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'count of principal 'and intered of th e
' domcffic "2&, the him of
doth 9.372^ 28
“ Thar of the mp^ey drawn from
the Treasury,in thf year 18OI : which
remained unapplied at the expira
tion of that year, and was applica
ble to the Dutch d'bt, there was
guilders 1 313,846 ie ftivere,equal
at 4o ccnts each guilder to 9 2 5%53$ 4°
Forming the sum in their bands in the
y.jr 1802 dolls 10,298,290 68
“ Os this sum the Secretary renders the following
account : —
“ I. That to the payment of int^eft
on the debt accrued in the year 1802,
there bus been applied dolls. 4.065,73^ 47
2. To the remburfement of ,rinci
•tal of Joneftic debt, 1,290,000 03
Dutch debt, due in 1802, 7,344,000 00
Mating the sum actually applied, to
,the dif:barge of the debt, in the year
4802, dolls. 6 699,73% 47
~ That to meet the inftalment of domeflic debt
firft due in the year 1803, the, have retained the
sum of dolls 1,117,869 37
“ The Secretary further Rates. that
at the clfe of the year ISo2,there re
mained (exchfrje of protfed bills eut
' funding, and of unapplied balances "in
the bands of agents)an unapplied balance
ofguilders 5,914 006 lOfivers, ap
plicable to the payment of Dutch debt, in
the year 1803, equal to dells, 2,365,84% 4°
" The sum, accounted for in some
way or other, is dolls. 10,183,45° 24
" Making the sum drawn from the
treasury in the year 1802,6ut net ap
plied in that year, dolls. 3483,7x1 77
“If to the sum which is fated to
"Late been applied to the reduction of
the debt in 1802, viz. dolls, 6,699,7$ 47
be added the las fumfated to be in
the bands of agents, and not applied,
lix. dolls. 3,483,711 77
which deducted from the jam in
their bands, dolls, t0,2§5,90 68
leaves a balance, tubicb the report
does net account for in any toay, dolls. 114 74° 44
66 From these fa&s I am led to re
mark, that the ad ol last session, placed
among the proudest plumes of the pres
ent administration, entitled, '• An A&
providing for the redemption of the
whole public debt of the United States,",
makes it expressly the duty ofthe com
missioners of the finking fund, to apply
annually the sum of 7,300,000 dollars
±0 the discharge of the debt-—and that
it appears the sum ofdlls. 6,699,738 47
only has been applied in the year 1802
—leaving a deficit of dlls. 600,26153.
As to the large sum of 3,483,711 dol
lars draun from the Treasury, and not ap
plied, it would have been more Satisfac
tory to “ that jealousy which however
detestable in private,is the loveliest trait
of political character," had we been in
formed in whose hands as agents this
immense sum was resting. As to my
felf, 1 Should be glad to have been in
formed what necessity induced the
drawing so large a sum from the trea
sury,fo long before it was to be applied.
Why money was remitted to Europe
(if the fad be so) to meet a debt not
yet due, at a time that a balance of
<500,c00 dollars remained,as it Bill does,
unpaid of the sum expressly required to
be paid in each year. And I cannot
repress the expression of my aftoniffi
m'ent and alarm, that the Secretary of
the Treasury in an official report, pro
feffing to account for thedqe application
of dolls. 10,298,190 68, after vaguely
Bating dolls. 3,483,71 f 77 to be unap
plied and in the hands of agents; Should,
notwithstanding, leave a balance wholly
unaccounted for of dolls. 114,740 44."
The conftitucion requires of the President that
fie ihonld give Congress information of the State
of the Union, and recommend such measures as
he may judge nec-ffry and expedient. Perhaps
it would comport better with the dignity of the
firfl Magistrate, if in discharging this duty he
should not feel himfelf emancipated from the
obligations imposed by official propriety. If he
should Refrain from such reflexions as are evi
dently intended to establish his own reputation
by casting reproach on his predecessors, or a
void such a display of meafhres and profeffions
as argue athirst for popularity. As his own
feelings must regulate his conduX in this par
ticular, it is at his option to adopt or reject inch
Rale i^ftruments for procuring popular favour.
Sofar, however, as I deem them disingenuous
or unfounded, it is my duty and a right I feel
disposed to use, to examine his statement. The
remarks I have quoted from the message are
predicated on the state of our revenue, "refus
ing (fays the President) from the plans you have
already fandioned." Now it is an indisputable
truth, that the plans adopted under the present
administration have been to diminijb and not to
focreafe the revenue. By the repeal of the in
ternal taxes (in which I concurred, though I
wiflied to retain such parts of them as fell on
luxury and wealth) the revenue was lessened near
One million of dollars per year. 'No one mea
sure has been adopted, or in the language of the
tneffage, " fanXioned" in rhe present adminis
tration which adds one cent a year to the reve
nue of the United States. The regulations of
commerce, under which the duties from impoil
arid tonnage arise and are collected, remain as
ftabbfhed by the former administration. The
erogreffiye focreafing population, wealth and
ommerce of the United States, occasioned the
The President in addressing the present Con
gress after a review of our revenue, and the pay
ments on account of the debt, remarks, " When
effe&s so falutaty refalt from the plans you
have already fan&ione, ; when merely by a
voiding filfe objects rtf expense, we are able
without a dirtea tax, without internal taxe§ and
without borrowing, to make large and effectual
payments towards the difebarge of our public
debt, and the emancipation of our posterity from
that mortal canker, it is an encouragement of
the highest order to proceed as we have begun
in substituting economy for taxation, and in pro
curing what is ufeful for a nation placed as we
are, rather than what is pra&ifed by others un
der different circumstances."
regular annual iacreafe of this revenue, and in
the usual course, the receipts of the last year
were greater than the former. But fays tie
message, this Rate of things is the result "merely
of avoiding falfe objects of expense." Some
diminution of expenditure has indeed been made
under the prefent,administration, but they have
in a very great degree refused from a change
in cur filiation and circumstances, not produc
ed, I presume to fay by the present administra
tion. Let it be remembered, that in the few
years preceding the accession of the present ad
ministration, millions were necessarily expend
ed for Securing and protesting our commerce,
to which not only the agricultural, but every
other interest owes its prosperity. Light-houses
and fortifications were created —infurredlions,
Indian and Algerine wars exhausted large sums;
by depredations of the English, French ana
Spanish nationsproperty supposed to exceed thir
ty millions of dollars, was Ipft, and the revenue
consequently greatly diminished. Naval Sites
and arsenals were established : arms and ordi
nance to a large amount purchased ; and armor
ies for manufacture of arms set in operation., A
navy was not only built which restored our com
merce and revenue ; but when on the return of
peace its longer Support on the firft eftablifh
rnent was rendered unnecessary, most of the
Ships were fold, by which measure the amount
of the annual expenditure of the navy was great
ly Icffened; and the proceeds of the Sales brought
back into the treasury, to fo,rm a part of that
Aggregate which the message suggests to be the
result of the “ mere avoiding falfe objects of ex
pense." The great object, therefore of expense,
upon which much money was -expended by the
former administration, are the erection of light
houses and fortifications—-fuppreffing jnfurrec
tions; establishing naval sites and arsenals; the
purchase of arms and ordinance; establishing
armouries, and protecting commerce against Al
gerine and French pirates by building a navy.
Let any candid man reflect whether under the
fame circumstances, the present administration
ought not to resort to the fame measures. Whe
ther the iniuflice and violence of foreign na
tions may not compel us at any time, and how
ever pacific the disposition of the administration,
to resort to measures of defence, and then let
him fay whether these were falfe objects of ex
pense. There are however other objects of ex
pense not adopted, or rather " avoided," by the
present administration—Such as the reduction
of the expense of the judiciary department by
the repeal of the judicial system adopted Feb
ruary, ißoz—the redaction of the army, and
the dismissing the officers employed in collect
ing the internal taxes. The expenditure re
trenched by the repeal of the judiciary was Sure
ly not the cause of our former poverty or of our
present wealth, because the system repealed, had
been in operation but one year, and the Saving
does not exceed thirty thoafand dollars, a fem
!efs than the expense of repealing it. The re
iduCtion of the army was juftified in my esti
mation and Supported by my vote; but lam of
opinion,that while our differences fubifted with
the European powers with whom we were con
itending—the force retained Was necessary to
i gartifon our forts and guard our frontiers. The
Irestoration of harmony, which authorifed a re
duction of the Navy, juftified a like reduction
of the army. A change of circumstances had
in this instance rendered that force useless which
a few months before, had been indispensable.
By repealing the internal taxes, the expense of
collection was dispensed with. This measure
did not expedite the difeharge of the debt, or
replenish the treasury ; for while it Saved the
expense of 100,006 dollars, it prevented the re
ceipt of tea times that sum. I cherish the hope
that neither the public faith or public Safety
may require a resort to diced or internal taxes,
or to loans. But however sincere the present
administration may be jo avoid these measures,
yet it certainly is not correct to claim as a merit
to them, that they have replenished our treasury,
and reduced the debt, “ without 1 ' these aids;
because the documents from the treasury de
partment Shew, that they have received from
the direct tax, and internal taxes, the large sum
of two millions, Seven hundred and Sixty thou
sand dollars. The arrears of taxes yet unpaid,
are eflimated by the Secretary of the Treasury,
at upwards of one million of dollars, which will
also be at the disposal of the present adminis
tration. It appears then, that the present ad
ministration have the benefit jof near four mil
lions dollars from the direa tax and interna!
taxes.
Thh present administration have done
much. With the happy fortune of re
ceiving the Government, and every
branch of its revenue, " in the full tide
of fuccefsful experiment ;" unembar
rafled by foreign dissensions ; relieved
from the neceflity of great expenditures
on national objects, which their prede
cessors had completely or greatly ad
vanced. With an increasing population,
commerce and wealth ; and a revenue
yielding them in two years the immerife
sum of thirty-one millions of dollars ;
much was to be expected. Let any
candid and intelligent American review
these things ; he will fee with pleasure
and with pride the prosperous situation
of our country ; but he must admit that
we do not owe it to the “ plans fan&ion
ed," or falle " objects of expense avoid
ed" by the present administration. The
planter who succeeds to the pofleffion of
a farm already well improved & plant
ed, Should be content with reaping the
profits of the industry and fkiQof his
predecessor, without detracting from his
merits. He derives no merit from the
boatl—l have gathered anharvell which
I might have destroyed.
The Pi efident recommended to Con
gress, to appropriate a sum of money
for erecting at this city a dry dock, in
which, by employing water drawn from
a source above the level of the tides, as
pra&ifed in lock navigation, the Ihips
of our navy might be placed on a dry
and filtered bed, in which situation
the progress of decay would be arretted.
The estimate of this woik submitted by
the President, was 420,000 dolls. No
fubjed can more justly merit the atten
tion ot the legislature than the preserva
tion of our navy : the solicitude of the
President on this occasion is honorable
to him ; but unfortunately the proje&
by every light afforded by philosophy
or experience, was judged not to be a
dapted to its objefl, and would be less
conducive to the preservation than to
the deftrudion of the navy. After some
discussion it tas agreed without; a dis
senting vote, to permit the fubje& to
rest without a decision.
At the lari session of Congress, a pro
'ppfition was made for repealing the sev
eral ads of Congress, by which foreign
Ships arriving in our ports are liable to
higher tonnage duty than our own, and
goods imported in them fubjeded to an
additional duty of ten per cent. The
repeal to take effed whenever it Should
be afeertained that any foreign nations
had adopted the fame policy towards
us, by a repeal of their dircriminating
and countervailing duties. The ques
tion was not decided at that session. It
is underwood that our minister at Lon
don, was inftrufted to propose this fub
je& to the Britifa government, and that
in conference of this communication,
,the British Parliament passed an ad,
;authorizing their King to aboliSh their
discriminating & countervailing duties,
upon the event of the U. States concur
ring in the measure. At the opening
of this session of Congress, the Frelident
fays he " communicates with Satisfac
tion" the ad of the British parliament,
and submits to Congress the propriety
of meeting them in the abolition of these
duties. The committee of commerce
and manufactures, to whom this fubjed
was referred, made a detailed report,
which concludes by recommending a
resolution, for repealing the ads impos
ing discriminating duties. While this
resolution lay on the table, the cham
bers of commerce of Philadelphia and
New-York, and some other cities, and
the mechanics of New-York, petitioned
againri the measure. They state in sub-
Iftance, that experience under these ads
I had proved their benignant effects :—
IThat our Shipping had increased to an
lamount fufficient for carrying all our
Iproductions, intended for exportation,
and the importation of such articles as
are necessary for our home consump
tion.—That by a repeal of these duties
I the Ships of Great Britain would be
I permitted to bring us the products and
;manufactures of all countries, while by
; the operation of their navigation ad, we
I Should be reftrifted in our trade to that
<nation to the carriage of goods, the
growth or production of our own coun
try only, that the vessels of all nations
would be allowed equal privileges with
American built Ships, without an equiv
alent on their part. That the Europe
; an nations not only build and equip
their Ships much cheaper, but also nav
igate them at much less expence than
we can, which advantages in their favor
must preventour competition with them
in navigation, and leave American ves
sels idly to rot in o.ur docks. They all
conclude with expressing a confidence
that repealing, our discriminating duties
would discourage Ship building, deprive
us of the profits at present derived from
the employment of American vessels,
and make us dependent on foreign na
tions for the exports of the produce of
our foil ; that it must be prejudicial to
various important interests in the com
munity, detrimental to the revenue of
the country, and in a national point of
view extremely impolitic. The fubjeCt
was postponed from day to day, and at
length the friends of the projed consent
ed to let it pass undecided this session.
Whether this abandonment proceeds
from a hope, that delay may enable the
friends of the measure to repel the ob
jedions urged so Strongly, and from
sources so refpedable ; or is the result
of a conviction of the inexpediency of
the measure in the minds of those who
firft cherished it, I cannot decide.
Our affairs with Tripoli remain as
they were at the close of the last session
of congress ; neither retrained by a re
gard to justice pr intimidated by the
apprehension of our force,thofe pirates
continued to cruise against our Ships
engaged in the Mediterranean trade.
The public at med flops ftetioned there
have proved Efficient to watch them,
so elofely, that one merchant Ship only
has fallen into their hands, and this
might have been retaken, but for the
danger of our large Ships venturing
near the Shore to intercept the prite
conducted by their Small gallies. To
render the protection to this trade more
effectual, the house of representatives,
without a dissenting voice, palled a bill
appropriating 96,000 dollars for the
building or puichaffrig four small ves
sels to carry sixteen guns each ; which
in conjunction with our force already
in the Mediterranean, will, it is not
doubted, prevent these pirates from
venturing into that sea. This bill was
returned from the Senate, with an a
friendment, appriating 50,000 dollars
for the building fifteen gun boats.—
When this amendment was under con
sideration in the house, information
was aSked for what purpose these gun
boats were intended ? It was suggested
that they were not necessary for the
Mediterranean service, and not calcu
lated to supply the place of revenue cut
ters. In reply, it was intimated they
were to be employed, if necessary, on
the Miffifippi ; Upon this information
the amendment was agreed to.—Thus
we fee that the gentlemen who in Jan
uary, manifefted the amiable disposi
tion of relying on declarations of " sen
sibility,” and the magnanimity of an
aggreffing neighbour for redress of in-
juries done us—who at that time refus
ed peremptorily even to confider whe
ther preparations for defence, if necef
fary,Should not be adopted ; seem now,
so far as we can judge from this rnea
fure, to incline to the opinion, that alls
.may be efficacious where words will
laiL: And that editing with perfect
confidence for negociation to " vindi
cate our injuries," may be beautiful in
theory but dangerous in practice.
At the lari session of Congress, the
president communicated the articles of
agreements ceflion&ntered into between
the commissioners appointed on the part
ofthe United States,and thecommiffion
ers on the part of the date of Georgia,
by virtue of an ad paSTed May, 1800 ;
for the amicable settlement of limits
with the state of Georgia. By these
.articles Georgia cedes to the U. States
all her right to the jurifdidion and foil
of the territory lying dn the Miffifippi,
fouth of the state of I'enneffee, north of
the SpaniSh provinces of Florida, and
weft of a line beginning on the tyer
Chatahquchie, where the Spanish boun
dary erodes the fame, and runs up that
river to the great bend thereof, next
above the creek called “ Uchee," then
a Straight line to Nickajack, on Tennes
see river, and with that river to the Ten
nessee line.
On the part of the United States it
was Stipulated, that there Should be paid
to Georgia from the firft sales of.the
lands thus ceded, dolls. 1,250,000, and
that a land office for the disposition of
the vacant land thus ceded, Should be
opened within one year after the assent
of Georgia to the agreement.
That actual settlers, under titles from
the BritiSh government of Weft Florida,
or the Spanish government, or an ad
of Georgia, called the Bourbon aft,
Should be confirmed in their titles—
that the lands ceded Should be a com
mon fund for the benefit of the United
States, with the reservation of five mil
lions of acres, which the United States
might apply to the fatisfadion of claims
other.than those before recognized.
That the United States Should ex
tinguish the Indian title to the county
of Tallifee, in th^ Fate of Georgia.
That the territory thus ceded, Shall
form a state when it Shall contain Sixty
thousand free inhabitants.
The state of Georgia, by an all pas
sed June, 1802, have ratified the agree
ment of the commissioners, which has
become obligatory also op the United
States. In this session an all has puffed
the house of representatives, and is now
before the Senate, for opening a land
office in this territory. This bill pre
scribes, that a surveyor be appointed by
the President, who Shall Survey all the
lands in the territory to which the In
dian title has been extinguished, into
town Ships of fix miles Square each, which
Shall be Subdivided into fe&ions of 640
acres, & half Tedions of 320 acres each ;
plats of which surveys Shall be filed with
the registers in the territory, and with
the Secretary of the Treasury. That
the Prelident by proclamation, Shall ap
point a day, on which all the said land
Shall be offered for sale to the highest
bidders, in lots of fedions and half Sec
tions ; but no sale Shall be made at less
than two dollars per acre. The lands
unfold at the expiration of three weeks
Shall be disposed of by the registers of
the land office, at the fame price (two
dollars per acre) and in the fame man.
ner as the U. States lands northwest of
the Ohio are disposed of. The terms
of sale in both cases are 1'
A corifiderable quantity of snow fell
at Savannah, on the 15th F^b. and re
mained on the ground on the 18th.
George, otherwise called Stiff ar,red George,
a warrior of the Seneca nation of Indians, is to
be executed , in New-York, on the 15th April
next, for the murder of John Hewitt, at
Northampton, Ontario county.
THE WEATHER
In the Southern States, and in most
parts of Europe has been as cold and
stormy, as it has here been mild and
pleasant. In South Carolina,about the
middle of Febuary, the snow in many
places was eighteen inches deep upon
a level. Nothing like -this had ever
been seen there before,by the oldest inha
bitants.
Much damage has been done both on
the land and water in both hemifpberes.
The Editor of the Windsor (Ver) Gazette,
who (like many others of our acquaintance) has
the difagreeablc necefficy of occasionally giving
bints to delinquent debtors: has lately expressed
a hope, “ that they would not neglect to fettle
up their arrearages at an early period"—adding
—" that the “ occlufon' of the means requisite
to “ increase the circle of bis fdicitiesf will pro
duce an unpleasant "oppupation I ' in the "gfien"
of his affairs,"
Tbat the purchaser Shall pay at the
rate of fix dollars for every feCtion he
may purchase, for surveying expenfes—
he ihall deposit one twentieth part of
the purchase money, to be forfeited, if
within 40 days he fail to pay one fourth
part of the whole purchase money. One
fourth part of the purchase money Shall
be paid within 40 days—one fourth
within two years— -one fourth within 3
years, and one fourth within four years
after the day of sale—with interest at 6
per cent, from the day of sale, on the
three last payments. A difeount of 8
per cent, a year Shall be allowed on any
of the three last payments,if anticipated.
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tettez^^waj^fo^.^fei,h~^
WASHINGTON, MARCH 9.
Lift of up,fort,nt/ made by the Prefient of the Uis-,
ited States, by and with tbe adviv and confab
of the Semite.
Robert E. Cochran, of Sopth Coralina, Mar
foal of that District, vice Charles B Cochran,
resigned.
Jofepb Wood, of the North-Western Territo
ry, Register of the Land Office at Marietta—
vice Perigrine Foster, refignti.
John Lelman, of the fame Territory, to be a
Commissioner for the purpose cf afeertaining 'fr.
rights of persons claiming lands under John
Cleves Symes—vice W. Goforth, resigned.
Daniel Biftll, of the Indian Territory, Collec
tor for the Diftria of Maffae, and InTpedor of
the Revenue for the port of Maffac —vice Wil*
liam Chrioles, removed.
David Ker, of the Miffifippi Territory, to be
a Judge in that Territory—vice Daniel Felton,
resigned #
y^es Anderson, cf South Carolina, Commer
cial Agent for the port of Cette, in France.
Ijiac Coxe Barnet, of New-Jersey, Commer
cial Agent at Antwerp.
Aaron rate, of New-York, Commercial A
gent of the United States atL'Orient,in France,
Thomas Lovell, of Boston, Commercial Agent
at La Rochelle.
Levett Harris, of Pennsylvania, Consul at
Rotterdam.•
„fa Martin Baler, of New- York, Consul
for the islands of Minorca, Majorca and Yvica,
Mariar. Lemar, of Maryland, Consul for the
Island of Madeira,
William Putferfa, of New-York, Commer
cial Agent at Naotz, in France.
William H. Herrfon, re appointed Governor
oi the Indian Territory, and appointed a Com
nnffioner to treat with certain Indians, North-
Well of the Ohio.
, Thomas T, Devi,, of Kentucky, a judge is
thriodian Territory—vice W, Clarke,deceafed,
jtf e Sparer, of Ohio, -to be Register of the
L^no Office at Chilicothe—vice Thomas Wor
thiigron, resigned.
We are alfotold,the fleet which was tQ
leave France for St. Domingo, was to
bring out 15,000 troops for that Inland
and that the troops for New-Orleans
were to embark on board the fleet at
Helvoetfluys on the 23d of January.
—
—— BOSTON, MARCH Ig.
By the arrival at New-York of the ship A
merican Hero, Capt. Mailers, on the 10th inst.
in 38 days from Gibraltar, we have the follow
ing highly interring intelligence, that on 28th of
Jan. three days previous t® his failing, informal
tion was received there from Cadiz, that all A
merican vessels had been ordered by the Spanifl,
Government to depart immediately from Cadiz,
and that no more would be permitted to enter.
The cause of this ipterdidicn was not publicly
known there.—Twelve fail which had quitted
port in consequence of this order were driven
ashore ; one of them the ship William & Henry,
belonging to Mr. Wiffiam Gray, of Salem.
These orders it isobferved in New-York Morn=
ing Chronicle, have been probably occafoned
by their condorat New-Orleans, and from an
expedation that tne arbitrary mcafures,
adopted by Spain towards the United States,
would produce a rupture between the two na
tions. It also gives strength to the belief (if
any is Gill necessary) that the condud of the
Snanifh Intendant is not unauthorized, but that
all his ads have been predicted in the Court of
Spain, or by a power to which Spain is fubfer^
vien%and which is inimical to the interests of
tfce United States. The above account, .also,
(if it is corred) evinces a disposition averse tQ
accommodation, and rather inclined to widen
the breach as much as possible.,
0
A rumour is in circulation at the Southward,
that an agent from the people of the Floridas,
secretly chosen, and veiled with the full powers
for the obje&s of his mission, had waited upon
the President bf the United States to negotiate
for the junction efthat country to the federal
union ; and that fheuld their application to this
government be ineffectual, sooner than come un
der the Gallic yoke, or longer remain under a
monarch too feeble to protect them, they would
resort to a power re,dy and able to defend them
o— — —
Tom Paine, it is reported, intends
journeying to this town, “ to tie the knot
of friendship, as Mr. Genet said, provi
ded he can geta conveyance.-The Hulk
is now kept at the city hotel in New-
York, as a rarec fhow,and is said to pro,
duce to the matter of the house, toq
dollars a day. Neither the learned pig
the learned goat, or even the mammoth
ox, was ever a quarter so productive?
We do not however, think ita repu^b^
way of making money.
rfe?c /ffo,jm of Massachusetts, Collector
for the District of Portland—vice Nath&iid
T Fofdick, reproved.
faae Dayton, of New York, Surveyor and
loipedtor of th. port of Hudson—vice I, C.
To Broeck, reutoved.
'Joel Bort, of New-Yok, Colleger and In
factor of the piftria and port cf Ofwego.
Tbrnas Dufy, of North Carolina, Surveyor
fir the port of Snarfborough—vice A. Car
ri *lt, deccafed.
Charles Willing Byrd, of Ohip| to be Tudg9
of the Diftria of Ohia. 6
Michael Bahktrn,ci Ohio, to be Attorney for
the fame District.
David Zeigler, of Ohio, to be Marshal of the
Diftridlof Ohio.
Cato Weft, of thh MirtGppi Territory, to be
Secretary of the Territory—vice John Steele,
whose term has expired.
Zachariah Stevens, of Ma.TachuftltS, to bt
Surveyor and Infpe&nr for the port of Glou
ceftcr—vice Samuel Whittemore, removed
ffpb Story, of ditto, to be Naval Officer,
for the Diftria of Salem and Beverly —vice W,
Pickman, removed.
John Heard, New-Jersey, Infpeaor of the
Revenue, for the port of Perth Amboy.
William Brother, of North Carolina, Survey
or and Infpcaor for the port of Nixenton—
vice Hugh Knox, rtfigned.
Hore Breufe Trie, Coilbaor for the Diftria
of Miffifippi,—vice John F. Carmichael.
lehiladelphia MAr.CH 11, 1803.
Yesterday arrived the French brig
LaCerf,with dirpatches from Havannaq
for the French,and Spanish Ministers^
Capt, Oakford, who arrived yester
day from Rouen in France, brings dis
patches to our executive from Qur Min
ister in France who we are told is heart
ily rick of his filtration and wishes to
return..