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i. ..... . N precluded, even if he knew the preliminaries of peace to be adj lifted, from .difbanding it until a treaty Ihould be actually concluded and ratified by the two govern ments, whereby the troops-would be kept for perhaps, fix months in fervicc unneceflarily ; the naty and other parts or our detenhve lyltem, were upon a dinerent footing- he wifoed the army to be placedf on a fimilar . . L one. and therefore moved the followinc refolution : Refotved, That it is expedient to authonfe the Pre ...fident stLtht United States to &fcharge the additional. roy"lKefcof,Ta8 fonrn;kiHlatcf. things ; belw'ce n the United Sxatcs and the French Republic will war rant this mcafure. ; i :; . The refolution was agreed to and referred to the committee of "the whole hcufe to whom was commit ted the bill from the Senate to futpend part of the act entitled " An aft to augment the army of the United States." '.- The refolution to lay an additional dutvLpne half per cent, per pound on brown fugar and coffee import -idinto the United States, was oppefed by Mr. Giif -WoldrwW doubted much-theroprietyf-laytfln Mltlonal dutv otr cuffre. and therefore moved to (Hike out that article ; the motion was 6p'ofed bjrjvlr, Har vtr. and advocated V Mr- Seatfcll, who' was "of opi- nion that this article wascfrequently fmuggkd, and was apprchenfive it 'vould be more'fo, if an additional du ty were laid, and therefore would injure the tevenuc. The motion was carried, ayes 38, noes 21. The queftion on the refolution as amended was, af tfrlfnme debate, put and carried, ayes 4?, noes 28. The refutation reported,, to retain two and an half per cent", upon all drawbacks allowed for goods re-ex . ported tiom the unnea states, manatuau wmz iuie heretofore dirtctcd to be retained by law ; and alfo on the whoh- o tiie additional duty on goods imported in foreign Jhios or viflcls, was agreed to without dc t"'e ; the committee then refc, and upon the queUion, will tlic houle concur with the committee m their a greenunt to the re(olution laying an additional duty SwartheHrearaB-iiwercnra C4T"naTS"28 Max 8, Mr. II Lit. Irom the beJect Lommittee of principal part of her fl.at in the Crft engagement, aod therefore could not take 10 active a part in trie lecona ; but the cantain and all on board htr bekaved in a sal- lant manner ; arid J am happy to fy that on board, the Atlantic, tkemoft' determined courage-was displayed by all hands. The cot vet te we engaged is a new lhip from old France, and is well konwn in thfe feas ; (he has thirteen port s of a fide . on one deck, and carries 24, twelve pounders and 250 men. I would not now trouble you with ourincohderame -----j----j - f - " v- America in oppofition to moil ef my Acquaintances in favour of Carronades, at Itadf for the Merchant fcivi.ee. Pardon this ltri.hvn, and accept my Rd pea 3. I have the honour to b Refp:tfully your colt humble ftrvant. JAMES REED. R-A-L E I-G-H,-May2o,i8qcv x.We are pleafed in having it In our power to announce r rrn oiTiteQoxrnn'f id ei" w tn tnreaf ttr es" tw ou ld"b"cpTO' per. for Cqiitttv(s-.to adept .for payirg.iult.eigfpeft to the memory ot the Man hilt in Jreace, hrtt m Vvar, anl firil ill the htarts of his Countrvmtn tliedeceaf- ed Cential Wafliingtbn n)iade repnrtecomir.tnding --)' - . - - - - - - - the adoption ot the toi owing reioiutions : Refolved, That the rrfolution of Congrefs parted in the ycai 1783, refpelig an. Equeltiian Statue of vGefi. Wafhington, be carried imo immediate execu "lTonTurlTiltie area to be formed in front of the cap?tol, Rejohed, That a Marbel Monument be erefted by the United" States in the capiteK at the city of Wafh-" ineton in honor of Gen. Wafhingt on, to commemo rafe iis rervrcct,,' tXf( the KrttW A merican people for their irreparable lofs. Refohed, Thit the Preftdent of,the United -States-be requetted-to give fuch directions as may appear to him proper to carry the preceding refolutions into ef Xfcaand that for the'preltnt the fum of loo.oco dollars be appropriated for thtie purpofes. The refolutions were referred to, a committee of the wWchufe, and immediately taken into coafiderati on -Mr, Parker in the chair -whsn, . , Mr. Harper moved to amend theiirft rffolutionr by infcrti'ng, that a MaufoUum be creeled for Gen- WaTa ingtoh, in the cityotWaOiiijgten-inftcacl of the fta toe propofed -which was carried the other leloluti oris were ncgatired of courfe. t ; The committee Uen t ofe, and the refolution as a- mentled by Mr. Harper was agreed, to by the tioure, and a bill ordered to be brought in purfuant thereto. Copy of a LetUr from Jrecd, EfqrSgenl oflhe Eajl India Company 'of North Amerla, to the Secretary of JhtJvavy. . ' - .- 1 , - , - . : ' Calcutta, December 26, 1799- Benjamin Stoddart, Esq. , Si a, . . " . ';-V ' , ' I have the pleafure of informing you that the car- ronades wilh which the Atlantic was armed, fully an- -Tffwr inyexpeftationsr-' ; ; r , , Tfl , On the 1 ith intL within fight cf the Broken Wands V i-i the Bay of Bengal, we made a Tail ftandmg for us that came up very fall ;L we prepared for-aftion. and about 4 o'clock' in the' afternoon, (he came within a. 1 bout three quatters- of a mile of us under EngUfh co roursV (he - then hauled down her Englifh and hoitUd Erctich coburs,. and fired a (hot through the rEbza Ann, an Englifh "fhip iriompany wTlti us, ihe imnie diately returned a broadfide ; in about ten mmates Jhc began firing on us, and a pretty warm aftion enfued which lall ' about three glaffes, when the French flitp made fail arid gdt out of reach of ouj guns feeing i froni her manoeuvres that (he wa3 difpofed to attack us jigaln, welay to, until the next morning, ready rne ceiVe her ; at half paft 7 o'clock (he bore down on us, and we referred our fire until- (he was.wtthin about 60 jrr 7pyard$fro.m,8, when we raked her with a broad fide ; as foon a (he received our fire (he rounded to and returned a broad fide ; we continued engaged until a . bout three quarters paa 8 o'clock, -when (he made all, the fail (hc'could, and it. was obferved when (ke left us that (lie had Loth her pumps going.' The Eliza Ann that was in company with u, was an extra Eaft India Englilh (hip, with 1 1' four pounders and 27 men, in cluding pfficers, paffengcrs, &c.. She expended the ,iv,..,.,., " f : '. ."' ' ' 11 11 . .1, 1 : . ' r""' .' ,' f " . I a -5 r" toTthe Friends 'of the adminittration ot government, that Calvin Jones, eiqiure, is a candidate. tcr the appointment -tl Elector of Prcfidtnt and Vice-Pf-dent of the United S"tates7 fa the div'ifi'on compefed of the counties of Carteret, Cravn, Jone9, Lenoir, Wayne and Johnflon. . . 'William Blackledge, efq. o'f Craven," is appointed C!e k of the Diltria Court for North-Caroliua D'f trifti vice Francis Hawks, efq refigned. The .following paragraph we find under a Paris head of March 7. "A coiiferenceohithe "nibje'3"1f"peaicel3't'1'be''oi; pened'betweeii Mef3. Ellfwonh,Davi cvd Mrrayi the Minifter8 Pknipotentiiry bf fhe United Slates of America, and a Con mifii on appointed for that pur pofe by the Firft'Conful. The Commiflion confifts of three ptrfons : Jofeph Duonaparte, Fleurieu, and Re dcrer. Citizens MrCucs is Secretary." jg-gcntioF Euciati Buonaoarte and citizens Berthier and Barthelcmi were - .... , - "tEethree appointed for this pti po . i . 'r :Pm fLADSL r iiia, Mq 7. ' The following ' perfons, concerned in the infurrecJ lion in Northampton and Bucks counties, who fub mitted to the mercy or the court, received thejudg menoioexedit morning laft, via. J v , ; George Hubci, to beimprifoned for the term-of fix mont hs, pay a fi ne of 15 dollars, aud give-fecurit y , himfelf in 800, and two fureties in 400 each, for his good behaviour for one year. . , , Soclca, fix eth-juotimtatmJll ?o,Q dollars, bail 4C0, fureties 200 each. John Kline, jun. fix mooths'irpprifonment fioed ro dollars, bail4co, fiifet1cT26c) each. ' Daniel Kline, fix. months imprifonmcnt, fined I Jf dollars,-bail 500, fureties., 2 0. each. v Jacob Kline, fame fentencc. dam Kitfch, fix months imprisonment, fined 150 dollars, bail 430, fureties 200 each. " . em . - f WmrGtttirian, 6 mo1mprif0flmeut,"nBe ico doll. George Gettman, fame fcatence. . rhich ut- comrca .1 From the Bdt'.mcre Federal Gazette. The fuper cargo cf the brig American, whi rived yefterday ftotn St. Sebaftians in Spain, co nicates the following information : " That the Ameiican- Envoys travelled through the French tetritory on their way to Paris Incog but. whene ver they wete.difcovered,. were received and entertam ed with the mod enthufiaftic refpecjt and hofpi'.ality that they arrived in Paris a few days before a national fete was performed in ho'nour of our deceafed Wa(h ington, whofe bull was placed- in the gallery, of the Thuillcrie3, in picfvnuLpi tttti icctr of the French uxlon,; a particular feat being affined to our Envoys, they dechned the intended honor, and mixed among the croud of the populace. He further ftates, that conful Buonaparte had.fig nilied his intention of taking command in peifon, of an army of 60,000 men, now collected at Dijon, in the ci-deranrpro an arm v nf 1 eo coo men in Switzerlaud. of which The Hon. James M'Henry, Secretary for the Department of War, has refined. William Rawle, Efq..Attorney for the Diftrift of Pennfylvania, has refigned. Jared Ii.gerfol, Attorney General of the Republic of Pennfylvania, is nominated Jo fucceed Mr. Rawle. General Mar (hall," is faid to have been nominated to theftenatev toTuccced Mr. M'tienry . 11 is auo iaiu, that he declines the appoiotmei.t. . JoOiua Johnfon, Efq. Jat'e CoRful of the United States at Londop," is appointed Superintendant cf the Gejiraltamp-oJ5ce at thrCiiv otWafliipatoii. . Wln 1 -the Irioule dt Reprefeotatives ot the U. b. on the 2d inll. the bill piefcribing the mode j)( deciding difputed Elections of Pre fident and . Vice-Prefident of the United States, was read the third time and pafled, 52 to 37. Its title was declared to be, " An ac pre fcribing the mode of counting the votes for Prefident and Vice-Prefident of the United States " Sentence of dath has been puffed on Fries', Haincy . . r . and Getman, to be. executed the 23a ot i.f-y. ' ' ''PlitaJe''hitiy May 8..- A mceti.ig took place la(l evening between James A. Bayard and C. G. Cham plain, EfquirVs, in which Ihe former .ofthofe gentlemen recetved a flight wound in the thigh,' end the latter in the cheek. '5- The meeting is "faid to have becq. occafioncd by fome lx"pTtffimij which' fell from Mr. C in the courfe of the debate rc(pcaing negroes. " , , t- 1 vf j fr v .,tAcrr viite the Seconds on this occafion.' .. .... This aav arrived at the Fort, the brig Eliza from Leghorn, Previous jto'the Eliza' failing, it was re : ported tbat Loyii Melton naopcapiurtu a 'icuui v gun fhip, and 3 other (loreTliips, with 3000 troop 1 on board, going into Malta, ' ' ' The Cul!tdan, 74, commodore Trowbridge re ceived feveral mot in her hull, in cutting off the vef- felsr: bn t: no lives loft; "2'4;ooo aren!Iva1ry7ocntve TuTt regtments of mouiued ariillcry ; thaXjhe.Chou chiefs brought to Paris ; that on the Z2d of Feb. Su warrow was io Poland on kis return to Peterfburg. The people of France look on the profped of a new campaign as, certain ; and the energies of the na tion have received a new impulfe from the unlimited confidence which Buoniparte has infpired. - edttciFFicErMsf"r"7 HTMIE law requires that .ev.try owner or pofiVfTo- of X a Still or Stills ma.c entry thereof within the month of June annually ; and thofe wb may at any time brio into th vCiiMtx J-? i&t&c the larrii w-ithin thirty" days aftet Toeing broogMt ihere- ia, and before he or (lie (hall begin to ufe fuch Stills under the penalty of two hundred and fifty dollars ; and for the purpofe- abo veTncht ioned l mall attend the fir Ll three days of June, coui t next, at the houfc formtr- 1 ccoupti-d by E. Sanders, in Raleigh."-' '.. HENRV JONES, Colleclr. 1 2 th D. 4th fiiivey. -The fieae of" Genoa ft ill continued the Auftruns blockading it by land, and the Britifli by fea. Tin; firft Conful faysa.Paris Paper has ordered the Miniiler of the Interior,' to erea in the great gal lery of Thuillerie3, the ftatues of Demofthenes, Alex ander, Hannabal, Scipio, Brut ns, Cicero, Cato, Cx at , Guftavu s A dolphusV Turenne, Conde, Duguac TrouiH, Marlborough, Eugene, Saxe, WASHING TON, Frederick IlL Mirabeau, Dugommier, Dam pierre, Marceau and Joubert." of the 'COMMUNICATION. .. Defenci of the ,Pjcfide,nt of pa: at ha in 9 actio 10 obedience to the con- ftitutioq, by INFORMING through the Secretary of tate, the Judge of the, Piftrift Court of bouth 'Cafoirna; " lKainirffpMan7T. ffatWghV to- be delivered to' the Conful of his Majcfty of Q. ":Brua'ini. - ... ' ' , ' He (the PreCdent)sMAiti take care that tke Laws be faithfully executedf: . ' r 7 ConRitution of tie If . S. Art, , 2, StC. 1. . i The Printers of the United States are rcqutft- cd to give the defence a place in their papers N O TIC E. PURSUANT to a decree of the Couit of-Equity, held for the Diltrift of Fayetteville, April Term, i3po, in the caufe Robert Adam and others vs. Jane Burges and others, Will -he fold on the 15th day of July next, the follow ing Lands the property of James Burgefs, dec. modly in and adjoining Fayetteville ui the cou nty of C u mberla nd , viz. ---r ' 310, Acres on the'north fiJe of of the 1000 acre line, and joining the fame; mottly on the eaft fide of the cittern foik of Crofi creek, and running over Har Tingtou Hill. 100 io. on Lock's Creek, formerly the property rtf S. Brown- 18 and 12 do. on the hill on the weft fide of Fayetteville, and on the fouth fide of the 1 coo acre Jine and joining the fame, being an undivided halt of 37. acres, formerly Beefland's, the . other half belonging to the eftate of Dr. Ingram, dec, . . Lot No. c 2 in Lower Favctte' ille.- OneHoufe & Lot containing one acre, on the (outh fide of;PerfonT ftreet, below Mr. Leonard's lot. OneTquarter of an acre Lot 33 feet front, below Mr. Fletcher's lot on th6 fame (heet. . . .,.. All that piece of land lying above Robert Adam's old ftcYre7betwecn Old ftreet and Hay (lieet and pof- ielled by him. Alio the right ot the en ate or jamcs Burges, to the houfe and lot lately poffeffed by FranV cis Shackleford, being in the point ,of inteifefticn or faid (Ireets. One half acre lot on the eaft fide of the ftreet leading north from town by Joha Lamond's, fc a little north of his lot. :, . ., , "r" Terms, fix, nine, and twelve months credit, pur chafers giving bonds with approved fecurities. y ,;: Fayette, May 12. M. MOLTON, 'DrSLff. To the Freemen of Fayetteville Diftricl. ' Gentlemen ""'. ' IaisrilrirliSfrty :ffferinjnrou mjrfcfTiee.i.-at;-ElcAor for Fayetteville Divifib.i, Should" my choice in a former occafion, when afting in that capa cit y , corrcfponrl with your prefent fentiments, and an, aiTurance if l am again elected, that I will purfue the fame line of conduA merit your confidence, I fhal! ; hopefor your fuffragee. ' ' W." MARTIN. 'April 26,; 1S00. f - 12 4.
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