President Madison, of the appoint
ment of Mr. Worthington. d Senator,
and Mr. Morrow, a Kepresentutivc,
from Ohio, to negotiate with the Indians.
In each of these cases, the individuals re
ferred to executfd tin; trust confided to
them, still retained their seats in Coh
gress ; and in the Senate, passed upon
their own acts. The committee content
themselves with these instances, without
enumerating others, as affording a clear
exposition of thisclause in the constitution.
The act of Congress, which it is sup
posed has been violated by permitting
Air. Thomas to examine the land offices,
was passed the 21st April, 1803, and is
entitled " An act concerning contracts."
The first section provides that, from
and after the passage of this act, no mem
ber of Congress shall, directly or indi
rectly, himself, or by any other person
whatsoever in trust for him, or for his
use or benefit, or on his account, under
take, execute, hold, or enjoy, in the whole
onn part, any contract or agreement here
after to be made or entered into with any
officer of the United States, in their be
half, or with any person authorized to
make contracts on the part of the United
States ; and further, imposes a penalty on
any member of Congress so offending.
The act further provides, " that if any
officer of the United States, on behalf of
thje United States, shall, directly or indi
rectly, make or enter into any contract,
bargain, or agreement, in writing or oth
erwise, other than those therein excepted,
cn conviction thereof shall be guilty of a
high misdemeanor, and fined in the sum
of three thousand dollars.
The 5th section provides, that " after
the passing of this act, it shall be the du
ty of the Secretary of the Treasury, Se
cretary of War, Secretary of the Navy,
and Postmaster General, annually, to lay
before Congress a statement of all the
contracts which have been made in thoir
t respective Departments during the year
preceding such report, Sec.
Without meaning to pronounce any
opinion, whether a court of justice would
so interpret the law as to be applicable to
the case of the examination of the Land
Offices by Mr. Thomas, the committee
are aware that the words arc extremely
broad, and, if such could be supposed to
be their true intent and meaning, would
be capable of embracing every imagina
ble case in which a member of Congress
could be called to perform "any duty, or
lender any service in behalf of the Uni
ted States, and which, by any possibility,
could be termed " a contract, bargain, or
agreement.
They could especially te extended to
the appointment to negotiate treaties,
whether the member should afterwards
resign or not ; to the appointment of
printers lo publish the laws of the United
States ; and to the employment of coun
sel in causes in which the United States
have an interest than none of which, it
is apprehended, is the duty of examining-)
the Land Offices more plainly within the
scope of the words. But, by the cotem
porary practice which occasioned the Jaw,
and which followed its enactment, among
those who were liable to its provisions and
ajv.ays disposed to comply with its terms ;
who cither aided in making, or lived and
were familiar in the times and circum
stances in which it was made, and were
conversant with the men and their objects,
by whom it was passed ; it has received a
different construction, and has never been
considered as prohibiting any of the em
ployments above enumerated.
From the organization of the govern
ment, down to the passing of the law in
1808, it had been usual to give such ap
pointments to members of Congress, and
though in the case of Mr. Tracy his de
mand for mileage was not deemed reason
able, neither the legality or policy of the
'usage had ever been questioned. But, in
the years 1807 and 1808, John Smith, a
Senator from Ohio, had entered largely
into contracts with the War Department,
for supplying the northwestern army ;
and M.thew Lyon, a Representative from
Kentucky, had numerous contracts with
the Postmaster General, for carrying the
mail. These contracts had produced con
siderable excitement in Congress, where
their influence had been manifested ; and
especially the former, under the supposi
tion that John Smith had become connec
ted with the schemes of A. Burr, and us
ed his contract to subserve them. After
a fruitless attempt to expel him from his
seat in the Senate, the law in question
was passed. From the date of this Law,
all contracts of the nature of the two last
ceased to be given to members of Con
gress ; while other trusts and agencies, as
before referred to, continued to be given,
and the returns from the different depart
ments made accordingly, without serious
complaint. Remainder next week.
INTELLIGENCE.
He come s, the herald of a nclsy world,
News from all nations lumb'ring at his back.
THREE DAYS LATER MOM ENGLAND.
NEW-YORK, MAY 11.
By the arrival last evening of the ele
gant ship Florida, Capt. Matlack, in 30
days from Liverpool, the Editors of the
Commercial Advertiser have received
regular files of London papers to the
evening of the 5th, Liverpool of the 0th,
and Lloyd's List of the 5th April.
We .have at last, by this conveyance,!
something which can be relied on res
pecting the famous ultimatum of which
the world has .heard so much for upwards
of a year back. The Turkish Divan has
DOMESTIC
SLAVE TRADE. -Sir
George Collier, commander of the
British ships of war on the African sta
tion, in a late despatch says, " France has
countenanced and encouraged the slave
trade almost beyond estimation. In truth,
she now supplies the foreign colonies
north of the line with Africans. I exag
gerate nothing in saying, that thirty ves
sels, bearing the colors of France, have
nearly at the same time, and within two
or three leagues distant, been employed
last twelve montns
fin:i11ir rtpil nil nrnnnnls mrule hv the
t : - t i r... in r.lnvinf : and in the
iUIMdU UUVtl 1 1 1 1 1 tj 11 1 11 IlUb t IS 1 1 I t i u o o ' . i K.in
not less than eo,uuu jincau;. uac uv...
forced from their country, principally
under the colors of France. She has
certainly issued her decrees against the
traffic, but has done nothing to enforce
them. On the contrary, she gives the
trade all countenance short of public
LATEST FROM KNCILAND.
Boston, may 5. On Saturday eve
ning, the 'British ship Mary Catherine;
captain Pace, arrivctl at this port in the
short passage of 25 days from Liverpool.
We have been favored by Mr. ToplifT
with London papers to April 6. Their
contents begin to assume more interest
and importance than those brought by
former and recent arrivals. From the ed to send Commissioners to the frontiers
article dated London, 5th, given below, to negotiate with those of Alexander.
it appears, that the negotiations between This information is contained in the ofTi-
Turkey and Russia will not terminate so cial note presented by the Ottoman Reis
favorably to peace as had been before an- EfFendi to the English and Austrian Am
ticipated. We have never seen any pre- bassadors, on the Sd of March, the sub
vious laniruaere of the Courier, upon this stance of which will be found in our ex-
arbwal
character. It would seem also to have that the afTairs of the Greeks were the An account from the river bonhy, on
been prompted by authentic information, principal obstacle to an adjustment. The the west coast of Africa, states that ilui-
as but two davs before the same paper Porte loudly complains of the secret in- ing the period of six months preceding,
had said, in decided terms, there could be fluencc of the emissaries of Alexander, 120 sail of French, Spanish and I ortu-
no doubt that peace would be preserved, and of the protection which, in the face &uese vessels, had visited that river alone
The sub ect of opening the West India of his solemn protestations to the contra- "r slaves, eacn capuuie 01 nynr6
trade has been brought before parliament, ry, he openly gave to the Greeks, who
and, from the manner in which it was had fled to Russia for protection. This
brought forward, it seems highly proba- the Divan resents in a lofty tone, and adds
ble that this measure, recommended by that, " if some Christian temple has been
the ministry, and sunnorted with its in- unlawfully demolished, it shall bet restor-
fluence, will receive the approbation ofjed after tranquility shall have been com- part of this barbarous traffic is now car-
parliament. Patriot. fdetely re-established. His Highness will I ned on under the r reneii llag.
grant an amnesty to his Greek subjects A British writer sayc, that the ertorts
HIUTISH U'EST INDIA TRADE. of the Archipelatro and Morea, when then of the British ships ot war m checking
On the 1st. of April, the president of shall have laid doivn their arms I the slave trade, are frustrated by that
the board of trade, Mr. F. Robinson, We are elad to observe that, indenen- clause in the treaty with France, which
brought forward, in the house of com- dently altogether of the aid of Russia, requires, to justify seizure, that the slaves
mons, two resolutions, which were agreed the Greeks bid fair to dictate terms to should be actually onboard. They are
to and reported, and leave was given to these haughty Mussulmcn, without being now kept in factories on shore, construci
bring in two bills, founded upon these compelled either to lay down their arms, cd for that purpose, the departure of the
resolutions; the one lor regulating the or to submit to conditions which would British vessel is watched, and a lew hours
trade between the British West Indies impose upon them their former chains, suffice to carry the cargo into the open
and the United States ; the second to re- 'nic accounts previously received of the sca beyond the fear of capture. So com-
the Greek plete was the impunity, in consequence,
3 to 700. Another account states, mat
200 sail of slave vessels were on the Afri
can coast at one time, all of them fast
sailers, well manned and armed. All the
accounts concur in stating that a great
guhue the trade between the former and victory recently obtained by
other parts of the world. By the first of fleet over that of Turkey are now fully i possessed by the traders, that they would
these dims, as .Mr. itoomson explained confirmed. The engagement, it appears, anchor almost within view 01 ttic lsrmsn
himself in his speech to the house, pre- continued during the whole of the night Hag."
paratory to moving his resolutions, is in- Gf the 3d of March. The Greeks cap- The attention of the christian world
tended to open the West India Islands to tured twenty-five ships, drove five ashore, should be more seriously directed to this
a direct trade with this country, subject- and blew up two Alp-ennes. The Otto- Woody commerce in the unhappy Afn-
f I ' I i
mans had also seven vessels sunk, among cans, ami cery one possessing cnrisuan
which was that of the Vice Admiral, who religion is bound to do every thing in his
perished. The victors were in pursuit power to extinguisn a tramc so revolting
of the shattered remains of the enemy's to humanity oaiem register.
fleet when the last accounts came away.
The British trove rn men t is said to have
India Islands and the other parts of the determined on uniting Upper and Lower
worid. The probability of the complete Canada, with a view, as it is given out, to
independence 01 aoutn America seems save the expenditure incurred by the
to have been among the principal induce- present double administration.
AUGSBURG, MARCH 29.
ing such of our exports as arc also pro
duccd in Great Britain and in the Butish
North American colonies, viz: corn, flour,
and timber, to a small discriminating du
ty. The second bill contemplates to pro
vide for a direct trade between the West
ments to this measure.
On account of the holidays, parliament
adjourned on the 3d of April for a fort
night. The Courier of the Sd ult. contains a
series of official papers relative to the
African slave trade, printed by the order
of the House of Commons, which pre
sent meiancholy evidence of the increase
of this execrable trafic A report upon
the agricultural distresses of the country
had also been made to the House of Com
mons, but not acted upon. The Courier
praises it as an able " expose" of the state
of the country, while the opposition pa
pers are loud in condemning it as falla
cious and unsatisfactory. It recommends
COMMITMENT.
Yesterday afternoon, two young gentle
men, members of the bar, (Messrs. Biddle
and Meredith) were committed to prison
by his honor judge HaJIowcll, for con
tempt of court. They are to be confin-
The news from Warsaw, to day, posi- e.d until lhe 1st of June. We are not par-
tively announce war. It seems the Rus
sians will shortly enter Wallachia and
Moldavia.
A new Turkish army is assembling in
the environs of Nyssa, and another on the
frontiers of Bosnia. The troops in the
environs of Sophia have set out for the
ticularly acquainted with the merits of the
case ; hut we are ready to presume that
thero was sufficient cause for his honor's
proceeding in this manner ; for we have
often observed many of our profcssiona
gentlemen not only " travel cut of the re
cord," but transcend the bounds of deco
forbear for the present lo muitloti any
names.
The woman is of a respectable family,
and the cause will doubtless undergo a
judicial investigation. She has been had
before a magistrate, but our informant
could not say whether she had been com
mitted or not Delaware Gaz.
'
At Halifax Superior Court, Apri?
Term, Jacob Pofic was brought to the bar-,
charged with having murdered a female
negro slave of his, by inflicting on her
naked body and limbs, between two and
three hundred lashes with a cow-skin.
Pope's overseer, (says the Halifax paper,)
deposed, that the deceased received at
least two hundred and sixty lashes, if not
more : that finally, the strength of Popes
- - " . , . - i I - - -
him to proceed in lacerating the victim,
of his rage ; he declined with entreaties
that she had received enough. The wit
ness described the woman to have receiv
ed the fatal bruises and stripes from which
blood gushed, thus: Her clothes were
tied over o: about her head in such a man
ner as to admit the suspension of her
body by her arms, which were tied to the
limb or limbs of an apple tree ; then her
feet were " lapped" around the body of
the tree, and tied some inches from the
ground. In this situation she received
the whipping, which it is presumed caus
ed her death within a day or two after she
was released !
The Jury returned a verdict against the
prisoner of MANSLAUGHTER, and the
Court fined him in the sum of TWO
HUNDRED DOLLARS, and Costs I
Carding. CentineU
rnOJt THE JfF.W LONDON ADVOCATE.
Serious Joke A gentleman from one
of the back towns in this state, relates the
following circumstances, which tr-ok place
recently : A party of young people had
collected together one evening for amuse
ment, when it was proposed by some of
them to couple themselves, and go to a
young justice and be married. This, it
was thought, would be fine fun, and a cle
ver joke on the young squire. All was
ready in a twinkling, and the company
marched off ; some of the old damsels
led off with great glee young beardless
youths of fourteen and all soon appear
ed before the squire. Though the jus
tice was young, he understood his duty,
and married them in due form. He im
mediately complained of himself to the
proper authority for a breach of the law,
which provides that the intention of the
parties shall be published previous to th
marriage. The consequence is, that the
ivhole are legally married.
Danube. It is expected that the Turks riim in t,ieir conduct to the court, the ju
will shortly enter Scrvia, and the situa-i
tion of Prince Milosch, when hostilities
break out, may become very critical.
AIX L CHATELLE, MARCH 3l.
The rejection of the ultimatum has
given a decisive blow to the Austrian pa-
r Vn From the 22d to the 25th, v. v-aPl- atnaniei 11. ran
no measures lor the permanent rcliet oil;, . . J.. . ... Sloon Tamps Mnnrnp litelv
1 ... the creat banking and commercial houses """l1 James ionroe, iaiei
American Manufactures The Boston
Centinel announces for sale sam
the agricultural distresses, but proposes
some temporary expedients.
The disturbances, outrages, and mur
ders, continued in Ireland. Executions
of the discontented were constantly taking
place, under the protection of a powerful
military escort. The discontented ap
pear to be well supplied with arms and
ammunition.
In the county of Sussex, England, the
system of burning in the night corn
stacks, and destroying other produce, was
extending itself.
The English private bankers have been
making great profits by discounting at 4
per cent, while the bank of England has
asked the old rate of 5 per cent. The
Courier expresses its belief, that the Rank
of England would also shortly discount at
4 per cent.
London, April 5. The contents of the
French papers received this morning, as
might be expected, are of a mc? war
like character ; and it can be no longer
doubted, we apprehend, that the pacific
hopes which were so strongly entertained
a week ago, are now, if not at an end, at
least considerably diminished. The cause
of this sudden change in the temper of
the Turkish government has not trans
pired ; and in the absence of positive facts,
conjecture, as usual, is very active. Some
say that the divan have been all along
cajoling the European Ministers at Con
stantinople, in order to gain time ; others,
that the fate of Ali Pacha has inspired
this fatal energy ; while a third class of!
reasoners maintain, that the dread of pro
voking the Jannissaries has induced the
Sultan to abandon his pacific policy. It
rors and the witnesses. Phil. Gaz.
NEW LONDON, APRIL 24.
Continent of JVciv South Iceland We
have been favered with interesting par
ticulars respecting a Southern Continent,
by Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer, of the
arrived at
Stonington, from the South Shetland3.
Capt. Palmer proceeded in the James
Monroe from the Shetland Isles to the
the great banking and commercial houses
at Vienna sent numerous expresses to
their correspondents in the commercial
cities in the west of Eurone. On thr
other hand the Office of Foreign Affairs, continent, ana coasted it, trom abreast ot
tne isies, to tne eastwara, as iar as 44 de
grees West Longitude, keeping as nearlo
the shore as the edge of firm ice would
admit. At some places, he could coast
along the shore ; at other parts, he could
not approach nearer the shore than from
one to five or six leagues, owing to the
tirm and last ice ; although it was mid-
i ai.. n .l t? xrr
auu uie uriiisu .Minister at icnna, nave
dispatched courier upon courier to London.
FRANKFORT, MARCH 30.
It appears the note of the Reis Effendi
is, unfortunately, of such a nature as to
render useless the mediation of the three
powers, and that notwithstanding all
their efforts to preserve peace, the obsti- summer there at the time, being in No
. ' I 1 T" ITT
nacy and the infatuation of the Sublime vemocr' ecemcer, ana January.
Porte will render war inevitable. Rut In 61 deg.U min. South Latitude, 45
even in case it should take place, it will deS- 2r. min- West Longitude from
be carried on, like that of Naples, in full Greenwich, the coast was clear of firm
concert with the Allied Powers; and even ,ce' and hcre they discovered a fine har-
heforc it is undertaken, they will pre- bour lYin about one mile ithin le en-
viously arrange together the results of uanuc OI v asnmgion oirau, wnicn nar
the different chances which the war mav hour was named Palmer's Harbour, where
have. Thus we see that the mission of he camc to anchor- He found not the
M. dc Tatischeff is near its termination.
Sir T. S. Raffles has sent to England
several skeletons of animals from Suma
tra ; among them is the Dugong. This
creature grazes at the bottom of the sea
without legs; and is of the figure and
least appearance of vegetation on the land
excepting the winter moss. Neither did
he here discover any animals, only a few
Sea Leopards, beautifully spotted. Of
birds, there w ere Penguins, Port Egmont,
or Sea Hens, White Pigeons, and Gulls.
There is now no doubt that there ex
ists a South Continent, and that Captain
mrm ot the wnaie ; tne position ana struc- Cook's Southern Thule" belongs to it.
line oi us muum enauics i to uiowbc up- Captain Palmer could discern the moun
nn t!m fnri nnrl snhmnrine t(tts litre n rrv I . i :.l - .
. , . . i lams covcrcu wiui snow, in me interior,
in a meaaowanu me w iioic bu uciure oi as he sailed along the coast Gaz.
tne masticating ana aieestive organs,
nles of' may e lat a these various motives are
! fimmnir flip ni-yrA'innlo t U -if i-Oi.nlnt!rn
printed siU Handkerchiefs, from the dy- lvh:rh nnne;n , r, unn ,Wi.;v,K-
II " www..
ing establishment of Messrs. Barretts,
Tileston Sc Co. of this city, which, " in
point of coloring, pattern and execution,
have been pronounced equal, if not supe
rior to any transatlantic fabrics of the
iind.' V. r. Con. Adv.
taken at last ; but, on the other hand, it
is just as likely that mere barbarian ca
price is the solitary cause. The politi
cal consequences to which a war will lead,
we shall not even glance at, till the fact
that war will ensue is more certain.
Courier.
shews it to be truly herbivorous. It nev
cr visits land, or fresh water, but lives in
shallow inlets, where the water is two or
three fathoms deep. Their usual length
is 8 or 9 feet. 13 nt a curious, and lo borne,
perhaps, the most interesting part of the
detail of the history of this animal is,
that the fiesh resembles young beefj being
very delicate and juicy.
Patent Plate Window Glass, without
cross bars, is advertised in London papers.
The squares are so well fitted and neatly
joined, as to give the window the appear
ance of one entire plate.
We are told that a woman in Chester
county, some days since, having taken
oftence at a black servant girl, whipped
her in a most shocking manner ; and re
peated it at intervals within two days, un
til her entrails appeared through her flesh.
Nor was she satisfied with all this, bull
placed her on a hot stove and burned her
severely, and it is said that she also burnt
her tongue by applying a hot iron to it.
In which situation she was turned out of
doors, and ordered to go to her mother's
house at a distance of about 20 miles, and
threatened with further punishment in
tease she should ston on the road. We I
THE MODERN WHITFIELD.
Extract of a letter to the Editor, dated PhiladeK
phia, April 25, 1822.
" You have doubtless heard that the
celebrated Methodist minister Mr. Som
ersfield is in this city, and has been preach
ing several times. I went to hear him on
Sunday last ; and I declare that I never
before felt in its full measure the mighty
power of eloquence. The discourses of
this wonderful man are not formed upon
the model of orators ancient or modern.
They are not made up -according to the
prescriptions of rhetoricians of great or
lesser name : they owe nothing to the
magnificence of words, or to the studied
graces of manner; but the are deeply
imbued with the living spirit of thought,
and are dependent for their influence a
lone upon the omnipotence of truth and
the irresistible energy of genius. His
gestures are without affectation ; few but
fearless and appropriate. His words
spring free and spontaneous from his
thoughts ; and these gush on with one con
tinued flow from the deep and unfailing
fountain of a spirit whose source is in na
ture and God. It is difficult to character
ize his eloquence, for it is neither florid.
nor sterileT nor argumentative ; but a hap
py combination of those qualities which
captivate the fancy, convince the judg
ment and convict the heart. His sermons
are not ushered in by a well worded ex
ordium, nor are they closed by a corres
ponding peroration. There is nothing
prepared or artificial about them. They
are the workings of an affluent and vigo
rous mind, keenly alive to the awful truths
it inculcates, and seeking the most direct
and efficient means of enforcing and il
lustrating them. Hence he cannot be
called a figurative speaker, for he does
not seek for flowers and pluck them only
when they obtrude upon his path. Vet
sometimes he breaks forth into the most
sublime and beautiful metaphors, trans
ported out of himself, and carried as it
were into the third heaven of eloquence.
Once describing the value and the loss of
an immortal soul, he burst into this mag
nificent apostrophe : What shall sing the
dirge of the soul that is lost ? What cel
ebrate the obsequies of the entombed spi
rit r J he sun hides his face the stars
lose their lustre the heavens are cloth
ed in sackcloth the earth is convulsed
throughout her whole circumference, and
from mountain top to mountain top bursts
forth the yell of despair and desolation.
These are something near his words ; but
his manner was beyond the pen or the
pencil." llilminzton Watc.iman.
Virtue is it's own reward: and Vic5 punishjt