the wilmington gazette v j_j 1 rm.im t [ '- j - ■ _--'.- .._..■ i in i 1 '■ 11 ■- 11 — fwiww . n ; n jjjj^tf " ■ ' ■— —^— ' ■■ ■ > t'mmymmm'mm^im^mmt^m^mmmm^^m^fm^mmmmm^m pubushed ever tuesday by allmanb hall at three dollar a year payable in advance or four dollars if not paki within a year rnumijifi 5-26 wilmington n.'c tueshay february 3 1807 cuthyearj p-rnachmg rtidians no mailt this laft week from that quarter or fronl berlin another letter reports that the king and qjc-en of pruflla had taken hipping at serin intending to proceed im:ne<h ate'.y tx st peterfburyh the king of sweden it is aid hits alfo been al stet tin tioin whence he cfcapej tu his own dominions by jtetiirrg on board fliip as an illegal prin and damage awarded a gainst captain little wliocl«nm an indemni ty from the government on llie ground of haying in the capture executed the orders given him by the secretary of the navy the debate principally turned on the point whether lie law or the instructions aught to have been the guide of captain lilll mttus hotra«t tahmadge cook dana hasimtjh quiucy anil alexauder advocated ; and messrs smilie gregg chandler be dmgar umllisk opposed the passage of the bill when the question was taken by yeas and rays and the bill passed yens 70 nays si mr stamen from the committee on claims . barred l>y statutes of limitation made a re poit recommending that all ju«nnd equita ble claims for services rendered or supplies furnished luring the revolutionary war with g britain tec now barred ought to be pro vided fur by law wednesday january 7 mr j randolph from ihi committee of ways st means on so much of the message of the prtsitlent of the united slates a re lates to the repealing of the acts laying a du ty on salt and to the continuance of the bct imposing certain duties which constitute the mediterranean fund presented a bill repeal ing the acts laying a duty on suit and conti nuing lor a further time tlie first section of an act entitled an act " further to protect the commerce and seamen of the united states against th barlavy rower which was re ferred to a committee of the wbultol fri'l v mr j randolph likawisa presented a hill authorising the president of the united mat » to accept lie service of a number r.f volun teer companies not exceeding 30,000 mm which was referred to a committee of ibe whole on monday i.ext thursday january 8 mr cj w campbell said it would be re collected thai at the last session the president had laid before the house after its ratifica tion a treaty made with the chickasaw tribe of indian ; that ait act had p.isned the house for carrying it into effect but had failed from a disagreement of the two houses on certain amendments . the consequence wasthatthe ' fjovarament was uii l>le to make the stipulated payments and that considerable inconveni ence was likely to ensue some of the chief of this tribe had been here list year they had relinquished their land and were greatly limatitfied at not receiving the sums stipula ted to be paid to them it was almost im possible to make them sensible of the policy of the united state on this subject to ob tain the attention of the house to the sub ject mr c moved the following resolution resolved that provision be made for car rying into effect the treaty nude between the united states and the chirkasaw tribe of in dians on the third day of july 1805 deferred to a committee of the whole house { to-morrow . tuesday january 13 the bill for repealing the acts imposing duties nu suit and for continuing the mediter ranean fund mi raad th third time messrs j hamlolph j clay varnum and bidwell uclvocated ; and mr quiucy op posed the bill messrti broom and dana de clared themselves in favor i»f taking off the duties on salt but against continuing the me diterranean fund the bill passed by a great majority with only five negative thursday january 13 the hill providing for the punishment of certain crime against the united states was read the third time and psuscd without a en vision on motion ol mr fitk the hou<e resoired itself into a committee of the whole mr gregg in the chair — on the bill authorising the president of the united states to accept the service ff a number of volunteer coir pa nics not exceeding so oro mi n the blanks were *•> filled as to bind the vo lunteers to continue for twelve months unless sooneruischarged and to appropriala 500,000 dollars the committee rose ar.d the house concur red in these amendments after the insertion of a small verhsl amend ment suggested by mr l'allma<l);e he mo ved to recommit the bill fur the purpose of introducing a'piovision for the appointment of field officers this motion was disagreed to ayes 43 noes 47 the question to engross the bill having been put mr l.lmrr observed that in hno pinion it contained every provision on this subject that wan necc-.ai y when the bill was ordered without a divi sion to be engroisec for a third reading to morrow on million nf mr j randolph the homo resolved itself into a committee nf the whole mr gregcin the chair on the hill supple mentary to the act entitled " an art making provision for the redumption of the whole of the public debt of the u s mr j randolph called for tbe reading of the letter of the secretary of the treasury on t.'iis subject conimtinicnted the last ses sion to the committee of ways * "' m;r > late foreign news london november it a cutter arrived ye'tterday at yar i rntfutb from the efbe with difpatches fv.g"*ern«nen the'lark captain dell mrrivctl.it the ume time w i ti the iam bucgh mail due on sunday it has bought letters and papers to the tiiinfl an article tu»ed bai»k uf h eive no vember 3 i throws fume new light upun the movements of \\\* refpe'sive armies after the bmlla of the 14th the prnf fians having atfembled as we were alrea dy informed in force between brunfwi k and mag.lebnrj palt:d the kibe at tau gcrinnde ai.d stendal on the 26 and 271 h and proceeded 10 the oder the french appear to have been well aware 01 their intention and took the molt cf feelual cotirfa in defeat it for that pur pofe thoy tormed two divilions out as rut been dated in a former paper advan ced to magdeburg and from thence pur fued the pruilians who had one day's flartof this divilioa of the french army it having crofl-d the elbe on tie 281i1 the other dtviffori of the french wmiy palled the elbe higher up at dettau and wirtemburgh and confeqner.tly was fe veral days in advance had this corps j)sen able 10 place itfe'.f in front of the pruflians while the other that palled by magdchorgh attacked them in the re the rtlult would probably have pro el fatal to ihe prufliati ; b'it they are faid to have gained the banks of that river though probibly with fume infs a fe vera ik irmi flies took plarc on their march the french were exjjecied at sfettin on tho 07th with intent to pafs the o er at that p'ace the ruffians having broken down the bridges on the point where they eroded it it is probabje that ihe prof fian army would await at cullrin the ar fifal of the ruffians 1 he latter to the amount of 250,000 it is laid have ar rived at pofcu but the number is evident ly exaggerated report a.m that one of the conditions between ihe emperor of i\ulti and the king of prtiflia is that the alter hall not make peace be the event of the war what it may without the ronfmt of the form«r thcqueen of pmllia is far beyond ihr reach or the enemy her nt ijrdy and t htklren are al graiirientz in poli'ft pruflia irp'on the bank of the vittola the el.rtor 01 saxony was preparing to leave diefdcn on the 1 7 r h , when the offi-er arrived from d lonapirie with rjropolitfonl of f<eace which were accepted 4ml ms elec toral hig'mefs accordingly remained in h.i capital and on the 24th duon ipirte's ch.4t1beri.1cn arrived to allume the go • vcrnrnert of trial ciiy in the name of his marer buonaparte alfo prorpifed to honour the licfiur with a friendly vi 1 • stralfiind is declired in a flare of fiege and the dutch army doe not appear uif pi'fed to leinove far from home orders hive been iranfuiitted to the cultom hnufes at fjn'l for the detention af all veflch loadit.g or limb ti or varti ; the hoop ijakn for the latter pnrt which failed on friday from hull had ■ boat dilpitctud attur her and was brought back . the hwnbuffth correfpondenten n forrhl that duonaparle is a poifdatn prttraie ceoitn'll tiife that he hsd ferit or talleyrand who bad partud ilirauj;li lfipfic on hli way to potfdam ; this look like n<gociaiion ' the swedes who were on their way lo suah'und had deemed ii neeeflvfy to halt { and finding a junction wit!i rhe prulfijiis impratf icab'e retired to lubeck frorrj lhenc ihejr were to return ib sweden if they could procure a iiiflicicot nurtlber 01 vcifels for that ptirpofe the swcdifh troops did not exceed five ihoufand i.etten have ihia day been received from copcnhigen from one dated the ill of november we extract the following paf " about two hours ago i fpokn wit'h the englifli confii lately of st'efririg who arrived here this morning ami ivht rtfirts pefil'ively all it t:jrr uiih pivjjla as the only hope of ftppoflrion to the >• netnyrt'liew with prihce llyhrnlohe who was ftatiotiod t miftdebnr^rf with b tween nf<y and cihsjf ibsw/kod men well fcrved protected and owi.fied ; which lim-a iihltuiuimj wete forced to yield on the 27th ult when the prince wan harlly wounded and taken prifiner with many other dilringtiitlitil ofticers h'hrre is all this to end ! 1 1 it fafd iliat the ficnch arc i'ud.i forward tu m«e the sp november if at a late hour ycflerday a number of letters were received in own from hul wrtrf by the coacordja dubina arrived in il.c river from catwytk oneof wliich dated from kotteidmi on tuefday even ing llaic that i!ie tiill column of the fviilliin army joined the l'nilfuni it ldndawg in br.indenburg on the 29'h uli and that another corps chitfiy caval ry had at 1 hit date eroded the nvci watta at sw titan some recent movemrntl of the au triau iroopa in bohemia appear 10 have excited llrong feiil'itions in holland tiiat part 01 1i1c bohemian army of ob fcrvation wbrch was tat lotted at pillim hai advanced to urix and another irong corps which was alll-nvltd in moravia hai occupied a pofition on the rlbc near auli t ', within fix p"(ts of oiefdcn thcle are | robably the difpogtions w!<ich lately i,avt life to the report ll)»l the auftrian army was marching to occupy silefia > the e/pininn in riolland was that the emperor francis was approaching the neighbourhood of the war in fuch force as might give influence to his interpofi trim in favour of prulfij or enable him to lake advantage of any occurrence tend ing to rehrain the growing power of fr.tdce the pfuflian column nnjer gen win nfifg was on the 2,1 iull at demin in pruihjii pomeranian which he believed contained the most satis factory and perspicuous reason in f«ror of the bill which could b assigned _ thii communication having been read th bill was considered by sections the va rious blank were filled k some amendment iotroducad touching the details of the bill ( the only part of the bill on which a clivi sion was called wat on filling tht blank in the third section so as to entitle the holder of the new six percrnt itock to a turn equal to " sixty five per cent of the amount of the sum ub»crtbtfu by them in three per cent s^ck on this motion the house divided aye s9 noes 27 . the committee rose and reported the bill : the amendtneuls proposed were immediately agreed to by the house and l.'ie hill with out a dtyisiod ordered lobe c.'igroncii for a lliird reudiui to morrow the lloii«t resolved itself into c commit tee of the « hole home — mr liatttt in the chair hi itlie lill pnj.ir i':t)injj ihe mode of ta king evidence iii em9*of contested dec lion fcr members ol the ! ou-.e of iii|)i'-srn<aiivefc after a sliori vi>ate ihe committee rosa an i obtained l«h*c 10 it again mri j ham:<.|;>ii i'loin the committee ♦•> w|kiiii was nt-.-i t<l certain re^etminnr i'lts.-min abill for th«dcftrice off be mouth of liit ntikumippii i.tu for th pmuctiiu of new-gnleans and it dependencies which was nlejitd ui a committee of ii>u wliuic&ayi m nlai mr p w campbell moved tlm h'tuse should resolve itself into a ecrr.initten f>f the whole on ilic reanluiion offered by him loimikcprotisiun fot earryitv into eflvft the li'caty between the i'niled statci and that cliickaiaw tribe i'!nt!ian which motion wat pistgreedto — ayes 24 noes 46 the house remilved itself into a commit fee of the whole mf varuum in the chair cm the bill for continuing the act for su penttinaj rommcrcial intercourse with ccrldiis ports rf st domingo after a short dttcuivor the tommitte rate and obtained leave to sit again in senate - monday january ii mr clay submtued the following motion for consideration : resolved that it is expedient and proper to appropriate a quantity of und not cxreeding acres at a fair rath valuation to wards the opening of the canal propo-ed to bs cut at the rapids of tbe ohio on the kentuc ky shore natchez december m by cowles mead ? ecu ft art txecuttwg the pcverr end ptr jurtring iht duties xj goterntr cj the jfc'ijr tistifpi terriio>y ■ • rrol'wamatiov whereas irifornwtion from t»rtc sources as will by aftuuv'ua as nihcnvut has been coft nuiiiicalid to me ef ihr ilraitrnn of an associalion wlio'-e object is the dii mrniberm'nt of thi and the nr ; v.mifi r i . couulricl from the ciuvtrnment of the uni ', ted states — and whereas every iti nipt rf tl.i»kmcl miiit be ruinous end ritsfruciive of • the numerous b!v&t>ings vthicl we how eo j'lyi under the autpices of a government fi-unded on ihr t^and principle «•( political equality und indiiiriminat justice ar.<l whereat the conspiracy ii dirtcrd ly men of secret and profound intrigue fr.r the k grtndizemcnt of jhenuelvei and tlieir mini ons to the opprts.»ion of the pre»t mass of the people whom they ale endeavoring to dupe und inveifrle — l'ror th foregoing reuses i have thought proper to icfue this my proclamation for the purpose of fryard ing the good people of this territory against the agents of this diabolical plot and warn hem of their danger from that quarter and i do hereby solemnly rail on and enjoin the officers both civil and military and ihe citizens of this trrritory to perf.nm their sacred duties to their country by siding and abcttiiir in the detection of any agents employ ed in t!iu country and if found tp be brought without delay before die proper tribunals of the country thni tljey may receive their trial fbf tucjj high cffcliccs agwinsl tl.c pence and ri«pplnei of the mississippi territory and tu di;;;iify li'ntl lovereigntt of the uui ted statei and 1 dp further enjoin and re fjtiira the ujftcerj and citizens of the territo ry to he on the alert and prore their pattiot itm by k iv x iucii nisistann for the deve lopemcul of this traitorous project a their respective situations will afford and wiikxj.as i am aware e.f the in fluence of intrigue and nmrepi rscntntioi and that ri;«n of pure intriniuns niny stni times n dejutlt^l ; 1 iio.lliereforu in*il all of this description it any to return to the bosom of their country and the confidence of their government akd wwr.nr as i have reason tohelier'c tliut many of it.e ctmecrt of this covern inrnt have not taken the oaths required by lha ordinance of congress und the simme ot this territory i i no in lomequencr ther of require all officers who have not taken the said calhtt to cone forward anil t»ic tho aii the sa xoti folduri ri»ve been dif armed andlheir parole i»l>crinot toferve againfl france or he allies twcivb thmifand five hiiudied bayarians are in ar;ifoii at drrfden the saxon catatiy are obliged to give up their horfe only 209 kreuch trnnps were left in rrut'fwick : the arfcual there was well itofrd the duchy of omenburgh ii declared neutral part of the army of prince tlohenlohe u dated to have thrown itkir into stet tin and to have prepared lor vigorous de k-nce a letter from rerel of the 14th ult dates that mans d'oubril his been bauiihed lor lite 10 siberia glasgow november is d'.illctitis irom the till ihe 21th in chiii ve c>>,lit in number from the french army were received in london on thurf uy a they coiiful chi-.fl of coarf idveflive and unmanly infuli towards the qiieen cf l'rulfia and th duke of brunf wic whom they reprelvnt as having in lli,;ainl the king lo a tine of cot due of which l.c ilii'jpprovcd even when he rc lui'tainly adviptcj it they give ul very liitle inkmnation with remind to the events of the war they are followed with a proclamation announcing the intention of huonapartr to march hit troops a uuir.ll the rtifliant who it is admitted have affeded a junoion with ihe prtlf u 1 and renewing ihe threat a){aintt b.ita'm nf rrtakiofi no peace with her un til flic is deprived of the meant ci uil turbine the peace of the continent congress im senate december 9 gen smith observed that on examining the rules and articles of war there appear ed to be no power lo punish a citizen wba should be found acting as a spy in the army oratlemjitiiij to seduce the oftwers or soldier from their duty lie therefore moved that a committee be appointed to enquire what amendment were kteceisary to the act for establishing rule and nittrles fjr thu governmtnt of the aimy of the u states house of rel'rksf.n'tatives titecduy janunry a a hill for the relief of ccur^t little vat rcud the ihird time 1'lic bill nukes provision for a claim pre ferred by captain lililc rommunder nf a ship of the united state ari^inj out of the ful inwinreirciim»taiicei during our difteren ces will france a law w.is pasted prohibiting commercial intercourse with france under tin l.iw and the order wen by tli txccu tivc(;i>v«rnment captain mule captured the flying fish which on on adjudication by hccouiuul the uiiitcu states irm reitorei