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the 31ft dec , next in this form the bill hai palled to a third reading i^ousc q representatives tuesday february 17 a meisatji wns received from the senate stating lhai thry had ik\9ec the bill-aothori sint;ii president of llic u s to accept the service f '"> rjumbcr of v nteer companies not exceeding 3ofi06 me auo an act lur uiur iupplernenta>7 ti the acl eutillcd at act concerning the ilisli in o columbia i and that they 1 id sgreed la all the ummdinent pro posed by the hotue o t!iu bill to prohibit thu importation of slaves except the 9i aniernj meut j the house proceeded to consider the fol lowing resolution offered liy ii l'i<)om : — " resolved that it is expedient io m.ike further provision by law for itcuring tl.c privilege of llie writ of habeas co'pus to pet soni in custody under or by color of the authority of the u s mr brwm niovuii a re terence of this rcso ■lution to a committee of the whole house on i'm motion a debase arose whicli oc cupied the residue of the sitling j wednesday februarj 18 the house con«i<lered the mes«at of the senate statins tnelr disay;rcerr.cni to the 9th amendment pi oposscll>y the house to the bill prohibiline the importation of slaves in'.i e u s determined to ni»i»t thereon ; and p pointed a conimittce of conference on their pair the home resiimer the consideration ot mr room's retoluti n on the subject of the vritot hab-jas corpus 1'hc debate wai resumed and continued till near five ovlo k the orieioni motion to refer the resolu tion to aconareittqe of tl>e whole hou^twas varied snd a motion offered to refer it lo a select committee , the house adjourned without taking the question thursday february 19 mr j clay oficred a new rule in addition to the standing rules of the house liking the order in which buvinoss shall be done ; which wa ordered to lie on the table mr morrow of ohio from the committee n the public lands to whom wu referred the amendments of the senate to the bill con firming the claims to land in the district of i vincennes reporte the same without m»n;l rnent — referred to a committee of the whule house to morrow mr ihlmet from the committee of claims made a favorable report on the peti tion of daniel cotton which was referred to a committee of the whole to morrow mr j cltiv from the coinmiltee to whom was referred an ari from the senate in addi tion to the act relative to the mint reported the same with one amendment — referred to a committee of the whole to morrow on mutici of mr varnutn the houie deter mined for the remainder of the aesuiun to meet at 10 o'clock in the morning the house resumed the consideration of the resolution offered by mr cmom th debate wa opened by mr lurwc who advocated the reference of the resolu tion und concluded by moving to amem it by inserting after the words sfuleu lie follow ing wordi " and the necessity of defining the power of tbe supreme court of the u states in issuing a writ of habeas corpus 1 ' this amendment was agreed to without debate—ayes t6 mr s^incey supported and mestr jack son ividwell and gregg opposed the refer ence of the resolution to a select committee lr grtgg,'movtd lo postpone it indefinite iy this motion was supported by messrs stnilic icppe klmcr and sloan ; and oppo sed by messrs keuton j randolph elliot 3 clay and kelly when tbe question was taken at s o'clock by yeas and nays on the indefinite post ponement and carried in the affirmative yeas 60 nays 53 norfolk tebruary 13 yenterday arrived in hampton roads bound to unltimore the schooner 1 hatcher hawes in 20 days from new-orleans on board of which is lieutenant lockhnrt having in his charge general adair of kentucky and mr ogricn taken up by gencrnl wilkinson as associate with colonel rnrr of ogden's arrest the public huve been already informed from a pas-.cni;er who tame up from the thatcher we learn that general adair wan taken up about the 9th of january ; lie left hivfoauu'rfge nd hotseson the other side of the lake anil was proceeding at a private person on foot to new-orleans when he was apprehended heport at new-orleans stated that burton force was t.ooo men but oumnlnrmsnt does not remember whete burr was the embargo mas raised on the 30th decembert the united ststes brip l'runk lin passed the belize on the 2lbt january with troops for new oilcans supreme court of the u suites on wcdncfday mr martin in • fpetch of four houi n a hali t eoncwid f the argument on the moiion in he cafe of meflts boiliriafi and sivartwout on tuurfday the chief jufticc obferv cdihat the court had had the ir.otion made in the cafe of mellrs bollinanan swart wotit uncer conlideiation bm had not yet l»ien able to make up a decifivc opinion jt the nr-an time as the fituation of the yrifoners might be irkfomc to them if they could find bail they might be bailed until to-morrow • the cduniol of mefl'rt bollman and sn-attwoui obferved that out day's addi tional confinerticnt would not make any niiietidtfitf'-ience the emir amed that they felt confi'!er amc liiffi'ciilty with reptrd to the a imirfl bility it ihe affidavit of general wikin(on — whether a pe»fon inaiiirg an affidavit that a particular paper contained the fub luce of jii original paper in his hand fucn affidavit was in fuch a eale as the ptcfent aifmiiriblr evidence they had £<* been ai>le m find m otho»1 i tie d thi j»oi»t they therefore infttco the refeartfcm of counfel into if meffrs kixtney and martin faid they woiim deem it their duty under this re qiefl to fijbmit io the court fuch prece dents as they could find on the fubject extract of *. it/ttr frmt ctl ferdinand l ctaibarne (* his friend in thit eity nunhez 20/i jan 1807 dear sir 1 returned yellerday from in expedition up the liver with five hundred and fifty jnen dra,wn from this and jefferfon coun ty and deftined to meet col burr who with a coofiderable body of men was en camped at the bayou pierre when in formed of my approach nd trdtri by major shields aiid-de-camp to the govern or he furrendered himfelf and party pri fnners — they have been turned over by the oxqetujve to the civil authority of our cduorry what the iflue will be or when he will be tried {* uncertain hi armt and other military ftores 1 expert were taken poflvltron of on yefterday by a de tachment from my command our coun try is full of thow adventurer — our com mcrcc deflroyed tod the iwuterriiofiw in complete confufion vv ■m senate of the united states february io dr logan obferved that he had for faille time viewed with anxiety the contin ued depredations committed on the coin mercc of the united states by the bellige rent powers of europe by which our mercantile capital had fuffered a lofs of million and our national character was ftugraded he conflicted this lamentable fiiusiion of our commerce to arife from the bounty io the form of drawback gi ven by g»v«r»w«oe to encourage the car r ing trade by which our merchants were jed into unncceflary c*n6icl with foreign n:itions^ne therefore moved that a com miitcc be appointed to confider the pro priety of repeating fo much of any as as allows a drawback of duties on goods wares and merchandize exported oirt of ttte united state and that rich commit tee be i&luuttcd to rcpoit by bill or other wife february 17 the report and ordinary bufinet of the day having been difpofcd of the se rat took up the bill from the houfe of rcpvefentatwe tor repealing the duly on lalt andfair continuing in force the a 1-2 i>cr««nt additional for the mediterranean fund t)r f mitchirl made a fpeech againft the bill until the hour of adjournment february 18 the tarn bill being again under con fuvationmr maclay fpoke at length in fajvor of the bill anil in anfwer to mr mitchill ' after him in the courfcof the jebafc mcftrs dudley smith of m<l adams and hillhouff ireued againfh the lui and mr moore delivered his fenti mentf i'n its favor february 19 the qtieflion wa taken on the two full fofligns of the bill and carried to ftrike them out : aye 17 noes 15 afterwards on motion of mr dudley a fubfliiute was ottered and agreed to repeating the du ty of 8 cents as itnpolcd in 1797 from tho itt july next and gen smiili mov ed an amendment which wd carried for fhortening the continuance of the bill from ihe end of hc next idflon of congrefi to uth ykah wilmington n c tuksuay march 10 1807 the wilmington gazette published every tuesday by allmand hall at tjirce dollars a yegr payable in advance or four dollars if not paid within a year number 531 new orleans jan 9 j yesterday the ba'ttolliou of orleans volun jers were paraded in front of the military barracks and took the oath of allegiance which was afterwards idn(uiitered to the officers and privates tnegtmcral addrci sed the officers at considerable length and declared the jvhole b*ital!ioti to beuh^ir mi litary lavr . ' the 1st nd nr.d part of the 4th regi ments ot uiiluia were at the aiuc time re viewed by tbe governor who also to»k the like oath fend administered it to the officers of these regiments ycstcrduy abuut 3 o'clock the v s scht revenge iwut head c:»changcd a salute with fort si charles ami nailed up the ri ver to join the squadron which is stationed at point coupee ■, . i fr27ii aw cszctu extra of tuesday tliii d.<y about i d'clock the aid-de-ramp of cen v ilwnson read the following in the coffee iiouse ano had it posted on the hooks : oem wilkinson regrets that it is not 111 his power from a pressure of public interests wliich imperiously commands his a trillion to be at the cone house as lie in tended this day ' he therefore takes tbi mode of warning the merchants and ship owners to hold their ves:,t!i in rtdfliiicsb to haul oft into the stream should it he found necessary at the shortest notice dut he be^s that this may be considered merely us a salutary precau tion not that he believes col burr is at natches or that he will ever reach this city under his own volition ; and he warns the citizens not to respect the rumours in circu lation because the general by a letter from co burr's own hand written to dr tollman is authorised to 1 ay that the c lonr i's utmost calculation of for e did not exceed 6000 mcr , and that he would in person precede the nmiit body wi'h about 2000 men to n'atchec where be intended 10 holt the faithful citizens may l>c assured that with moderate exertions only and tbe deci sivc expulsion of traitors the storm will hurst over ihe heeds of its authors ami hurl them headlong to perdition whilst the in habitantk of this city vlnll dwell iu iccuiitj . jf/r«<7 if a ittltr from coiusti mead st crttery ana aclinv governor of the mil iitiippi territory /» ike department tf . war da't.l " ifutblngltn m t jan tturv 19 1807 sir •• in o'jjdience to your iiiflrufliiws by expref-i of aoth of december litt 1 im mediately after proroguing the legisla ture proceeded to put the territory in a flatc of preparation for the arrcttatjon of the fufpieidiis perfons and boats which were comeirplatej therein ; my militia were cc licit ing at particular points 011 the river when i received a letter fiom col burr who had landed at biyou pierre | with nine beat amtabmi 100 men this letter went 10 an avo^cloflus itmocence of the charges which riimcnlr and public apjirebetifion hat annpuncrd agvinlt him slid liilicitej mcto appctl'e the fears which lirs approach ha j begun on ; at the fame tim he guatiluj me ag:<uil the horrors of civil war and the evils rt fulling from f'uc h a i.jic ot things this feetn ing treat induced me to ailopi a different mode of conduct from what the col might have i expected ; and indcad of adopting hi )». cific admonition i ordered a very lar^c portion of the militia nf the tcrrit.ity 10 rendezvous at certain points and wail fur ther orders with the promptitude of spartans our fellow citizens fhouldercd their firelocks and in twenty four hours i had the honor to review 375 men at natcheft prepared to defend their c<mintry they were ordered under the command of col claibornc to a point on the river 1 about 21 miles above the city there to remain to guard the river and intercept for infpeclion all boats that mipht dc fcenil the river on the 16th i difpatch cd two of my aids 10 col hurr who had tendered his refpeq to the civil antruuity ; thefe gentlemen engaged on my part to give the colonel an interview in ihe neigh bourhood of the detachment fijiioned at ihe mouth of cole's creek conforma bly ihcrc o 1 met the col on the 17th and after a lengthy interview he olf<ircd lo fiirrrnilrr himfelf to the civil authority of the torriiory and to fuifer his boats 10 be feinhed on the 18th col durr ac companied by my aids majors shields and poiudcxier rode down to the place and was committed to the hiftheft tribunal of the civil authority where he now remains for trial four gentlemen of unqtiedionable ref pecla'ilitv with a detachment of 30 men are now in the ad of making the fearch of thebcats and to-morrow j expeft their lepoiu " thoi fir thit mig!i»y a'srm with all its exaggeration has eventuated in nine boats and-one hundred inen and the ma jor part yf theie are bop or young men ju<t-irom fchoel many of their cltpofi tions hav been taken before jutrge rod ney but they hefpeak ignorance of the views or defiant of the colmicl 1 believe them really ignorant and delov 1 . i be lieve that they are the dupes of llratagem if the affertaiions if generals edton aud wilkinfon are to be accredited . augusta georgia feb 2 an exprefs went jroin this puce en saturday irorning lalt with difpatchii lor the l'rtlilcnt of the uniiei slates and sectrury at war the difjiatclirs were ieccivr here by mail and tlitir con tents or importance are not known ; bql tlie poli-millcr wa iniiuccd tu foiwaif them by cxpiefs in conffonence of ihe fullowixg information wliich he receive ar.d which atfo was received by a loiter , fjotn a gem it man at miilffnevillp i cn of tho editor of thit paper that •« the c'if f iatclies foiwir'cd by rnml tor the i're ; j'fcm an»f sctreirry atvvar were^trota c»en wil!ci:,f-->n snd wee rtvci e it * ouktnii'gee fbri in nine day frotn or leans by on rxprefs who had orders to be back at or'eat.i in fix rjay.n trore ; i commatiuaitt at the f'ir torwarrf^d mie d ; fpaicrres to tbe fort office at milledge viile by dr kawlir.gs who informed that burr had ct heck-l t lorce of 12 000 inen and was dcfceudii the miflbfllppi and wss daily ircveafin » in numberi ; that g?n wilkinfun \»<\ ftationed fome gun-boats aix what oihrr vllt'ls he cot id nvlitl armed app'>gtc natchez to top burr if potflble and if he cou'd not ef fect this he intt-m)i 1 to rruke another land at orleans — but it wai the general opinion that burr was too wong to ho oppofed with fu cef lieut luchet of the united states briny was arrefted nr in irons in making an attempt to join burr and in huzzaing for ina . herald rxirab f a letitr frcm jlhrni ger.j " orders are received in>m the i'olt matter genera to forward the mails 1 orleans if ncr«jjry by expref pre , iidenl meigi is itivelleci by the fame wiiji powers 10 icmoye any poll miller agnu ; or contractor on the lealt i:eglec of duty or fu f plot on of connexion with any crimi nal party from fc'.t'mit f.-i :?. to the jiniilmek i>l a gentleman ju>»t ar rived from si tlm>uia ws are indebted lur the idtest intelligence from the republic of llayti the papers toiiiishcd ccmuin an : account of opeiaiions tlowq lo tlu 27lh de r«mber inclusive o ■which dsy the new kepulilicttu coiiktitiiliun waa adopted on the 5th l)>;te!n!)er 1606 general christophc appeared on the skirts of i'ort au-1'rinre with nn aiiiiy of ifi.ooo men to compel the body of people assembled toge ther 10 frame a comstiti-tium to app'-iiit liim emperor of ilayti on his arrival thfcrij he sent • flag of truce and dcsiirtl to have a conference with general pichon cmnnun flcr at port-au-prince who wont out to mm him with what soldier he hud ; and instead of conference a soon as fiction came within i etui-shot of him his men were fired on by 1 christophe ; when a short engagement ensii , c<l in which there were nme officers and 1 mtn kilted on bot't side l } icl<on p.ot into port-au-prince end kept cliristophe from comttiiuinr sny material depredationson the town — a his army was bul few in number he thought it most vdvi a!>tc to art only on the defensive and not puruic christophr after havimj driven his troops out of town at the md of which they had entered it dispatches ware immediately icnt by l'ich 1 on to all parts of ihe south where they have dominions for trnnpt arms itmmunition and provisions and on lh daf followini there was dot a mule to be found or scarce a man that could bear arms in the towu of jncniel all had repaired u port-au-prince to join 1'ichon's army carrying wllh ikkm pro visions and atnrounitioh fur the occasion several skirmivhes took place in the course of eight or ten days — ilnrintj which time cliristophr's army was within two or three miles of port-mi-prince mid had several limes entered it but wa is often reptiliied on the 10th f jmniary news w«-re re t ived at jucttet that chtiitupbe had been actuated and tlut the greater psrt of his soldier revolted stid joined tho other side ; thai he hud fled fur his life ; that pichon army were in pursuit of him and no doubt prevailed but they would ovrrul'c him n which cape death would inevitably he his lot as lh wire drtei mined to behead lira ami establish a federal or republican govern ment on the night of the loth january jacmev was iutwninated on the occasion
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Title | The Wilmington Gazette |
Masthead | The Wilmington Gazette |
Date | 1807-03-10 |
Month | 03 |
Day | 10 |
Year | 1807 |
Volume | 11 |
Issue | 531 |
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United States North Carolina New Hanover county Wilmington |
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Description | The Tuesday, March 10, 1807 issue of The Wilmington Gazette a continuation, without change of volume numbering of Hall's Wilmington Gazette a newspaper from Wilmington North Carolina |
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Date | 1807-03-10 |
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Day | 10 |
Year | 1807 |
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Description | An archive of The Wilmington Gazette a continuation, without change of volume numbering of Hall's Wilmington Gazette an historic newspaper from Wilmington North Carolina |
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the 31ft dec , next in this form the bill hai palled to a third reading i^ousc q representatives tuesday february 17 a meisatji wns received from the senate stating lhai thry had ik\9ec the bill-aothori sint;ii president of llic u s to accept the service f '"> rjumbcr of v nteer companies not exceeding 3ofi06 me auo an act lur uiur iupplernenta>7 ti the acl eutillcd at act concerning the ilisli in o columbia i and that they 1 id sgreed la all the ummdinent pro posed by the hotue o t!iu bill to prohibit thu importation of slaves except the 9i aniernj meut j the house proceeded to consider the fol lowing resolution offered liy ii l'i<)om : — " resolved that it is expedient io m.ike further provision by law for itcuring tl.c privilege of llie writ of habeas co'pus to pet soni in custody under or by color of the authority of the u s mr brwm niovuii a re terence of this rcso ■lution to a committee of the whole house on i'm motion a debase arose whicli oc cupied the residue of the sitling j wednesday februarj 18 the house con«i |