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MILI.EDGEVILLE :
TUESDAY, MAT 1, 1810.
M assachusetts Election
difperfed !n that province, 5 * cal
culated to “ alienate the affec
tions of his Majefty’s good luh-
jeds (rom his. government and
perfon j” and that, with the ad
vice and concurrence of his mi-
jelly’s executive council, war
rants had been iffued, “ under
which fome of the authors, prim
VOR GOVERNOR.
From 428 towns, Gerry
Gore
4(5.47.8
43,720
Majority for Gerry, (whig) 2,738
gain ! Twenty thoufand families
in Connecticut will fave twenty
thoufand bibles and caps! a^reat
faving this for one year.
DIED, On the <)th inft. in the
20th year of his age, in Oglethorpe
ters and publifhers" of the*"faid ‘ Crrr ? t avl°r Scrong,
r ton of bamuel Strong Efq. Inis ami
able youth graduated in Fianklin
make a bible or a law hook.’ ftruftions to report thereon to
There is a bible and a cap clear . the Houle.
Extract of a letter from a Member of
Gongrefs, to his friend in this Jlaie,
veiled April 21.
“ Since the date of my lad letter,
We have had a number of arrivals
uftcr quick pafTiges from France and
England. The mafs of ■ intelligence
b ought by them, fo far as the U.
States are concerned, is extremely
equivocal indeed. We have how
ever good reifon to believe that the
J:ihn Adams, will bring out the ul-
tim itum of both France and Great-
Britain. By the lall difpatches re
ceived from Gen. Armftrong, the
government is informed, that the a(-
peft of affairs is lefs louring than
heretofore y hut that if he fhould be
unabled to effeft an arrangement,
he flinuldby the return of the John
Adams be able to inform the go
vernment, that no Rich arrangement
could pofBbly be expected By the
ir.ft private difpatches from Mr.
Pinkney, he fays, he lhall detain rhe
John Adams until he lhould receive
the official anfwer to his note fent
in on the 8th of Jan. By late arriv
als we hear, that the John Adams
•after receiving difpatches from Mr.
3’inkney, had failed from England
hi I ore the 13th of March; from
this intelligence, we believe, that
the difpatches from both thefe courts
svill be final and conclufive as to ne-
^ociations.
“ We have this day refeinded the
joint refolution of Congrefs for an
writings had been apprehended
and fecured ” The proclama
tion then goes on to recite what
the governor has deemed his
imperious duty on the prefent
occaffon, and to give a brief hif-
tory of the government of that
province fince its conquefl from
the French, during fifty years
that it has been under the Eng
lifh government ; and he dfks
whether one aft of opprc ffion—
one inltance of arbitrary imprif-
onment, or violation of proper
ty has occurred—or, whether
the people have in any one in
ftance been difturbed in the free
and uncontrolled enjoyment of
their religion He draws an in
tending parallel between the fi-
tuation of the province of Lower
Canada, and that of many other
of the Britifh Provinces.—He
denies that any of the charges
which have beenalledged againft
him h his adminiffation are true
—fuch as intending to call oat
large bodies of the militia—tax
ing their lands, and diffolving
i the houfe of affembly, becaufe
j they would not confent to levy
I the raxt s he required.
H * then cautions the people
: of Canada, againft liftening to
the artful fugg eft ions of delign-
; ing and wh ked men, who by
j fpreading falfe reports, and by
j leditious and traitorous writings,
aferibe to his nr jelly's govern-
' ment evil and malevolent pur-
pofes feeicing thereby to lead
College in Auguft lift. He fuftatn-
cd with great fortitude a long and
lingering illnefs, & died, like a chrif-
tian, without diftrf fling tears His
lalt words expreffed his aflurance, of
j Mr. Johnflon objefted to the
reference on account of the late-
nefs of theft fiion, the preffure
I of other bufinefs. and the im-
' poflibility of malting a report
during the prefent fefiion in time
to be afted on by the Houfe.
Mr. Livermore expreffed his
anxiety that this queftion fhould
in fome fhape or other be bro’t
! before the houfe. He faid the
| claimants felt ftrong in the juf-
tice of their claim and were anx
ious for a difculF.or. and fair in
the forgivnefs of his fins, and h,s Vtfligation of j-
nones or a hannv lmmorta htv < in \ « P
hopes of a happy immortality : To
all his acquaintance, and particular- I
ly to his companions in academic fo-
ciety, he was greatly endeared by
the mildnefs, generality, and gentle-
nefs of his mannets. He exhibited
inconteftible proof of an uncommon
(Length of mind, and had it oleafed j
the Father of all to have continued ■
his exiftence here, he wouM. without
Mr, Troup advocated the re
ference. In allufum to the late
decifion of the fuprenie court,
he faid it was a decifion which
the mind of every man attached
to republican principles mud
revolt at. He faid it was ne-
ceff ry, if the houfe were not
doubt, have proved tfbkffing to his 1 d .'*> ),ed to acquiefce in that de
journment on Monday, and have j the people into afts of treafon &
I rebellion.———He calls upon all
'well difpofed' perfon3, and par
ticularly upon curates and min
filers of religion, to prevent the
evil tff fts of fuch traitorious
doings—to undercc-ive and fet
the people right, and to incul
cate on all an obedience to the
laws. The proclamation then
concludes, by commanding and
exhorting all magiffrates and o
tilers, to make diligent fearch to
difeover the authors and abet-
fixcd for the firft day of May for the
dole of the- feffi ln: Tn the-mterim
we have ftrong expectations that the
John Adams will arrive.
“ The H >ufe of Reprefentntivcs
are engaged in the raduftion of ar
my and navy, and in examining into
the conduct of “ his Excellency the
Commander in Chief of the Army
of the United States, Taifcd or to
be raffed.” He arrived in this city
on Tuefday or Wednefday lalt —«
The Houfe of Reprefentatives on
Thurfday lail pa (led the enclofed
bill [concerning the commercial in-
trrcourfe between the United States
a >d Great Btitain and France, and
their dependencies, and for other
p.’.rpofes] ns a fubftitute for Ma-
rons bill, which was loft by the final
d:(agreement between the twohoufes
It has been referred by the Senate
to a feleft committee, confiding of
tVIeffi'S. Smith of Md. Crawford,
I *ib, Anderfon and Bradley. The
Loan bill is Rill in poffeflion of the
houfe, but tlierc is no doubt but it
will pafs before the adjournment.”
friends and the public tit may be
confidently affirmed that this lamen
ted youth had not an enemy.
Georgia Exprefs.
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CONGRESS
Houfe of Rcprefenttives,
Tuefday, April i7.
Mr. Randolph fil'd that dur
ing the prefent feffion a memo
rial had been presented to the
Houfe on behalf of the New
England Miffifiippi Land Com
“puny embracing what was ge
nerally known by the appellation
of the Yazoo claim, which had
been referred .to the committee
of claims. From that commit
tee he had been in expectation
of a report for fome weeks pad.
He faid he was informed "the
chairmainof that committee that
they had been difeharged from
the further confide ration of that
memorial, and that it was now
on the table of rhe houfe. Mr.
K. expreffed his regret at the
courffc this bufinefs had taken
He laid he did not wifh that a
cifion, that fmne ftep fhould be
taken in relation to this petition.
Mr. Randolph, on the fug-
.gefficn of Mr. ' Johnfton, that
the committee of Claims would
not have time to prepare & ma
ture a report, withdrew his mo
tion for relerrence of the memo
rial to that committee, and mov
ed the following refolution:
“ Rt/lived, that the prayer of
the petion of the New England
Miflifiippi Land Company is un-
realonable, unjuft, and ought
not be granted.”
The Houfe refufed to confi
der the motion—yeas 45—nays
54
Mr. Randolph faid as hisob-
jeft was thus defeated, and the
Houfe did not feem difpofed to
difeufs thit motion, he (hould
ptopofe another. He moved
that the petitioners have leave
to withdraw- their petition.
This motion occafioned a ve
ry defuitory debate, in “which
Mcffrs Bibb, Bacon, Key-Quin
cy, Smilie, Randolph, Liver-
more, Troup and-Shi-ffey took
part. The greet objeftion to
ny thing fliould be done direft- the motion was that it propofed
the petitioners
ly or indiretlly, by any aft of
coinmiffion or onnffion, that
fhould give any the flighteft de
gree et countenance to that
claim The Houfe niuft be ap-
prized, he faid, that a judicial
the Liceri(es had afttinllv injur
ed the commercial intereft ol thu
country.
Two new Commercial De
cree's have recently been promul
gated in France. The one has
for its ohjeft to prohibit all {hips
from leaving Fienr.h ports with
corn, unlefs half their cargo-s
confift of wine or brandy. '1 hat
of the other is to lay a double
duty on all merchandize brought
by foreign (hips into French
ports.
huper ini Marriage.
A Paris paper of March I,
contains a commnnication from
the Emperor Napoleon to the
Senate, announcing that he hail
concluded a treaty of marriage
with the Archduchefs Mari Lou- *
ifa, daughter of the Emperor of
Germany.
The Archduke Charles lias
been appointed to receive the
hand of his niece as proxy to Na-
pol eon.
j A vote of cenfure had been
pnffed by the Biiiifli Parliament
on the Earl of Chatham lor male-
i ing an improper communication
to the King, and the Earl had re
tired from the Miniffry. A fur
ther change of Miniliry was ex—
pefted ; but the Courier inti
mates that neither the Grenville
or Fox party will be introduced.
Canning is expefted to come in.
again.
The revival of the kingdom of
Poland, under a monarch of Bo
naparte’s appointment, is again,
fpoken of.
Louis Bonaparte, king of Hol
land, in a letter to the Dutch Le-
giflative Body, exproffes afton-
ilhment and indignation at the
French government, for its char
ges againft his fuojefts, “ that
th y have betrayed the common
caule in their commerce, and not.
done fufliciem for the intereft of
France.’’ He promifes to labor
that Holland may be permitted
to exift as a nation. The letter
is dated February 1.
A French Imperial Order of
January 21, fays, Louis N ipo-
j decifion ol no fraall importance
tors of fuch writings—to the ! htidduring the prefene feffion of
end, that the offenders maybe
bro’t to fuch punifhment as (hall
The truth cut at In/}. The
ffiutds of Mr. Ftffine having de-
lnanded in Parliament, the inilruc-
iions given him. No. l and 2 were
exhibited. No. three was infilled on,
but the miniftrv declined producing
ir, and being preffed, a vote was uiti-
)u itoly obtained, that it wan not pru-
dent to exhibit No. three. It was in 1 „ jbrlpfhin
No. 3, a., his friends rffert, that Mr * ^
Jbfkine was authorife-d to enter into
the arrangement with our govern-
nicr-t.
Boston Patriot.
We extrnft the following arti
cle, from the Albany Gazute of
flu 5th inft. Itfheds fome light
on the rumor, prevalent yefter-
day, of an infurreftion in Low
er Canada, having it is faid, (or
its objeft an union of the prov
ince to Ftance.
Tho Governor of Lower Ca
nada, lias iffued his proclama
tion, under date the 21(1 March
laft. Rating that “ divers wicked,
fi-dirious and trcafonable writings
have been printetlj pubUQied h
deter others from an afts which
may aflVft the fafety and happi-
r.cls of the people of that pro
vince.
•Nat. Ini.
rnOM THE CONNECTICUT COURANT.
“How olun do the lull things
grow out of the word ! Even the
Bible is made out of rags! Au
thors printers, arts, fciences, and
records, ail depend on rags for
their fupport, and yet rags are
thrown away.—Great people,
that are really great, fave rags.
Why ? Becaufe though faving
rags is a very little thing, yet it is
that has very great
dfefts. Poor pe< pie who are
really poor, that is people who
are not poor & proud, faverrgs.
Why ? Becaufe every little helps.
A few pounds of rags being a
Few pence, and pence feed hun-
gry children.— But middling
people, who are above want and
below affluence, will not fave
rags- Then lee them put the bu
fin.-fs into the hands of the little
folks; children and maids. Tell
Molly and Betty to keep a rag
bag in a handy pla. e—give them
all the pence that their rags will
produce. Their minds are not
above the bufinefs, they will buy
a cap or hat with a year’s collec-
’ uoq of rags; and the rags will
Congrefs taken place in relation pone the motion indefinitely
to that fuhjeft. Now he feared Alter further debate,
that an abandonment on the part On motion ot Mr. Gholfon,
of the houfe ot an examination the further confideration of the
of that quefton, particularly at whole fubjeft was ordered to lie
the time when it was abandoned, on the taolu, 54 to 36.
would wear the appearance a-1
broad of acquiefcence in that Bojlon, April 15
judicial decifion on their part. By the fhip Juno, which arrived
If it was any ordinary claim, Iaft Thurfday in a very fhort
laid he, I fhould have no fuch , paffage from London papers
apprehenfion ; but I have been i to March 12 were received,
acquainted with this claim from
a courfe which
themfelves had not requefted, i eon j 8 recalled from Holland,
and which was not ufually pur- aac j t he country fhall be occupi
ed by French troops.
Heligoland, Feb. 23. —A di-
vifion of the French army in
Germany is expefted every mo
ment to occupy H.imbu'g and
fued u.ilefs where, after an in-
ve tigarion of a petition, it was
deemed wholly improper to aft
on it.
Mr. Quincey moved to poft-
the time of its introduftion into
this Houfe, and furely never has
any claim been preffed upon the
public with fuch pertinacity,
with fuch art, with fuch auda
city. Not a fingle circ.umftance,
however flight, has arifen in ei
ther branch of the Legiflature,
not a fingle aft have we done
or failed to do in relation to this
claim, that the petitioners have
not modeftly adduced as an e-
vidence not merely of the juf-
ticeof their claim, but of a dif-
pofition on our part to fubferibe
to it. I do therefore hope, as
this claim has refted fo long be
fore the committee of Claims as
that they mult have made up
their minds on the fubjeft fo as
to enable them to make a re
port on it, that they would in-
dulge the Houfe with a report
on it. I therefore move that
the petition be referred to the
The London Courier of March 1
9, fays the fhip John Adams
was expefted to fail yefterday
from Cowes, and is to touch at
a French port to take defpatch-
es from General Armftrong. It
is faid flic will carry out with
her the bafts on which it is pro
pofed to terminate all differences
between Great Britain and the
United States. It is ftated to
have obtained the entire concur
rence of Mr Pinkney.
An Order of Council has been
iffued, for continuing open the
Weft India lllands to veffelsfrom
the United States till December
1811, or 6 months after an Eu
ropean peace, if the Colonial Go-
; vernments think proper,
j 'The fubjeft of Commercial
Licenfes has been under confi
deration in the Britifh Parlia
ment ; and papers relative to the
fubjeft were called for & grant
ed. 'The Earl of Lauderdale
ccir.:r.ittcc cf claims, with in* i pledged himfclf ter prove that
its dependencies, fur the purpefe
of preventing every pcfiioility of
the merchants trading in Lng-
li/h, or perhaps any other colo
nial produce. The line of the
French cuftoms at Hamburg,
Bremen and Lubeck, is alfo to
be tripled. A French decree or
order, is faid to have arrived, oif
on the way, according to which
no colonial produce whatever,
whether American or Englifh,h
to pafs the French line of cuf*
tom houfe officers at Hamburg,
coming from Altona, or any part
of the Danifh territory.
The fhores of the German o»
cean are, by the fame account^
to be guarded .by an army of
60,000 French, in order to pre
vent all trade. The Hamburg
merchants who trade to Ameri
ca, and had confignments made
to them via Tonnitigen and o-
ther ports in the Danifh Duck
ies, are under great apprehen-
ftons that the French fhould en
ter Holftein under fome pretence
or other, & feize the great quan
tity of American produfts now
hoarded up there.
The Danifh troops, a few day;;
ago, begun to form a numer
ous cordon of troops, from the
mouth of the river Elbe as far
as Kiel; with what dtfign is net
known The form fil s along
that cordon have alio been f .r
1 ia a rtfpiftablc ftate of Ucku'