United States oracle and Portsmouth advertiser — Portsmouth, N.H., 1802-04-17 00:00:00, page 2

On re-perusing the Address of Mr. Rind,
me mere convinced the public had left
much fatisfaftion in not having it intire.
To remedy this defeft, me ovitb pleasure
give it out to-day.
To my Fellow-Citizens of Richmond,.
I^ERHAPS it was a presumption
not warranted by my (land in life,
ilill less by my talents, if indeed I prffi'
fefs any, to present myfelf -before my §
fellow-citizens as a candidate for their™
fuffrages at the ensuing election of a
legislative member for Ilie city of
Richmond; but, having done so, I
shall abide their voice, and I beg to af
fore them that I Should not have trou
bled them in this way, but that, an ac
cidental conversation of mine, has, as I
have reason to think, created a belief,
that I have courted popularity ,a,t the
expense of Sincerity.
Airwho know, me know the course
of my political thoughts @d.affions,
during the late administration ; that I :
was uniformly & warmly foftile to.&
in all its great leading' principles ; 3
that I,.was actively in QppqGtipnlo it, .
is well known to thecircle to, which I.
row address myfelf. I rejoiced in a
change of the adminifration ; Qo man ,
felt more ardently anxiousfor the ele
vation of Jefferfon td the presidential
chair than did myfaf; the exultation
of no man could exceed mine at the
idea that our recent ele&ions liad pro
duced a decided majority of republi
cans. I undertake to fay, that there is'
not a gentleman in the city of Rich^
mond Who would vote for me under the
impreflion that lam a federalift. I
disavowed the declaration pf Mr%Jef
ferfon'in his inauguration speech that
66 We 'were all Republicans; rtcc-mere all
Federdf), taking the comniori accep
tation' of the terms ; yet I wished to
have fen it, as near as possible, feduc-,
ed to,riiaice. I equally difayow the
principle inthat speech contained, that
we are to yield flln absolute deyuifence
to the decifon ts a majority," if it even
" fquiht%t the doctrine of'“"ah'dfo.*
late acquitface" of opinions, or the right
to utter tn'em, rationally and delibe
rately formed.
tiacrdinary services which were no lon
ger required,and for that purpose would
move that the following proviso be an
nexed to the-bill :
Providedfrthat the annual compen
sation of t^g attorney general fha.ll not #
exceed 240 Q dollars. • ..
Mr. Giles opp^fed this amendment :
he thought that the salary was not too
great, and'that an' officer ought not to
be punished for vififing his family,
1 he falarfyfefaid, wa, not now ashifo
as that given to the judges of xhefu
preme court, who fpepj Jess time at
the feat of government than the 'attor
ney general." " ^ ' ^.^
Mr. Lowndes did her exped/that^
the profeffions of economy which tliat>
gentleman bad made at the commences
ment of the session, would end mil 'pro
pofition to increase the filarias of.the
executive offices of government? He
said there was no .analog^ between
those officers and the judges of the, fr
preme court. The former'judiciary
system had been found extremely de
feßive and inadequate ; but in chang
ing that system, and in dimyjifhing'the
duties of the judges it was impc iAible
to diminish allo the comperifation fixed
by law, without a direct violation of
the conftitrition, which violation that
house had not formerly felt itfelf at
perfect liberty to commit. There was
no such constitutional impediment in
the way of the reclusion propnfedc—
Mr. L. could fee no reason for allow
ing a higher compenfatipn at this time
in proportion to the services rendered,
than at the time, when the law was
enaded, notwithstanding the opposi
tion, of those who now with to revive
it. At that timea house suitable for one
of the secretaries could not bt procured
at Philadelphia at a lower rent than
800 or 1000 dols. a year ; a house of
that kind could now be obtained for
half that sum. The price of flour arid
of many other articles of ° living had
• fallen in the fame proportion. / He :
had therefore expend to find gentle?
men pofleffed of fuffitient magnaffilpi-.
ty to reverse a measure which had for
merly been odious: to them, and which
they had,rendered odious to the people.
Mr. Dana observed, that the law pro
posed to be revived, was puffed in a
tir t: of war, and the Salaries.,, therein
fixed were fixed afwar prices. The.
law expired very nearly at the time the
war terminated, and the fuhries have
fallen to their originaljevd. The pre
sent resolution is, therefore, designed to
raise them highei than they have ever
been, fince'the real value of. the necef-;
furies oflife, and the price of these ne
cefTaries has faller.. .. As. the house has
been engaged in reviewing ,the jnilita-,
ry and naval departments, and reduc
ing ihem.to.a p^e eftabliGimerit, he-,
thought if not reafohable that the civil
department, should alfd be placed Up
on a peace eftablrihment; -•
Several other remarks were made
not immediately affixing the question,
when the question was taken upbh the
amendment, and was carried in the ne
gative. The house then adjourned:
It is true indeed that I have learnt,
that some gentlemen belonging'to the
federal fide of thequeftion in Richmond
had said that they meant to vote for
me , but I always, un'erftood along
with it, that their determination rested
on the dired reverse of my being a fed
.* eralift: it was as I have been taught
to believe . the uniform candor with .
which I have ever been^ccuhomed to
deliver my political sentiments, Ido
fincerel, believe, that there is not a
I man in the city,of Richmond, however
Iw,rm his federal opinions, -who, if I
;.were to tell hint! was a federalist,
;would beliteve me fraud I Ihall certain-.
• V..never make theJcchuwan to any
nian whild I think as L nosy do.\ But
does it follow, that bicutee I am at-.
*tached to a particular political party,
in its great outline, Lam,,of neceliity, .
TO go all lengths with:h in details" Fort
bid it Inderlmdewce ' •.; ;
, ..What has been the party to which,
since I bare been,a m^, I have been
; uniformly and violently oppoled.^Wt';
which lias lately gone oct or power,
and agjinft-which my feeble opposition•
I Was always tathe utmott exerted whilfl,
!is power. I could then have had no
;finifter, fdlfiffi or interested views'; I
4 was not huntingdor place, •pepfea? or*
. efabliffimffl, or if 1 %, I must at
lead have been taking the;e&urfe,hich
hunters would calljl|e,g bt&ack.--'
1 What js the party to which in .certain
;points I dm now oppofed/and my-op-
I position to which has created' thri ne
; ceffity of this egotic avowal' ofmy po
; litical principles ? The party NOW IN
power ; that^which Wafa in the mi-'
riority, I always adhered'fo, from a
conviction of the corre&nefs of their,
principles ; Yes, with this party it Is
known I have always sided; but Iwill
fide with this no farther than'!' think
. : IT RIGHT< 4f,eny»manrin focie^
, ty will facredl, cherish his mental h
dependenoe; 'lf all ®en : will give
themselves the trouble to thinkfor them
fives, and difpa ffi'onately, upon the po
litical fubje&s that may be brought.jp
"review before them—where this nien-.
tal Independence is nouriflied - —where
this faculty of thinkings is*exercifed,
there, will always he true Liberty.
On the fab^ft of .^.unqualified re
peal of the.judiciary law of the United
States, by which the independence of
the judiciary is, in my mind, vitally at
tacked, I feel the most confeientious de
cision of op nipn : I hold, that if the
government of this country rested up
on the basis that the British govern-,
ment really does, that is; that the de
cision of the king, lords arid commons'
is the Gonftitutiori,' of; in; other, word's '
.that FwoAMENT is tOmnipotent, this
repealing, menfare would then rest upon,
its E^l^^GY alone, ^pd that thig
'would WpftyperlyJ^tyrainable by the
constituted legislative authorities ; buts
when Idee such a cliufe in thetoriftita
tion as this, that " the judges both of the.
supreme and inferior courts ©lhold
their offices during good behaviour, and
shall at Rated times, receive for their
services a compenfatlon which fhali not
be diminished during their continuance,
in office :'} understanding the fading-';
ed acceptation of the term during good
behaviour,and wholly laying aside other
elucidating clauses which might be bro't
in aid, when ffee such ± clause as this
in the conflitution, which is the man
datory rescript of the people of the!U
"riited States to their members of Co.n
grefs and their President, I hefitate'
not to ty, that in my mind; if this law
pig, the constitution is violated.
, .What matters it to me, orthe rett q£
my fellow©tizens%4v&r violates it ? Ev
ery violation,' from whatever source,
saps its foundation. Every man in so
ciety i$ bound to .lhpport it whiteifft'
.mains the supreme law qiLthe'
land. I confider it, unless abetter,rind:
until a better can be got;.as the fafe
guard of myfelf and rity fooftetity, and'
I coriftfs;I b do not feel easy at T^^
, attemftto swallow up i'n 'the legislative
or executive yor^ @3l I deem ,1W
, centre pillarof thetoNSTITUTIOIfy
and, , iff,an even^courfe of future expert
'c^Q, fecufity and prptedion of the"
peep le,toW, & thoj^^
,3% thing more: I'amtojd @$
"? v s ^ th 2 ! the gfj^jrienwho ^
advocated this fepeal were 'knaves or"
fools : „If I did rife this language, apd
the 'veracity of the fchtleman who as"
ferts itfin/ducesa belief^^ muftjit is"
attribrifable to tfeWaty^j^
tion, apd^erely exptetiiye ohtedefi-"
five convi&ioji which Ifeel, and &fy
felt, on the fubjeft : it wascertainly not
proper.to applyfa4, orc ither ot the epi-!
thets, to gentlemen eloathed in the bon,
Arable mantle of their country's con
fidence ; individually applie.&my per,
fonal acquaintance with some few mem
bers of the national legiflamre; would.
compel me to apologize for the harsh
ness of this/expreffion, whilst, I still fake,
■ leave to fay that, in this measure, I think
them wrong, radically wrong, rind shall
-forever think so, whilst the fe&ion
whjeb I, h^ve cited remains a part of
the constitution of the United States of
•America
I have condemned ' too, and do con
demn the condud of the majority incon
grefsteftifing that discussion which has
been preyed for by the minority upon
the fubjea of ux&ari+ l : ^&$*<;;
contemplated- repeal of • the internal'.
ta * c , Jn^ny ofwhich -tarehpmthelrirf-'
dries' of lite, whilftreffie mmorlty con
tend, the taxes on~Yhe •pecefl'arie's of
life, salt, fugar,.&c." ar^perJforce to be
retained.
If'nineteen-tTCentieths oftthe United
States legislature were to concur in the
repeal of the judiciary ^v, with the
immortal Henry, I wilfyay, that, I
would with manly firmaefs, and in
“spite of" (what lat leafrdeem)“ an
erring legiflature,rejed their decilion ;".
and, lam free ty declared on the other 0
-point, that I conceive it to be the duty
of but legislators to meet &t difeuffiog,
which, fought from either fide, will
tend, to. enlighten their 'donftitutents.
-Whatever the [one partyj in congress
maythmk of .the othergin a personal
'poinref view; and particularly the
lenders in that body, it is a sacred du
ty which they owe to the'PEOPLE to
leti/rnziunderfl^pd the gro,unds upon
which their measures, ts those mea
furfe fought to be enforced by them are
• predicated# - ?^^ w4„,.~ Trfy
v::l:hav| ehere made an avowal of my
preterit political im,re&ris. They are'
adeaft honest impt^on^and my fel-'
<ldTCciti%eps WHI judged of their propri.
fyvl ban' drily fit, That every man
ou^ht to prefer,e the^moft perfed free-,
dom of opinion, and ^haL Ivrodd not^
Sacrifice one inba ofdeliberate mentai
decision, to fill any o^ce fonder the
federal or dace governments,.
Tam well aware that [may be draw
ing on rtiyfelf an attac ktfrom the critics
of the day, who have le fare to devote
ho ^n exposure of the faults of their
fellow-citizens ; but Trauft beg it to be
underftood that lam .hot bound'to an
swer them. ^^v^ ..:=
March 8, 1*02.. JAMES RIND.
htasa of 3 hiUrffo a&ftk^n mt the City
y^^wm, dated Marib 27, ISOX.
." e House of Representatives of
the United Status has* befn engaged
for several days, in afeuffirig the fub
jeftpf Compenlations, or Salaries, to
.4; officers jn the Executive Depart
ments of the government. ; A bill was
brought in to contintyf in force* a law
paged the 2d of March 1799, railing
the salaries of the queers therein men- *
tioned. This law expired on the 30th
.of December, 180'1. T'he Majority, de
f firous nf continuing the high salaries to
their friends, and unwilling to exhibit
"^e Wdrtt the Offices and Salaries
thus attached to then!, wished to revive
the law of '99, and in this way to cov
er ever the meafure.' The Conftitu
tiotialißs urged the impropriety of such
a measure, because it preluded gentle
men from judging^mThefervices and
salaries of the officer^refpe&ively; and
although , they might be disposed to
: vote for. the @aries generally as pro
- poked to be raised, yet these might be
exceptions, in which case they would
I ^'compelled to vote-agriinft the whole.
An amendment was then proposed to
the bill by inserting -
Secretary of the Freafury Dols.
Secretary of State, ' Do.
Secretary of War, Do.
&c. &c. ±c. This was urged as the
only proper and parliamentary way
that could be pursued; more especially
as the law propofedtobe continued in
force was now dead; and there would
be a manifeft impropriety incontinuing
„ri dead law. l This was debated in Crfo
+mittee of the whole house, and over:
Tilled by: the "majority, who have an ad
mirable faculty of deciding a point by
J t^'f pbjjicrtlflrefigth^ of numbers, when
arguments entirely fail. The original
bill was of course reported to the house
a ,d. yesterday, on the final passage of
the bill, the fame amendments were
, proposed, and loft.T Before the vote
was finally - taken/fy dumber of the
Conftitutionalifts offered obje&ions to
the bill, founded principally- rft, fin
- the exceedingly improper form in which
the bill was prefefiTCct to the house $
/ and 2d,bccaufe the reafnns do nofiriow
^exift, which inducedfyqgrefs to raise
Ahe salaries in ft„^ @ prices of rent,
.labour, -provifionrequipAge, and ton
tingerft'expenles,at^tbis place,being very
^different from,whal^iftey were in Phi
.^ladelphia in the year '99 where the
.feat of gov.rrnmenKthen was, and when
the ; European world was involved in
3 Wap In addition to this, the present
s Secretary of the Trerifury had prejudg
ed his own title to an inercafed com
pensation, as his name flood recorded
among the „a,j on every proposition
to raise the salary of his predecessor and
"all the other officers of government
inow propped to be raised. This, it
was remarked, happepedwte the case
; also with most t>f the gentlemen who
now advocated thepaCrige of this law,
who were then members of Congress.
This brought up Messrs. Dawfon,Clai
born, &e. to explain the reasons which
i?""ed them in now voting different
from what they bad"orfa former simi
lar occasion. - The question was taken
by yeas and nafyand carried by a large
majority in favor ofthe bill as origi
nally presented.,; 4% billnow lies be-;
fore the Senate where it will undoubt
edly pafs.?' 1
[During the difeuffon of this question
(or rather, '^ticr it was firft introduce
•c4} Mr, Baton of Stockbridge fubmit
tod to th^ House the following resolu
tion, after making a number of very
pathetic remarks on the importance of
affi^jng such wages to the officer's of
government as not to make them ob
jechto be fought after for the fake of
their falaries-^ that a com
mittee be appointed to confider Wheth
er.>ny, and it any, what reduction
ought: to be made from the pay of the
Senators and Representatives in Con
gress, as now eftabliffied by law, and
that the laid committee have leave to
report by bill or otherwife.”—The fed
:' ra "^ s w bo (poke on the occasion, ad
-&t^' '"' resolution, but the Demo,
^° n ^ e °ld gentleman and beat
him riloft Unmercifully,; -They had no--
hesitation in telling the venetyble-mov
er es th.c Resolution, that they fully
understood his motives {viz.'ppularity)
and Were determined to oppose the-
Resolution. .Mr. Goddard then re
marked, that on looking over'the jour
nals of the ' house, he found the follow
ing Resolution. January 4, ißoz.
" Refolded, that it inexpedient to ten-'
qrifte whether any and what rednaim
can be made m the civil government
"of the United States ; drderedthrit'
Messrs. Bacon,' Grove, fEhriendorph,
Hemphill and Tr^g be appointed the
committee to do this duty." .It was
now very pertinently, remarked, that
^' s venera ble Chairman had fuffered;
; his committee to fleCp during the whole
fedion, without making a report, and
now seemed to have been newly elec-•
trified on that fubjedf. The Resolution,
was of course referred to the fame com
~mittee to report; &c. &c. Notwith
standing this peopleith proposition, ex
preflive of so much anxiety for the
"msouth of labor, he could vote for all
the high salaries proposed to be given
to the Heads of Departments, &c. &c.
As the eurioficy es our' readers may be grati
fied in being informed ofthe additions made to
the Salaries' of the officers named in the Aa a
hovc alluded to, we have made out a flatement
of the salaries as they flood before the Ad .f
Mirth '9,, with the salaries as fixed by that ad.
'. Before By the Aft,of
*799 Mareblfy
Secretary of State; jj DoDoie. JOCO Dole.
Secretary of Treasury, 3 JOO JOCO Do.
Secretary of War, 3000 4500 Do.
Secretary of tbe Navy, JOCO 4500 Do.
Attorney General, • '3400 SCOO De.
Comptroller. Treafwr,; #650 3500 Do."
Treafufer, X4OO 3000 I».
Auditor of Treasury, X4CO 3000 Do.
fommifrner of Rfowe, ,400" JOCO Do.
Regifarof Treafary, ' TOCO 1400 Do.
Acct. War Department, 1600 2000 Do.
- Acct. Navy Department, 1600 2000 Do,
Poftmafier General, , X4OO . JOCO De.
Affiant PoJlmaJltr General, 1290 „ X7QO Do.
The following is a lift of those whd Voted
again fl the law ih '99. Those marked wfth a
ftai are yet in Congress and of the ministerial
Party ß
Albert Gallatin, now secretary of thb Trea
sury, with a salary of 5000 dollars 0 year, tog
wu thousand five hundred dollar, more than he
thought it reasonable to give his predecessor, in
more expensive time#.
Abraham Baldwin *Daiid Holme,
Daerid Bard Walter Sone,
'•Robert Broken Matthew-Locle
•Samuel f, Cabell Mattbeiv Lyon
John Chapman Blair M. Clanaeban
• Thomae Claiborne J M' Dowell
William C. C. Glu&rne *Ahtbon, New
•Matthew Clay , & hn Nicholas.
'John Clapton '!<,• Stiener
tTbomar T. .Davie William Smith
•John Dawson BB'g Sprague
y<fepb Bgglejta Ricbard Sfrigg'
•Lucas Elmendorf 'Richard Stanford
William Findley „ ' -Tbomar Su^ie,
•'John Fowler . ?Abraham I'rigg,
"Jamer Gellefpie "John Trigg,
* Apdrfw Gr,gg •Philip Pan Cortland
•f@bn A. Hanna 'jf^ B-Purnum
Carter B. Harrifen Abraham Penable
• J: N. Havens "Robert Walters.
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United States..
Washington, APRIL 5.
THE command of the squadron defined for
the Mediterranean,has beeHgi%o to Com
modore &e#,,D V. MORRI,, in the place of
-typtj Tavi.o&yfy bis.recited* from the fer-
Y^e.; ' ~fd- —t? ' \~ Y
..} " '"? tALtiMORE, APRTL f. ^ 0
' By the different arrivals yefterda, from St,
' Domingp, we team, that the faafon of affairs
iu that &hdti&improving. .Taniffainrhad fled
.Io & mouuMins.with bin ere or two thousand
Followers., k was the general opinion that he
"would fop be^ken, as. & mod aaive exertions
were niakihg to fat an end to his oppoiitimi.-
a FRit 6.: —The W. P. Gardner, who has been
lately appointed Cooful by Mr. Jefferfon, to
.Pemerara, is the fame who was Clerk in the
Treasury office, and who with Campbell and
others, perjured themselves. by taking the books
out of their refye^fye offices, to Ifracl Israel's,
and there prepared ty night those famous pub
lications iti & Aurora, which had so cxrenfiye
.an influence in the ele&iop : of the present Chief
Magistrate. Who will fay, after this, that Re
publics are destitute of gratitude,
'i ette'tet.
PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 5.
Nothing 'of public importance was done in
the House of Representatives on Thursday the
xft inst. The house. was occupied during the
greater part of the dayupon certain resolutions
refpe&ing the City of Washington, and the pub
lic lots. A couple of the minifterialifb, Mr. Al
ston and Mr. Nicholson, interchanged some very
high words, in which they accused each other of
violating the, truth. M[ Smilie of Pennsylva
nia rose and said, " Railly .Mr. Spaiher, I dent
thin* the baafe it in suitable .temper to do bufinofc,and
I hope wojball adjourn,” , The majority seemed
to be of the fame opinion, ^nd the house aojourn-
Nfc W-YOR K, APRIL 8.
LaTH FRQM # GUADELOUPE.
Capt, Hubbell, who arrived here h&night
from Guadaloupe, failed from thence the i,(h
I March. At that date, the Fresh fa fa
France had net arrived,butit Wls daily<xp€a&^
The inhabitants of Guadaloupe had been :1
prized of the recent operations of the FfeuCh it .
my at St. Domingo, which had excited Confider-'
able alarm. The mulatto Gen. Pelage, had if-„
sued a Proclamation, requiring all the inhabit
tants of the Island, to be under arms, and ready
at a moment's warning to oppose the landing of
the French troops ; he lignifies his deterroina- .
tion, to lofc the jaft drop of his blood before fig
would surrender the Island. Pelage, oorwith-
Aanding this threat, appears ddirous o£a pacific v
cation, by his faying, that, if the prefers Civil and .
military officers of the IHand were reiriftated in•
their commands, he would con font to receive 3
Commander in'Chicf from Frauce and.be fab,•
je& to the laws of the Republic.
* f —c- - ...,,.. so c
iosfo£ arULJia G:
Y; ,FROM- LONDON. ~:^
.By the recent arrivals from Europe.;we arc;
farqithed with London papersto the jd-March, .
from which we hairc been enabled to make ihv
following extra&: : 1 j
•'• *LONDOX, Fea.- 38.: :
# Mc Courvbifier, the messenger, wlm arrived,
with dispatches from Marquis Cornwallis at
Amiens, on Friday night, is said, to have.bro't .
the agreeable intelligence- that the ohftacles of fate.-
thrown in the way of the negoejatioa/have at
length been fipill, removed,, and that thf iDt-.
finitive * Treaty may be exprOrdabout the middle of
the ertfring month / To the-numerous merchants,
whole watehotif^s are breaking down with mer
chandize, waiting for ■ a* foreign market, this
news must b e affuredl, of high importance .and
greatly fatisfaanry? They have Waited only five
month, in daily expectation of th© Definitive
Treaty being 'figned, and now we are told th.t
the dffic,lt& which prevented iirsicom ftno,,
arc adjusted, and if the,Avail patiently a rufah
longe?, they, may expert the fubfiantive bent
fits they have been so long looking for. Sur.ly
the present Miuifler muff be deficient in ener
gy, when they fuffcr a delay, the consequences
of which they cannot but be acquainted with,
Their moderation, prudence, and wifdom,iu
other relpe&s, may be highly meritorious, but
certainly not in fuffering the French Govern
mentto derive the benefits that must naturally
ensue from the present procrastination of the
peace, while the delay has so contrary an effect
upon this country, and produces daily a flag
nation in our manufactories and commerce
which threatens the trader with the moil ruin
ous and dellruCtivc consequence,. -.
. A letter from Hague through a private chan
nel, (peaks confidently of a change about to take
place in the Batavian system of government,and
that in future the Chief Magistracy.of the coun
try will be veiled in the .bolom of one person ;
but who that person is to be is yet to be deve
loped. Speculators have already given that,
pre-eminence to the hereditary Prince ofOrange,
who they assert has already been gramufy re--
ceived at Paris by the Chief Consul. This re
ceives some corroboration from the contents of
the papers before us, which Rare that the Prince
is a&uall, ou his way to the French capital, on
an errand of much political importance to the
Batavian Republic.
The French Government have made uncom
mon efforts to complete the remainder of the
armament which they have destined for the W.
Indies . Spain and Holland have been rendered
tributary to this important object, and notwith-.
Banding the different squadrons which have
failed from various ports of France, Spain and
Holland, there is another expedition for Gua- °
daloupc preparing at Brest, so that the plan for
the reftofation of order on the other fide of the
Atlantic,is executing with thqt propiptnefs ai d
vigour which are likely to insure its fuceefs.,
~ Pafwan Oglou on account of the frequent
defections in his army, has, it is said, refolded to
fend three of his adherents to Conftantinaple,.
to obtain .his pardon. The Porte, in all prober
bility, will grant , it very readily.
Private letters received from Pcterfburgh in
timate, that the plan of uniting the Executive *
Governments of France and the Cifalpine Re
public in the fame perform, was known at the
Court of Russia two months since, and a protest
against it was expelled to be iffudd immediate,,
1, on the promulgation of the fad.
. The face of Europe is evidently undergoing,
great alteration. Eilabliffied Monarchies are'
endeavoring to enlarge and strengthen theif.•
power by. (wallowing up fmalter and morefee-..:
ble communities; and Uis nor at all improbable,"
that as an objt& of ulterior security, all the Su
bordinate: principalities will be extinguifredfo
and a few great coleiTal Powers, creeling them-'
selves on their ruins, form the basis of 3 new
balance of power, which mayinfure for along
time the tranquility of Europe, against the
Qorm of military aggression, and the violence of
revolutionary fanaticism. ~--*
It was yesterday in current circulation, ih this >°
city, that the Emperor of Russia, has made 3
strong remonfttance to the Chief Consul, on the :
step he has taken in regard to Italy.
The growing crops throughout the country
are of uncommoi ipromife ; the rye is particu
larly forward.
A force is to be established at Jamaica,corn-,,
potent to countered any peffibie inconvenience
which might reSult from the introduction of so
large a body of French troops into St. Domia
.go, as have recently been sent thither. • °
NEW JUDICIARY BILL,?
We have received information from Wa&-
ingtofi, that a bill, “ to provide for tbo more,
convenient organization of-the Courts of the U
nited States," h,s been reported to the Senate,
by'thc committee appointed for that purpose.
The bill was ordered to be taken up for confi
deritiou in the Senate on Thursday the firft of
April.'
The most prominent features of the bill are,
that the Supreme Court (hall be holden ones
a year at the Seat of Government ; to wit, or
the firft Monday in February annually, and
that any four of the Judges shall be quorum
for that purpose.-. n ° .-.•--„,.
That the Affofac Justice resident in the
circuit comprehending, he Seat of Government,..
shall attend at the .City of Washington* on the
firft Monday of Augutt annually, and foil
have power to rii&e all neculary orders touch-"
iag any suit, adion, appeal writ of error, &c.
andihat all writs and procefft, m^ y beaefura
able to this Court, in the fame mailer as to the
term ordered to be holder on the firft Monday
in February." • •° :
That all Suits, pleadings, & e . continued from
the Supreme Court holden io Dec. lall, to the
next Court, which was to have be^ holder
in June next, fall be continued, returned to;}
and have day in theterm to be holden on the
firft Monday in August next.' ~
That the Diftri&s of the United States (ex.
cepting the-Diftrias of Maine, Kentucky, and
Tenutffee, fall be formed into Six Circuits;•
—The Diftridls of New-Hampshire, Maflachu
fetes, and Rhode Iflanq, conflicting the hft;
the Diftri&s of Co*ric6ticut, New-Yale, arid
Vermont,he fecund;.the DiftridlaofNew-Jetfey
and Fennfylvanra, the third ; the Diftr& ts ^
Maryland, and Delaware, the fourth ;th<Dfr