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: constitution 'flfif.. da Sunday ) at 15 o'clock, lihe erhperot i&ted on his ihrbne, surfpqnded'by the'' pTincca, gi and dignitaries, cardinals, : ministers, grand-offi ecu. nd be arers -of the eagle of the legion "of . ho nor, tic, received i he members of the senate, w ho ,J vert; introduced to his majesty by the grant! fnas. ters.of cerraoiy,-mlbt aid, and presented by his serene highness the prince vice-grand elector. Hi's excellency count Lacepetie, president,-addres- - ed his majesty in tbes.irofs"t,l-i Sjaa-T neonate, at the foot of the throne of : your imperial aBd royal rnajeaty, hasten to present the homage of its 'felicitations on the happy arrival of your majesty injhe midsi of your people. .',, Your absence, tire, Wt" ever been viewed as a national calamity your presence fills with joy arrd confidence the whole df the French people. - Your imperial and royal rnujesty has laid all the basis necessary for the. organization of your tast empire ; ut therestill remains te your rha- iest?i many objects to consolidate and to accom. plish ; and the least delay in the completion-of. our Citicrent losiuutions, is considered -as anauouai lipsfortune. . s ' - i Whilst your majesty was 800 leagues Urom Tour capital, at the head of your victorious armies hemj Home men wno nau eacapea iroyi me pri 'sons, whither they had been sent, through the clemency of your majesty, in lieu of being punish ed with death; which they richly merited for past crime's, attempted to disturb the tranquility of thw-ereat citv. They have been made to-teei the effects of aheir nevr attempts. J, Happy France who: m'dnarchTc'al cinu as a shield against nefarious attempts to ere aie civi) discord, attended with sanguinary 'hatred of parties, nd all the horrible, scenes wmchrevo luiions generally bring with: them. . "The- senate, first council of the emperor, is es tablished for the preservation of this 'monarchy, an i ihe hereditary rights ofhis majesty's throne, and our fouith dynasty, ' - x " In tin commencement of ow ancient dynasties, sire, it was more than once seen that the monarch previously administered but one solemn ' oath to Irtnrlmen oi all ranks who had -claims to the htre'litaty rights of the throne ; and sometimes, . tfhtn the age of the young prince would admit of it, a pledge of his future authority and as a sy m bol" f the perpetuity of the gov TV affxtion which the Dvhole nation feel for the vr Rome, proves, aire the attachment of ' the French people for the Wood of your majesty. It ia a befr .nitRt which cheers every citizen, and t causes him to behold, in that august, infant, the safeguard of his fortune, and n invincible obstaclt to those internal divisions, and civil and political , 'commotions,-which arc the greatest evils that can afflict' a people. v. '.r- Sirel your majesty nas displayed the French -eVatriieJ on the towers ot - Moscow. 1 he - enemy fvcould pot arrest your success nor baffle your pro I ects,but by having recourse to such horrible deeds are practised only by, despotic governments, by converting inm ocserts all his frontiers, carrying I. ftre' into his different provincesj and 1 in ; reducing .y'Uo,. ashes his capital, tne centre of his' riches and h?? the product of So; many centuries , ".4 '-I hose who renewed the ' barbarous tactics, of irlheirHSavage"aucestot, possessed but little know! '"0 t's pf your majesty's heart :, your majesty weulc; ii doubtless haye renounced all claims to trophic i ji' jhich were to cost so much human blood. l . lV- he alacrity rnanitestecl by the soldiers who -the, enaius consuHum ot Iqst bept. is a sample ol '? vh?t'your majesty piay ever expect from , the aeal. pauiousm, ana maruai arqor oi me r tei:cn pco plei try ' arresting t he iuflut'nee of ouf enemies. ii the different .quarters of ihe continent, and to ob um -uy conquest an nonoraoie ano tasting peace. L$V?V '; Aecepti sirej the tribute of 'ack'hiowledgnients fioufti' re'ywiuetwi- .j. .u' t . k in.H r nfm. L.miRhlion.4and "that of TCTV bunrfincr f 1 if ' .1 ).--,.1S.: i berv 1806.'is gS5,363,38 85 Mf. iefierson came into the Presidency the 4th f March 1801. There ought, therefore,- in order, to give the'exact -mount of receipts under the federal Administra tions, to be added to this aom, the amount receiv. ed from, the 1st of October, 1800, to the 3d of March,-180 1,' inclusive, viz. 6 months and 3 days. As t hi cannot be precisely ascertained from this document, we hate divided the su m iot that year, and added the one half, being 89,423,265 46, and making; in the whole seventy one mitllion s, 3even hundred end sixteen thousand, six: hundred and 'fifty dollars, nd thirty four cents. This sum tbe government received during the Erst twelve The whole amount received from the Ist-of Oc tober, 800, to the 30th September, ri 8 12, is g 1 50, 493, 398 42 From this is to be deducted the one half of he year 101, viz. 6,42365,46 which will leave one hundred and forty fourrmlhons, se venty thousand, one hundred and thirty-two dollars; and ninety -three 'cents. From these facts it fol io rs-that the receipts of revenue during the ad Ttiinistraton of Mr. JetTcrso'n. and the first three years and a half of Mr. M adison's administration, amount to seventy. two millions, three hundred and fifty three thousand, four hundred and, eighty-two dollars, and fifty-nine cents, tnore tnn were re ceived during the twelve years that( the govern ment wis in the hands of General 'Washington and Mco-Adajns that is, sometliirig' more ; than double the amount. . ..This extraordinary increase of re venue, has been disposed of wilder the care of these two patriotic and economical gentlemen, in some way or other. We recollect verjr well, that when Mr. Jefferson began hii regm, he talked very prettily, and soothingly, about frugdity, and the impropriety of expending the people's money without a specific appropriation by law. k would be vey gratifying to the same people, ft they might, know in what mode he and Mr. Madison have contrived to get rid of more than two dttlars, where General Washington and Mr. Adam ex-, tended one. Conn. Mirror,' EXTRACT OF A LETTER. ,4It has long appeared to me that our rulers and Ihe war party, have always looked up to and de h? quidnunes are ciri- I outtheli cyofa -uu aome mink rt ucco tt? iT:W. dtous and ayaricious British have only turned back vux hhivh Portugal. ? vesscuboundtos: : - i What if : .W-..1.1' . J : ' : v . icuunmoksteU. lftheBritUHT "1 in thisaywFeat anTflm tpnere ileccptiort,1 and that of m j ery bungling I kindJ, He" was.' sorry that he had Decti so wanung to himself as to-give credit to the party, even for a-trahsitory inteqtion of good. -We was '( no ' less sorry to find so many respectable genilemen de cieved by the canning of the trick, and on a mis talien notion of its sincerity, supporting one of the most clumsy expedients of political craft, that had yet come even fiomthat party. He compared it tOra pirattfighting under . false ; colorsnAad-said it was not what it purported to be it was whar it w . - .. : t n "in wiu mann ... purported not to oe. uwis prociaimeu oy nai warciy. In which case every tQv Hncc Sr double tongued herald to oe the precursor or peace, ought to be strung up ; and Uast f i C0liii1 the want courier of neeociation but it was no eastern falks have an. ...... .c .'"M thing like U; and at the moment they were uttsr. they ship produce a f.v a chiin i 'h'' ing those promises, they who proclaimed it pacl , the southern outlets. But if U ... .B af'oi tic7.had war in llKir hearts anu intention. we shoujd pass embargoes to str T u.i . i r ... - iir it.: t.usn should .kchre blockades ' xportation of our UrA ... 'Ifvn kind alluded to. Hi for his part, was as clearly think, after a while" M-hl'iin an,i u: iot convinced as he, was of hison existence, that so learn bow to navigate the venstl or o C't4v W'S long as me men now in auminisirauon, remaineaj oincrs say tney must be (juick a'oout 1 in power, vhere would not, and there could not thrown overboard. Who canl bear ih 'V' be PtiACE. He conjured those who thought there ( that our produce should bear double h. would, not to lay the flattering unction to tlieirj one quarter, of the union to what it dur'' '' souls." Not to be bewildered and led astray iyther- What with w-r and no trade itiS'" "? such a contemotible t.zns fa:uuat as this measure,' possible thnt Viiiruna and Kenn,,u . - nor to give credit to the professions of a set of ! to feef a little. th Soutlu while it wiUcorurna; '; Mr. lianrfnlnh exhorted all honest men to be and ihe RriiUh Krv!H ,i.i., .. : lle tl' .i i ' . j icv.nre ulockartc cautious how they believed any professions of thefng the exportation of our bread, iff men, who, while they whisper peace, put in prac tice every mode of warfare in their power, and talk of all provocations being removed, while th-y heap the table of the house with maasure af'er mea sure of permanent military -preparation.' The gen- Mostok .YsJj t, . Mw$ of the Frigate Chesaficak, ' Capt. Luce of the bug -Jul'm, 0f thia t0l. J ... .1 ir: . . kiiivc-u ai uic vineyaiii, j lavs tinm ffp.TtPritii- tin rlr,f K, - Knf knur ibas ir nrkcaiKl r.m ! nitK h. waa Kt,r,,i,l. KnnM.l...l , ., ' him tnKiinrwic if lltrplv tr rtmr'nm np.ri. wK'iIa Hpp Ivncrlish rnlnn. r.nmjk . " - - rr'- , -vr..i. Muiinin vucsa pease, in'orn,. hv imu ubiuib nun tviuvm-c iu iiit vviiiia1 7 aa , lie was a i;wu prif c, aim WOMIU Dc Sent to ('i c 1 uui no vuuuaiy iciiuQiitjr uunuus in us pi uvisiuns, iar, auu was umcrcu 10 ne manned. Ntvi tr . wnicn leu mucn snort oi tnose mat naa aireacy ing two strange sail nove in sight, sim s uic.propoanions containeu mine oiuwun cnose : nurnea on ooara tne jnna, wi'h ch'.rge of ho, offered by Mr. Russell, and rejecteJ with scorn, "pers and ordered to thefirst port in he lhii with contempt, with contumely, by the British States. Capt. L. saw nor heard nwhW;; guvcmmeni,iBe lormer were mucn narrower man irom tnem. the lattcK He considered the measure a decep tion Oa ih public. He woulJ not be an accessa ry, after the fact to any deception He again re peated that thrre was no chance for peace peace was neither desired , nor intended, this he af pended more on the emperoi of France for obtain I firmcd uPon pthe measures of congress upon the ing what they demanded of England, than on them- " ejection of the president upon the character Power superiour to every w wuinci-,Ki uieir niimary preparations it is doubted whether a j Caesar (!es'red only an army to lift him to powei HOOSE OF REP ESENT ATI VES. Monoat, February 15.-' SUSPENSION OF -THE NON-lMPORTl. T10N. M r. Cheevesr from x tha comm't ttee of Taj j i! mejns, made' the following report ' The Coihmittee of Way and Meant, REPORT. That they have deemed it to be their duty, i the public service may not suffer and that liu i tic credit may be duly suppurted, to look ityi selves ; or even on a ihinflf human 1 In fact cere reliance can be placed on such a power by ! "and are ws wanting ui those men, who hav all minds entertaining a deep rooted hatred, to the t,,e arablUon of Cetsar, tho' fortunately thy may i.vrt.,Mf,n nf .vi.ru thin, like rfcriti..n rhu.itv iA i want cciUToge and talents. In a word, peace could a portion 0 their Jelloio men, and those who wish ' a.uv"' " 1 " the ways and means Of the prestnt year.wl, tobe at psace with them, There is too much y"g Pnc.ple in it. It wasamere fate trick, and, take into consideration the revenue which t reason tofear that there was at the time of our ve,y c,um8r ont;- : rea- nf7l- be wanted for the 'year IB 14. That an evtiirt , ot the prob.iblp amouvt of the revenue which j accrue under existing laws and be recrivai)- wii in that year, has been submitted to Cont;rijss it of the lovi?1 and inviotable fidtlitv of the senate anri 1 T ,.1 v-"1 jcrencn people. . ' '., ''?.. To ivhirh hi maipslv rpnlict ;r;yti;nave ajd . is to me vfry agreeable. haVe;hean,;the.gloryvi'and:the;;g ..of France My first thoughts are directed io the per" !..fe: shield my. ,T4Pfl forevc frotp the evil.results of faction and 1; horrors of anarchy.' It is in those enemies ofthv j zjippiness of the people "that T Have, withWhe wUi :ikodvthelovf of theiFrench people founded thi$. i Htfcrooei tb which is attached tbe destinies , of the nation. ;Timid and das tardlY -soldi trs cause the loss pf independence to nations t: but. pusillanimous w ' '""SM aics Mcstroy jne empire 01 tue laws, mat oruer uscii. . Mic jumuie, auu uciai ,tTbe .mostnoble-bf air 1M : iaotdieT. who, Perished " 5',-!,. deaths would be that of a in th'e field of :" honor; : 4f Jtht. dsath of a magistrate, perishing in difendiner 1' W?gn.the throne -a the laws, was not which sustain- agaihsrRussiais a ' poli veal Svari woulcl ' willingly . ha ve s ,ved her from.ih yiis be ' bas; brought - upon herself, fvfi ctidld have larmedjhe greater .narf of her popula- l vtiontainatlierself by roclaining libeity to her lateV4-T"wa5 jreqnesteci soto do by a number of villagers j but wHeh I ecameacriuabtd, . with 'he llbrutish'nessoha h lTPuJa"01? i.elrijiri from sucb'' 'a.jM ature. '-My declaration of war, an understanding with the man whom vie have taken a sfcfe, that we were to relin quish commerce, make, war, and take Canada'; which should afterwards be disposed of in such manner as might be agreed upon. Thie Indian possessions were to be conquered fcr the benefit of the U. S ates under the' pica that they were al lies of G. Britain. It is a curious fact that we should enter on a Moody contest about impressment in concert with a government that mai.itan to the utmost extent, he riht to claim its own subjects in time of war agreeably to the established law of nations. "I do not believe Buonaparte can humble England by h a present mode of warfare,ind intaahn is imprac ticable. 1 Admitting her commerce Will be much irhp'iired, and which has been long relied upon ; the physical streng'h of the nation and -her navy will remain, and her people will be united in pro portion to the nurober of na'ions who wantonly make war on her. Tiie tyrant- wishes to reduce his enemy that' he may take her plce on the o 'ctan - ' . It is not likely the nations of Europe will much longer acqniesce in being deprived oj their accus tomed general-commercial intercourse. This is now the great questfoir-with Russia ; and as her rulers and people .are firmly united,' and are now at peace with Turkey, I have no idea that she wijlbe.! FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 26. 1813. The northern mail has twice failed since our last publicat ion. - ft - j the annual report of the Secretary of the Ttci sury made during the present session-That, m- paring the amount thereof with the sums hd will probably be required by a prudent frgoM the public credit, it appea:s to the committer fc disnensablv neceSarv to make a further oniviM m-m . . ... I ' ' ' we cannot but recommend to the attentive peru- That this may be done by a par'- sus(r,soi sai ot eur readers, the very masterly, manly and of the non impo ration acts, whh wi not yret. admirable address, delivered by Mr. Pope, of K.enj;,Jy lessen their injurious effects ion uw Titm. tucky, and which will be found in the succeeding by an additional duty on foreign tonnasv ;.! columns. It has been held back for some time, un- the imfiosi'ton of internal taxes and dwif'nah Ltil a scarcity of matter should leave room enough their ofiinion, ali thrse mean" mil btneimsr) torn ro De inserted entire. Mr. fope it will belsufifilu the revenue which mil Oe waniea- mini is" impracticable durine the present seiiioa, con sistently with a due attention to the other busra of the nation, to enact the laws nectssaiy 'on remembered, has been heretofore, and is still, a con firmed democrat. He was uniform in his support of administration, until their projects assumed such an aspect of folly as could not be,x)lherise than brace the last mentioned object. bur that -rim te 1. . w. I . -1 .. .. i f t . i i . i i i L. ... i 1 1 In irHiri;i jaiauic iu cciy ticai anu unnooucu eye. dui oe uone wimout a aciny which h here,as was his duty, Mr. Pope stopped. He was 'either to the public credit or the public WW Consequently denounced, execrated and burnt in J by an ear)ier meeting of Congress than the effigy, by those very Ktntuckians, who are" now Utitutional period which it will U thu duty ot C too everelyf suffering the pangs of their fevetishj gress, or the executiv branch, of the govsrnmw political distemper. Our readerswould do well to' to fix at such a time as shall be deemtif m circulate the paper of thh week dmonpst such of ' proper arid expedient That U is, however, tM their neighbors: as still th1nklle declaration of war : sary that the suspension of the non imfw a measure wise and virtuous. Ihereare manv. acts tvhich is contemnlattd, shouM.ot compelled to accede t the continental system. W who heX thaojhearkeWto federal language, are j the preset session ot Congress, ana tor -m i her enemy fails with her. his wlfole scheme will e,in-e-rconteMto remin ignorant otx public rtfcnrsT-pose ajic another imprsiuon oi uumu..a. ... h ahrtrtive- Thti-. .r-At Ant in iK- ! or, what is almost as b .d, to yifld their iudfimcntsi foreign tonnae-e they beg leave to report a countries over winch he has acquired sjvereigmy, j "mphcitlyp into the hands of others. Perhaps) They also report herewith a corresp ana even in r ranee. As to tho issue otan irsiu 1 "-,vaw " ,tai ,iaa u m unnvm u.i."7 , ' Spain and Portugal, much depends on the war in rte or neir own Party and because he was one tot i Committee on the suoject w tnw cl' . . . liniflaii;! ivill preserve : nai P w l,,aucca lo o"e arguments a' can-, i a oiii paruauy io 3i!iiu tyt 'ovurol eirc nrAhihilino- lmiinrtatlOHS livm Ul. VtUI MMU uivillllMMg . . Kussiatout in an v-event will nn her tndefiemi'dnce, and ik:wrll be better for us that j examination. she should. " There can m longer 'be any re SEAMEN'S BILL Ve understand nau. il.iliiin.u.l ' I . . . . a 1. 1 1 ....... .. .nn. 1.....L1. i,w .i u e. . j . that the rrerch are deceived and that the empe- too tar advanced when the question was pat, he, - ha4 not time to do more than to throw out a few loose observations. .' The crafty managers of the : ... : .. ',n,l mani.r.fnr.ii' thf.rM:f itO laV additional QUiV sasonanie aouot oi - . . , iun rn uiuv i ilw i u . it ii. , , , j perils and mishaps he has gone, through.- Yet reierred to a committee o i ine wiww.. thatMr. Randolph intendedto .me.of tfie-norihem print8 Jff. aUI1 belve jThursday next.:. . The beliefgainsgroundvthat General Winches- tar 11 a e " ,'t-Ai' U T I u1 ii I l,t unva .. m &n I -v f 1 . . measure, like their idol Donapartemirg use of Js " V vr n -H-'...vnMy. rn t .u i .S5fnd, but that himself and most of lus officers and army ha experienced seme' fosse i but It was ow- f S Je iijioi-w ine stasajn. f ' .-rt.-'.jv.. j vt i accept the seiuimeflls'TWhich you have express- feCkifer tht audience, the counsellor of sta'e was 'Vpr:i''ratf--Vby the arch chancellor of v ; 'tne tnipne; T)h"tbe: 1 ith -cOanuaryj 8 13 Mr.' oil-latin ; made a Report to the House of RtnresentiifivH s w uie v'ieo;oiaies, w containing a &tat-mfnr rif lies irom the s . ? ..iy wmuai i viiuc Ul i IXMiCU OU ' i- j ' ' ; . ..... . , . i cororneixcement oi the .tctfeful i'tboA'30li.':.bf September. governrntnt uiuil t also, an account. Ubiii i lie sarrie pr iloil, of the ar.r,ual expendi iturcBy Xrhis documentf it appears that the f ;vhfjrajrount,of revenue? cxrlusive of loans, re ' tW H Xh tity,l is S2 1 Sji6JMfi7 The a- A 4- 1 :r--a - . '' -i ' " i"" "" the power afforded by numbers, as they always do, to beat downright and silence.--reason, nega tived every motion, made for adjriurrFmeut, aware of ihe public exposure consequent on, Mr. Ran dolph's speaking. But to expose was ali he could do- the whole 4arty being now but one consoli dated body pi despotisrn. arid iniproVy, wliich, if it falls must (like Bonaparte's army) vanish, are determined, because it isnectssary to their exis tence, to stand or fall together. Witb'.these mo lives the worse the-measure, the more sturdy and obstinate will be their edheraoce to. jt. To the honestand intelligent of our fellow citizens, whose resolute integrity may yet ere too la.te, ' snatch the:countryfrornnheto we offer sume few of the remarks of Mr. Ran. doiph : ' Mr. Randolph said, that , when the measure w.s firststarted in the. committee of fireign re lations, he looked for-ward to the result . m ith. an anxiety proportioned to the ardent desire he had longfelt losee any measure adopted which would have the slightest tendency to relievethe imisad viseo, iu starreq people oi inis country from a de nd 'remorseless, as jiny- exercised Jay the worst Autocrats of Europe, oyer. their vassals and cerf. But when he came to examine ihe bill, he found it to be jusrwhar,cfl from; j off. ; THEASUUV DEPARTMENT, insti - " l ti hlivpd fnr the reasons iS1 last to the committc men were taken prisoners. - - -'... . "''. ; FATAL DUEL. . A few days, sincei Mr. Tlu man Stanly and Mr. Louis ' Henry y two young gentlemen of Newbern, crossed over to that part of Virginia which borders on Gntes county, foe the purpose of terminating some' inisunderftanding.. At the first fire Mr. S was shot through the bear,t and instantly expired . -Blockade of the CUesapcake, t Pdnere has jtrkeiirom for the particulars of captures madeset ,ouf Ma-j . 3. The most important legM provision . line .Memoranda : . . : ' From persons of intelligence, who lj,ave been captured, arid from circumstances,. we are, induced to believe, that the. bleckode (wSich we at .' first imagined was only a temporary 'measure, and that it would cease, with the. occasion that produced it) is intended to be permanent: " . - jOur informants state, thatthey 'understood frompears '7th February, 18! SIR I have the honor to submit itheM''J answer, io the question in your letter of " stated inl' ways and means, that the amount Of ie'tn.J8 i:.ul iqii .V,iri would rtSUlt l'1 iJiitauic iu ine ycni i u i , i,. a modification of the norimportatvn.'awW" k'.vt ir. ik' tttiiC mav be estimsw'.., about five millions of dollars provided 'bat ; . incauon. taiccs piacc uuimg vmw i - . , congress 1 ' . o K'cn mrtt;R.-atir,n. fr the.DUrpoSlS l"1 in intended, has suggested itself, han that l posed in the letter aforesaid. But it - J , requisite iorine same uuicn , , , . .should be allowed on the . re-exportaltatl w the commanders and other odicers, that the block- potism , asirooandedajubik, complete,- perfect Jade would continue; and that as soon as a-fotceexr pectea sniuw arrtve,the Uelaware and Mew-YorK: would be Iso- blockaded." Several ne.'itralves.es, and, vessels in ballast bound in have been ordered T Mr fills. Ledger appears necessary io enforce the non-imp"r - i.;,in fifarestoraupa" ana, i a ' iiuwi'c jiv.ii4.,.iv. - ., k orqer oi court, oi mcn;iia""jc;-! . ,ree. I r .1 i ' Which is prohibited by law; thnt it will be necessary, to nrtfer an d wf , salt, particularly fromI,isbon,io n Wer the inspection otr proper. ouk-, u reasonable that 'the, expense trayed by the importer,,. . , , 4Happe8rs irievery-poinUf .' sirable tht the duty on foreiRn nW increased Aduty often .dollars per mtsC. seem greittu than what is rtq un W r UocfZAmcncirye?sels v: ..... -. - j ......i. ... .. " ' . v
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