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Corgreft of the. If States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES..
T WEDNESDAY, APRIL %}
HE unseated Land's situation Bill puffed.
The Bill refpeaing thcfakref N. W. Ter.
ritory lands, came *from the Senate, amended.—
Referred to a fele& Committee.
The Connmisut IVefcrn Reform esfion Bill, ah
so come from the Senate, amended. 'The House
Concurred. ''
The Prefidentjif the United States notified
the H^ufe, by mediate, that he had approved
of fevcral Bills, which originated in the House,
THURSDAY, APRIL 2&
A committee was railed to. report a bill fox
the incorporation of a company for the. Manu
future of Sheet Copper. •
The Legislative officers' compensation .Bill
came from the Senate amended. [The amend
ments bait been agreed to.} 'w
The President of the U. States notified the
Houle of his approbation'of fevcral ads.
-GEORGIA LIMITS.
* The House in committee, took up the amend
ments of the Senate, on the Bill supplemental
to the aft for an amicable* settlement of limit,!
with the State of Georgia. Some of the amend,
ments were rejeded. ~
One of the fedlions of the Bill gave the Com
missioners power to fettle the title of claimants
>to part of the lands about to be tededby the
State of Georgia co the United States. (TJrf
lands are part of these which have occafaned so much
/peculation —within thefefew years.] The fc&ipn
it was reported, Should be disagreed to.
Meffirs. H. Lee, Rutledge and-Bayard ad
vocated, and Mtffrc Gallatin and Janes oppefed
the fe&Qn. Mr. Smilie read,the rule; of the
'Houfe, that no Member nolo is particularly inter
fed in a qufionfall vote on it ;" and inGnuated,
thht some members were interested on the fub
je& Mr. Sewall as a Member alluded'to, de
manded an explanation of the rule. He declar
ed he was interested, having been a purchaser
of thefc lands ; and added, that a number of his
coidhtuevts were equally interested, and would
feel hurt at the rejection of his vote. He re
peated his demand of an explanation of the rule ;
and of its applicability to him on the question.
He then submitted a Resolution, by which the
house were, f° declare their sense upon the fub
je& But the Houtt adjourned, before the ques
tion was taken.
FRIDAY, APRIL If.
The House concurred with a committee in
difagrtcing to several amendments of the Sen
ate, to the Bill rtfpeding the sale of lands.-
A Resolution for procuring a library, at the
city of Washington, for the use of Congress, was
agreed to ; and a Committee of three chosen to
execute it.
The Sheet Copper company Incorporation Bill was
reported.
The Committee on the North-Western Ter
ritory division Bill, reported "to strike out the
•whole Bill, and male a new one ;" which was a
greed to.
The Patent's Bill, was ordered to be cngroffed.
A report was received from the Treasury, on
the fcbjeft of the Mint.
GEORGIA LIMITS BILL.
The consideration of the propriety of Mr.
Sewall's giving a vote was resumed. Mr. Speak
er decided, that the older of the House only
meant an apparent intcreft in any queftion—
thus a merchant, although he is generally in
terfiled in all mercantile questions, but because
he is not apparently so, is intitled to vote. It
was the opinion of the chair, that a member
was intitled to vote on a quest ion, in which more
of the public than of his own business, w,s in
volved in it; and that Mr. S. ought to vote ;
the fubjc& not admitting a question of order.
Mt. Sewell said, ho wa.,convinced he had a
right to vote, because, he Should not a& from
personal but general piotives ; but left an ill
corftruftion should be put on the proceed
ing, from motives of perlons!, decency, he should
withdraw while the question was taking.
The Speaker observed that his name should
be called, and that he might' vote.
The fc&ion in dispute was Don-concurred.—
For non-concurring with the Senate 46^ —to 34.
ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT, &,
Mr. Mailhal/frbm the Committee on the
bill for deciding disputed elections of PreGdent
and Vice-Prefri^tv reported, an amendment,
which was co strike out all the bill except the
enabling chute, and to insert a new bill. Re
fared to a Committee of the whole.
SATURDAY, APRIL 26.
The additional Bill for prohibiting the Slave
Trade, Was taken up in Committee of the whole.
- Mr. Brown, (of Rhode-Ifland) objected to the
principles on which the bill was predicated.—
He advocated the trade, on the grounds of com
mercial advantage ; and contended that the
participation of the United States in a traffic
profecufed by all commercial nations, would
not add a tingle Gave to the -number exported
from Africa. —He was, therefore, in favour of
postponing the bill, and the Committee's riling.
After a few obfervaticns from Mr. Nicholas
aud Mr. Fuller, the motion for the commit
tee's riling, was rejected unauimoully.
Several tedious were gone through with, but
the Committee rose before the bill was comple
ted.
Several local bills passed various flages.
MONDAY, APRIL 18.
The Speaker laid before the House a letter
from Robert Morris, Esq. on the ftibje& of J.
B. Verdier's petition, which was ordered to be
printed.
The SLAVE TRADE Bill.
Mr. Rutledge, moved, that the Committee
of the whole be difeharged from any further
consideration of this bill. Carried.—Mr. Bay
ard, wished it recommitted to a fcled commit
tee.— Mr. Rutledge was opposed to its recom
mitment —He thought the a& unnecessary.—
The motion for recommitment was carried by
a great majority—and three members were ap
pointed. flr
The Sheet Copper Company Incorporation Bill,
was read a fecund and ordered a third reading.
• INSOLVENT PRISONERS.
A committee was railed to report a bill for
' - the personal difeharge from prison of the insol
vent debtors to the United States,
MILITARY BILLS.
The Militia Bill, and the bill for eftablilhing
a Military. Academy, &c, were on motions there
for, postponed until the firft Monday in December
next. -I: ^.. -.
^ BRITISH TREATY.
The bill providing for the execution .offhe
„th art of the treaty with Great-pritaih, was
taken up,and Mr. Nighola,' amendment, which
provides, that no perlon Shall be delivered up §
where thcre-is a concurrent jurifdi&ion, being
under consideration,. a Jong debate; ,[ued,in
which it was contended, on one fide, that the
house hud nb power to put a confttuaion on the
treaty; and on the other, that no treaty could
° deprive a man of the trial by jq,r wrest
from our churls the Solute junfdi&mp given
by the conftitution.^-'l he amendment was re
seed. For it 4 %— Against it 45;
Managers on the part of the house were cho
sen to meet .others, on the part of the Senate,
on the disagreements rtfpe&ng the Georgia
T finite
TheT-reforert receipts and expenditures for
1798 were laid on the table.
g report on mrs. Woofler's petition, was
h -committed..,
TUESDAY, APRIL 2,. "
~ r The cngroffed Sheet Copper Company InCGrpa
— ration,})^ passed to be enacted.
Thf Senate annoumd it, agreement to the
\. Public Arfemols regulation Biff.'
fe The Bill to carry into effc<fl the 27th art. of
the -Britifli treaty; was taken up and feme a
d mendments proposed , which being ordered
d to be printed,the discussion was suspended.
The President of the United States informed
the House, by meffoge, of his approbation of
ir .certain bills, .......
A bill came from the Senate for amending
the a& to-suspend in part the ; a& to augment
l, the United Styles army,
1- NleHorj of Prefdent, %.
Th'e'bill for the appointment of a joint com
c- mittee, to count the votes for President and
Vice-President of the United States was taken
up in committee of the whole, mr. Rutledge,
i- in the chair. Mr. Nicholas deemed the bill
il wholly ufclef, and impracticable in execution ;
1, he, therefore, moved, for its rejection.—This
motion was negatived 43 to 39 r Mr. Gallatin
moved an amendment, and was aafwered by
- Mr. MarJbal. The committee rose without a
s decifipn. 'WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30.'
e The Senate notified the House of its concur
s fence in the New Loan pill; and that it had
6 palled an amendatory Judicial Bill.
n , Electors of Prefident, ^c.
The House again went into committee on
• this Bill. A motion of mr. GaHatin, on the
' fubjed, called forth a debate which lasted thro'
C the day ; and which was finally negatived 46
• to 44. The bill being gone through with, the
, the Committee rose and reported the fame td the
- House,
; Late Foreign News
LONDON, MARCH 6.
WE have just received Paris papers to the
2d inII. The Moniteur contains an of
; ficial notification that Suwarrow and his army
are actually on. their return to Russia.—The
~ “ Clef du Cabinet," however asserts, that a corps
of 15,000 picked Russian troops arc to embark
for Great-Britian.
% Lord Bridport, will immediately proceed
with a reinforcement to the fleet off Brest, com
manded by Admiral Gardner.—Government
has received information, that 36 fail of the
^ combined fleet was completely equipped for sea.
} The whole combined fleet cemprifes 54 fail.
PARIS, FEB. 20.^
5 Yesterday the CONSULS were installed in
their hew Palace of the Tbuilleries. —The Coun
sellors of State, and other officers were in their
e grand dresses.-— The Consuls werepreceded 6, their'
body guards § and accompanied by the fluff officers of
the I 7to Military divifon. The populace tefifed
• their joy by the warmest approbation.
1 FEB. 21. This day ,1/ the foreign Minfers
were introduced to the Chief Consul at the Levee.
HAGUE, FEB. 18.
News was yesterday received here
r from Amsterdam, that Batavia and all
our other possessions in the island of'
; Java had been surrendered to the Ln
; glilh, who had found at Batavia more,
r than ten millions fpepie, together with
: the property belonging to our govern
ment which was stored. : This intelli
; grace has caused g^at agitation here,
; as well as at Amsterdam.-
iParis, FEri. 20.
An epidemic disease has appeared
in the hospitals at Lyons, which has
made confidcrable ravages. Some phy
sicians fay it is only the hospital fever,
others Rate it to be like the plague ;
however this may be, a great alarm
prevails, left it may be that dreadful
scourge of the human ra^e.,
Spain has succeeded in procuring
the interception of the king of Prussia
with the British cabinet in favor of
Napper Tandy, and his associates. ,
The lifts-of emigrants is clpfed. We
can now lay down to rest without fear
of being inferibed on these fatal lifts.
This measure, called for by every con
sideration of morality and foynd poli
cy, must re-animate public.credit, fill
every heart with joy, every mouth with
blefliires, and secure to the government
the affections of the people. How fa
vourably for tranquillity does the 3d
article of the law argue ! " Every in,
dividual who Ihall in future leave the
republic shall not be fubjed to (he laws
on emigration." Thus .every one is
at liberty to go and return when he
pleases, without the imputation of. a
crime. " 6 -
Extrafl of a fetter from Zurich, dated
• ifonuar, Bth. ? # ,
We are assured, that in a short time,
Switzerland will be evacuated by both
parties and declared neuter by mutual
agreement. Theretreat of several corps,
and the promises -of-certain persons,
high in Ration, contribute to render
this assertion probable, and the unfor
tunate seize with avidity the least flat-,
tering hope. We fehr, however, their
retrograde motions are only caused by
the Frontiers being so exhausted of
provision, that.it is with difficulty a
Sufficiency can be., procured for the
precarious fubfißcnce of their inhabi
tants..
4 Wecyery day behold the .mournful
fpeftacle of the arrival of 50,.70 or
100 children of the canton of Glaris
and its environs, whom their parents
ate obliged to fend to the interior of
Switzerland,, being themselves unable
1 to fapport them. These poor creatures
are reduced to depend upon the com
!paffioh of strangers for an asylum aud
food, of which their country is in ab
solute want. We have here already
several hundred of these unfortunates,
; and expert still more. Notwithstanding
iour own misery, we do all we.can for
them, and give them an education,
that they may be* able to make a liv
ing, flhdatd their own families never be
' |na filiation tagivf .them any affiflauce .
at a future day.
I Such is the deplorable ficuatm of
this once flourishing country, formerly
the abode of peace, plenty and happi
ness. Ages will fcaretly repair our *
loffes.:') : •
Extruft of a letter from Berne, dated Dec. 17.
" Our misery is such chat language
is inadequate to the ascription of it.
Nothing is heard but the cry of misery,
the groans of despair. m
“ In the canton of" Wajdftctfcn, the
population has so ffiuch diminifhedthat
when the last primary airemSlies were 1
to be held, tfe number of voters Were
inferior, to that required By the' consti
tution.
"The canton of Zurich is in a de--
plorable Rate. The, price of necetfa
ries increases daily in dreadful propor
tion, particularly in the villages fituat--
ed along the Rhine and the Thur.—
Several of the communes are totally
destitute of fodder. Similar complaints
are received from the' cantons of Sentis
and Turgovia, and particularly in that'
of Lenth. The two latter can only|
procure grain from Zurich at an ex-j
orbitant rate. For want of food for
cattle, the gaeater part of the com
munes are forced cither to kill or fell
most of their cattle, the chief source of
their subsistence. The manufacturers
are in a Rate of flagnation, thousands
of hands without ,work.. Yet a little
timc>and the picture of the misery of
the eastern cantons will be equal to that
of Waldftetten.,
" In the Upper Valais we fee noth
ing but decayed buildings without win
dows or rafters, the military having ta
ken away the wood for firing. Thrb'-
out that country there is no. inn where
the traveller can rest but at Sierre and
Sion. The ftrte of Underwald is equal
ly deplorable—the houses in ruins—the
people near! j famifhed, living in barns
and (tables.
• 66 A society for foftening the miseries
of the- Valais has been formed at Lau
sanne, The following details of the
claims which that country has to com
panion and iffiftance have been pub
iifhed. ~ ';
" From the wood of Finge it is, that
a feene ofdefdation commences, which
extends and increases to Brigg. In that
space of more than seven leagues, all
the right bank of the Rhone is sacked
and laid waste; not one town or village
—not a hamlet has been spared. Some
have been „ entirely destroyed, others,
half burnt, all the houses, without ex
ception, have been pillaged and laid
waste ; these in which some windows
are flill perceivable ' have only escaped
the general disaster, because they serve as
lodgings for thefoldiers. A few inha
bitants, thinly scattered, present them
selves here and there among the ruins :
" The fad biforiant f the penfic plain ,"
But what are they to fubfiil upon ?-=
Their land is not sowed, and the last
hurveft, the most abundant that ever
was seen, is dill in heaps in the field. It
is at Brigg particularly that the devaf
tationis at its height. Every thing has
been destroyed with a cruelty scarcely
to be conceived, and impoflible to be
described ,-the windows broken and
the woodwork andiron carried off: ar
ticles of luxury or of necessity, that
which was ufeful, and that which was
only ornamental, have all been involv
ed in one common deßrudtion : the
churches even; and the articles for wor
ship, the tombs too.
" The pen, falls from the hand, and
the mind, shocked by such a feene can
Only, find repofejn procuring the means
of alleviating such miseries. The ad
jacent parishes have been equally mal
treated ; the inhabitants are almoß nak
ed, apd rich and poor are exposed to
the fame wants. Viege, Toutcemague,
and all the places in - the plain, present a
feene of the greater misery. Varonne,
on the right bank of the Rhone, opce a
papulous and rich village, has been re
duced to ashes. The whole country
between Brigg andSemplin is absolute
. ly ruined. What scarcity and distress
@ay we nofopea this winter and the
ensuing fpri^%_
• ' " LONDON, MARCH ,
• A letter frppi Niost, th the Weft of
France, dated Febz 47, fays, "In all
the pacified parts of the Deux Sevres,
the catholic worship, the fairs and mar
kets of the old regime, and the ancient
calender are in force. Gen. Hedou
villc himfelf recommended this tolera
tion."
NEW-YORK,APRIL 28.
Yesterday arrived at this port, the
flip Boyne, from London, in 46 days.
She brings papers to (he Ninth of
March ; but they contain very little
intelligence of moment. In one of
these papers it is mentioned that the<
Brcti Fleet, to the number of 18 ships
of the. line, had failed on a secret ex
pedition ; and that the British govern
ment, in consequence of the present a
•lamiing scarcity of wheat and flour in
that kingdom, had opened the ports for
the admiflion of tl\ofe articles from all
neutral countries, and had offered the
usual bounty.
The Boync'atrived at N; York from Lon
dbn brings accounts of a dreadful fire having
happened on the Customhouse quays, in London,
by which the loft was oftimaud at 300^000!.:
sterling. Much American property was said
to have been defiroyed. •/
' Touffittit has in grateful terms, acknowledge
ed assistance received irt thcredutlion of Jaque,
me), by that port's being blockaded by the
I W. 3. frigate 'Gcu#^ &WW b ; <;.
Articles per Mails.
PHILADELPHIA, APRIL zB.
.CIRCUIT COURT of the U. State,,*
^,Sitting at Philadelphia.
- ON Saturday hft the trial of Conrad Marks;
indided for High Treason, commenced. The
J"5 6c % caffeif and fioorn, the cause was opened by
Ke Attorney of the Diflrift, [mr Rawle) who fat
ed the nature of the offence of vbkb the prifaer
food indißed, and adduced a number of witnejfa ora
the part of the profession. Several witness were
afo produced on the part of the prif^er. Mr Rose
and me. Hopkinfon, who were the council aligned
by the court,for the prifoner^ry ably and ingenious
.^ defended bis ratfe, at fomelength ; and were fully
anftared by Mr Ingerfol on the part of the prosecu
tion. fudge Chafe, in an elegant, learned and
feeling charge addrefed the jury, informing them of
the law, and reciting tbefa& as they appcared,ln
evidence. The jury retired about twenty minuter
pf eleven o'clock at night, fudge Chafe informed
4b, jury previous to their retiring, that the court
would wait till twelve 'o'clock,, to fee if. they could
agree oh their verdid, and they must return to court
and inform whether they could agree or not. At
that hour gbe jury returned and informed the court
i that they could not agree. The judget .ordered that
■ the jury be kept together in sane convenient place kill
! Monday morning at ten o'clock, to which time the
t court adjourned,
APRIL 30.
Conrad Marke,\Tic& on Saturday before the
Circuit Court, for treason, has been pronounced
not guilty. —
Haynie and Getman, have been found guilty
of treason.
JOHN FRIES. „
Yesterday Fries' trial wa, refamed. Mr.
Rawlc, after the examination of his witnesses,
made a brief summary of the testimony ; and
with that lenity and candor which marks every
feature of the administration of the general
govei nmept, omitted any observations thereon.
The prisoner was called on for his defenfe;
which he declined ; declaring he rested on the
justice of the Court—Judge Chafe, observed,
that with the blessing of God, ample justice
should be received from the court. The Judge,
with his usual learning and ability, addressed
the Jury. He defined the nature of the charge,
and the application of the testimony to it.—The
jury retired, and in about an hour returned with
a verdid of GUILTY.
After the verdi& was given, Judge Chafe in
formed the prisoner, as he hrd no counsel, if he,
or any person fox him, could point out any flaw
in the indi&ment, or legal ground for arrest
°f judgment, ample time would be allowed
for that purpose.
FRENCH, PIRATES
The three French pirates convicted on Mon
day, received sentence of death, to be executed
on them, on Friday, the ninth of May.
FEB. zB.
ALARM OF LAST WIGHT.
Late lift evening, a report was circulated that
an attempt was to be made in the course of the
night to rcfcue Fries, and that Macpherfon's
.Blues, were called out to prevent it. The re
port was in part without foundation. The
fi& is, the Marshal of the United States, haying
yesterday found upon visiting the cell of the
French pirates, one qf them nearly freed from
his chains, although he had the day before left
him pcrfcaiy secure, thought proper to request
a guard of fifteen or twenty men from Gen.
Macpherfon, until the affair should be investi
gated. This was accordingly granted.
. [OFFICIAL.].
From Mr. King, Minister Plenipotentiary of the
United States, in London, to Geo. Knox, Esq. their
Consul at Hull.
"LONDON, FEB. 21ft,1800.
“ SIR, '.
u thave received a note, dated the 2Qth in
fant, from Lord Greenville,informing me that
on the sth January last a proclamation was
issued by the commander in chief of the British
fleet in the Mediteranean, declaring, the port.of
Genoa in a flare of blackade,and adding that the
blockade so inflicted would be maintained and
inforced in the ftri&eft manner, according to
the usages of war, acknowledged and observed
in similar cases.
“ I request you to make this information
known to our citizens within your Consulate,
and to transmit the fame to the United States,
by the earl^ft opportunities.
“ With great refpedt, I am fir, your obed't
servant, RUFUS kING."
The Secretary of State, has received the
following Proclamation of the King of Spain,
from the American Consul at Cadiz.
[translation.]
BLOCKADE OF GIBRALTAR.
His Catholic Majesty desirous of lessening as
far as possible the injuries resulting to the Na- #
tion by the fliamcful trade carried on by many
of his fubje&s with the Garrison of Gibraltar,
by means of neutral veffeis, and availing himfelf
of the right of making reprisals on the enemies
of his crown, who have declared the ports of
Cadiz and St. Lucar in a state of Blockade :—
His Majesty is therefore pleafcd to order that
from this day, the Garrison of Gibraltar Ihall be
eonfidcred as Blockaded, & that in consequence
thereof, all neutral vefftls bound to that Port
ft all be confidcred as lawful prizes.
Published for the information and Goyern
mept of this City and Neighbourhood.
Cadiz, Feb. 28, 1800.
NEW-YORK, APRIL 16.
Capt. Strangman, of the Swedish schooner
Ophelia, 17 days from Anguilla, informs,(hat
he saw the a&ion between the United States
brig Eagle, Capt. Campbell, and the French
privateer the Conqueror of Egypt The
Frenchman was captured and carried ipto St,
Kitts. It was reported that Capt Campbell.,
was ihot in the aaiop.
HORRID tnftance of Huwiqn Depravity,
HARTFORD, AVAIL 14.
On the night of the 3d inst. the house ofMr-
Holgate of Milton, State of Vermont, was cou
fumed by fire, together with all the furniture,
papers, &c. A maid who lived in the family
and one of his children periffied in the flames.
The house is fuppofcd tQ have been set on fire
designedly by Mrs. Holgate. A xootfoverfy
happened between Mr Holgate and his wife
the day previous to the fire, (on account of her
buying ferreted his books and papers,) in con
sequence of which ihe .thrcatened<o burn the
house and him with it, Mr. Holgate wascon
. fiderably byrnt in refeuing one of his children
from the flames, as was also the child. Mrs.
Holgate, was found in her usual dress, Walking
the room, who bad given no alarm notwith
ftandipg the next room in the house was wrap
ped in flame*.
The day followings jury of inquest Were
impanelled on the remains of the unhappy
vi&ims, and after a lengthy examination return
ed a verdict of wilful murder, Mrs Holgate is
committed to gaol for trial before die out Su
perior Couch J. It «'^ ;de
Boston, MAT 'j.' * ~' #
FROM ST.. DOMINGO.
We are in poffefiion of the “ Bulletin Official
de Saint-Domingue," to the 4th ult.—ln the pa
per of the last date, is the official account of the
capture by Touffainft' forces of Jacquemel, on
. the 27th February, after much severe fighting.
The attack was made by 2000 troops, and ma
°T of Rigaud's forces were killed and made
prifttoers. Oge, was killed. Touffaint's troops
have also taken the important port Cava
lier near Baynet. The mod deadly animoficy
subsists between these Chieftains. —They recip
rocally denominate each other rebel: aud both
acknowledge fealty tothe French Republic.
Other accounts, to the 9th April, fay Tog
faint is generally fucccfsful. ' *
THE INVADERS OF EGYPT.
Capt. Higgins, from Leghorn, whole vcffol
is performing quarantine, brought .with him
from that place the following article, which was
translated from a Venitian Governmental Ga
zette of the latter part of Feb. and circulated'
in Handbills at Leghorn, on the 7th of March.
“ THE Grand Vizer with his army attack
ed the fort of Arifch, gafrifoned by sßoo French
men, who desired to capitulate, but the Vizer
infilled that they should surrender at diferetion,
which being refufed, the fortrefs was taken by
affaulQand but 100 of the garrison escaped the
sword. The Vizer, after placing a fufficient
Turkilb force in that place, prepared to march
to Cairo. The French, to impede this step,
proposed terms of peace, and offered to evacu
ate Egypt I but the English dissuaded the Viz
er from conceding to these [lropofitions— -and he
continued his march towards Cairo, with al
• possible expedition."
.- —; U _ ......
Oenj RocraMreau, we find, by a Paris *
paper is reftered to his rank."—A Philadelphia
paper mentions his arrival at Guadeloupe, aa„
Governor of that iflaud, appointed by Buona
parte.
THE FRENCH PAPERS,
Which but lately were filled with the most
gross invectives against the government and pcc>
pie of the United States ; are now “ honied o'er"
m their praise. The elogics which have been
pronounced on out WASHINGTON, have
combined very handfomc panegylics on his com
patriots ; —and in the '•Publicise" of the 20th
Pluviofe (Feb. Bth) we meet with the follow
ing
"DESCRIPTION
• Os the three AMERICAN PLEXIPO
TENTIARIES sent h,>+<oqg r efs, to treat m
Peace with France.
" M & Ellsworth is Chief ®f the five great
fudges tuba compose the Supreme Court of the U—
nited States ; which is called, the Superior Court of
the Union. He was born in Connecticut , and frera
Lis youth was educated to the profeffon of tie law.
His life has been wholly devoted to puCi caffair.,
—He was a member of the Antient Con^< :...-
ing the war of Independence :—A Member of the
Convention that proposed the New Corftatfon ; and
Senator in Concrefs after that period. He is a mans
of acknowledged virtue, of rigid probity, and Jiri#
morals.
" M. Murray is a landholder of Alary land ,
andferved during the war of independence. . He bar
been Member ts Congress ever fence the adoption of
the new Corfitution, which found in him one of its
m^ able and tea lout supporters. Mr. Murray
was efeemed one of the bell orators in Congress; and^
was one of tbofe the most efleemed and noticed by
that Great Man upon nubofe tomb the whole United
States, with every description of demonJiration, and ,
with entire unanimity, at this moment are pouring
the tears of gratitude andforrow.
" M. Davie, is a landholder of North-Carolina..
He partook largely of the labours and, of the g^r, °f
the war of independence. He was a member of the
Convention, which aJfmbled at Philadelphia in 1 787,
to difeufs the Conflitutiou by which the United States
is now governed. Since that time he has been Govr
ernor of Nurth-Carolina; and united, in bis admin--
fration the efeem and approbation of bis fellow Ati
zens.">
OUR ENVOYS.
An arrival at Philadelphia, from Cadiz,men- •
rions, that our Envoys had passed through
Bourdeaux, on their way to Paris. The Ca
diz account is as late as the 10th March.; and
may therefore be credited.
SALFM, may 6.
. FROM CADIZ.
Yesterday arrived here the ship Friendship;
Capt. Israel Williaros, 26 days from Cadiz.—
Intelligence had been received there of the ar
rival of the American Envoys at Paris, where
they were refpeafully received, and where it
was expelled that they would fettle all the dif
ferences between the two nations.
The present French government had, as we
have before heard, suspended the capture of
neutrals not armed and comtniflioneJ.
All idea of peace was dissipated, and great'
preparations were making by the adverse par
ties for the ensuing campaign. Buonaparte
had assembled a volunteer army of 60,000 men
at Dijon, which was inerchung, and at the
bead of which be was going to the Rhine ?
%/hile his colleague Consuls carried on Qe buft
hefs of the government at home, Suwarrow
it was said, would not return to the theatre df
war, and was conQninng his march to Russia,
It was reported, but not credited, that thq
French and. tyanilh fleets had gone out of Brest,
Spain is at this moment a s»o& wretched
country—their treasury exhaufed—their finan^
ces deranged—their paper money depreciated
50 per cent.—the sailors in their fleet destitute
of necessaries, and their pay, as well as that of
the men employed in the public arfenab, &e.
eight months to arrear—the Queen and her
party lavishing money on favourites—the peo
ple, even Spaniards, grumbling at the conduct,
great apprehensions entertained for the fafety of
twelve millions of dollars which should have
arrived from Vera Cruz, the failure of which,
it was apprehended, would excite fcripus cor.-
yulfiona in Spain.
Three frigates and 16, larger Clips, failed
from Cadiz while Capt. W. was there, taking
an opportunity when no English force was off
fufficient to prevent them.
Capt. Obrien had written a circular letter
from Algiers to the American mailers of verier,
requesting information refpsaing a vffil defined
to Algiers with naval floret for the D, from tie
United States, as stipulated by treaty —that it war
then several mouthsfacefefould have arrived, ard
that if Jbe fauld not have arrived within thirty
days from that toe, (Feb. Il) or some reafonoHe
account given for her delay, the Dey was determined
to commence bfilife upon the American commerce.
An account from the Mediterranean fityr ">''
Lord Nelfan bad captured a French 74, 3 frigate ,
and several transports with 4000 troop ,1 Qoard,
bound to Egypt. •,
Mr. Dandridge Secretary of the Mipig,r ts
the United States, at the Court of London, &,
arrived at New-York.
The British government has contrafled to
give 2C dollars, per barrel, for all Flour, vhjch
Shall arrive in England, hrfer# the IR j,r pf
.September DQ