ferent stages. The engrossed bill to establish af and, after announcing the proceeding to the senate, separate territorial government in the Alabama ter-adjourned. ritory was read a third time and passed.

The blank in the bill to increase the salaries of the judges of the district of Columbia was filled with 5008-and ordered to be engrossed, &c. A petition was presented praying that paper hangings may be subjected to a specific duty.

Feb. 26.-The report of the committee on naval affairs on the memorial of certain officers of the avy and of the marine corps, attached to the Me. diterranean squadron, was further postponed on motion of Mr. Barbour, to next Monday week.

Tuesday Feb. 24.-By Mr. Newton, from the committee on commerce and manufactures, a bill to authorize the apprehension of foreign seamen deserting the vessels to which they belong:

By Mr. Bassett, from a select committee, a bill to authorize the accounting officers of the treasury department to settle the claim of the heirs of Caron de Beaumarchais;

By Mr. Johnson, of Ky. from the military committee, a bill respecting invalids; also,

By Mr. J. a bill regulating the admission of cadets into the military academy; also,

By Mr. J. a bill to allow half pay pensions to widows of the militia.

The bill to increase the compensation of the judges of the circuit court of the District of Co. lumbia, was read the third time, passed, and sent A message was received from the president of to the house of representatives for concurrence. the United States, by Mr. J. J. Monroe, transmitThe senate resumed the consideration of the billing from the department of state, in compliance to provide for the surviving officers and soldiers of with a resolution of the house, a letter from Arthe revolutionary army. thur Lee, touching the claim of Caron de BeauA number of propositions were again successive.marchais. ly made to amend the bill in its details, which were Mr. Forsyth, in rising to offer the following resovariously disposed of; after which the bill was at lution, adverted to the documents communicated length ordered to be engrossed and read a third to the house by the executive, from time to time, time, by the following vote: on the subject of our negociations with the Spanish YEAS-Messrs. Burrill, Crittenden, Daggett, government, and observed, that it would be seen Eppes, Fromentin, Gaillard, Goldsborough, Hor. by these documents, that attempts had been made, sey, Hunter, Johnson, King, Leake, Morril, Otis, by negociations at Madrid and with the Spanish Ruggles, Stokes, Storer, Tait, Talbot, Tichenor, minister in this country, to bring the matters in Van Dyke, Williams, of Miss. Williams, of Ten-dispute with that government to a final settlement,

23.

NAYS-Messrs. Barbour, Dickerson, Lacock,
Macon, Morrow, Roberts, Smith, Taylor-8
The senate then adjourned.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

but it had always been evaded by the Spanish government. The house had been informed by the president, that a negociation was then pending in Washington, and it was very important. Mr. F. thought, the house should be informed of the reFriday, Feb. 20-The speaker laid before the sult, or the state of that negociation. For his own house a letter from the secretary of war transmit part, Mr. F. said, he was perfectly tired of nego ing & return of the arms and military stores furnish-ciating on our differences with Spain. There had ed to the respective states under the act of 1808, been ample time for each government to know its för arming the militia of the United States, in obe-determination on the subject, and it was time to dience to a resolution of the 8th ultimo; which was ordered to lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Forsyth, it was

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to enquire into the expediency of changing the mode by which the army of the United States is subsisted, with leave to report by bill or otherwise.

The bill making the annual appropriation for the support of the navy, passed through a committee of the whole, and it was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.

know what prospect there was of its termination. Mr. F. then submitted the following resolution, which was agreed to without opposition, and a committee appointed to communicate it to the president:

Resolved, That the president of the United States be and he is hereby requested, if in his opinion it is not inconsistent with the public interest, to lay before this house so much of the correspondence with the government of Spain as will enable congress to judge what ground there is for expecting an amiThe house then again went into a committee of cable and speedy adjustment of the differences the whole, Mr. Livermore in the chair, on the bank-between that government and the United States. rupt bill.

Mr. Mason, of Massachusetts, and Mr. Colston, of Va. delivered speeches in support of the bill, and against striking out the first section.

Mr. Hopkinson followed on the same side, and in reply to the various objections urged against the bill by gentlemen opposed to it.

The question was then taken on striking out the first section of the bill, and decided in the negative. For striking it out 64

The engrossed bill making appropriations for the support of the navy for the year 1818, was read the third time and passed.

The house again resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the bankrupt bill-this important matter occupied the remainder of the sitting. The committee rose, reported progress and had leave to sit again.

The National Intelligencer of Wednesday last observes-More than forty petitions were yesterday presented in the house of representatives. In consequence of the accumulation of this description of business, congress can do but little other; and, after all, it is probable that not thirty bills, founded on such petitions, are passed at any session. Besides frustrating other important business, the petitions are smothered in their own overpowering volume of words and subjects: the minds of the members, fatigued with the number and variety of claims on their attention, relax, and

naturally become insensible to the merit of claims, rial of the midshipmen and other officers in the often most worthy of their regard. There is, we Mediterranean squadron, forwarded to that depart. fear, no remedy for this evil; but we think it would ment, and emanating from the proceedings of the be an important alleviation of it, for each house to court martial held for the trial of captain John prescribe a certain period in the session, and that Orde Creighton. not far advanced, after which no petition shall be received. After the arrival of that period, the two houses might proceed systematically with the business before them, with the hope of coming to some decision on all the business before them at each session; which is now not only not probable, but not possible.

The editor of the Liverpool Mercury, of the 2d ult. observes, "Dr. FRANKLIN himself, with all his NAYS.-Messrs. Adams, Allen, Mass. Allen, Vt. Anderson, Pen. Baldwin, Bayley, Beecher, Boss, Colston, Crager, Cushman, Dar sanguine predictions of America becoming a great lington, Ellicott, Ervin,S.C. Folger, Forsyth, Fuller, Hall, Del. Har and independent power, could scarcely have antirison, Hasbrouck, Herbert, Herkimer, Heister, Hitchcock, Holmes, Con. Hopkinson, Hubbard, Huntingdon, Kirtland, Lawyer, Little,cipated, that an American ship of the line, bearing Livermore, Lowndes, M Lane, Mason, Mass. Mason, R. I. Mercer, his own name, would convey an American minisMiddleton, Mills, Moore, Moseley, Jer. Nelson, Ogden, Ogle, Orr, ter to England in the year 1817."

Resolved, That the secretary of the navy be directed to report to this house the proceedings of The duke of Cambridge, one of the sons of the court martial ordered by commodore Isaac George III. is to marry a Hessian princess. Chauncey, at the instance of midshipman Marston, Emigration to the British North American colonies, for the trial of John Orde Creighton, and that be it is stated, will not be encouraged hereafter by the be also directed to lay before this house the memo-government-as the condition of the people has

been rendered worse by the change. The secret cause, probably, is that they pass into the United

States.

American 6 per cents, in London, 105.

Lord Courtenay has sold his estates in Ireland for 650,000 pounds.!

London was enveloped with so thick a fog on the 31st of December, that nothing could be don without lights.

whole number of pensioners is 196,305, and the
amount of pensions 63,595,008 francs, equal to
about 11,924,000 dollars. The greater part of these
pensions are paid for services rendered Bonaparte,
and either were granted before the restoration, or
have been granted to the military who have since
retired from service. The pensioners are thus di-
vided into three classes.
Persons. Amount. Average.
7,782 2,234,682f.

Extract of a letter from Londonderry (Ireland) to Civil
a gentleman in New-York, dated 5th December, Military and widows 131,918 48,340,484
Ecclesiastics

1817.

295f.

371

55,505 12,959,837 196,205 63,595,003

233

No pension granted since the restoration exceeds 6000 franks.

SPAIN.

70,000 men are to be raised for the Spanish ar my by-a "horrible French conscription."

"Our citizens are horror-struck; the celebrated rev. Dr. Black, put a period to his existence on the 3d inst. at half past 3 o'clock in the evening, in the presence of several spectators. He passed through the toll-gate on the bridge, took off his hat and coat, gave them to a boy that was passing and instantly plunged into the river. He was observed to use considerable efforts to force himself under water, and at length succeeded, before his design could be prevented by those who put off to avert this shocking catastrophe. Remorse of conscience for his treatment of the rev. Dr. Dickson, and the widow of the rev. Mr. Porter, the latter of whom was hung at his own meeting house door, in the re. bellion of 1798, is supposed to have been the cause The Austrian government has sent a number of of this dreadful self-murder, as the doctor was wal-scientific and experienced engineers to make a lowing in riches, and in the full enjoyment of lord particular and minute survey of the Adriatic Castlereagh's favors.

"But a wounded conscience who can bear." [If all who might drown themselves as accesso. ries of murder, during the rebellion in Ireland, were to do so-lord Castlereagh would have very few friends left in the island.]

An official article from Madrid, announces the determination of the Spanish government to refuse passports to all persons who are not known, or who will not comply with the accustomed regulations. The differences between Spain and Portugal are yet unsettled.

coast.

GERMANY.

Bank of Scotland-On Tuesday last, there was a According to the latest accounts from Alexan. meeting of the proprietors, when there was laid bedria, received in Holland, the pacha of Egypt perfore them an unanimous recommendation of the sisted in his efforts to revive the commerce formerdirectors to increase their capital stock of one mil-ly carried on between that country and the ports of lion to one million and a half; the additional half India. No less than 50 sail had arrived from that million to be taken from the undivided profits of the quarter at Suez since the recommencement of this bank, without any call upon the proprietors. intercourse.

It was agreed to, and the increase of half a million ordered to be added to the capital, agreeable

EAST INDIES.

MEXICO.

It is reported that nearly the whole of the valu. to the charter of the bank. By this resolution, afable island of Amboyna is in the hands of the nater Christmas next, every 1001. of stock will be tives. But we do not hear much of the Amboyna augmented to 150%. At the above meeting, the se- "patriots." cond dividend of 4 3-4 per cent. was ordered to be paid for the Christmas half-year, in January next. It was stated that it was expected that the dividend in July next, on the accumulated stock would be at the rate of six and a half per cent. per annum. London paper.

FRANCE.

Las Casas, says a London paper, has obtained permission to establish himself in Prussia, and has left France for Berlin. There is no dangerous sympa. thy in Prussia for the condition of Napoleon.

The debate on the liberty of the press, in the chamber of deputies, is concluded-the ministerial party has been compelled to concede some important points. There is a spirit of freedom yet existing in France that may accomplish great things for the nation.

For the translation of the following humane and religious proclamation, we are indebted to the Baltimore Patriot-it is truly Ferdinandish; a new phrase that ought always to be used among Spaniards when they speak of a thing superlatively brutal or incomparably foolish. Proclamation, issued by the well deserving curate of Salamanca, Dr. Joseph MARIA CENAN, to his flock, on the arrival of the news of the arrest of the traitor Javier Mina.

Worthy patriots! There are no words, no expres |sions that can describe the very pleasing satisfaetion, which we the faithful vassals of our august Ferdinand (whom God preserve) ought to feel on this occasion. Do you know the fate of the barbarous, the unnatural Mina? This proud enemy of our's required the tributes and respects belonging to a true legislator, when he was but a criminal breaking all our sacred laws. This frantic traitor, whose merit I was not sufficient to elevate him an inch above the Pensioners. It is remarkable (says the Boston ground, wanted to raise himself as high as the Daily Advertiser) that in such a country as France throne of our sovereign-This coxcomb, who assithere should be published, by order of the house of milating himself to the vile rebels and obscure chieftains deputies, a complete list of the pensioners of the of North America,intended to disseminate dissentions government, with the amount of their several pen-and pretended to hold the ground against the vesions. This list is printed in 10 vols. 4to.-Thery king of Spain-are you acquainted with the re

The French government has transmitted to that of Saxony, 82,000 crowns, in part payment of its claims for supplies to Bonaparte's army. [What will this lead to?]

sult of his high, proud and foolish plans? Do you relations with America have become so important, know were this fantastic protector of rebels, the or at least in a progress of becoming so, that we extolled Javier Mina, is to be found at last? He shall defer our considerations of them to an oppor. is subdued by our unconquered arms; he is de-tunity when we can discuss them by themselves. stroyed; he has no reputation, no followers-he is Mr. Monroe is a man of great talent and activity, our prisoner-Oh! immortal and respectable, OR- and his movements are not without an object. We RANTIA! heroic and renowned troops of Ferdinand! conceive that we feel as strongly as any one for the you have taken and trampled under feet the true glory of this country; but it always has been same man who intended to stab your breasts and our opinion, and we know it personally to be that cut your heads. The insolent Mina is held under of one of the greatest statesmen this country ever your swords; he has fallen oppressed with the ter- produced, that Halifax, Canada, &c. are not worth rible weight of his crimes; and when he hoped to what they would eventually cost England; and that elevate himself to the highest station, he will be the true point of wisdom would be to make the conducted to the most ignominious death. Brave best bargain we could for them to the United States. warriors! receive the most expressive effusions of Go they must; and it is better to let them go before our grateful souls. Listen to our voices which,unit- another debt of eight hundred millions be added ed with the most noble enthusiasm, will repeat, to this country." long live the heroic defenders of the country! the throne and the altar! long live the unconquered invincible arms of the king!

Salamanca, 29th Oct. 1817.

CANADA.

It is stated that the British army in Canada and Nova Scotia exceeds in amount the whole army of the United States!

CHRONICLE.

We have what the pompous Spaniard calls a "concise statement" of the capture of a fort Corparo, in Mexico, which fills two Havana newspapers, Kentucky. The treasurer of the state has been by the royalists, in which 277 patriots were taken loaning the funds deposited with him to private inprisoners. The official account is headed with dividuals on interest,-i. e. he has been bank "glory to the god of armies." This shews that the ing, and is minus a considerable sum; it is to be patriots were yet in force. Strength to them to hoped that it will not be lost. The affair has made punish the murderers of Mina. much stir in that state. He resigned the office, and another was appointed in his stead.

FLORIDA.

Aury was at Amelia on the 6th inst. making all possible haste to depart. All was quiet. The V. S. ship Adams, and brig Enterprize were there -the Saranac and Prometheus and schooners Lynx and Tartar were at Savannah. An English brig with eight slaves on board had been seized. There was to be a public sale of sugars to the amount of $17,777, at St. Mary's, for payment of duties to

the United States.

The legislature has adjourned after passing 142 laws, and 7 resolutions.

Cold. The thermometer, at Montreal, stood at 32 below 0, on the 30th of January last. An ox was roasted on the ice, on the Delaware, opposite Philadelphia, on the 21st inst.

subscribe to bank stock in the city of Baltimore; for founding Asbury college in Baltimore; to esta blish six new banks, &c. A bill from the senate to change the constitution in respect to the election of governor, was rejected in the house of delegates without being read! This is something new.

The anniversary of Washington's birth day, the 22nd inst. was observed at Baltimore, by discharges of artillery, &c.

Maryland. The legislature of this state has adjourned after passing 191 laws-among them seve ral of considerable local importance; one to increase Extract of a letter, received in Providence, (R.I.) the powers of the corporation of Baltimore, to a from Savannah, dated on the 14th ult. from an offi- very desirable extent; appropriating 25,000 towards cer of the American squadron at Amelia-Island-rendering the harbor of Annapolis a proper place "You will probably wish to know what sent me for a great naval depot; to do away imprisonment here; I will inform you, and, by so doing, give an for debt, on giving security to appear before the account of ten of the most miserable days of my court; to tax the branch of the U. S. bank $15,000 life. We took the Patriot privateer, com.Champlin, per annum; to dispose of the right of the state to with the Sarina, Guineaman, her prize; we were ordered on board the privateer, and sailed under convoy of the Prometheus and schr. Lynx. We had with us forty-two slaves, and arrived here after a long and boisterous passage of eleven days; not withstanding this vessel is an excellent sea-boat, we suffered much; but nothing, when compared to to the sufferings of the slaves, which we had no means to prevent; five or six of them dying in a night, of weakness and cold. The Sarina has, pro- The disbursements of the corporation of Balti bably, lost more slaves than we have; we have now more for the last year, amounted to about $175,000 on board only twenty-five-they are all young, not-52,000 of which was borrowed. The excess exexceeding fifteen years of age; two are now lying penditure has been caused by extensive and intedead on board, and there are a number more that resting improvements, and partly to repair the da will, in all probability, terminate their miserable mages occasioned by the freshet in August last existence before another sun. Since our arrival The mayor's late communication to the council is here we have got blankets, which have made the a very interesting paper-among the best of its slaves a little more comfortable. It is enough to kind ever presented to a corporate body. But its make the stoutest heart sicken, to look at these locality forbids a place to it in the REGISTER. miserable objects, and think of the brutality of those who are so hardened as to tear these people from their friends and country. The captain of the Guineaman (a Spaniard) is now on board of her, sick of the coast fever, which, in all probability, will terminate his mortal career. The number of slaves taken from the coast was 113."

Pennsylvania. There is some talk of removing the seat of government again to Lancaster, and an intention is manifested to tax the bank of the United States. The sum proposed to be levied varies from 25 to $60,000. annually.

Transportation-A regular line of waggons and packets are established between the city of NewYork and Detroit!-the cost of carriage, in no case, Extract from Bell's Weekly Messenger.-"Our exceeds four dollars and fifty cents per cut.

BRITISH-AMERICA.

The bill for the relief of major-general Arthur St. Clair, (granting him a pension of 720 dollars per annum) has finally passed the senate.

Bust of John Adams. The resolve that passed the house of representatives to procure a marble bust of Mr. Adams, has been indefinitely postponed in the senate of Massachusetts; and a committee raised for the purpose of reporting to the next session on the expediency of procuring several busts of distinguished men, and of erecting a monument to the memory of general Warren.

Gen. Greene.—A subscription has been opened at Savannah to erect a monument over the remains of general Greene-who was next only to one in Building up the republic.

his house with a picture at once commemorative of the most striking event of our history, and itself a proof of its perfection in that branch of the Fine Arts.

The fisheries. A company was formed at Glouces. ter, in the winter of 1816-17, for carrying on the bank fishery, with a capital of 50,000 dollars. Many disadvantages were suffered on the first establishment,yet, for the year past, the sum invested has pro[duced a gain of eighteen per cent. This is a sort of banking that has our most ardent wishes for its success;-it creates a value by industry, and raises a body of men that will carry the "striped bunting" over every sca.

Seminaries of learning, &c. in the state of New Gen. Montgomery-By a resolve of the legisla York. The fund for the support of common schools ture of New-York, the remains of gen. Montgome-in this state is very large, say equal to $1,160,000. ry are to be transferred from Quebec, where he fell, Besides this,there has been granted to different coland deposited near his monument at St. Paul's leges, &c. in cash, or to be raised by lottery, the church, in New-York. sum of $480,400; and there are also some annuities for such institutions. Lotteries are altogether a "bad business," but the way in which they are managed in New York is the best; for there the state holds itself responsible for the proper drawing of them and for the payment of the prizes; and admits only one to go on at a time.

Gloucester bank, Mass.-Some fellows made their way into the vaults of this bank and stole many notes partially prepared for issue, which they completed, and passed some, to the great terror of the neighboring people; they were so much like the real ones.

Munificence. A clergyman travelling to receive. donations for the establishment of a Presbyterian Theological seminary, at Princeton, N. J. received fifteen thousand dollars at Savannah, and probably as much at Augusta.

Gregor McGregor is said to have gone to Liverpool.

New York. C. D. Colden, esq. is appointed mayor of the city of New York.

Massachusetts. Mr. Brooks, present governor, and Mr. Crowninshield, secretary of the navy, are named by the opposite parties as candidates for the office of governor of that state.

"The pea patch." Capt. Babcock, of the U. S. engineers, is advertising for a large quantity of lamber, to be used in the contemplated fortification of the Pea Patch, a marshy island in the Delaware river, below New Castle.

Vaccination. The managers of the Vaccine Society, at Philadelphia, are feelingly calling upon the public for support-eleven thousand four hundred and sixty seven cases have successfully passed through their hands; yet, with the offer to vaccinate any that may apply free of expense, they deplore the decease of one hundred and forty eight persons by the small pox in the last two years.

Another! Died on the 8th ult. at Oppelousas, (Lou.) Col. William Lyons, a soldier of the revolution, and a zealous and disinterested patriot. His latter life was worthy of the cause he espoused in his youth.

Also, at Annapolis, Md. on the 9th inst. capt. Henry Gassaway,a brave soldier of the revolution, "all which he saw and part of which he was," during its tedious continuance; and he suffered more than his share, by diseases and wounds incurred in the service of his country. He was greatly respected as a patriot and a gentleman.

Another yet. General David Humphreys, colonel Humphreys of the revolution, a favorite aid of Washington and among the best men that ever lived, died at New-llaven, on the 21st inst. He walked about the house a few minutes before his death and conversed cheerfully; and sat down on a sofa and instantaneously expired. He had been indisposed, but was not considered dangerous. The memory of David Humphreys is so much engrafted on the history of our country, that a simple notice of his decease seems to be all that is required of us, at this time; except to observe that he was extensively engaged in and zealously supported domestic manufactures.

The reflection is mournful, that, in a few years more, we shall cease even to take such posthuCanal across Cape Cod. The project of this Canal mous notice of those who dared the lion in his den, has received a favorable attention by the legislature and carried the striped banner through a seven years of Massachusetts; and if carried into execution will contest for freedom! Still the consolation is left, be a very interesting national improvement, and we that so many have lived to see such glorious fruits wish that the most complete success may attend it. from their toils, privations and hazards, and to behold A woman, Susannah Bramin, has been convicted their country rapidly getting the bone of manhood, of horse stealing, at Plattsburg, and sentenced to respected abroad, and happy at home, beyond any three years hard labour in the state prison. other on the globe. It is sweet for these venerable Plaster of Paris, of superior quality and in inex-men to leave the world better than they found it-haustible quantity, has recently been discovered in Ontario County, New York.

Unparalleled rise of property. A part of the acre of ground on the main street in Lynchburg, Virginia, sold by Mr. Lynch, a year ago, and since purchased by Mr. Charles Williams, for $16,500, was re-sold at auction a few days ago, at more than six hundred per cent. profit!

though they would like to remain a little longer to behold the fulfilment of hope, and see the repub-. lic commanding restless nations to be still.

ALABAMA. This country is settling most rapidly. The Black Warrior river, which is called the "Nile of the Western country," is spoken of as the great out-let for the products of this interesting part of the republic, soon to add a large portion to the amount Mr. Trumbull, has issued proposals for the publi- of the national industry. A town has been establish cation of his picture of THE DECLARATION OF INDE- ed immediately below the falls of this river, which, PENDENCE, of which he is engaged in painting an though a wilderness two years ago, now contains, by enlarged copy for the decoration of the Capitol. a late census, 296 inhabitants. Governor Bibb seems Every American of feeling, who can spare the neces- very popular in this territory, and has permanently y money, will rejoice in being able to decorate settled in it. Generals Clausel and Lefebvre Des