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ted vicein destroying a free government. —
Stimulated by foreign influence, and led on by*
villaineu&demagogues, theft: deluded, factious
people were prepared to fly, not" to the Stand
ard of the law, but in the face of law and to
the Subversion of order ; and, if the fame igno
rance and turbulence had pervaded the, u^folc
union which were manifested in that rotten &
leperous branch of it, Some modern Czfar or
Cataline might have triumphed over the prof
treated liberties of this country.—As water will
rife as high and no higher than it# fountain
head, so a free government rises or finks pre
cisely according to the Standard of public intel
ligence and virtue. When “ the whole head is
Sick and the whole heart faint," or a general
corruption of manners pervades the body poli
tic, —Bills of rights and free Constitutions of
Government written upon paper, would be of
no avail.—Such a people could not, for any
length of time, continue free,—When a repub
lican nation, inftcad of cultivating republican
virtues; reposes in the lap of sensuality, of luxu
ry and vice, its government becomes weak, as
did the strong man of old, after Keeping in the
lap of the harlot, anti being (horn erf his locks.
In a very limited or qualified fcmfe, it i $ however
t^, "that a 'republican government is the
Brongeft government on earth." — While peo
ple are generally welt informed and veil disposed,
or while they arc intelligent and virtuous, they
will support and defeat the free government of
their own choice,with invincible energy : and,
indeed, they cannot lose their privileges, unless
they firfl loofc their virtue.#
Knowledge and virtue are the " Jaehin and
Boaz, the great pillars, upon which a free gov
ernment rests. And from hence results the
unspeakable importance of a general virtuous
education in free States. The distinguished
Sages and Legislators among the ancients, care
fully attended to this cardinal point, the educa
tion of youth. 1,,
Moses, the lawgiver of the Hebrews, having,
by the guidance of the Divine Hand, marked
out such a form of government for his people,
as was best suited to preserve them .from the
despotism and idolatry of the surrounding na
tions, mod earnestly urged upon them the ne
ceffitv of inftruaing their children in the prin
ciples of knowledge and virtue.
Solon and Licurgns, the Legislators of Athens
and of Sparta, were deeply fonfible that the
freedom of the people depended essentially up
on their education : and upon this object they
bestowed unceasing attention.
The following sentiments of Plato Should be
written upon the tablet of our memory, as 'with
the point of a diamond?—' All (fays that ad
mirable philosopher) who have meditated on
the .art of governing mankind, have been cbn^
vincedsiat the fate of empires depends on the educa
tion of youth. What are the solid foundations of
the tranquillity and happiness of States; —Not
the laws which regulate their constitution, or
increase their power, but the indications which
form the citizens, and give activity to their minds.—
Not the laws which dispense rewards and pun
ishments, but the public voice wbm it males a, ex r
ad d'fflribution of contempt and efleem. When the
nature, advantages and defeats of the different
forms.of government are carefully inyeftigated,
wejballfnd that the difference in the manners of a
people is Efficient to destroy the bf of confutations ,pr
to reßify the most 'defcaive."
It cannot be expected that the Banner of
freedom will be Spread over these United
States, for a longtime to come, unless great
care be used (much more than yet has been)
to diffufe general good inftrudtion among
youth. There Should be free Schools, at the
public expence, for the education of the chil
dren of the poor.—Public provision Should be
m,d6 and vigilant care Should be used, that
no children be Suffered to grow up in ignorance,,
idleness and vice. It is not aJbowy, but a use-,
ful education that is wanted —an education,that
while it informs the bead, directs its influence
chiefly to the heart, —A veneration of the Dei
ty, a refpea for parents and Superiors,—truth
and honefly—temperance, Self-government, in
dustry and ecopomy, are Some of the republican
virtues, which ought co be affidaoufly inculcated
.upon all children who ate born to enjoy and to
transmit the privileges of a free government.
Would to God, that all our Self styled patriots,
who pretend to be "tremblingly alive" to the
incerefts of the people, might be feea to promote
general and useful education by their influence
and with their purfa; and, that their example
might be to the rising generation, a model of
those republican virtues and pure morals, which
Strengthen and exa|t a nation ! !
HISTORICUS
HARTFORD, (Cot, NOV. 22.
Ope of our citizens, lately in conver
sation with an honest intelligent farmer
'on the fubjed of the late difmifils from
office by the foi-difant republicans, en
quired the farmer's opinion of the mat
ter.—“ Why," said Rufticus, " I was
always of opinion, that the clamor they
have been making for these two years
past against the federal government,
and about their own virtue and patriot
ism and republicanism, was for no other
purpose, under heaven, than to turn
better men out, and put themselves in to
office. So it has turned out. My
neighbors now begin to believe that I
was right ; byt I tell them, wait a little
longer, jou will fee when the, gentry find that
there are more pigs than,EATs, what a
squealing there will be among them."
SHIP -BUILDING.
It will be pleading to our (hip-own
ers, to learn, that in France, vessels
are in great demand. Advices by the,
Ceres, arrived at Newyork from Bour
deaux, Rate, that there is a ready sale
in the different ports of France for
gcod veflels. And we are informed,
that the ffiip Trumbull, lately pur
chased of the United States, was fold
in Bourdeaux after the news of peace,
for 40,000 dollars. ^ She cost about
24,000 dollars.
A Mr. Abraham Swaine, late of
Nantucket, was indicted at the.,Circuit
Court lately held, in North Carolina,
for having piratically ran away with
the fchooncr Fidelity, owned at Balti
more. —
hi,the Calcutta Papers have appeared “ Pro
„ pofais for a Monody, occasioned by the death
^, Lt Gen. Sir R. Abercrombie, K B. —By
,rfjohu Lathrop, A. M.—The work to. contain
48 pages quarto. Price, 8 rupees."
For the United State? Oracle.
AL FTBR the return of peace (so
, much desired by some, and dreaded by
others) we may expert to be favored,
, fy the impartial pen of Some Second
IHume, or Robertson, with a hiftpry
lof the late dieolating war and extraor
dinary French Revolution. A revo
lution the molt astonishing perhaps
which history records—a government
firm and energetic, and at the fame
time bound and fixed by ancient and
I long established laws, (and although
;too arbitrary for a people capable of
befog governed by a milder regimen ;
I yet probably full free enough for the
people over whom "it was extended) o
verturned,and palling thro' every Stage
of anarchy and confufion, bro't back
Ito the molt despotic military govern
ment exiting in Europe. Such events ;
mult afford ample field for the hittori-i
an ; and such a hiftdry mutt afford
great gratification to the reader, as well
I as infinite moral inftruftion to nations
and individuals. It has been Irequent
ly fat'd that men are the fame in all
ages, and that we cannot expect a ma
terial change in their virtues and vices,
propenfuies or inclinations. O~hers
again'tell ofthe "perfectibility of man"
and of his natural love of virtue and
moral tendency ; and ascribe all the
evils attendant upon civil society, to
Despots, Aristocrats; and what not. —
There may be a degree of truth in all
these afTertions ; but to what latitude,
impartial hiftory can alone give usthe
information. There is in man an in
, nate sense of right and wrong, and if
uninfluenced to the contrary by any
motives, he will judge rightly of good
and evil. But that there is more " per
fedtability in man" at the present day
than at-any former period ; at least
since the spread of the chftftran religion,
does not seem to be well supported by
facts ; if itvdoes, they may be adduc
ed : and this will be the office of the
historian. Many evils have undoubt
edly been introduced by means of those
called Despots, Aristocrats, Tyrants,
Monarchilts &c. but who are the per
sons of this diferiptioß—ls there any
thing in names ? In fadt there seems to
be ; and the story of the Lady who
careSfed alap-dog by the name of Cupid;
but was terrified and could not endure
his fight, when informed his name was
Lion ; seems well to apply. Buona
parte and Roberfpierre, _have called
themselves republicans ; and Louis
the 16th was a King ; but Bonaparte
and Roberfpierre polfeffed and exercis
ed infinitely more power than Louis.
The last was mild and humane in his
disposition—So may be Buonaparte ;
but Roberfpierre was fre most cruel of
mortals.—-Louis was in the lawful
exercise of power which descended to
him from very remote ancestors ; and
gave up, either voluntarily or by com
pulsion, great part of his power ; and
was put to death by those calling
themselves republicans, for the exe'r
cife of the reSidue.—Roberfpierre and
Buonaparte assumed their powers, or
the power to rule the French people—
the former to the deftru&ion of thou
sands in the most wanton, cruel manner
----the latter (perhaps) to restore peace
,to his bleeding Country. Still Roberf
pierre and Buonaparte are Republicans
, and Louis was a King and a tyrants—
But what have the French nation gain
ed? will be an important inquiry. They
have gained by their wars a great ex
tent of territory,but this was not the ob
ject of the revolution. It is said they
have gained the name of a republic, ir.
exchange for the name of kingdom
If France at present is a Republic, and 1
was formerly a Kingdom,we may with
reason doubt whether a republic is bet
ter than a Kingdom. But the fallacy
confits in taking or receiving names for
substances ; and in truth the name is
but of little importance. It is a fad
that a man by the name ofCitizen Robes
pierre, may be a cruel tyrant; and a
man by the name of King Louis, be a
friend to humanity : and calling a coun
try a Republic does not make the people
free ; neither calling it a kingdom makes
them slaves. The enquiry will therefore
be, do they poftfs more freedom and
happiness than formerly ? It may be
imagined by some that Buonaparte in
tends when peace is firmly established to
lay down his authority; or if not, there
will be Brutuffes, who with infernals
or Jnuff boxes will fettle the business.—
The former is possible, and we cannot
fay, absolutely without parallel ih hif
tory ; but Rill there is so little to be eg
petted from this source, that in fad it
I might be pronounced a phenomenon.
As to the latter, viz. assassination ("the
end juftifieth the means,") instead of
one, France would probabl,"get an
hundred tyrants: and to do Buona
parte juftice,we must acknowledge that
the " five headed monger" of noted
memory was not half so tolerable as
himfelf.,—But what did Rome gain by
the death of Julius Cesar ? Tyrants, in
finitely more oppressive than nimfelf.—
Cesar (it is said) had dettroyed the lib
erties of his country. Buonaparte (to
use his own expression in his manifefto
to the armies) ** assumed the govern
ment" over a people who had destroyed
their government and King, and with
them their liberties :—and in fad the ™
comparison will result in favour of Bu
onaparte ; and certainly without we
can fupppfe that the French people have
grown much more virtuous, under the
mild reigns of Briffot, Rpbefpcirre, Bar
rak and Buonaparte, than they were un
der Louis ; we could not with an abdi
cation on the part of Buonaparte,much
more that a French Brutus Should a
rise. Another fuppofitiop has been
maintained, and which is not without
a parallel in history—namely that as
Col, Monk (when ppffeffing all power
in England, as Buonaparte doe s in
France) introduced the. Stuart family
@ their , acknowledged inheritance '; so
Buonaparte—peace Being ^aMiffed, .
and the people ofFrance being heartily
tired of their “ Republican tendencies"
will introduce that " line of Princes"
; which in times past have governed the
I French nation with glory and honor :'
but this is all conjedQre. The most
probable is, that Buonaparte will never
relinquish bis power, but with his life ; :
and that he will provide a Ruler for his
dear country and the" French people"}
by nominating (not leaving it to them•
to choose) his successor—and it seems
he has already done so, by nominating
Moreau. In this hiftory we may ex
ped to find the true causes of the revo
lution. Was the government oppres
sive to the people of France ? Were they
or were they not, happy and contented ?
Was the King a mild Prince, or was he
a cruel Tyrant ? Were the taxes more
burthenfome than in any other country?
Were the poor notiprovided for ? And
were executions and severe punishments
as frequent as in most other countries ?
Were there many people confined in
prisons ? The Baftile (terrible, name)
how many were there confined in it ? It
is said one bad fellow at the request of
his relations, and one lunatic. In Short
was the revolution occasioned by the
people of France, because they could
not endure a kingly government, or was
it brought about by a combination of
wicked men, Seeking the deftrudion of a
mild king & their own agrandizement?
[Something like what is called in A- .
merica the loaves and fifties.] A full
developement of all these circumstances
may afford an excellent lesson to man
kind, if they can ever grow wife e
nough to # profit by example. Per
haps they may discover that the
love of the people and their liberties, is
not the root and foundation, of the dis
putes which so often bring about revo
lutions in governments ; and that the
factious demagogue, is rather Striving
to place himfelf in power, the more se
verely to tyrannize over his fellow men.
And after all the Struggle—the mur
ders—wars, and confufion, which have
been in France, the government will
revert to the fame point from whence it
departed ;or to something worse. In
alate hiftory of France there is this ob
servation, " it is the celebrated remark [
of a profound historian—" that there I
is in all governments an ultimate point !
of depression and elevation at whichl
affairs revert and return in a contrary }
direction ; and the justice of the obser
vation is strongly exemplified in that
sera of the French monarchy which is
1 the immediate objed of attention. ' The
historian is here treating of the Situation
of France when conquered by the.arms
of Henry the fifth : but if the observa
tion was " strongly exemplified in that
^ra," may we not probably have oc
casion to observe its applicability to
the present. What a lesson to man,
particularly to revolutionists ! Altho'
they may succeed in their schemes, yet
probably they may periSh in the means
1 of deftruftion they have fuccefsfully
planned for others ? The question per
haps may be aSked—How many of
those who have wrought the destruc
tion of Louis the 16th have died a nat
ural death ? The enquiry has been
made refpeding the Judges of Charles
the firft. The French revolution has
beeh chara&erized by at lead one learn
ed man, by the " convulsive throes and
spasms of infuriated man, seeking thro'
blood and Slaughter his long loft liber
erty 1 " That the French revolution
has been produced by convulsive throes
—and spasms ; that man has been in
furiated; that he has fought something
thro' blood and daughter—is all very
true ; but that this was " liberty' or
" long loft liberty—" requires more
proof than the mere assertion of any
man. By a careful attention to hifto
ry, it will be seen that the people of
France have always possessed as much
liberty aS was conducive to . their indi
vidual security. But whether they did
or not ; it must be Shewn, that it was
die "liberties of the people," that in
stigated the leaders in the French rev
olution—viz. Orleans, Miribeau and
others ; and it will not be pretended, that
the people of France have found their
liberties under Robespierre, Barras, or
Buonaparte ; and at least it will be ac
knowledged that the patriots, (if they
were such) have loft their aim, But
of all this we may exped to be inform
ed, and whether the people of filler
France, have found their " long loft
liberties" by the revolution.
A fort of Secretary of Religion is appointed in
France—and the First Conftil exercife# the
power of nominating BiShops and Minifter#.
CT 1 I- —- —
IForeign_News.l
Official account of the furrenderl
of Alexandria to the Briti/h Arms.
^ By an arrival at N- Yoßk.
LONDON, OCT. U, Ifox.
I HIS day dispatches were received from
X Gen. Hutchinfoo, in Egypt, dated,
"H. ^before Alexandria, Sept. 5 xßox.
" MY LORD,
I HAVE now the fatisfaaion to inform
your Lord Ship that the forts and town of Alex
andria, have surrendered to His Majesty's troops
—who, on the id inst. took possession of the en
trenched camp, the heights above Pompey's
Pillar, the Redoubt de Bain, and the Fort Tri
angular. By the Capitulation, the garrisons are
to be embarked for France, ig the course of ten
days, provided the dipping is in a fate of prep
aration to receive them."
[The General then proceeds to fate, That
the operations against Alexandria commenced
the 17th Aug. when Gen. Coote effe&ed a
landing across the inundation, to the weft ward
of Alexandria, and invested the strong caftlc
of Marabout :—That two attacks were made
on the east fide of the town, which were exe
cuted with precision and ability : That Me
nou, in person, ordered af or tie of 600 men ;—
who advancing in close column, with fired
bayonets, were charged, by 300 men of the
30th regiment; and driven back in the great
est confufion to their entrenchments, with Infs:
That on the night of the 18th the batteries
were opened against the castle of Marabout •
an attack from the sea made by several Turkish'
corvettes, and the boats of the fleet ; and on
the &ft the castle capitulated. The garrison
confiding of 180 men, commanded by a Briga
dier General. That on the aid, the corps in
front of Alexandria were attacked ; driven in,
and seven pieces of cannon" taken .—That on
the 24th Aug. batteries were opened against
the Redoubt de Bain ; and on the 25th the en
emy's advanced posts on this fide were furpriz
od, and seven officers and fifty men taken :
That on the 26th four batteries were opened
against the intrenched camp of the French :
And that on the 27th, Gen. Menou requested
an arnliftice of three days to prepare , capitu
lation, which was signed on the 2d September.
The garrison of Alexandria consisted of 8000
soldiers, and 1300 seamen.
[Gen. Hutchinson then enumerates the splen
did and meritorious exertions of individual of
ficers and corps ; and he concludes by expres
sing “ an humble hope that the army in Egypt
have gratified the warmest wishes and expecta
tions of their country. And faying, “ To them
every thing is due, and to him nothing. It
was fate, he adds, to fuccccd a man who creat
ed such a spirit, and established such a difei
plinc amongst them, that little has been left him
; to perform, except to follow his maxims, and to
endeavour to imitate his conduct."
[l he CAPITULATION was propofcd by
Abdaullahyft Jacques Francis Menou, to the
Generals of the Allied Armies. It contains
twenty-two articles. By which the entrench
ed camp, fort Ture, and Du Vivier were im
.mediately to be delivered up ; and the French
were to evacuate Alexandria; in ten days: to
be embarked for France, with their arms, bag
gage, ten field pieces, and 100 rounds of (hot;
and not to be considered prifonefs of war.
All the French (hips of war and merchant ves
sels of all descriptions were to be delivered tin
tQ the allied forces; and all that may arrive in
Egypt. All merchandize in Alexandria to be
at the disposition of the allied powers. The
Members of the Institute are permitted to car
ry with them all the instruments of arts and
science which they have brought from France :
but the Arabian manuferipts, the statues, and
other collections which have been made for the
French Republic, (hall be considered as public
property, and fubje& to the disposal of the gen
fcrals of the combined army. All the plans of
the city and forts, maps, &c. batteries, citterns,
and public buildings, to be delivered up in the
! condition in which they actually were. The
I Capitulation was signed by Keith, Admiral;
J. Hely Hutchinson, Lieutenant-General, Com
, manding in Chief, Huffien, Captain Pacha ; and
Abdoullahys Jacques Francis Menou, General
in Chief of the French army.
Treat, between France & Turkey.
PARIS, OCT 18.
Yesterday a discharge of 99 pieces of cannon
announced the signature of the Preliminaries of
Peace between the French Republic and the
Ottoman Porte.
Preliminary Articles.
Art.L There shall be peace and friendfhip
between the French Republic and the Ottoman
Porte; in consequence of which hod ilitie, (hall
cease from the exchange of these articles. Im
mediately after said exchange, the entire Pro
vince of Egypt (hall be evacuated by the French
army, and restored to the Sublime O. Porte, the
territories and possessions of which (hall be
1 maintained in their integrity, as before the war.
It is underflood that, after the evacuation,
the conccffions which may be made in Egypt
to other powers, on the part of the Porte, (hall
be common to the French.
11. The F. Republic acknowledges the Con
stitution of the Republic of the Seven [floods,
and Ex-Venetian Territories, situated upon the -
Continent. It guarantees the maintenance of
that Constitution. The S. Porte acknowledges
and accepts for that purpose the guaranty of the
French Republic, as well as that of Russia.
111. Definitive arrangements (hall be made
between the F. Republic and the Porte, relative
to the goods and effects of their icfpedive cit
izens and fubjeds confiscated or fcqueftsred
during the war. The political and com
mercial agents, and prisoners of war, shall be
fee at liberty immediately after the ratfication
of these Preliminaries.
IV. The treaties which existed before the
present war, shall be renewed. In conse
quence of this renewal, the French shall enjoy
in the whole extent of the state of his Highness
the rights of commerce and navigation which it
formerly enjoyed, and which may hereafter be
enjoyed by the most favored nations.
Done at Park, 08. 9, %. or the fir, of the
month Gcmafy-ulabir 1216 of the Hegira.
CH. MAU. TALLEYRAND.
ESSEYD ALI EFFENDI.
•in I o_mihigonm flararamresm QI, —-~
The Island of Ceylon, it is contend
ed by the inhabitants, was the primitive
Eden. They flew, on the top of a deep
rock in the centre of the Inland, the per
fed impression of a man's foot, which
they assert to be that of Adam ; and a
neighboring pool, they fay, was firft fill
ed by the tears of Eve for the loss of A
bel! Taking these things for granted,
the Dutch, in lieu of all other complaint,
have only to publish a new edition of
" Panadife loft." [Lond. Pap.]
I ±^±===-
United States.
T PHILADBEFH fA, DEC. 8.
1 I 'is currently reported at Wafting
ton, fays the \Vaftimgton Federalist,
that the President will not deliver
speech as ukial at the opening, of the
session. It is conjectured that the Pre
sident feels himfelf unable to trace that
track of policy which he has already
marked out, and tears that in making
the attempt, he iball again be caught
tripping. It is well for the PrefiJent if
he has friends of fufficieat prudence to
prevent him from erpofin^ himfelf.
dec. 9. On Monday last, at 7 o'clock
A. M. one of the Powder mills near
Frankfort, the property of Meffrs.Lane
and Decatur, was blown up, occasion
ed by a small part of an iron cogg hav
ing been Worn off & dropping between
the powder and rollers. About 1 <olbs.
of powder was in the mill at the time
of explosion, and the person attending
it was dangerously hurt—The lot's is
very trifling, not amounting to more
than 80 dollars. Great credit is due
to the inhabitants of Frankfort, for^
their immediate and active exertions in
suppressing the fire.
NEW-YORK, DEC. ~
A SWINDLER.
John A. Shaeffer, who (in consequence
of a notice refpe^ing him in the Mer
cantile Advertiser) was arrested some
time ago as a. Swindler, was on Satur
day arraigned at the bar of the ircuit
Court now fitting in this city, on a bill|
ofindiament fop nd against hiin by the .1
grand jury for Forgery. His trial oc
cupied the greater part of the day. Mr.l
Hoffman, the attorney general, conduct .I
ed the prosecution on the part of thel
People ; Messrs. Cadwallader D. Col-|
den and Washington Morton were of /
counsel tor the prisoner. The jury, as-I
ter retiring nearly two hours, brought [
in a verdift of guilty.
0 1
A letter from tire President of the United^
States to Capt. Sterret, Commander oft
the febooner Enterprize. f
SIR, I
" The Secretary of the Navy, the ref
gular organ for the present communi]
cation, being absent from the feat of
Government, for causes that may del•
tain him some time, I do myfelf thq
pleafure, without further delay, of ex,
prefling to you, on behalf of your couni
, try, the high Satisfaction inspired b,
your conduft in the late engagement
with the Tripolitan cruiser, captured
by you. Too long for the honor or
nations, have those barbarians beep
fuffered to trample on the sacred faith
of treaties, on the rights and laws cf
human nature. You Jiave (hewn to
your countrymen, that, that enemy
cannot meet bravery and skill united— \
in proving to them, that our past con
‘ detentions were from a love of peace,
not from a dread of them. You have
deserved well of your country, and have
merited the high esteem and considera
tion of which I have now the pleasure
of assuring you.
TH : JEFFERSON.
Capt. Sterret..
o
BOSTON, DEC. 17.
From Washington, Dec. 7.
CONGRESS.
" The Senate have firmed a quorum,
and the House of Reprefentaiives is this
moment catted to order, and a ballot for the
Speaker to be taken. The President does
, not deign to meet the two hottfes in the ufa
al form; nor will he deliver any speech:
.1 message, we are told, is to be font to both
boufa to-morrow. Conjecture is alive with
refpeft to the business of the present Jeflian;
but / can fa nothing, at pi efent, with cer
tainty. Those who pretend to be in the se
crets of the cabinet inform, that the session is
to be ver, foort ; that elaborate and able
Reports are to come from the Heads of De
partments, efpeciall, from the Genevan
Treasurer, who is to astonish the nation ;
that the business of legislation is ready cut
and dried, and is to be done in the moflfum
mar, way, b, Jilent votes on the principles of
frugality. Whether the session be long or
Short, iff ma, judge from appearances, it
will be HIGHLY INTERESTING.
Mr. Nathaniel Macon, is chosen Speaker,
he bad 53 votes, Mr. James A. Bayard,
had 26, and Mr. S. Smith, (M.)z;
Mr. Rutledge has not arrived. Votes,
for Clerk, Mr. Beckley 57, Mr. Oswald,
29. Some opposition to the continuance of a
Sargeant at Arms, was made ; but the vote
obtained, and Mr. Wheaton chofoti. A
message has been font from the Senate to
the House, informing, that the, had chosen
Mr. A. Baldwin, Speaker, pro tern. The
Vice President it is said will not be in tit
cit, for several weeks. Messrs. Henderson,
and fackfen, on the fort of the Senate, ard
Mefrs. Smith, (M.) Grijwold and Davis, -
on the part of the House, have been appoin;-
ed a,committee to wait on the President.
" P. S. While folding this letter, luii
derfland the Committee, who waited on //
President, has returned, and reported, that
he will make a communication, by mes
sage, to both houses, tomorrow.
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The President of the United States has iff ed
a Proclamation offering a reward of 1000 dol
lars for each principal, and 500 for each accef
fary in a murder committed on an Indian wo
man of the Cherokee tribe so Augoft last