|
do.
Salem.
BOSTON, November 30.
rrived. brig Favorite, Pratt 43 days
Palermo. Oct. 18, 01T Gibraltar, was
rded by two Spanish gun-boats, who,
L< command f the vessel and steered for
-ita, but after detaining us four hours, &
_^r*king open all the letters some of them
trie S^crelarv of State, and taking a
ntity of wine, &c. permitted us to pro-
¦:br. Packet, Luce, from Richmond ;
-> "Endeavor, captain Downing, from
•cntta, 144. days. Left, ships Java, Sa-
. ; Minerva, do. 10 days ; James, do.
5 Hope, do. uncertain; Restitution, do,
; Su-quehannah, Pnilad. Pekiii
es, New York ; barque Mary,
clnys, brijr Gulliver, Boston, uncertain.
«/ 1. passed a large ship bound up under
» r;rican color:. ; 3d. passed ship Pallas of
^m, bound down. The ship True A-
ic " Lee,his chief officer, took
__^ Wge of the ship.
rig Mary, Williams- of Kennebunk,
_ 1 St. Kitts, 26 days. The Mary was
x~»i'-edat St. Kitts 5 days, by the ship
Christophers, on account of a rumour of
t- mid entirely dismantled her. Died at
"TCitts, Oct. 20, captain Henry Talcot, oi
"t>rig Aurora.
in v ifh a fleet of French Merbantmen from
Bordeaux for Brest, and took 2, burnt 2,
and drove the rest on shore. At Gravesend
Mercury, Rogers, from Charleston. At
Cork, BrQtns, Craig, from Antwerp for
Philad. At Barcelona, Susan and Betsey,
from N. York.
Liverpool, Oct. 17.—Arrived, ship Nan-
cy, Morton ; and Indian Hunter from N.
York ; Sarah and Eliza, Stewart, Savannah ;
Nancy, Hobbs, Baltimore ; Cornelia, Hunt,
Portland ; Thomas Penrose. Ellis, N, Or-
leans ; Ceres, Bently, Oporto ; Sarah, Gill,
St. Petersburg!). At Cowes, the Ocean,
Malcolm, from Charleston. The Abeona,
Allen hence for Charleston, is stranded on
the coast of Wexford, expected to be got
off.
Plymouth, Oct. 12. Arrived, ship Vo-
lunteer, Martin,from Philadelphia, f .r Ton-
ningen, detained.
1«
NEW-YORK. December 3.
^^-rrived, Ship Pegasus, Cary, of Charlcs-
-» — 24 days from Matanzas. Nov- 22,
- T«-e schr. Superior, 35 days from Barce-
x ss_ for ¦alttmore.
«=J 1-. ip Ambition, Dickinson 47 days from
£^^ ,ri sterdawi. Ship Melpomen", t> sail next
j*-.,-^- for N. Y. Ship Rose just arrived from
__r- - -g-f? inia, via England. Sailed in co. ship
-—, y-^ %* r-lotte Cook, for Rhode-Island ; & brig
^^t sart-y W Wm- for Charleston. The AM-
—^ 1 «-~f7"ION »'as the first vessel that arrived at
^5. ,-,-, sterdam after the new decree ; and it was
^- l3,-*een days before permission was obtain-
„j to land the cargo, when bonds were re-
- -~A that ihp nrooertv was bona fide A-
t <=> land the cargo,
ire^d that the property
** rjcan, and shipped in New-York. (Capt
t<_lcenson left Amsterdam, Oct: 14.—Left
^•-^ * ^els before reported-
^^c^ Hip Columbia- Goodrisb, (of Hartford).
cJays from Liverpool salt, coal, crates
^^\j glass. Nov. 19, lat. 34, long. 72,
»T~I \~f, Mary-Ann, Norns, 6 m nths and a
»**?£" 'from Calcutta, for New Yoik. Nov.
**^i 1^. 33 long. 72, spoke brig Eliza,
o days'from Sicily, for New-York, in
"*? rres, with the loss of sails, spars, &c
\ short of provisions—supplied them with
Dartmouth, Starr, 19 days from
cavatinali. cotton.
S^'P Ph«aix. Tinker, 22 days from St.
-r-»^rr.ingo- mahogany, 1 gwood, hides, &c.
7^V,e- trig Lioness, was to sail in 6 days tor
3i£nrlestor.. The brig Mary, Parsons,
rn New-York for St. Domingo, • as in
*Vj ivlona, passage Nov. II, detained in
*¦ nsequence fa passenger having papers
«o1 'tyie French government, but it was sup-
ed she would be released.
5'0^rig Leopard Jordan, 42 days from Li-
vr>0<^, salt, and coal. Sailed in co. ship
Jf .-severance, tor New-York, and ship John
' reAda„, for Charleston. Left there Oct. 19,
3 Brutus and Henry, both for N. York.
^ at^;
55H.p
&c
s]jip- - ^^^^^_
»joV. 6, lat. 45, long. 44, spoke ship Gol
Jen Age, 12 days from New-York, for Li.
„frpool- Nov 17, lat. 39, long. 59,
i-:--p....„. „ 4»„. fmm New-York
Eot
r_- . lat- 39, long
,,'l?e ship Factor, 5 days from New-
fot Oreenock.
IJr-ip: Betsey, Johnston, 45 days from
cJeaax, brandy, wine, and dry goods.
27, lat. 38, ling. 72, spoke brig
Ad 11 Maria, 24 days from Havana, fir N.
"YorH, shert of provisions—supplied them
-vitli a banel of potk. They intended to
put »nto Newport.
f?r>g Three Friends, Wright, 37 days
from Surinam molasses. Left ship Boston,
f.icLe*' for Salem in 10 days ; schr. Eliza,
|n do for do. ; schr. Tnion, and b ig
f,ernia
m.
Bnj
- for Baltimore, in 18 days.
'Fair Creole, Smith, from the Spanish
Tv4ai«e? znd M da?s fr°m Charleston> log"
W°Brig Paragon, Ryan, of Newburyport,
days from1 St. Pierres, Martinique, su-
%
ar
iriolasses hides. &c.
Sclir. American Hunter, 64 days from
f ftibon, wine. Left brig Ida. Smith, of
Providence for Philadelphia in 4 days ; ship
Tetincy, °f New-York, for Nantz; brigs
T)clph'n> of Alexandria ; Clinton, Breath,
r jsre\v-York, for Nantz, in 3 weeks; Bet-
sey of Philadelehia ; ship Belvedere , W, od
r JJew-York ; brig Fanny, of Boston, for
¦K[antz, >" i° days ; ship Isabella Moore, of
•NTe , -"York ; Gospoit, of Norfolk; brigs
f_Tope, of Philadelphia ; Ann and Maria, ot
¦Baltimore, at quarantine- Sailed in co. brig
Victory, for Boston. The American was
„.-.= bl wn off the coast several tunes, and
¦u-d her sai's mucn torn.
5chr. Betsy, Gifford, 23 days from Anti-
„,,., Spoke a schr. fr. in Jamaica for Bos-
ton. «n fiistr"s.
EELOW, a ship and brig—and several
oilier vessels standing in from sea. .
Cleared—ships Grace, Bro ¦< n, Nantz;
^laria Theresa Peacock, Lisbon >• brig Lam-
bert. Jenkins, Cape de Verds ; sch'r Mary,
Simpso". Dighy.
Ship Clyde from Charleston, is 01T& up,
LiOTd's-List—complete to this date.
Oct. 13.—Detained, ship Pallas, Everett,
„c days Irom N. York ; Dispatch, Smith,
from Lima to London ; Two Friends, Wil-
liams ; Four Friends, Jacobs, from St. Tho-
mas to Brereen ; the Henry /Thompson, for
N. York—The martial gun-brig, lately fell
LATEST FROM ENGLAND-
Extract of a 1 tter from Liverpool, dated
October 17.
" Mr. Rose is app minted Envoy extraor-
dinary to the U. States ; and Admiral Sir
John Borlase Warren, supercedes Admiral
Berkeley. They have both taken leave of
his majesty. Mr. Munroe left London on
the 14th of October for Cowes, to embatk-
on board the Augusta for America.
*' By accounts received this day, it ap-
pears that the Royal Family of Portugal
have not resolution to carry into effect their
supposed intention of withdrawing to the
Brazils, but have assented to the demands
of France, by which the ports of that coun-
try are to be shut against us "
Another letter from Liverp ol, of Oct.
17, says, " George Rose is about embark-
ing on a special mission, to the U. States."
QMr. Rose, mentioned in the above letters
we learn, was private secretary to the late
Mr. Pitt-]
The brig Leopard, captain Jordan, arrived
atthispo.t yesterday aftern on from Liver-
pool. She left there on the 19th October,
and brings London papers to the 17th, and
Lloyd's List of the 13th, a file of each of
which is received at the office of the Mer-
cantile Advertiser. The Leopard brings
also dispatches for the secretary of state.
London, October 15.
The Prince Adolphus packet, from Ame.
rica, and the Wilsingham packet, in eight
days from Lisbon are arrived at Falmouth.
The Wilsingham, we und«rstand has
brought as passengers, 21 of the principal
English merchants of Lisbon. By her we
learn that all the English are preparing to
leave the city, under the apprehension of a
visit from the French. One of the passen-
gers who came up to town express, reports,
that the Portuguese government had yielded
to the demands of Bonaparte ; and that all
the ports of that kingdom are in future to
be shut against us. By this, therefore, we
are to understand that the prince regent will
not emigrate.
Government has received, by the Electra
sloop of war, dispatches from lord Colling-
wood, confirming the failure of sir Arthur
Paget's mission to the Ottoman Porte. L is
reported, that by the same channel accounts
of the British array evacuating Sicilly for
Malta have come to hand, and that B->na-
parte has influenced the emperor of Morocco
to withhold supplies from Gibraltar.
Sir John Borlase Warren is appointed to
superce de admiral Berkely on the American
station. Whatever may be the ¦ pinion of
ministers as to the recent conduct of their
officer, or ho *¦ ever hostile or concialiating
their sentiments towards America.we rn net re-
gard the measure of removing admiral Berk-
ley as not only prudent but necessary.
Master Rose likewise proceeds on a spe-
cial mission to the United State*. We have
no doubt that he is a bud ot much promise
from the importance of the mission assign-
ed to him. Some, however, are inclined
t think that he springs from tou bad a root
ever to expand into a Jlonver of real merit
Letters from Copenhagen state, 'that se-
ven ot the first mercantile houses ill that ci-
ty had stopped payment.
It was reported yesterday, that our troops
in Sicily had evacuated that Island, & g-'iie
to Malta and Egypt.
Several pnvate letters received from Lis-
bon, by the Albion, mention the probabi-
lity ol an insurrection among the p. pulace,
if the prince Regent should persist in his
determination ot shipping himself and his
treasures for the Brazils. This we think
extremely likely to happen ; not that we
imagine the Portuguese would much care
what would become of their prince—but,
we think, they must be reused when they
see the treasure about being conveyed away.
We are astonished that our wise minis-
ters, in their anxiety to save every thing
Irom the grasp of Bonaparte, should have
overlooked the old silver, and other valua-
bles with which the convents and churches
of Lisbon abound :—the same reasons may
be urged for seizing them which have been
for seizing on the Danish fleet, &c. viz.
the probability of their falling into the pow-
er of the French emperor. With respect to
the honor of the thing, we do not think
those who havo ordered the Danes to be
pillaged of a quantity of old iron and fire-
wood would blush at it.
We are Sony to learn that it is a prevail-
ing opinion with persons who have access
to the best information fn.ra Russia, that
the ascendancy of the French politics in the
government of that country, can no longer
be doubted. It is even repoited by an Ameri-
can vessel arrived in 15 days from St. Pe-
tersburgh, that an embargo had been laid
on all British ships in the Russian domini-
ons. For the truth of intelligence coming
through such a channel, we would by no
means pledge ourselves ; but it received
considerable credit this morning on 'change.
Austria, it is probable, will not long re-
main mi.-.tress of the provinces contiguous
to the Adriatic. The possession of Istria,
if not of Carniola also, is necessary to the
views of France, and if required by her at
present, must be surrendered. Some ar-
rsngement of this nature is suggested in a
detni official paper. The paragraph states,
" that the dominions ofthe emperor of Aus-
tria are about to undergo a change, that they
are to be narrowed to the cast and widened
to the vest." The French indeed, appear
to exercise all the rights incidental to com-
plete occupation already ; they have caused
the ports of Trieste and Flume to be shut
against us.
Prince Kourakin, who concluded and
signed the Treaty of Tilsit, has been raised
t> tiie rank of a Field Marshal.
A vessel arrived at Inverness from Cron-
stadt, the master of which relates, that, be-
I fore he left that place, the emperor Alexan-
der had three times visited Cronstadt,for the
j purpose of viewing experiments made on a
vessel, at some small distance, by the fire
from the fortifications; that, should a British
fleet appear, the inhabitants might learn how
far the fort of Cronstadt could afford protec-
tion. The Russians were highly elated with
the success of these experiments but expres-
| sed themselves very unwilling to go to war
with England ;the merchants, in particular
openly declared their determination to op-
pose it by every means in their power.
The American ship Pegou, capt. Cillett,
isarrivedat Yarmouth from St. Petersburgh,
i *hich place he left the 25th, and Cronstadt
j the 27th ult. The capt. states, that at his
I departure, much uneasiness was manifested
; at b'th those places, in consequence of a
i report confidentially circulated, that Lord
Collingwbod had received orders to possess
himself of the Russian fleet in the Mediter-
ranean.
October 17.
" A Proclamation will, it is reported, ap-
pear in this night's Gazette ; requiring all
the sailors of the United Kingdom of Great
for three months, and also by the erection, f of the whole, to whom was referred, a bill
of a very strong; forth cation at Penicha, on
the coast of Portugal, mounting 200 pieces
of cannon, and garrisoned by 0000 men,
from whence it is Supposed the court would
embark, to avoid any opposition from the
populace by attempting to embark at Lis
bon.
" There was, however, still a ray of hope
entertained by the Portuguese, that the ty-
rant of the continent would be appeased,
when he found the English had quilted Por-
tugal, and that the fear of having their pro-
perty confiscated and their persons seized,
would prevent their return ; and consequent-
ly, that the departure of the court from its
hereditary seat would not be necessary.
This hope they cherished the more, as it
was known at Lisbon that the French and
Spanish ministers had only proceeded a few
leagues from the city, and were still halted
at a small village in its vicinity."
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 4.
Arrived, ship Woodrop Sims, Hess, An-
twerp, via the Downs, 43 days ; brig Lydia,
Sherman, Matinique, 36, coffee and sugar;
Nanina.Gowan, Cumana, 40, cocoa, coffee,
Sec.—Ploughboy, Williams, Boston, IO ;
Minerva, Lewis, do. 14, barley ; schooner
Cambden. Meager, Cayenne, — ; sloop
Rachel, Chandler, Portland, 14, oil, bark,
&c.—
Cleared, ship Raleigh, Hendy, London-
derry ; sch'r Retaliafi n, Daggett, Boston.
Ship Woodrop Sims, capt. Hess, sailed
from Antwerp Sept. 18th, and m the 9th
of Oct. left Flushing in co. <>¦ ith ship Mary
of N. York, and brig Herald, of Kenne-
bunk, in ballat. On the same day were all
three taken possession of and conducted to
the Downs, by his Britanntc Majesty's brig
Sea Gull ; detained, until the 10th. On
the 24.th, of Nov. in lat. 36. 5. N. long. 68,
30, W. spoke brig Betsey and Peggy, Dove,
of and for "altimorc, from Trinidad, out 40
days, who furnished capt. Hes£ with the
following memorandum. j./Capt. Dove
will be obliged to capt. H. to mention in
the newspapers, that the bng Betsey & Peg-
of and for Baltimore, from Trinidad, out
gy ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ 40 days, is now in a leaky situation, having
Britain & Ireland, in thi? employ of any fo- . experienced a very severe gale of wind from
reign Po - er, to leave the same, and return j N. W. which forced us to scud off 24 hours,
t Great Britain and Ireland, under pain of 1 for the preservation of vessel and crew ; the
being considered, in the event of their refu- | most of the sheathing being off on both
sides—intends to put into the first port in
the U. S. The ship Margaret, Heard, of
Baltimore, from Batavia is carried into Tri-
nidad, and condemned at a court of admi-
ralty, hull and cargo.
Hrig Lydia, Sherman, from St. Pierres.
Left there, Oct. 28, schr. Eliza, Webb, for
Philadelphia, in 10 days; sailed in co. with
a schooner of and for Baltimore, Mr. Dubois,
supercargo ; the next day, under the lee of
Guadaloupe, was boarded by a schooner of
and from Antigua, examined and dismissed ;
the Baltimore schooner was ordered for An-
tigua. Nov. 18, in lat. 34, long. 72 spoke
schr. Cambden, Meagher, of anil for Phila-
delphia, from Cayenne ; captain Sherman
has been on the caast 15 days, and experi-
enced very severe weather. Schr. Lively,
Blake,out 72 days; schr. Whitney, Bockius.
out 38 days ; and schooner Triumph, Fallen,
out 35 days hence to Martinique, had not
arrived.
Brig Nanina, Gowing, from Cumana.
Sailed Oct 27. Lttft no merican vessel?.
¦fT" Captain Henry Seton, late of the schr.
Marv Eliza, of New-York, is a passengeron
board trie Manilla, from whom we have tlie
ti llowh'.g intelligence: Sailed from New-
York 4th July, for the island of Trinidad ;
on the 27th experienced a severe gale, which
lasted nearly three days, which drove us out
of our course, and on the 6th of August was
obliged to put into Lagwira for water. Sailed
from thence on the 14th of August, for
Trinidad and on the 19ih, was captured by
the British frigate Port of Spain, and detain-
ed 4 days under the island of Coche, then
received a prize-master and 3 hands, and
ordered for Trinidad. On the 13th Sept.
was re captured by a Spanish boat from
Carupena, (about 50 leagues to the windward
of Cumana) where we were landed almost
naked, and left to provide for ourselves. I
applied to the governor for assistance, and
with great difficulty obtained a boat to carry
us to Cumana, where the vessel was con-
demned as British property.
sal deserters, and to be treated as such,
after a limited time."—Courier.
Hamburg papers aniv 'd late this morning
to the 30ih ult. The following are the most
material articles in them :
Lower Elbk, September 29.
The recent proceedings of the English
near Lu eck, Where they have already tak-
en several ships bound to or from Russia,
seem to indicate hostile designs.
Off i.arnholm, some Russian frigates have
been seen, they are probably cruising here to
observe the inoveme. ts of the Bnnhsh fleet.
The blockade of the Ems, Elbe and We-
ser, for neutral ships bound to neutral ports
has been raised. [ ltona Mercury.]
Lisbon. October 3.
The following communication to the royal
board of commerce agriculture, mauufac
tures and navigation of Portugal, was sent
by tiie secretary of state :
" Our sovereign, tire prince regent, has it
not in his power to prevent the depaiture
from this city of his Catholic majesty's
ambassador, and of the charge d'affaires to
his majesty the emperor and king of Laly ;
he ivis notwithstanding well grounded hope
that ilirir absence will only be temporary,
and that it will not be followed up by any
hostilities on the part of the above sove
reign, with whom it is his royal highness's
wish to maintain that good harmony and
correspondence which has hitherto subsisted
between them ; which I think proper to
state to your excellency, that you may make
the same known to the royal board of com
mercer, to be by them published wherever it
may be necessary.
(Signed)
• NT. DE ARAUJO 'ZEVEDO.
'<¦ Palaciode -idjuda, 3d October, 1807."
" Much alarm at present prevails here, in
consequence of official intimation to the
British merchants of the necessity of re-
moving their property and persons as soon
as possible. Several of the Portuguese men
of war are ready for sea, but it seems yet
doubtful if the prince will embark for the
Brazils. The commander of the Raven,
which is stationed outside the Bar, has direc-
tions to cause all vessels that may arrive from
Newfoundland, to wait at Cuscaes Bay, until
an answer be received from the consignees.
Tiie Lively frigate, and Cephalus brig of
war are here We have been hoping for a
British squadron."
DECREE.
" Taking into consideration the stagnation
which, under the present circumstances, the
trade of Lisbon has suffered, and that the
funds for payment of engagements on the
days fixed may not be ready owing to em-
barrassments which could not he foreseen ;
and wishing to apply a remedy which may
preserve unimpaired the credit of the mer-
chants ;
" I deem it proper, that the day on which
the inland bills (and no others) shall fall due,
may be prolonged three months, at the end
of which they are to recover their full force
as well towards acceptors as drawers and
endorsers ; it beiijg nevertheless understood
that payments may voluntarily be made
within the time granted, at the direction of
those that may chuse to do so."
" Falmouth, October 13.
" By the arrival of the Walsingham tiom
Lisbon this morning, all the doubts relative
to that city are cleared. On the 25th ult.
lord Strangford, our charge d'affaires, and
Mr. Gambier, our consul there, called a
meeting of the factory, and acquainted its
members that the ports of Portugal would
shortly be shut against the British, or rather
that the country would be invaded by the
French.
' Of the intention of the Portuguese go.
vernment with respect to embarking for the
Brazils, nothing certain was known ; but it
was generally understood that the three
men of war which had dropt down to Be-
lem, together with several frigates and cor-
vettes, were intended to take the royal fa-
mily, in case of necessity, to that country.
This idea was strengthened by the payment
of the bills on the Erario, being, postponed
FEDERAL GAZETTE.
SATURDAY, DECEMBERS.
ft7= To-morrow, with divine permis-
sion, Sermons will be preached and col-
lections made in St. Paul's & Christ Church,
for the benefit of the charity school, under
the patronage of the congregations of said
churches.
Unpleasant Marine Intelligence under the
Philadelphia head.
William Gabby, esq. is elected a Dele-
gate to the General Assembly of Maryland,
for Washington county in the room of U.
Lawrence, esq. resigned.
The following are the psesent directors
of the bank of Baltimore, chosen by the
stockholders.
William Wilson,
William Lorman,
Elias Ellicott,
William Matthews,
Joseph Sterett,
Joseph Thornburg,
Alex. Macdonald)
Peter Frick,
John Stump,
John Strieker,
Isaac M'Kim,
Thomas Tennant,
James Gittings, sen,
Josiah' Bayley,
on the same subject, (reported by the commit-
tee of aggressions )
'the house then took up the unfinished busi-
ness of yesterday. Tiie question wag, to con-
cur with the report of the committee of the
whole in their agreement to the second reso-
lution of Mr. Randolph.
Mr.Eppes moved to amend the resolution,
so as to make it read, " Resolved, that provi-
sion ought to be mide to arm t/wusaikl
of the militia of the United States, and for arm-
ing thousand of the militia annually there-
after, unti. the whole body of the militia ot the
U States ehhu'dbt arwed." [The amendment
is in it,Jic.;.~\ He alsi.'called for the ayes and
noes in his amendment, which were ordered
to be lake 11
Mr. Chandler said, that he should vote both
against the amendment and the resolution.
He was wilhngto go as fai as any man toward*
arming the militia of the country-, if t could he
done on correct principles The law of the
U S. at this time provided that th» militia
should be armed atthiir own expence. He
whs certain that this law operated lUKQn&U*
in many respects, and it was impossible to a-
void it It was the duty.of the several states
to see thai this l;.w was carried into eff-ct, &
some or them had made great exertions to do
10, The state he had the honor in part to re-
present. ( Ma-.s ) had sold property which they
r"ally wanted, for the purpose of procuri ig-
arms, and hud succeeded in procuring » gi sat
number. He hoped that t!u* States which had;
exerted themsevi'S to obtain arms, would not
be mule t.' contribute towards purchuunr
arms for those which hadneglected to doit.
M-. Bacon s, id he felt himself bound to
vote both against the resolution add the amend-
ment. It was agreed on all hands that the
constitution had made it the d ity of congress
to arm, organize and discipline the Militia ;
and hi pursuance of thus provision of the con.
Stitution, as far back as the year '92. it w -»
provided that every able bodied man should
furnish himself With a mnsket, &c The ge-
neral government hid then fore d- lie its duty,
and could go no further. But it was said,that
notwithstanding all this, the citizens were not
all armed: And whence arose the deficiency ?
It a.ose from ihe want of eneiyy and' perse-
verance on the part of the states How was
the d- ficietvy to be supplied ? Gentlemen said,
frurn the treasury of the United States He
objected to this—because, in case the citizens
sh mid be called on to resist domestic usurpa-
tion (which might happen) the, would hold
their arms at the pleasure ofthe very men <
whom they were called on to ies!st. But set-
ting aside the impolicy of the measure, how
was it to be carried into efiect ? Were those
arms to be loaned or given to the several states ?
If given gratuitously to the several st:,Us, and
by them to the citizehs, the* would in a few
years be dispersed and lost. If loaned to llie
several states, and were to be used only as the
general government might direct,'what would
become of the sovereignty of states, on the
maintaii ance of which he hud beard much
sound argiunent and uuii.li eloquent declama-
tion ( j, Tljere was another objection to this
measure, and that was the situation of snnc
of the tntes. H • wisned to avoid any com-
parsons between the several states, but on this
occasion he deemed it his duty to state, thai he
tho'i-this measure would be extremely p. rtiat.
By an official return it appeared, that the
state of Massachusetts, (which contain d a-
bout half a million of people) returned
54,000 militia u,id48 000 fire arms. He found
that the state of Virginia returned 39,000 mi-
litia, and 12.0o0 fire arms. The dispropor-
tion between the number of militia and the
tire aims returned from these two states was
thererVre very great- Was it fair (he asked)
that a portion ofthe means of some of th<
states should be appropriated tor the purchase
of arms 'or those which had by some means
or other neglected to supply themselves ? He
had heard formerly of talcing two talents from
the slothful, and giving them to those who
had been industrious This measure would be
entirely reversing that principle. Gentlemen
said, that some of th' states would be desti-
tute ot arms, unless they received them from'
the general government.; but surely if arms
could not be purchased by the individual states,
ibey could not -y the g roer.il gwerneriint.
He contended, that if this resolution was a-
gveed to, it would he saying to those states
which had made some excrlio'i, "you need
go no further j» an.I to those which had done
nothing, ''you may continue to do nothing.''
It was evident also, that if these arms were
distributed among the several states, their
number would soon be greatly diminished.
Each citizen would say to himself, that if" he
could be furnished with arms by the general
government, he would sell those, belonging to
himself, and get others for nothing. If we
were on the eve of a war. as he believed we
were, we should prepare for a maritime war,
and not appropriate alt our money to defend-
ing ourselves at our strongest parts, when we
expected to be attacked i:i those parts where
we were confessedly weak.
Mr. Randolph called for the previous ques-
tion. The speaker said that his motion w. »
out of order. This decision was appealed
from. Considerable discission took placa
on th" correctness of the speaker's {decision ;
Alien the ayes and noes w, re take» on it and it
was confirmed Ayeslil, nojs.'6\
The question was taken bj ayes'and rfoes on
Mr. Eppes amendment, and it was lost Ayes
,tf, noes 78 Mr. Eppes then moved to ins< rt
at the end of the resolution. " and providing
at this time for the purchase of --------- thou-
sand arms, and annually thereafter for the*.
purchase or manufacture ol ---------thousand
arms.
The ayes and noes were taken on this a»
mendment, and it was lost. Ajes 41, noes
86.
Mr. Witherall, Mr. Southard, and Mr.Quin.
cy, spoke in favor of the resolution ; and »;r.
Alston, Mr. Talmadge, and Mr. Ely against it;
when the qu -stion was taken by ayes and noes
on the resolution as it originally stood and it
was agreed to. Ayes 71, n a 55.
The third resolution i.f ir the purchase of a
formidable train of arrtillery) was also agreed
to, without a division
A committee was then appointed to bring in
bills in pursuance of the resolutions. The
House than adjourded till Monday.
The senate on Wednesday passed a bill
introduced by Mr. Adams, for the pre;erva-
tionofpeaceintheports andharborsof the U,
States, with but little variation frem the ori-
ginal bill. The division of the passage w;;s
—Yeas 26—Nays 3, the members divid-
ing as on the motion to strike out the first
section ; the affirmative in one case becom-
ing the nagative in the other.
On Thursday the bill making an appro-
priation f r the more effectual defence of
the ports and harbors of the United States-
was passed with but little division.
This bill appropi iates 852,500 dollars for
CONGRESS.
HOUSF^ OF REPRESENTATIVES.
[TAKEN for the FEDERAL GAZETTE.']
Washington, December 4.
Proceedings this day.
The Speaker laid before the house a letter
from the Secretary ofthe Treasury, transmit-
ting a statement of the receipts and expendi-
tui is for one year ending 1st October last Re-
ferred to the committee of ways & means.
The bill from the Senate, appropriating a
sum of money (upwards of 8U0,O0u dollars)
for building a sufficient number of gunboats, , . c ao , .. . - .-
was reutd twice, u>4 refitted to the wuinuUee **>« «««ttga ot IoS additional gun uoats.
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