filmington gazette published wf.kk1.t by allmand hall tuesday february 5 1805 ac i a bill was received from the senate for imposing more specific duties on the impor tation of certain articles and also for levy ing and collecting light money on foreign ships and vessels and for other purposes was read and referred to the committee of ways and means not altogether perfect he felt conctrged on this subject on account of several of his constituents who had been tricked out ol notes and bonds for lands in kentucky which had been advertised and were no longer available against the drawers in that state ; but should it so happen that business called them to washington they might be extremely harrasscd lor want of bail the reference was opposed by mr r griswold as he was against the principle of the bill altogether on the question tg recommit it pa&sed in the negative — ayes 4i nues 5y the question was then taken oa the pas saga f the bill and it was lost tiktvb'emjr but thirty mrmher in its favour ' mr huger from the committee appointed for the purpose reported the wll authorising the post-master general to make further provision for carrying the mi il between fay ettuvillu north-carolina and charleston snuih-<'arolin not exceeding 42oo dulhu's per annum the bill was lead twice ami referred . ■ on motion of mr thomas a commfltc was appointed to enquire whether any and if any what alterations are r.eccs&ary in the laws regulating the gran's of land appropria ted for thu ufnujees from the british pro vinces of canada and nova-.-jcotia~.wtth liberty to report by bill or otherwise excise poll-tnx and such impositions i i truveller siill confesses th.'t he owe li"ii respect to the provincial manners which have little u recommend them to a cultivated mind it i'i \<\ thq competition between lie two governments thitt i lie mutt serious evil i an arise as hv%e r\\\s wo ireic^-nt ilitw vii be judged t only by tbou wlio po im the lii?>tt>:'y - ol them uinl tin trxuot temper with which they lire coii<uit:u it in the resentment which the spanish jovvrmu«nf lr.is shewn which is the tame of tin <<.» llnuaj ilibqtiiets tn'eeji/'i i of then n r\uce m biscay is ivcii ui fs spfcnwtl ui'.l'*u i'imtu south to north and east fb r •. tile y^jiiiih lt»iltr equal 1 - tl foul l.i sli nil its in ill couiputation the l'.ur>j>ean siuette furnish stitnt c)r cumatancas respecting il*e ispo«ulon of france and rustia in reply j the r c!rs ol chiu'ge uniiiist the finned the pttftc'h impeach thehui ian for shewing unrmnnu n friendship to the political a»:l dcrrtefel!c me inks oi france and foi a'.snmin threatening attitudes m the venetian hlutuls h is u-lded ttiut prussia is active \<< jucv.i.t u rupture between the two pmrc . itnd h;>s hopes of profiting ivorn tiic jr ■ ■••• . t i!i - position of the i'reuch in in hr.quimtrchi <,;' territory in fruncb nothing is hjure tv serving of notice than tl ;■ c'ontrniictl u deavouis to promote u padtic teit-.'-r lit the clergy in the church t!-e tran&u-.;ii.n f the circular utter signed t'ouehe aijcsts attanuon in this letter tlic olllnnit of chun it xmi siaic iii evidently nhflhaoned miinjf revolutioni are named to justify kiifcni - it.ina to the new authority aiut iho ubn:i8tion vliirii will l)e riijuiicd is cxjnes.h ii noiinced the bentimctit which is termed u])on the new cmablishmetui is thus express ed : " freudotn ui remgiofi is a k w cf the empire and one of the rigfl'u o man ii(l it at present btttablitlicd in every tn lii'.htcned state vou are »« lonfftr a li berty tu extend the or,<j\tests of rengt«n f of which ou are the chief hiinistcrs l.x ccpt by your talents ami your evangelical virtues in the i^e in which we live ihnt lnuy be denominatt'i the t>»:st rel>];inn which rnobt forcibly inculcates iho ptinriplca of morality and obedi me to the iaw in regard to holtantv man incothutenf reports arc abvofid that a new domestic arrangement is expected may bs btlitved but time is tu explain it in gevmaiiy it is probable that greater changes will taka plare umi repeated exchnnges of ttrriioiy will be deemed convenient but no serious evils ilihturb the l",nipire respecting the island of st doniinp;o vftt'ioui reports have currency it i well known to those who have lately 1)ckii in tl:;it island that dcsnaluines did actually tlnr.it en an invasion of thut part of the island now in possession of the french i-.nd spaniards and ihat he did consider the conquent as easy to the troops under his command that treasonable practices have been obtained may ulso be j)robftble und that while one part linve consulted dcsoaluines the sther may have consultad the l-'.nu,bsii is to be conjectured from fur.ts alreudy known but consequents fvotyi tnese measure or from the disposition which led to them re n<<c known that dessalainet has soberly tlio't upon t new stablishment of church and state is known from bin many attempts to con tinue the habiu borrowed from the whites which tend from the acquaintance the blacks have with t'.em more th.iti any other to pro note theneci sar civllizat jn and that circumstances truly ridiculous will arise in the i.tiitati n of european governments will not be questioned still it mu.t 1 ■• consi deredthat dessaiume lus gre<»t power from the firm conviction of his troops that mtir'i till depend upon t'.ie preservation of ! ; s life for their prosperity the restriction on the jamaica trade are announced and must be expected extract of a letter jrom captain john ii andkk.w of the br\g cynthia cf this pjrt to hia yt'nrr dated " st pierre mart dtc o isot " nothing materisl occurred until i lie 3d dteember being in lat 15 lonp 3 saw two sail one of which proved to be bis bri tannic majesty's brig le courier of 16 kun capuist batswcrth the first sliol he fired 1 took in my sails — immediately hove to — he firei two more guns after i hove to at 2 v m he came up and ordered me to hoist out my boat and come on board with my papers which i complied with imme diately — in the time of my jjettir tin bo.-.c out he find several small arms a me when i jut on hoard 1 delivered r.v papers i to the officer of thed^ck the first li.ittru i ant ordered my nicn out out of i!>c uca ! und sent other men in ; he went on board of the cynthia drove my mate at d all h.nc.s the cook included into the boat without giv ing them time to s«-t heir protwtt.cn vf ter bting on board one hour the cay»aii , tending his servant up repeatedly lc nter ! rotate me he then ordered me down iho cabin alter receiving intuit upon in».uit hs sent luy bout after the protections ai.(t on the motion of mr hugcr tne house resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the report of the post-muster general on the petition of robert henderson complain ing of his inability to execute his contract for carrying the mail in south-carolina and which recommended a further allowance to be made lo him of r4,'.'0 the report wa agreed to and a cnnimittr e of three was appointed lo bring in a bill cou formubly thereto on motion of mr thompson the house went into a committee of the whole on the bill making an appropriation for competing the south wing of the capital and for other purposes mr dawson in the chair after some time spent in considering the same the committee rose and reported that si 10,000 be appropriated for the purpose of completing the south uing of the capitol — and 820,000 for other purposes which was agreed to by the j louse and the bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading to-morrow on motion of mr lattimore the house went into a committee of the whole on tlie ill for irguluting the grants of land end disposing of the lands of the united states south of he state of tennessee — general yannim in the chair — a small amendment was made thereto authorising the register ing of the spanish titles io lands within that territory and lie committee rose and re ported and the house having agreed to tli amendment the i-ill was ordered io be engrossed for a third reading on motion ot mr newton ihe house re solved itself into u committee oi the whole on the bill lo prohibit the exaction of bail upon certain suits brought within the dis trict of columbia — after some lime spent in considering the tame tlic committee rose and reported the bill jvith an amendment which being agreed lo by the house the bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading the house went into a committee f the whole on the report of the committee of claims on the memorial of captain alexander murray to which was added a report from the secretary of the navy tm.i'e to that committee on their special application the raport was favourable to capt murrat admitting that his claim was reasonable and oufht to be granted — a discussion took place on this subject and it was evinced that the law relating to the capture ol french aimed vessels in 1 t'.'o am ot the re-capture of american vessels did not justify the pro ceeding of qaptain murray m the capture of a danish neutral although his instruc tions from the then secretary 1 the navy appeared to authorise it the committee thereupon rose without coming to a deter mination reported nro"-rs c!2ll!"..ii leave to sit again mr rhen culled for the consideration of his motion whirh had ix-en some time laid upon ihe table requesting the secretary of wur to lay before the house a list of the officers and soldiers of the army of the i'niud slates during the years 1803 tind 18'i4 and a statement of ihc posts at which they were stationed c on the question to agcet to the motion the house divided and were ayes 36 nays 32 which nol being a quorum the house d juurncd jnnuary 15 1805 the speaker laid before the house » letter from the secretary o the treasury accom panied by a statement ot the sums of money paid counsel for advice iind assistance to the officers of that department from the establishment of the government down to the present year ordered to be printed the bill appropriating a mini of money for finishing arc south wing of the capital in the city of washington and for other pur poses was rea<3 the third time and passed as was likewise the bill regulating the grunts of land and disposal of the land of the united slates smith of the state of tennessee i n s e n a t e of the uivitlil states january it on motion of mr ellery resotvcd th.a the members of the senate from a sincere desire of shewing every murk of respect due to the memory of the honour able samu ' j patter deceased late n mum bur thereof will go into mourning for him one month by usit mo-le ol wearing a c..!pe round ihe left unn salem jam aut 10 the late troubles in biscay provoke our enquires into the condition of this northern part of spain li was not till commerce had given thi province ii blessings that it ii-11 under the power of spain it had seen t lie flourishing state of bilboa for nearly four centuries before it was in even nominal subjection in 8.i9 the biscuyuns were governed by their own counts under john the first in 1379 hey were united to the down of castile the singular manner in which they have preserved their lungutigc indicates their independence of their neigh bours tiie changes they have ftli from their subjection have been few and their character has preserved the liberties which they have never accurately defined john not so happy in regard to portugal us he i in his neutrality in regard u the elec tions t>t the cvurelt was advanced to the throne while he had all the affections of the northern parts of spain at rhinos he was crowned a pluce i it-moral le by the heroism of elenor of cu«tile who sucked poison from the wound of the chest sen ssiienn-sri rjt n^iand aiid whowaskmglil ed by his wife in this city and still more ' famously by ihe hero calh-d the cid kno has given immortality to the genius of cor ncille bilbon has ioooo inhabitants and according to fischer is situated in a plain on the light bank of the r >.•'.• ybc-lzabel two kagttes from the s«a the plum is so nar row ill ove thu city that the passage appears closed by the mountains and the plain is abo contracted below so that ihe city is upon an irregular and triangular spot and in uu turn and winter is preserved iron he rains and north wind and apparently surrounded by n our 1 , ui s fischer travelled in this countrv in 1797 und i7'8 and we may f.-cm h.ni obtain an impartial outline of this province he observes that biscay is a province under the protection hut not ureter ihe absolute dominion of spain it i a little republic united to a monarchy and the authority of the crown is not unlimited but respected no garrisons custom stamp ollite excit or donatives arc to he foul 1 in uiscay under its own govern meiit it has consented to admit a representative of the king and a commissioner of marines ; but no royal orders are i.uws without the authority of their own magistrates the privileges of the province and the acts of royal power are often in opposition and in turn prevail — the biscayani assume the name of noblemen and claim the pure blood of cattahria they admit no superiority front the high opinion of their pure descent uncorruptrd by the moors or any foreign nation 1 he highest officers are elcctively the majority of their parishes and are annu ally chosen every year eight re[»idom are chosen and they elect the other officers all those offices must be filled without com pensation though they have found out the method of rewarding their own services the pleadings before the alcade are by word of mouth before the con igidor only by writing the latter try civil causes and the former criminal tuxes are scarcely known a moderate land tax and a volun tary contribution to the hospitals arc all j they acknowledge but they am free from congress jious of representatives january 8 the hf went into a commitle of the whole mr te.ey in the chair on mom to recede to the state of vir ginia and iary land respectively the juris diction onuch parts of territory ot co lumbia af without the city of washing jon ; nnufter considerable debate thereon the cornice rote reported progress u»d obtained ke to sit again several elifion wra rwived of a pri vate natu and referred january 9 mr t apson from the committee ap pointcd j ihe public buildings at the city of waahpon patented a bill making an appropri#n ol dollars for complet ing the ah wing of the capital ami lor ther pulses which was read the first and second tjss and committed the lpse went into a committee of the j whole o|he motion to recede to the states | of virgil and maryland the district of cblumbi'ind after considerable debate the cotnmutjrom reported progress and ob tained ice to sit again january 10 the hke went again into a committee of , the wholi-on the motion to recede to tlic states of ginia and maryland respectively the juris lion of such parti of the territory of coin a us are without the limits of the city of 1 shington ; and after considerable debate tl ommittee rose and reported their disagree nt to the said motion the hie then too up the business wherj livision of the question was culled for ande question being taken that the liouse concur with the committee of j the who u in their disagreement to the first res ion it was decided in the affirm ative — a iiiowb : teas essrs alexander baldwin black ledge b , brown bryan g w campbell cttsey amberlin chiltenden clngult cuirbor clopton conrad crowninshiehl cutlar ti davenport dennis dick&on j dwight iarle elliot eustis goddard | grtge uriawoh r griswold hastings | helmea rimes hugh liugcr hunt jack son ko dy lewis iun livingston l.own de li , lyon m'creery mitchill t moore lson new newton jun flatter pwvian sammons sanford j smith sttithat stanton stcdman stephenssn tftyarn ill mage tenny thomas thonip sd tai vancortlandt van home wads w th valton l william m williams x nn r v'mston and wynne 72 v(yrj-t.\iesns alston jun anderson ar r belui'<er bishop boyle butler clark j clay liuwson early elmer f.ppes ivlley lowler gray hanna hosbrouck i ster iloge holland jones lamed licb lord mcrriwether n r moore mor , mott olin phiiiici j randolph j a penn j rhca tenn richards *.", llwi seftvet cyfosn smiiie stanford wart vatnum ,\ eiplanck vvhitehill i wilson — 46 he secoiul resolution contained in the ino i being under debate /[\: smilie moved to amend the same by king ovit the words without the limits of t 1 city of washington and on the question to agree to the said fcndinent it was decided in the negative the question was then taken to concur 4b the committee of the whole house in fir disagreement to the second resolution & decided in the attirmutm — veas 69 y 39 he committee to whom was referred a flionstranre and petition of the reprwenta 4 s bf he freemen of the territory ofuouis i!a as discharged from the farther coii jcratioii thereof and the remonstrance 0 petition wrre i e erred to the committee pointed on that part of the president's assume relative to the amelioration of c form of government of the territory of kiisiana january 1 1 mr leib presented n hill to amend the tarter of georgetown which was read tlic hi and second times and committed lo a itimiiuee of the whole the house resolve itself into a commit e of the whole mr gregg in the chair 1 the report of the post-master general necmlng the memorial of robert hen rson of south-carolina and alter some me spent therein the committee rose ported progress and obtained leave lo sit lain january 14 vlr nicholson presented a petition from l freeman major butler and other of ftca in the army of the united states etatved at new-orleans — stating that the mihierce money allowed them propor tioirufion the ration was inadequate to its ti t end piaying to have the same extend to a sum e^ual to meet their ner.es tav bsisience — referred to the secretary j y to report to the house thereon the bill to prohibit the exaction of bail upon certain suits within the district of co lumbia was read the final passage of the bill wrs opposed by mr goddard sir root and mr nelson and defended by mr newton as a proper measure to prevent the oppression of ma lignant croilitors mr eppes desired mr beckley to read that part of the constitution of the united itates relative to the extent of the judiciary power and that part of the law establishing the judiciary authority of the district of columbia with a view of shewing that the bill was not essentially necessary mr early moved a recommitment of the bill to a select committee mr bedinger expressed his wish that the til might go to a select committee because he considered the principle a valuable one he imagined however that the details were ivoih ix