December 7.-On motion of Mr. Root, the house resolved itself itself into a committee of the whole on the state of the union, Mr. Macon in the chair. Mr. Root then moved the appointment of several committees on the President's message; but it being suggested that the documents had not been laid on the tables of the members. The committee rose without deciding on any thing in relation to the message. Mr. Lewis presented the petition of the Stockholders of the Farmer's Bank of Alexandria, praying for a charter; which was referred to a committee on the District of Columbia. On motion of Mr. Bacon. Resolved, That the Secretary of State be directed to lay before this House a list of the names of persons who have invented any new or useful arts, machine, manufacture or composition of matter, or any improvement thereon, and to whom patents have been issued for the same from that office, subsequent to the 23d day of January, 1805, with the dates and general objects of such patents. Mr. Fisk laid upon the table the following resolution : Resolved, That the apportionment of Representatives among the several states according to the 3d enumeration of the people ought to be in the ratio of one representative for every thousand persons in each state, and that a committee be appointed to report thereon, by bill or otherwise. On the suggestion of Mr. Alston that the appointment ought to be fixed, before the census of each state was known, and thus avoid a difficulty which would arise in fixing on a ratio The House now took up a resolution, which was agreed to, and a committee of 7 appointed accordingly. After the presentation and reference of some other petitions, amongst which were petitions from sundry sugar refiners--adjourned. December 10.-On motion of Mr. W. Alston, the House resolved itself into a Committee of the whole on the state of the union. Mr. Macon in the chair. The resolutions of Mr. Root, offered on Friday, were read, and after some amendments, and modifications, we adopted as follows: 1. Resolved, That that part of the President's message on the subject of our foreign relations, be referred to a select committee. 2. Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates to that part of W. Florida acquired by the cession of Louisiana, be referred to a select committee. 3. Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates to the encouragement of American manufactures and navigation be referred to a committee of commerce and manufactures. 4. Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates to the institution of a national university be referred to a select committee. (To be continued.) LEGISLATURE OF MARYLAND. Monday, November 5.-Being the day appointed by the Constitution for the meeting of the General Assembly, many members ac cordingly met, but there not being a sufficient number to form a quorum, they adjourned until Tuesday, Nov. 6. When 55 members appearing, they were se verally qualified in the presence of each other, by taking the customary oaths required by the Constitution. The House then proceeded to ballot for a speaker, and it appeared, on counting the ballots, that T. E. Stansbury, Esq. was unanimously elected. Mr. John Brewer was appointed clerk: Mr. John S. Skinner, assistant clerk; Mr. Cornelius Mills serjeant at arms, and Mr. John Sullivan door keeper. The Rev. Mr. Wyatt was requested to perform divine service every morning, at the meeting of the house. Ordered, That this house sit this session, for the dispatch of publick business, from nine o'clock in the morning until three in the afternoon. Ordered, That Mr. Marriot and Mr. Frazier wait on his excellency the governor, and inform him that this house having met, are ready to proceed to publick business, and to receive any communications he may think proper to lay before them. Wednesday, Nov. 7.-On motion, leave given to bring in a bill entitled, an act to confirm an act passed at November Session, 1809, to abolish all such parts of the Constitution and form of Government as require a property qualification in persons to be appointed, or holding offices of profit or trust in the state, and in persons elected members of the legislature, or electors for the senate. On motion, leave given to bring in a bill for the valuation of real and personal property within this state. On motion, leave given to bring in a bill, entitled "an act to establish PUBLICK SCHOOLS in the several counties throughout this state, for the education of orphans, and the children of poor people. The clerk of the council delivered a communication from the executive, enclosing letters from the governors of the states of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, New-Hampshire, and Georgia, which were read. A petition was received from sundry inhabitants of the city of Baltimore, praying a law may pass to enable creditors to recover from debtors, as well in the county where the debt is contracted, as where the debtor resides, the amount of all debts due to them, which shall not respectively exceed the sum of fifty dollars, and which otherwise are accountable before a magistrate. On motion, leave given to bring in a bill to confirm an act passed at November session, 1809, to alter all such parts of the declaration of rights, constitution, and form of government, as make it lawful to lay an equal and general tax for the support of the christian religion. (To be Continued.) SCRAPS. BALTIMORE. The following has been published by the Mar shal, as the population of the City and Precincts of Baltimore, lately taken. White Males-Under 10 years of age Of 10 and under 16 Of 16 and under 26, including heads of families Of 16 and under 26, including heads of families Total 4894 2195 3800 4140 1496 4721 2222 3449 3617 1726 5366 4255 46485 Third Census.-The town of Petersburgh, (Virginia,) contains 1378 white males; 1030 white females; 1087 free people of colour, and 2161 slaves. The town of Marblehead contains 2849 males; 2930 females, and 63 people of colour. A Club has been established at Jamaica, consisting solely of European Settlers, and which is calculated to discredit the belief, that the climate of this island is uncongenial to European constitutions. The Club consists of 54 members, four of whom have been residents from 50 to 58 years; six from 40 to 47; sixteen from 30 to 38; ten 29; and eighteen from 25 to 28. The House of Assembly of Jamaica have awarded to Mr. D. Fraser, of St. Jago de la Vega, a premium of 200 pounds sterling, for his specimens of hemp made from the stem of the plaintain and the leaf of the penguin trees. An officer speaking of a condemned regiment, said, the greatest confidence might be placed on it, as it was almost entirely composed of tried men. A Russian landholder in the government of Wilua, has by his last will, emancipated all his peasants, to the number of 7000. The emperor Alexander has confirmed this act of beneficence. CINCINNATI, Oct. 6. A commotion among the Squirrels and Quails. The former are now migrating northwardly in immense numbers. Many thousands daily cross the Ohio at this place, and the boys load themselves with their dead carcases. The gardens and town are alive with quails, and hundreds of them are killed eve ry day, THE BALTIMORE REPERTORY, OF PAPERS ON LITERARY AND OTHER TOPICS: BY A SOCIETY OF GENTLEMEN. La maxime n'est point fausse, qu'il n'y a si méchant livre d'ont on ne puisse tirer quelque chose de bon; aux uns on loue la doctrine, aux autres les expressions. S'il n'y a rien de bon de l'auteur, il rapporte possible quelque chose de rare qu'il a pris d'ailleus. DE LA CONNOISSANCE DES BONS LIVRES. Vol. 1. FEBRUARY, 1811. AGRARIUS DENTERVILLE; OR, THE VICTIM OF DISCONTENT.-A TALE. Laudet diversa sequentes-Horace. (Continued from Page 13.) No. 2. AGRARIOUS (whom for the future we shall call Denterville,) as, with the estate, he assumed the family name, did not, during the whole of his long journey, alight once from the chaise, and stopped no where on the road to receive any refreshment. His imagination, his fancy, and all the faculties of his mind, had already wafted themselves to their new habitation; and he urged, sometimes with threats, but oftener with the alluring promise of an ample reward, the tardy driver, that kept so long separated his corporeal from his incorporeal parts. His body was tired by the unusual fatigue of a night and a day's incessant travelling, but his spirits still flowed with unabated vigour. At length, towards the evening of the second day, he perceived at a distance, the lofty trees that overshadowed the I VOL. 1.No. 2. castle; and shortly after the castle itself arose to his view. His eye wandered with rapture over the extensive building; its towering structure and magnificent appearance excited his admiration; and his joy for the acquisition was blended with some amazement at the vast dimensions of the object he had acquired. His impatience augmented as the length of the journey diminished; and he again pressed, with reiterated promises, the exhausted drivers to increase their speed. The chaise rolled with rapidity over the remaining ground; passed through the great gates which led to the front of the mansion; and drove up an avenue shaded on each side by a row of venerable oaks, which, the steward informed his master, had withstood the ravages of upwards of an hundred winters. Their boughs were now decorated with festoons of flowers, prepared by the hands of the neighbouring swains, in honour of the arrival of their new lord; and these aged monarchs of the forest behold themselves crowned, for the first time, with the fragrant productions of a garden. The village bells rang a loud peal of congratulation; the various instruments of the rustick musicians played a sonorous, though perhaps inharmonious air, and the universal joy that diffused itself over the country, plainly evinced the sympathy with which we are always ready to participate the good fortune of a fellow crea ture. The sensations of Denterville, during the whole of this time, every one may imagine, though few could describe, As far as his eye could extend over the fertilized plains around him, he was now become the master. His estate, unincumbered with either mortgages or legacies, produced a clear 30001. per annum ; and the sparkling lustre of his eye, and the quick palpitation of his heart, were sufficient demonstrations of the unspeakable delight the recollection of it afforded him. As he approached nearer to the castle, his former surprise was increased whilst he surveyed it. Even older than the trees by which it was surrounded, its firm cemented walls had re |