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IVedr.sfday, December 18.
Thr Senate refumed the c
rarion ©f the bill to ra fe for a limit
ed time an additional miliary force,
and the morion of Mr Andcrfon
being under orfidcration—
After debate thereon,
The Senate adjourned without
coming •‘o a decifion,
‘ Tburfday, December 19.
The Senate relurnrd the confi
guration of the bill to ra:fe for ak
moed time an additional mlitary
force.
The motion,'depending vefter
day, to ftrike out the words “ ten ,”
was decided.—Yea* 12, Ni\s 21.
The laid b 11 was'‘hen ordered to
be engr ff-d and read a third time.
Tne bill approp-iating a fum of
money for procuring munitions of
war, and the bill for t.he eftablifh
meot of a quarter* ma{h*r’& depa.'t
nv*ot, were each ordered to be ea
gre fl’ 1 for a rhird reading.
Friday, December 20.
The bll o raife for a limited
t’irr an additional military force,
was th.s clay read the third time,
a.>d on rhr q i-ftion l< fhall this bill
p dV* being aken, If was determin
ed in rhe afti mative, the bill being
fi it amende.’ b ft Iking out the
words u fora l.mited time”.—Yeas
26, Nays 4.
The bill for prov’d ng munitions
of war was read the third time, and,
on motion of Mr. Crawford, the
further confi lera ion of it was poit
poned till Monday nrx .
The bill for the eltablifliment of
a quarter-matter's department, was
r€;cJ ?iie third rime j which was alfo
poftp.uied till Monday next.
i fr biil author fi g the Pn fident
of he Uni ed Stases to ra.fe compa
nies of Ipi s or rang rs, after being
amended was p-.fi and to a third read
ing.
December 24.
The biil authoring the Prcfi
de.nt of the United States to rade
err aim companies of rang rs for
the protection of the fronuer of the
United S ares, was read the third
time and paff and.
[The number of companies to
be railed is fix.]
—— W-
House of Repke entatives.
December 33.
On motion of Mr. Pitkin it was
Refolued , Thar th- Secretary of
the rrtalury be directed to lay be
fore the H ufe a fta’emen*: of the
feverai Ba <ks in which the public
money l'sdep fi ed f and the amount
which >s and fig ard to each bank,
together with the greaedt amount
that has been depoficed in ea n bank
at any one petiod fiace the 4 b day
of March, A. D. 1811, and alfo
tne am unr depuficed in each bank
on the jo;h September, A. D. 1811
—and he .s alfo dire&ed to Inform
this houl'e on what terms, under
what authority, and on what fecu
nty fuch dep fi vt made.
December 24.
M . Stow m ived thac the houfc
do come to the following reihluti
on ;
Rejolved, Tha* fh ulal a war en
fut oetween th<* Un red Stares and
Grear-Brua n, t would be expedi
ent ro provide bv law a bouncy to
impr fiVd A nericai framm and
the r affix’ arcs, for each B nfh (h p
of war which they mav capture and
br : ig into an Pan port.
This refolution was read and re
ferred to a committee of the whole
h mfe cn the ft ft Monday In Feb
ruary next.
I <;c bdi from the fenate airhor
‘fi g the P.efidenc of the U need
to railw certain companies of
dangers for be proteftion of th a
frontier of the United States, was
read th : fi ft t me, and oa motion,
was read the fecord time, a:d refer
red to the committee appointed on
that part of tne Pr. fidenPs nvffg.-
wfftch r lates to filiirg the ranks 6c
prolong rg the eni ftments of the
regular ttoops, and to an auxiliary
m'hrarv f >fce.
. . ■ . .'J ” “ “
GEORGIA EXPRESS.
JANUAR T iy~
IVE copy the following from the
Nanonal Intelligencer of the 24 ■ & ult:
faff As we have tv r, and Ipofi
turn to gratify our friends, we cop*,
the following parag aph from the
remarks of the Dsmocariic Preft on
a few words we la.d lonic da>s ago
on the fubj of the intention of
the late Ba k of the United States
to buv a charter from the fine of
Pcnnfvlvan a Ta th s querv we
fubjoin an anfwer, which we hone
will prove “intelligible” to the
reader a> haft:
“We ih mid like to know whe
ther the Edi-or vf the National In
tell gen* er ha* anv knowledge of a
ktt< r lately written by a Senate
from one of the Southern ftaes to
the tn-ffh-es of the late Ba‘ k of the
U. S. making a cerocn prcpofiilon
t > them, the acceding to which was
to fecure them the i fiuence of the
Sou. hern rs in avor of a re
ntwal of their charter ?”
Anfwcr —No.
IVhothe x *Southe r n Senator,'* a
bove alluded to is, we cannot v fi
five I offer t — and, as we have never
& (failed a 1 man, without Faffs be
fore us tofuhfianttate our ajfcrtious,
we will not, cn the prefeni eccfion,
hazza-d cn opinion as to the South
ern ‘lent lorn an jpoken of in the cxlrahl
The VOTES of the -D:legation
from Georgia, on the qucjlhn for a
renewal of th: charter ?f the Brittfb
Bank in the United States , are on
Record—and the PEOPLE will, (if
thy have not already) mark, ■with
their difappr chat ion, th.fe of their
S-rt-a ’s, who by their votes . or 0 -
therwfe , m.smf fhd a dfpojvion to
continue to an affectation ef Foreign
ers, mnfi of thevi Eugltjhnen too, pri
vii g o from which they were cx ruf
fe*; ’he citizens of Georgia are ri -
quefled to p y ula attention to
the ext’ ail above—and to ufe every
means for the difeovery of the author
of a Idter f> bnfe, as we are confi
dent this mud be IVe invite the pub
lic to carefully av.alize the extract
from the “ Democratic Pre/s,** and
fay if it does not amount to this:
1 If YOU (the truflees ef the late
Bank of the United States J will give
M b.fo many Dollar % I will fecure
to yon the intereft of the Southern
Members in Gongrefs, to procure the
re chartering of y cur In flit niton ”
As we faid before „ we cannot affert
who is the “Southern Senator** that
wrote the letter in queflion to this af
fociation of E gl Ihmr But this
we will fay—that if any man who
has the honor to reprefent the People
of Georgia , has defeendsdfo far from
bis high dation, as to ke a TOOL
for a Jet of Foreigners, who are a
vowed enemies to our government, he
mufi, and IVILL receive the execra
tions oh bis confUiuents But for the
honor of the flat: and to preferve our
confi lency as Republicans, we trufl
we have not in cur employ, a fervent
fo bafe, as thus ir, betray bis trufl .
As for this political Judas fecuring
to this combination of Rritijb Specu
la tors, the intereft of the Southern
Members (if he means ILL cf them )
we are confident be LI in
famoufy does he pervert the Truth—
for we can ajfure him , and th: whole
Britifh faflion, that all the money that
ever was in tbsir Britfjh Bank couid
not.pur chafe the integrity of u B bb, a
Troup, a C ebb or a H ll—the are
ab'Ve c r'Upt’oni and the man who
(braid attempt t fport with their
integrity, the conftquencts to him would
be dreadful indeed
It is hoped that every Republican
in the Southern fates will give
publicity to the ex Va fi above—nv <?•-
/v that the People may t?e warned of
the turpitude of fotne one of their >er
vants —but that, thirsty, we may
p (fib iy fnd u’ the culprit Audit is
fu thrr hoped, that the Editor of the
Demon atic Prtfs will, in jufiice to
the citizens of the bout- ern flutes,
make known the name of the “ South
ern Senator,** who has thus been traf
ficking with the Truflees of this Bri
tifh hiftitution Be the writer whom
he may, we cvnfider him no better than
i TR AITOR to h:s c-untry and
one who would, (were it in his pow
er) S'FILL the Liberty of America,
for BRITISH GOLD !
TVe would, in concluftm, afk one
quefiion—Will the citiz ns of ary of
the Southern flares, coun ‘enance , the
re eletUan, by their Rrprcfentatives,
as Senator to ‘ ongrefs, of an> man,
who has been an agent in villany ?
RICH MO >D, Dec. 28.
O oerwbelmhg Calamity.
IN the wh k coutfe of our exift
ence, we nave never taken our pen
under a deeper gloom than we feel
a this moment. It falls to ou* lot
to record one of rhe rooft diftrrfiing
f enes which can happen ia the
whole circle of human affairs.—
The reader muft excufe the Incohe
rence of the narrative ; there is
farce a dry eye in this diflra&cd
eitv. Weep, rny fellow citizens;
for we have feen a nigh’ of woe,
which fcarce any eye had fern, or
ear had heard, and no tongue can
adequately tell.
H>w can we dc fo ri br the feene ?
No pen can paint ic, no imagination
can conccvc it. A whole iheat re
wrapt in fhmes—a gay and a unra
ted aff mbly throw j on the very
ve-ge r.f the grave—many of them,
e-h 1 how many, precipitated in a
m ment into et--r i v—vouch, a*;d
beauty, and old age and genius
overwhelmed in one proindcuous
ru n—Shrieks, g oans and human
agony in every fnipt—this is die
heart rending feene dia f we are call
ed upon to deferibe. We fink un
der the t ffjrc. Reader ! excuie
our feelings, for they are the feel
ings of a whole city.
Let us collect our ideas as well
as we can. On Thurfday nighc a
new play and anew after piece were
played for the benefit of Mr. Pia
cide. Crowds fwarmed to the tne
atre—ic was the fulkft houfe this
feafon—there were notlefs chan 600
prelent. The play went off, the
pantomime began— he fi; ft act was
over. The whole feene was before
us—and &ii around us was mirth and
feft;vity. Oh God! what a horri
ble revolution did one minute pro
duce ! The curtain rofe on the fe
cond Adt of the Pantomime—the
or hellra was in full chorus: and
Mr. Weft came on to open the
feene—when iparks of fire began to
fail on rhe back parts of the ftage,
and Mr. Robertfon came out in un
utterable diftrels, waved his hand
to the ceiling and uttered thefe ap
palling words— * c The houfe is on
fire.” His hands was immediately
ftretchcd forth to the per lons in rhe
ftage-box to h ip them on the ftage
—and aid their retreat in that di
rection. This is ail that we caught
of the ft age—the cry of fire, the,
paffed with the ekdtric velocity
through the hniffc— every -m-* ft w
I'cm their feats to gam the lobbies
a*d ftascs.
Tne f ene b fH s all defcriipt : on.
The m ft hea: t- p;erci. g cries per
vaded the houfc. “ Save m , fave
rr.. .” Wives alk ng for their huf
and 1 -, females aid caildrcn (bricking
while the gathering element ‘ am*
ruling on ifs turd g fl.mes and
columns of fmnke—thrtaver.V.ig to
devour every human being in the
building. Many were trod under
foot—feverai were thrown back
from tie windows which they wete
ft niggling to leap. The ftlr wavs
wcie nruned atrlv blocked up—; *
throng was lo great thac many wese
railed feverai it er over the heads of
the rd*—rhe fm ke threatened aa
irftant fuffocarion. We cannot
dwell cn this pl&uie. We faw—
we frit it —hke others, we gave up
ouHelves for 1- ft—we cannot de
p.bt it. Many leaped troin the
windows of the fi ft ftory, and were
faved—children and femaks and
men of ail deferipdons were fecn to
precipitat e tht mklves on rhe ground
below—ni ft of tht fe efcaped ; cho*
feverai o ( th f m with broken legs,
and thighs, and hideous contufions.
M ft it not ail who we re in the p t
efcaped. Mr. Tavlor, the inft ef
the mull ians who quitted the o
cht.lt a findi g h.s rearer bv the
ba k way cut 1 ff leapt inm toe p t
whence he entered the lon it cubr
avenue which leads ro the door cf
the theatre, and found h\ nearly
empty, fie was the kft rha rt
caped from the pH 1 how nwlan
choly that ma y who were in the
boxes did not alfo jump irirc- tie
pit and fly 1.1 the fame direftoo.—•
But thole who were in the box ■,
above and below, puffed for he
lobbies-—many, as has been faid,
efcaped through Le windows—-but
the mofc of them had no other k.
f urcc than to defeend thf ftairs,
many Heaped in that way—hut 16
great was die preffure that tncy rt
tardtd each other; until the dc
vourirg ekClient appreadsed to
fweep them into eternity. Several
who even emerged from the bu !d
---ing were* fo muen icorched that they
have fi ice per.ftjec —1 me evrn
jumped from the fccond window—
feme others have beta dreadfully
burnt.
The fi e flew with a rapidity be
yond example. Within ten mi
nutes after it caught the whole houle
was wrapt in fUmes.—The colour
ed people in the gallery rrv ft of
them efcaped thre’ the flairs cut tff
from the reft cf the houfe, forre no
doubt hav-e fallen victims. The
pit and boxes had but one com
rr.cn avenue—through which the
whole crowd ell aped, fave thofe
only who leaped through the win
dows.
Bu the feene which enfued—it is
impcfilble to paint. Women w;*h
diflheveikd hair; fathers and m -
the is fh lekirg out for their chil
dien, hufi) mds for their wives, bro
thers for their filters, filled the
whole erca on the outfide of the
building. A few who had efcaped
plunged again into the flames to
lave fome dear ohj <ft of their re
gard—-and they penfhed ! ! The
Governor perhaps fhared this me
lancholy fate. Others were fran
tic, and wou.d have rallied to de
ftruclion, but for the hand of a
friend. The bells tolled. Almofl:
the whole town rufhed to the fatal
J pot.
The fltme mufl have been caught
to the f cFicry from fome light be
hind— Robert‘on law it, when it was
no lor.grr than his arm—Young faw
it un the reef, when it firfl burft