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A R G U S. “ 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.