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i ight circumstances dm not
require a s i.-pension of t I
ana it might prove a dangerous free
Mr 5. said lie even doubled v.-nethei';.
lion existed ; h : did not know that a
law of tfie United States had beer* vii .1
by tin' conspirators.
Mr. Dana (Conn.) The question now be-
fore the house is not wheiner the bill from'!
the senate sh !! pass, but whether it shall.ba
Rejected without rccei.,ing the usuil discus-
sion. The question is whether the bill is a
proper one* for the deliberations of this
house ? 1
As the bill had been passed by the senate,
the impression on my mind, at first, was
against the motion to reject it. Though
the bill went to repeal a part of the consti-
tution ; though it were to paruli-e the civil
authorities of the United Slates, 1 was wil-
ling, at least, to deliberate. I supposed that
an abhorrence of rebellion had 5111 prised the
Judgment of the senate ; that itbad i 1
them hastily to pass the bill, with closed
doors, and almost without conditions ; a
bill transferring to tile executive an authori-
ry of tremendous power, for the space of
three months.
But since I have examined the bill more
particularly, I find it so exceptionable that I
am not disposed to take it under'considera-
tion ; and I hope 11 will be rejected without
a second reading. If the senate should
send us a bill for raising a revenue, it would
be proper to refuse to deliberate upon it.—
Bull contains a , riuciple as obnoxious.
It is so drawn as to have a retroactive opera-
tion ; it covers past transactions ; it is of
the nature of an ex-post facto law. This
hill also extends to arrest by warrant, from
any person, acting under the direction or
authority of the president of the United
ctct:s. If rebellion were'marching in array
cf battle to drive us from our seats, we
ought not to agree to such a bill. Such
transcendant power ought never to be gruit-
. ed. As the bill contains a proposition on
which I am not disposed even to deliberate,
I shall vote for the rejection.
'i'l.e question was taken by yeas and nays,
and carried—yeas 113, nays 19.
to ride.i^p miles a day; requeuing z'.l e;ood
citizens to Speed him in his j .urney. The
j/entlernnu wa.; informed, (hat orders had ar-
rived from the secretary of war, to general
jack.on of Nashville, 10 raise 750 men in
Ivlero, district of Tennessee, to be in readi-
ness to march' at a moment's wantin:/.
MMSDW .**¦»«• x.nw««nc)w-
VOIOHTIAND, October 24-
The third Bavarian regiment of infantry
having approached a village not far from
Sciileitz, required a supply of bread and
forage. The inhabitants, however, instead
of complying with their desire, armed them-
selves with Scythes and other weapons, and
teing assisted by the peasantry of 3 neigh-
boring villages, attacked the lieutenant who
made the requisition, wounded him, and
killed some of his men. In consequence
of which, gen. Mezzanelli ordered the vil-
lage to be surrounded and burnt down by
three companies of infantry, and a squadron
of cavalry, under the command of major la
Roche.
VIENNA, Nov. 16.
The ex-general Mack has been publicly
degraded, and conducted in irons to the
fortress, where he will pass the remainder
of his davs.
SPRINGFIELD, February 4.
In this part of the country, the springs
were rarely, if ever known to be lower, or
less rain to have fallen in the same space of
time, than in the last twelve months. For
the want of water, scarcely any mills, si-
tuated even on our best and usually copious
Streams, have been able to answer the de-
mands of the people in their vicinity. The
calamity is not diminished, but probably in-
creased, by a ram which commenced on
Saturday last about 2 o'clock, P. M. and
continued 15 hours, falling all that time
more like the showers of June and July
than like a common rain. By the sudden
rise of all the smaller rivers and mill-streams,
and the breaking up of ice in its full strength
and thickness, property to a very great a-
roount has been destroyed. In this town
the toll bridge over the Ghipcopee at Wal-
lamunumps falls, owned by Messrs. Putnam
and Clap, was entirely swept away. The
bridge over the same river between this and
Chicspee parish was also destroyed—altho'
buiit with stone piers, several of them were
broken down, and so effectually demolish-
ed and mcved 01T, that scatfely any re-
mains of them are visible. The mills, al-
though materially injured, are not removed
or rendered useless. A bridge on the same
river, and on the turnpike road in Palmer,
is also carried away.
At South-Wilbraham, a grist-mill, card
machinery, and a small dwelling house oc-
cupied by Mr. Flynt, and standing on a
branch of the Scantic, were entirely swept
away ; a valuable grist-mill on the same ri-
ver, at Somers, in Connecticut, the proper-
ty of Mr. Pilings, .was torn to pieces and
carried oif; and we are told that nearly all
the mills on that river shared the same fate<
CH7PICOTHE, (Ohio) January 22.
Last v,'e(-'kMr. William Davis was des-
cending thV Ohio, wilh two boats loaded
with fiobr. Suspected to be an agent of
Burr, he v/«s ordered to be arrested by
col. Meigs, under the authority of an act
of ourassembiy, entitled, " An actto prevent
certain acls hostile to the peace and tranqui-
lity of the United States, and of this state."
He was sent on to this place for trial,
which took place on Mpjiday last, before
the president of the court of common pleas
for the middle circuit. After examination,
he was discharged, upon entering into a
recognizance for his good behavior, in the
sum of 100 dollars.
A gentleman who left Nashville on the
Sth of the present month, informs, that four
or five days before that time, on his Way
from the Mississippi territory, he met an ex-
press from the president of the United
States to the governor of that territory) to
arrest colonel Burr in his progress down the
Mississippi, The orders to the expres
RICHMOND, Pebi •uary 7.
A MELANCHOLY SPENT.
It is with the utmost concern we are com-
pelled to perform the painful duty of an-
nouncing to the public the premature death
of one ot our most valuable citizens, Mr.
JOHN M'CREDIE, managing partner at
this place, of the house of William Brown
and Co. a gentleman of mild manners, cor-
rect conduct, and universally esteemed.
In performing this duty, should we with-
hold those strong expressions which are just-
ly appropriate to the occasion, it must
not be presumed we have the slightest wish
to palliale the atiocity of a demi-military
assassin ! bat the presumed perpetrator being
actually in custody, and about to answer
for the dreadful deed before a jury of his
country, we wish to restrain, if possible,
the warmth of our feelings agitated we con-
fess beyond any former occasion.
On Wednesday night last, between the
hours of 7 and 8 o'clock, the inhabitants
ot this city were alarmed by the ringing of
the bell at the barracks and the cries of fire ;
this was occasioned by a chimney being on
fue, at the dwelling house of Mr. John P.
Shields, situated midway, about 30 yards
from the said barracks of the town guard and
the bank.
The alarm was heard by the unfortunate
Mr. M'Ciedie, who instantly left his wife
and family at their sucpars, and hurried
away with all speed, to afford every assis-
tance in his power—On descending the hill
near to the guard house, with his fire buck-
ets in his hand and in company with a
young gentleman, he was suddenly hailed
by one of the guard, who was close upon
. him, with a musket actually presented to his
breast—his violent haste, wdiich had put
him out of breath, and the surprise and agi-
tation occasioned by his unexpected and un-
pleasant situation, prevented his making a
direct reply; but the young man who accom-
panied him down the hill, and was then
within a sisp or two of him, immediately
answered, "IT IS Mr. M'CREDIE !"—
This explanation vras of no avail—the cen-
linel fired ! the whole load of the musket
went through his body, and he almost in-
stantly expired ; as the word '' Quarrier,"
was the only syllable he had time allowed
him to speak.
Fellow-citizens ! this short but dreadful
detail is the substance of the evidence given
before the coroner's inquest! but the feel-
ing mind cannot stop here, torn and lace-
rated, as it must be by this monstrous out-
rage against every principle of humanity,
and even surpassing the rigid rules that mi-
litary etiquette demands in a state of war,
and even in sight of the enemy—the matter
must be canvassed—how highly aggravated
are the circumstances attached to this atro-
cious murder (for wilful murder has the co-
roner's inquest declared it to be) perhaps un-
equalled in, its enormity ? A valuable citi-
zen hastening to perforin his duty to those
he feared might be in distress, is stopped
by the centinel of a police guard and hailed
—when was he hailed ? Not until the un-
fortunate gentleman was actually on t!x point
of the bayonet—extreme agitation prevents
his immediate answer—but he is replied to
by his companion, less alarmed, because he
was less in danger—a complete and satis-
factory reply was given. \\rHEaE was he
hailed ? Within a lew yards ofvthe spot
where the alarm bell was then ringing with
its necessary violence, and also as near to
the premises where the chimney was on fue.
Were apt these glaring facts of themselves
sufficient information, to and within sight
and hearing cf the centinel? Certainly they
were, and in their damning nature, preclude
the possibility of our offering a word in ex-
tenuation of the foul offence. " Oh it
is rank and smells to Heaven !"
If the smallest excuse can be offered from
another quarter, it is high time, fellow-citi-
zens, to look to yourselves 1 It is useless tor
us to value ourselves on our freedom and the
excellency of our laws, if our lives are to
be held on such an uncertain tenure ! Had
the deceased been even in an enemy's coun-
try, and discovered in the very act of enter-
ing their camp, an act so savage as the de-
testable one before us, would not have ta-
ken place ; but to be murdered at ones own
door as it were, in the midst of friends, and
in the very act of performing one of the
most pleasing duties which Immunity is
capable of, is an atrocity that—but we stop
—we recollect that the offender is in the
hands of justice, and that justice, we trust,
will be done ; We trust further, that the
executive will take into their most serious
and immediate consideration the true nature
of the delegated power which this guard
possesses, and to apply (if it be in their pow-
er,) a remedy to a disease, almost as hostile
to the LIBERTIES as to the LIVES of
the citizens of Richmond.
Cumberland D. Williams
h'r.s just received per schooner Minerva, atid Su-
san and William,
14 pipes Gin, entitled to drawback,
200 barrels Beef
On hand,
Beef, Pork, Candies, Cogniac and Spanish
Brandy, Hyson and Young Hyson Tea*, Ihdi-
fro, Cheese, Almonds, Mackerel, Cod Fish,
liafias, and BaHdanna Handkerchiefs.
February™ eoSt.
GOOD PHILADELPHIA
Printing Ink
yon SALE AT THIS. OFFICE. \
February 13. d
> SAT^RDAYi !?BBRUAiirW7~'
Eastern and Southern mads not arrived.
A correspondent informs those wh-may
be desirous of knowing whether Mr. B.
Care's CrLria Papri is void of originality,
when compared with that of Mr. Kent,
may how see the two particularly scored to-
gether, at Mr. Can's Music Store.
At an election held on Thursday evening
last, by the stockholders of the Baltimore
East-India Company, the following gen-
tlemen were chosen :—
ROBERT GILMOR, President,
J. A. BUCHANAN, Vice-President.
ROBERT OLIVER,")
WM. PATTERSON, S-Directors.
MARK PRINGLE, J
After which, the vice-president address-
ed the stockholders, advising a suspension
of the operations of the company for a few
days, in consequence of the late European
intelligence.
A few shares remain unsubscribed for.
The subscription paper will remain at the
coffee-house until the next meeting of the
stockholders.
Literary.—We have perused a very
amusing work, entitled " Recollections of
the Life of the late Right; Honorable
Charles James Fox," &c. [for sale by Geo.
Hill, of this city.] It is from the pen of
B. C. Walpole, Esq. and exhibits a well
drawn portrait of the moral and political
character of that celebrated orator and states-
man. It is not, as is too often the case
with works of this kind, a mere panegyric
upon the hero ol the tale. The virtues and
the vices which were almost equally con-
spicuous in the character of Mr. Fox,
are placed before the reader in such a
manner, as to excite alternately applause
and censure, admiration, and disgust.—
Some judicious and discriminating com-
parisons are drawn between the character
and couduct of Mr. Fox and his great and
more consistent rival, Mr. Pitt. A very
interesting account is given of the separa-
tion which took place between him and his
friend and political instructor, Mr. Burke,
in the year 1791, and the inflexibility with
which Burke adhered, to the end of his
life, and even on his death bed, to his pur-
pose of keeping up no intercourse with a
man whose principles he thought danger-
ous to his country, and this, notwithstand-
ing repeated overtures from Mr. Fox.
On the whole, we recommend this little
volume to general perusal as well calculated
to afford both amusement and instruction.
LITSILARY NOTICE.
Tableau of the United States of North-Ame-
rica, in a series of ketters, written from the
year 1793, to 1808.'
The intention of the author, is neither to
recommend himself to public notice, nor to
obtain remuneration, from the publication of
this work. His only object is, by paying
respect to truth, to give a correct idea to all
persons in the world, who may contemplate
emigrating to America, of the resources, ad-
vantages and state of things they will find
on their arrival in this country, resulting
from tlie constitution and the laws of each
state ; the attributes of c'ae lands and the
climate , the commerce, mechanic arts and
common labor ; the mode of living, manners
and habits of the different classes of people
in general.
Considering, that an emigrant unqualifi-
ed for this country offers, no advantages to
its inhabitants by lemoving among them ;
but, on the contrary, becomes generally
troublesome. Admitting, also, that from a
diversity of taste and opinion in man, that
country will be agreeable to one, which will
appear quite the reverse to another : it is
evident that, provided the above work exhi-
bits a faithful tableau of the U. States, it can-
not fail being generally useful to the Ame-
ricans and the Europeans ; and, it is its use-
fulness, that prevails on the author to pub-
lish it, in concurrence with the wishes of
his friends.
In order not to claim to himself the exclu-
sive merit of a work of such public advan-
tage, the author invites all persons who have
the power and inclination to add to the
stock of materials he has been collecting
these twelve years, for improving his Ta-
bleau, to transmit to him any remarks,
anecdotes and observations, either historical,
philosophical, moral or political, they may
think of a nature to increase its utility—
any such communications, tending to sup-
port and raise the character of the United
States, and their inhabitants, will be parti-
cularly agreeable to the author. And it
must be understood, that no detail of cir-
cumstances nor recital of anecdotes, alluding
in any degree, to the conduct of any pri-
vate or public character, can obtain admis-
sion, unless extracted from authentic docu-
ments, or supported by affidavits of per-
sons of unquestionable veracity.
No party-spirit shall influence the author,
nor prejudice bias his judgment : He es-
teems individuals more from their views,
than from their measures, since all men con
mean well, but cannot always do right—er-
rare humamtm est.
iXj" All letters and packages, forwarded
according to the above invitation, ought to
be directed (postage free) to E. LUCET,
New- York, (who is agent for the author.)
*** The printers throughout the United
States, who have the public good at heart,
are requested to publish the above.
Congress of the United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Wednesday, February 12.
[Taken for the FEDERAL GAZETTE.]
[The house'or representatives was yester-
day almost entirely occupied in discussing
the provisions of the Slave Bill.]
The message received yesterday from the
president, inclosing the laws passed, by ;J,e
governor' and judges of the Michigan Tefrri
t'tfry, during the year 1805 ; also, an account j
of the militia of the l), S. was read,
A bill from the senate, entitled, an act.re-
gulating the grants of lands in the Territory
of Michigan, was referred to a commit tee of
the whole to-morrow.
Mr. Early observed, that for the purp >se
of remedying the inconveuiencies at. present
existing with respect to the time of holding
the supreme court of the U. States, lieswoiild
ofer the following resolution : .Resolved,
that a committee be appointed to in-
quire into the expediency of altering the
term of the supreme court of the U. States.
Referred to a select committee of five.
The committee to whom was referred the
letter of Win. Henry Harrison, governor of
the North Western Territory, enclosing cer-
tain resolutions of the legislative couacil of
that territory, praying a suspension of the
sixth article of compact between the U. S.
and. territories North West of the Ohio,
(which prohibits slavery) made a report
thereon, which concludes with submitting
the following resolution : Resolved, Wiat it
is expedient to suspend, from and after the
first day of January 1808, the sixth article of
compact between the United States and the
state and territories N. W. of the Ohio, pas-
sed on the 13th July 1787, for the term of
ten years. Referred to a committe of the
whole on Monday.
Mr. J. Clay, from the juint committee of
the two houses, appointed to cany into exe-
cution the act making further appropriations
for the support of the library, made repoit,
wdiich was ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. Kelly presented a petition from sun-
dry inhabitants of Reisterstown (Md.) pray-
ing that the present post-route from Balti-
more to Chambersburg may not be disconti-
nued. Referred to the committee on post-
offices and post-roads.
The house proceeded to consider the a-
mendments made yesterday in committee of
the whole, to the bill from the senate to pro-
hibit the importation of slaves.
Mr. Sloan spoke at length against that a-
menclment which changes the punishment
of death to fine and imprisonment. He ex-
patiated on the enormity of the crime, con-
tending that it was infinitely more heinous
than that of murder.
Mr. Smilie also spoke against the amend-
ment ; and Messrs. Elmer and Bard in favor
of it.
The question was then taken by ayes and
noes, on agreeing to the amendment made in
committee of the whole, and it was carried
—ayes 67, noes 48.
Some discussion took place on the other
amendments, when the bill was ordered to
have a third reading to-morrow. Adjourned.
[Thus has this SLAVE-BILL occupied,
almost exclusively, the attention of the H.
of R. four days of the present week. How
much longer it will take up the time of con-
gress, our Reporter cannot enable us to say.]
• PANTHEON".
COGENT reasons, not material to ho putS-
1'icly assigned, have occ-.sioned a postponement
ofth • achate adve'rtlsed fot\ttila evening On
Saturday nest, the rbridwlajf'question will be
djaeussed :
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