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net guilt}", as their
trial was now on h Fore the su-
preme eourfc, unless th i house wished to pYe-
¦ ¦ .
Mr. S'milie expressed himself in favor of
the object of the resolution, although he
¦was sorry that it had been connected with
any events at N.Orleans—lie wished to take
*£ up on its owft 'merits. Although the
right of habeas corpus had been long recog?
ttiz.cd in England, yet it was well known to
have been of no effect until the statute of
Charles II. He was no lawyer, but he had
been informed by professional men, that
o mbts existed whether that statute was ap-
plicable iq the U. States ; if not, he hoped a
penal statute would be enacted, by which
¦that important privilege would be effectual-
ly sectored ; without this, the provision in
the constitution was a mere dead letter.
Messrs! Dana & Bidwell expressed nearly
the same opinion. ^
Mr. Burv?ell thought the privilege of ha-
corpus was sufficiently secured ; but he
should vote for a reference of the resolution
to a committee of Hie whole, and if the gen-
tleman from Delaware could bring forward
any method by which it could be better se-
cured, he should not only have his vote but
his thank;.
¦ b£i. Eppes spoke against- the- object of the
resolution. If the gentleman from DeTawaxe
(Ms- Broom) was sincere, he said he congra-
tulate;! him on his conversion.to democracy ;
but he was afraid the resolution was part of
the system which now pervaded the court —
who, lie asked, were the champions of per-
sonal liberty then r the famous leader of
'98, (probably alluding to Mr.'Harper,) the
^-attorney general (Mr. Lee) ; and, to com-
plete the climax, the ex-attorney general of
Maryland (Mr. Martin) ; a man who had
turned down the leaves of a book, and in
cold blood, at the distance of 150 miles,
made cut an indictment against a helpless
foreigner (Calleuder.) Where was all this
sympathy for the personal liberty of the ci-
tizens when the gag-laiv was passed, and
when a member of this hou«e (Mathew Ly-
«n, who was present,) h*d been "imprisoned
for a whole winter ? And for whom was it
now excited ? For men who had been hunt-
ed down in society. But the real gecret of
the business is, (said Mr. Eppes) that, they
cannot bear to see the prosperity of this
country ; they cannot bear to see an exten-
sive and ramified conspiracy reduced by the
people alone ; this method of reducing con-
spiracies is quite anti-federal. If it should
appear that gen. Wilkinson had sufficient
cause toNipprehend those men, without be-
ing able to produce positive proof of their
guilt, and they should be acquitted, he was
willing, for one, to remunerate him for any
pages that might be awarded by them to
him : if this had not been the case, he was
¦willing to let. him meet his fate.
Mr. Early declared his determination to
©pp resolution in every Uiape. He
I that it could not possibly be voted upon
durtrigtbe present session ; and if a prose-
cution should be commenced against gen.
Wilkinson, it n igrft leave an improper im-
pression on the public mind.
Mr. Broom again spoke at length in favor
of his resolution. He said that his motives
in bringing it forward were such as he should
never be ashamed to avow—He also observed
that he did not wish to pass a censure on
gen. Wilkinson, but that that officer had
vitiated the constitution, and that his con-
duct had been arbitrary and unwarrantable,
in sending a citizen 2000 miles from home,
on mere suspicion—that if such an act should
be attempted in England, there would be
«':.r.-.;j;er of an insurrection—that the rights
of the meanest citizen were entitled to pro.
tection—and that he was afraid, from the
jittle disposition manifested by the house to
inquire into this subject, that there was
Something rotten ; something which it was
wished to be concealed.
Mr. Jackson spoke against the resolution
—after which the house adjourned.
BY THIS DAY'S MAILS.
ter>'ay: W«rc tlie HttttUS,
ma, the Britib'.; Packet and others. Many
other vessel, were prevented getting
a severe gale from North-west.
February 17.
Extract rif a letter froma gentleman in Lon-
don, dated ZGtk Dec. 1S08, to a rcsjicciahle
Commercial hoi/re in this city.
•ay mor'aiiy}, at i o'cloctA. M. in
the height of the gale, several guns of dis-
om the vessels in the sound,
and at . a find American ship was
6rc on her side, on the rocky
beach Oobler's Reach and Withy
Hedge. She soflfl went to pieces. The
'< Our council has passed an order per- captain and six men were saved by floating
mitting the trade direct from this country to ashore on pieces of the wreck ; but seven
the empire of Hayti. Several large ships j of hef cre,, endeavoring to :;ave themselves
lately in. the East India trade, are now fitting .-,,-,. , i i i i
out for that Island. The Bo'yne which sail- i » the if\ boat> wfre overwhelmed by a
ed some months ago, it is supposed- will : tremendous sea, when six of the poor tel-
clear rising of half a million of dollars.—- ; lows found a watery grave, the survivor get-
Since the prohibition law psssed by your : ting ashore almost exhausted. On inquir-
congress, our merchants are turning their tw she proved to lie the American ship
attention to this important Island. We , ,feets„ bound from New-York to Amster-
have no fears of any nation interfering with «¦ ^ with coffeP tobacco l0-g,.rood
us, as proDositions have gene out to the go- J. I ' ' » '
vemor of Jamaica, to be offered to the chief #she*, and sugar, valued at 25,0001.; she
of that Island, stating assurances of protec- j was brought m some tune since as a detain-
tion, if they will exclude all Flags but ours,.; ed ship by the Lion privateer, of this port,
The milk and water p-licy of your execu- j but on examining her papers, she was libe-
tive, does away all our fears of your inter- I ratec[ by th_e t^h court of admiralty, and
I suffered' to proceed on her voyage to Am-
sjM-Qjgrj. She came to anancbor off Withy
. and it coming to blow hard, her
parted) and she went plump ashore,
totally wrecked.
[This ship was owned by the Messrs.
Costers, of this city, and upwards of 70,000
dollars insured on I lie cargo in Philadelphia.]
ALEXANDRIA, P ebruary 18.
rived here with letters of credit, Intending
to connect themselves with •some of our
merchants, to prosecute the trade in con-
junction with them."
Arrived, the ship Betsy, Lucas, 63 days
from Leghorn and 49 from Gibraltar. Dec.
3, in a severe gate from W. 17 sail of Vessels
were driven ashore from their moon
mongst which were four Americans. Left,
ships James, Kudicolt, of Salem, for Calcut-J
ta in 20 days ; Nymph, Kenypn, <>t Haiti-
more^n/iairing; Freedom, of Sr.'. Arrived, brig Economy, captain Smith,
arrived with the loss of her mi-.'.en-rrmsi . itleuce ; schr. Dove, capt. Newcomb,
NEW-YORK, February 16.
Arrived, ship Amiable Matilda, Thomp-
son, 43 days from A msterdam. Spoke, Feb.
30, lat 33 50. long. 74, ship General Eaton,
Ball, 10 days' from Boston for Charleston.
The' ship Louisa-Cecilia, Reynolds, 76
days from Barcelona, and SOfrom Malaga.
The ship Osage, Masterton, 42 days from
Bordeaux
The sbip Minerva, Heron, 40 days from
St. Vbes,
The.brig Sarah, Campbell, 23 days from
St. Vincents.
The brig Cora, Van Allen, 42 days from
Bordeaux. Feb. 5, lat. 3:2, long. 70 33,
Spoke the brig Mountaineer, Gaylordj HI
days from the Isle of France for New-York
— now below.
The bug Alfred, Bryan, 20 days from St.
Croix.
i. The scisr. Atlantic, Haley, 23 days from
s, and 17 from Turks-Island
- (..'•'! al St. Bartholomews, schr.----------,
Mitchell, for New-London in 2 days ; a Phi-
ettjng out Swedish colours ;
brig Delight, Sheffield, of Sag-Harbor for St.
Thomas in 3 days, and several others. The
St. Kitts sloop of war captured on the 18th
tilt, an American schooner, and ordered her
for St. Kins. At Turks-Island, only one
American vessel.
f. The schr. Five Brothers, Jeffery, 30 days
from Antigua, and 2l from Turks Island.
The schr. Hiram, Pannele, of Guilford, 18
daysfVom St. Kins.
¦NT-he sloop Sally, Martin, of Rochester, 8
days irom Savannah.
"Among the ships v.hj,ch went to sen yes-
Henrietta, Nichols, of Boston, for London irt
8 u,v,'< i Thomas, Mentor, do. for Galliopoh*
irt lOdays'iWtttit+m /V.;.\!,.<7.\ Catuiin
just arrived from Baltimore; brigs !¦
Hammond, of Marblehead, for La Mette in
10 days ; Humbird, Stewart, of Boston, for
Lisbon, in IO days ; Phoebe, Wood, of New-
bedford, for New-York, in 30 days; Superb;
Paine, of Boston, fox Lisbon, in 10 days;
Majsafeuro, Taite, of Salem, for La Mette,
in 6 ; Hope, Crafts, of Salem, for Gallipolw
in 10 ; and a brig just arrived in the Triads,
with fitted-.royal masts; Republican, of.
Georgetown, on shore ; Fitzwilliam, Parsons,
of Boston, do.; Two Maries, do. do. ; CatTK
line, Drew, of Boston, ashore, supposed-
will be lost ; United States' schooner Enter-
prise, repairing, having been damaged in tbo
late gale ; Mohawk, (iuarles, of Norfolk,
for Sicily, in 8 days; Rebecca, Jackson, for
do.; Elizabeth, Painter, for Philadelphia, to
Stop at Malaga ; Four Brothers, Noble, of
Salem* soon ; brig Little Cherub, of Boston^
arrived December 3, and sailed the ne-;t dny.
Sailed in co. ship Pekin, Swair.e, of Phila?
delphia, for Calcutta. December
leagues east of Gibraltar, was boarded.' bjff
the United States' frigate Constitution, Qpflfl
modore Campbell, from Gibraltar, for 1
Off Point Cabrita, spoke a Portuguese Jrj-
gare, two other men of war in s'ght, sup-
posed to be cruizing for Algerines. 19tW.
in lat. 37, 32, long. 74, spoke schr. Dor*.
Chester, Jacobs from Bordeaux, far Ti.Uii-
more. Dec, 37, in the Gut, spoke a relioo-
ner from ifr. u.n for Barcelona; same day,
was bo; tish sloop of wa
treated nftli ' 80th, lat. 35, 53, long. |,
40, spoke brig Sukev, from Salem,
up the Straights ; next day, long. LO,. ul,
spoke Ijrig Thomas, Sampson, of D«:
toston, for Leghorn. January 18, lat,.
23, 14, lung, 39, 2H?, spoke ship Packet, of
Philadelphia, frojin Marseilles, lor St. Tno,
m;c.
The brig Charles Williams, Laverty,
from Martinique & 23 days from Antigua.
[^This brig was detained 31 days, and part
of her cargo condemned for want of proof.]
Detained, sh':p Thomas IVtlson, Gardner,
from Baltimore for Martinique, stopt 3 days,
and liberated ; schooner John Cottril, from
Guadaloupe for New-York, to sail in 5
days ; schooner Enterprize, from Baltimore,
for Martinique, cargo taken out, and not de-
cided on ; schooner Larke, Thompson, from
Guadaloupe, for Boston, to be tried in a
few days : schooner Horizon, Jenkins, from
Guadaloupe, for Newbern-----had sold at
.Dominique for cash and rum, and then
took in at Guadaloupe sugar and coffee,
which was condemned ; the cash and rum
held for a future decision ; brig Nancy,
Sandborn, from Guadaloupe for Portland,
freight libelled ; schr. Sally-Ann, Cham-
minge, from New-York for Guadaloupe,
trial not come on ; the latter and other ves-
sels, sent in by the frigate Circe, captain
Pigot, who had treated the American cap-
tains with cruelty ; brig Mildred, Spencer,
from Philadelphia for Laguira, sent into
St. Kitts, and libelled, on suspicion of the
flour bbls. containing powder—the super-
cargo waiting trial. The ship Bet6ey,
M'Dougal, repairing, to sail for New-York
in April ; brig Washington, Mather, and
many others condemned and sold. Febru-
ary 3, lat, 35, long. 71, 45, spoke schr.
Nancy, Hall, 16 days from Turks-Island
for Norfolk.
Cleared, brig Olympus, Leonard, Gal-
way ; Henry & Isabella, Miles, St. Bartho-
lomews; sch'r Messenger, Smith, do ; Fi-
nancier, Crowell, Martinique ; sloop, Patty,
PoitStl!
F<.bniarv 19.
Arrived, ship Mount Vernon, -
-, frof
•New-Bedford ; brig Perseverance,, captain
Jackson, Frovitlehc: ; »*»*• Fair PI*)',
captain Grinnels, city of St. Domingo ;
^brig Active, captain Black, Guadaloupe.
; FRIDAY, FJCBRUARYooT-
———---------------------------r—15---------------—-------------------
j&c/fl our Correspondent at IVasbiagtmi,
¦ I'ebruary It).
Broom's resolution (see Congress
'head) was, after considerable debate, this
day indefinitely postponed—ayes 60, noes
08.
Mr. Brooms' resolution has (as' you will
observe) occupii d two days ; and I think it
.will yet occupy inore'of the time of the
Mr! ft second
speech was very Severe on geueial Wil-
kinson and the exclusive republicans—I re-
gret that want of time obliges m5,io omit
Iris remarks. The,federalists, as you may
perceive, took no part in the discussion.
' IMPORTANT.
White fhe. house were debating on \
Broom's resolution, a message was receive?
from the president of the United Stale:-,
This message contained a copy of a let-
ter from Messrs. Monroe and 1'inckney,
our mil ¦ notifwi.
they had Acnn-a-.n wivn 1 ne linn em CbM-
MBSIONEKS TO. CONCLUDE, A TREATY ON ALL
T'.iK l'OIMTS WHICH FORM:-!.) THE OBTP.CT OF
their mission—that the Treaty would pro-
bably be reduced to form in a few days, &
{bat it would be sent on as soon as possible.
The letter is dated, December 27, 1S06.
The message also contained a letter from
Mr. Armstrong, our minister plenipotenti-
ary at Paris, dated, 24th December 1806 ;
notifying that the imperial decree (declaring
Great-Britain in a state of Blockade) would
not be construed to apply to neutral vessels
bound from British dependencies to France,
&c
And the message also contained a letter
from Cowles Mead, Secretary and acting
Governor of the Mississippi Territory, dated
19th January, 1807, stating, that Colonel
B URR HAD 'SURRENDERED HIMSELF UP TO
THE CIVIL AUTHORITY, FOR TRIAL----that lie
had but nine boats, and about one ntjn-
dred men, most of whom were young me'n,
and appeared as if they had just come from
school !—and, that four respectable men
had been appointed to examine Col. Burr's
boats.
The house ordered 2000 copies of the
message and documents to be printed.
BcvanSj Baltimore.
In the offing, with a pilot on board, the
ship Oliver Ellsworth, 38 days from Liver-
pool—she was 2 miles within the Hook,
but blown out in the gale on Sunday even-
ing—Also below the ship Citizen, 18 days
from Havana-—ship Washington, from Ma-
laga—brig Juliana, Murdoch, 21 days from
We have been politely favored by a gen-
tleman of this city, with a file of Charles-
ton papers to February 9, inclusive. They
had received at Charleston, by the brig Eu-
pht-mia, Orleans papers to Jamn-iry 21, and
I iidon papers to December 31, inclusive.—
From which we learn,
That a general embargo at Hamburg al-
lowed no neutral to sail, even 111 ballast.—
The American consul remonstrated, but in
vain. To prevent any mischief in conse-
^ quence of the resemblance between the Eng-
1 lish and his countrymen, he has ordered the
I latter to send in their names to him, that he
may inspect and renew their passports-if ne-
A letter from (lie'American Con'-e! at
Nante"z, to a commercial house iii N
York, dated D says, " The
decree declaring the British Isles in a state
of blockade was intended to have cut oft all
communication with England ; but my last
advices from Paris inform me that ihe go-
vernment has found itself obliged to permit
an uninterrupted communication through
Rotterdam. Lisbon, it is probable, will be
left open to us, in which case remittances
hereafter will go through those channels."
On Saturday last the Ice in the Delaware
broke up and went down the river in largs
bodies. From the severe frosts experienced
the present winter, the ice had acquired un-
common thickness'ais^iolidity, and the e-
vent of its breaking up v^s. contemplated as
a severe trial of the .st.'k'i'vgth of the new
Bridge' over the Del a-ar this place.
We have the pleasure of stating that this ex-
periment has given increased conhdencedn
the permanence of this useful and noble
structure. The piers resisted jthe heavy
shocks which they experienca^Rim larg;e
masses of ice, without injmq|f; and the wis-
dom of their construction was manifested
in the effect produced upon large cakes
which came ire contact with them. These
cakes were gradually raised till their weight
exceeded their strength, when they -broke
down and passed through without effecting
tiie least injury to the bridge,'— Trenton Fe-
deralist.
During the year 1806, according to the
official report by I>. Lyman Spalding, 119
deaths * occurred at Portsmouth in 'IN
Hampshire. In that time there were 256
births, of which the males were 128, and
the females 128 ; and 63 marriages.
At Newburyport, during the last year,
the mrtnTajes were 74, deaths 94, and
births 2-73 : -if, tjje latter 1*25 were male.,
and 148 females.
We have (says the Aurora) particular gra-
tification in stating to the public, that a bill
passed the house cf representatives of this
commonwealth, appropriating the sum of
300,000 dollars for the construction of the
Canal which is to connect the waters of the
Snsqnehannah and Schuylkill; the proceeds
of the duties on auctions are to be reserved
for this laudable and liberal purpose''.
'A bill has also passed, appropriating 3000
dollars towards the establishment of a bota-
nical garden.
Nassau, (N. P.) January 16.
Sailed yesterday, the :b'rig Polly and Bet-
sy, capt. Selby for New-Orleans ; the^'r-
Ti'Llar, rapt. Gardmcr, for Vera Cruz ; the
se'/r Repid, capt. Felti, for do ; and sloop
Sally, captain Mattaock, for New-York.
January 20.
yesterday, the brig John, Mosier,
,•; from Providence, R. I. bound to
Havana, detained by the pri--:-'e vessel of
war Fancy. The Fancy, when the John
¦=ailed,. was lelt in chace of the scttr Mete»
wind light.
"¦"""
From the Merchants' Cqfee-House Booh.
February 20.
The ship Wm. Bingham, Cunningham,
hence Leghorn.
Arrived, schr. Agenoria, Driscol, s days
from Charleston—coffee, rice, and cotton—
Fall* and B*pwn. The brig Lioness, for
Baltimore, sailed 9 days before.
Port of' Baltimore.
ENTERED,
Sch'r Angenoria, Priscoll, Charleston
CLEARED,
Ship Rising Sun, West, Amsterdam
Sch'r Sally, Peterson, Dominique
Francis, Merrill, .Portland
St. Pierres, with coffee and sugar, to Hall cessary. Hamburg was garrisoned by 800
and Hull, and John Adam—The brig Izette. I Italians.
The members of the British factory were
ordered to Verdun.
Judge Workman and Mr. Bradford, print-
er, at Orleans, were among the numerous
victims, who are daily arrested by the orders
of general Wilkinson.
Orders were received at Orleans, to take
or destroy (if necessary) all boats belonging
to Burr or his friends.
from Portsmouth. Other vessels were in
the offing, but yielding to the gale, were
not in sight yesterday.
Fourteen sail of square-rigged vassels went
to sea yesterday evening --amongst them
was the ship l.atona, Alden, for Liver-
pool, having on board, captain fJrewster and
Son, Robert Mitchell and John White, pi-
lots, captain Pierce and oneofhis hands, all
going out as witnesses in the case of captain
Whitby, late of the Cambrian frigate.
Plymouth, Dec. 13.
It has blown for these two days and two
nights a 11104 dreadful hurricane from SW.
and .has been a Bmore tremendous storm
than any we have experienced this, season.
With no small degree of satisfaction, we
are enabled to announce that our harbour is
entirely free from ice. We have been long
blockaded by this enemy ; but he has drawn
off, to make room for Commerce, whose
" ten thousand wheels" already play the
pleasing tune, so grateful to the Merchants'
eavs.
Sale by Auction.
TO-MORROW MORNING,
The 2\st inst. at 10 o'cldei, |