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MiskAloi.. Hewa ape lTecll yat njoSfZS tpfx
object the jffntlJir.an.cS'.nd have in bribing ther
matter up now'., Mr. C. ha-3 alluded to the fame
paper s It war t{ie only paper'cf. any consequence
in the city, and the prefiden't y.’ts obliged to take
th?t course to circulate official afts through the
Union. It had always been the cuttom For the j
president to publiih his proclamation?, but in no i
s,iA.*nte had be bid them before the Houle— ‘
The two extraordinary feiiions of Congress had;
beep held by proclamation pubjifhed in the newf
•papers, and if e proclamations for convening them;
had nbt been bid before the House. It hav
ing been done by another Pnflfident had no
bearing on the present case : no law er.illed au
♦hdriFngT’refident ‘Waflnngton to iilue such a
proclamation, as that referred to ; but the proc- i
Jjmafion now referred to, a? well as that in the •
tile of Mr. Buit were issued under an aft of!
Congress. Mr: C. had no partica.V objeftion
to the call ; but he could not fee the necessity
for it. With refpeft to precedents in other coun
tries, he wifned th§m to have influence on
the'proceedings in this,
Mr. Burwell did not rife to oppose the refolu
♦.ion ; he was willing that the proclamation should
be sent to them by the Preficent ; but the gen
tleman had expressed his furprize that he did no*
jjnd that proclamation contained in the report of
the cor.mitte?. The only reafen was, that they
lad fappofed it was Efficiently official in the
rtewfpapers, end had referred to them when oc
casion required, as they would have done to any
ether authority. He held it a correft proceed
ing, that it vvas the right of any member of that
House to call for any information relative to any
fubjeft; he should always favor such an applica
tion'; he therefore did not rife to oppose the gen
tleman's notion, but to apologize for the com
mittee’s not having reported it.
Mr. Dana said, that, the obfevations of the
gentleman from Virginia had been made with
hie general candor ; he had no doubt but the
committee considered such reference as they had
made correft:; but as no public prints were
ftriSly official, and as they were called upon to
deliberate on the proclamation itfclf, be thought
it necessary they should have it before them.-
Wefe they pot called together on this fub'eft
particularly, he nrgbt not fee the fame necessity
for having it ; but as it was to be the bails in tome 1
measure of their proceedings, they ought to have
an official copy of it. Mr. D. also thought it
was more correct whenever Congress were called
together by proclamation that they should be
specially notified. Ihe gentleman from Mafia
chufetts was in an error so far as related to the
form of giving notice of extraordinary fitting* ; 1
he had untkriloed the gentleman to fay, that
Congress were called together by a proclamation i
yblilhed in a newspaper, which was official no- i
t.ce. 1 :•.!? was not the correft course. It. was !
t-ue they were now all gathered together ; but
their j jurnzle would not shew how. When an ;
ieffion had been called fa rarer! y a
letfer had dried addrelied to each member from
the secretary cf date, enclosing the proclamation
for the purpose and this was capable of being
done in eve v instance, bv transmitting these let
ters to the Executive of each flatr:, who might
notify them individually. This had been the
course, and he thought it more correft them the
other.
E Ihe question on the resolution being takc.i,
Hvas earned,- 70 to 32 ; and Meflrs. Quincy and
■ Burwell named a committee to wait ou the Pro-
Hfideat for the purpose.
1 IN. SENATE, Nov. £(■).
■ Mrt Mitchell, from the committee on that
■ part of the rrieffage of the Preddcnt of the Uni-
Hted States, v hich relates to the defence of our
■teapert iuwfes and harbors, reported, in part, the
■ rollo.vine letter from the Secretary of the Navy ;
■ alfp a bil} to appropriate money for the conilruc
■tion of .an additional number of gun-boats.
K Atavy Department, !&/’• Nzvmicr, ISGT.
80/A’,
■ In aufwerto your letter of the ‘ S'.li ;„.l.
Hn which you afe for fueh information in relation
■‘ to. the defence of our fsa-port towns vd har
■bors, and the further proviuon to be iiu.ee far
■their-security,” as the navy department may
■possess ; I have the honor to date that in aid of
■the fixed fortifications, which will be fubusitted
Vy ‘he Secretary of war, it is preferred that
■thej-e will be.required at the ports and harbors,
below, the number of gun-boats an
■lexed to them refpeftively, viz.
B At New-Orleans 16, Savannahs, St. Mary's
■L Cbavleiton, S. C. 10, Georgetown, do.. I,
N. C. 3, Ocracock 4. Albemarle
■jttund 1, Norfolk 60, Alexandria 2, Baltimore
■L Philadelphia 4, Delaware bar and river 10,
harbor, N. J. 1, Amboy 6, New.York .50,
■.ong-Ifland 4, New-London 6, Conne&ici’t
■hove6, New-Fort, P. I. 12, Tiverton i, Bos
ton 12, Salem and Newburyport 6, Portland 0,
4, Marblehead and Cape Ana 2,
■fork,.. Kcnnebunk and Saco, % Kennebeck,
■hecpscut, Damarifcotta, Broad Bay, St. Geor
■ejh, 5, Penobfcot, 3, Frenchman’s Bay, 2,
■ 3 affamaquod'dy Bay, 3, Pcrtcmouth, N. Ik 4-
■taking in all, 257
■ Os which we have at this time provided,. 60
I Would leave to be provided, gv i
■: ..beats, . JBS
§ The budding of tbefe gun boats if. cilirbatrd
‘■ n an average at 5000 dollars each.
H 188 gun boats, at 5000 dollars
■sake dolls. 010,000
B Dcdufl the amount of timber con
’ B n fted for, as Stated in the exhibit of
expenfes incurred by the
■ B av y 4epir.tment fmac the 2£d June
#7,500
. Wpuld jeav* to be appropriated for
buildihg of 188 gun-briars; “dolls. 852,366
Rcfpeftfully submitted.
„ Rt. SMITH.
; Ho~, Samvel L. Mitch at,
| Chairman of a Committee
of the Senate.
| Tine bill: jas follows:
i Le er.a'icd, A r . 1 hat the Trefldettt cf the
cJ nited btates be, and he hereby is authorized;
j and empowered to cause to be built a number
not exceeding gun boats, and
to equip, arm, man, fit out and employ the fame,
for the better proteftion of the ports and har
, bors of the United States, and for such other
j purposes as in his opinion the public service may
’ require.
| Sec 2. And he it farther enabled, That a.
futn not
dollars be and heredy i; appropriated, for this
purpose, out of any monies in the treasury not
othervvife appropriated.
MOUNT-ENON COLLEGE.
Extrxft from the Minutes of the Gener*f Committee
of Georgia Baptist., and Tniftee* of Mount-Enon
College, convened on Meunt-Enon, ftotn the Bth to
the * i th of last Angu ft, inclnfive.
RESOLVED, To open a Grammar School, cn
this Mount, the firft day of next month, and that the
direction of it be committed to Brother CHARLES
O. SCREVEN,untiI he.andtheßrethren
and Koicom*procure a proper character, at an an
nual salary of eight hundred dollars, to fix at the head
of this inititutiou : and they are htrtby authorised to
employ an Afliftaut in the School, and a Steward of
the Boarding-house, at t.hcfe measures may become
necessary, at pricei considered reifouoble.
Agreed, That pupils finding their own lodging, the
price of board here fhail not exceed twenty dollars
per quarter, paid in advance—and that but the fame
lain per year, paid quarterly, fliall be charged for
teaching, with care and accuracy, Reading, Writing,
Arithmetic, Grammar and its everciles, Geography
with the ule of the Globes, Mathematics, Aftronomv,
Natural and Moral Ehiloicphy, the ?in Arts, Logic,
and the Latin and Greek Language*.
Refolded, That chi* School ilhallbe opened if futi
i thr, and remain a&ive till breakfaft ; after that time,
studies (lull be ptirfued ”ntil twelve ; and, rcfn.ned
again at two,(hall be continued to five o’clock—and
that, in the fchool and out of it, among those whefe
board rosy net be underth* direction of this body, aa
well a r, others, the ftritbeft attention ft-,all b* paid to
deportment and morals.
Resolved, That in thecourfe cf the year there (haft
be but two vacations, cf three weeks each, allowed in
this femtrary; and that there lba.ll commence on the
firft days of April and November
In confluence of the above refolVea, Mr. Screven
opened a Grammar School on Mpunt-Enon, early in
September ; but before a cumber cf youth irom
dtffeient parts of the slate, who w*te on their tray to
ib.st fet.unary, could arrive be left it—What led to
this measure, as uexpetfted to the board, who had en
gaged that rcfpeftaMe agent, as mortify.nj to the
liienda of the institution at large, will be a fubjeft of
fertous enquiry at their next fHaon. Since this etn
bvrrasTn gpveut happened, sso etertiou which could
be made, to contract the limits of it* injurious efleifts,
l)7i been fparedt and the public are hereby rrfpedl
folly informed,that thislchool will BE- COMMENCE
under very Mattering circuniftances, on the fit ft Men
day in January. Mr, DANIEL MERCER, highly
recommended s sn able and persevering teacher, is
engaged as Principal ol the Grammar School; and.
Mr. JOJIL HILL, a grctlrm .nos character, who’ it
Veiled with an amiable family, aud has a productive
Stock and fatal, within three miles of Mount-Enon, it
to keep the Enstrdtng Honfe. Mr, Hill is promptly
preparing, and will h*Vc in re-adinefs, by the fir ft of
next month, g-ntecl acecmmodations, cot on';’ for
pupils, but fji ladies and gentlemen who may occa
lionally vi2t Mount Enon. Should it be inconve
nient for parents to fend lodging or bedding with
their children to this place, Mr. Hill will furnifti that
article at a reasonable rate May the enlightened
frieudsof this eftabiiiT.men'i which has derived it*
being from their liberality, meet their reward, in
feeii g it rife under their lollering han.k, and .he an
proving smiles of Pros id. uce, into the bigheft litera
ry eui.nenes;
H. HOLCOMBE.
December Id
REMOVAL .
Samuel Griggs.
OcJ
TAYLOR,
Refp.ci.udiy informs his friends and the pub
lic that he has removed from his former ft a. iid on
the bay, and has taken a shop next door to Mar
quand and Paulding, where be will thankfully
receive, end faithfully execute, any orders in his
line,
Nov. 20 79
A 'dice is hereby Given,
THAT after the expiration of nine month* appli
cation will be made to the Honorable rhe Juttices of
the Inferior Court ot Effingham County, for leave to
ell three ttadls of l-ANli,containing two hundred
acre* each, iu said county, for the benefit of the het
and creditors of James Vvebb, deceased.
RICHARD WICGINS, “> , , .
WILLIAM WIGGINS, } um
Apr;'! “ iafn;;-.! I
ASSIZE for Dec. j. 807.
F lIHF. price of Flour bring nine dol
-3 lets per band, weight ol bread
must he, .
ni- cent* Loaf j 6 r-4 rents Loaf
alb. 5 ot,. I rib. *. oe-
Os which all RAK.KR6 and sellers ol
G ” ya ;> arc i>> {eke due and particulat
JAMES MARSHALL, C. T.
An Apprenuc e wanted ai this
Office,
INTELLIGENCER.
SAVANNAH:
TUESDAY, December I5 1807.
WE havf perused a letter from & member
of Congress, from this (late, under date of the
29th ultimo, which Hates, that matters remain
iri a Very unsettled state as to PEACEor WAR ;
but, the writer is of opinion, that appearances are
rather against Peace. The writer mentions,
that they have been five weeks in fdlion, and
that very Mttle has been done as refpefts defence.
No mention is made of Mr. Monroe or the Re
venge,
CT.'p Tke Charge of ln3 Kcnor Judge
CHARLTON, to the Grand Jury of Bulloch
County, is received, and which we will, with plea
sure, lay befete.cur readers on Friday next.
* ,
Captain Gault, of the (hip Young Eaftcr, who
arrived at New-Yor3c left the Downs on the
17h Oftober, and informs that Britiur cruizers
had orders to captm*- all American vefiels hound
to or from the Continent., and carry them in for
examination , Phil. Pal).
Feck: tus National Ivtellicsnce?.,
It is with pleasure we announce to the public,
that the Monument to be erefted to the memory
of the Officers of the Navy, who fell during the
different attacks made by our Fquadron on the
city of Tripoli, in 180 b, has arrived at Bollon,
in the United State*’ frigate Gonflitution, and
that it v ill ihoitly be iandedat the Navy Yard, ct
this city. *
The expenie of this beautiful piece of Ccttlp.
tore, which, for grandeur of design, elegance cf
execution, and ftze, far excels any thing cf the
kind ever seen cn this fide cf the Atlantic, has
been defrayed out of the slender means cl the
Officers of the Navy.
We underftaiid, that the manager, captain
David Porter, intends, in behalf of his brother
officers, to present it to this city, ftlfiy re&rving
to himfelf, the privilege cf chooftng the spot
where it is to fund ; and that Mr. Eatrobe has
generoufiv offered his iervices in putting it up.
To convey fome idea of this Monument, we
fuh’oin a fixirt, though imperfeft defeription :
Itsbafe is I S fret square, and its height 23
feel. It, is cempofed of the pure it white of
Carrara, tiitli ornaments and mferiotior.3 of ‘--ih
bronze. The Pcdeilal is highly ornamented with
inferiptions, representative of the aftions, trophie3
of war, See. See, ‘in oafs relief, ar.d supports a
Roflral column, furnr.ounted by the arms of the
United States, Fame handing cn one fide of
the pedeftal’ with the palm aud laurel, crowns
■tn urn, which beats this iafcriplion :
Hit Dccorcr Funscru~. in hello Virorurn Cinerts.
Hiffory feted at the b?.fc, looking back re
cc’d: ng these events. Mercury, the genius of
Commerce* lamenting the death of his proteftors
—a female Indian repre fen ting the flame cf im
mortality.
On the pedestal appears the following inscrip
tion, in letters of gilt bronze—
Erected to the Memory of Cept. ktCKARD So
mers Lieutenant* James Caldwell, James
Decatur; Henr y W adswcrth, Joseth Is-
r ae*., John H. Dorsey - , who
fell in the different attacks that were mad: on the
City of Tripoli, in the year of our Lord 1804 t, and.
ne lie XXMIIIth veer cf the Independence of the
United States.
/. fame (f glory inspired them,
Ahidfame has crowned their deeds.
History records t..e events—the Children of
Columbia admire—ar.d Commerce laments t heir
’ Gil
i “- 1 * .
I As i small tribute of resptP. f> their memory, and
admiration cf their valor, so worthy of imitation,
their Brother Officers have creZltd this monument.
The iromimer.t has been imported in 51 large
cases, and weighs above 15 tens. The figures
are as large as life, and the whole will coff 3000
dollars, which is to he railed at the following
rales of funfeription :—Commanders 20 dollars,
Wards'-Room Officers iO dollars, and Officers
of the rank of Midfnipmen, he. 5 dollars The
fubfeription is nearly completed ; and from the
known spirit and generality of our officers, We
are confident it will Icon be elefed.
Savannah /fnacrcontic Society.
rHHRS wiilks a CONCERT given in the Long
Hoorn of tin Exchange on FRIDAY EVENING
nzxt. The Musk will commence at 7 o'clock, P. Vi.
ALEXANDER S ROE,
Treifurcr and Secretary.
December 15 85
Chatham Rangers !
YOU are ordered to appear at your Parade
Ground on Saturday x.cat, precisely at 3 o'clock,
P. JVL’in uniform.
By order of the Coinmsndiug Officer.
AOSBp.T HOUSTON O 8.
Deceabsr 1$ 35
Book and Stationary
Store.
THOMAS G. COLLIER,
KA3 FOR SALB, OPPOSITE Mr. TO JLEft'c
WHITAR.ER-STRIET,
An asiortr.cnt of Rooks 6? Stationary}
Among which are the following :
ELEGANT quarto Bihits, with plates
Plain ditto ditto
School Bibles, of different prices
Testaments—lVatds Psalms—ditto Psalms end
Hymns
Rippon‘s Hymns—Methodist do.
Baxter's Miscellaneous Works
Henry on Prayer
Doddridge's Rise and Progress rs Religion At
the soul
Doddridge cn Regeneration — do. Sermons
Gospel Sonnets—Pilgrims Progress
Holy H r ar
The genuine works cf Flavius Josephus, 6 dels.
Village Dialogues, 2 vol.
Scwrins ‘ Sermons
Sermons of Majfllon end Pour da!am
Davis’ Sermons , 2 volt.
Hunter's Sacred Biography, 4 voh.
Life of Joseph — Blairs’ Sermons, 3 vohs.
Baptist Confession
Christian Philosothy
Evan's Sketches
ffos helm’s Church History, 6 voir.
Here Soft: arise, or Essays on some remark aid
names and titles of Jesus Christ, 2 volt.
Mrs. Warren's History of the American War*
5 vois.
Ashe's Dictionary, 2 00/s.
Webster's, Perry's and JEntici's School do, ,
Murray's English Read.,-
Ditto Grammar-Exercise and Key to do.
French Grammar
ldeleter's and Lovstids English Grammar
7'pgethir v/itha very general assortment of School
Books, Chap and Toy Books life. life.
Beet wove hot pressed black and gild edged Let
ter Pap •
Best and common laid ditto, by the ream or quire
Foolscap, Super. Royal, Medium, Demy, Dutch
Folio and other Papers
Playing Cards, a variety
Wrapping Paper
And numerous other articles, comprising a gen
eral assortment of STATIONARY, which toil
le constantly kept up, and sold at a moderate acL
vance for cash only.
December 15 lavdjtu 85
The Subscriber,
i 7
i Begs leave to inform his /ner.ds and the
public, that he ntza opening at us:
store, Adjoining Mr. Citizen. Smith's,
Mat kit.-square,
rco pair NEGRO SHOES
qoo do. lined and bound do.
500 do, Ladie* Slippers
Trunks and Saddlery
300 bottle* CORDIAL
Together with a common assortment cf
GROCERIES.
Ke al r o intends to keep a con Rant sup
ply ot CORDIALS, by the barrel or
Itogfhead. The whole ol which he ofTrr.'p
and means to offer, low loi or Pro
duce,
He fiatters himfelf, that the superior
qudiiy of his Goods, and the particular
a Mention which will he paid to cuflomersi
will induce the public to favor him Wilt*
their patronage.
DANIEL SHAW.
December 15 “ 83
Opening & For Sale,
x O
At the Store lately occupied by M'Lean L Earner,
on the Bay,
1200 pair NEGRO SHOES
do. Morocco and Leather Slices
q calcs Mens ard Boys Hats
A tew hhds, Mobile*
And packages ol DRY GOODS
JOSEPH HAWES.
December 15 B 5
In Council,
MONDAY, 14th December, 1807.
ORDERED, That 1 c Monday t!r* 2<th inffi. that
the City Council will proceed to the Election of
DEPUTY GOAL VR, vice William Simmon*, resign
ed, with a fatary of Five Hundred Dollar* per annum.
Candidates, who with to apply for the Office, will fc,r
ward their petition* to the City ClctL.
Eatraiff from the Miur.te*
D IJ. WIDLIAMS, C. C.
NOTICE.
WANTS a Ctuatica on a Coifon or Rice Planta
tion, a man who under (land* the culu.r* of
Cotton and Rice, and who can bring good recommen
dation*. Enquire at this Office.
December ij 35
NOTICE.
LOST ycfkrday rooming a Rad Morocco POCK
ET BOOR, containing an Indenture andi'undry oth
er paper*, of no use to any person but the own*-.
A reafonabTe reward Will he Tven to the finder 00
liavtng it at this Office,or at Mr. V ttvi* Coop**’*.
Dccepi'.'tr 1