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i waireait theiarfttaytf tceaM'Wad'iiit ilbe Solution therein iffented tJ7 Mr, J. Bayly delivers a bill, entitled, An aft to empower tlie levy court Dorchcfter county toap Siot a confUbie for the village of New Market, in' county was read. sfi Mr. Montgomery deliver! a bill A t. ad ditional fuoolemetit to an aft to ftreiehten and amend' the public roads in Harford county, and to repeal the third feftion of the aft of affembly therein mentioned which was read.

A petition from William Bell Whitely, of Caroluw county, was read and referred. The bill refpefting certain land cificates, the bill to incorporate the ChefapjEakenTurance company, and the bill for the benefit of Rebecca Edmonfon, werp feverally reaU the. fecond time and Mr. Mercer, from the committee on the petition of John GafTawayi delivers a report, in' his favour; hich, was read. petition from John C.

Beatty, late fheriff of Allegany.eounty, was read and referred. A resolution was propounded to the houfe, for the inveftment of the fecond inftalment'of the loan to the city of Wafhingyon in the bank of Baltimore, and ordered to be printed. The clerk of the fenate delivers the bill to incorporate the Marine infur'ance company, the bill authoring Hugh Sherwood, of Huntington, to complete hi colleftiboVand the further additional fupplement to the aft to' appoint commiffioners to examine," fur vey and la out, the road therein mentioned, ieverally endorfed, which were ordered to be en grafted the further fupplement to the aft for the re a lief of the poor of Casci! county, endorfed, will pars with the propofed amendments which amendments were agreed to, and the bill ordered to be engrolTed the bilCrelpefting certain lots of land weftward of Fort Cumberland, and the bill to lay out and open a road in Anne Arundel county, feverally endorfed, will pafs with the propofed amendments;" which amendments Were read; a bill, entitled, An aft to enlarge further the powers of the truflees of the poor in the feveral counties therein mentioned, endorfed, will pafs which was read the refolution in favour of James B. Sullivan, endorfed, diffented from the refoliltion in favour 'of Nathan Harrington and William M. Catrop, the refolution in favour of Benjamin Chambers, the refolution in favour of William Gardiner, the refolution refpefting the treafurer's exchanging bank notes of fpecie, and the refolution in favour of Charles Gardiner, feverally endorfed; af fented to the refolution in favour of William Rofe, and others, endorfed, will pafs with the propofed amendments which amendments were read and the bill to eftablifh a bank, and incorporate a company Under the name of The Farmers Bank, with a meflage, that they had refcinded from their 13th amendment to faid bill which was read, and bill ordered to be engrafted.

5 The houfe adjourns till Monday morning. Monday, January 7, 1805; THE houfe met. Prefent as on Saturday, except Mr. Williams. The proceedings of Saturday were read.

The feveral bills palTed, and the refolution in favour, of John Sterrett, and others, were fent to the fenate. report on the petition of Rinaldo Johnfon.and Elilha Berry was read the fecond time, and the quef tion the houfe concur therewith Determined in the negative. The bill to alter the time of the meeting of the ge oeral afTembly, 8cc. was read the fecond time, and the queftion put, Shall the bill pafs Determined in the 1 LeaVe given to bring in a bill to prevent perfons from obftrufting the paflagc 'of fifh up Patapfco river. The bill to enlarge further the powers of the truf tees of the poor in the feveral counties therein mentioned, was read the fecond time and pafled.

3. Leave given to bring in a bill to empower the levy court of Harford county to levy a fum of money in the cafe, therein mentioned. The houfe, according to order, took into confider ation the bill to incorporate a company to make a turnpike road' to lead from the crofs roads near Richard Caton's lime kiln, and after propofing feveral a inendments, 'and the bill being read throughout, the ejaeftidn'waB put; Shall the bill pafs with the 'propofed amendments? Refolvcd in the affirmative, yeas' 32, nays 32. The clerk of the fenate delivers the bill to direft the mode or 'collecting the leveral taxes impofed on proceedings in the court of chancery, the bill to incorporate a company for erefting a bridge over Chef tcr river, and the bill to grant a public road, and cpp firm the ifame, bn the upper parr of Queen Anne's colintyy feverally endorfed, will pafs which were ordered to be engrafted the further additional fupplement to the aft to provide for the adminidratiori of jiiftice in cafes of crimes and mirdemeanors in the city and county of Baltimore, and the further fupplement to the aft toregalate theinfptftibnbf tobacco, fe verally endorfed, will pals with the prppoled amend menu which' amendments were read the fupplement to the. aft for and reducing into fyftem, the.

laws and concerning laft wills and tdtamentsj tec; the bill to pro vide' for the eleftion of the governor by the people, fc'c jhe bill for the benefit of George and the furthar fupplement nf a (fcmbJv therein mentirtcir IVvcrallir sndorM. will not pafs 'alio the paper bills from No. i to No. SO; ipclufive, feverally endorfed, The engrolTed bill whereof this, is the original read, and alTpnted to." The houfe, according to prder, took into confider ationthe bilt forthe encouragemenjt of this flate, 'and after. propbfingi: feveral mendment We are happy to learn by, the arrival of the fliip Dart, capt.

Peck, in forty four days from Cadiz, that the epidemic which has raged with fuch violence in Malaga, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, has nearly fubfided, after fweeping off an immenfe number of the inhabitants. V'At Makgabo lefs than 27,500 people have been configned to the narrow houfe." At bne time three hundred perfons died at prefent the number is reduced At Cadiz. 5000 died, and the number of deaths have decreafed from eighty five to three. Gibraltar where the jfever has entirely ceafed 250a'have died. JV.

Tor A We have been favoured with the following extraft of a letter from an American, gentleman at Port au Pfince, to friend in this city, dated Dec. 3, 1804 The aid de camp of the emperor Deffalines called on me this evening. In the courfe pf our con verfation, he and. wifhed it to be known, that the emperor was. entirely ignorant of the hang; fug of the mate of the Pilgrim gen.

Chriftophc. ordered it.without bis knowledge, and has fince received a fevere repimand for.fo doing." fh(I, Gail tL The hip Shepherdcfs, Goodfeljow, from Nan tes, for New York, iaving on board Gen. Turreau'S lady, and fuite, has put into Fayal in diftrefs. Departed this tranfitory life, on Sunday laft, in the 50th year of his age, after i fhort illnefi, Mr. Ezfe ktkl Jacob a worthy and induftribus citizen of this further place The tenor of his life confers the beft meed, of eulogium and his peaceful departure affords a flat tering hope that his (pint hath gained an admiflion into the manfions of eternal reft He has left a'dif confolate widow, and five children, to bewail the lofs of a tender and affeftionate bufband, and a in 1 dulguit pateot j.

Hcrtarth't hightsrstation ends .77 And diut to dutt ambidct our noblest tong.1 To the Senate and, Houfe of Reprefcntativea of United States. l6e The" enclofed jetter, 'written from Malta: chard O'Brien, our latecopfuj at Ahriert. Dear Sirj Tanuarv 8, J805. municated for the information ot congreft. 1UISDAI, January Tfr, com THE houfe met.

Prefent as on proceedings of yefterday were read. The bill tou empower the levy court of Dorcheiler, county to appoint a conftable for, the viUage otNew Market, and the bill to ftreighten and amend the pub lic roads in Harford county, were leverauy fecond time, palTed, and fent to the The amendment to the further additional, fupplement to the aft to provide for the adminiUration of juftice in cafes of crimes and mifdemeanors in the city and county of was agreed and the bill ordered to be The bill to ereft a town in Talbot by the name of St. Michael's, and the bill incorporating the juftices of the levy' courts of the refpeftlve counties in this flate, were feverally read the. fecond time, patted, and fent to the fenate. Ordered, That the printer; to the flate ftrike one hundred copies oftrieNaft, entitled, A further fupplement to the aft torewutate the infpeftion of tobacco, for the ufe of the Fejry courU and infpeftors of tobacco within this flate, The bill to incorporate a company to make a turn pike road to lead from the crofs roads near Richard Caton's lime kiln, tec.

and the bill to enlarge further the powers of the truflees of the poor in the feveral counties therein mentioned, were fent to the fenate. The houfe refumed the confideration of the billior the' encouragement of learning in this ftate, and after making feveral amendments thereto, adjourned till to monow morning. On Monday laft the bill to provide for the "election of t.he governor by the people, and to abolifh all thofe parts of the conflitution and form of government which relate to the and the time and manner of elefting the governor, and for other purpolesi was unanimoully negatived in the fenate of this ftate. Judge Chafe appeared on the firft inft. before the Senate of the United States, (without counfel,) and in a fpeech of 20 minutes, which he read, aiked for time till the firft day of next feffion to give his an fwer, Which requeft was not grantedAyes 12 Noes 18 The prefident then put the', queftion on the 4th da'y of February next which was carried in the affirmative Ayes 2 1 Noes 9.

The Sac and Fox nations of Indians have ceded to the United States a valuable country, with, a front of 600 miles 'on the Miffiffippi. It contains 80,000 fquare miles, and is equal, to 51,200,000 acres, The treaty ceduig this territory was Cgned at St. Louis, the 3d November. An arrival at Marblehead from Bilboa, brings intelligence that the uneafinefs in Bifcay had fubfided, the revolters had laid down their arms, and it was ex pefted that Bilboa will be made a king's port The news of the capture of the Spanifh frigates nad reached Bilboa there was no embargo on Englifh veflels at that place. It was the opinion of the merchants there, that war would not take place, and that Spain would pay any demand the Englifh fhould think proper to majfe.

December 31ft, 1804..,: Copy, of a ktUf from Richard O'Brien latetonfut; of the United at Algiers, giving f0me fa tails of tranfaftions beforeyi'ripplUta Johu.Ga. vino, conful at Gibraltar! it rrV iepU.l80 1 ft. The American corfsiifrf, gm, and bombards, attacked Tripoli caftle, corfa'mi nj gun boats on the evening of the 3d' of Augufl and after a fevere conteft captured three1 tnj boats, whofc res were nuiety.fij.ineiif of thi number forty fix were killed, and fifty made prifoneri. Amongfl the latter eighteen' feverelw wounded. We loft lieut.

James Decatur, and thir. teen men killed and wounded, i 2d. On the 7th of Auguft the American force aU tacked Tripdli, to the weft part of thecityj.afcr,j, great deal of gun boat firings and alfo the bombards, they filenced feyem gun battery jd threw feveral (hells into the town'. r.Irrj thefe two au tacks Tripoli muft have Joft, fivehundrtl men. We loft a fmall gun boat: and tweNe rata amongft this number lieut.

Caldwell Mr. Darfey! The boat blew up by. the: fire, bt wads of anothe boat. i 3d. On the morning the 29th of Auguftr half paft one a.

it. the American gun boats, kciaoj two bombards entered the harbour, of ind their attack. They fi red one hundred and twenty rounds each, fuuk three of the enemy's gun. boati, and a merchant polacre. At day Jightt the.

tion led in within pmpl Jhot the chief of the batte. ries, fired nine broadfides, received twelve (hot in the hull, loft four men killed, and two wouDded in one of her boats by (hot.1 Tripoli, they have nuiunted'iiai the.cityprefentingthc eaft, north, and welilS'iroDi, i Had s.raos, tne lnnaoitanu to oetend the city, 'iSj fail of gun boats, two fchooiien, and two galliots, and a brig, The Americans' had the' Conflitution, Argus, Vixen, EnJ terprite, fix gun boats, and two bombards. The whole of the American Crews amounted to 890 mer I and the Neapolitans 120. latter behaved well. I In the latter aftiorr.

captain Cbauncy, officers and I crew of the John Adams, yplunteered their fervices I to the Conflitution and gun boats. We beta expecting to be joined by commodore Barron, and I frigates; but he, too late to end theaffainj this year, as the fummer feafon is all bm, over fori trun boats, and Tripoli in winter only, he block. aded by corfairs, at times off This will (hew that our prefent is only adequate tol irritate Tripoli, bufwill jiot be adequate to reduce it to American terms, and obtain our iellow itizeDu l' On the evening of the, 5th arrived heretomaiodottj Barron and cant. Campbeluv ihe toroer Uiieaoai the, evening of the 7th, and the latter for Tripoli, I on the mprning pt the Mo doubt out, tney at 1 rivei off.TripoH on the 10tht and of courfe joined, I will erive Tnooli a eeneral attack. I We have Jearn fince by the rcturnof awffd which carried water' to the fleet, that on the night of the ifirft, the Ameiicans fent in a veffer prt pared with fttty oi powoer, bujuwiw bomb Diells that; jthe vellet.

Had got; cipie mw uk harbour of Tripoli amongft the enemy's, gun bow, and faid veffel was fet fire toi by feme accident yT other the fhip blew up, betore the officer ana crew couia ret ciear. ana in coniequcncc. iuc umwf (liinman. and twelve men' were blowu atomi. iri Smith, of the' Vixen.

The Con I have to inform vou with lieutenant Wadtwortn. blown up by hnmbards led in, ted lad a long and fevere have not been able to obtain from the Maltefe jcrew better account on this fubjeft, as they, have not.brought any one They were, convoyed by one' of. our brigs of which did not enter, this port, but went wr ay I have not been well. .1 left the fleet the night the 22d nit. and when he John Adams retwni and difcharges, I Jhall proceed witn "7 faid fhib for the United States.

you pleIe4 'foVward a cop of this letter.yo the fecreta7 of Bft (Signed) tICIIAMBRS JbhnGavinoEfq; fccwkci fll P. S. The', expe'fted. frigates, joined fent force, will do it or drive the balhaW out of Tripoli rxr f. 'nii.

4 WhSepttmitr, that if captain nd Mr. Wh theB9LP: at their entering among tbe of Captain Smith, in the ixen, here this day, he left Tripoli three fays that commodore and CampWi there the 9th, that, on the 7th the bards with the Syren, Scoof John Adams, left the of THJft tufe. The pKfidrntj Conftitutiop, Argus, remain off Tripoli ht it the weather1 would he favourable tiat i.