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aui j 101* a Bozrman, EJqrs.
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.Wilkes —David Ttrreil, Efq. &
Doctor B bb.
Lincoln —Cap f a*n N. Allen, and
Ca:>t. John Hughes.
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Sanderfvillc —Mr. Wm. M'Mur
ray.
H. H. Moun
erg, a r d M'. A. W,,S rib-er.
CONGRESS.
HOUiE OF REPRESENTA
TIVES.
Monday, December 26.
Mr, Nelson from the commit
tee :o wnom was referred fo much
of ,he McflT.ge of the Prefident of
the U. S'a/es, as relates to the mi
-I,tary and naval eftabhfhmcnts, and
to whom was referred on the 17-*h
fnft. a refolution for placing the
country in a more complete ftate of
defence, fubmiferd the following
RESOLUTION IN PART,
Eejdved , That it is expedient
immediately to raife, arm, and e
quip, fifty thoufand volun'etrs, to
frrve for the term of two vear*.
The following is annexed to the report :
A Pit’ POSITION FOR RAISING
ffFT Y THOUSAND VOLUNTEERS.
Will it nor be ad’ .fable to pro
pefe railing an anny of 50,000 vo-
\G E O R G I:s.V> EXPRESS’
to AND JRO. AND KNOWLEDGE SHALL BE INCREASED*
lunteers, to be engaged for two
years, and to ferve, if required for
aftual fervce, any propo.tiofi of the
term not exceeding twelve months
the term for which they a-e
gengsged 1 n n-comnuflioucd
bofficer, muficar, jmd: private, to
‘'receive *cn coiU?s b*unt\, and each
”comrn‘(fion< and officff to receive one
•ptonthT pay when appomed ; and
Jthe wh le to receive p?y and ran*-
when as well
£as when in a6li and fervi< e : rhenon
-con.m:Eicn.’ and ofH ers, mi.fi *ar?.s A &
to be armed and equipped
by the public, and to receive a uni
form ft, one paft pirfalocns,
l-av, two fh ter, one pair of (hoes,
ard a blanket; and if called into
a 6l ual fervirt, fur any term over
three mourhi, to receive oiherarti*
eft? of c’c n.i gin p npi r<i< a<o the
term of lervn r, not exreer ,i.c in the
whH ( ncluding thole fi tr ece*i*v
ed) whai -are allowed to /he foldir.rs
in the regular *rm < for year -
1 ho whole to le mutterres and ex
ceeded in companies foui da* s With
in the two fi.ft months alter being
ci.igiged, and fix cays ir. ta.h Itic
ceroir g year, aid to rand en
camp in their refpnfhvt dates and
terrirorjes, tiirty da's in each year;
no man to be ♦ nidi rd imo any ernn
panv, whr fe pU I cof fidenoe Dali
not be within a reafonable difancc
from the company pitadc to wh.ch
he fh nil belong.
A fuirable number o* r ?rfoc£tors
to be ; ppoir.red by the -P a fl ier.t if
the United Sr* es, to dur ft and ,n
---fpedl the exrrcift of the troops
when encamped, and to g vc direc
tions f.r the drilling and exercife
of die companies, and tf* direct and
receive ad rcturr s, milder and pay
rolls, to be tram rti it ltd to an adju
tant and inspector general (to be
anpoimrd by the Pr.Ti lent ot the
United States) who (hall g vc gene
ral ir-ftru6V.ons to all fub-intpc6Lir?j
for the drilling, extreife, and feipline,
and policy of the volunteers when
not in afhwl Icrvice. ‘The cfficeri
to be appointed and comm flio-.ed
by the Prcfidentof the U. S a cs.
The propoied corps to in luce as
rr“ny of the volunteers who have
tfF.rrd their ferviccs under the
aft o f 24 ? hof F bruary, i SO7, as
fliall rngage in the volunteer army
now propofrd. Ihe whole to con
fift of 44,000 infantry, 3 000 artil
lery, anti 3,000 riflemen, to be or
ganized into companies of 100 each,
in luding > officers, , reg ments of
1000, br gadcs of 5000, anddivi
ficins of 20,000 eaon, to have the
ufual including fu r geons and
mates; trc furgeons and mates to
attend the annual encampment and
aftual fervice, and to receive pav
only for their aftual fervices, at the
fame ra'e as alu<wed to regimental
furgeors and ma.es in the other
corps of the at mv.
NON INTERCOURSE.
Mr. G. IV. Campbell, from the
conirmt r ee on <ur lureign relations,
to whrm referred the refolution
lardy pafTd by this Houfe on the
fubj’ ft, repc/rtea a bill to interdift:
c v >mmerciai intercoufie beewten the
U. S. and G. Biiuio and Fiance
and their dependencies, and for o
ther purpofes. Twice read 2nd
refer. ed to a committee of the whole
on Wednrfday next.
The following are the prominent
features of the non intrrcourfe bill.
Exclufion from the harbors and
waters of the United States and the
ten itories thereof, of ail public fhips
and vtfTcls belonging to G. Britain
or France, or to any other bellige
rent power or powcis having in
force orders, decrees,- edffts, or
laws, vi. htir g the lawful commerce
or neutral r ghis of the U. Srates,
excepting velT Is forced in by ftrefs
of wca her, pur fait of an enemy,
fuch as are rha/gc-d with difpatches,
or bufinefs from their governments,
or packets having no cargoes nor
flitrchand zt on b :ard. The Pre
fidenc is authorized to expel by
force all fuch veflkls as contravene
this regulation,—A penalty not
exceeding ten ti.or.fand dollars, nor
lcfii than one hundred dollars, and
imprifonment for n*t lefs than one
month, and not more than one yearj
upon all perlona affording afliftance
to v< fjf Is entering contrary to the
law, excepting in cafe of piloting
them out of the jurisdiftion of the
Ui ued States.—Authority to ftize
and condemn after a certain day, all
vtff Is and their cargoes, bearing
the French or Englifh fl ’g, or own
ed :n whole or in part by any citizen
or fubjeft of either, which may tri
ttr the ports, See. cf the U. States,
tkc. excepting only vtfT..s exprefs
lv hired ta con vey difpatches, fuch
as put in through difbefs, or chafed
ed in by an enemy—Prohibits after
a c ertain day, of the importation of
any goods or merchandize, the pro
duce or rnanufafture of G. Britain
or France, or their dependencie*
either directly 0? indireftly, from
any country whatever—The forfeit
ure, and payment of treble value by
the owners of any gooda fo prohibit
ed, attempted to bt introduced into
the U. Statts on board of any fhip,
or veil'd, boa* 1 , raft or carriage—
Forfti u-e of the fhip, veflfel, boat,
rafr, or carriage, which fhall receive
prohibited goods on board, know
ing them to be fuch, and the owner
And maftcr mulfted in treble the
value of the article—Provifion, that
if G. Britain or France, revoke or
modify their order* or decrees fo as
to render our commerce fufficiently
fare in the opinion of che Prefident
of the United States, of which re
vocation or mod fixation he fhall
give public notice by proclamati
on, the operaron of this aft and of
the embargo afts, lhall fo far as re
lays to the nation making fuch re
vocation or modification, and to
rations in amity with her, and hav
ing no orders, decrees, orediftsin
force, violating the lawful com
merce and neutral rights of the U.
States, forthwith ceafe and deter
mine ; without, however, any re
miflion of previous fines and for
feitures. Vcffcls bound to any fo
reign port or plare with which irf
tercourfe (hill have been thus re
ftored, arc to give bond and ap
proved fccurity, in fix times the
value of fuch veflr.l and cargo, not
CO proceed to any foreign port, nor
trade with any country other than
thofe with which commercial in*
tercourie fhall have been thus per
mitted—The Prefident vefted with
power to extend the prov flans of
the bill to any nations having in
force edifts, &c. fuch as ihofc of
G. Britain and France ; and aft the
penalties, See. of the bill, made ap
plicable to th^m.
• December 28.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
J 1 The Speaker prcfentvd a petition
of 156 inhabitants :ofi Pcpperel*
Middlercx, Muftichuletfs, ftaiug
the Elcftors of Prefident and Vu e-
PrefiJent of the U.* States hive
been illegally: chofen by the Leg's
lature of Maflachufctt*, and pray
ing that Congrrfs will take the fub
je6fi into and prevent
the eftablifhment of fo dangerous 4
precedent.
LAIE FOREIGN NErVS.
CHARI.ESTON, January 4,
Bv the arrival of the BrjulVftrp
Annt, Cape. Kermod, wc have re
ceived Liverpool papets of the 1 zih
Nov. and London of the joth.
Thefc paper* enable us to lay
befofe our readers a corueft copy
oft B onaparte’s Speech to the
g flative Bodv, after his return frofb
Erfurt 5 as alfo their addrefs oq that
occafion and his reply. They will
be found iiiterf fling. ,
, From the theatre of war ouf ac
counts are-not very Impnrrant t On
the 26th of Oftobcr a fh *rt but
fmart aftion took place between
the Spaniards under gen. Blake, ami
the French under gen. Nty ; the
Spaniards acknowledge the lefs c f
2000 men, but ftate that of the
French to be much more confident
ble. A French corps of 1000 in
fantry was cut off, and compelled
to furrender.
, Bonaparte had left Paris, for Bay
onne, to put himftrlf at the head of
the troops deftined for Spain. The
reinforcements which would prob
ably arrive in that country by the
30th of Oftobcr, arc ftated, in the
French papers, to amount to ioo>-
000. A warfare is about to com
mence, more bloody, deftruftive
and ferocious, than perhaps has ev
er been known in any age. The
refult of the cor.flift is dubious ;
but when we cor.fider the immenfe
refources of Bonaparte, although
oppofed by the arGent and undaunt
ed bravery of the Spaniard*, we fear
the war will eventually terminate in
their fubjugation.
The fhip Union, of Philadel
phia, fent out by our government
w ; th difpatches for England and
France, arrived at Penzance on the
3iftofOftober, and having landed
Mr. Gibbon, the meflfenger, char
ged with difpatches for Mr. Pink
ney, failed immediately for France,
with an intention to make the firft
harbor. Her return to the United
States, may now.be daily looked
for.
PARIS, Oftober 16.
Yrftfrdav h s M jrfty the Em
peror and King went in great (late
to the Palace of the LegifiUcivc Bu-
(No. 36.