Congress of the U- S.
SENATE.
Monday, Jan.0.-Mv B
bour, from the .Committee on
Foreign Relations, presented a
Report on the subject of Piracy,
accompanied by a Bill for its
1 tm. -n:ii ...iUr L
suppression. me .uiu auuiuu
ses the building of ten addition
al sloops of War of 20 guns
each authorises our forces in
pursuit of Pirates to land on any
of the West India Islands, and
-ives power to the President
to declare in a state of blockade
and to invest any port or city
belonging to those Islands
known to afford a refuge to Pi
rates flying from the pursuit of
our ollicers and seamen. It
moreover authorises the arming
of Merchantmen, and allows
icnrisal in certain cases. Pro
bably before this bill becomes a
law, it will undergo some mo
dification. A letter was received from
Mr. Rembrandt Peale, offering
to the consideration of Congress
his Eauestrian Portrait of
Washington, now exhibited in
the Capitol; which on motion
of Mr. Hayne was referred to a
select committee of five.
Mr. Benton, from the com
mittee on Military Affairs, to
-whom was referred the bill from
the other House, "'to authorize
the occupation of the Oregon
River," reported it without a
mendment. Mr. King, of Alabama, asked
and obtained leave Jo introduce
a bill, making compensation to
the persons apointed by the E
Jectors to bring on the votes tor
President and Vice President:
which was twice read.
The bill for abolishing im
prisonment for debt was read a
third time, and, on motion, re
ferred to the Judiciary commit
tee. Mr. Brown submitted the
following resolution for consi
deration: Resolved, That the commit
tee on Roads and Canals be in
structed to enquire into the ex
pediency of making an appro
priation for the purpose of com
mencing the construction of the
National Road laid out and sur
veyed by authority of the Uni
ted States, between Wheeling,
in Virginia, and St. Louis, in
the state of Missouri.
Tuesday, Jan. 11. Mr.
Benton, from the Committee
on Indian Affairs, to whom the
subject was referred, reported a
bill to authorize the President
( the U. States to cause a road
to be marked out from the
west frontier of Missouri to the
confines of New Mexico; which
was read and passed to a second
reading.
The Senate resumed, as in
committee the exportation of
cordage manufactured from
foreign hemp in the United
States.
Mr. Ruggles explained the
object of the bill, which was
simply to allow persons to im
port raw hemp into the United
States to manufacture it into
cordage, and, in exporting it
again to receive a draw back.
After several verbal amend
ment -which were discussed
by Messrs. Loyd of Mass. I)'
Wolf, Holmes, of Maine, and
Smith, the bill was, on motion
of Mr. Dickersou, postponed,
and made the order of the day
tor to morrow:
Mr. Johnston of Louisiana
submitted the following resoT
lutiou for consideration.
Resolved, That the Commit
tee on Naval Affairs, be instruc
ted to inquire into the expedi
cny of purchasing a steam
jship or vessel of large size ca-,
pablc of cafrying a great num-
ber of men anil uoais io oe
employed on the coast of Cuba
and in tho Gulph of Mexico,
for the suppression of piracy.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
An engrossed bill for the relief
of the Niagara sufferers, being
begun to be read it was, on mo
tion, postponed to monday next,
to enable members to examine
the documents on the subiect
this day communicated to the
House.
The president in respect to
the call of the House of Re
presentatives for information in
relation to certain transactions
of Commodore Stewart and o-
thers in the South Seas, de
clined furnishing the docu
ments asked, for reasons which
he assigns at some length.
Mr. Hamilton, who had giv
en notice that on this day he
should call up the consideration
of the claims of Massachusetts
for militia services, signifies
that he would, for the present
yield to the consideration ot
those of Georgia but as soon as
these should be disposed of, he
should call up those of Massa
chusetts.
Mr. Forsyth then rose, and
gave notice that, as the mem
bers from the state of Georgia
felt a deep interest in the sue
cess of the claims from that
State for militia services in 1793
y-1, and believed it their duty
to present it distinctly to the
House, the opportunity woul
be taken to do so, by proposing
a provision for paying them, in
the shape of an amendment to
the first appropriation bill wind
should come before the House
The House then, on motion
of Mr. Webster, went into com
mittee of the whole Mr. Con
diet in the chair on the bill fur
thcr to provide for the punish
mcnt of crimes against the U
States.
U. S. Treasury. The ma
terials of the Treasury Report
as well as the clear and able
mariner in which they are uni
ted, render it a document we
worth an attentive perusal.
It exhibits the finances of the
republic in the most gratifyin
point of view; and if the Secre
tary s suggestions be adopte
by Congress, promises to free
the nation from debt in the
short space of eleven years at
the end of which time, an annu
al surplus of thirteen millions
Will be at the disposal of go
vernment. The Secretary advances the
opinion, that the revenue will,
after the present year, be increa
sed seven and a half per centum
by the operation of the new
tariff; and explains, in a satis
factory manner, why the five
millions loan was given to the
Bank of the United States, in
preference to individuals, who,
it has been said, pffered for it
upon better terms to the .Trea
sury. Jllex. Phenix.
Militia. By official docu
ments laid before Congress, it
appears that the whole number
of the militia of the United
States as enrolled, amounts to
one million fifty-three thou
sand seven hundred and eighty -seven
men for the arming of
which, fifteen thousand stand of
arms were last year appointed.
It appears by the same evidence,
that the United States now sup
port 13,034 revolutionary pen
sioners; that the pensions a
mount to one million eight hun
dred and thirty seven thousand
three hundred and sixty dollars.
We have likewise three thou
sand seven hundred & thirty-six
on the invalid persons list,
wuuisu peusiuus uuiuuul io iwu
mndred and ninety eight thou
sand dollars.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1825
The following are the official re
turns of votes for a Representative
to Congress, from this district, gi
ven at the election held on the 6th
instant, Geo. Outlaw, sen. of Ber
tie, and Willis Alston, of Halifax
county, being candidates:
For Alston. Outlaw
Halifax,
Bertie,
Martin,
Northampton,'
371
229
170
129
890
429
305
159
239
1132
899
Majority for Mr. Outlaw, 233
Casualty. On Friday last, the
lifeless body of Dr. Alexander Pi-
got, of Enfield, in this county, was
found in a small branch a short
distance from his residence. He
had been to visit a patient, and on
his return is supposed to have been
stuck with an apoplectic fit which
caused his immediate death.
Divine Service. The Rev.
Robert T. Daniel, by appoint
ment, will preach in this place
on Sunday, 30th iisl. and on
Thursday, Feb. 3 on Friday,
4th, at Quanky Chapel on
Saturday and Sunday, 5lh
and u7t, at VanicTs Meeting
house. Good feeling. One of the
northern papers having given
currency to a rumor, that corn-
binatiom
s. intriirues.
buvin:
and scllin
secret conclaves,
&c. were the order of the day
and night at Washington, the
National Intelligencer, in order
to rebut the charge, makes the
following statement:
"The doings in this city at
present, out of the legislative
halls, is pretty much confined
to the pleasures of hospitality
and social intercourse, which
is not in the least disturbed by
political feeling for, by uni
versal consent, the rule at
Washington seems to be, and
has been for many vears, io
agree to differ. There have
been many parties given during
the season the last of which was
on Saturday night at Major
General Brown's, who com
memorated an ever memorable
day, by calling his friends a
round him. Among the com
pany, besides the Nation's
Guest, the illustrious Lafayette,
were four of the present and
late candidates for the Presi
dency, with many of their
friends. Among them nothing
was to be seen but cordial greet
ings and friendly salutations.
If there be any intrigues on
foot at Washington, they are
kept 'profoundly secret. "
We sincerely wish the In
telligencer may be true in its
statement, that all is peace
and harmony at Washington;
but we have our misgivings.
Indeed, the Washingtouian, a
print not far distant from
Washington, states, that con
siderable jealousy and coolness
is said to exist between the
friends of Jackson and Adams.
"In so strong a degree is the
jealousy suspected to exist,
(remarks the Washington lan)
aftd to such extent will their
contention for precedence be
carried, as to end, it is predic
ted, in the entire explosion of
that good understanding which
hstmgmshed those confidential
friends in days of yore, and in
the utter prostration, or rather
severance ot that common in
terest, which has placed them
in conspicuous points of view
before the nation and the
worl d . ' ' PelersburgRep,
Indians. ...The Delegation of
Cluckasaws who lately visited
this city came, we are informed
by permission of the Govern
ment, in compliance with their
request, and at their own ex
pense. One of the objects of
their visit was to conclude an
arrangement by which their
annuity for one year, amount
ing to $35,000, should be em
ployed, under the direction of(nected with business, are daily
the Government, towards thejembarkingfor the United States
education and improvement of
their children. We are grat
ified to learn that such an ar
rangement was effected. Five
thousand dollars of the appro
priation, we learn, are to be
applied to the expense of erec
ting buildings, &c. and the re
maining thirty thousand are to
be invested in stock, the inter
est of which is to he applied
towards the support of the
schools.... Nat. Int.
j-r....A mo ui a very aiar-more tnan jiv(, mU-ons
ming nature broke out in iing of unemployed capitpl in
small house in Fayetteville, in the banks, and land was seilin
the vicinity of the Cape Fear at such a price that estates nev
Bank, a few days ago, and only y purchased yielded only from
by the activity of the firemen, tvvo l0 two andahalf nerccnt.
and the prompt co-operation of(
the citizens, was the town pre-:
served from an extensive con-' ' Forgery. Mr. Fauntleroy,
rv,.. a ... r i...
flagration.
New-York. After dwelling ; England, has made so much
in detail on the various topics noise, was tried at the Old Bai
of his Message, Gov. Clinton London, October 30, fur
concludes in the following forSery found SuUy an"" con
grateful and eloquent strain: j tinned to suffer death. His
"We possess a territory of. scheme of forSery has len
great extent: a soil of inexhaust- carncd on smcc lhe ycar lsl5'
able fertility; a climate of un- the sll,m total' whch the bank
doubted salubrity subterranean must Jose amounts to 170,000
manufacturing power; positions Pounds sterling. Being the
for prosperous commerce unsur- active partner in the Banking
passed upon the globe; vast pub- Company of March and Co. lie
lie property; in stocks and ca- contrived to sell out a large
nals; a flourishing treasury; a-quantity of stock deposited in
prospective and certain revenue, hf hose at rent lVA?
of millions; a system of laws un- beon5,n.9: to individuals, by
der which thp'ri-htsof nrrsons ' means of forged powers of al
and property arc secured, and;torncv tand t0 Fcvfi? ST"
still susceptible of great imijcion, had regularly pajd the a-
provements....and above all, may
we not say without arrogance
and without flattery, that our
population is religious, moral,
industrious, intelligent, enter
prising and high-spirited, pro
foundlyconscious of its rights, its
duties, and its b!cssngs; with
the principles and feelings of
freedom engrafted into its mor
al and physical being! Enjoy
ing, as we do, these transcendant
blessings, it remains for our
selves to determine whether we
arc worthy of the career which
the Author of all Good has open
ed to us, whether we have wis
dom and virtue enough to be
come what he has given us the
means, and indicated as jiis wish
that we should become, a main
pillar in the great and glorious
fabric of freedom and social hap
piness, reared by the valor, es
tablished by the wisdom, and
cemented by the blood of our
fathers, blessing as we are bles
sed aucl ministering as we have
been ministered unto... ..or
whether we are to prove re
creant to these elevated and im
perative duties, and wasting
our strength and sullying our
character in petty cabals, intri-
nirc oml 1 r no I nii-I tit I ah.. n-n-
mencing in folly and termina
ting in disgrace, we cast away
the rich bounties of heaven un
dermino our own prosperity
icwiu ujc esiaunsnmeni ol
pyucipies associated with the
exauett destines ot treedom, and
luenuiieu with the primary iti.
terests of the human race "
Spain. One of the last Paris
papers publishes a letter from
Spain which says that three
thousand men who had been as
sembled at Corunna, tO embark
for Havana in the two frigates
built at Fcrrol, rose in a body
and refused to go. The greater
part of them, it is added, deser
ted into the countrv. Vun
they no doubt form a strep,
faction against the government
There is at this moment in'
! Cadiz absolutely nothing doino-
.in tl"t nnmmoi'nlol , . 1 i
... .... vum.uviuui vunu, ana
all the Spanish families who ar
in good circumstances and con
and Havana.
Every one here
seems io uisirusi uie ivin and
the present government.
New-York E. Tost.
Money. So great was the
quantity of money at Edin
burgh, that several of the banks
there had notified their inten
tion to reduce the rate of inter
est, on the 1st inst. to two and
a half per cent, and on deposits
above 3000 to two per cent. It
was calculated lh.it ih
"'"
.the banker, whose extensive
; system of fraud on the bank of
mount of the dividends to the
owners up to the time of his
detection. His detection at
last was purely accidental. Of
the stock sold out by him, Lady
Aboync's pmounted to G1,000
pounds; Mrs. Pelham, 20,000;
Lady Nelson, 11,995; and
several other individuals ma
king the total of 170.000
pounds.
Greece. Some of the partic
ulars of the late naval battle be
tween the Turks and the Gretim
are given in a letter dated at
Smyrna, and addressed to the
Editors of the New York Daily
Advertiser. Seventy mer
chant vessels belonging to the
Greeks beat one hundred and
fifty large ships of war. Admi
ral JNIiaulins was scen-with one
of these brigs giving chase to a
seventy-four that ecape.d by
press of sail, aboaid of which
was the son of the Egyptian
Pacha the Nautilus was seen
in full chase of the whole.
Three Greek brigs penetrated
into the midst of four frigates
and three corvette?, stood their
collected fire for fifteen minutes,
and the result was that the
four frigates were driven off in
the space of 15 minutes. U'
frigates followed the heroic re
treat set by the eventy-forf