foLbxt IX. PUBLISHED (wEEKLt) BY ALLMAND HALL. TUESDAY, JANUARY Is, 1805, CONGRESS. December If. A Memorial pf.sundry manufactorersjof , . . t, rWv nnrt urate Of Nerf- York, was read, praying that a drawback of j duty may be aliovrca on ui imuhw4 foreign countries, of sugar refined within th United States, equivalent to the daty on raw .mnlnVf( in the manufacture of the refined sugar so exported,under suciiJegu-. iations as will tend eneciunj yU.w An engrossed bill giving p? to the stockholders of the marine inayitacf com pany of Alexandria to ensure ajainst hre, vas read the third time and passed.; ' An engrossed bill to amend tii 'act. enr. MU, " n ct for thejpvcrtnwnt and re gulation of seamen in the merchant ser vice, was read the third time and passed." ' ' December 21- Mr. Rhea (of Ten.) moved that the secre tary of War be directed" to lay before this lloue a statement or the officers and pri vates of the" several corps in the actual aer vice of the United Stateduring the years 1803 and 1 8(54, and the names of the ports and the number of the oncers and soldiers - occupying the-aamt,.., also a detailed state ment ofjhe monies expended on the several fortifications, arsenals,, armories, and maga zines of the United State during the afore mentioned 'period. Gen. Vamum doubted whether the secre tary of war could give all the information required, particularly he could not make Up returns of 1804 until some time in 1805. Mr. Dana did notJs.now.that there was any ii.'iliiMrv secret in. the disposal ot the small . military force of the. United States, but he did not think it prudent to give a written document on this subject, lest any nations of Indians should occasion some trouble to a post but weakly niamu'd. " Mr. Uhea of Ten. in answer loCen.Var rum, replied that if the secretary at war ould not give the information retired he would say sos On the observation of Mr. - Dana, he replied that in his opinion the representatives of the nation ought to be acquainted with the number of their troopa and their respective stations. ' Mr. Eustis requested the resolution jmight lay On the table till Monday. Mr. Khea of Ten, acquiesced, and the m lion lie accordingly.' f Mr. Eustis repoitcd from the select torn- -tnittee on the bill regulating the clearance of armed merchant vtssels, several amendments thereto, which being adopted, the bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading on Monday next. Aji embossed hill for istaMishing rules and articles for the Rovernmcitpf the ar mies or the United States, va read .the thhd time and pasr.ci. Mr. 3. Clay presented the petition of Oli er Evans, stating hi many and very useful Inventions for the improvement of merchant tnilh ahd steam endues, praying an cxtcn lion for his patent right to his mili machine iv, and on motion was referred t the com mittee of Commerce and Manufactures. Mr. Ctopion presented a petition from, iw'mdry British merchants and other Uiitish viSjecU, praying a tribunal to be established l'r the trial of suits for smaller sums than ; riidhm, claitMin this under the const i tutioit ;nd under the fourth article of the, llnti-di Treaty. Rclcrrcq .to tlcct committee ci itve number. " Mr. l.vi moved that a committee be ap pointed to enquire into the expediency of making provision by l.ttr to authorise the collectors of the several port of the United State, to deposit for collection the bonds iccnved hy them for the payment or duties, it the bunk of the United Stale or auy of Ui branches, or in any of the chartered hnnr.s of the several states. In support of tlie reference he remarked that the resolu. tlou contemplated an enquiry, and an impor. tant one. The bank of the United States and its brunches had usually a depositor the InotnVs of "the fjovernmenl to the amount of between four and five millions of dollars, that bv meaus of this deposit that hank was enabled nt onljr to h'.ld the mercttitilc in-icrc-st tributary ti tie institution, but all lhe banks of the States. His object was to r 1 1. 1.e the benefits, and net to permit that Institution to monopolize im eoormous pro ti fitm the treasure f the nation, lie wished to ofciier the bank institutions jje urdly, and he hfprd the enquiry wouM 'i4 ,in, r nd b'lics ed the the bW due to c United States wuld le cortf'illy col J t'.l in th chartettd banks, wkicli sre t!r inift time equally sccute, as that of t'.te Uni'rd States or any of its branches. Mr. R. (IriiwoM recollectrd this subject . s,m sugff s'td r.t a fvnvf seiinn, and a it li.t I a rrh'ion It the man .t,ctncnt of our fiti;irA l;t thought it wonld be more proper rrftr it to the committee of Ways and Mf.sns he mvle that motion SCCnrtliny lr. 1 'i did not vc that the subject ne tSHt ly ipjtrt aioed to tW conr.snittct of Ways and Means. ItliadTTibTelation to" the increase or decrease of the duties on imports; but merely to thedepositjof the bonds given by, the merchants to the col lectors. His true object was to prevent a monopoly, and he trusted gentlemen would not be enabled to defeat it by this mode of reference. Mr. R. Griswold understood the motion to relate to the deposit of the bonds, but it would be proper to enquire into the safety ' -of such deposit before itrvas-authorified by": law, and inhis. opinion the committee of AVays and Means fro,m-the habits of their - business was as competent to make the en-'; quiry as any select cpmmittte. ; On the question" it "was referred to; the ' committee of Ways and Means, .51 behlg favour of auch rt f, nee, and-41 againat it," The bill from tM Senate for the disposW ' tion of (certain copies of the Taws of the' United $uctes,r went before'-a committee 6f tne whole, which having made some amend ments thereto rose and reported, and the House having incorporated the amendments ' into the 'bill, it was ordered to be read a third time on Monday. Mr. Purviafice cave notice that oh the. third Monday in January he intended to 'introduce a resolution giving the district of Columbia a durable legislature of their own, on, which the opinions of the' heads 6f dt' partmens were to be obtained. "Adjourned. . : December 24. Mr. Leib from the committee appointed for the purpose, reported oh the motion for completing the arsenal on the Schuylkill, a resolution that dollars be appro priated for the "completion" of it; which le- jng read, on. motion was referred to the com-, j mittee of the wholf. On the third reading of the 1ill regula ting the clearance of armed merchant ves sels, . a. debate of considerable length took. ' place. Messrs. Dana, R. (Iriswold and Den nis spoke at considerable length against the same, and were replied to by Messrs. Eppes Srr.ilie, Jackson and E'.'sti. Tlte yeas nnd nays on the passage of the bill aere calitd tor by Mr. J. L-lay, and wei nyes r noes 36, and the bill was priced according!-)'. A bill was received from the Senate for dividing the Indiana territory, Into two ter ritories. ' December 26. ' Mr... Speaker Tatd before the house a Vetch he had received from Monsieur De Bourg De Marevllle, of Eliiabcth-Town, (N.J.) stating that he had discovered the means of preserving the lives 'of persona shipwreck ed at sea, and requesting Congress to pro mote the extension of such an useful xlis corery. The bill for disposina: of certain copies of the laws-of the United States, received from the Senate; and the bill for dividing 'e Indiana territory into two governments, cre read twice and rtTerrcd. Mr. Boyle laid on the table a resolution to amend the ruh-s of the House, by adding that a standing committee should be erected for the consideration of all matters relating to the sale or distribution of vacant lands belonging to the United States, to be styled the Land Committee. Mr. J..Randolph, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill making an appropriation for the support of the navy of the United Slates for the year 1803, whith fras read twice and referred. Mr. Crowninshicld from the committee of Commerce and Manufacturt a, reported a "bill for carrying IrrrocomptotetfTect the 10th article of the treaty wun Npam, which was committed. ' December 7. Mr. Ucb presented a petition from the board of director of the I'hiladclphia Typo graphical Society, praying Congress to lay an additional duty on all books imported into the United States for sale. Referred. The engrossed bill for the relief of Charlotte Hazen, widow and relict of the l.'te brigddicr general Muki liazcn, was read the third time a"nd pushed. On motion of Mr, Lewis, the House re aolveJ itself into a committte of the whole oti the hill to incorporate Ihc Washington building and fire Insurance compsc.y. Gen. Vamum in the chair. After going through the tame and miking a few amendments thereto, not afTectins the principle of the bill, the cdmrnhtre roic an I rrportcd their tsent to the same ; and the bill was ordered to be engrossed. Mr. CrowninshitM from the Committee of. commerce and manufactures, reported a bill supplementary to the act regulating the col lection of duties on imposts and tonnage, which was twice read and referred. AN ENGLISH PAPER MSI Tt rOLLOWtW REMARKS RMffCTlIO Ltn XVIII. THE lnf!iencerf Buonaparte ,st Rcilin, and the imntni'y which Ms enmiaries were ure to enjoy at the former capital of lohnd, hew that the King of Trance was no longer safe st Warsaw. But hardly had lonis the XVHL rtmained, sis dy at (Jrvlno, when-the same suspveipuscfiaraclerswbo had hitherto watched his motions, made Their appearance. In Russia, the law, of.. hospitality are inviolable j and the Polite: i very severe; but, as he hvjd no proof of a criminal design against those men, his most christian - Majesty, pre ferred . to leave - his quiet retreat, and become again a wanderer ; , a living example of the vicissitudes; of for tune which gave him a right to the throne, l;but refused him the humblest home ; rathcx' h'atr1iy"Tns-stay"'lore the source of any uik easiness to me uussuin government, nvcr since the death of the Duke of Engli:er., th young King of Sweden has preHgtd the King of France to accept in his dominions an asy--' lum. . His Maiasty, therefore, having utl ted OrOdiiO at'iMKlnight, proceStled to Mit tart irbere he remained a vessel was hired at the nearest seaport, when Ive. em barked for tlmar, jshxrv lus '-Majesty iu-, ;tends to 6x his residence thtre to wait, a' change of fortune,. . .' . Calmar, the capital of the coV.nty.of tlie the same name, is silutittd.npou tb(e Baltic, in the province of , Smojand, aud containe about 600 inliabitahls. It is neatly built, and has atnstlo in which his Majesty will 'reside. Being a frontier -town rnany bat tles have been fought in its neighbourhood, ' between Sweden and Denmark, until, by the victoriei of. Charles X. the former acquired the province of Scaiia, Holland, and I!lekig from the latter. It was there the union of Calmar was concluded in the fifteenth cen tury, which united uncle? tlie sceptre .of the great Margaritta, called the Scniiramis .of the North, the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and, Sweden ; at: union, aitrwardt dissolved by the tnusr.acres of the Swedish .nobilitybyv. the.. Danish. Ki.irgVClir.'V.iaiLJI. The people here, hs in every other f art of Sweden, ure poor, but hespitable, liveiy, and fond of strangers, and in no kingdom of Europe is the spirit of Chivalry so high. Louis XVIIIth. therefore could not "chooae an asylum more suited to his circumstances and .his fortune. There is another reason fortius preference given to Sweden :--Count de Eerscn, formerly a Colonel of the regi ment Royal Suedois, in the Trench service, saved the life of his mot christian Majes ty in June 17'Jl, by aiding his escape at Valenciennes, when I.ouii the XVItJt a rrrsted at Varenncs. This nobleman is now one of the members' of the Swedish Regency, during the abaepce. Of hi sovereign. It war. this , nobleman, .Uo, in October, 1793, at the; risk of hi life, penetrated into the dungeon of the Con ciergerie, at Paris, to administer consolation, and- to offer deltvtrance to the disconsolate widow of Loui XVI. the once beautiful Maria Antoir.c'te, who, trusting to her rank, her scr and her innocence, declined the oiTcr, and became a victim to lur mistaken confidence in the honour and justice of re volutionary brigands. Since that period, His Majesty Iris redded nt Brussels, at Cob- lent, at Turin, at Verona, with l!ie army of. Lotulr, in IJenmark, at Mittau, at Warsaw, ai'.d at CJrodiio. The wandering. of the Ktng of I ranre tit the no:ih oi Europe, do not excite mre coinnnjon in the brr;sts of the contiiH.ni al princes, iluu the wander ings in the south of another exiled sovereign, the King or Sardinia. They stam upon the brink of an abyis into which every revolu tionary blani threatens to plunge them : and surrounaca wun uangert they sutler thm selvcs to be amused with new titles, impo litic fetes, and puerile shews. Onboard the Mercedet-Spamsh-bipfatys a london paper ol October 33) which blew tip in the late action with our frigates, it is painful to state,' that there were nineteen ladies passenger, who perishtd with the rest of the unfortunate penons on board. The blowing up of La Mercedes is attributed to the dangerous method of loading in Span ish ships, which is by a shell from a cask where the powder is kept loose. The ship Spy, Capt. Clarke, from the South Seas, (ay the same psper) arrived last week al Portsmouth, was laden with several tons of gold and silver, belonging to Mr. Hurry, of Goiprt, being the uc- tessful product of a cargo of British manu factures with the inhabitants of South-America. The bullion estimated at 100,0001. in upwards of 100 large casks, was deposited in the Gosport Bank, from which it was con veyed on Tuesday last to the Hank of Eng land, tinder a strong escort. Tart of the cargo consists of 40,000 dollars, which, in the present scarcity, must be considered ss a fortunate acceuion. COMMERCIAL COHflESrOSDENC 4 4 Eitrott eft ittttr fro-n Birl$!tt to tfxdatU itrtttititt hevit in EjHc, tinted (htof-tr 50, 1804. Agreeable to jcur request, 1 now for wsrd you our prices j together with the new irranemctit made, prohibiting the further Importation of salted provisions, fli cT all kinds, vp, candles, butter, lard Ac. by an erdr which the Coscrnor has just received fVim lis Earl of Csradn, cf kit 1. "jeslyTprinc; pal'ecretaries- of StnteTtlate'? 6th Sept,- lso-i, whereof the following is an xtraeUi 1 cm to instruct 'you r.ct to open the ports fif the Iskv.d over, which jou pr-tside fjr lh: "ddmtssicn of articiciftvm tin American" ; States, vjhich art; not uUcirid"' tb- ieJmfcrUvt . h hiw ( except, in ctes of rial end vrty grtat rirtrssily) end not to fjii in.afi,'trhifig'inc, in tvery- Instance,, iviicrttn jju tla:.lxs9 iloy 'and to State at tke se,r:p time,-the reason tviitA induced jiti to adajt the medsuix.' ' ' In consequence of which, UieiovernoT has issued his proclimatton, r.llow ing t!,c following articles to beiimporiul, nnd no vthcrs : scantling, boarilSf", plank; .ami squsr ed timber. jioops, staves anu hctid'mghir.glea horses, cnitle, sheep, hogs and pr;:itrv of all sorts, breadr biscuit, flour, pease, bi'fnsj potatoes, V'heat, rice, outs, lHiU;y, mu! r;in of '.til sets s tc be (a fure for o;. year. V Under these ti; Tunistahtea' I woVild not j recommend ytur shipping any. clef articles', ' than those mentionett, for the same fnstviic tions have gone to all the Governors of tlie clutcrent British Colonies, and have extended ' even to Surritmm and Demarara. 1 think deal lumber, and a quantity of dressed wood hoops, sufficiently long tor sugar nogsh'eads, will answer ; that a"iticle al present in stiling at 50 and 56 dollars per m. and I tlb not expect thfcy.,will be ' under from 40 to 50 dollars the , whole year. M Our crop, will be Very ebur'dant, and by the month of Jnuuury, Molussrs will come in plenty to the markets, it is .expected to : break at 3? jto 35 rents per gallon, the qua lily is very good ; if any thing, .betlTi- than Snninam. . ' ' GRKKRAt price'!. SwperF.ne.flo(ir, 12 dollars; ship bread, 5, navy fl, ami pilot 7 dollars per bbb black. eyed. pcasclJUSL dollars' per bushel, white ieant 2 dh. corn r'rfrl. uhd oats 5 shiilins ; potatoes S clols. per ' burrel ; dcalpirnbe'r 26 dols. per r.. ml o; k staves "0 dol$. per m. wooi hoops drt s- lc!, 40 teT"50 "clqls" per m." 'horses . inTiulViy, from 70 to 120 dols. jesclr; cattle do. from to to 0 do. ' Molasses none yet at mrrket ; Punr69 cents and expected to be as low as 50.'. From Ilatanns, Ts'ov. 11, wc lecm that the Americans viM not tc permitted to 'ex port horses after the 20th Dec. inst. We also learn from Hnyanna, that every American vessel biund home, must take two Trench soldier.s on board, before the Spanish Government will permit her to clear" out; the master are furniehed with a per mit to deliver them to. some French com mercial agent, on their arrival in the United States. The French soldiers are part ot4 those which Were on beard the English car tel ship from Jamaica, lately put in there in distress, and which sunk in the harbour. TA'ctrov, (Jam.) Dec. I. JnCur.cU'isi day of Kovenfcr, 1804. WHEREAS, i y a Rtfolutionu! Coun cil, bearing date the 17th day t July, ' l3oo, his Honor the Lieutenant-Go-crtu or was adfifed to recommend in tic feve ral Officers of his Maj-ely's Ciiunm, at the leteral pom ot tlm iflaiut, to permit the lice importation rf Ihren, hogs, poul try, fmall livestock of all kinds, and all fnrtsof trutf, fibed andallotl et f-rtivilion and lumber or every defciiption, ax well in Britilh as in alf other vrfleN,. hthi- g ing to neutral Hates i.i amity v iih Great. Dritait from the day i f the cLte thereof, until ihe3Ml day of Deiembtr i.ext enfu--rrrf,normt-ix-rronthioTTcrrronlftr be pven lo the contrary upon ihelike terms charges, and condiii,n, and fub tett to the lame iu!es. ieru!a;ion. vlflu- 0 O ------ tion andfearches, si sre obferved whh rrfpfc"i io?cre!i importing provifioni to this iflind t. And whereat pcrmillion was !fograntfdtoallr:cutral vfirels,impoting the above articles, ui.dcf the authority of the above refohition, 10 export rum and molaSlcs from any port or pom, place vr places of this ifUnd, upon the like lermf. Imputations chargei and conditions, at pre oberved with relped to the Ciitilh v c tT I in the liVecafei. Hefolved, that Lit Honor bercqeflej' to nify to the principal Officers ol hit Majcfle't Cuflomt, at ti e fcvcral pom of this if and, that from and after the expira tion of fit months i be computed Irom the prtlent date, the fa id Kefolution of Council, of the 171b cl July, 1S00, ii to be no longer corfidered in force. M. ATKINSON, O. Cone. Alexander C. Milter, Rr,sncTFUij.ritf.,mtth Ladh$ lhairinx enj Pointing thru times a week or tf tntr tf preferred, ot their Dwelling tt ca tht Itrmi that Intent aretxenfir the I'tant Forte, three or more with ti rrrate imtrvttien at th tame hour, Mr hUller trill etlenj entht ternW that he the 1 at his tgingu Tor urmi cffilf f Mr I. Vante's, Jyitit.itrret, , fi'dmingten, Jjn.lt ,lw J

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