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their import from the debate in the
JHonse ; and as we have convnuuii
catsomewhat erroneous ideas of
th? bit! to our reader*, we have’ ta
ken the trouble to make out a con
densed statement of its provisions
for general information. ‘1 he bill
provides that all claimants ut.cicr the
act of Georgia, passed in January,
1795, shall he allowed until t it first
Monday in August next, to deposit
in the office of Secretary of tftate of
the United Stales, a sufficient legal
release and transfer to the United
States of their claims to the land of
their right to the monies subsequent
ly withdrew fom the Treasury of
Georgia by the original grantees &
their owners, and a power t<t sue for
the recovery of such money* That
tiie Secretary of the Treasury, the
Secretary of State, and the Attorney
General of the United*JStatcs, shall
be a board, to meet itvthe city of
Washington on the said Ist Monday
in August, to determine on the suffi
ciency of the lease so deposited, and
on the merits of all conflicting claims
to said land, of the meeting of
which board three months public
notice shall be previously given.
Thai to the companies or persons
respectively wnose claims shall be
those allowed, the President shall
cause to- be issued certificates of
Stock, bearing no interest, payable
out of the first proceeds of sale3 of
public lands, in the Mississippi ter
ritory, after the payment of the mo
ney due to Georgia, after the expen
ces of surveying the land shall Have
been satisfied—such stock not to ex
ceed in amount the following sums,
in the whdffe, to the persons designa
ted below, viz—To the personsclaim
ing in the name of, or under the
► Upper |s|phis*ippj Company 350,000
Te a lessee Csm pany dOO.uOO
Georgia Mississippi Company 1,550,000
Georgia Company 2,250,000
Citizens’ Rights ‘ 250,000
Making an aggregate of Five
ions of Dolla s. Ihe certificates
thus issued are to v be receivable in
part payment for public lands sold
after their dare, in the proportion o
ninety-five dollars in every hundred,
the remaining five being paid in mo
ney. The balance of the purchase
money paid into the Treasury of
Georgia, and remaining there, to be
set over and paid by the said com
missioners to the state of Georgia
-in part payment of the sum due to
ter.by the United Slates, to be in
stitut'd against all persons who have
fraudulently withdrew any of the
purchase money, in such manner as
the board of commissioners shall
think most effectual to compel them
to refund the same. If the persons
claiming under the act or pretended
act of the Legislature of Georgia,)
before recited, shail neglect, or re
fuse to accept of the compromise
hereby authorised, the United States
are declared to be exonerated and
discharged from suclvftaims, which
are forever barred ; and no evidence
of any such claim shall thereafter
be admitted to be usfed in any court
whatever against any grant ( derived
from the United States. This ab
truct embraces all the leading pro
B isons of the bill.— Nat. int .
V - {;.- v
v CONGRESS’,
„ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Frid at, March 18.
PAUL CUFFEE’S BILL.
The House rtsolved itself into a
committee of the whole, Mr. Breck
enridge of Virg. in the chair, on the
bill from the Senate for authorizing
the President of the United States to
permit the departure of Paul Cuffee
with a cargo to Sierra Leone ; toge
ther with the report of the committee,
of Commerce and Manufactures a
gainst the s<rvne.
[This bill is predicated on the peti
tion of Paul Cuffee, an African by
descent. which our reacts wi ldoubt
less recollect to have read m our pa
per some weeks ago, and its object
is sufficiently explained by the title
of the bill.] < ‘ ■£ ‘ * ,
this bill underwent a discussion
of a very diffuse nature, and of no
little length, in the course of which
the object of the bill was supported
by Messrs.’ Wheaton, Grosvenor,
Picket in*?* Tiggart Buylies, Webster,
ster, farrow, Utival Shepherd, and
opposed by Messrs. Newton, Wright,
MK.nu, Reri 8 , Ingham, Fisk of Vt.
and Ingersoll.
1 his bill was supporsed on the
ground of the excellence of the gen
eral character of Mr. Cuffee ; the
philanthropy of his views , the hene
*to n/iunnity and religion genet*-*
) of whicn a success in these views
ijaglu be productive; the benefits
which wou.d rtsulf to the U. S. par
tic uUHy bum the establishment of
an institution vvhtcii would invite the
emigration ot free blacks a part of
oui population winch we cohid well
Spare. &c Ike.
un ihaother hand, the bill was op
po ed no Various uiuunds. Wh#|L
. the txdflpuce of tn<rg§fisral charac- 1
bti oi Air. . nice Wits tally credited
Ek by upiMk, it Was said that
wo^%l[jfek: i di Favor of a J
foreign mission, that policy which
we had refused to infringe for the
sake even of our coasters an 1 fisher
men ; that Mr. Cuffee might depart
in neutral vessels with hiscompanions,
but that it would be improper to per
mit him to carry out a a cargo , which
was not at all necessary to his views
of propagating the gospel ; that his
voyage would be contrary to the po
licy of existing laws, independent of
the embargo policy* because Sierra
Leone was a British aettlement; that
as this was a British settlement, in
the possession of a nation claiming
and asserted to be the bulwark of our
religion, there was no occasion for
cargoes departing from the tJ. Ststes
to enable her to carry her views into
effect, &c.
Intermingled in this debate was
considerable controversy and somc-j
thing like asperity as to the charac
ter of the British nation for religion
and humanity, in which Mr. Picker
ing of Mass, on the one side, and
Mr. Kerr of Va. and Fisk of Vt. on
the other, were the principal deba
ters, and also on the evil which
might result from transporting liber
ated slaves from this country to a
British settlement. The question,
however, appeared to the reporter to
turn on the expediency of permiting,
under the existence of the restrictive
system, a cargo to go out which
must necessarily sail under British
licence, which it was argued would
not be granted unless it were con
sidered advantageous to the interest
of the enemy that such trade should
be carried on.
The debate having been extended
to the usual hour of adjournment, the
committee reported the bill to the
House with certain amendments, and
on the question on the passage of
the bill to a third Reading, which
was decided by Yeas and Nays, the
vote was as follows:
For the bill 65
Against it j- 72
So the bill was rejected. \
WASHINGTON CmFr March I t.
Oopy °f a letter from Lieut. Creighton ,
commanding the United States * brig
Rattlesnake, to the Secretary of the
Navy. ‘ \
U. S. Brig Rattlesnake,
at sea, 2lst Feb. 1814.
; Sir,—
Having this moment brought
to an American privateer after a long
and anxious chase of 13 hours, I a
vail myself of the opportunity she
affords of giving you the earliest
formation of the vessels under my
command. I have sent ttvo neutrals,
which I trust you will approve of,
when I have time to make known to
you particulars respecting them,
the first, a brig, had on board a Brit
ish officer and nine- men, which I
now have in charge. Off cape Fran
cois on the 7th inst. I captured and
destroyed an English brig with a
cargo of coffee. We have bees
chased by a frigate and a line of bat
tle ship* both of which the Rattle
snake avoided by her superior sail
ing, and the Enterprize by her usu
al good fortune ;» in the first in
stance we but joined
company again five days after.
I pray you, sir, to‘pardon my not be
ing more communicative, as the
commander of the privateer is- ex
tremely anxious to make sail in
pursuit of a* large convoy in all one
hundred sail/ that left Havanna 8
days since—l hope to give a good
account of them myself.
I have the lioqor to he, with
high consideration and respect, your
obedient servant.
JOHN o: CREIQHTON.
The Hon. Wm. Jones,
Secretary of the < Navy c
BRITISH INHUMANITY.
The sloop Richard, captain Lester,
of New-London, bound home from
H avanna, was chased by the privateer
Brilliant',- of New-Providence, and
the wind dying away, was pursued
by the hbats of On their
getting within gunshot, the sloop
hove to, and the privateersmen cea
sed firing- until within a few cables
length, when one of them fired a sini
gle musket, which killed captain Isaac
Tracy, of New London, on the spot.
On boarding they drove, the crew
bslow, excepting one wfio jumped
overboard to save his life, and treat
ed them with great brutality. The
one who was overboard (William
was howeveT picked up,
but was assailed on coming on board
by a mulatto, from ? whom he was
rescued oy the captain. The Bril
liant’s crew were almost wholly
blacks, and* their conduct such as
migtii be expefcted from a gang of
unprincipled banditti. Captain Tra
cy was shot in the breast, and expired
instanUnedtasly.—New-yerk Colum
bian.
Office of the Newport 0
Monday evening, J/aggjt 7.
The following urt thtft- tifor
reign arrivals here since the ret inst.
Amred this day SpanHh brig St.
Pjo, capt» Maguhq ft days from Mai i
wm ‘, , . “ *■ f
. ■ ‘
va^p a—starch 2d, off the
waFboanted by the Karcissus frig
ate capt. Ijttmley who made the fol3
lowing erwforstnent on the regis
ter
“ Pursuant to an order From Sir I.
B. Warren, Admiral of the Blue,
and commander 3 in chief, Sec. &c.
&.c. These are to certify that I
have .boarded the Spanish brig St.
Pio, and warned of ail the ports in
the United States of America being
under a state of blockade except
Newport and Boston , Given undtr
my band #n board H. M. ship Nar
cissus, off the Delaware, March 2d
iBI4/»
J. B. capt.
New York) March 14.
Extract of a letter from Providence R.
/. dated on Friday morning last,
u We have news from Newport,
that the Constitutions frigate has ta
ken a sloop of war, and that she has
arrived at Newport/’
The U. S. sloop of war Peacock ,
capt. Warrington, sailed from this
port on Saturday last on a cruise.
The privateer York sailed at the
sometime. .>•
REPUBLICA^ANPIDOTE.
The following is the concludingpara
graph of Mr, Fuller's speech, in the
Massachusetts Senate , on the answer
to the Governor's speech
u But Sir, among all the excep
tionable parts of the answer, I am
most shocked and astonished at the
cold reception of the news of approach
ing peace. PEACE h tiled by the
wise, moderate, and patriotic of all
ranks of our couutrvmen by this self
named u PEACE PARTY ” repel
led with frigid suspicion and insiult
ing sneers. Has not the war effec
ted your favorite projects ? You have
not yet vaulted into the places of
power and authority, and hurled the
traduced and caki unrated patriots to
the dust, who had been placed there
by the people. The eastern state*
are not yejt severed from their sifter
states of the south and west, nor is
the nation yet desolated by the rava
ges of civil war. Hasten then ye
aspiring sons of discord;( Quick seize
the few moments that retnuin ; march
an army to strengthen and foment
resistance in Vermont; expel toe
officers civil and military, the ships
and armies of the national govern*
mentf invite to your aid the navies Sc
armies of England ; arm your own
fellow-citizens against each other ;
light the torch of civil war, brother
against brother; father against son ;
spread slaughter, flames and deyas*
tation over our country ! Amiable
‘ Peace Party V* Your country’s in -
famy and riiin is your pride and glo
ry. But you will not be gratified ;
your hopes will be blasted. The
people have discovered your inten
tions ; England has dicovered your
imbecility. Peace, honorable, glo
rious peace, urtll come ; you must
retire to merited obscurity and dis
grace and your country will advance
to prosperity, to fame, and happi*
aess/’
Another Slap in the Face ,
FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS
FACTION.
We have seen an extract of a let
ler from Hanford , which states the
following facts :
That oh Thursday week, the Gov
ernor and Council met at that place,
when his Excellency laid a commu
nication before, them, from certain
characters in Massachusetts , reques
ting to know if the people of Con
necticut were ready to join Massa
chusetts, in the proposed resistance
of the Embargo 1 law l After remain
ing in session ail the day, the Coun
cil gave it as their opinion— That
it was no‘f advisable to adhere to the
project; to which the Governor readily
assented . The writer further ob
serves that it seems even Connecticut
is not prepared to join issue in the
mad, wicked and foolish plans of
the British faction in and about Bos
ton, * SM |f
The above may be relied on, it
needs no comment.— Bost. Yankee,
PENNSYLVANIA.
C “ March 2.
u The legislature of Massachu
setts having passed a Law refusing
to permit the government of the U
nited States to confine prisoners of
war in any prison in that si ate, and
also directing all such prisoners to
be released, unless within a certain
time, otherwise removed by the U.
States government, it seems that
preparations are making to rftnove
such prisoners for safe keeping to
this state. Upon this subject a
message was yesterday received
from the governor, enclosing a letter
‘from the Secretary of Sidle ; of these
documents I enclose you a copy.—
From the confidence shewn in Penn
sylvania, tlie Essex Junto will, f
hope, be convinced, that this state is
hqt prepared revolutionary
by them. *
“ A bill had been passed in the
sedate this morning, to compiy
the request stated in the subjoined
‘*wk r f r *‘ ’ * <
cbciiroents atidJtflfe house cf repre
sentatives this afternoon adopted it.
The bill which has passed both hous
es directs c!l sbeiiiTs, goalers, Stc. to
receive prisoners of war; it directs
that the marshal and his deputies
shall be permuted to visjt them* and
that a regular list of names and state
ment of expences shall be furnished.
Aurora*
(copy.) -
To the Seriate and House of Represen
tatives of the Com monzoeahh of Pen
. sylvania.
Th&re is not by any existing law vested
in the executive an authority such as is re
quisite to a compliance on his part, with the
request of the Secretary of State of the Uni
ted States of (the letter conveying] which a
copy is herewith transmitted to each branch
of the Legislature. Its importance will in
sure it an immediate attention by a general as
sembly that has already given proofs of its
zeal to promote, by every just and honorable
mean, the great object for which the nation
is contending. *
SIMON SNYDER.
Harrisburg , March 1, 1814.
(copy)
Department of State, Feb. 23, 1814.
Sir—The conduct of the enemy, in seizing
and* transporting Great Britain for trial,
under the claim or perpetual allegiance to
the British sovereign, certain American pris
oners of war, having compelled the govern
ment of the United States to resort to a just
and indispensible measure of retaliation, and
certain British prisoners having I<>en with
that view taken into close custody, as hosta
ges for the safety of the American prisoners
thus seized and transported, the Piesident r£-
qdests that you would authorise them to be
received and conhned in the penitentiary
at Philadelphia, whither they will be conduct
ed without delay, and placed under the gene
ral superintendence of John Smith, Esq. the
Marshal of the United States for the district
of Pennsylvania.
I have the honor to be*
With great consideration, sir,
your obedient humble servant,
< J AS. MONROE.
> tits Exc. Simon Snyder, Governof
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A number of the citizens of Lees
burg'and its vicinity, in the county
of Loudoun in Virginia (almost bor
dering on this district and Potomac)
, have published an address to their
} fellow citizens, them to form
a corps of mounted infantry for the
defence of our neighboring frontier.
I he following patriotic sentiments
and determination form a part of this
. add res So. (
Pfat. Intel.
u It is not intended that this corps
shall <et beyond the limits of Virginia
and Maryland. This
however, does not arise from any in
disposition to defend our brethren
in other states, or to avenge the
wrongs of our country beyond its
own territorial limit. We disdain
such motives, as felt'only by cow
ards and traitors. But this restric
tion is the result of necessity, the
the nature of our association oblig
ing us to prescribe it.
We will always be completely pre
pared to march at a moment’s warn
ing, and we will keep the field as
long f&the presence of the enemy
renders it necessary.} As soon as
i they disappear we will return home,
and be ready again to meet them
when and wherever they shall at -
. tack*** i
—rr l *- “
, The supreme court.
Among the very important decis
ions made during the present Term *
of the Supreme Court, is one an
- nounced on Saturday last in the case
,of the Vcnusjr which decides the
principle that an American citizen
. who had removed to England in time
-of peace, atid resided there with the
animo mane nett and was carrying oil
/trade and commerce there as a mer
chant, on the breaking out of a war
is to be considered as an enemy, and
his property, invested with his hos
tile character, is>‘Subject to capture
on. the high seas, though the proper
ty might have been shipped before a
knowledge efthe war.
On this opinion, we learn, the
Court was divided, Chief Justice and
Judge Livingston having dissented
_from the decision, and Judge Johns
ton having declined deciding on a
point on whicii he had not had time
to make up an opinion. We propose
to publish the opinions delivered on
this question, as well as on the im
portant case of the British licence.
The Chief Justice having left the
City on Sunday on his return home,
. Judge Washington is now president
of the Court — lbid.
Tork Verg. 4th March*.
This village was yesterday visited
by a drgaiful conflagration, the wind
high at W. N. W. The fire com
menced at Mrs Gibbon’s white house
at the upper end of the town, and in
a short timefbur villaglfe presented a
view of out continued flmne 1 Thir
ty eight buildings are cojfltfined wiih
our public ones, the pdAom of the
town under the hill is one unvaried
scene of desolation 1 Usany %: of the
inhabitants have lost
Court House, Church, ; :sl|rs. Judith
Nelson’s large Buiidiqgs, all.in ash
es. The wealthy «fn& nunianeare
now feelingly applied |q, and the
duty we owe earn other in soc'uetm
imperiously claims our exertions and
aid. ‘• Vri
- 1 -ijAZ’ ■ • fe.-’
Hf *, ■
VALOR* f
t Vv e dec idedlwAnisicidc in n;
. wkli tjLose who think that, congees*
anil the nation have f'ailFd to bestow
the-merited opphusc . * i, u-wahi on
the military heroes w! (listing
fished themselves ih v fickfl/y
feats of sf.iil alud newr my
where surpassed or w!;s- have kffc
their families. their hemes, tfuip
! ease, and nol ly sacrificed their irve*
’ in the sei vice of thtir count iy. It
is true that from the ahst uce of dis
vcisdpline, front tl e want iit’coi rect
| military ideas, and irom the pre\a-
I lence oi pernicious in rela
tion to the constiuitif^n. many in
stances of shaim.fi] misconduct t.id
i treacheiy have or titled in p\:f mil
ita»y operations ; hut tl is cint.su
stance, instead ol wtahtmrg, adds to
the arguments in favor ( ol
rewarding those who have acted w sthi
patriotism and gallantry. M«n,*.t-Q r
in the midst of the misconduct of
their fellow soldiers, vindicate thtr
jeopardized reputation of their coun
try’s arms Ly behaving with Qdclity
and courage, performing exploit*
the more her-orb and ‘brilliant, ought
not to be consigned to tile Sume ig
noble fate with those wi 3 act (dis
grace fully, bps ought vigilantly to
be sought out, and generously dis
tinguished/ Let the jApder cast hfe
eye over the despatch lately publish
ed from General Jackson to General
Pinkney, unci he will there find indi
vidual deeds of valor Recorded, not
transcended even by the splendid
chievement of our navy.—\V no wilt
a&aert that such deeds ought not t<*
be eminently rewarded T ,Many a.
gallant hero \vho spontane
ously relinc]uishes tne enjoyments of
happiness and afjLiende, and goes.’
forth to fight the battles of his coua- j
try, in the confident expectation of
sacrificing his life for its good', may
truly say to that country, as the ad
nifrable poet makes Leonidas shy to
Sparta™ - \
The life for the resigned,
•< Knew not a painful hour lo.Vire my *
“ Nor were they common joys i kit be
hind’
and has a right to receive all its gra
titude, affection and admiral o j.— *
But sure are we, tbatahe army o£
the republic, like its navy, 7 will ere
long conquer its uiibonncled applmse,
and confidence. Its bray.e oliicefi
need not desp/ir; tiieir full reward,
though delayed, will assuredly reach
at lastr The pen of impartial
history will refuse from oblivion the
names and exploit.; of those w!|*> j
have been heretofore and who may -
be hereafter neglected.— lVhJg.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Paris, Dec.
Palace of the Thuillaries, Dec 26.
; Napoleon, Emperor of the French*
King of'ltaly, Protector of, the
federation of the Rhine, Mediator'oC
the Swiss confederation kc. &c. Stc.
We have decreed and to direct a*
follows:- “;*§** , ‘
Art. I. Tlisre shall b 6 sent senators
br councillors of State into the milM
tary division, as Com missies Ex
traordinary They shall be accom
. panted by the masters of the requests
or auditors.
11. Our commissaries extraordih-’
ary are charged, with acceler/iing,
I t. The levies of the Conscrip
.tion. : / ■ / t
2d. The cloatldng. eq#lpnient, and
armaments of the troops.
3d. The complement of the victual*
ling of places.
4th. The reiumof the horses inVbk
qdisition for the service of the armjy
sih. The levy and organization of
the National guards in conformity to
our decrees.
Our said commissaries extraordin
ary may extend the dX iltn of
said t decrees to cities avr places';**?.:
comprised therein.
111. These of our comm is triers exs~i
traordinary who shall be sent in ccmi*.
tries threatened by, t he enemy, wi!lor-<
der levies tn masse Sc any. other mea
sures whatsoever, necessity for thej
defence of the territory, and whic e
the duty of opposing the paogre&s o
the enemy may cbrnhiamt. Special
instruction-shall moreover be given
them in respegfeto the situ
ation of the fwhich
they shall be missioned.
IV. Our commissaries extraor
dinary are authorised to orcter all the
measures of the high police which
circumstances and the maintenance
of the public may require*.
V. They shall likewise be author
ised to form military commissions
and arraign before them or before
special courts all persons accused of
favouring the enemy, of conveying
intelligence to him,"or of attempts ‘
against the public tranquility.
WI.JI hey may . Usue proclaim- ‘
tions and. take »JSRresfe-^said
‘resolutions shall be obligatory tipeiv
every citizen. The judicitfryauthor
ities, civil jmd military are held
conform iKtfniselvi^'th erewith and to
cause them U> be-cairie 1 into ext-
WtUMn. fa , - % jjfeT' h> ;•’ ;
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