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FARM for SALE.
FOR SALE, J
A Good FARM,
CITUATED" in the weft
~ part of this town, about five miles
from the Meeting-House, containing
130 Acres of LAND,
well fenced, with a Convenient House,
and a Bern §3 feet long, on the fame—
has a good well of water, and about 200
young apple-trees.
Said Farm is weft watered
—1 never failing ftrearn running thro'
it—produces nearly 20 tons of hay, and
itgood for pasturing arid tillage. These
is ukewife an excellent Wood Lot upon
the fame.
Any person wishing ^ pur
chase said Farm, may have it on reason
able terms, by applying immediately to'
' the Subferiber, living on the premises.
Ezra Abbott, Jun.
Concord, Jan. 1, 1798. 7 0
1000 Dollars
May in a few days be drawn by some
fortunate Adventurer in Dartmouth
College Lottery—-The drawing
will commence on Wednesday the 21st
inst. at Concord. 1
Tickets
At the Store of William A. Kewt,
and at other places, as uftal.
Feb. gtb, 1798. ~ '75.
Wanted Immediately,
AS an Apprentince to the TAILOR's
TRADE, a foart fpnghtly BOY,
from 13 to 15 year# of age.
Inquire at this Office.
Jan. 9,17^8.
Blount's Impeachment.
PHILAD. JAN, 29.
(The following articles of Impeach
ment against Wlllia m Bloun t, claim
infection from the noise which his con
dud has made in the world, rather than
from any iotrinfic importance attached
either to his acquital or condemnation.]
PARTICLES
Exhibited by the House of Representa
tives of the United States, in the name
of themselves and of the people of the
United States, against Wm. Blount,
in maintenance of their Impeachment'
against him for High Crimes tad Mis.
demeanors.
. TOH AT, whereat the
Article i. J
the month# of February, March,
April, May tad June, in the year
of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred Mid ninety seven, and for
many year# then past, were at
peace with hit Catholic Majesty,
the King of Spain $ and whereat,
during the months aforekid. hi#
said Catholic Mijeffy and the King
of Greatbritain were at war with
each other ; yet the said William
Blount, on or about the month#
aforefaid, then being a Senator of
the United State#, and well know
ing the premifea, but disregarding
the duties and obligations of hi#
Q high ftatfap, and designing and l^
tending to disturb the. peace and
/tranquility of the waited State#,
and to violate and infringe <he
neutrality thereof, did coofpire, and |
contrive to create promote end fee|
on foot a d1
jurifdiaion of the United State#,l
C ONC 0R D, [Newbampfoire,] T UESDA Y, February 20, 1798.
atid to copdoa and carry on, from
thence, a military hoftite expedi
tion against the terrirorietynd do
minion# of hi# said Catholic Majes
ty io the Florida# and Louifiaoa,
or a put thereof, for the purpose
of wresting the fame from hi#
Cathal Majesty, and or conquer
ing the fame for the king of G.
Brityn, vffi± whom his laid Cath
olic M jefty was then at war, con
trary to the duty and trust of his
station as a Senator of the United
State#, in violation of the obliga
tion of, neutrality, sod against the
laws of the United States, and the
peace and interests thereof.
Art. 2. That, whereas on the
twenty-feveath day of Odober,
in the year of our Lord one thou
find seven hundred and ninety
five, a treaty of friendship, limits
and navigation had been made &
concluded between the United
States and his catholic Majesty, by
the fifth article whereof it is stip
ulated and agreed, " that the two
high coptraaing parties Shall by
all the means in their power, main
tain peace and harmony among
the several indi&n nations who in
habit the country adjacent co the
lines and rivers, which, by the
preceding attic es, from the bourr
dary of the'two Floridas. And
the better to obtain this effe&,
both parties oblige themselves er
prefiily to restrain by force all hof
tilitiea on the pirt.of the Indian
nations lying within their bounda
ry, so that Spain will not Suffer her,
Indians to attack the citizens of
the United States, oor the Indians
inhabiting their territory ; nor will:
the United States permit chele lift
mentioned Indians to commence
hostilities against the fubjea# of
hi# Catholic Maj sty or hit Indians,
io any manner whatever."— Yet
the hid William Blount, on or
about the months of February,
Marchi April, May and June, in
the ye|r of our Lord one thoufaod
seven hundred and ninety seven;
then being a Senator of the United
States, and well knowing the
premises, and that the U. States
were then at peace with his said
Catholic Majesty, 4 and, that h@
Catholic My^fty was at war with
the King of Great Britain, but dif
regardiog the duties of hi# high
ftscion, and the Stipulations of the
said treaty, and the obligation# of
neutrality, did coafpire and con
trive to excite the Creek# and
Cherokee nations of Indians, then
inhabiting within the territorial
boundary of the United States, to
commence hostilities against the
fobjefband poffeffioni of his Cath
olteMajefty, in the Florida# and
Louisiana, for the purpose of re
ducing the fame to the dominion
of the King of Great Britain, with
whom his Catholic Majesty was
then atfar as aforefaid ; contrary
to the duty of hi# Cruft and Ration
Ma&r.^or of the United States,)
in violation of the said treaty of
frie^lh^ limit# and navigation,
and of ^ obligation of raft
I ty, and against the laws of the U.
States, and the peace and intereft#
thereof.
Art. fl That, whereat, by the
ordinance# and a& of Congref#
for regulating trade and intercourse
with the- Indian tribes and forpre
ferving the peace on the frontier#,
it has been made lawful for the<
Prudent of the United States, in
order to ensure the continuance of
the friendship of the frid Indian
tribes, to appoint such perlons,
from time to time, as temporary
agents, to rtfide among the In
dians, as he shall think fit; and
whereas, in pursuance of the frid
authority, the President of the U.
States, on or about the eighth day
of September, in the year of our
Lord one thoufaod seven hundred
and nioMy&, did appoint Berfo
min Hawkins ts be principal tem
porary agent for Indian tiffrirs,
within the Indian nations South of
the river Ohio, and north of the
territorial lire of the U. States ;
and whereas the said B. Haskins
accepted the hid appointment,
and on the twenty firft day ol
April, in the year of our Lord one?
thousand seven hundred and nine
ty fevew, and for a long time be
fore and afterwards, did exerciSe
the funaions, powers and duties
attached to the fame, yet the fsid
Wiliam Blount, on or about the
said twenty firft da, of April, io
the year of our Lord one ihou
fand seven hundred and ninety
seven, then being a Senator of the
United States, and well knowing
the premifei, did, in the prosecu
tion of hi# criminal defigoa and of
his conspiracies aforefrid, and the
more effectually to accomplish hi#
intention of exciting the Creek &
Cherokee nations of Indian# to"
commence hoftiliTi against the
Subjects of hi# Catholic Majesty,
further coafpire and contrive to
alienate and divert the confidence
of the f,id Indian tribes or nation!
from the said B. Hawkins, the
principal temporary agent afore-,
said, and to diminish, impair, aid
destroy the influence of the said
B. Hawkins, with the said Indian,
criber, and their friendly interccutfe 7
and understanding with him ; con
trary to the duty of his cruft and
Ration as a Senator of the United
States, and against the ordinances
and laws of the United States, &
the peace and interests thereof,
)J, Art. 44 That, whereas by the
ordinances and acts of Congref#
aforefaid, it is made lawful for the^
President of the Uni:ed States to
establish tradirg houses at such
places and poft# on the weftern &
kufhern frontier#, or in the Indian
country, a, he Shall judge most
convenient for carrying on *,,H
era! trade with ,he Indian nations,
within the limits of the (/. Sates,
find to appoint an agent at ~th
trading house eftabli&d aforeUid,
,with feh ckrh^d sffiftants, at
may be necessary so the execution
of the&id ^s Kind whereas, by
a treaty made iod concluded on
t^ second d4tf July, in <W
year of our Lord fa thousand
seven hundred and ninety
one, between the U. States &
the Cherokee nations of In.
dians, inhabiting within the
limits of the United States, it
is flipulated and agreed,
"that the United States will
fend such and so many per
sons to reside in said nation as
they shall judge proper, not
exceeding four, who shall
qualify themselves to a& as
interpreters ;" and whereas
the President of the U. States,
as well in purfnance of the
authorities in this article men
tioned, as of the ads of Con-'
grefs referred to in the third
article, did appoint James
Carey to be the interpreter for
the United States to the said
Cherokee nation of Indians &
assistant at the public trading
house, established at the Teh
lico bicek house in the state of
Tenneriee ; and whereas the
>faid J. Carey did accept th:
said appointments, on the
twenty firft day April in the
year of our Lord one thou
fafid seven hundred and nine
ty seven, and for a long time
before and afterwards, did
exercise the functions and du
ties attached to the fame ; yet
the said W. Blount, on or a.
bout the said twenty firft day
of April, in the fear last a-
Iforefaid, then being a Senator
of the United States, and well
knowing the premises, did,
in prosecution of his criminal
designs and in furtherance of
his conspiracies aforefajd,
conspire and contrive, to fe_
duce the said J. Carey to as
sist in the promotion and exe
cution of his said criminal
intentions and conspiracies g,
forefaid ; contrary to' the du
ty of his trail and station as a
Senator of the United States
and against thelaws and trea
ties of the U. States and the
peace and interests thereof.
Art. 5. That, whereas cer
tain tribes ort nations of In
dians inhabit within the ter
rito rial limits of the U. States,
between whom, or many of
them, and the settlements of'
the U. Scares, certain boun
dary line 9 have, by successive (
treaties, been flipulated and
agreed upon, to separate the
landsand possessions of tte
said Indians, from the lands
and possessions of the Unred
IStates and citizens thereof;
and whereas, parfyubrfy, by
the treaty in the last, i;tity
;mentioned to feretei^^&/
wity the Cherokee nation,:
on the second day of Jlily, ie