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■mria'ea without a ra ’.tea. ciukg^m liK' paTent Cytlcft). Not It-fs than ten land offices arc ;!awi!i full OpcratiO!i,4)d'-'rinp a great choife of good lands, firuated in vfiri • oust’drviatcs, Sc ficustnd to the habits pofod that (h; re’iiction w.is tiKrt- diiced fur the purpofe of being ve- jeftdl ? He laid it gave him happi- nefs that he fl’.odld make any mo tion for the good of his country, which faould beTv.'vocatedBy a geu- ofrhe citizens of every portion cf-the - 'tieman who was fo influential, from Union.' They are fold at the rate of two dollars an acre, or rather at one dollar and lixty four cents, if paid for at the time of purchafe, and in trails of one hundred and fi.xty acres. As much is fold as there is actual demand for land in fimilar fituations a' the price The fates arc however almoft exdufively confined tothofe v.diOT.rc or intend to become aftttal fe triers, and all the money which can be railed by that description of purchasers is annually paid to the U. L> In order to anercafe immediately the amount of falos, a different capi tal from that which has heretofore been applied to that fttbjeft, the cap ital of perfons who will purchafe for the purpofe of selling again with a . profit, muff be brought into at?.ion. Hut it is evident that no pevfon will purchafe lands at the prefettt:price as ;in objeft of fpeculation, v/hillt the United States, continue to fell at the fame price in fmall trnfts. To efieft the pvepofed objeft, it would be ne- c ff.iry not only to reduce the price, bat to make a difference between that of lands fold in large tracts, and that a iked for fmall tracts, fulficient to encourage purchases on an exten sive fcilc. That alteration might produce r.n additional revenue but appears to me extremely injurious in othi r refpecls The pvefent fyllcm of fides has been tried, and aufwero the expectations of the Legiflature. the powers of his elpcucncc, from hiS (landing in fociety, and other j confidcratior.s, as his colleague? (Mr. (Ifr. I/, ,rmorc,^ who had thought proper to offer the motion. Tile gen- tkitiTii wav fo fuccefsful, and. gener- vlly intended the Houfe fo much. 9.is conduct was generally charaft- evife'd bv fo much propriety, that lie lltvpcid his motion would be adopt ed. Mr. Coldfborcugh prnteffed a- gainlt the praftice of attributing fm- Cook.l'Mr. L. faid he had fomelfme proper motives to thoie who made ago expreffe d the fatisfaftion he felt propofitions of this kind—for a ftilli- in anticipating that he fhould be ir. ■ cient motive to induce the Houfe to the majoritv before the end of the ; pel's the refolution would be found grosfly affronted trie U. States .• 1 tc~t*y the Senate ot America have re- fpcech, folved to fuppoi t the executive : remei even the fedcralifts in the Senate fubjef did not oppofe this refolution : if is uncertain what the Houfe of Reprefentatives will do. Meantime Bonaparte is about of acres of public land, we muff v i in a j niff.,; r,d 1 is. 1 Kiav.Iv.- j'ei \ ted by a luie vyi iu r on |j ( . ... vVhcn we ccntem- plate the imir.cnfe rcfources to be derived lo the nation horn mote than hx hundred million* prefont fefiion: and he fhould be glad to find himfelf in that predica ment in relation to this refolution Mr. Van Dyke faid he had heard it faid that a letter hadbten received by the fecrctary of State going to this objeft: that, notwithstanding the difmiflion of Mr. Jackfon, the 'Britilh government retained an am icable difpofition, that Mr. Jackfon’s conduit was difapproved, that he would be recalled, and that another minifterwould be font. Amotion had been fubmitted to reduce the in the evident propriety of having before'them all acccflible informa tion on the fubjeft of our foreign relations. After feme further converfation, Mr. Lyon moved to amend the re volution by adding, after the word “ State.” the words 11 or Secretary thereof.”—Negatived, Ayes DO. The refolution Was puffed—Yeas 109. Nays 14. Thofe who voted in the negative to relax his decrees; this w ill draw the Americans clofer to France; and, if England does not at once difavow Mr. Jnck- fon, the U. States will probably make war upon G. Britain." Such, no doubt, was the realign ing of the Britilh miniltry, In deed the imnifteml newfpapers of London admit that the con duct: of the French emperor, ir. relaxing his decrees, combined with the resolutions of Giles, and other motions, would in duce Grcat-Britain to relax too. were Meffrs. W. Alffan, Loyd, Bur- : The Times, fpeaking of a letter T ’ which contained the news of the well, D.uvfon,’Holland, Jolmfon, i army and r.avy—was it not.pro pet, j Jones, M‘lCee, Miller, N. R. Moore, I , ,.„a„ v .,*;^rv ! . r ,. 1 r ’ , i ’imiooanlercHorat'.onoicommer- previous to a dccifion on tnss se.ouon, Morrow, Ncuoti, J. x Oiler, W lute- i ‘, , TT 1 ... ’-i j 4 jjj cial intercom le between theU- ' Mr. Livermore and Mr. Root ! n ‘ !tetl '^a tes and France, has the were appointed a committee to-wait ; (ollowilig paffage, (r ‘ The public to know what was the fitualion of affairs ? And if finch r. letter was in exiffence, cnivU riett the rfeprefenia- tives of (he people to -have it ..'■or their information ? Mr. M'Kim faid he had not Veen the letter, but he had ufiderffood the purport of it,he believed COY?5&ly, and fntisfaftofiiy to himfelf. Others might not have had the fame fatis- faftory accOimt, and he had no eb on the Prelident with the refolution. torpedo KXPnuMi:Nt. The bill making an appropriation for the purpofe of making an expe riment on the practical ufa of the Torpedo, 'or fubmarine explofton, -war. again taken up, oppofed by Meffrs. Dana. Quincy,’ PI fie and Tall- be perfectly falbfied that we are able lo meet every emergency which the injuries and infuks of any foreign power may render unavoidable. Should wc there fore be driven to the ncciflity, of expending even forty millions for the purpofe of affirming out rights and maintaining our inde- pendence, the national debt would not the n be greater r.or the finances of the country iefs flourifhing, than they were pre vious to the period I have men tioned ” Such lijtevvifo, was the language of Mr, Kppes, the, chairman of the committee or ,i w avs an jeftion thfit it fhould go to the pub- tnedge, and fupported by Mvffrs. Ly- lic It could net be cot except called j on, MKim and Holland. A motion was made by Mr. Filk for, bring an unofficial letter, \ gradual encreafc muff, notwith-: caufe it would be indecorous in the {-to recommit the till, and negatived (lauding feme temporary flu£tua- 1 Prefident to fubmi: it to the Houfe ‘ions, nccefiarily take piace. On - that I would rely; nor would I veti- t are to fugged any other change than that alreadiy propofed on a former tccafi in, c. moderate and general re- dudtion of prices, difeontinuing at the ft ne time all falcs on credit, but continuing to fell at the fame rate large or fmall trails of land. I have the honor to be, Very tefpeflfully, Sir, your obedient fervt. ALBERT GALLATIN. TK. jzn.v Ji r F.ppf.s, CLiiritki?} of the izn:- ' miiltee of ways and Aleanj House of Representatives. March 2G. I me,, pinicney’s letter l Mr. Livermore offered the follow- , iiig re fillurion : J Kffolvi'dt That the Prefident of the United States be rcquelted to caufe | to be laid before this Houfe a copy j of any letters or dcfpatches which may have been received in the De partment of State, and do not require feciecy, from Mr. Pinkney, our mln- iffer at the court of London, fince Ins receipt of tlie letter of the ‘2t3d of November ISOf), from the Secretary rd State, communicated to this Houfe by the Prefident-on the 29th of -faid November. Mr. iSmilie faid he- faw what was j itended by llie mover of the refolu- tIon It was wifhtd that the Houfe vould der.y the call. It had already Been denied in Maflachufetta- that inch a letter cxiftcd—ami if the call vas refufed, they would produce ihe vcicfi.vl as proof of their affertion. It it was ■'proper to publifii a private letter, he faid he wiflied to fee it, to put to- filcnce thofe people in Maffa- tliufctts. Mr Cook wifhed the refolution to 'pafs. lie faid it would be inferred juim a refufal to pafs it, that there had been no fuch letter, or that ir was not of the purport which it was fi.fi.d to be. It might-bean unofficial without being a confidential loiter. Whether it was confidential or rot, fomc anfwer would he received. Mr Livermore faid that he had Iv’en told by gentlemen iivconveTfa- tion, that information had been re ceived bv the Secretary of Siate that 11 it? doings cf the ilriti-lh miniller here, weie difapproved by his gov ernment, and that a new miniffer v. eu'd be font out. If this was the fa fit, it was very important that the 1 hnil'e (hon'd know it. The genrie- man from Peimfiylv.mia feemtvl to fiir ude ihat the mover wilhed tire ii t.i u'ion tint to bo adopted llow in the name of co union fienfeor enn- dor, M.i L* tilkcd, could it be lup- tv id i out a call for it. I'lr. Dana was net difpofed to call i upon the Prefident to violate private j confidence. lie did net imagine, ! where the Prefident or Secretary of State in their private capacity receiv ed letters as private gentlemen, that the Houfe could call for them. But if infoimation from a public minif- ter as to the manner in which lie I had done his'public duty had been ! received in a letter at the Depart- j rnent of State, it was an abufe of ; terms to call it a private letter. And if fucli a letter bad been received, he v/as decidedly for calling for it; ~ Mr. Baffett faid he had at firft j view been oppofed to the refolution, conceiving it to prepofe going a flep further than they had ever rune be fore. But on reflection he conceived that the letter in queftion flood much in the fame relation as other papers that had been heretofore galled for by the Houfe, and lltould therefore vote for the refoliitidn. Mr Butwell faid he had not feen the letter or any extract from it: but j as far as he underftood its charafiter, it was a letter intended more to give the.government of the U.'S. an idea of tire temper and difpofition of tome officers of the Britifn government, thru to make ally liatemetu of facc3. It dated a converfation with a lead ing member of the Britiflt niinillry, in dhich he had espreffied liimiclf difpofed to continue friendly intcr- courfe with this country, anu Rated, that nothing which had occurred would alter the cxiffing relations. However important this information, it formed no ground on'which th Houfe could aft: and he was there fore oppofed to calling for it, more ifpeciaily when the next arrival front England would probably bring-fome official aft of the Britilh government which would decidedly indicate its difpofition. Mr. Lyon faid that this private letter which had been made fo public, reminded him of a fign he had fecn of “Private Entertainmentfo private that it was advertised by a fign. lie was for the rdolution. Mr. Mumford hoped the Houfe would call for this information, and all other intcrelting to the people. As they were to fight all and pay all, lie wiflied them to know all —aa 'o ‘Hi. '■ Tne bill was palled by Yeas and Nays, G,5 to .IS. Mr. Livermore from the commit tee appointed to wait on the Prefi dent with the refolution adopted to- day, reported that they had perform ed that duty, and had received for anfwer, that the Prefident would at tend to the requelt of the Houfe. March 28. Tire following meffi'ge "yefterday received from the Prefident of the United States, was read : To the Houfe of Reprefentatives of the •United States. Ttt confequence of your refolution of the 2(>th inft. an inquiry Iras been made into the correfpondertce of our mintffer at the-court of London with the Department of State, from which it appears that no official com munication has been received from him fince his receipt of the letter of November 2Sd lafl, from the Secre tary of State. A letter of January 4th, 1810, has been received from that minifter by Mr. Smith, but be ing Hated to be private and unofficial, and involving moreover pei'fonal confidcrations of a delicate nature, a copy is confidered as not within the purview of the call of the Houfe. JAMES MADISON. "Mcnh 27, IS 10, The mcfl’.igc was ordered to be printed. relations between this country, (England) and America, fuch as they appeared upon the face of the lafl American news will, | as we before hinted, be materi- j ally altered by the contents of j this important letter from ! Lr.tracl of a letter front Dr. Ear- oimmttoe or means, on the floor Congrefs. He fpoke the truth, and not one of the federal members hail the front to deny it :, he alio fpoke like a patriot, and the fcRtimetn was acknowl edged by every heart that beats for American rights and inde pendence. From the Virginia Argus. Madifon, and Smith, & Giles, and Troup, and fuch men, may now •tribtnph. Their policy be- ( j gins to be felt in Europe : the United States will look up ; and the faftions at home will be dil- fipated. It is not the leaft extravagance to affirm alfo that the temperate firmnefs ot Prefident Madifon, through the department of Hate, has produced the prefent dawn ing prbfpeft of a relaxation of the French decrees, as well as a dirpohtion in the Englifh cabinet to difavow Mr. Jackfon’s facci- nefs; for, you will perceive, on examination, that as foon as Bo- ( j naparte heard that the govern- I: ranee. Thus it will be the glory of the republican adniniflration, by a policy at once nice and ref- olute, to have preferred the country from mixing in the olating wars cf Europe notw {landing the moil imminent per ils ; and to have baffled the ut- mof; cunning of the molff fubt- le politicians cf England and of Franco We refpeftfully fug- geft the propriety cf following up the courie'which has prodv.- ced fuch happy tilTefts-j of pro- greiTing ffn iht.* defence of the country-; oi brgJnteing the mili tia ; and above all, of uniting in fomc efficient and' temperate lyf- tem : mfiiort, of doing what the prefident has all along recom mended, to wit; to keep the door open for negotiation, but to prepare for the word that can happen. Once prepared, we fhall not, on every trifling ccca- fion, fubjeft our numerous ref- -peftable population to continual alarms. We would alfo add, that as it may Hill be uncertain whether Great-Britain is in eir- nefl, there will be a propriety of adopting feme rneafure which (hall compel the Engliflr Cabinet to explain its ultimate inten tions ; and not, as Bolifigbrokr fays, fuller ourfelves any long >r to be the dupes of venal pro' fes and autumnal difapp' j nt . ments. The late report cf thr i‘ eC re- tary of the treafury apr ears lo be the only folace w ; d c h the Britifh miniflry have to. confole them for the difgr.?.ce of Mr. Jackfon. This appears by the inferences which * h-y dj-aw from that report. F.ut the Englifh paragraph ids do not underdand the nature our treafury de partment, or they would not talk abour Mr. 'Gallatin’s bud- get as they do. In Great-Bri- tain the pritr.e minifter finds ways and m. ,ans ; but the Amer- tenof Philadelphia, to a gentle- titiiit of Frederick county, Virgin, ia, dated March 1 A. 181o! The remains of four vaft ci ties have been difeovereu in the def- 1 bpanifli province olCi’.mpeachv*' nth- and the vicinity. They arc 'oF done, beautifully conftn^pd. and adorned with admiraffile Iculpturcs, of which 1 have juft ieen inanufcript engrav’ .try. The figures plainly Ikev- tii'ct thefc cities were not oenfl .nifted by any nntitm of'Euro'p e ; the phifiognoiny befpeaks plai ’,; y a . civilised race of Amc i, :an mis, ccKa.nly moic improved than the Mexicans r T’his difeovery (h o r reruvians. r - ngly confirms my Idea of the gr ant:qu ity o? Ameiica ; oi the -.mcient llatec ? improvement, 0 f its inhabitants^ kc. But ‘perJ 1 i3ps \ fluil ^ at no vcy) di £ jint p CI - 0 d T to give you mucit r r , re j'arisfadTory in- on the fubjeft. f F V l incc U Campon In lies up- 6 Va. Sr lLhtni loaf cf the Gitlph of ‘ or more properly, upontlhtBuy of Lew ; e ,icky, in latitude about 20 deg. r '' :,f d 300 milts E. of La Vera Cruz. propofeil to add to the refolution an 1 ^ *fi e United States had amendment calling for an nOctJunt oi the lmpreffinent of American vea- nten, of whom he had underflood fix hundred Wete now ar.vtually im- preffied. Mr. M. Imvever wived this propofition for the prefent. Ivlr. Cook laid he felt more inclin ed now than at firft to call for this letter, for fcvcrsl rcafons, one of which was his great reliance on the undirftanding and great powers of raif.d of his colleague over the way aftod in the dignified manner in Kine Pock. By a gentleman iteiy arrived from France, we learn, that a new mode ol inoc ulating Kine Pock has been a- dopted, and is extending in prac tice with the happieft fucccfs. It is as follows :—When a child has been infefted, inftead of a phyfician coming, when the potk is'mature, to take away the matter, and frighten the babe into fears and terror by his lan cet, quills, &c. the parents an nounce by a beard fixed outfide the door, “ that on fuch a day children in perfeft: health may be inoculated without expenfe, and with ripe living matter provi ded that they are brought jby their mothers between lhe hours of 10 o,clock in the morning, and 4 in the afternoon." T he mother of (he infant from whence the matter is to be taken, ican feci et 4 yy of the treafury, is I is furnifhed only with a common only a kit ad of fuperintendant of receipts, and disburfements. Henr.e we fcldom find luminous financial views in his reports; Mr. Jackfon, lie officially an nounced his intPntion of foo*.i reftoring intevcourfe between France and America. This cir- cumftanr.e, produced by the de- cifion ol our executive, alfo had its cll'eft upon Great-Britain, v.'holV rulers muft have argued in this way: “fllr. JacUoa 1ms which it did aft in relation to j that, as we apprehend, from re cent praftice, being left to the committee of ways and means in the Iloufe of Reprefentatives. From Mr. Gallatin’s report, therefore no found opinion can be formed of the refources of the United States, which in faft, are almoft unbounded. And, as Governor Tomkins has re- fewing needle, the point of which fhe dips in the ripe refine on the ann of her child, and then immediately with it inches a flight punfture on the -arm of that which is brought to receive the infeftion. No hieod is drawn. If the children are a- fleep, they are neither of them fullered to he diflurbed. T ins mode of inftftion, with living matter, ntver fails; no h.fhmivi* tion enlues ; and the w hole gf the operatic n is performed by the mothers only.