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,£?<• 4 fa jitij ,te „r>^ # *Y d * fl ""* 4OT P 'fo""" 0 *"'
irritated at the refuf.il of America to
rate a contour: cruse with them, com
reiued the n^f flagrant violations of
treaty, fpmkd our commerce, and re
- tested with scorn the foiegin embassies
lent to conciliate them. When every
effort at aegpeiation failed, and the U
nited States had almost exhausted the
cup of humiliation to the dregs, the na
.tional Ipirit r^fe, and loudly demand
ed measures of naval and military pre
'paration, to place the country in a pos
ture of defence, and to vindicate the
national honor and chara^er— Ihe
call was obeyed, and Congress took
measures to equip a navy, to form a
provisional army,to fortify the defence
lefs seaports, and to purchase arms and
ammunition; and they imposed the
taxes necessary to support these expen
ditures. They also passed a&s by which
dangerous Grangers lurking in the bo
som of the community might be remov
ed ; and for the punishment of {edi
tions persons. '1 hefe a&s grew out of
the then date of public affairs, and
were in unison with the tone of the pub
lic mind. The immortal Wallington,
at that time retired to Mount Vernon,
reflected on these measures with a heart
ever alive to the public welfare, and
highly approved them, as appears by
his letter to President Adams, of July,
1798. Yet those who had unteaiingly
disapproved every measure of the gov
ernment, reprobated them as unnecefTa
ry, prodigal, and even dangerous to
the public liberty.
An oppofirion so- Ready, organized, # a&ive
and virulent could not be withftood—lt is won
derful that the federal admioiftration held its
ground so long As it did. Nothing but the wis
dom of its meafcres, its caution and its vigi
lance, maintained it. All these ultimately were
unavailing agaioft the continual misrepresenta
tions and slanders which availed it. Ih^ cp
pufition by Simulating difeontents, on the im
position of the new taxes, rendered necessary by
the circumstances of the times; by infufing dis
trust into the minds of the people ; and by a
thousand arts pra^ifed on their credulity, con
trived at length to render the administration un
popular- at theeled ion of Preudeut& Vice- Pref
dent the federal candidates were receded, and
the democratic candidates were ele&ed : a ma
jority was alto obtained in the house of repre
sentatives of the United States. It happened
by a peculiar co-incidence, that this change of
government took place a ffiort time previous to
the termination of the war in Europe. Ihe
federalifts, whose wisdom had at one period
saved the United States from rafnly plunging
into that war, were rejected—the democrats,
whose counsel would have produced that cfie%
were elevated to power.
It is of prime importance to remark that the
Individuals who Were chiefly opp/ed to the a
doption of the constitution, or d^ffatisfied with
it * were the persons generally who have also
been opposed to all great measures, which have
been found in practice to be produdive of ad
vantages to the United States ; and they have
been (with some exceptions) the persons whose
a&ivity and violence contributed chiefly to the
change of administration ; and that those men
now fill the great Rations in the general gov
ernment. It is also worthy of remark that the
ablest and most influential men of this descrip
tion, are from the great Rates which so relc&-
zntlv came into the union under the confuta
tion • I mean, Virginia, North-Carolina, Penn
and York. There arc excep
tions doubdefs to t.hefe cases, but they are not
very numerous. How wifely the people of the
United States have aded in thus taking the
government out of the hands of those, who
formed it, and nursed it, and maintained it in
its constitutional energy, in order to place it in
the hands of those wl j were opposed to its a
doption, and who refilled all the measures cal-
Qted to give it full and free operation, is not
for an individual to decide. I submit to the
will of my country ; and none will rejoice more
cordially in its prosperity under any adminis
tration. , .
On the accession of the present administra
tion in March iSoijt found the nation at peace,
but prepared for war. ~,,,,
It found the differences which had subsisted
with Great Britain amicably adjured, and the
northern pofts'furreudered up.
It found the deputes with Spain terminated
by the able negotiations of Major Pinckney;
by which the right tethe free navigation of the
Miffifippi was feared and ftrergthened.
It found the Indian tribes on our frontiers
renreffed and quieted. fy
'lt found a small army organized, and form
ing the germ of any force which the public ex
igencies might require.
' It found a navy created, which had rendered
substantial Service to the nation.
It found the national debt, provided for, and
in part reduced..
It found the treasury fill, and the public
credit high.„
It found a people encreafing its, population,
and a country advancing in prosperity, in a
manner unexampled in any preceding age or
nation. . A
Such is the country and such tneftote of
things, which the federal administration. left to
their successors. It is the firft wish of my heart
hud the most ardent prayer of my mind, that
the democratic administration may so qdminif
ifter this government, that they may deliver to
their fucccffprs, so faira country, in such high
prosperity..
Time alone will decide ; But it fecnis to be
fettled, that if the fame end is to be obtained,
it shall be by far different means. Already great
changes have been made and more are contem*
' pined. Already the meafurcs calculated to
place the country in a lefpedable Rate of pre
paration to repel hoßility from any quarter are
reverted. The germs of the small" army-^pd
navy created by their predecessors, arc mutila
ted. The foundations laid for Securing a reve
nue above the reach of casualties, are broken up.
A death blow has been given to the boafled
independence of the judiciary of the United
States, which all parties were bound by the
ftrong'eft obligations of patriotism and duty, to
have approached with awe, and to have treated
with veneration, as the only fafe asylum for the
<ritizens in the violent contentions of party, to
which republics are peculiarly exposed.
The administration is ^ft avowedly a par-
None but those of the domi
„^% readmitted to any ffiare in public affairs.
To be of that feA is the only road to employ,
and t ru st, however unworthy the charac
ter, or inferior the talents of the claimants. On
the other hand, those who are out of the pale of
that fe&. however elevated by character and
by services. are rigorously excluded from admis
sion to the public employments, Thus is pur
sued a policy calcuah to keep alive party
Spirit and violent anglgties in <he community :
whilst every liberal and conciliatory sentiment
is forgotten. The constitution itfelf is threaten
ed with great alterations, tending to reftria the
powers of the national government, at the ex
pense of the smaller, and for the aggrandize
ment of the larger States.
What may be the issue of these measures, is
not, perhaps, in human wisdom to forefee. Nor
is it my desire to alarm your minds with the
apprehensions which disquiet mine.
An unavailing resistance has been made by
the members of Congress who had long been
accußomed to a& on the principles which gui
ded the illustrious statesmen who formed the
conftitution,and administered it for twelveyears,
with so much glory and advantage to the na
tion. But every effort wffich has been made,
has been treated with scorn, or rejected with
contempt. Nor do I fee any profped that any
material change will take place, during the pre
sent adminift ration. Under these circumt.ances
I do not feel it incumbent on me to remain a
reluctant witness of the steps by which the nar
row views of a party-adminißration may ren
der the government imbecile at home and de
graded abroad.,,
, Permit me, however, before I take my leave
of you, co advise you, as you value the welfare
of your country and the felicity of your own
families, to cherish your attachment to the
Constitution, as the grand cement which binds
together these United States, and which alone
can preserve them from ruin, through all the
troubles which foreign hostility, or domeflic
rage and folly, may bring upon them. Let
the Constitution and the Union be the great
objects of our affections and of our efforts, upon
all the changes' party, abd under the most
adverse circumftanccs, and we shall Bill be a
great, prosperous and happy people, in spite of
the mifeondud of temporary administrations,
the malice of party spirit, and the bold interpo
fttion df foreign intrigues or arms.
That our apprehensions may be dissipated,
that our fondeft hopes, of the public welfare
may be realized, and that you, my friends, may
partake largely of the public felicity, is the sin
cere prayer of your obliged friend, and obedi
ent servant,
(Signed) JOHN RUTLEDGE.
Foreign Intelligence.
W LONDON, JAN. 1,.
E sometime ago noticed the arrival of a
troop of French commercial agents, whom our
government had refufed to receive as such, but
who had been font over by Bonapatte incite of
that refufal. These perlons-were then just ar
rived in London whence they have Since been
distributed among our different, sea ports: and,
we are well assured, that the commercial agent at
Hull is a colonel of engineers ! —That others of
hi{ commercial comrades are of the fame or of
a similar defcription.no one can doubc.
A Tuscan deputation has waited.on the
French General Clark, at Florence, requesting
that they might be allowed to receive again the
grand duke as their Sovereign,or if that could not
Be complied with,that the rirft Consul would be
pleased to place himfelf at the head of the gov
ernment pfTufcany, in the fame manner as he
is in the Italian Republic.
Among other reports, it is said, as soon as Bo
naparte shall be declared and Established Em
peror of the Gauls, he will be divorced from
Madame Bonaparte, on the plea of slate ne
cessity, namely, that it is necessary to preserve
the peace of his empire that the fuccefuon Should
be fettled. —With a view of having an heir to
the imperial throne, he will marry a daughter
of the prince of Baden, a most beautiful girl.
By this means he will become brother-in-law to
the Emperor of Russia, who is married to One
of the princesses of Baden ; and through the
Wirteraberg family he will be even related to
the King of Great Britain. Bonaparte, will
royalty himfelf mod wonderfully by this match.
With regard to Madame Bonaparte, she will
be provided for in the handsomest manner. She
will probably be made a princess, or rather, per
haps a couHtrfs of Liguria, the Valais or some
other little republic.
The Monitcur of the 2,th ult. contains a de
cree of the Consuls for the establishment of
Chambers of Commerce io the following cities
and towns: Lyons, Rouen, Bourdeaux, Marseilles,
Antwerp, Nantz, Dunkirk, Lille, Menta, Nifmes.
Avignon, Strasbourg, 'Turin, Montpellier, Geneva,
Bayonne, Toulouse, Tours, Carcaffone, Amiens, and
Havre.,
A General Council of Commerce is to be es
tablished at Paris. The Members tp be chosen
by the Chambers of Commerce. Each Cham
ber must present two Candidates, from whom
the First Consul will feted! fifteen ; thefe.fifteen
must meet at Paris once or twice a year, and
three must always be present.
—O—
PRIVATE LETTER.
" PARIS, NOV. 2fr
" The Great Man of the Land, is
frat little fatisfied with the success of
his recent journey. It required all the
money in the treasury of Paris, togeth
er with an anticipation from the depar
ment ; and before bis return a second
remittance front town. But, after all
this profusion of expense, he was only
able to excite the enthusiasm of the Con
flitution Authorities, Curates, Women
and Children, Poflillions and Boatmen.
The genteel peopleof the country paid
no attention to him, and seemed even
to suppress their curiofrty.
" In the country of Normandy, there
are fine cattles, &c. which are all inhab
ited by people of easy circumftanccs :
none of them appeared. " What ! are
not these houses inhabited ?” asked the
Consul.—," Yes, General Consul." —
“ What has become of the people ?"—
“ They are probably in their houfes,or
from home," was the answer,, He bit
his lips, and allied no more questions.
“ French liberty of the press !—A
literary manof some eminence, Ac —i,
of Milan, having had his Travels in
some countries of the North published
in England, and in the English lan
guage, had, in jhe course of them,! in
ferred some observations which were
not very favourable to the sagacity of
the king of Sw- . This prince com
plained to the French government;
and Mr. Ac I, is now for. words
published in England, and in the En
glish language, imprisoned by the Po
lice of Paris !"
BY MA
From W^HIN^TGN.
Monday Evening, Feb. 28.
SECRET SERVICE MONEY.
On Friday last, with closed doors,
the House of Reprefentatiyes took off
the injunction of secrecy, as to all fu
ture proceedings upon two bills which
had passed both Houses in secret. One
is an appropriation of TWO MIL
LIONS OF DOLLARS, said to be
for defraying the expense of Foreign In
tercourse. she other an appropriation
of Two thousand five hundred dollars, laid
to be for extending our external com
merce. A message was this day re
ceived from the President, notifying
that he had approved and signed both
these a&s. The public shall speedily
be informed of some interesting circum
stances, supposed to be connected with
the passage of these ads.—ln the mean
time, let two millions two thotfand five
hundred dollairs,for secret services, be the
text of every patriotic democrat.
1 his morning the bill for the redec.
tion of the marine corps, was read a
third time and passed. It is now be
fore the Senate.
THURSDAY, MARCH ~
The passage of the Militia bill re
fpe&ing the Diftrift of Columbia ; and
the pailage of the bill continuing the
Mint for five years.
After palling a refclution in appro
bation of and returning thanks to the
Speaker for his condu& during the Ses
sion ; and tranfa&ing various business ;
about a quarter before 12 o'clock in the
evening, an adjournment took place
fine die.
CT The next meeting of„Congrefs
will be on the firft Monday of Novem
—ber next. —o —
From Wafloington, March 4, 1803.
On Wednesday the house fat until
half past 4, and then adjourned to 6 in
the evening, and continued fitting un
til past to. Yesterday there were two
fittings, the last of which closed the
constitutional period of the body.
Among the most important business
tranfaded were : The passage of the
bill from the Senate authorifing a de
tachment of 80,000 militia ; for which
purpose one million and an half of dol
lars are appropriated. Twenty-five
thousand dollars are appropriated for
building arsenals on the WefternWaters.
The House ,met last evening at 6
o'clock, when after tranfafting various
business, a quarter before 12 o'clock an
adjournment took place fine die.
; BOSTON, MARCH 1%
From WASHINGTON, MARCH 6. :
Both Houses of Congress adjourned
on Thursday night, at a few minutes
before 12 o'clock. Mr. Bayard,on that
day, proposed a resolution to inquire
into the legality and expediency of the
file of the Bank flock. : After debat
ing the question most of the day, it was
negatived in the evening, on the ground
that there was not Efficient time to
confider it. As soon as the question
was decided, Gen, Smith moved a re
solution, that the sale was legal and ex
pedient, and that the refill has been
highly beneficial to the United States.
The resolution was agreed to a few
mindtesbefore 120'clock. Thus,though
the House had not time to inquire,they
had time to decide, and to declare that
the result is beneficial, though there is
not a man pretends to kuMv what the
—result is. -—o —
.Extras of It letter from a gentleman of the firft po
litical information, to bis friend in this town.
, NEW-YORK, MARCH §.
" This city, like most of the capitals
of the Union, abounds in politicians.—
Some of whom scent the air of war, in
all the pacing events ;— others think
the feud will fly over ; and that the dill
life of Peace will be continued. The
affair of Louisiana is in every body's
mouth. We have reports here, which
come pretty direct, that the Kentucki
ans are abouttaking up arms, to attack
New-Orleans. It appears to me to be
the general riffi that they should—so
that in the negotiation ve could play
off that ^formakty against the infor
mality of the bp^n^ Intendant^ — In
this itfr„..i!&.xn: 1 think they would
find that ve have the belt of it. Let
ters from Watkinson, fay, that both
Mr. Burr and Mi. Dayton mean to
journey into ;he weftern country. Mr.
Monroe fails to-morrow. —Whether he
has I' argent fn^cknt to bribe the French
government into a compliance with pur
demands —or to make a fair purchase
of the colony in open market—l have
not learnt. The negociation is gene
rally fcouied ; and the public expecta
tion is againit its beneficial termination.
" Torn Paine has been here a few
day:—l have seen him once. He ap
pears in company with Cheetham ; and
has been at the Tontine Coffee-Houfe.
He was followed by abouf fifty boys.
On Thursday a Scotch gentleman went
to the City Hotel where he lodges ; and
feeing him, asked, ifit was Mr. Paine ?
On the answer being given, the Scotian
said, “ It was for reading your works
I was obliged to fly my country."
" Very well," fays Paine, " and what
then ?" “ I have seen you," replied the
Scotchman, " and I am .fatisfied," —
" And so am I," was Paine's rejoiner.
Another person having called to fee
him, Paine asked him,if he was gratified
by the fight?" As much" was the re
ply, " as when on a visit to the Tower,
in England, 1 saw the wild beads."
0
BOSTON, MARCH x 6.
~Last evening we received Lonaon
papers of 26th Jan. - No article of im
portance is noticed in them—except the
following : —
" It has long been reported, that the
two.Floridas have been ceded by the
crown of Spain to the French Republic:
Fhe last mails from Holland brought
over the fame intelligence in a more au
thentic form than any in which it had
before arrived, A matter of more se
rious importance Scarcely remains to
be fettled by the powers on the conti
nent, as it will certainly have great in
fluence on the prosperity and peace of
the United States of America, at the
fame time that it will greatly endanger
our poifedions in the Weft-Indies, hi
the event of renewed hostilities. The
Miffifippi river, and all those which run
into it from the western countries of
the United States, and by which a
lone that valuable and delightful coun
try communicates with the ocean, will
now pals through French territory, and
be liable to all the capricious embargoes
and embarrassments that such a gov
ernment may be expected to bring on
so interesting a navigation. If the two
Floridas were fully peopled, they could
never maintain more than 1,500,000
inhabitants ; hut then those inhabitants
would be fapported by France, and so
involve the country of America in dis
sensions, out of which fh^ never could
in any reafoUable time extricate herfclf.
A jealousy between France and Ame
rico must spring up out of this transac
tion ; and the end will in.all probabili
ty be, that the country now fepptfed
to be ceded will be reeled up to the
United States, .though that carnot be
expected to happen without a violent
contest, which will involve all those
States that feel interest in the result."
0
FROM MALAGA.
"In consequence of dispatches from
Government to Commodore Mo: ris,and
which Captain M 7 opened, he fails
to-morrow for the United States. The
Chesapeake is to follow, and Commo
dore Morris is to ffiift his flag on board
of the NewuYork or John Adorns, and
continue on thedlation. The Swedes
have made a peace with Tripoli,by pay
ing 150,000 dollars. Jt ,is also said,
there are several cruiiers-fitting out at
Tripoli, which will be at sea this win
ter. Tunis has demanded from the
United States a frigate of 35 guns ;
and it is expelled that Morocco will
declare war against the United States
before next spring ; and if so, we shall
have our hands full, and to use the ex
pression of Consul O'Brien, " it looks
RATHER SQUALLY HERE."
, It was feme time finte mentioned in the pa
pers, that Tom Paine had been drummed out
of Trenton to the tune of the rogue's march.— ^
As this was a fpontancons a& of the jovereign
people, and a proof of the decollation in which
the wretch is held in the country, to which,Mr.
Jefferfon bad invited him " to continue his ufe
ful labours," the jacobin papers plumply denied
the fad ; and some of the federal papers who
bad published the account, contradicted it up
on this authority. Ie appears, however to have
been ftridtly true. The following Statement of
the circumstances ^acknowledged to be correct
in the Trenton True Amcriton (a democratic
paper) of the yth.of March. On Thursday
the 24th of February, the Infidel arrived at Bor
denton. On the Monday following, accompa
nied by a Col. Jdfeph Kirbride, of that place,
he came.to Trenton in a chaise, intending there
to take a feat in the Rage for New-York,where
he was going in haste to fee,Mr. Monroe pre
vious to his embarkation for France., On their
arrival at Trenton, they drove directly to Gen.
Bloomfield's where they dined. After dinner,
Col. Kirbride went to the Rage-office of Capt.
John Voorbies,to engage a passage for his friend
to New-York. Capt. Voorhies, much to his
honor, instantly told him, " Tom Paine ffiould
not go in bis Rage," and gave as his reafon,that
Paine was an infidel or deist. Col. Kirbride
next went to the Rage-office of Mr. John Van
crift, where he met with a like, refufak Paine
then concluded to go on to New-York in bis
c^aife ; but had scarcely seated himfeh" in it
with Col. Kirbride tl an a large body, of peo
ple was perceived near the city tavern, and a
drum began beaming the rogue's march. Paine
observed that such conduct had no tendency to
b^rt bis feelings or injure his fame; but rath
er gratified the one, and contributed to the ether They
passed through the crowd, meeting with no
other obstacle than bootings of execrations, at
the calumniator of the greater and bejl men of cur
country, @nd the reviler of tbe Savior of the world.
Col. Kirbride accompanied Paine to the head
of the town, and returned. Paine proceeded on
to New-York. —o—
— Wednesday the ,th iuft, while the Rage
from Boston for Newburyport was paging thro'
Ipswich, about 7 o'clock jn the evening, it
Struck against an ox team in the middle of the
road, and killed one of the oxen. The driver
of the Rage, (Mr. Miller,) was thrown from
his feat, and injured considerably. The horses
then ran with the carriage till impeded by a tree
—when the harness broke. There were 8 pas
sengers in the Rage, federal of whom were bafc
ly bruised. Maj. Derby of Old-York, had
his hip dislocated.
.. A Duel lately took place at William
sburg, Virg. between Messrs. Brecken
ridge and Chapman, both students of
the College in that place, in which Mr.
Chapman was mortally wounded. Mr.
Breckenridge and the two fecondshave
abfeonded.
Mr. Jefferson's D^rly Beloved.
" In the afternoon, however, the Evening
PoR and Commercial Advertiser laid before us
formal statements of it, in a manner and with
a spirit extremely unbecoming. They were
couched so as to induce the belief thacKentuckey
was absolutely in a Rate of rebellion. No. one
can suppose that the Governor of Kentucke<
would countenance and abet rebellion againA
the General Government, by a contribution, of
2,q00 dollars!"
We are at a loss to determine how the editor
of the Citizen can eonftrue such a procedure, as
the one related in the report, into •'rebellion
against the General Government..'' It could
not, with truth be rrnasuced rebellion. it
would not furnish the least mark of 3 rebellious
spirit. Indeed such a step would, in cur opinion,
be fuh, joftified by the Constitution. In the
I-th Sect, cl the rd Art. are these words:
" No State shall without the content of Con
gress engage in a war, unless actually invaded,
or in such imminent danger as will not admit of
d^lay."•
T,e fixation of our Weftern Brethren is tru
ly afflictive and alarming. Their rights are
", actually invaded," and they are, in fadt, “ in
fath imminent .danger as will not admit es de
lay." A delay of a few days might indeed prove
fatal to their country. The Constitution there
fore, juftiScs, and the inherent principle of felf
defence dez-ands, immediate, a&iie, independ
ent, decided raeafur es.
ExiraD of a hitsr from Baltimore ^received at Eii
laElpbia, dated March 4, 1803.
“ An express passed through this place yeftcr
, day from the Westward for Wafhimgton, flar
ing that th? people of that country were mak
ing hostile preparat ions, andthat in a short time
they would take puff Lon of New-Orleans I ex
pect we shall have some serious work in that
country.'' 0
Extrafi of a letter from a gentleman in New Or*
leans, to bis trather in Alexandria, dated the l stb
fanner,,
OF LOUISIANA.
From the Newyork Spectator.
March 5. -
The Southern Mail does not confirm the re
port of the proceedings of Kentuckey, announc
ed in the Commercial Aikertijer of yesterday.
From tae refpe&abi|ity of the gentleman who
bro't the story from Washington, we cannot yet
believe it wholly groundless.
The report has excited the liveliest sensibili
ty in this city : and we have no doubt that such
a measure, as the one mentioned, would receive
very general approbation.
The Citizen of this morning, has a paragraph
on the fubjeft, in which we find the following
fenteaces:
" Vfe are Rill Spaniards,, and it is the opin-
Un of many that we £iall remain so ; but the
opinions are as various as the political fenti
merits. The reports of this da, .tells us that the
Governor of Kentucky lias wrote to the Gov
ernor of Natchez, informing him that 20,000
men were there ready to invade this place at
the beck of the general government of the Un
ited States. Business of every description is ve
ry dull, and muff remain so while the port con
tinues Shut, until the annual rife of the river en
ables the flats to come down with the back
country produce."
4 . + O <
^rom Nx^ ORLEANS, JAN. 26, 1803.
" The Americans in this place, who
are principally of the Jefferfonian fed,
are completely mortified and astonish
ed. They expected before this to have
seen the city of New-Orleans garrison
ed by Kentueky^men. Little did they
imagine that their idol Jefferfon, was so
credulous and weak as to be gulled by
gilded profeffons, and. to attempt ne r
gociation. After this lafi outrage on
their country, what can the Americans
think,of themselves ? What may they
not expea, and what will the Spani
ards not be tempted to do, when they
fee their insults tamely acquiesced in ?
Ihad myfelffome kind of a right or pre
tension to being a citizen of the United
States, but now I fay vive la SpaniJh
Suhjefl: It is true they are as low as
almost any of the human race, but I
begin to think America wishes to get
even lower.
" We are anxioufy waiting the arri
val of the mail (due the 28th) when wet
hope to be favored with accounts from
your government, and thereby to judge
of what may be the event of this fliame
ful business. If it is not very spirited
in its conduct, America will indeed fink
her reputation, and become the ridicule
of the world. The little Republic of
Natchez seems all on fire, and " eager
for the fray."
"The French have not yet made
their appearance among us, and a re
port is now gaining ground that the,
never will. Indeed we have been 2-
mused lately wffh.the.hope of a negotia
tion being on fat in Europe, by which
Louisiana was to come into the posses
sion of America. If this were to be
the case, this country would soon be one
cf the most prosperous and wealthy
portions of the world.
" Trade here is in a very embarras
sed Bate, in confcqucnce of the scarcity
of cafn, the principal owners of specie
withholding it from circulation, to be
prepared for the worst on the arrival of
the French. Cotton, the principal ar
ticle of out export, is now felling at if,
sugar ^ to 6 dollars, and every thing
else proportionally low. Imports of all
kinds are abundant, and in no demand..
Claret of a good quality has been fold,
lately at. vendue as low as 15 dollars
the cask.—Vessels are numerous, and
freights coqfequently low—gs to 4cts.
may be obtained forcotton to Europe."
“ The fchr. Adventure being ready
to depart, I have thought, as a matter
of this kind does rift transpire immedi
ately, a hint from a friend of what may
be expected, will not be unacceptable.
" From what I have been able to
learn, and I have given myfelf feme
trouble to obtain information, I believe
the answer of the Intendant to the Min
ister on the fubjeft of the deport, has