if;'
J-""
.'5
tfc cuflom of old waruatsij'we Have pub
Hkly acknowledged yta tote thrchitf of -the
government v
Done at head-quarters, at Portad
Priace, Oflober at, 1806. "
(Signed) C. GttiN.
Mini&er of war and the marine.
" PETION. .
,Cijtmanding general of the id divifipa of
the Eaft. ""' ' '
Satork and Vtvat.
, Generals of Brigade.
;. V;-. BosntT,
Adjutar.t,Sgenera ia'chief of the flaff.
Here follows a large number of other
frgnaiuieS' , .
.... (Baltintirt American.) ;
J '
CONGRESS.
SEN ATE.UN1TED STATES.
' Monday, December . 7
The resolution,' offered by Mr. Tracy,'cal
Jingf'upbn the President for information re
lative to thenegociauons pending "with Great
Britain, was taken up, and negatived Ayes
' Agrerably to notice given on Wednesday
Mr. Bradley presented a bill to prohibit tho
importation .of slates into aoy port or place
wilhiu the jurisdiction of the United States,
from mid after the. lt day of January 1808.
This bill is the same with, that before, the
senate at their last session, ;
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
- wmm ' ' ' .
Monday, December t,
Mr. CrowninshieiA offered a resclutionr re
questing the secretary of the treasurfto fur
liiih the house f Representatives with a.
statement of the . amount of .deposit of mo
ney in the United State and other: bnksr
for the three last years, together with the
balance therein remaining, distinguishing'
the amount for each yetrv Hi 'object wss,
jf the rebo'.utioa passed the house, ultimately
to taise a revenue from thtie balances. He
believed there were three ot four million
tuy.v in tie bii.ks,' ,which, at an inures! ef
tlx percent Would yield an'anaual revenue of
between two and -'three hundred ihousand
Mlan. Th. resolution waa agreed to.
; ' C i ., . December ll :
. The hi'l ini.pVndii(? the operation' of the
non jjwport.itiyn la till the lt July next
was ypterduy read a third time in the aer.Me.'
The quc4k!i was1 then pM shall the bill
(,;-vhen Dr..M'.cVelJiofrrl a amend
ment nearly ta I hp fallowing wards : Sect.
i. Awdb.? further-enacted, tha it shall be
Ulc TV the President cf ilie Unilad Siates,
br7jrocUtniuiv,to'fcrani .; further, euspen-
arm . of ire brlore-nuniioned law, lor any
p-'ricvl rn exceedu-g lhe;ra'day of D'fcanv
L:r r.i-xt, if in his opinion Ae national honor
in! inieret shall recfViueU - ft was thenar..
dtred tlut the bill, together with the prcpos-'
el amendment, be rcferrtd'tb-a tec( om:i.
m.Uee of 3 nienibrrs-,ih'' committee .10
consist of Means. Giles, Mitchell and BU
win.. ' ,
. In th? House of repiesentstiresi this dly,
Mr. Clopton, after a speech -of considers
l.'nth. sbbiniited a resolution o tho kiilyw,
in;; effect; llcso'.vcd, by th Senate and
house of Representatives of the United, htijca
,9f America, two thirds o( fcoth. Iioujes. co,
furring, that the follovini; atoendmept to
the conMitutiun f the United States, whn
ratified by three-fourths of the legal Vres of
the several htatei, sh.ll he tiled to altlhicnts
and purposes as prt of the saVe conaMibtion,'
. via. the
he words roittained iri the last elsuse of
tie eighth srctlf of the constitution of the
U. Stuua, as foKf,wsT(.Conrev ahsll hsve
power M la mske ail laws wluxh ahallbc neces-
iry anq proper for carrying into exccutit a
the Strcgoinjg pvnen, andiill other powers
vetted by ihii constitution in the ,iovfrr4n0t
pf the United States, t r in any (iertmeul
oreSice Ihcrcf," tLsll HtrctnMntcd so is to
com ;i t he lid" only surli a.v as ?halj ha,ve a
naiur! connecrtan' with s ur' relation to the
wontn expfrssly m'er.ti nrd, or which nr.sr
te delesttrl hy the5 rnnvwi, to any de
partment tf the f overnms.it. He hal brtiURlil
fa. ward this pri)pml!ion, lelievius k he did,
that by MitcorulriKti'.it ol tn wbids in ihia
dtiuef which, he said, were not peihp
salnyrn'Jy e;hrit. a power had been Ur
inerlv carrcind, whiclt the constitution had
' t initndrd to be veiled jn'any. department
tf tht fi rlerl fprernment t he alluded to the
"ever 'to he ttecrated scditioii Isw.'lle
thtft aJirUerii'the unrert'tints'' Which e
Itted wiitrrtapect t ur iewssor fuirtty
from wl.Kh he tontlutkd. lh irhotyh there
alidrmt MMelV adipoliion atpretio re
Bfwt'if la, yeltlii might not always he the
4oi ic mirhi at M ditttt jlay S acai re
,)(cvrd H ifp tovk a rsriUWw efth
lA!t(.f fliafcJeralitfniiituiion-rf the
jrrviuJ sup frora one isurpatf n I anather
of tU t!erp at! aolitary Kktsna f,d
rciitm which ti BrevailcJ in rns-;y. covntriit
cflhe K'"h, dwH rhurh on Ilia Uanrrr of
'... 11 . ni'7.1 1.1
n tnfwu.iKia'ra n"trnnjcii ana rrnayoea
'(fjfl fcttftx sin'tf cl lli KrvtlnospVrnri.
'"fwr whkhty WH.sed that the nlrv
aittf their Uf-ay fH rl tjvtrnmtl.l
tnlirMlX ro-tUi whS-tlme.". : i
The rfaoKiiKwt wa then rtft rred to 4fp.
.rnixtM aC ike wb1 hMiaoa the ateta Utha
raaa, and arJd u V prtMe.; - 1 ,1
V1 ,1 1 DrteraUr tl.
, 1 Mr J Ril 1j f-'orii the coieni( u a. ,
W tlhanfrTd the amendretau af
tHa Saivata taihat ll to auipo4 'lha im las
'lartationaci, mi Ui rapw, trrt '
, To agree to the first amend me'nt proposed
by the iienate, which, is to strike out the fol
lowing words at the end of , the section
This act shall take effect from and after the
t passing thereof with an amendment, 'Vie.'
to add aner the word remit," as louows
on narment br the oarties by whom sbch
Tpenakj, fine or forfeittire may have been in
curred, of aU costs which have accrued, or
may accrue before notice of this act shall
have been , received by the attorniea of the
several districta of the U. " . ,
And to agree to tie second kmendmentf
aulhoriiing the President to suspend the non
importation act tUfthe 3 1st of December.
- A concurrence with the fivst amendment
was carried without a division; - r . ,
Mrt Dawson moved to amend the amend
ment of the Senate by substituting the word
l public interest," in lieu of the words "pub
lic service." ' ; . '' ' r':r:. ' '" ' '
Jr. Dawson's motion was agreed to Ayes'
43-Noes 40. r ' ..'.''. "
The question was taken by yeas and nays,
and the amendment carried Yeas 8a Naya
,23,', . - .'i-..:.' , , , , .
Tuesday, December 16. ;'
A message was received from the Senate
seating that they had concurred in the amend
ments of the House to their amendments to
' the bill to suspend the operation of an act) en
titled, An act to prohibit the importation
of certain goods, wares and merchandise, and
to remit the penalties -incurred under the
same." . ' ' t '
This bill, -consequently, only requires the
i gnattire ol the President to be a lawi
s CHARLESTON,. Dec 20.'
Previous to the sailing of tapt. Camphelf,'
who arrived the day before retterday from
Montevido, the Spaniard assulled end retook
Buenos Arres, which had been captured' a
shore time before, by the British troops undef 1
General Bcresford, making the Whole bf the
BritUh forces their prisoners. - The squadron.
of Sir Home Popham, howevsn wm attlt
the neighborhood, an1 Mintci iiio was threat
ened wuh a olockaoe, NeuTTal vesseu were
aHowcdonly serca days to di p&n, and then
to take with them the cargoes they had biof
in, ;or utin haluiu rnl .veeeia entering or
quitting that port, after ths time just men
tioned, were to be considered as prizes. . "
Bueno Ayrcs was csp'ured by the Dntitti
on the 28ih of June lsst, and rttnken by tie
Spaniards about-the nitddte of August, if
w.n deemed of so mnch consequence, that Yt
isritisn governmeni it iaei 10 na?e appoin.
tad General llefcsford to the ovemorahip
of it, with tha same salary that bad Keen al
lowed to the Span sh governor teri thousand
pounds per annum i,
; ... . . uee.
Yesterday arrived ;at this port' the Tlam-
bnfgh Ihipe Johanhal !!einerick"1i Gefrud,
from that eitv. Gp; 'WUtern.' pf the for
mer ship, left the crty btithe'firat dy oi o-
. vemher. He trives U.s the ct'.aih ol the ope-.
rations of the (Vrahd Armies up to that peii-'
6d.-: The battle of the 14th October, of which .
we have already giveh' the French acouhi
wsalhe last one which fc'fd been fought V'nrn
he aailed. The atateWen't f that bt-Je $
.iMsiled by cabtsrt"VVi differ ms!er1a!!w
f;om whst h.u Veil puMisbtd. The French j
aVmy is sia'ed tA have , consjated'of tJO biv)
men ; fhtf Pru.sian army bf 1;0X00. Tht
h'att'c wasj' onsidt rrd as one of the maVt tyboi
rfy 'aftd, t-betmstely contesled whkh hii tetn
foninht sinrt the commence mant of Iluoca
psrte'a rareer. For a long lime the victory
doubtful t The TiRht ! left wings pf
the rrrlch arm? were rrpuhed with grest
Josi hyiht Piuosian cavalry ;;hut tlie1 hhlk
wasultimaieU won hy ti e superior numbers
of the French iufantrv. A fresh bo !T.
tJid'meiu foninanded by Marshal Ner.'wha
tame up in the m.ddle r ihe action; deciced
the fate nf the day. They penetrated the
centre ,of the Prussian line In the form rf a'
,w;ed, end succeeded in breaking it, and
.routing the armv. The kss in kil!d and
-wounded is considered to have been about 4-'
qua! on each side.. Two Frcr.ch Genrrs!s of
V.Uiincilon fell In the actUn. The Duke of
tlruhswick lost an ere in the actlop ,' but none
rof the Prunian Generals were k U d at slated
in the Titnch account. PrSoea'Louii lVrtlii'TJ
narid was killad irt a lubsiquent ergspetnett. '
The Prussian troops s re a red to have fwught '
with a courage bordering on jieipeatloft, but
they were tfrpowertrt py swjnor r .rce
Notwithstanding this defeat, . hf ve'r, lh
FruMan fortes hsd again raflied. and another
tstile wss hrUrfltt' ' The rmslsn
rmf wks eolhecrtng at sad In tfc vicinity of
llieimafttahU fortrasiiof Magdrharg. An
army of reserve, of ,80,000 men, was alto In
rttriintit to meet tht enemy. ITwo It uuian
4rtnls, rntofiO.CC v men, and anoiker cf
lOflMf wire approachiodlv forced marches
tha scene of action ; ibry hid artivtd in Prui.'
jtn VplatxS. Buotiapatle liJ srriud at
"Potsdam, within a few m'det of llerlin. AH
he tiaatirt, military starts, sVc. hadhetq
'e'raoved from that city. 1 k Cat.'tr, ;
r' - '!, - . J
Zirrwrf fJlUtlf Xrrf JTaj. afj.'raf,!
, tOttr1tik U64l w J I
u I f nd msrkeis d1t, the people apparintfy
pwverty struts. I Mtnasi r.ina have ij
, artMaav frot Into Pllar. bo piMin
itf thWIaladdbelnf br txrvaJal eo'botitv nro.
hiUttd tndg tl.nf ptoduca lei' mrtt .
Vhrre.lt ts' wanted, and 1 Uig4.U ihtp ,it ,
Id Kogland, sthtra tha jeeple,se two poor1
to buy btii a tf ty arsaU rrpponipn rf it, and
tlucspsrtc bfirrg ia banj Ixsrted at ti pe.
rftlitadmHstonUtoarrqost atlthe ports la
r.aropaj af cavrte ll f malos onwitj iatle
Hiag' Warr-hauatsU f.hfHrvt. The ioa.
an dnlr ttaj tit wtrfniht, pitmJ.
i r a
um and other cTiargef they pay en the ship
ments are more than they will realize.
" Nothing seems to keep life and spirtt in,,
these poor oppressed people, but the licensed .
bpamsh Traders, who kindly bring Doubloons
and Dollar, about sufficient in . quantity- to
pay for the real positive necessaries ot lite
furnished them from America. The conse
quences must I think soon be an opening of
their ports, and a free trade with the United
btates. -
; WILMINGTON.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1806.
f ' "
- - ' ' waariMMNfec aa.
List of American Vcsseh lying in Kinjrstcm, fan.
Qcto6tr29th 1806, waiting for adjudication)
detainti by different ships of war of his ZJri
tannic Mojtstj;
Schooner .Speculator, Enoch Lee master
from New-York, found dismasted in tha Mo-
na Passage, towed into Jamaica by . ,
afterwards libelled on pretence of her being
bound for Lapuira.
v Brig Truxtpn, Jones, from Sahia Hofidat
(Cuba,) bound for Boston, detained in con
seouence of her coming from au cut Port of
Cuba.
Brig Richmond, Sawyer, bound for Bostoni
from C.avannas, (Cdha,) guilty of coming
from sn out Port of Cuba.
Brig Mary, Foster, bound for Philadelphia,
guilty of coming frn St. Martha.
Schooner Four Sisters, Dowland, bound for
Boston, guilty of coming from Laguira. .
. Schooner Eclipse, . Frazier, Irora Balti
more crime not known.
Sloop Saucy Jick, Gareia, from New-Orleans,
bound to Havanna, with Lumber, sus
pected tobe guiiiy of having money on board.
Brig Mercury, Adams, bound for Boston,
guilty cf coming from Trinidad, Isle of Cu
ba. . '.
Slwp Two RUttre, from Philadelphia,
guilty of beb:g bound for St. Jago, C.
' - The frfcooner Mt'fockavtanJo, John P.
Swan, of Salem, failed from Sf. '1 homaf .
Dec. 9, in company with the fch'rHope,
Jfhn Noble, ot PuriAnoiiih. N. H. hoRd
to Philadelphia at 7? ' m . fpoke him bouml 1
Lack to St. Thomas, wiih his main boom
carried amy. Lefr at St. Thomas Shipa
rf ....... . r i
vienerai napniilon, W Hliam, 0! Forjland
Hiram, Mammon, of Vifcaffct; Biig
Doufe, of Portland. .
Charleston, Dec, 15.
Th British ship John, capt. Phillipa, from
Congo, with 389 slaves, to Mr.T. W. Raw
linson, in beating in yesterday, got ashore on
Cuming' Flat she, has aince bilged, and
will be totally lost. The ciew and slaves
were brought up to town in the pilot boats,
laat evening.
. Capt. Malcolm, on" the 39th November, in
iat. 30. 48. long. 67. 40, tpoke ahlp Fnnice,
11 days from Grenada for Boston. Decem
lerll, in lat. 14. 10. long. 78. sprke bri
Rambler, II days from Tobago, for Wil
mington Capt. Glen, em the ICth November, in lat.
30.. so. long. 40. spoke hip Independence,
from Charleston,' for"AfHt'a. December 6,
in lat. 3D. 49. long 76. 8. spoke ship Savin
naf , Delano, 77 days from Liverpool for Sa
snnah. DrcemUr 7,'iis Nt 31. 3.1. In long.
76, fell in with Ike wrerk of the chr Polly,
capt..WilHarat, of AVtlmlngitin, both msata
gona, aad nearly full ot water. The a?a run
ning very 4iji, on boat tould lite ; ai.d rapt.
Glen was compelled to run ah ng iidt wiH
bis bpg, and throw out ropes to the petple
on the w reck. They aucceeded in getting on
board, capt. Williams and a boy; but the
mate, Mr. aitas iialr having unfortunate
1 left go his hoM,'w. drownei.
The Polty sailed from Wilmington, N. C.
fhrthif port, on the 1st Deterr.btr. and for
'sevctaj dsye after ejperienced very 'severe
-weathers tost her detk load, and ;n a pje
ftom N. N. W. 00 the 7 tit, she was to'slly
dUmsi'.cs'.. She wss loaded with naval atorce
eui lumber, pnnc:pi'y owned hy the capt.
Mr Hale wa a tiauvo cf Glaitcnberg, Ir.
Coitncctirut.
, , C!aift. M'.lkr left at Ing lsland, the achec.
teri'ai eUpcr, Bar J, cf this port, to Mil
rxst dav. Sch'r Itelaey, Choatr. cf thia
port, sailed frt.m Jorg-IiUrKl for Rigged.
'IsTaM, about the 3th UU On Friday last, in '
1st. 33. 40, long. 19, 35. capt M. spoke hHg
" ..; William from Antigua boand to
Wilmington, 19d;tout.
' - ' ' Dee, If.'
Cap. Hildrrth, (of the lulr Venus f,on
New. York) on the 3d bit. In lat. 36. 1, long'
75. 10. waa brought loard boarded hy the
Biiv'th frigate Can.hrian, who .overhauled
the trig's paper, bills of lading, andpcoplc'a
( rote nans, and deia'mcd heran hour aad an
, alf, December II, spoke Uoonoe Nancy,
Warr'irgton, fiom Jamaica, bound loWil
, tr in ton, N C ha 4 .lost hi mainmast len
days , before, andwas .lkaai under bis far- ail
, ami ill, which sare tanr tnoch sh a tie red
1 Ik bitwl L. W l. ls.. I- - .1-
II , Chest peake, Ul aald V xxpoctcd to rxa
' that sthV " ttwindcamau the
J MvrMvwvi f imi 11 i.iu awvui 1 rai,.
yesterday, spoke the ship PanallwrW, Shirn.
we'd, af Halt irroft, (rf Uverpovt.out 6 wte is,
!a a very leaky cunditiefc about to put back
Iri; CVramete, of Balirnwe, put batk in
disiTss roe week out t ad, In lat. 31. crr,
U, alip Tbcma, from livtrpol, leund
Ncsf-Oilciti, cl 22 4ju
. His honor Bfckhoia.Lmcgtloc, trq.
haabcen appointed by the Preliiient an al".
fociate juttice of the fupiemo court of ther
United Statea in place ot. Judge Patterfoni.
e'eceafed.1 .. . -: J .
CUSTOM-HOUSE YJLM1NGJ&. ; V.
2-3-s- A. . I, llalej, Charlcstom
Brig Rsvbtn Slocking Tobago with rum to the
V ; ..' , ' captain
; , Rambler, Pope, Tobag
39 Sih'r. Regulator, JlMlfier.ni, Charleston
: Powder Point, ' Smith, Salens
Ship oVancy, Morton, t . NtwYorh
Sch'r Madockawando, Swan, S Thomas, wUh
: tugar, cofe and rum,"t Gautier U Co,
Sch'r..Union, Titcomb, ' Kewburj Portt
rig Merehant, Samuel Pcpe, , Tobago, wit
r-m and molasses, to the Captain
V...-, ibnttxuma, Lincoln, Antigua, within
-g-ar aj rumi't0 Qautief V Co,
Sch'r, Confdenct,. Merril, .'"' ' 'iobagt
Ship IVashington, Porman, . , Jamaica;
Sch'r, Gotham Level!, Level!, . Host 09
JJrig Alexis, Lewingston, Greenock, with salt"
- and toatt to John Lord,
JHramt Church, Jamaica!
'. . ' Cleasrb'
Dec, SiSch'r. -Rainbow, Pkimh, Rarbodotf
Ship EnlcrprizeCongar, Liverpool
23 Brig Matilda, Bostwick. Darbcdoev
ft if Sloop Sally, M'Ltan, Barba&oee
PRICES CURRENT VTiittixGToir.
Dls. Cts. JDh. Cta
1 BACON per 100 Iba.
I
30
30
7 J 1
30J.
33
IS
Coffee per lb.
Corn per bushel,
Meal do.
Rice
Tobacco, ,
Flour per barrel, new
Ditto per half ban d,
Lumber per M.
W. o. hhd. slave, .
P. Or do. do. do.
. o. bl. do. rviugh'
Shingles per 1000,
Sugar, per cwt.
Molasses per gallon
Rum, W. I. pr. g. 3d p
Jamaica do. 4th p.
' N. Et do.
f
S
9
0
4
10
SO
13
13
I
6
I
3
SO 6
JO 7
It
2f
14
7J 1
-9
40
75
90
50
331
i '
fat
is
Tat per barrel,
1
3
Turpentine, .
Will be Hired
AT the. Court-fioufe in Wllmirgfo
cn the third of January 1807, foro
ra valoah'e negroei belonging to the o.
Date of Thomaa Mcore, dec. Thecorv
d'uiona will be rpade known cn the day of
hire.' - ' '
Thomas C.Howc, Ex'r- .
December 22, t8c6.
Will be ofTered for sale, at auction
On the 6th thy tf Junnan next,
A VALUABLE WATER LOT
adjoining the r.ew buildin? cf Captain T.
N. Gau ief the fot is 66 feet wide on
Frcnt-flrert, and cf Out vr'dt rn th ti
veton the l ot is a fmall Hie f Dwelling
Ilotife and Kitchen, and is fenod wi
toaidi. Tcims fix months credit for or,
ha'f the purchafe mooej, the puichafer .
gtring bond and approved frcuriiy Sixty
dascfecit lof the ciT:r hau, thepur.
chafer jiving rotes w ith apptoved emteiiv
ers, pivable and negotiable at the Bank ct
Cape-Fear. "
JAMES WALKER.
December 1, '
H ,
THEATRE. ,
On Monday tuning, th January, tTt'
The Taaitan AssoctaTioar will perforrc
the much admired Omedy, in Eve Acta.
written by Henry Morton, Esq. called
A Cure for the Heart Aclicj
To which will be added
An Entertainment, lo two Acts, raited
High Lfc below Stairs. !
Doors witl bo opened at six, and tha per
fomsnca commence at seven o'clock.
Ticket may b hsd cf Messrs. t Vyd and
Anderson, Mr. Charles Jones, and Ike Trea.
surer, Mr. Hiwill.
N. II. The Assoclstion laving foond
much difTira'.ty in procuring PUys for repre
stniition, such aa will merit tht 'applause cf
ihe Public, they will thankfully reteiva on
loan from the Ladits and Gentlemen of Wit
tningtona&r dramatic pampLtcUf which will
be returned et the cipiraiioo of the season
sr at any moment celled for. The want of
a flock htort, induces this advertisement
Those inrHned lo favor the Association, wilt
please leave their Books at Messrs. Lloyd k
Anderson's, with J. W. Hiwill or If. Ptllant.
, TO LET,
eTpHE-Store and Cellar edjoMrg lie
JL - fobfet ibef 1 whereof immd'ute pof
feli.ot will be r ivrnAlfo the two EiUlc
kar
H Si of el la,'Mafkct.Sifra, belonging to J.
r. Uurgwift tlt y will becompieirl en J
ready toitceive tcnioti ia about a an oath
l etquiii vf
ta i
CUES ft nURGWIN.
Dfcuobcr is.
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