motion was supporied by Mr. Yancey and
M: ingers:
The motion was opposed by Messrs
Fisk of N.Y. Fisk of Vt and Riea, on the
ground ual the speedy p ssage of the hill
Just read was required oy the interest and
ho or of the nation, 10 arrest the supplics
totbe cacmy. and ths loss of duties on
smug eled goods, whic our rey nue offi
CLES Low coud not, dare 10ly atteniplio
SicCze.
The motion, 10 lay the bill on the table
prevailed, ayes 83, aud the Louse took up
the A
. NATION AL BANK*BILL.
The ‘engro-sed amendments *o the bill
from the scuace » to incorporate tie Dak ,
of che United States of America,” were Isevery Freeman’s right.’
then read and the question stated—* Shall eee © z z
this bili pass as amended?” and the yeas "The national Ba: k bili has passed both
aud nays ther con having been required by houses of Congress; and only was the sig-
Mr. Sandford nature of the president to become a law.
Mr. Fisk of New York rose to assign
the reasons whicn now miluenced him 10
voice agar st this bil. His objections were
to the reduction of the capital, and to ‘the
"on 8s oni woat had been miscalied the
ot or cod gan feature of the biliy which he con
sidered one of the best. The bill, beiore
it was ameudsd, would, he said. have affor-
ded woth? government a benefit to the a
mount of twenty mililons, bur now would
not “ford to it a greater bonus than three
mijiogs He objected to the amendments
which had taken {rom the bil. the contiol
which the government owght to have over
it. aud would throw the government and
the monied resources of the nation into the
rer of ils litical adversaries Theré fat
power o is Pe if a ¥ > : 7 here cotimonweaith, Les passed the scnate and
ne e 2180 nid catury S Of the bi L110 which been sent to the house of tepresenial ives,
“ele Q aol 0 3 > o "gr . 5 ( > «tia
3 00} Cle 3 SO stro REY pon the Wlioi€, Lie bill fir establishing twelithy judicis
that he’ would not vote for tae bill {al disteict, bas passed both houses ofthe le
Mr. Hanson of Md. expressed his regret
2 3 ; ) »iSiaiure.
to see any impediment thrown in the way 5 :
ol the bil. sie cipressed all the satisfac In addition to the bill for raising 2 mili-
tion ne felt ar being’ able on this occasion
Tn a tary force, the house of representatives
to redeem bis pledge to co-op ate with have passed a bill for raising 6000 men by
the majority. in ary measure which he eniistincnt. A bill to encourage volun-
could hope or beiic e woud be beneficial toeritice. will also shortiv be reported ; an
tothe sation This bill, in its present the matitin law, Oi last Sesion is undergoing
shape, he remarked, was the resuit ofa a careful rev sion iu the senate. We are in
compromize produced by muinal and ag- hopes this bill will puss in e very improved
3} S COnSCSsions, and ¢ yeriod like gua . WL EAR
oY i aa SH > on Bl ne pe forin. Whether any of the other buds will
1154 1 ; £. Ir ati Dil Ve AAAS . i
rts a LT eiliqu LANE pass is very questionabie.
ous teficd ting equal honor oy both sides of
thie house.
Me (Grosvenor of N'Y. assigned. at
some lengtl, the teison why he should vere : i
agaiss the bill. He expressed. ina feel- lowing resolntions. The frequent question
ING MANNEY AIS reyret at bemy compelled % What will the Hartford couvention do?
to vote, on this OUCESI0H, a JALSL SO Maly is Low fuily answered,
of 1105¢ with whom he had heretofore ace
would take thié or no bank. Mr I. madea
statcment of the comparative advantages
first plan.
120---Nays, 58+
rence
oar
AMERICAN PA! RIOT.
BELLEFONTE, FEsRUARY 65 1815.
———
«To speak
op
his thoughts—-
tee
The Banks in the state of Ohio haye sus-
peided payments in specie.
The frigate president. Com. Decatur;
armed brigs Tom" Bowline and Macedoni-
a”; aud scur. Hotes and’ oie Uther scur,
went to sea from N, York with a fine gale
trom N. W. on the {4th uit,
ho.
The secretary at war, Mr. Monroe, is
said to be exiromely indisposed with the
prevailing epidemic,
ntl X
HARRISEURG, Jan. 31!
The bill for regulating the militia of this
r—Pre—
HARTFORD CONVENTION.
Nat. Advocate-
and disadvantages of the two pians, gis - ve3 } i Ki
ng tbe decided superiority in favor of the 'T 38SiSlng the state making such request,
~The question on the final passage of this made or attempt by the pubiic enemy.
bill' was then decided as foliows :-~--Yecas,
»
thereof as may be required and can be spa-
red consistently with the safety of the state,
to repel any invasion thereof which shall be
Resolved, That the "following amend.
S50 the bili was passed, and the wmend- ments of the constitution of the United 2 law. ceieNat. Tritel
ments sent to the senate for their caucur~ States, be recommended to the states re- one R a ae intel.
presented as aforesaid, to be proposed by
them for adoption by the state legislatures»
and, in such cases as may be deemed expe
dient, by a convention chosen by the people
of cach state.
And itis further recommended, that the
said states shall persevere in their efforts to
obtain such amendments, untill the same
shall be effected.
First Representatives and direct taxes
shall be apportioned among the several
states which may be imcluded within thig
uniony according to their respeetive num-
bers of {rec persons, including those bound
(0 serve for a term of years and including
Indians not taxed, and ail other per-
8018, 3 ;
Second. No new state shall be admitted
{nto the union by congress in virtue of the
power granted by the constitution, without
the concurrence of two thirds of both
Houses. 5
'kird. Congress shall have no power to
lay any embargo on the ships or vessels of
the citizens of the United States, in the
poris or harbors thereof, for more than six-
ty days. bob
Fourth. Congress shall not have power,
without the concurrence oftwo thirds of
both Houses, to interdict the commercial
intercourse between the U. States and any
foreign nation or the dependencies there-
of
Ffth: Congress shall not make or declare -
war or authorise acts of hostility against any
foreign nation without the concurrence of
the two thirds of both Houses, except
Their report concludes with the fol such acts of hostility be in def nce of the
territories of the U. States when actually
invaded.
Sicti No pérsén who shall hercafter be
SR MAI ot At A fy +
a
WS AB pt <i
Tn
BY LAST EVEMNG's MAIL.
The report of the committee of confer-
rence onthe disagreeing votes of the two
houses relative to the volunteer bill, was a-
greedito by both houses, and the bili only
® of the president to be-
wants the sign
, —
Yh
»
Nashville, (Ten) Jan, 4.
Extract of a letter from Maj. Gen. A Jack-
son fo Gov Biouut, dated
‘ i New-Orleans, Dec. 12,
The protectors of the gan boats, have
truly sustained the American ciaracter and
sold their lives and liberties to the enemy
with great slaughter. 130 row boats made
the attack---eig
turning.
The abeve is the report of Dy ‘Marshally
of the Navy. b
hteen only were seen re-
A JACKSON.
THF BANK. i
We unmderstand fast cvening, that the.
President wak determined not to sign the
Bank bill, preferring a reliance on treasure :
notes. Fed. Rep. i
Platsburg, Jan 20.
The reports of a Br
itish expedition to
this place, continue toc but
irculate , but from
We can gain on the
subject, therg have been no late movemer:s
ol their forces, |
the bese information
belief of their soon making an attempt up=
on this post,
Extract of a letter from Amelia Island,
dated Dec. 30.
A
“ We have various arrivals,
dates to the 30th Nev. when there was no
appearatce of any thing like PEACE.
Rich. Com.
NEW ORLEANS
+ The advices by this day’s Southern mails
from New Orleans, afford a hopeythat, note
withstanding the neglect of the Gove
.
that would warrant us in the oh
bringing 4
ER ar + SS
gr.
iyi!
Sa,
vernment, that impertant post will be syc+ »
ted ia opposition to tile measures of this ad-
Talastration. kis objections were more to
the time when and purposes for whicha
bark isto be establisi:eqay than to the fea:
tures of tis Lig to sone of which he ob-
hereby is recommended to the ies is.atures
naturaiized, shail be eligibio as a member
oi the Senate or House of Representat ves
of the Uiited Siates, nor. capable of holding
any civii office under the authority of the
aif I —
Therefore, Resowved, That it be and
of the several states represented in this
jected He dented, that it could be a spe- : :
cic bank, or that the bank woud ever be a- - convention, to adopt all such measures as
bie to yet amitiion of i's noes ito circula- may be necessary, effectually to protect the
tion. The government relying upon it
would be disappolsied, and win >00n stare : RE
them in the face He denied the operati- and effects of all acts which have been or
ou upon himsef of the acgument that this may be passcd by the ebngress of we Uni-
wos a lesser evil Anan what might be sub- States, which shail! contain pic. isions,
stituted for iit at did not pass ie would : ‘
noi, ie said, erubrace this evil in ordertoa« = ; i
void a greatel which mie ut not happen; he forcible drafts, conscripilnons, of APLess-
would uever, he said, adopt a principle look- ments, not antherised by the constitution
mir towards that wich imports, that the
citizens of said states from the operation
subjecting the miitia or other citizens (@
]
end may jusiiy the moans. :
Mur. Teitaw of (rep. sated the ‘ressons
why although he decidedly approved of coinmended to the said legislatures, to su-
the bili which bad been first belore the
house, he shouid yet vote for this Lili —FHe
was seriousiy convinced, he said, that u-
dei the present embarrassment of our cir
of the United States.
Resolved, That it be and hereby is re-
thorise an immediate and earnest applica-
tion to be made to the government of wie
United States, requesting their eo. sent to
cniating mediuncand of the fiscal concerns goime arrangement wheoby the ‘said siaics
oi the nation, that a benk was indispensibic;
and, though the system pow before the Pe
house was the detaiss of which he ¢d to assume upon themsciyes the deicnece
could not approve, he would vote foritasa of their territory agaist the eueiuy; and a
last resorts ©
He frankly * intimated his hope that the
of her house would propose some modifica-
tion of the amendments of this house, that respective treasuries (hereof, appropriated
would render the compromise of opinion’ (4 the paymeit of the balance due sad
more equitable than asit now stood. Mr
T wentito a general examination of the ~ Sa :
principles and history of banking, principal- I'ne amount pid into the said treasar.
ly to shew that banks woundedon the credit jes to be credited, and” the disbursement
of governments and on public stocks, had
not been as generally unsuccessful as had =~
been contended ; and he then compared the States.
present s; stem with that which came from Resolved, That it be and hereby is re-
the senate, to the litter of which he gave a (go mended to the legislatures of the afore-
decided preference
Mur, Ingersol of Pa: believed, believed he LN ;
gail. a national bank to be essentially nes already been done) authorising the govern-
cessary to give relict to the present embar- ors or commanders in chief of their mil tia
rassed state of things. Believing this bill
would contribute in some degree to relieve png ;
the national wants, it would receive his vote form voluntary corps, as shall be most con-
though reluctantly 5 and he wished it tn be venientand conformable to their constitu-
distinctly understood. that instead ef its be
ing a preferred measure, he considered the il a Tie He ARE
firstbili as more efficient, and calculated to €QUiPped and disciplined, and held iu rea-
give the government all it wanted The diness for service; and upon the request of
vote of the house this day, he said, would
bu na test ol the excellence of this system
oa: ¢ 21 of the approbation of it by the touse
sg=e=-he question being whe her the house reguiac torces
may seperately or lnconcery be cmpower-
Ol
reasonable portion of the taxes collected
within the said states, may be paid into the
states and to the futere defence of the same.
made as atoresaid, to be crarged to the U
said “states, to pass laws (where it has not
to make detachments from the same, orto
tions, and ro cause them to be well armeds
the other states, to employ the whole of
such detachment or corps, as welias the
of the state,or such part
-
United States.
Scventhr. The same person shall not be
elected President of tne United States a
secoudl time; nor shall the. President be
elected from the same state two Lerms in
succession.
Kesolved, That ifthe application of these
states 0 the government of the U. States,
feconnnended in a foregoing resolution
stiouid he unsuceesstul, and peace shoud
wot be conciudedyand the defence of these
~
saics shoud be neglected, asit has been
sie€e tae cominencement of tae war, it
wikia the Oprnon of this convention be ex-
pedient lor the legisiatnre of the scveral
s ulus to appoint delegates to anotier con-
vention, to meet at Boston, in the state of
Massachusetts, on the third Tuesday of
Juue nexty with such power and wstiuc-
(ous a= the exigency of a crisis SO HOMEnN-
tous may require. i &
Resolv d, That the hon. Geo. Cabo, the
hon. Chauncey Goodrich, and the hon.
Daniel Lymiai, or any two of them, be ays
thorized to cail another meeting of this con
ventiol, to be holden in Boston, at any time
before new dehigaies shall be chosen, as re-
commended in the above resoiution, if in
their judgment the situation of tae country
shall urgently require it.
Haripurd, Jaa 4th, 1815,
by LL TL SS Se
Nf Wh NE
F i) SALE,
THE subscriber informs the pubiic that
he tas tor sale a general assortment of
FRULT-TREES.
As itis one of the best propapations on a
farm or Jot, hie hops (0 meet with encour-
agement in so useful a business, for which
he wiil'thauk those who will favor him with
their custom, a d will answer them io
their satisfuct.on.
5
39
=
JOB PACKER,
Baus Eacrs, Jan, 13, 1815, :
cesstuli y defended Pol. Reg.
LOSS OF THE PRESIDENT.
The mais of this morning furnish addie
ional particulars of this unhappy event.
The letter trom the gallant commodore
Decatur, although very short, will be read ~~ ¢
with lively interest. It appears that he Siw
lenced the Endymion; and had not Lis
ship been injured by geting on the bar in
going to sca, he would have escaped from
the residue of the squadron. He has lost
Lis ship, but the hgh and deserved reputas
tion he had acquired ae a naval cominayder
previously, is wot only wutarnished, Lut
greatly brightened by the cont. st.
The article cn this subject, from the N.
Loudon Gazete, states that
led.
this city, and his Station on beard the Pres
ident was ocupied by licut. Hamiiton, w
uniortunatcly tell in the acuon. 1
Extract of a etter from Com, Decatur,
dated, 16th Jan, y
“ The night we left the Hook, owing to
samc blunder of our pilots we struck on the
Bar, and there rernained thumping two
hours, until the tide rese ; at day light we
feli in with the British squadron, cotisist-
ing of the Majestic, Eadyminion, Poniona
Teunedos and despatch brig. §
“ My ship owing to her getting aground
lost her Saigo Ihightened her a8 much
as possible, but the enemy gained on us.
The Endyminion, mounting 24 pounders
on her gun deck, was the leading ship of
the enemy. She got close under my quar-
ter, and was cutting my rigging, withou,
my being able to bring a gun 10 bea: upon
her To suffer this was making my cap.
ture certain ; and thatteo without injury to -~
the enemy.
“I therefore bore up for the Endymi nion
and engaged her for two hours; wien we.
A
lieu: Pewry,
brother to com. Perry, was among the Kkils
This is incorrect---Lieut Perry in fd
‘consequence of indisposition, remeised in