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THE DEBTOR,, Th? D. It or purified by Misfortune's fell pack, To the ‘fates of his pr ton’ advances in tears : j Whije Malice and F.rvy and Hate at Id's hick Purine, aud withbftsphetnic3 torture his ears- Vt 1. !e his cold bread he beats in diffraction aiu - r.„„ j ■ * Red Revenge arm‘d with fe’rpents and flame drives him on ; And his pr.le wife and children move flow in th rear—>. * Despair in their afpe-ft—their hearts chang‘t to Hone. Inns hunted “by Furies despairing oF, aid, ITis friends all aloof, ail his Fortitude gone ; Fn his damp sickly prison he Hulks like a fliade That iras fled from the caverns .Itv wandt alone. At the cold Lour oT midnight I hear his dee;. ‘ii.di, And the flirick of his wife as flie wails in the - ('loom, And her fkk famifh’d infant emits a faint cry ; As purlucd by gaunt Hunger it flees to the tomb. Through his dark room fwift flitting, pale spec tres appear, Their lips dropping gore, drank from bodies Hill warm $ While the Vengeance pursue, and pah- | dear Deads th ‘m cn, and; tels-murder shrieks loud i.i the itorm- No dn~el cf Mercy to r >ften his care, ‘ * ( No ray of bright Hope ftreak'e the terrible gloom ; Compassion and Pity have fled, and Depair ‘■ Nerves his frame, and He springs to his doom, ■** l ■■■ r i CO\G,- ESS. SENATE. Monday, January 16, 1809, A bill making further provijionfor the \ corps of engineers. Be it enacted by the fen ate and hovfe cf reprefentatfves es the United,States : of America, in congress affembhd ,!. That fa triuchof the 27 h Ret ion ol the 1 art, entitled A An fttt fixing the rnili tarv peace eTlabitfhment -ft the United States,” as provides that the corps of! engineers fhali be Rationed at V\ ell Point, in the Rate of New York, (hall from and alter the ill day ol r-xi. be, and the fame i- heieby re p -led, and thereafter the feud corps of engine rs conjhAiling the military a c a demy. /hall be removed under th di reßion of the prejident cf the United States, from Wft Point , an I Jlati ned 1 at Wafhmgton, in the diJlriFl of Colum . bui. Mr M Uchiil moved to ftnke out the latter member ol ‘he lc&uin, and i in aliigidng his realons for the motion,’ spoke in terms ol high encomium on | the ext- Gcncy of the military acaue j my, die learning ol the prnfi (Tors, and ‘ the acquirements ol the liudepts. He declared him fell cue of its warmest friends, and profefHd his willingness to appropriate funds for its better en dowment. But he wished it to re main at Writ P m r , u place famous tii the hi-story of the revolution, and which he hoped would be continued as the head quarters cl taffies and en genet-ring. Mr. ’ ■ itchiil extolled the heahbinefs of that charming ipot.and dwelt with emphatis on its feenery, whereto the beautiful, the pitfturelqoe, end the sublime are incomparably mendod. He pointed out the lingu lar fitnefs of the place for practical exeicifes, both on land and water, and calculated to reader cadets familiar at? . fafe and eefy rate, not only with per beftive,’ drawing and geometry, but itb the use of field pieces, cannon, i.nvitz ms arid mortars. VVrff Point, e {i id, was that precious spot, where j ie teachers and ihe pupils were m the r roper fitua ion be ween seclusion and 1 cicuy, They cou id have the one or j he other as they pleased, and he j jould confider it as an injudicious < ue to remote this hopeful luminary, j tom the celebrated sea.. where it hid | > long existed, and had thriven so •11. to the ltd aufpictous price con-, unpriced in the bill He hopeeUhe j jrtre.fi- which h-;d refill and <he treafonj ■ i one oi ihe niofr diftingudhed revo- i itionarv commanders, would be con- j u p d as the centre of military feience, j and be' 1 the rc fi rt ot aU the young mar- i I fptrtts who v 1 (it the temple of fence on their journey to the field oi Lry. • On the quell ton for IL ifing- ou'. 1 he motion, was oegaoVtd, to wtf : teas — d= firs. Gilman, Goodrich, LUhoule, Howland, KitchH, Ma hev.fi n, Mitebill, Parker, hobtnUm. -midi, of Maryland, buruh, oi i\, \. f ur-aer, — t 2. Nays—M ffrs. Anderfony Bavferri. Brarftv, Gondit, Crawford, Franklin. ai 1! arc!, Gregg, Mugs, Millergu, vioore. Pope, Smith, oi Ten. oust er, ft hiirfton, White—ib. THE TWO MILLIONS- Gen. 5-MiTh, of Maryland, laid, chat as our government was predicated upon the will oj the pcojdeevery ik e.ifaiy information of measures pur lued by it, And tds haa become ihe more neccifiry, not only us newspa pers, but aHo as gentlemen of very u-gh respehfabtbty m the several dates minly {relieved, arm hau politive'v as ferted, that the two mididus of collars appropriated ‘ by the act of the sift FeOruary, 1806, for rh* ptrrchaie ot ihe t i 1 j>n-ii.N, hod . ttualiy be n lent to France or Sp un as a prcfent. G'n. j bmith fid, tkat id his travels to iht ealtwaid, efuring the last recess, ‘he j found many refpettatle p rions as! firmly bt lieveing this report, as they; did any Lilt known to them. To re move-this imprellton from the public,! (for this fallehood is unvi rfaily circu lated) he moved ihe following reio lution ; Re rived, That the Prefidcnr he re queued to direct the pi * per oflktrs to leport to this Houle ihe meatttres | which have been adopted to carry in- j to execution, theact of cor.grefs ui sift ft February, i8o6 ; appropriating! two millions of dollars for defraying any extraordinary expenses attending the intercourse between the U. bones ; , and foreign nations,particularly whe-; thcr the laid two millions of dollars,’ or any portion thereof was lent ini specie or by bills oi exchange toti | ther France, Spain, Holland, or any i other country, for the pus pole ol car jryirVginto execution the laid ad,and jaifo to whai obj ct the funis so remtt ! ted have been applied, were authoris ed or intended to be applied. Ordered to lie on the table. Gen. kul rit laid, that no gentle man in this House believed this re port, because each one knows that not one cent of this mouy was ever drawn out of the tTTsury it*, specie, u r by bills or in any other manner* HOUSE OF REPP.SENf ATIVEiS Saturday, january 14. I The documents from the Senate, I on the fubjett of the naval cftablifh rnent, Were ordered to be printed. 1 i he House now agreed to take up i the report of the committee ol the whole of vefterday, on the amend merits from the Si nate — 43 to 39 Mr. Nicholas moved to poll pone the coufideiation of the fiubj; fill Monday, that the documents nngi • be minted—S^toS l, The Floufe resolved ttfclf into c com mitt* e of the whole on the bill fo* the,relief of sick. difahLd, and dL ft reified seamen Mr. in the ch.ir.. T'he blank for the furn to be appro priated for the purpo v e, was ft Ike wuh two hundred thou fund dollars. 63 ifing in the affirnv>'ive. The c< muiiitee having rose and rc poitetl the bill, the filling of the blank with two hundred ihoufand dollars, (after confine ruble oncuffton, in which ftie mes sure was very cF>l y fu-pported by ivii. fl ewton, anil others, anti opposed by Vi r. Gardiner, and oiht is) wa c agrei and t< ——Ayes 69^ Mi . 1). R. \\ iiL 1a ms n< veu to ar*d 10 the -clause making the appro, ptiation, me Idilowmg words: “and -hat tl.*e lurne fiia’.l be refunded into 1 1 it. afury rt th* U. States, out of luch (unis as may occure to the fund un he relief of dtfabfed seamen.” I his • mendnen't was ni-odtfi* and on th< luptefiion oi Mr. Quincy, by ad ding to ii fine words —“ at luch times nd in fut h planner as may not defra die general put poles sot which fuel, urn was eftablifited.” Ihe amtna 'merit as m* utned. was agreed r o. Mr. S omen moved to aod to the i nitl, the follow mg lenience, width he! conceived would m. ke he bill con on. 1 to ihe feci clary ot the maiury’s letter o;T that fubjffct : And fhali txpetia...! (herein, n> proportion to the atrioum collected in each (port) on account ot the iund for lick and disabled fi men during the year 1807.” fihis was * ftjjt fcfed toby Mtflrs. .Ma con. L> R. W tliiams-, ;ind Newton, aho Bedar and n would and. feat the ob j Ct of the bifi, and itaoopicd, would . onVptl’many to r ore again ft the bill. 1 Mr. Stedftian, ct< iirous that the bill ; fltouln pMs, with .nsw-his amendment j And on th. question, fhali the bill he enqiofh and for a third reading, it jp.lfietiM the affirmative--Keas 54-- j Nays *4. ft he bill was ordered tor a third leading on Monday. sM ond ay, j anuary i6. An engrotfed bill tor >he relief of sick, difabl.d and dtflrelfed seamen, | was read the third time and pafftd. Yeas 66 nays 50. j ft lie house went into committee of the whole on the bill for dividing the j Indiana Territory into two separate ! governments. Mr. W illis Alliton in he chair. Several amendments were ! marie and reported by the chairman to i the house, and ihe bill was ordered to be engrofted tor a third reading to : morrow. The house relumed the confiacra tion of the amendments proposed b\ the senate. to the bill entitled “ An att anthorifing the appointment and em jployment of an additional number of navy officers, seamen and marines;” whereupon, The firft amendment, to which the committee of the whole house report ed their di (agreement on the 13 th in ftarst, being again read at the clerk’s 1 table, in the wdrds following, to wit : ; 1 Sec. 1. line a ---After the word “as sembled,” uftert as follows: “that there be fitted out, officered, manned, & employed, as boon as may be,all the frigates and oiher armed vessels of th United States, and gun-boats : That > the prelident of the United States be - authorifed and empowered to cause the frigates and armed vtfiels, lb soon 5 as they can be prepared for actual - (crvtcc, refpcdtvely, to be ftauoned t fitch ports and places cn t f, p -afts, as be mav deem, moft e , nt, or to cruise on any p an oaft of the United States, or ter ries thereof,” and--- Afier considerable question was taken, that the heufi oncur with the committee of whole houfi in their difagretni h he said firfl amendment; and ii, carried in the affirmative -y eas g nays 55. This decided ihe fate- 0 the other amendments from the fen which were fucctffively voted and the bill, precisely in the fha h-jd originally gone to the senate, before the house, uh n an adjoi mem was called for and carried, i| | J vN Axa HAS received fvy tbc Adonis, frorn' 1 Mew ala. jje aflbrtmi.tu of frelii Drugs & Medicine | T3EST BIT i ERS, lew by she and ■li-ft 0 fin lift: buttle k bet. Glaubeu’s and EpLni’sStlj Aitova R.vot ; 8a,;o in grains and in powder ! Campi 01. Saltpetre Spju.ifti Lupiuncc, refined in biXei Lip Sa:*e, Hbui arb j Red, -It* and yellow Balk 1 p->r*ble Aquafortis i Oft ol Vciiol, Oil of Mint j Oil of Annift-e.l | Oil ol Cloves and of Peony Royal 1 Ifing Gifts I Effenceift Burgamct Udeuce oi Lemon and Lavender Songes Windsor and Caftile S isa ALSO, .Spirits of Turpenuue ‘Nutmegs. Vanilla Beans k Carmine Lamp G'aifis, Frost-y Fin* Lancets and White Skins December-46 7ft Sheriff’s Sales.* 1 On ihe h’Jt ‘i uefda . m February n>x!, tie fold at. tile i ourt House. in the a Savannah between the hoars oj tm tluee o'clock , TWO NEGROES, Named lshinaei and Betty l vied cm property of Jane Winn, at the suit i.oj . Thompson , being ihe life hold estate-, defendant. , . JOHN EPFINGER, SI January 3, NOTICE. ALL perion* having any demands ?gn. cftate of GEORGE CUIHBERT, Mrs. CUTHBERT or Dr. JAMES CUTHBhI fend in their accounts to CHPRESSHARtiI Savannah, on or before the 15th day of Jn‘y it is prtlpnfed then to tieviue thfc i. fUte auo letters diiroiffory. WILLIAM MB JOHN M'QUr, Erecutora of the Hitate Ur. Jas. April i.i x ~tol7ease, % For a Number of Years. TTIE whole or part i>[ait LOT, in Ewingsburph, 90 by toO :i situated on Well Broad Street. I®’ possession can be given. Enquire of JOHN £PriNG£ R i ; O&ober 2i