French court. If they enter the service of a foreign power without permission, they are to be considered as having borne arms against France. TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE.-Friday, October 4. Mr. Claiborne offered the following resolution, which was adopted. most of the mathematical sciences, and to be a proficient in music. He is a native of Lower Austria, and the son of a reduced clergyman: for the last six months he has been blind. The emperor Francis settled a pension upon him. The base of the Carpathian mountains, near Makonitza, fell last year, with a report so loud that it Whereas, it appears that the United States are was heard at the distance of twelve leagues. Six likely to be involved with one of the belligerent nations-and whereas, it is important on all occavillages were lost by this precipitation. THE POPE-The Cadiz papers contain the fol- sions of that description, that the general governlowing article, under the head of "Intelligence ment should be informed of the disposition of the from Italy." people composing that government to pursue the "The holy father continues in custody, without most efficient means for the maintenance of the any access to him being permitted, at Savona:- sovereignty and independence of the United States, After he had promulgated the excommunication therefore, against cardinal Maury, archbishop of Paris, which The Chronicle. Resolved, That a committee be appointed to draft was affixed to his own cathedral, his holiness was an address to the president of the United States, deprived of the use of pen and ink. The cardinal expressive of a determination, on the part of this of Pietro and M. Gregory were on the same ac-state, to support such honorable measures as the count thrown into the public prison in Paris, and, general government may pursue for the attainment after being threatened with death, were ultimately of the before cited objects. banished. The circumstance has led to the belief of an intended change of the holy see; but of this! there is at present no certainty. Napoleon Bonaparte has given a commission to cardinals Fesch, LONDON, Sept. 4.-A recent case has occurred Borghese, and some others, to confer with the at Hamburg, which will ever be ranked amongst the pope, but to no purpose. Some have refused to most cruel acts of the emperor of France. About accept the commission, because they anticipate the three months ago, a young merchant of the name reply, "restore myself and the sacred college to of Schroder, son to Octavian Schroder, of Hamliberty, restore the patrimony of the church, and burg, was arrested and sent to Paris, on a charge of then we will confer." The cardinals Gonsalvis, having been found in his possession some caricaMattis, Oppizonl, Pietry and Zitta, have immor-tures and pamphlets, which militated against the talized themselves in the annals of the church, character of Bonaparte. It now appears that this unespecially the first, who Bonaparte hates mortally. fortunate has been brought to trial in the usual way, The curate of Rome, the canons, and beneficiaries and his sentence was, "to be branded in the foreafford matter of comfort and edification. In vain head and sent twenty-five years to the galleys." As have attempts been made to draw them aside from soon as the same was made known to the emperor, their duty, by a new form of oath Three hundred he expressed his approbation thereof, and whether of them have been banished to Bastia, in Corsica. from motives of mercy or cruelty we are at a loss M. Fulacapho, D. Arrero, Tibeci, Seclope, the to say, he altered the sentence, and gave orders curate Carbous, the celebrated abbot Pereira, the that the youth should be shot with his back towards canon Belli, in short, the flower of the clergy of his murderers. This sentence, we have reason to St. John, St. Peter, St. Mary the greater, and of know, was immediately carried into execution.— all the churches, are suffering a glorious banish-The news of the young man's sad catastrophe had ment in that disagreeable island. Some are left in reached Hamburgh, and made every heart bleed for Rome, where they do much good and supply the place his unfortunate sufferings. of those Curates, who are disabled by their infirmi- Sept. 9.-POPULATION.-The census for the cities from performing their duty. Three or four ties of London and Westminster, with the suburbs curates, and some of the most ignorant and incapa- and parishes immediately contiguous, has been comble canons, are the only ones who have taken the pleted. The total is 1,099,104, including 483,781 oath. All the foreign clergy, even such as are males, and 615,323 females. The increase, compartravelling, have been sent back to their respective ed with the census in 1801, is 133,139. countries. The Roman nuns have been reduced to Sept. 19. Our minister, Mr. Wellesley, has prefour convents, of different orders; each has a pen-sented a remonstrance against the numerous publision of ine scudi. The same sum is paid to those cations that have appeared in Cadiz, tending to viwho held situations under the former government, lify the British character. and even to the secretary of state." Same date.-The Melampus, 36, Captain F. HawNaturalization of Frenchmen.-Bonaparte has de- ker, was cruising on her station, and perceiving a creed that no Frenchman can be naturalized abroad large frigate bearing down upon her, lay to, with without his authority: and that, if naturalized, they her topsails to the mast. The frigate soon proved to must not at any time, carry arms against France. be the President, 44, Commodore Rodgers, who Frenchmen naturalized abroad without his per- hailed the Melampus, and rather peremptorily ormission, shall incur the loss of their property in dered captain H. to discharge all American seamen France, and shall not be capable of succeeding to on board his ship, and send them on board the Preproperty in France. The above regulations are sident. Capt. Hawker said he could not discharge prospective-those who have already been naturaliz-one seamen from his ship without an order from ed abroad, are to have their naturalization confirm the admiralty, or his own Admiral; on which ed, within a period prescribed. No Frenchman Commodore Rodgers said, "I must use force," and can enter the service of a foreign power, without fired a shot athwart the fore part of the Melampus. permission, and even then are not allowed to bear He then repeated the same demand, and fired a searms against France, and must quit the servicecond shot: then repeated the same demand and fired should that foreign power go to war with France. a third shot; on which captain H. poured in such a They cannot be accredited while in the service of a whacking broadside, as quite hulled the President, foreign power to any diplomatic capacity at the when a desperate action began, and continued for some time; the President's fire then slackened, and in such large boats as these that the produce will be chest. On Monday night last, the treasury office was Letters from Carlsham, of the 24th and 26th of August do not bear a favourable aspect to com- broken into, and upwards of fifteen thousand dollars merce, as the courts of condemnation there of the stolen thereout, which had been received that day Danish and Prussian vessels have of late again been for taxes. The treasurer, we understand, is not in Several vessels have been Richmond. Strong suspicions are entertained that revived and acted upon. confiscated, and it is determined that the regula- this robbery has been committed by some person tions shall extend to all vessels which have not well acquainted with the regulations of the office, fully observed the continental system: All inter-as means were found to get at the key of the iron NASHVILLE, October 15. course between Gotenburgh and Hamburgh remains cut off, by orders of the French government. A report has reached town, by a gentleman from Shelbyville, that a courier from colonel Joseph H. CONCORD, (N. H.) Oct. 22. MERRIMACK CANAL-We are happy to learn, Daviess, of Kentucky, to the governor, states he that the locks and canals for the improvement of had a re-encontre with the Indians on the Wabash. the navigation of the Merrimack river, and which He commanded 800 mounted dragoons, and on will open a direct communication between this town their approach, the Indians, 1500 strong, fired on and Boston, are nearly completed. The vast ad-him and killed 14 of his men.-A charge was imvantages that will result therefrom to the farmer, the mediately made on the Indians, and victory ensued, merchant, and to every description of citizens, and leaving 200 killed on the field of battle. The Inthe great increase that will be occasioned hereby indians fired but once and dispersed. This is very the value of real estate situated near the waters of glorious news and we hope the mail papers will It is re- confirm it. the river, must be obvious to every one. ported, that early in the ensuing spring, regular packet boats will be established between this place and Boston. [A letter to the editor from a gentleman of Kentucky, dated Paris, October 17, informs that the volunteers have been withdrawn from the Wabash; the regular troops, under captain Boyd remaining, and employed in erecting seve ral forts.] walls and floor of his room, with every thing contain ed in it, to be so completely covered with cushions as to prevent him from dashing himself to pieces. Poor old man!-though, late, we desire that he and the people of England, may recover their reason! NEW YORK, October 26. EXTRAORDINARY.-All the news-papers have contained an account of the misfortune that befel Baltimore, November 2, 1811. the Norwalk packet, the Slow and Easy, in the gale on Sunday last. She was upset in the sound, We have London dates to the 20th of September, and the crew and 13 passengers, only saved themselves by clinging to the vessel and rigging, until and are informed, that the old kang was still alive, they were taken off by the generous exertions of but completely mad. It would seem as though the Captain Earl, of the Packet Fame, belonging to high-blooded folks about him were renouncing the Newport, R. I. who went to their relief and afford- strange idea that kings are irresponsible-infallibleed it at the hazard of his life. One passenger how-incapable of doing wrong; for they have caused the ever, Mr. Samuel Waring, was not to be found among those who had sustained themselves on the wreck and the supposition was that he had been drowned in the cabin. The packet drifted on the Long-Island shore opposite Fairfield, and the next Dantzic is declared a free port, to all commerce day a number of people went down to the beach to secure her. When she was righted, behold! there except English-the duties are reduced one-third. was Samuel Waring, alive and well, incredible as It is said that Prussian ports will be opened in like it may seem, and highly rejoiced you may be sure, manner. If so, we might have a lively trade to the to find himself once more in the land of the living.north of Europe-if Great Britain would please to It happened that he was lying in a birth to the wind-permit it. He held on as well ward when the packet overset. as he could, and finding that tho' the cabin was nearly full of water, it did not quite reach his head, he stuck fast, kicked away the boards from the birth at his feet for air to breathe, and had nothing to do but keep away the rats from eating him alive, until he was taken out the next day, RICHMOND, (Va.) Oct, 18. INTERNAL NAVIGATION-Yesterday for the first time, the 12 locks which have been lately put up in this city, for connecting the basin of James' river with the tide water, were filled with water, and a large scow was passed up and down. The ascent was accomplished in from 45 to 50 minutes; the descent in 55, accompanied by the discharge of Murat, king of Naples, has been very sick-and Bernadotte, crown prince of Sweden, was ill of a fever.They may be spared. The empress of France has forbidden Louis Bonaparte's wife her presence. She is the daughter of Josephine, and the English prints have always told us that, while mar. ried to her mother, the emperor was accustomed to hold improper intercourse with her. As this is truly royal, it is probable enough we cannot expect Bonaparte to be more correct than his neighbourng princes. A French agent has arrived at St. Petersburg to demand, peremptorily and immediately, the repayment of the money the Dutch lent to the emperor. The United Slates frigate Constitution landed The boat is one which has been built by our minister in France, Joel Barlow, Esq. at CherMr. Cooly, the superintendant, and is capaciousbourg on the 19th of September; from whence she enough to hold near 500 bbls. flour. It is probable sailed for the Texel with the remittance of the inter Cannon. est on our funds held by the Dutch. Mr. Barlow moreover, we ought to have so much magnanim. was very courteously received. It is said, that Louis Bonaparte, ex-king of Holland has disappeared-it was further said, on Wednesday last, that he had arrived in this city! Great satisfaction was produced in London by a report that the Melampus, of 35 guns, had captured our frigate the President, commodore Rodgers, whom they call a "buccaneer." The writer of one of the paragraphs, however, supposed the report was not true because "no vessel belonging to any other nation, of 44 guns, would venture to attack a 36 gun British frigate." See a comical account of the battle under the London head. Vessels frequently arrive in England direct from France, with cargoes, and are treated respectfully. But American vessels are not permitted to leave a port of France for the United States, without becoming liable to seizure, by virtue of the orders in council! The British frigates, in the channel, take many opportunities to have a brush with some of Bonaparte's praams, gun-boats and batteries-in which they appear generally successful. ity as not to permit the man we style the robber and pillager of Europe, to exceed us in acts of jus tice to neutral nations. With respect to the A merican property seized before the repeal of these decrees, when we have restored the hundreds of vessels captured under the orders in council, we may with some propriety ask the question-and not till then. A new British order in council has been issued continuing in force the order of February, 1810, im posing certain duties on the products of the United States imported into the West Indies, in order to force a trade with Canada and Nova-Scotia. It ap pears from a statement made by the Barbadoes merchants, that not one-tenth of their supplies are received from these colonies, and that their trade with the citizens of the United States is draining them very rapidly of their specie. The British papers state that, notwithstanding the severe penalties inflicted for exporting the coin of the kingdom, the practice prevails to an alarming extent. Many boats appear stationed on the coasts of Kent to carry the specie to the opposite shore, paying 1402. in paper for 1007. in gold! Bo naparte has collected an immense quantity of spe cie, the chief of which is English guineas. Bonaparte is making great exertions to man his fleets and discipline their crews. His fleet in the Scheldt consists of 27 sail of the line and several stout frigates, watched by 17 sail of British vessels. Figueras was surrendered by the Spaniards to the interesting to civilized Englishmen, at the date of Crib and the Negro, had not fought the battle so French on the 13th of August, after the besieged our last accounts. It is more than probable that had ate every animal in it for subsistence, from a one of these fellows will be killed, secundum artem horse to a mouse. The Spaniards endeavored to to gratify the nobility and gentry. break their way through the enemy and escape, but were beaten back and capitulated. 3500 prisoners was lately indicted, tried and convicted, in that A lady, says a late Augusta (Georgia) paper, were made by the French, including 350 officers-state for 1500 persons were sick in the hospital, 2000 were publicly ducked in the river. scolding. Her sentence was to be killed during the siege. Fifty-two ships charged in Russian ports with having English property and produce on board, have been liberated on bonds. The people of the Cape of Good Hope were dreadfully alarmed on the 7th of June by an earthquake. They ran from their houses in the greatest consternation and terror, and presented a terrible scene of wretched confusion. Though most of the houses suffered more or less, and the earth is said to "have cracked upwards of 50 feet," only one life was lost. The viceroy of Mexico, in an address to the inhabitants of the capital, dated August 6, 1811, gives notice that a "conspiracy" had existed, whose chief "object was to secure his person, and thereby disjoint the government," &c. He says that the principle persons engaged in the enterprise have been discovered and arrested-three of them were executed imediately. The seeds of revolution are planted deep in the province of Mexico-it has several times been shaken by insurrections of the people; and we trust, they will yet effect their independence. The state of parties in the New-Jersey legislature 9 4 30 10 39 14 BLOOMFIELD, esq. was re-elected governor of the On Saturday last, in joint meeting, JOSIPE state of New Jersey. PHILADELPHIA, October 29. Case of the schooner Exchange-Judge Wash important and delicate case. ington yesterday delivered his opinion in this most nion of the district court and has adjudged that the He reversed the opiproperty of a foreign sovereign, though a public armed vessel, is subject to the jurisdiction of our courts, if found within our territory, on the claim of a private citizen. The vessel in question was seized by Napoleon, under his Rambouillet decree, and taken immedi lately into his service, without (as the libellants alledge) any form of a trial or adjudication. On her arrival in the port of Philadelphia, she was libelled by her American owners. DECREES AND ORDERS.-The Landon Statesman, of September 17, says "We, a few days since, challenged the editors of any paper who denied receiving our paper in season, prevented the publi A note by the Editor. A disappointment, in not the repeal of the Berlin and Milan Decrees, to pro- cation of a supplement, as was designed last week, duce a single instance of the detention of an Ame- The like, most probably, will never occur again. rican vessel, which had arrived in France since the second of November. No instance can be pro- that, generally, we shall be able to present the doc We have made such arrangements at Washington, duced, and they are silent. But if they are re-uments laid before congress, to our readers, in a pealed, say some of the papers, "it is done merely collected and perfect form, sooner than they can to embroil the United States with us; besides, let receive them by any other ordinary medium; and, Bonaparte restore the American property which as in duty bound to our very numerous and still was seized before the repeal." As to the motive continually increasing patrons, will leave no effort of Bonaparte for doing a just action, we have untried to give that satisfaction the unprecedented neither the ability nor the right to enquire into;-'support of the REGISTER SO justly demands. BALTIMORE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1811. Prated and published by H. NILES, Water-street, near the Merchants' Coffee-House, at $5. per annum 66 -I wish no other herald "No other speaker of my living actions, Congress of the United States. IN SENATE. November 4, 1811.-There were present, at the usual hour of assembling, the vice president of the United States, Messrs. Gilman, Cutts, Goodrich, Dana, Bradley, J. Smith, German, Condit, Lambert, Gregg, Leib, Horsey, Smith, Reed, Giles, Franklin, Gaillard, Taylor, Crawford, Tait, Pope, Anderson, and Worthington. George M. Bibb, clected from Kentucky, G. W. Campbell, from Tennessee, J. B. Howell, from Rhode Island, and Joseph B. Varnum, from Massachusetts, were also severally sworn in and took their seats. The usual messages were interchanged with the other house, &c. and the Senate adjourned. November 5.-Mr. Brent attended. The Senate, after transacting some minor business, proceeded to ballot for a door-keeper (who also discharges the duty of sergeant at arms,) in the place of Mr. Mathers, deceased. There were taken 27 votes of which Mountjoy Bailey had 20, and was accordingly declared elected. The message from the President was then read, and 300 copies ordered to be printed. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Monday, November 4-This being the day designated by the proclamation of the President of the United States, for the meeting of the Congress of the United States, about eleven o'clock the house was called to order; when it appeared that there were present one hundred and twenty-eight members. The house then proceeded to ballot for a speaker. On counting the votes the following appeared to be the result. Henry Clay, of Kentucky. 75 38 So that Mr. Clay was duly chosen, and was conducted to the Speaker's chair accordingly; whepce he addressed as follows: GENTLEMEN,-"In coming to this station which you have done me the honor to assign me-an honor for which you will be pleased to accept my thanks-I obey rather your commands than my own inclination. I am sensible of the imperfections which I bring along with me, and a conciousness of these would deter me from attempting a discharge of the duties of the chair, did I not rely confidently upon your generous support. Should the rare and delicate occasion present itself when your speaker should be called upon to check or control the wanderings or intemperance of debate, your justice will, I hope, ascribe to his interposit: n the motives only of public good and a regard to the dignity of the bouse. And in all instances, be assured, gentle Shakespeare-HENRY VIII. men, that I shail, with infinite pleasure, afford eve- William Lambert 97 Thomas Dunn was then re-elected sergeant at arms, and Thomas Claxton doorkeeper, without opposition; Benjamin Burch was also re-chosen assistant doorkeeper. The usual messages were interchanged with the senate on the subject of their being formed and ready to proceed to business. Mr. Mitchel and Mr. Pitkin were appointed a committee to join with Messrs. Anderson and Bradley, the committee appointed by the senate, to wait on the president and inform him that the houses were formed and ready to receive any communication he might have to make to them. Mr. Mitchell soon after reported the performance by the committee of the duty assigned them; and that the president had informed them he would make a communication in writing to-morrow at twelve o'clock. And the house adjourned. Tuesday, November 5—At 12 o'clock this day the was received from the message which follows president of the United States, by Mr. Edward Coles, his secretary, accompanied by a volum nous collection of documents, in the reading of which, the house progressed till half past 3 o'clock, when the house adjourned. President's Message. The president communicated to both houses by lowing Message. Mr. Edward Coles, his private secretary, the fol, Fellow citizens of the senate, and of the house of representatives. In calling you together sooner than a separation from your homes would otherwise have been requi ture of foreign affairs; and in fixing the present, red, Iyielded to considerations drawn from the poffor the time of your meeting, regard was had to the probability of further developements of the policy of the belligerent powers towards this country, which might the more unite the national councils, in the measures to be pursued. At the close of the last session of Congress, it was hoped that the successive confirmations of the extinction of the French decrees, so far as they v olated our neutral commerce, would have induced the government of Great Britam to repeal its orders in council; and thereby authorise the removal of the existing obstructions, to her commerce with the United States. Instead of this reasonable step towards sat sfacthe or tion and friendship between the two nation3, est on our funds held by the Dutch. Mr. Barlow moreover, we ought to have so demands of strict ted States have much th the rigorous and unwhich their trade with the been subjected; and which, will require at least correspon importations from France into ity as not to permit the man Vessels frequently arrive in England direct f The British frigates, in the ch were ber 1500 kill will best consult our whole duty. subjects our minister plenipotentiary, Paris, has carried with him the neces structions-the result of which will be com rated to you, and by ascertaining the ulterior policy of the French government towards the United States, will enable you to adapt to it that of the United States, towards France. Our other foreign relations remain without unfavorable changes. With Russia they are on the best footing of friendship. The ports of Sweden by cruizers under the Danish flag. Under the ominous indications which commanded completion of the most important ones; and as par A bran intimation, have afforded proofs of friendly dispositions towards d to the British Plenipo-/our commerce, in the councils of that nation also, the depending discussions. This Denmark, shews that the mission had been attended w that it mightreceive full/And the information from our special minister in * Mofir hither, instead of found-j ty had been so extensively violated and endangered vers not to have been received: With valuable effects to our citizens, whose proper. and real of the orders, or assuran-1 fective change in the British cabi. Jattention, it became a duty to exert the means com • POST WYl ensue, will not permit us der to meet with cordiality satisfac. mitted to the executive department, in providing for of such a change, and to proceed, in the the general security. The works of defence on our 1 adapting our measures to the viewsmaratime frontier have accordingly been prosecuted have been disclosed through that minister, with an activity leaving little to be added for the of our harbors have again witnessed scenes, not commission, with the addition of a frigate, have nued to be withheld, and our coasts and the mouths been ordered into use. The ships of war before in demnity and address for other wrongs have conti- portion of the gunboats have in particular harbors, than vexatious to the regular course of our trade. rights of our coast. And such a disposition has less derogatory to the dearest of our national rights, been chiefly employed as a cruising guard to the to the unfriendly spirit of these disclosures, in-ticularly suited for co-operation in emergencies, a Among the occurrences produced by the conduct been made of our land forces as was thought to pro an encounter between one of them and the Ameri.In this disposition is included a force consisting of can frigate commanded by captain Rodgers, ren-regulars and militia, embodied in the Indian territo dered unavoidable on the part of the latter, by a fire, ry, and marched towards our north western frontier. commander is, therefore, alone chargeable with the ders and depredations committed by the Indians blood unfortunately shed in maintaining the honor but more especially by the menacing preparations of the American flag. The proceedings of a court of and aspect of a combination of them on the Wabash enquiry, requested by captain Rodgers, are com-/under the influence and direction of a fanatic of the municated-together with the correspondence rela-Shawanese tribe state and his Britanic majesty's envoy. To these us, and their usual pursuits. ting to the occurrence, between the secretary of tribes retain their peaceable dispositions towards passed on the subject of the British orders in coun-claims from the legislative guardians of the national cil-and to both the correspondences relating to the rights a system of more ample provision for main are added the several correspondences which have Floridas, in which congress will be made acquaint-taining them. of British ships of war •hovering commenced without cause on our coasts, was mise the services most appropriate and important. by the former; whose This measure was made requisite by several mur With these exceptions the Indian I must now add, that the period is arrived, which Notwithstanding the scrupulous e with the interposition which the government of justice, the protracted moderation, and the multipli- The justice and fairness which have been evinced |