Providence to shed upon these states, whose go- Commerce of Spanish America. The following statement extracted from "an ex vernments have placed their confidence and their hope in it alone; having acquired the thorough conviction, that it is necessary for insuring their conti- positon of the commerce of Spanish America," just nuance, that the several powers, in their mutual published by Manuel Torres, resident at Philadelrelations, adopt the sublime truths which are pointed phia, contains information very useful to commercial out to us by the eternal religion of the Saviour God; men. animal Declare solemnly, That the present act has no other Value of the annual exportation from the ports of object, than to shew in the face of the universe, their Spanish America, to foreign countries. unwavering determination to adopt for the only rule Value of the vegetable kingdom $32,767,000 of their conduct, both in the administration of their Do. respective states, and in their political relation Do. with every other government, the precepts of justice, of charity and of peace, which far from being solely applicable to private life, ought on the contrary, Proportion of New Spain and Yucatan. directly to influence the resolutions of princes, and Gold and silver coins and bullion of remedying their imperfections. do do 3,627,000 63,520,000 Total value $99,914,000 30,790,000 6,210,000 37,000,000 Their majesties have therefore agreed to the fol-Gold and silver coins and bullion lowing articles Proportion of Gustimala. 1,040,000 Other produce 2,060,000 Art. I. In conformity with the words of the Holy as the fathers of their families, they will govern Gold and silver coins and bullion justice. 3,100,000 Proportion of New-Grenada and Venezuela, Art. II. Therefore the only governing principle between the above mentioned governments and Gold and silver coins and bullion their subjects, shall be that of rendering reciprocal Other produce Proportion of Buenos Ayres and Chili. to be animated; of considering all as only the mem-Proportion of Cuba, St. Domingo and Puerto Rico. bers of one christian nation, the three allied princes Produce looking upon themselves as delegated by Providence to govern three branches of the same family, to wit-Austria, Prussia and Russia; confessing likewise, that the christian nations of which they. By the above statement we can calculate the and their people form a part, have really no other immense wealth England has derived from the sovereign than Him, to whom alone power belongs trade with Spanish America; we can also discover, of right, because in him alone are found all the that she owes her colossal power and political treasures of love, of science, and of wisdom; that is influence all over the world to the great proportion to say, God, our Divine Saviour Jesus Christ, the of the precious metals which she had acquired. Word of the Most High, the Word of Life. Their According to a late English paper the yearly majesties therefore, recommend, with the most consumption of English goods in Spanish America, tender solicitude, to their people, as the only means has been more than twelve millions sterling, and of enjoying that peace which springs from a good the returns have yielded immense profits in Engconscience, and which alone is durable, to fortify land. themselves every day more and more in the prin ciples and exercise of the duties which the Divine Saviour has pointed out to us. Art. III. All powers which wish solemnly to profess the sacred principles which have dictated this act, and who shall acknowledge how important it is to the happiness of nations, too long disturbed, that these truths shall henceforth exercise upon human destinies, all the influence which belong to them, shall be received with as much readiness as affection, in this holy alliance. Made triparte, and signed at Paris, in the year of our Lord, 1815, on the 14th (25) September. Pete FRANCIS, A true copy of the original, ALEXANDER. Georgia Sugar. The following communication is inserted in the Savannah Republican of the 16th inst. It would be a matter of sincere regret to me, indeed, if any thing that has been said on this subject in the WEEKLY REGISTER Could tend to mislead, and therefore injure the cause instead of promoting the culture of an article which I regard with so much interest and anxiety. The writer's conclusions may be just: I am quite content to hear that we can make it cheaper and to more advantage than in the West Indies. GEORGIA SUGAR.—From the Savannah Republican. -An article under this head has been copied from. Niles' Weekly Register into many of the southern prints, stating the quantity of sugar made by mai. Butler and Mr. M'Queen.—The principal facts in the article alluded to, are correct, but the inferen. ces tend to mislead and therefore injure the cause, the former, ays 108, noes 3-those who voted in the instead of promoting it. That a certain quantity negative were Messrs. Goldsborough, Lewis and of land has produced a given quantity of sugar-Randolph-for the latter, 80 against 50. say that 85 agres yielded 140,000lbs. and that one, Monday, April 1. A considerable debate took fourth of an acre upon Savannah river has produced place on what is technically called "the compensa600lbs. of dry, mercantile sugar, is generally betion bill," chiefly on the manner of drawing the But the quanti-compensation by the members according to their lieved, and understood to be truc. ty which can be made to each hand, is by no means services, a very necessary consideration both in ascertained yet, as it may require six or eight hands congress and out of it; it being a clear case, that to harvest and manufacture what one could culti-every servant of the nation should be rewarded in vate, and therefore the calculations in the above proportion to his services. In the bill making appiece, of such enormous returns per hand, is quite propriations for the year 1816, 300,000 dollars were out of the question. It is enough for the cause of inserted for carrying on the great and very necessasugar, that it has yielded as far north as Savannah ry road from Cumberland to the Ohio. It was opriver at a rate which would be considered ample posed by Mr. Gaston, and ably supported by Messrs. in the West Indies, and that it can be manufactured Smith, Clay, Randolph, &e. and inally agreed to.If, therefore, Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, then moved to insert from October to the last of January. we cannot make it cheaper and to more advantage 15,000 dollars to pay the owners of certain vessels sunk in the harbor of Baltimore, in order to defend than in the West Indies, it must be our own fault. that city against the enemy in the memorable month of September, 1814. After Mr. Smith had stated the urgent necessity of the measure, this appropriation was also agreed to. CONGRESS. SENATE. The senate has been chiefly occupied since our last with the bank bill. Many amendments were offered, but none which affected the general principles of the bill were agreed to. April 2-A motion was made by Mr. Harper, to strike out the scale of votes at elections, &c. there were 7 yeas, 23 nays. So the motion was lost The bill having been further amended, the question on ordering the amendments to be engrossed, and the bill to be read a third time, was decided in the affirmative, as follows: For the bill-Messrs. Barbour, Barry, Bibb, Brown, Campbell, Against the bill-Messrs. Dana, Gaillard, Goldsborough, Macon, On The great Bank Bill was read a third time. the question "Shall the bill pass?" The following was the vote : YEAS-Messrs. Barbour, Barry, Brown, Campbell, Chace, Condit, Daggett. Fromentin, Harper, Horsey, Howell, Hunter, Lacock, Mason Va. Morrow, Roberts, Talbot, Tait, Taylor, Turner, Var Jam, Williams--22. Tuesday, April 2. After the reception and reference of sundry petitions amongst which was one presented by Mr. Pickering, from certain merchants of Salem and Marblehead, engaged in the India trade, praying relief from the ruin which impends over their trade from the adoption of the proposed tarif on imports. After other business, the house proceeded to consider the amendments of the senate to the bill in addition to the act for regulating the post office dePartment, and arriving at that amendment of the senate which struck out the 3d section of the bill, which section granted to the members of both houses and their secretary and clerks, the privilege of franking during the recess as well as during the session. Messrs. Randolph, Webster, Reynolds, Wright and Grosvenor spoke against a conegerence with the Sena e, and Messrs. Cuthbert and Jackson in favor of i-after which the question was decided in favor YEAS-Messrs. Adgate, Alexander, Archer, Atherton, Baker, of concurring witi. the senate, as follows: NAYS--Messrs. Dana, Gaillard, Goldsborough, Gore, King, Maharbour, Bassett, Bennet, Betts, Bradbury, Brooks, Burnside, Cald coa, Mason N. H. Ruggles, Sanford, Tichenor, Waits, Wilson--12. well, Citley. Comstock, Conner, Crawford Creighton, Crocheren, syth, Gold, Goldsborough, Griffin, Habu. Hale, Hail, Hardin, Hawes, [Messrs. Bibb and Thompson, the only absentees, hert, Darlington, Davenport, Desha, Edwards, Forney, For are understood to have been detained from the se-¦ Hister, Herb et, Hungerford, Jewett, Johnson, Va. Kent, Kert, Va. nate by ill health; the former of these gentlemen Langdon, Lumpkin, Lyi Maclay. M'Coy, MLean, K. Milnor, Nelson, Mass. Neison, Va. Or sb), Parris, Pickens, Pickering, Piper being, we are very sorry to say, seriously indispos-Pitkin, Pheasants, Red, RD. Rout, Ross, Savage, Sith, Vas Southard, Stanford, Stearns, Taul, Ter, Throop, townsend, el.] Waiace, Ward, N. Y. Wendover, Wheaton, Whiteside, Wilcox, Wild Willoughby, Wm. Wilso. Woodward-80. So the bill was passed, and the concurrence of the house of representatives ordered to be requested in the amendments thereto. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Thursday, March 28. The house went into a tommittee of the whole on the tariff. k was of 4 NAYS-Messrs. Baer. B. Breckenridge, Brown, Calhoun, Champion, Chappell, Cius, N. C. Clemen in, Culpepper, Gaston, Grosvenor, Hanes derson, Hopkinson, Hulbert, Ingham, Jackson, Johnson, Ky. King N. C Law, Lewis, Lovett, Lowndes, Middleton, Moore, Mosly, Newton, Pinkney, Powell, Randolph. It synolds, Ruggies, Sargeant, Schenck. Sharpe, Sturges, Taggart, Face, Vose, Webster, Wilkin, Lyon, Marsh, Ma ou, May Thos. Wiison, Wright, Yancey, Yat s-51. agreed to admit maps, charts and drawings free Aa grossed bill to increase the pensions of duty-in like manner to admit chemical apparatus when imported for incorporated societies. Gold and certain invalid pe..sioners; the engrossed bill to silver bulion were added to the list of free artic es. continue the salaries of certain officers of govern A great variety of amendments were offered, noment; the engrossed bili making appropriations for necessary to notice at present, and finally the com-the military establishment for the year 1816; and mittee rose and reported the bill to the house as amended, with which the house concurred, and it was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. Friday, March 29. The house was chiefly occupied this day on two bills for admitting the Indiana and Mississippi territories into the union on the footing of the original states-both were agreed to and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. t. for the the engrossed bill m.king appropria On motion of Mr. Towndes, the house proceeded to consider the report of the committee of the whole house on the bill to regulate the duties on imports. The question on agreeing to the amendment of the committee to reduce the duty on unmanufactur ed wool, from 15 to 7 per cent. ad valorem, being Saturday, March 30. Much minor business was done. The bills to admit the Indiana and Miss:put, sippi territories into die union, were passed-for Mr. Root opposed the amendment, and made some remarks on the impolicy of leaving the coun-colleague had offered the resolution, and made one try open to foreign competition in an article which it was so important to encourage the domestic increase of. He hoped the house would not agree to the amendment reported by the committee; and demanded the yeas and nays on the question. The amendment was then agreed to by yeas and nays, as follows: or two remarks on its impropriety; after which Mr. Hardin moved still further to amend the ori YEAS-Messrs. Alexander, Archer, Baer, Bassett, Baylies. Bennett, Boss, Bradbury, Breckenridge, Calhoun, Champion, Cilley, Clayton, Conner, Cooper, Crawford, Creighton, Culpepper, Cuth ginal motion by making the duty twenty-five per bert, Davenport, Edwards, Forney, Gaston, Gold, Grosvenor, Hahn, cent. for two years after, June, and twenty per cent. Hale, Hardin, Hopkinson, Hulbert, Hungerford Ingham, Kent, Law, thereafter; which Mr Wright accepted as a modifiLewis, Lyle, Maclay, Marsh, Mason, M'Kec, M'Lean, Middleton,cation of his motion. Milnor, Mosely, Nelson, Mass. Newton, Pickering, Pinkney, Piper, Schenck, Sanford, Stearns, Sturges, Tate, Throop, Vose, Wallace, Pitkin, Pleasants, Randolph, Reed, Ross, Ruggles, Sargeant, After debate-The question on Mr. Hardin's moWard, N. Y. Ward, N. J. Webster, Wendover, Wheaton, Wa. Wition was decided in the affirmative as follows: son, Woodward, Yancey, Yates-73. YEAS-Messrs. Archer, Atherton, Baer, Barbour, Bassett, Brad, NAYS-Messrs. Adgate, Atherton, Baker, Barbour, Bateman, bury, Breckenridge, Burnside, Champion, Chappell, Cilley, Clarke Brooks, Brown, Bryan, Burnside, Caldwell, Chappell, Clark, N. C. N. C. Clayton, Culpepper, Cuthbert, Edwards, Forney, Forsyth, Comstock, Crocheron, Darlington, Desha, Forsyth, Goldsborough, Gaston, Goldsborough, Goodwyn, Grosvenor, Hale, Hall, Hanson, Griffin, Hall, Hammand, Hawes, Heister, Herbert, Jewett, Johnson, Hardin, Hawes, Heister, Henderson, Herbert, Hopkinson, Huger, Ya Jehuson, Ky. Kerr, Va. King, N.C. Langdon, Lowndes, Lumpkin, Hungerford, Jewett, Johnson, Va. Kent, Kerr, Va. King, N. C. Lyles, Lyon, Mayrant, M'Coy, Moore, Murfree, Nelson, Va. Noyes, Langdon, Law, Lewis, Love, Lovett, Lowndes, Lumpkin, Lyon, Onsby, Parris, Pickens, Powell, Reynolds, Roane, Root, Savage, M'Coy, M'Kee, Middleton, Moore, Mosely, Nelson, Mass. Nelson, Va. Sharpe, Smith, Md. Smith, Va. Southard, Taul, Taylor, S. C. Tel- Noyes, Pickens, Pickering, Pinkney. Pleasants, Randolph, Reed, fair, Townsend, Whiteside, Wilcox, Wilde, Witkin, Willoughby, Roane, Root, Ross, Ruggles, Sheffey, Smith, Md. Smith, Va. Wright-62. Stearnes, Stuart. Sturgess, Taggart, Tait, Taylor, S. C. Telfair, Mr. Forsyth then moved to strike out the whole Thomas, Vost, Ward, Mass. Webster, Whiteside, Wilcox, Wilde, Woodward, Wright, Yancey-54. of the amendment adopted by the committee to NAYS-Messrs. Adgate, Alexander, Baker, Bateman, Baylies, Bengraduate the duty on imported cottons (by laying nett, Betts, Birdsall, Boss, Brooks, Calhoun, Chipman, Clendennin, a duty of 30 per cent. for two years from the 30th Comstock, Conner, Crawford, Creigton, Crocheron. Darlington, Da venport, Desha, Glasgow, Gold, Griffin, Hahn, Hulbert. Ingham, of June, of 25 per cent. for two years thereafter, Irwin, Pa. Jackson, Johnson, Ky. Lyle, Maclay, Marsh, Mason, and then of 20 per cent.) except the last named Mayrant, L'Lean, Ky. Milnor, Newton, Parris, Piper, Pitkin, Powell, Reynolds, Sargeant, Savage, Schenck, Sharpe, Southard, Strong, sum-in other words, to reduce the duty on cot-Taul, Throop, Townsend, Wallace, Ward, N. Y. Wendover, When tons to 20 per cent. from June next. ton, Wilkin, Willoughby, Wm. Wilson, Yates-60, This motion involving the degree of protection proper to be afforded to domestic manufactures, Other propositions being disposed of the ques tion recurred on agreeing with the committee of the whole house in their amendment, as amended Mr. Gaston rose and delivered his opinion in op position to the policy of burthening the communi-by Mr. Hardin's motion. ty by an extravagant duty on imports, for the purpose of encouraging domestic manufactures. Mr. G. spoke about an hour. Mr. Cuthbert followed on the same side of the question, in a speech of about the same length; when The question was decided in the negative, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Archer, Baer, Barbour, Bassett, Breakenridge, Bryan, Caldwell, Champion, Cilley, Clarke, N. C. Clayton, Culpep per, Cuthbert, Edwards, Forney, Forsyth, Gaston, Goldsborough, Hale, Hall, Hardin, Heister, Henderson, Herbert, Hager, Hauger ford, Jewett, Johnson, Va. Kerr, Va. Lewis, Love, Lovett, Lowndes, Debate being had thereon Mr. Mason again advocated a high duty, and moved to strike out the limitation of two years to the 25 per cent. and insert four years. This me tion was negatived-ayes 67, noes 72. Mr. Smith of Md. then proposed to make the limit of the 25 per cent. duty three years, instead of Lyon, McCoy, McKee, Middleton, Moore, Mosely, Murfree, Nelson Taylor S. C. Telfair. Thomas, Vose, Ward Ms. Wilcox, Wilde, NAYS-Messrs. Adgate, Alexander, Atherton, Bateman, Bay amendments of the committee of the whole. The house then proceeded with the remaining On the question of agreeing with the committee lies, Bennett, Betts, Birdsall, Buss, Brooks, Calhoun, Chappell on reducing the duty on imported iron from 75 to Comstock, Crawford, Creighton, Crocheron, Darlington, Davenport, Desha Gokl, Griffin, Hahn, Hammond, Hawes, Hopkinson.45 cents per cwt. Mr. Burnside demanded the yeas. Hulbert, Ingham, Johnson v. Kent, Langdon, Lyle, Maclay, Marsh, Mason, Mayrant, McLean Ky. Milnor, Newton, Ormsby, Parris, Pinkney, Piper, Pitkin, Powell, Reed, Reynolds, Ruggles, Sar. geant, Savage, Schenck, Sharpe, Smith of Md. Southard, Taggart, Taul, Throop, Townsend, Wallace, Ward N. Y. Ward N. J. Web ster, Wendover, Wheaton, Whiteside, Wilkin, Willoughby, Thos Wilson, Wm. Wilson, Yates-69. nays, and the amendment was concurred in- : : 89 The house disagreed to the amendment respect. ing lead, dry or ground in oil, &c. and restored the duty to three cents per lb. Mr. Stearns moved that the amendment of the Mr. Wright then, after declaring his belief that many members had voted on the question, who, from being interested in its decision, were of right committee which reduced the duty on brown sugar excluded by a rule of the house, submitted a reso-to 34 cents per lb. be amended, by further reduclation to reject the votes of those members inte-ing the duty to two cents per lb. This motion was rested in any manufactory of cotton. decided by yeas and nays, in the affirmative, as for Before the question was put on this resolution, a lows: motion was made to adjourn, and carried; and The house adjourned. For the amendment : : 3 86 56 And the amendment of the committee, as amenued, was agreed to without a division. Wednesday April 3. The house then took up the unfinished business of yesterday-being the bill to regulate the duties on imports-Mr. Wight's mo- The duty on lump sugar, on motion of Mr. Smith tion to exclude from voting all members concerned of Md, was then reduced to 10 cents per lb. inin manufacturing, being still under consideration. stend of 12, as reported by the committee of the Mr. Smith of Md. expressed his regret that his whole. The house disagreed to the amendment of the That by the constitution and laws of the United committee in the duty on wine, and restored it to States exclusive jurisdiction in all cases affecting one dellar per gallon on London particular Madei- consuls is vested in courts of the United States."The chief justice pronounced a masterly opinion, ra, and 80 cents per gallon on all other Madeira. embracing a learned argument. THE BRITISH AGRICULTURALISTS. A motion was made by Mr. Pickering so to amend In justice to Mr. Kosloff, it is observed that "he the proviso adopted by the committee respecting India cottons, as to admit all importations from was willing to meet the charge in any court having India within one year after the 30th of June next, jurisdiction, and could establish his innocence, beon their paying 25 per cent. on the cost of the goods yond all manner of question," and that the chief in India, with the addition of the usual 20 per cent justice has also said, "that the evidence was not -in other words, to reduce the amount to the old sufficient to convict Mr. Kosloff." [He was accused double duty, and advocated his motion in a speech of a rape.]--Col. Mr. Cobbet, in of considerable length. The house arose without a letter addressed to the chancellor of the exchea decision. Thursday, April 4. The amendments of the sequer, speaking on the proposed, partial, reduction nate to the bank bill were ordered to be printed, and of the property tax, has the following paragraph: "The reduction of the property tax, supposing a consideration of them postponed until to-morrow -60 to 55. There seems very little doubt but that it to extend to all lands, is nothing. It will not save one single farmer one single day from jail. It has they will be agreed to. been stated in all the reports of evidence, taken be fore the house of parliament, that the farmer, with the present taxes, cannot live, if wheat be less than 80s. a quarter, barley than 40s. oats than 30s. Wheat is now at 558. barley at 288. oats at 24s. A quarter of each put together at the former price make 150s. Now, suppose a farmer to grow a hundred quarters of each, he sells for 215l. less than a LIVING price. What, then, signifies your taking 10 or 151. off in the article of the property tax? It is like throwing out a bundle of hammocks to lighten a sinking ship." Mr. Pickering's motion was modified and agreed to respecting the import of cottons from India, in regard to vessels which shall have sailed before the 1st of February last, and shall arrive before the 1st of March 1817. Many other modifications were proposed to the tariff, but nothing important agreed to. CHRONICLE. New Hampshire. Latest return-for governor, Mr Plumer 19,332; Mr. Sheafe 16,772. Plumer's majority is expected to rise to 3000. The senate will probably stand 9 rep. 3 fed. There will be a rep. maj. in the house of representatives of more a than 20. The council is three rep. and two fed.So that every branch of the government is decisively republican. Desertion. Many British seamen deserted from the Niger frigate at Annapolis. enemy. He says "They (the farmers and landlords) never imagined, that, while the taxes were 70 millions year, their wheat would sell at 6s. a bushel." The fact is, it appears impossible that the present taxes in Britain can be paid, and it seems equally impossible to reduce them, without doing something that will amount nearly to a revolution, to shake off the leeches, ecclesiastical, civil and military, that have fastened themselves on the laboring classes of the people. The Carthagenian privateers have an asylum at Aux Cayes and other ports of St. Domingo, and are The Russian minister gave a splendid supper and garrying on a brisk business against the Spaniards. It is said that a very considerable expedition is fit-ball on the 25th ult. in honor of Alexander's ascention to the throne, at Philadelphia. ing out by the fugitives from Carthagena, EXTENSIVE MINE OF ARSENIC. New-York, Marck The public offices, at Washington, we understand are completely repaired, and more convenient than 29. A few days ago Mr. Wood brought to the prothey were before that city was visited by a Gothic fessor of Natural History in Columbia College, for examination, a parcel of large mineral specimens, SIERRA LEONE. There is a report that a large body which on examination were found to be an ore of of blacks from the country had attacked Sierra- arsenic. It is uncommonly fine and rich. The sto Leone, and having been jored by the black troops ry told of it is, that the vein is several rods wide stationed there, had succeeded in destroying the and several miles long. It is situated in the town place, and had murdered nearly all the white in- of Warwick, Orange county, New-York, and will probably afford a more copious supply of that imhabitants, together with several British officers. NASSAU. We have an account of a second re-portant article than the mines of Saxony. The samvolt among the West India troops at Nassau, who ples are deposited in the mineralogical cabinet of rose upon their officers and nearly strangled col. the college, in Barclay-street. Murray, and were in possession of the arsenal and magazine, threatening to destroy the place if any of their number were punished for the former mutiny. Died, at Oneida castle, Schenandoh, the Indian chief, aged 113 years. Many years ago, it was agreed that he should be buried by the side of the rev. Mr. Kirkland. Some time before his death he callThe steam-boat Etna performed her voyage from ed the tribe together and enjoined upon them the His directions were the falls of the Ohio to New-Orleans in fifteen days fulfilment of this agreement. sacredly observed, and his remains were deposited -distance 1300 miles. Law Inteligence. The grand jury of Philadelphia by the side of that venerated gentleman; who, in having found an indictment against Nicholas Kosloff, his life, was the friend of man, without reference Russian consul-general, a motion was made o quash to the distinctions which exist in this world. Plaister of Paris, a valuable bed, has been discothe indictment for want of jurisdiction in a state court. The chief justice and judge Brackenridge vered in Elsworth, Trumbull county, Ohio. A monument has been erected at Portland by the concurred in quashing the indictment on the last of the two grounds assigned, 1st. "That the pri-young men of that place, to the memory of lieut vileges of immunity from criminal prosecutions is Waters, of the Enterprise, who died of a wound in conferred on consuls by the law of nations. 2nd. the action with the Boxer. No. 7 OF VOL. X.] BALTIMORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1816. Hac olim meminisse juvabit. VIRGIL. (WHOLE NO. 24i. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY H. 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