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Late Foreign News
PARIS, DEC. 12.
NEW CONSTITUTION.
Buonaparte a ff cm bi c d at the
Consular Palace, on the Sth ofDec.
the two legislative Commissions. Ro
ger Ducos took the chair.
Dannou read the plan of the New
Constitution, of which we have only
hitherto collected imperfect fragments.
The difeufhon was calm, and every
way worthy of so great a cause. They
firft difeuffed it in whole, and then Ar
ticle by Article.
Some of the Articles were frongly
combated, but they were carried by a
great majority ; others were rejected ;
and it was here that Buonaparte man
ifefted his wonderful powers ; for after
having collected all.e opinions for and
again!! an article, he commented on the
argument advanced, and concluded by
bringing the majority to agree, to the
propositions which he made.
The assembly did not feperate till 7
o'clock next morning ; and the estima
ble Dannou was appointed to digest the
alterations which were made ;°and the
Act will be made public in a few days.
Citizen Roederer has now lifted up
another corner of the curtain that con
cealed the new Con ftitution. The fol
lowing is the (ketch which he gives of
the public establishment :
LEGISLATIVE POWER.
There is to be a Council of State to
propose laws, whicli Council of State
constitutes part of the Executive Power.
For the difeuffion of these proposed
laws, there is a Tribunate, or a feled
body of the Representatives of the peo
ple ; and a Legislative Body to decide
upon the propositions after tliey have
'been difeufled oy ad'ented to.
The Legislative Body is to consist of
300 members ; the Tribunate of 100 ;
and the Council of State of 30.
EXECUTIVE POWER.
There is to be a firft or principal
Consul, inverted with power, to appoint
and remove Ministers, Generals, Am
bassadors, and Counsellors of State.—
There are to be two other Consuls to
difeufs public matters in concert with
the firft consul. They are to have but
a consultive voice ; their perform are
inviolable. They are named for ten
years—they may be re-elected ; they
will have a guard. The grand consul
-will have 500,000 francs of salary.—
There are betides two Councilsof State,
the one for the Department of Foreign
Affairs ; the other for the Home De
partment. This latter Council will have
the initiative. It will have also to judge
and decide on litigated questions in the
Department of tlie Admiralty. Such
is the Government.
The Administration is confided,
I. To Ministers, or Councils of Ad
ministration, such as the Admiralty.
2. To Administrations of Communes
of twenty square Myriametres, assisted
by Commissioners to be named by the
-, Consuls.
3. To intermediate Bureaus, charged
only with the tranfmiflion of the orders
of the Ministers, to the Communal Ad
ministrations, and of the reports of die
execution of the orders by the Adminis
trative, as well as of petitions and ap
peals of the people to the Ministers,
from the ads of the administrative bo
dies.
The Consular Ads 'muft be signed
by a Minister before they can be execu
ted. The Ministers are responsible,
each in his department, for the execu
:on of Consular Acts, which shall be
mtrary to the law, and for the nun-ex
ecution of Consular Ads, agreeable to
the law
JUDICIAL POWER.
It shall be afterwards organized by
the Conftitptional'mcans, eftabliihed for
the formation of the Laws.
• CONSERVATIVE POWER.
There is to be a body of from 80 to
too members elected for life. They
must have a qualification in land rental
of 25000 francs a year. The, name
themselves to vacancies in their own
body. A person must be 40 years of
age to be admidible. This body shall
exercise various fundions : & 1
~ They eled the members of the
, Legislative Body and the Tribunate,
and take them from the lift of the no
tables of die nation, or elected out of
the third degree.
2. They Ihall pronounce on the un
constitutional ads committed by the in
violable bodies of the legislative or Ex
ecutive Powers.
3. They Thall exercise the right of
censure op the lift of the notables of the
nation, which they may every year re
duce one hundredth part.
4. They are, or they may probably
become a grand -jury to try the crimes
of High Treason, imputed to the great
responsible Functionaries.
The Consuls in going out of office,
oron giving their refignation,flrall enter
of right into the Conservative body.
The manner in which the Confcrva
tive Power shall fill up vacancies in
their own Body, is—Three candidates
fha/1 be presented to them—one by the
Grand Consul—one by the Legislative
Body, and one by the Tribunate.
The Grand Consul will alone be
lodged at the Luxembourg : The 2 oth
ers in the palace of the 500. The Tri
bunate and the Senate in the pavilion
I~of the Thulleries., The Conservative
Jury at the l.ouvfe, in the place of the
Institute, and the Institute in the build
ings of the Sarbonne. The invalids will
be transferred to Versailles, and every
thing that belongs to the ministry at
war, Inch as the Etat-Major, the admiu
iftrations, See. &c.
On the 22d inst. (the 13 Dec.) the
Legislative Body will be afTembled, and
on the 27tli the Constitution will be
officially transmitted to the Depart
ments.
• Several Journals have fitted that
Citizen Sieyes is to be President of the
Conttitutional Jury. We think that we
can date with confidence that this jury
will have no President. All the mem
bers computing" it, will be equally qual
ified, to exercise the functions of tempo
rary President, according to the mode
of election to be adopted. A number
of other reports of the fame nature,
which promote this or the other citizen,
and confer places before they exirt, de
serve no greater credit. [RedacieMr.]
LONDON,'DEC. I 7.
The Armistice between the French
Consuls and Chouan Chiefs has by no
means put an end to the hopes of our
Government from that Predatory war..
They learnby private letters that they
hill continue in great force, and that
they exercise their adherents in open
day. The plan of an expedition to
the coast of Normandy is therefore
prefevered in with increased spirit, and
they hope to make a defeent on France
with 100,000 troops of different na
tions, English, Ruffian, Swiss and
French. Capt. Taylor, the Duke of
York's Secretary, goes to St. Petcr
fburgh to aflift in digesting the new
plan of a fubfidary treaty, and it is
believed that we shall contra& for
more troops then we ever purchased in
any former year. Whether they are
to be employed in this service or not,
we cannot fay ; but we know that the
rumour of such a design will do more
to unite all the hollilc parties in France,
than the affected moderation of the
, Consuls, or the Ihort lived energy which
the government has derived from the
late military convulsion.
A French Journalist fays, that the
consulate has difeovered that Talley
rand was totally innocent in the af
fair of the American negociation. He
only asked the Envoys for a supply of
their Metalic Traflors to relieve himfelf
and the Directory of certain qualms and
ftomachic affections, to which, their em
ployments particularly exposed them,
and for which complaints the Consuls
think they themselves may soon need a
similar remedy.
The assistance of Paul I. to Francis
11. depends at present, on the will of
Suwarrow. W^are informed that Mr.
Wickham, Count de Lehiback and
Prince Efterhazy, haveunited their ef
forts to induce the old General not to
abandon the Archduke to the mercy,
of an enemy, much superior in number.
They represented to him that he would
expose himfelf to the danger of losing
the title of Italicus, firice the French
might re-conquer Italy, if Maffena, af
ter subduing the Qrifons, Ihould throw
himfelf into the Milanese with 30 or
40,000 men, and attack the armies of
kray and Melas, already threatened in
front by the army of Championet. We
do not know what effed these remon
strances have produced in the mind of
Suwarrow. To foften it hill more,
the Emperor has just sent to him the
following letter :—
"Tue dear Field MarJbal Prince Italijky,
" Count Sazvarrolu.
"The splendid actions which you
have performed, during the course of
this campaign, at the head of the army
which I placed under your command
in Italy, have aflured you the fuffrages
and admiration of all Europe. By
your victories you have rendered to
me, in particular, and my empire, im
portant services, of which I ihall al
ways retain a remembrance, with the
mod lively gratitude, and they give
you the justest title to be admitted,, as
the man most proper to add luftre to
it, in the Order of St. Theresa, estab
lished in my armies to signalize and re
ward their warlike bravery. Receive
then, the Grand Cross of that Order,
as a testimony of my high edeem and
friendfllip. Receive, at the fame time,
a Commander's Cross, and fix Crpffes
of Chevalier, the former of whicli you
will give to General Paneralion as an
acknowledgment of his diftinguillied
talents and courage. The rest are des
tined for such of the Officers of the
Ruflian army who were in Italy, whom.
you shall judge most worthy of them ;'
your choice will add to their glory.
" May God preserve your health,
my dear Prince to accomplish the
grand enterprizes formed for the com
mon good ! for the glory of the Allies!
for tne splendor and majelly of the
Empire ! and for your own fatisfac
tion. (Signed) “ FRANCIS."
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SAVANNAH,PEC 20.
Capt. Clover has fuccecded in removing the three
Wrecks, that so much oh,reeled the navigation of+bie
river, near Five Fathom Hole, to the place appointed
by the Commiffonere oj the Pilotage.
The Light House on North IJland'u nearly com
pleated. It is expelled it will he lit in afro days
as they only wait for the Lamp frem Cbarlcfcu,
Sixth CONGRESS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MONDAY, FEB. 3.
Treaty nvith Great-Britain.
Mr. Livingfl on, after a few preliminary ob
fervapons, laid on the table the following reso
lutions :---[% Tuefday, Mr. Livingston altered
bisfrft Refaction,fo as to read as follows : ]
Refolded, That a Committee be appointed to
inquire, whether any legislative provision is ne
cessary to be made for the purpole of carrying
into execution the 27th article of the treaty of
Amity, Commerce and Navigation, between
the United States, and the King of Great-Britain;
and to report thereon :
Thursday, feb. 6.
Milliter, Warrants.
A. Bill, " Giving farther time to the holders
of Military Warrants to locate and register
the fame," was read three times and ordered
to be engrossed. This bill gives 15 days longer
for the registry and location of land warrants,
and before the drawing of the lottery for the
priority of location.
A Bill was also passed for engrossment, which
likewiferefpeas landsgranted for military fcrvi
ce s.
N. Carolina Pa,er Money.
Mr. Macon, proposed, that the Collectors of
the Dire& Tax in N. Carolina should receive
the .paper money ofthat State in payment of it.
He observed, that little specie circulated in the
State, and the paper was in perfect credit.—
Laid on the table,
Indian Supplies.
The laws which appropriate 180,00 doll,
for the purchase of goods for supplying the In
dians within the limits of the U. States hav
ing expired,,Mr. Claiborne thought that previ
ous to panini a new law for such supplies, an
enquiry fbouid be made how the money al
ready granted had been expended. He moved,
and the house agreed tliat the papers on the
fubjedl should be called for.
The Cenfa Bill
Was received from the Senate, with amend
ments. FRIDAY, FEB. 7.
Afis Passed.
An additional A& for regulating the grants
of land for military services, and for the" U
nited Brethren" for propagating the gospel
among the heathen. An A& refpeding the
Mint. An A& giving further time for the
registry and location of military warrants.
The Census Bill
Was referred to the Committee of ways
and Means.
N. Carolina Paper.
Mr. Macon called up his proposition which
was negatived. Ayes 31. Noes 46.
Foreign Intercourse.
The bill providing for foreign intercourse
was debated. Mr. Gallatin proposed to l^it
its cxiftence to 2 years, The bill was recom
mitted.
Jonathan Robbins.
The President by Message communicated
the papers relative to Robbins, delivered to
the British.
The Message and papers were ordered to
be printed.
MONDAY, FEB. 10.
Legiflators' Pay.
Mr. A Foster laid the following res
olution on the table :
- RESOLVED, that a Committee be
appointed to enquire whether any, and
if any, what alterations ought to be
made in the compensation allowed to
the officers of the two Honfes of Con
gress.
Bonds for Duties.
Mr. Smith from the Committee of
Commerce and Manufactures, report
ed the following resolution, viz.
RESOLVED, That the term of
payment allowed by law on bonds
which have been given, and which fnall
be coming due, prior to the firft day
of August next, for duties of import,
may be extended for sixty days, in all
cases refpedively where it shall be re
quired by the parties, and where the
recovery of such imports shall not be
endangered thereby ; —Provided, that
in every case of such additional credit,
there shall be required and paid oXfuch
bonds, refpcdively, interest at the rate
of one half per cent, per month, from
the time such duties shall be refpe&ive
ly due and payable according to law.
Mr.S. said, this was matter of great
•importance to the Merchants of the
United States, who had been materially
shocked by failures in Europe, and
whole situation required the aid now
about to be given, as speedily as possi
ble . •As it had been submitted to the
Secretary of the Treasury, and met
his cordial approbation ; and it would
not injure the revenue, but on the con
trary might be of benefit to it—he
hoped no objection would be made to
the resolution, and that it- would be
immediately taken into consideration—
He therefore moved for a reference to
the Committee of the whole Houle this
day. .
Upon tlie qtieftjon, there were ayes
33 —-noes SfoMr. Speaker declaring
himfelf in the affirmative, the House
went into Committed of the whole on
the refolntion--Mr. Rutledge in the
chair—when it was again read, agreed
to, and the Committee of Commerce &
Manufadures ordered to report a bill
pursuant thereto. 1 '
Military Grants. -.
Mr. Davis laid the following refolu-.
tiori on the table : -.
RESOLV ED, That a committee be
appointed to enquire into the expedien
cy or inexpediency'of palling a law to
regulate the manner of entering Cave
ats to prevent the illuing of patents for
land granted for Military Service ;
and that the fame committee be dirti
ed to enquire into the expediency or
inexpediency of palling a law to prevent
the entering of a Caveat in any case, to
lender the itfumg a patent for land
granted for Military Services.
Indian Supplies.-
• Mr. Claiborne withdrew the*fefolu
tion he laid some days ago upon the
table requelling the President to dired
the proper offter ur lay before the
House, statements of the expenditure
of money under certain afts authoriz-'
ing trade with the Indians, and moved
the following resolution :
RESOLVED, that a Committee be
appointed to enquire into the opera
tion of the ads making provision for
the establishment of Trading Houses
with the Indian Tribes ; and also into
the expediency of reviving and con
tinuing in force the said acts.
This resolution was agreed to, and a I
Select Committee of five members ap
pointed for the pitrpofe.
RECESS OF CONGRESS. 1
I Mr. Otis called up for consideration •
:the following resolution,
RESOLVED, That the President
of the Senate, & Speaker of the House ;
of Representatives, be authorifed to
dose the present session, by adjourning
their refpedivc Houles on the firft
Monday in April next. The resolution
was agreed to.
Wednesday, feb. 12.
Impost Bonds.
The bill for granting relief to mer
chants who owe bonds for Imports,
was recommitted, on the suggestion of
Mr. Sheafe, that indidgence might
inconvenience the Treasury, unlei's de
bentures were also provided for.
The Senate informed the House, it
• had passed the Inlirtment Sufpenlion
I Bill. [The votes in the Senate on this
,bill, were :—For parting it—Hon.
; Mertrs. Anderson, Baldwin, Bloodworth*
Foster, Brown, Cocke, Franklin, Nich-
I olas, Langdon, Marlhal, Mason, Pinck
ney, Bingham, Dexter, Goodhue,
Greene, Gunn, Hillhoufe, Howard,
Livermore, and Paine.—Against it—
Melfrs. Chipman, Latimer, Wells,
Laurence, Lloyd, Read, Schurman,
Tracy and Watfon.]
Commercial Intercourse with France.
The further Sulpenfion Bill on this
fubjed, was debated in the Committee
of the whole, and progress made.
Laws.-
The President announced his appro
bation of the Forfeiture mitigating, and
Military Land Warrants Ads, and ad
for relief of John Vaughan.
Military Establishment Laws.
The House went into Committee of
the whole, Mr. Rutledge in the Chair,
on the Bill permitting the arrert, of
persons inlifting into the army of the
United States, for debts previously
contraded. Several amendments were
fwggefted ; but were withdrawn, and the
bill reported to the House without a
mendment.
In the House, Mr. Nicholas moved
tliat the laws be so amended, that no
person enlisting should be free from ar
rert for any debt or contrad beyond 20
dollars. This was advocated by Messrs.
Varnum, Macon, Nicholas, Jones and
Gallatin ; and opposed by Messrs. Mar
shall, Otis, Rutledge, Smith, Shepard
and Champlin ; and negatived as fol
lows :
YEAS— Messrs., Alfon, Bailey, R. Brotun, C@-
belle, Cbrifie, Clay, Claiborne, Condit™, Davis,Data
fon, Egglfon, Elmendorf, Fowler, Gallatin, Goode,
G re gz> Hanna, Heifer, Henderson, Holmes, fack
fon, Jones, Kitcbel, Leib, Lyon, Livingflon, Macon,
Mublenburg, New, Nicholas, Nott, Randolph, Smi
lie. Stone, Speight, Stamford, Sumpter, Taliaferro,
A. Trigg, J Trigg, Farnum, R Williams —43.
NAYS— Messrs. Baer, Bartlett, Batyard, Bird,
Brace, J. Brown, Champlin, Cooper, Craik,. J.
Davenport, F, Davenport, Dent, Dickson, Edmond,
Evans, A. Ffer, D. Fefer, Freeman, Glenn, C.
Goodrich, E. Goodrich, Gordon, Griftcold, Grove,
Hill, Imlay, Kiltera, H. Lee, S,Lee, Lvman, lAnn,I Ann,
Marfcall, Morris, Otis, Page, Pinckney, Powell,
Reed, Rutledge, Sewall, Sbeafe, Shephard, Smith,
Thatcher, f. Thomas, R. Thomas, Wadfiuorth,
Waln, L. Williams, Woods—s 2.
The. queftiion " Shall this bill be engrossed for
a third reading f" was then taken and negatived,
Ayes 35; Noes 53; and the bill confcquently
was loft.
THURSDAY, FEB. IJ
The Resolution refpeding the remov
al of Troops to a distance during elect
ions, was called up by Dr. Leib, op
posed by Messrs. Otis and Dana, and
Supported by Messrs. Randolph, Smith
and H. Lee.—-Some amendments were
proposed, when finally the following
motion was unanimously agreed to.
"RESOLVED, That a Committee
be appointed to prepare and report a
Bill containing such Legislative pro
positions as may be judged expedient
either for removing any military force
of the United States from the place of
holding an election, or for preventing
interference of any such force in such
elections." > ~
Several private concerns were attend
ed to.
A Militia Bill,
Was presented by Gen. Lee, read
twice, and referred to a Committee of
the whole.
A A Bill to extend the time for the
payment of bonds given for duties
of import, in certain cases, was read
and ordered for to-morrow.
Mr. Livingston laid on the table a
Resolution for the following amend
ment to the Corirtitution of the United
States, viz.
“ No Judge of any Court of the U
ntied States, Ihall, during his contin
uance in office, nor within fix months
after he may have resigned the fame,
be appointed to any other than a judi
ciary office of the United States."
Mr Otis presented the petition of
Moses Gill, which was read,and refered.
Mri Dana laid a petition on the ta
ble, refpefling the exclusion of rtrangers
from the lobby of the.houfe.
IBylßy ycitciciu) „ Man
KINGSTON, (JAM.) FEB. 13.
ALL French male slaves are im
mediately to be confined in the
barracks.
Yesterday, M. Dafportas was execut
ed here, as a French spy He appeal
ed perfectly unconcerned iii the march,
taken previous to his execution ; but
just before he was turned off, he made
an exertion to save himfelf by clinging
to the ladder.
FALMOUTH", (JAM.) JAN. I.
Trinidad experiences much turbu
lence & confufion. The French are the
, most numerous, treacherous and rebel-I
lious. Scarce a day partes without tlie
execution of some of them.
w AUGUSTA. (% OR .) JAN.?%.
We are informed, that the hon. Timothy Pick
eting, Oliver Wolcott, and Samuel Sitgreaves,
are appointed by Congress, commidioners to
treat with the state of Georgia, on the fubje&
of the cession of the Weftern Territory of Geor
gia to the United States.
RICHMOND, (VIR.) FEB. 4.
The Congress of Virginia which con
vened in this city on the firll Monday
in December 1799$cl°fed its labours 011
Thursday lart.—ln the course of this
memorable fertion, they repealed the
Alien and Sedition A&s—difbanded
the Army, and voted the abolition of
the Nayy.
PHILADELPHIA, (PENN.) FEB. If,
. A letter from Col. Gaither, com
mandant of the Federal troops in Geor
gia, dated at Fort Wilkinson, mentions
that the Captain General of his Catho
lic Majerty's Provinces, has issued a
Proclamation, offering a reward of One
Thousand Pounds sterling, for IVm.
Augustus Bowles, who itiles himfelf
Director General of Muikogee, to be
•paid on his delivery at any one of the
royal prisons of said Province.
EASTON, (PENN.) DEC. 16.
A Gentleman lately from tlie Delaware state,
has politely favored us with the particulars of
the following distressing circumstance which
took place a few days ago in Lewis-Town, in
that state—sometime since the peace and happi
ness of the family of a Mr. Wiley keeper,
was destroyed by the unlawful conneaion of a
Mr. Wilson, with his wife; and on difeuffion of
the proceedings of Mr. Wilson, and sacred
proniifes by him to Mr. Wiley, the business was
to appearance entirely dropped : but on meet
ing a few days ago at the above town, at the
attention of the lodge (both being masons)
while Mr. Wilson was in conversation wi.h a
gentleman at the fire fide Mr. Wiley came in,
and walked across the room several times, and at
length pulled out apylol, and difebargH the contents
of it through the bead of Mr. Wilfon,without giving
him q moments warning ; a brother of the deceased
being at a fort dfance was immediately sent for,
who on his arrival beheld bis relative a corpse on the
f?° r )demanded of Wiley if be was the man who
committed the dted ; to which Mr. Wiley replied,
"that he was, and ashe had obtained his fatisfac
tion, he might take his," at which Mr. Wilfa
immediately faappedapfol twice at bis breaf, with
out difebarging the fame, when the company present
interfered, and had Mr. Wiley committed to jail in
Georgetown, to findtrial.
NEW-YORK, FEB. Is.
The remains of the (hip Admiral Duncan,
which was bought at auction by the Messrs
Jenkins of Hudson, for 25 dollars, was yester
day raifcd by them. It is their intention to
tow this Eiiglifh bottom to Hudson, and
ere& thereon an American Top. A saving of
3000 dollars, in building a (hip of the Duncan's
size, is anticipated.
. ._OT..p _&mHMrcqmflßtyogF_rct.c^^
The following s the amount of the exports from the
.United States, to foreign Countries and their De
pendencies, for one Tear ending the 30th Sept.
1799.
To Russia, 46,030
To Prussia, 617,046
To Swtden, 733,597
To Denmark, &c. 4,34^,83,
To United Netherlands, 5,851,503
To Great Britain, 26,546,987
To Germany, 105,647
To the Hans Town, 17,144,400
To .France, 2,780,504
To Spain,. 17,421,40%
To Portugal, 857,731
To Morocco, 48,000
To Italy, 1,157,21%
To China and the East )
Indies, generally, J ,95, 2 4,
„.To Affrica generally, 234,396
To Europe generally, 11,818
To the N. W. America, 72,941
Total 78,663,52%
Os this sum, 45,523,000 dollars refpecds ar
ticles of foreign growth or production.
Afummary of the value of the EXPORTS from
each State.
From Nrw-Hampfhire, 361,88,
Maflachulccts, 11,421,591
Vermont, 20,489
Rhodeifland, I> O £s^7s
Connecticut, 1,143,81$
New-York, 1^,719,527
New-Jersey, 9,733
Pemfyvania, ' 12,431,967
Delaware, ' 297,06;
Maryland, 46,299, 60,
Virginia, '6,292,956
North-Carolina, 4*5,921-
South-Carolina, 8,729,615
Georgia, 1,396,75;
Dollars ^8,665,52% .
IThe Common Council of the city of Savan
nah have resolved, that a Marble Monument he
ereded in Johnson's fauare in that city, to tbr
nwmory of that ilhiftrious character, Geqkgc
Washington. They have ordered that a ful>.
I fcription be opened for that purpose, the expeufc
of which is not to exceed 3000 dollars; to which
the Corporation have fubferibed 500 dollars.
From Gale's Raleigh (N. C.) Regifler, Jan. 28.
“ On Thursday fen'night Col. John
Sheppard was murdered by his brother,^
who llruck him on the head with an axe.
at the house of Robert W^^ Esq. in
Glasgow county—both bra^ra wq
Intoxicated."