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CONGRESS. House or Representatives. MAH'. !l 16. After the reeption u:,cl reference of vari ous pet tions, amongst which was one pre sents.! by Mr J. wett, from sundry inhabit ants of he Green .Mountains in Vermont, praving u repeal ot tls duty on imported salt : A committee offive members was appoint ed, on motion of Mr Forney, to require into the exprdii- cv of increasing the salary ot the clerk of the house of renreseotaiiyes. Tile engru.-.ed bill for the relict ol Kras fits Loomis ; the engrossed hill making ter ther provision tor settling clairttr, to land in the I linois Tee- urn-v ; and tlK* engrossed bill for the relief of certain claimants ty lands in the district of Vincennes, wereseve lallv read the third time and passed. Tee house took up die bill front the sen ate, relative to < vldetice in cases of naturali sation, as amended, passed and returned to the senate The lionse then went into committee of the whole, Mr Moore in the chair, on the bill providing for quieting and adjusting certain land claim in llie Mississippi Terri tory. Amotion made bv Mr Strong to strike out the Hast section, produced a good deal of debate on the inert sos the bill, from which w extract the so lowing subs 1 antral view of the questi. ai: After the treaty of 178.3, that is in 1795, when the U. 8. took possession of tit'” Mississippi country, they found certain settlers ort lands, who had set tled under Spanish grants, issued when .Spain was possessed of the country. The IT. fi. without demanding Any equivalent the fir, relinquished to those letliers all the right acquired by the treaty of 1783, but without warranting them in the title— subsequent l.j however, certain pern* ns hold ing patents under the British government, set up a claim to these lands, as having tiie elder title, and the actual settlers, those holding under the Spanish grants, petition the U. S. to examine and decide th - claims of the British grantees, and If it be adjudged that tliev have the stronger title, that their claims ruav be satisfied by an equivalent grant of public land elsewhere The bill re po-led by the committee on the public lands to whom the petition was reiered, and now undiT consideration, provides that the Se cretary of State, the Attorney General, and the Commissioner of the General Land 01- fic.e, be authorised to examine the disputed claims, and decide thereon according to law, as soon as the claims to 140.000 acres have been filed for decision, that it the claim f the British grantee should in any case be confirmed, the Commissioner of the Land Office shall issue itis Cer'ificate for the a l*Mti o. thereof, which Certificate shall be u final satisfaction ol his claim, afitl shall he received in payment for any of the public lands oft he U. S. at the ran of iWo doiluis per acre fur every acie of the Certificate ; that no claim shall he filed under ‘his Act, which has been barred by any former law, tnd that the decision of the Cummissioi.t,. shall be final and conclusive. Tin- on ton to strike out the first sectioi. being a vital one, gave rise ’o the debate a foovc m> ntioned, in wntclt Mr Strong, Writ. :v Fo‘">y!h Jackson and Ross supported ‘■'> mo'.ioo, and ot course opposed the-bill ar.-.. Air ICilx r s jo, M’Kre, Johnson, Clark, o,‘ K\ I’.cker ng, Li'iitnore and Ho]ik,os. spoke against s iking out the section. M Cl.i. ids.i, on a ■ lbs q lent morion, advoca t-Alie id Toe qmturn was finally dete mined against si iking out trie section ; an ter some fu • her unsuccessful attempts itK itd the bill, the coninmtec rose, rep . - cl progress, and tilt house adjourned. ■ St —i ii ..... FOR R f g N. YF? Y LATE FKOM ENGLAND MEW YORK, M4K, 9* Lad evening arrived at this port, the elegant fait failing ihip Integrity, cap’ GiUenHer, from Liverpool, whence (lie failed on the lit ot Feb ; and from the Rock on the7ch ; ma king her passage only 29 days. Capt G has favored’ the editors of the Mercantile Advertiser with Liverpool papers to the !ft pf Feb; London to ;he 30th of Jan ; and LL'iyd’s I -ills to the 23d. We have copied ;he molt prominent and in terelting articles. •The Niger frigate failed from Po'tftriouth on tho 28th of Jan with the britilh mlnilter, for the U. S. of America. LONDON jan 29. French papers arrived yesterday and this forenoon we received the Pans Journals of the 27th ihft. The political arrests are still con tinued with an atlivity, and in such numbers, as to evince that the gov eminent is its the utmost dread of a con ulfion. Armed forces are em ployed for the purpose of making these arrests, and handing over he luf ied’ and perlon to the civil au : ho nties. 1- is aifo evident, that the sea s ts the government are not ill sou t led. a proof that the police, nu m; >u a. tin, aT'.Ve body is, ar.j ryfufijcient to prevent the elements of popular vengeance from collect ing, and threatening-the’mbditiiieful catastrophes ; yet the departure of the foreign force is again spoken of. The fatisfatlion pre fence of onr countrymen inarms, who have conferred so manybieff ings on the French r.a ion, tv re storing the Bourbons, alfordsto the French people* may be eftimat’d by the solicitude winch iT fliows to convince its a , speedy departure of ‘heir deliverers i It is now itsrad, tint all the English troops will have reached then defti nations by the Ift of F-b ;of course that they are to be withdrawn from the capital, a measure as unlikely as it would be dangerous to the Bour bon'authority ; and, [till more for tunate circufnftance, “he weather has relaxed and allowed feme of the re giments that were on their return to embark for England I Ihe British artillery, however, are dill menacing the Fauxbourgs, and Handing watch St the gates of St Denis. DECEMBER if. A defaulter in the ‘collection of the French raxes lately decamped ro England, with bills on London to the amount of 10,000 £. iterling. He got them difeounted, r vl ship ped at Falmouth for A nays before he was TotTgl PtfeTn j England by the French government January IS. We regret to learn that so die as the 24th of lalt month, frefh tftur bances broke out at Sonamieres four leagues from Nifmes, (in Fhnce) and that in othfcr places, ir the neighborhood, the perfecuiinglnirit of the b'gots was only kept and T n by the prefer.ee of an vmed forip. JANUARY 30. It by the daily bii’eton, that the prince regent recover, very (lowly from his goufty arrack,arid is Itill inconvenienced by fome cf the usual consequences of that punful and Border. Safety ofTheking. VERBAL INFORMATiOy;. An intelligent paiTenger io me A lexander, informs us, that just pefore tailing, it was reported, that LQUIS XVIII feeimg himfelf Fety insecure cut account of the seditious afpedl of .he city of Paris, rcquefled of Lord . Wellington 8,000 troops, as a check upon ihe French, and a guard for his own person. To which, his lordftiip replied, that utalefs tiie National *uard were completely disarmed, such a mearfure, in the present feei ng of the people, might lead to doodlhed—but expressed his will t gnefs to fend into the city 18,000 aen i o this measure Louis con fented, adding that as it would Be ra ther difficult the National Guards, his lordfliip might fend to his afTtft ance 25,000 men. Wellington, ~c cordingly, was mn.king o re-march that number of troops int* the city. (Char S.Patsict. Paris dec. 26, Budget for 18)6. It appears, (hat for the service of the year 1818, the sum of 800.000,000 of francs will be required Os this sum, 524,700.000 are for the ordinary ex penses of government, and 275.300 000 for the support of the al ied troops, and the payment of one-fifth of the war contribution of 700 millions FEBRUARY 28. FROM PORT AU PRINCE. Capt Buck, of the Richmond Pac ket, informs us, that aniexpedition, confuting of about 5,000 men, molt ly thole who had recently fled from Caniiagena, war collecting at Aux Cayes, undeit the jnuttv^knm i sr- %r tiun, with a view of makh a de j (cent on fome part of the t panilh i Maine. _ . ■ A lew days before Capt E left Port an Prince, a report reached that place, that the Revolutionills had taken the Caraccas [ The report;; is dtferedited by late accounts fror. t Caraccas via Havanua ] fc FROM St.DO MINGO. A friend who has jult arrived from the kingdom of Ilayii, h s furniilied us with the Royal Ga zette ot that State, a variety of printed documents, proclama tions, &c. from the Royal Press oi Cape Henry, [Francois] and verbal intelligence of the date of | (he coyntry. King Henry (Chri ■ (tophe) was at peace with Petion i and the world, regulating the ci vil policy of his extensive territo ries, and encouraging the pro gress ot cultivation, and the arts and sciences. His residence is at the palace of Sans Souci, in a town built by him undeda moun tain thirty miles from the Cape, highly cultivated and defended by works covered with three hun dred and sixty pieces of cannon. The population of his fubjedts enereafe rapidly, and it is lup pofed he has one hundred and fifty thousand men able to bear arms (Petion is said to have two bun red thousand) The Crown ot King Henry had lately been received from I ondon, where it colt twenty eght thousand dol lars, exciufive of the diamonds, which his fable majesty furnifhed himfelL His State-Coach had • also arrived, and is a fiiperb car riage built st the expence of eighteen thousand dollars in Eng land. Schools and Academies are patronized by him, and he is about commencing the erec tion of a College, for which he has sent to Europe for twenty Profefibrs or Inftvu&ors. A con contract for eight cargoes of ium her from this country for the completion of the Collegiate buildings, we have seen. Com rm rce and the culture of the foil A>erc improving in his dominions. Strangers on mercantile bufmefs are treated honorably ; and the Kingdom fifing in power and refpe&ability. The iff and 2d of January, the thirteenth anni versary of the Liberty and Inde pendence of Hayti, was celebra ted with the greatelf solemnity and magnificence at the city of Sans Souci, by a procelfion, re view, mass, levee, addrefles, feaft, illuminations, &c. A roll of the Knights of the royal and miltary order of St. Henry is given in one of the papers, and a lift of fifty foreign vefiels which failed from Cape Henry from the iff of July to the 9th ot November laffc. A catalogue of the Princes, Dukes, Counts, and Barons, dignitaries of the Empire, is found in foirfe of thepublications. Notwithflanding the ceflation of arms, a paper-war feenis to be direded from Chriftoplie’s press againU Petion—and the pamph lets, journals, &c. are written and printed in a relpedable fiyle. L— - - (COLUMBIAN. DOMESTIC. _ CHARLESTON, feb. 29. The court of Common Pleas dol ed Its term on Saturday lalt. To lodge Smith belongs the honor ot going through at one term, the whole docket; an achievement not acccm ptilhed by any of his predeceflbrs for many years. Seven hundred and sixty-sour verdi&s were obtained cn the i:Tue docket, many confeflions of judgment, and numerous non suits ; without mentioning those on the in quiry docket. It is considered an e poch in jurisprudence ; and the gen- Uernen of the bar celt as a jubilee, by giving to JudgeSif!pH||p eN'-emt diWr. (:;> They manage tli.’te matters better than we do. ( P and. Nftvi ) PRESIDENT'S ELECTION’/ The Legiststu eof Kentucky hai recently adjourned, after a ceflion of ttn weeks, and the writer of th.is ar tide is well known to its members, and call aflert, that so far as theiy opinions were afeertained, four fifft.g of that body were decidedly in f:ivc? of Col. Monroe. It is also a fad we!! afeertained, when Controls convened, a mod de cided majoriiy of the Repubiicana were in favor of his election. The feat of Government of the State cf Ohio wjll be removed to Columbus, in October next, pursu ant to an Act of the Legislature of that S r are, The bi’l lately before Congress to repeal the Act laying duties on cer tain articles of home manufacture, hats, boots, &c. has become a law. Thomas Jefterfon, efq, has decline ed accepting the appointment a one of the Directors of tiie F3i ard of Pub lic Work, recently instituted by the Legislature of Virginia. An extenlive cave of Epsom Salt has lately been difeovered about 36 miles from Louifviile, K The cave to all appearenCe, ir inexhaufi ible. Gen. Jack'on, accompanied by several officers of the United States’ army, left this place for Mobile, on Monday lalt. We are unacquainted with the objefts of his visit to that point; but presume it is for the pur pose of eftablifliing foTficatior - j &c 0 ( Nnjh. IVhig 2 c ,th ult. THE With bridge. A? the wire bridge seems io excited considerable enriosp perhaps a description of it may not be unacceptable vour read ers. It is supported by six ‘.vires, each .3 8 of an inch in diameter—three on each side of the bridge—these wire,s extend front‘he g-arret windows of the Wire Factory to a tree ort tiie opposite shore, which is braced by wires in tiire- directions The floor rimbers are two feet ioc.g, or.e.inch bv three, suspended in a horizontal line, atirrtms, of Nil. 6. wire, at the ends ofth- bridge, and No. 9.0 t t lie centre, from the curved wires. Tile floor is J 8 incites wide, of inch board, secured to the floor timbers bv uafls, except where tbe ends of the hoards meet. ; here in additron to’ the nails, the boards, are kept from separating; by wire tic# There is a board, six inches wiiie on its t dge on each side of the briclpfe, to wliicii the floor tint hers oh each'side are likewise, seen red by wires. Three .wires stretched -b each side of the bridge along the stirrups <0 a'barrier to prevent persons from failing off. The flour is 16 feel from the water, and 400 feet inieng h. The distance between tiie two points of suspension of the bridge, is 409 feet. The whole weight of tiie wire is 1314 lbs. Dp. do. wood work 3580 Do. do. wrought nails 8 Total weight of the bridge 4702 Four men Would do the work of a similar bridge in two weeks of good weather, and the whole expense would be about % 300. . . vv. nr. (tVe have walked over the wire b idge, and felt confident of its security. Where the span would not be so great as at tiie Scuylkiil. we apprehend that a tvire.bridgfc would be cheaper, and as safe and durable as any other for foot passengers.) THfE NAVY. Vfe observe that the committee on naval affairs have reported a b ll for the gradual increase of tiie navy. By this bill, one milli on of dollars is appropriated annually for 8 years, tor this object. The president is au thorized io purchase timber, &.c. and build 9 ships to rale 74*guns, tint! 12 ships to rale 44 guns, to purchase steam engines, and o ther imperishable materials, for tim e steam batteries—i|o for ‘he waters of the Chesa peake, and one for New Orleans. A person lias petitioned the Legislature of New York, fora loan of four thousand dol lars, to facilitate tiie manufacturing of weavers’ reeds, A petition lias been presented for encou rage mentof the manufacture of maple suga>. The Houle of Reprefer.taiives were engaged on Friday last on the Bank bill. A motion to llrike out so much of the firft fec’ion as allow ed the Government of the United States to fubferibe for 70,000 (hares of the (lock, was rejected. For the amendment 38, ag&infl it 61. (Rich Ever A man by the name of White lately rect iv. ed from the Treasury of Bucks county, (P.) 59 dollars as bounty for killing 1799 crows. Tiie United States have paid the S’ate nf Virginia 600,000 dollars of tl.e debt due to that Slate, lor expenses incured in the late war. A patrol of citizens lias been established a'. Charleston, S. C. in coosi quence of ti e numerous robberies committed in that citv, and tiie incendiary attempts.