where a
letter would reach you ; but I now
witli pi a lure take niv pen tr*' inform
you of tlte melancholy news of the
death of your oniy living uncle Kil
patrick, who died very fuddenly latl
week after a lingering illnefs of five
months. The poor man was in vio- i the Americans will make a comtnon
FOMETltlNG NEW.
By the following article fr^m the
the Rid mend Enquirer, it will ap
peal - that the celebrated JOHN
WOOD, formerly of this city, lias
written one book, at lead, that may
command the approbation of all
clafles cf citizens,
t 7' This day is published, from
this (dice, Mr Wood’s “New
Theory of the Diurnal Rctatioq of
ti c Earth, demoi-ftrated upon ma
thematical principles, from the pro
perties of the Cycloid and the Fpi-
Cycloid ” It is a \v< rk which will
do honor to the attainments of the
author
How many of the difeoveries of
fcience have owed their firtl hints
to fome minute event! The fall of
an apple is faid to have given the
fit ft hint to (lift Ifaac Newton of
the law of gravitation. The work
before ns owes i s birth to cm fint-
plc qiu fticn which filled all the
city of Richmond, duiing the lafl
Jxtattr-cr, with wendgr ar,d philctfo-
lent cont ulfiotrs the whole time of
his ficknefs, laying perfectly quiet,
and fpeechlefis, all the while talking
incoherently-, and calling for svater.
I had no opportunity of informing
you of his death fooner, except I had
wrote you by Lift poft, which went
oif two days be r orc* he died, and then
you would have had poftage to pay.
I am at a lofs to tell what his death
was occafioned by, but I fear it was
brought on by his laft ficknefs, for
he was never well ten days togetirer,
during the whole time of his con
finement. and I believe his ficknefs
was occafioned by his eating too
much of rabbits Huffed with peafe
land gravy, cr peafe anil gravy,
Bluffed with ratjrits, I cannot tcli
j which, but be that as it will, as foon
j.ts he breathed his laft the doctors
! gave over all hopes of his recovery.
I need n< t tell you any thing a-
jbout his age, for you well know that
in December next, he would have
been twenty-five years old lacking
,ten months, and had he lived till
then lie would then have been juft
fix months dead. His property now
devolves to his r/e.xt of kin, who all
died feme time ago, fo that I expect
it will be divided between us, and
you know his property was fome-
I thing; very ctt.fldvoic, ic: ha had
cr.ufe wiih France and the Nothern
Powers againlt England.
The Britifh army in ,Spain and
Portugal is dated to be reduced to
12.000 effective men. Orders are
faid m have been blued for the f■ va
cua; i >n of thofe countries by the En-
glilb troops.
" rhe official paper of Milan, of
the 21ft of October, contains two
decrees, dated’Schoenlrrttun, Ofto-
ber, 14. flic firit i' as follows :-—
‘ Napoleon, bv the yrace <ff God
and tbc conftiumon, emperor of the
French, king of Italy, and protestor
of the confederation of the Rhine,
we have decreed and do decree as
follows:—
‘ Bite circle of V»llach Carniola,
the provinces of Iitria, formetly
Auffrian, the provinces of Fiume &
Trieite, ihe countries known by tire
name cl the Littorale, the part of
Cvoauia, and all that lias been ceded
to us on the right bank of the Struve,
Dalmatia and its iflands, (hull here
after bear the name cf the Illyrian
provinces.*
The Tubitance of the fccond de
cree is—
• L'he counfciior of ftnte Dauchy,
is appointed intendant general of the
Illyrian provinces, ceded to us by
(no front u nf ®
ihe treaty of
form an alliance with Franc j.
Rttfl'ta, Sweden and Der.maijfip
tobe called,if (he accedes to i|
the quintuple alliance for th>V
purpofe of liz.ving what Bon;: •
parte flyle 4 the. fredem of th ’ l
i’eas * 'l’he expedition that fli
will acced to it has hem for fon 1
time ftrongly circulated aiPari 1
and indeed it fhould feem as i
the negociation between the b.
merican government and M
Champaigny had been rent we; ^
before Donaparte’s return t;
Paris. However that muy be ,
it is certain that the expectations
to which we have alluded has 1
been held out in publications ji
known lobe oflicial.
STUTGARD, Auguft 19.
A remarkable decree has been
publbhed Jtere, which contains thefe
provifion-. ‘ llis ntnjefty ^ccrce”
that all perfons who (ball pub ! ’,dy
utter injurious expreffions ^gairiii:
his perfon , (hall be regarded !rs in
fane, and confequeTttly < itia p I!Pt b( ,
lubject to punithmer ( j- ut t0
prevent them fr om hurting focie.ty,
tey at. c eclared incapable of being
en 8 ,1 S ed any public eiwpfcfy.
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 22.
By tlm peace concluded on the
Oth m(t at Fiederickfbam, Sweden
cedi s to Ruflia the grand Huchv of
1’inland and certain difhicl nf' t h e
province rf Bothnia, including
ornca. Ruflia. on the o.l.er hand,
reftore., to Sweden fuch of the idea
of Aland as are fituateri near the
ov editn coail, and retain thofe that
are contiguous to Finland. ’JV
j; 0 "* l, f‘Lve,len are tluit am.’ntl
Bntt h thins cf war ; but mucLmt
veffelscf that nation, firighted wi V
laft and feme otcr ccnunodiuc
allowed io enter.