Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume], January 12, 1801, Image 1

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VoL. L] MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1801. . -,
Sales by Auctz'onsi.
- On THURSDAY,
The l'gth instsat 10 o'cleck,_ will be". fold
at our Auction Roosisim,
Malaga Wlpe m pxpcs,
French Brandy m do..
Sugar in barrels,
thon in lots,
:Soal Leathez—in lots,
Soap-in boxcs,
Nails in calks.
Together with a man?!) of
LDRYGOODS,
' fine;-(;; fzvl'lsiC/J are
Brcadclossths, kerscymeres, coatings, swan
downs, plains, duffils, flanncls, lrish li
nous; humhums, German and British os.
fsi'shurgs, chinlrzes, calicocs, jaconcr, book
and tamboured muflins, and & numbcrof
other artjsiclcs. - ss
HENRY if THO'S. NIOORE,
A :: A? imct'e rs .
]:muzssry 7. ss
FIRST NOTICE.
Whereas & Commiffion of
Bankruptcy .is awarded and issued forth
" siflssgainff Elisha Cullen Dick of the town of
? Alexandria, and he being declared bank
.tupt is hereby required to surrendcr him
self to the commisiioners in the .said com- ssss
mIshGD named, or the major part of them,)
on the seventeenth day of this month, at-ss
Twelve o'clock in the sisorcnoon, at the
VVashlngton tavern, in Alexandria, ._.and
make a full discovery and disclosure of his
estate and effects; when and where the
a'ttditors-of the said Elisha Cullen Dick, 3
either in his "separate capacity or as one of ss
the late house of ]amcs Nlease M'Rea and
Csiolonpany, may atten ._, prepared to prove
their dehts—At the second sitting of the (
commissioners, the said banqunt is to go
trough his second examinaticton; and at
the last sittin
24 to finish his examination, and the cre
ditorsaforesaid to choose asiignces, of which
", scquent sittingduc notice will be given
and the creditors are to assent or .dissent
siom the allo
W 0 have any of his
PaY 01: deliver the same
comwsiioners fi
norice to
effects, are not to
, but to whom the
tall appoint, but togive
_ __ wance of his certisicate. siAll,
Peffons indebted to the said bankrupt, or
g the said bankrupt is requir- ss
- HEN-RY MOORE,
Clerk to the Commifflon.
.J'D'lfct' o. 1801. 7t
, NOTICL _
A1.1 persons havmg clalms
against "the estate of the late THOMAs
onnn, are requested to bring them. for
ward on 01.- beforessthc first of March next,
and those indebted to him are respcctfully
requefied to si
make payhient to
Jsisi :SA-RAH siPORTER, Adm'x.
(flee
Congrest of the Unz'ted Statcs.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATZVES.
TvrzsnAY, January 6.
(Dabate concluded. )
Nlr. Da vis moved to refer the report to
acommittee of the whole house.
Mr. Smilie hoped the house, before it
committed itselfby any judgment, would
enquire by What authority the serjeant had
acted in this most extraordinary transacti
on, that the citizcn might in future be
protected from outrages similar to that
now under discussion. ss
Mr. Bayard said that the gentleman from
Virginia (Mr. Nicholas) had entertained
the house with an enumeration of doubts,
which he hoped they would take no notice
of. The {acts bescssxre them came from al
select committca, who were the only or
gan of a correct invesrigation of facts.
If the facts were doubted the referrence of
them to a committee or" the whole, with the
view of ashzrtaining their truth, would be
perfectly futile.
As to the sentiments of the gentleman ss
on the report, he could not say he was
surprised at them. They amounted simply
to this, that there was something so sacred
in the rights of a free cititizen ofa free
Country, that it was altogether immaterial
how he acted, or in what manner he treat
ed the constituted authorities of his coun.
try. Mr. Bayard siselt as much as the
gentleman "for the rights of the citizcn;
but he also felt some degree of respect for
'si the government ; as he believed that
much, not merely of its dignity, but of
the happiness of the people depended upon
an adherencesito the settled principles of
order.
'I'he gentleman had told the house that
'he donhted its power in several respects.
Did he doubt its power to tdke the most
instantaneous steps to preserve its tranqui
sility and order? To advance such :! doc
trine would be to degrade the house below
the most pitiful county court. There was
nosisuch court that did not possess the power
of committing sora contempt. L
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Mr. john C. Smith made several rc- ss
marks which were not heard.
Mr. Nicholas said that his remarks had
been mistated. They were that the ma
gistrate was ri ht in issuing his warrant;
and that all that could be expected from
him was an admisiion of the plea of the
serjeant, which had actually been done.
But to say that a magistrate shall nor cal]
your officer to an account in any case. is
saying more than had ev er been said else
where. Cannot your officer commit a- ?
buscs. ? Have not gentlemen heard of 11. 2
buses committed elsewhere? Have they *
not heard too of their punishment. In
such circumstances what other course can be
pursued, than that whereby a complaint is
first made, and the defence then heard? i
Mr; Nicholas did not think. the corn;
Lmittec had reported & true flatement of _
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sacts. The serjeant had himself declared
that he had released the man, and after
wards arrestcd him a second time. He
was, therefore, authorised in supposing, not
that the committee had firppressed sacts,
but that they had not ma e a full enquiry
into the: . It was, then, an acceptable;
service to give this information to thei
gentleman, in the hope that they would'
be influenced by it. '
He was surprifizd at the imputation
thrown on & member, who was alluded to,
as having advised the prosecution of the
serjeant. This conduct, so far from being
disgraceful, he considered as highly hono
rable, coming as it did, from a member
enjoying an inviolability of character-—
Mr. N. concluded with the expression of
a hope that the business would be buried
in oblivion without controversi'.
Mr. Dana said there were two features
of the report that seemed to excite the scn
sibility of the gentleman from Virginia;
one was the improper opinions expressed in
it; the other, the imputation thrown on a
member. He would "have been truly sur
prised at the remarks he had heard on this
occasion, had not very similar remarks of.
ten been expressed. Could any gentle
man, pretending to judical knowledge,"
doubt the power-of the house ? Could any
man doubt that to arrest an officer of this
house for discharging hisduty was a viola- si
tion of Privilege ?
As to the imputation thrown on;: mem
ber, if any member had advised the pro
sacution, was not she imputution meritedP
For could any member Othis housisis, im
pressed with & just sense of his {tation, so
far degrade himself or the house, as to re.
quest the interference of ?. mrzgiflr- te?—
This indeed wouhi be a miisieruble degra
dation of the house.
Mr. Harper vas prepared, is this were
& fit time} to shew that :. e Spm'irer clear
]y possessed the power he had exercisedss
It could be escablished by the best auzho
rities. He was against & reference to the
committec of the whole, which was the
only question before the house. I ? gentle
men wished to try the ::bssi'cract prin 'iph: of
privilege, they should move a recommisi
ment to the select committee, and assign
for reason the siobjectionahie ct-arts of the
preamble.
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The Speaitcr said that Whatever words
he may have used in giving his orders-: to
the serjeant, it was his intention to have
arrested, 'and held in consinement, subject
to the order of the house, the man who
had committed disorderly behaviour in the
gallery. He thought then, and be still
thought, that his power extended to that
.len th. .
s the Speakcr did not possess this pour,
er, :: member might be assaulted without
the bar, a debate might ensue, and before
the house could come to any decision, the
object to be answered might be defeated.
It was therefore only justice to the set
jeant to declare that whatever he had done
had been in obedience to his orders.
'—— '—\
l:—— ——
In the case of disorderly behaviour in
the gallerics, there were but two courses
5 which couid be pursued. One was to clear
the gallcries of all the persons in them.—
This would be to punish the innocent for
the guilty. The other was-—-—— (Ilu- e-rz'z'
for beard not dffliuctly.)
Mr. Davis spoke against the report,
; and in favour of reserring it to & commit.
\ tee of the whole..
Mr. Kittera advecated the report.
Mr. Smilie declared his decided disap
probation of the conduct of the Speaker,
the serjeant and the eommittee.
l\-Ir. Otis Fspoke at contiderable length. '
He defended the conduct of the Speaker,
the fifrjeant and the cor. mirtec. He ob
served that the. authority of the Speaker 4
to direct a mementary arrest was conced
ed. To arrest for an instant was as great
a tresspass as to arreil; for a day. It could
not admit of question that the scrjeant was
bound to execute the orders of the Speak
er, and these given by him, in the. pre—
sence .of the whole house, without the
house making any interferencc, were equal
to the actual orders of the house.
It should he noticed by gentlemen that
the species of outrages recently committed
was more to be dreaded than any other
kind osoutrage. In other"countries'it had
been fatal. In the French Republic it had
produced much bloodshed and other mourn
ful transactions. Defigning men attended
for the express purpose of inspiring terror,
thereby hoping to carry their favorite
measures ; and in ease they were called to
account, they too gennerally found adhe_
tents, or lost themselves in a eroud. This
description ofoutrages was therefore more
to be feared than Open assault upon the
zemberz.
Mr. Macon conceived that,'in an assair
nsthis kind, which presented the first in_
st'mce in which a complaint had been made
against an oflicer of the house for the arrest
of a citizen, it became the house to act
with deliberate caution. He was for :
reference to the eommittee of the whole.
He was not dissisiv did to go at length into
the arguments, urged by gentlemen in sa.
vour ofthe report. But he did not he
lieve that the dignity of the house had any
thing to do with the business.
Mr. Nicholzt-slwd little doubt but that:
the fentiments contained in the preamble
would hereafter be quoted as authorities.
In this point of light he considered them
as dangerous. They tended to. extend,
under the name of privilege, the towers
of an assembly, placed in circumstances
peculiar to itself ; and this extension could
only be made at the expence of the magis.
tracy of the country. The truth was that
the civil authoritieshad powere, in many
cases concurrent with those of the house ; '
and it became not the house in such case:
to countenance an exclustve exercise of
them.
Mr. Nicholas lfid no doubt of the
Speaker's making a true statement, acconda
si ing to his own impressions. But he did