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gp #. 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> ;•’ ; umssariea extract