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hereto annexed, it appears that the turn
of 15,293 dollars and 23 cents were
paid for the transportation of the books,
papers, records, and furniture of the
several offices, and the furniture of the
President : and the sum of 32,872 dol
lars and 34 cents, for expenses incurred
by the officers and clerks for the re
moval of themselves and fanlilies. In
general the vouchers produced in fup
port'jof these last mentioned expences,
are the dated accounts and the declara
tions of the officers and clerk, to whom
the fame were allowed. Transcripts
of the accounts of the officers only are
\riannexed, those of the clerks being too
'numerous to be detailed.—From these
~ accounts (which are marked g I,togi2,
iriclufivc)it will be seen that the charg
es consist of travelling expences, losses
on the sale of articles thought too in
convenient to remove, packing, break
age and transportation of furniture,
house-rent in Philadelphia, and 'extra
expences after their arrival at the city
of Waffiingtori. As all the officers &
clerks were, at the time, in the service
and pay of the government, and re-'
. ceived the full amount oftheir Salaries,
exclusively .of these extraordinary al
lowances, and as the a& of June,,79%
provided only-far -defraying the ex
pences incident to the removal of (he,
offices, the committee are of opinion,
that this sum of 32,872 dollars and 34'
cents, was drawn from the. treasury
& expended without any legal authority.
The manner in which monies drawn
from thetreafury, under rf previops ap
propriations, have been afterwards ap
plied, presents a fubjeft of enquiry of
more difficulty and, importance
The expenses in relation to the civil
lift, being chiefly for falartes; are not
otherwise liable to abuse, then in cases
where monies advanced to agents have
not been applied to the objects for
which the advance was made, and have
not been afterwards regularly account
edfor. Amongftthefubordinate agents
to whom monies have been advanced
for miscellaneous objeds, of a civil na
ture, some appear to be delinquents,
And some not to have rendered their
accounts, as will be seen by a reference
to the document marked D. herewith
reported.
The ' monies nectary' to defray the
expenses incident tc the intercotirfe
with foreign nations, have, until lately
been paid to the Secretary of State,
who used to difbuffe the fame. The
accounts of Messrs. Jefferfon, Marshal
and Madison, who have, at various pe
riods, filled that appointment, haVel
been fettled, and no Balance is due
thereon. A suit, not yet decided, has
been ixftituted against Mr. Randolph,
formerly Secretary of State,, for a bal
ance unaccounted for by him. The
accounts of Mr. Pickering are not yet
finally fettled. He remains- charged
with a sum of 3383 dollars and accents
erroneously paid by him for freight of
a vessel foppofed to bare been employ
,pd by the consul at Tripoli, and with
'another sum of 3289 dollars and 50
cents, being the balance of an advance
made to Samuel Hodgdon, for the pur
pose of being remitted to Mr. Humph
reys, at Madrid, in part of his salary,
•which Mr. Humphreys did not receive.
Both these firms it is believed may,
and will be recovered from the persons to
whom theywere refpedively advanced.
But the principal reason which appears
to have prevented an ultimate settlement
- with him, arises from the circumstance
'of his not having applied the whole of*
the money drawn by him from the treas
ury, to the'fpecific olye&s for which it
was appropriated by law. For theextent
1 Arid result of this misapplication, the
committee refer to the statement mark
ed C. accompanying the communica
tiori of the Secretary of the Treasury
under date of she 2d of Match. From
this statement it appears, that Mr. Pick
ering drew from the Treasury under
. the appropriations made "for defraying
the expences incident to the intercourse
of foreign nations, for negotiating trea
ties with the Barbary powers, and for
the contingen t expences of government}'',
* the fpm 0663,999 dollars and 57 cents
more than applied to those several &
jests which, together with ,the sum of
14,588 dollars and 54 cents gained by
him on , the purchase of bills of ex
change for the ufc of the government
form an aggregate of 58,588 dollars
and t1 cents. The flatement C. will
ihew that the whole of this sum was ex
pended by him on fubjedsof a public
nature (as far as the committee can
afeertain the fad) but this expenditure
having been made .from appropriations
deigned for other objects by law, the
misapplication of the money has pre
vented the Comptroller of the Treasury
from fettling his accounts.
be continued.™]
from the Gazette of the United States.
THE unwearied industry of the jniniftcrial
# ifts in vamping up daily in new forms,
the almost exploded tales to which they attri
bute their success in cutting honest men from
office, isa perfectly convincing proof that they
are beginning to be aware of their danger from
the flood of light which has lately been ffied
upon the people of this country. The attempts
that have been made to expose the mifeondud
of our present rulers and their adherents, and
to explain to the people the condud of the for
n,<r administrations, are faft removing the cur
•ain of delusion. The indignation of the de-
In announcing that the final arrange
ment of general peace is so near at hand,
it is with much pain we give to the pub
lic any information tending to damp
their joy. We received private advices
'&om % the Continent yesterday, which in
additic n to the contents of public papers,
leave very little doubt that the flames
of war lull extinguithed in the weft of
Europe, are on the-eve of being rekind
led in the edit. We ate allured the e
vent which every one has so plainly
forefeen, is on the point of taking place ;
that the PARIT ITON ofthe TUIJK-'
ISH EMPIRE is agreed upon, and
that Bonaparte has iucceded in per
suading Raffia, Austria and Prussia,
tempted by the profpca of aggrandize
ment, to enter into his VACA'. It is pos
sible that Mr. Billet, the nielfeuger,
brought, official intelligence of this to
our Minlher a few days ago. We un
derhand Ruflia and Austria will im
mediatelyinvadetheTuikifo dominions.
This intelligence comes by a private
channel ; but it rests on good authori
ty, and is strongly supported by the
contents of foreign journals. It ap
pears, the French Minister at Conftan,
tinople, had dispatches of great impor
tance ; that the Etiglifh Miriifter at Vi
enna received a messenger from Constan
tinople, with dispatches of great import
ance, also ; the Grand Seignior and the
Divan, expected the ultimatum of Eng
land with impatience, as it was report
ed Austria and Russia had agreed to
seize upon her Weftern Pro\ inces,
which are in a date of anarchy ; that
the Archduke Charles, had called from
his hermitage, Field Mai (hall Cobourg,
and is busily engaged with him in or.
ganizing the army ; that the Austrian
rrpops in Hungary are in motion, and
their designs of seizing upon several
Turkish Provinces is no longer doubt
ful ; that 24,000 men in Transylvania
alone ; that numerous Austrian armies
are assembling in Eastern Galh'cia to
seize Moldavia ; and that cordons of
troops are on the frontiers of Bosnia and
Servia, which are to co-operate with
Ruffian troops defined to take posses
sion of the Turkish towns of Bender ;
and Aikaman. While these formida-|
ble measures are pursuing against the|
Turks, they are embroiled with the I
Englilh on account of the massacre of,
the Beys. The Turkish empire left a-*
lone, and attacked as it will be by all
the great military powers of Europe,
must fall ; Bonaparte will then obtain
his objects, Egypt and Greece, in defi
ance of the British marine. Ifhe can
not reach them by sea, he will by land ;
and the very pretext will be used by the
great military powers for partitioning
furkey, which they lately used for their
attempt to partition France. The" dis
order, anarchy,and confufon, will be found
fogreat,asto threaten the very exigence
of civil society ; no regular government"
will be able to exist, unless the Turks
are reduced, and the feenes anting in
.Poland, attempted in- France, will be ;
repeated in the territories of the Otto-I
man Porte. All these powers want is I
dominion: principles and morality are|
LONDON, APRIL 10.
WE understand it is at present the
intention of Government to
ratify the Definitive, Treaty of Peace
on Monday, and dispatch it to Paris.
It will, probably there meet the ratifi
cation of Spain returned back from
Madrid, which, with the ratifications of
France and Holland, may be expected
here about the end of the week. In a
bout ten days after Lord Whitworth
will set out for Paris.
ceived and ,bukd Siemens is riiSug against the
deceivers who have so long and so impudently
traduced the molt worthy and refpedable of
our countrymen; and when the people once
begin co refled, what must be the despair of the
wretches whose labor and delight is to delude
the well meaning and to afperfe the upright ?
At the head of the lift of unjustly criminated
and worthy former officers, Mr. Pickering is
entitled to stand, as well because of the superior
-Virtue and talents which hepoffclTeX, as of the
torrent of obloquy which has been directed
against him. Every Jacobin paper, in the Un
ion has rung with charge, of his fraudulent con
duct ; ar length, when " the doors of honor
and confidence are burst open, and thefandu
ary polluted by an ignoble band, and the Gilcfcs
and Nicholfons, and Williamfes arid Elmendorfs
have been for five month, ransacking the re
cords of public transactions; when men like
these, declare to Congress, that it appears, that
Colonel Pickering has applied all the public
monies advanced to him to public objects; nay,
that he added to these sums nearly-fifteeo thou
sand dollars, which he gained on the purchase
of bills (and, hich some honest men might have
thought it no very high misdemeanor to,add to
their private flock) When these men tell
Congress further, that Colonel Pickering re
mains charged with two sums of 3,383 dollars,
20 cents, and 3,28, .dollars 50 cents, one erro
neously paid, and the other not yet proved to
have been received by the officer, part of whose
salary it was, from the gentleman to whom it was
advanced; when the mighty peculations of Co
lonel Pickering arc thus wiped away by his bit
tCTeft enemies, by men who had access to every
document that could elucidate the fubjed ; by
men, who, in an official report, made under
high responsibility, have shewn a spirit of mean
ness and malignity worthy of a Duane or a
Cheetham—What mull the people fay ? Will
they not begin to rcßc& ? Will they not feel
for an honest old servant thus maligned ?
Moll assuredly—every man who knows the
sweet enjoyment of a confeioufnefs of hav
ing, well served the State, must feel indignant at
the base assaults that have been made on the
fair fame of so exalted a character.
Foreign News.
By an arrival at New-Tork,
From q Norfolk paper of May 15.
A medicalrcntkman of the name
of Wheelcrwho lately fettled in Ports
mouth, V. having occafiori to fee a pa
tient fomc didance out of town on Wed
nesday last, alighted on his return at a
farm house abpyx fivemiles out of town,
where he was insolently accosted by a
mulatto fellow, who came in immedi
ately after, & upon the doctor's threat
ening to thaftile him and turn him out,
he swore he would not leave the house
'til begot what be came for, which with
a bold tone, he said, wasmoney! His in
solent and daring conduct so irritated
the dodor, that he made a cut at the
fellow with bis whip, upon which the
villain drew out a pistol, with a spring
bayonet, and then (tabbed the doctor in
various parts of his body, and abscond
ed. We are sorry to fay, that there is
little hopes entertained ofhis recovery.
As yet we have not heard of this in
fernal scoundrel being apprehended ;
but hope we soon (hall ; as a very ac
tive gentleman of Portsmouth and some
others are gone in pursuit of him.
FOREIGN SUMMARY.
Lord Kenyan died at Bath. He is
said to befucceeded by Sir Edward Law,
as Chief Justice of the King's Bench.
On the 7th April, at the Levee, Mr.
William Smith, late American Minister
at Portugal, was presented to his Ma
jesty: His Majesty converted some time
with Mr. Smith, on the fituatioftof Por
tugal arid France. Mr. Smith had pas
sed some months at Paris, and was ma
king the tour off Europe.
The Emperor of Morocco has threat
ened to declare war against Sweden
and Holland, if they do not fend their
accustomed presents in three months..
. . The price of provifiong in England
was daily falling. Stocks, on the 10th,
3 per cent, Reduced 74 7-8, 75 1-4,
74 -3-4> 3 P er cent, confols, 75 3-4,
76 3-8,75 7-8 —Confols for op. 76 1-2,
75 7-8. —At Paris, the 6th, the French
funds were at 56 1-4.
The English flocks, upon an average, was
five per. cent, higher than it was before the sign
ing of the Definitive Treaty.
On Sunday night died at Ba(h, the Right
Hon. Lloyd Lord Kenyon, Chief Justice of the
Court of King's Bench. He is fucccedcd in
his title 2nd estate by his only remaining son,
George, now lord Kenyon.
Marquis Cornwallis and faite arrived 21 Lon
don from Amiens, on the 31st March.
The.diffqlution of the British, Parliament is
again Wrongly talked of. [M F. Gaz.
A gentleman who came pafygsr in the ship
Mercury,from London, brought dispatches from
Mr. King, American Minister at the court of
G. Britain; which' were yesterday forwarded to
the Secretary cf State. We learn that Mr.
King, intended leaving London the ensuing
fummcr for franco, on hirretern to the United
States : From this we conclude, that he is al
ready or cr,e& fa bcreeallcd.
In the House of Lords on the Bth
of April, lord Grenville obferv.ed,
"that it would be of the utmost impor
tance that his Majesty's ministers, when
ever the Definitive Treaty comes be
fore the house, should afford the noble
lords full time to give it ample conftd
eration before they should be pressed to
any decision on the fubje&, in as much
as the treaty differed, in its nature and
probable effeds, from all former trea
ties of peace between Great Britain and
France. In former treaties of peace, it was
usual to recognize and confirm all former trea
ties of aniit, between both countries and their
allies; whereas this treaty would go to abro
gate and annul all former treaties. The abro
gation of some treaties, he would allow, might
be beneficial to this country; that of others
must be injurious. He would Bate, for the
present, but one or two striking instances, in
which the evil must be obvious. For instance,
tlfe treaty with Spain, under which renewed by
every treaty ofc peace for two centuries previ
ous to the war, we were allowed to cut log
wood in the Bay of Honduras, would be an
nulled : and the power, which under the new
treaty would be given to France, of trading in
the interior parts of India, could Rot fail to
shake the feat of British Government in that
quarter of the globe." &c.
Should a general attack upon the
Turkish empire be made, what part
will England take ? Teh years ago Mr.
Pitt detired, and Parliament voted it
too ! that we should go to war with
Russia than allow the cession of a tingle
Turkish town to her. Will England
now fee the whole Empire broken lip,
Greece, Egypt taken,' India threaten
ed ? In the Definitive Treaty, England
guarantees the integrity of the Turkish
Empire against France ; but France
in the firit inftanc'e will probably not
interfere- Russia and Austria will do
the bufinafs white France 'and Prussia
will receive their dividend of the spoil.
Or even should France interfere, the
will no further violate the Definitive
Treaty refpe&ng' Turkey, than she has
done the prelimraaries refoefting the
integrity of Portugal ; a step to which
Ministers have submitted. Perhaps, Mr.
Addington alluded to this approach
ing war, whemin concluding his speech
on the Budget, he expressed a hope of
preserving Peace, by fleering clear of
the quarrels of other nations.
mere cant. - .^mee they find by " the
result of experience and the evidence
of fads" that they cannot obtain itjn
krance=why—a slice of Turkey will
do asweH. "' /,
Lord Pelham, in reply, expressed his
reliance, that, when the treaty was
fairly before the house, and difeuffed,
no such ill consequences apprehend
ed by Lord. Grenville, would be likely
to ensue.
NORFOLK, . MAY 13.
Authentic particulars of the late intended
conspiracy of the Negroes.
For some months past information
from various quarters had been con
veyed to the civil and military authori
ties of the borough, that an insurrec
tion was in agitation, and that is was
to take place during thcEaftef holidays.
All accounts agreed in stating that the
signal of revolt was to be given by set
ting fire to this town. The various in
formation received, did not, however,
appear fyfficiently well founded to afc
prehend any of those fufpeded. Strong
patroles were ordered to reinforce the
ordinary watch, and every precaution
taken to guard against mifehief.
On the Thursday before Easter
Monday, a negro fellow was taken up
(for want of having a pass) on his way
from Princess Anne to this town, who
gave information that three negroes
(two of whom are now under feritence
of death, the other has not yet been
tried) had solicited him to join in set
ting the town on fire on Easter Mon
day night. . Nothing could be more
dear and positive than his testimony.—
Several were named by the above three
as being also concerned, and taken up ;
but as no proof but hearsay evidence,
appeared against them, they have been
difeharged. - -
The t'ate of the unfortunate wretch
es, (negroes Jeremiah and Ned) who
are to be executed to-morrow, will be
a fufficient warning to the rest of these
deluded people, who, upon a moment's
reflexion, must be fatisfied that from
the military ftrehgth of this place, all
their wicked attempts must end in their
own ruin.
Letters from Halifax and Charlotte
counties, N. C. inform, that nightly
'Meeting's Were very general among the
negroes in the above counties—that
quantities of arms and ammunition
have been found concealed—that num
bers of the ringleaders have been taken
up, seven of whom have been sentenced
to death, and immediate.execution :—
Throughout the whole of the state of
North-Carolina particularly the lovser
counties, infurredion seems to have
been contemplated, which leaves us no
room to doubt but a horrid massacre of
the whites was intended by the negroes,
of this and the adjoining ftata
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PHILADELPHIA, MAT 12.
Extraß of a letter from Elizabeth-City,
North-Carolina, dated May 12.
"We are all under arms—a negro
plot was difeovered ten days past in
this county, which has.been very feri
bus, and we find there is a chain of those
horrid lavages run through this State
and Virginia. It appears by some of
the evidences we are in possession of,
that they were to rife this week, by
others at harvest, and to murder all
the whites without regard to age or
sex, and all the blacks that would not
join them. .>
" Weare in pofleffion of the Gen.
who was tried by a special Court yes
terday at Camden Court.houfe, and
sentenced to death, the ringleader of
this county, by name Tom Copper,
has been taken but made his escape, he
is now out-lawed, we have his two
lieutenants, and just sent them off un
der a detachment of the horfe,to Hart
ford, Perquimans courity, to be tried,
as they belong and were taken by our
horse in that county."
FROM ST. DOMINGO.
We have accounts from Cape-Fran
cois, to the ad." April. Though Chris
tophe had negociated with Leclerc,
none of the troops of the former, had
entered the Cape. Touiffaint had not
latterly been heard from. Disease was
making great ravages among# the
French troops. The enmity to the A
A letter from Norfolk, dated May
14th, 1802, fays, “ Though the medi
tated infurre&ion of the negroes has
been detected, and prevented ; and
some of the moll a&ive of them doom
ed to death ; 1 am fearful that no ra
dical reformation can be effected in the
others generally. Their diabolical in
tentions never can be doubted; their
very natures are forage ;
" Which scarce one print of goodncfi will not
take,,'
" Bring capable of all ill."—
And they otrfy wait some favorable
opportunity,to re-aft the black tragedy
of St. Domingo here. We are, how
ever, on our guard?: and military pa
troles are in activity in various parts. —
Quantities of arms and ammunition
have been found in various parts of
these States ; and the poison of infur
reftion is not confined to Virginia ; —
it extends to all the States,, wherein
negro slaves are held. It is impossible
to prevent the fugitives from the French
islands, creeping into our plantations ;
and fecretly,fowing the feeds of rebel
lion and pillage. God grant we may
not fall into the hands of such hell
hounds."
Jacob Mayers, Esq. of this city,
formerly American Consul at Cape
Francois, suddenly fell down in the
street yeflerday morning & expired.
United States.
o
Capt. Pile, arrived at New-York,
left Havanna, die sth May, and in
forms that a day or two before he fail
ed, several American vessels entered
that port, by permission of the Gover
nor ; and that it was the general opin
ion, that their cargoes would be landed,
and purchased by government, at a
price considerably let's than the market
price, which was 24 dollars per barrel.
—-0— -
From Europe.
The Ihip Mercury arrived at New. York from
London, has furnifhed dates to the 10th A
pril. The intelligence by this vessel Rates,
that Lord Cornwallis had returned to London,
after having concluded and signed the Definitive
Treaty of Peace, and that the Ambassador for
France would set out for Paris, the moment art
exchange of the Ratifications had taken place;
that a loan of 26 millions and a half had been'
requeued and fubferibed for the use of Govern
ment for the current year; that the National
Bank had suspended payments in fpecic ; and
that the storm of war was on the eve of breaking
out in the East.—On the fubjed of the last ar
ticle we have made several extracts at length
which will be found under the foreign head
SALEM, MAY 21.
Extract of a letter from Cape-Francois, April 2*.
" I have been here fix days, and
have not difeharged any part of my
cargo, and cannot tell whether I Ihall
or not, as the markets are very dull. I
shall leave this for Jamaica as soon as I
can clear out, but business is not easily
done here. Ihe war I believe is at an
end. Christophe has resigned himfelf
up, with all his army, and the negroes
are sent to the plantations. He is ex
pected in town to-morrow. Touiffaint
is reported to be dead ; but we cannot
confide in any thing we hear."
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Hatanna to
bis friend in this town, dated April 2&
'' there has been a dreadfubfire in
the village, about one mile from this
city. It began on the ^th inst. and
burnt until the morning of the 26th
confuming every thing in its way until
it came to the water. There are vari-&
ous reports of the number of houses
burnt ; some fay 1500, others 20Q0; but
I believe we may fafely estimate . it at
1500— Many lives were loft, but..how
many it is not known." '' ?
Ihe Definitive Treaty of Peac^ con
tains no article refpe&ing the cession
of Loufiana to the French : That eef
fion will therefore take place.
^UESf/ON.
Where is the Government of the U
nited States, at this time?.
ANSWER.
The President, at Monticello, ruminat
ing on the “ cause eof the decline of empires "
Twa Vice-President, in South-Carolina
on a visit to the " Rice Planter."
The Secretary of State—at his feat in Virginia,
fludying a sermon from Luke x. 30.
The Secretary of the Navy, at Baltimore, or
journeying northward, perhaps to apologize
for his treatment of Capt. Little, and the crew
of the Boston.
The Secretary ts the Treasury, at New. York,
learning the English language.
The Ptf-Mailer- General--- tumbling about in
the mail carriages—" free of postage."
The Secretary ts War —reviewing his "raggx
muffins'' —foo " more or less."
All gone, all off-—not even a solitary Secre
tary left, to take care of the national archives,
or guard the Mammoth Cbeefc.
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It is said that the noted Callender, the
author of “ The Profpea before us" and sever
al other infamous publications- against the late
adminif}rations of our gevernntenq has com
menced editor of a paper in Richmond, (Vir.)
entitled, "The Recorder"—has deferred his
old friende, and has begun an attack on ffie pre
sent administration. - He promises to give the ,
fubftancG of sundry converfatiogs with Mr.
Madison, and with the President, prior to hit
eleaion—We may therefore soon ciped few
more “ precious confeffions."—Before he com
menced his editorial career, he applied tea gen
tleman of known federal principles, anfre
fpedable for charader, flatten and confae^on,
for his influence and fuppprt—"No;"Aid Mr
R. “ yob have already proved yourfelf a ftoun
drel—how then can you expea my support
when you want my confidence F'fJVfy^
Pay the public debt— wasfrfofy
the democratic cry :— Let the debt re
main—is n&w the cry—So far from
wishing to pay the public debt, we'll
cut off a great source of revenue, the
whole internal tares: However, since
we have said so much, we'll pass a bill,
the title of which (hall be, a bill to di£
charge the <u>bob public debt : This will
have a fine found among the people,
though it be only by loaning and re
loaning. Let us Kick to the title of the
bill, though 'tis perfect children's play,
the multitude wont difeern it. Thug
the democrats pay, oh fortunate gov
ernment, by the cheap proofs of pa s.
sing one bill, the ^te public oW#—but
how ? Why, by taking up the old note
and giving a new one.
The Mechanic Society of New-York
Mve purchased a large lot of land in,
that city, on which they propose
mediately to ered an elegant Edifice 'I
With a commodious Hall for their ac^
commodation.
mericlns which the French L fyU
from France, had riot ameliorate,,
and the insults they daily experienced
were as gross as they were uudefeivtd.
bostok, M " Y "
Letters from Havanna, dated the lit
"it mention, that a very defttiiaive
fire had destroyed near 2000 boufes,
&c. in the vicinity of that city : and
that it was expelled, the Governor
would, in consequence, permit the free
importation of lumber, &c.
THE WHOLE DEBT.