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' "conceive it mould he conflrued an infalt to
the <:tfe^ing of the citizens of Mafachufetts to
fuppofc tl - ignorant of the services of Governor
STRONG in the Councils of the United States, and
of this Corr mormrealtb,for more than twenty-five
Tars pafl — They know he has been tried in the
times when fenfire patriots have forunk from the
public service ; and they will reward bis labours
and patriotism. Mr, Robbins is alg well known
—He has been Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives several years.— His talent jn fifpateb
of public bufaefs —bis universal information, and bis
attachment to the principles of good order, economy,
ar.dtbe landed interests of the Commonwealth, need
no! be particularized to any part of the community
the leaf acquainted with public men and measures. —
IFe mean not to detract from the talents, merits, or
public services of any other Candidates ; but we a
ver, the eleDion of the above gentlemen will mes es
sentially promote the interest, honor and refutation of
MASSACHUSETTS,
Buonaparte, by a decree, dated the 14th Nivofe
laf,(fdn. 3.) has sentenced to transportation out of
the European Territory of the Republic ; a long If
of Diforggnizers and Jacobins ; amongl which
fevers of them are diftingvifhed as " Septemberi
-zers."
U. S. Senator for Delaware. Hon' Samuel
White, vice Hon. Mr. Latimer.
Dr. O. Barron, who ftndied ph,fie with Dr.
Warren of Boston, has eftabliihed a Medical
Afyhm for Teamen and officers at Calcutta.
KEENE, FEBRUARY 21.
COUNTERFEIT MONEY 1 !
Aper Jon who calls bimfelf Theophilus Curtain,
from fame port of Connecticut, was taken before Calvin
Frink, Esq. on Monday evening las, to be examined
f or l a ssi n £ 4 counterfeit 100 dollar bill, of the Union
e Bank, and federal 19 dollar bills of the Mafcebufetts
Bank, on the Saturday preceding, in this town —He
was ordered to recognize for bis appearance at the next
Superior Court to be bolden at Cbcrleflawn,at which
time it is probable be will be abte to recoiled from
whom he received them /
PHILADELPHIA, FEB. It.
A handsome church, lately built in Sri #ar
tholomew's Parith, Snuih.&rolQ has been
.Proved hv fire.
ESTATE of NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 1
By THE Go7EkNOR.
A Proclamation. I
IF we duly confider our dependence
Upon Divine Providence, for the
blessings we enjoy ; and examine how
deficient we have been, in making the
reasonable return of grateful Hearts,
and obedient lives, for the many fa
vours bellowed upon us ; we mull be
convinced of tte propriety of humbling
ourselves before the benevolent Parent
of the universe ; acknowledging our
transgressions ; .and fapplicating divine
favors. And as States and Nations, as
well as Individuals, are dependant up-
I on the good pleasure of the fnpreme
Governor of the World, for their pfof
perity and happiness, I have thought
fit, by and with advice of Council, to<
appoint THURSDAYthefx/ee^ Day !
of APRIL next, to be observed as a |
Day of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer
throughout this State ; kindly inviting
Ministers and People, of every deno
mination, to assemble on said day, at
their refpeftive places of public worship,
that we may, with penitent hearts, con
fefs our transgressions ; implore par
doning mercy through the Redeemer,
and unitedly endeavor to keep Inch a
Fast as the Lord our God will own and
bless.
That fervent prayers be made to Al
mighty God for his bleffmg on the Peo
ple and Government of this State, and
of the United States—That our Ru
lers may know the things which belong
to the prosperity and happiness of the
people ; discharge the duties of their
refpe&ive Rations with fidelity ; be a
terror to evil doers and a praise and en
couragement to those who do well.
That the high privileges we enjoy,
in the full possession of Civil and Reli
gious'Liberty, may be rightly estimat
ed : and that we may duly confider the
necessity of a Ready adherence to Law
and Order, for the preservation of our
Tranquility.—
That those licentious Principles and
Opinions, which have been so deftruc-'
tive to civil Order, Morality, and Re
ligion, in some parts of the World, may
never prevail in our Land.—
That true and ufeful knowledge may
be more and more extended; Faction
and difeord be done away : Union and
Harmony restored ; and our Country
preserved from Anarchy and Confu
fion.
That it would please God to be
stow his Blessing on our Agriculture,
Commerce, and all our lawful Em
ployments. —
That we may be preferred from
War ; and have Health in our Habi
tatfons.—
That a flop may be put to the pro
gress of Vice and Immorality; Sobrie
ty, Virtue, and Piety prevail ; Chris
tian Charity abound ; and true and un
defiled Religion, be known and pradif
ed throughout the World.
And I do recommend that all per
sons religiously abstain from Labour
and Recreations unbecoming the So
lemnity of the Day.
Given at the Courtcil-Chamber, in Exeter, this
Tenth Day of March, One Eboufand, Eight
Hundred and One, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the Taventy-fifth.
I; his Excellency's command, with advice of Council.
'JOSEPH PEA RSON Secretary.
BOSTON, MARCH, 18.
MASSACHUSETTS FEDERAL
PICKET, for April 6, ißci.
John T. Gilman.
^ ^B STRONG, Esq. Governor.
EDWARD H. ROBBINS, efq.
Lieutenant-Governor.
HU EXCELLENCY
CONGRESS of the U. States.
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES.
FRIDAY, FEB. 2,.
THE Naval Peace Eftablifhmcnt bill passed
—Yeas 69 — Nays xB.
The bill for the further accommodation of
the President of the United States, and several
local bills, passed various stages.
CITY of WASHINGTON.
The Committee on the fubjed, reported the
follow^g Resolutions, viz.
Refilled, That a committee Report a bill to
abolish the Board of Commissioners of Wash
ington, and to direct the business of that board
to be transferred to the Secretary of the Trea
sury.
Refolded, That a bill be reported, directing
the Secretary of the Treasury to procure a plan
of Washington, delineating the streets, squares
and public ground ; to be laid before Congress
in December next.
PRESIDENTS HOUSEHOLD.,
Mr. Nicholas, from the committee on this
fubjed, reported, that of 15000 dollars allowed
by law at the commencement of the Presidency
of Mr. Adams, to purchase furniture for the Pre
sident's houfc,6ooo dollars remained unexpend
ed ; which with the amount of the Tales of such
furniture as might be unfit for use, they recom
mended to be used for the purchase of furniture
in addition to that already in possession. A
bill was reported, accordingly.
JUDICIAL SYSTEM.
The bill allowing additional salary to certain
diftria judges—was difeuffed. The Delaware
Judge's salary was raised to 1200 —Massachu-
setts, New-York, and Maryland to 1600 per
annum. The bill passed to be engrossed.
Refolded, That a bill be reported authorifing
the sale of lands in the diftria of Columbia,
under proper regulations, in order to raise mo
ney to meet any contrasts, which may become
due at any time.
These resolutions were agreed to, and refer
red to a Committee of five Members.
The bill to amend this law was difaffed, —
The law is to be continued with the limitation
—and the power of the Commiffioncrs was ex
tended to receive testimony and to compel the
attendance of witueffes. The bill palled—Yeas
49. Nays 4%. SATURDAY, feb. 28.
The additional bankrupt aft was altered so
as to limit the duration.—A report by Mr.
Nicholas refpe&ing the late fires, was received.
MONDAY, MARCH 2.
Two reports —one on the expenditure of
certain Monies § and another refpefting British
Depredations, were received from the Prcfident.
A bill to apply 6000 dollars now remaining
unexpended of former appropriations, and the
proceeds of furniture to be fold, to furnifh the
house for the new President was read. Mr.
Harper thought the furniture to be fold would
produce 4000 dollars. He moved to augment
the whole sum to 20,00 c dollars.
Mr. S. Smith thought 10,000 dolls, in the
whole fufficient. Mr. Craik agreed with Mr.
Harper. Mr. Macon with mr. Smith. Mr.
Bayard proposed 14,000 dollars as the whole
sum. Mr. Ha^er and mr. Bayard's motions
were both negatived; and the original bill
passed.
The Mausoleum Bill was taken up. The
Senate had altered it by inferring monument in
stead of maufolcum, and appropriating 50,000
dollars instead of 200,000. Mr. Harper mov
ed to strike out 50,000 dollars again and insert
100,000. Yeas 34 —nays 49. An amendment
was agreed to which empowered the President
to appoint agents to execute the law. The a
mendments of the Senate, as altered, were final
ly carried, yeas 45, nays 33.
The Senate invited the members of the house
to attend the inauguration of the President in
their chamber, on the 4th of March.
TO give the usual opportunity of appointing
a President pro tempore, I now propose to re
tire from the chair of the Senate ; and as the;
time is near at hand, when the relations will ;
ccafe, which have for some time subsisted be-|
tween this honorable house and myfelf, I beg|
leave before 1 withdraw, to return them my;
grateful thanks for all the infiances of attention ;
and refpea with which they have been pleased;
to honor me. In the difeharge of my fundlions'
here, it has . been my confcienticus endeavour to
observe impartial justice, without regard to
persons or fubjedfs ; and if I have failed of im
pressing this on the mind of the Senate, it will
be to me a circumstance of the deepest regret.
I may have erred at times. No doubt I have
erred. This is the law of human nature. For
honest errors, however, indulgence may be
hoped.
I owe to truth and justice, at the fame time
to declare, that the habits of order and deco
rum which so ftreflgly chara&erife the pro
ceedings of the Senate, have rendered the um
pirage of their President an office of little diffi
culty : that in times and on queflions which
have severely tried the sensibilities of the house,;
calm and temperate difuffion has rarely been|
disturbed by departures from order.
Should the support which I have receivedl
from the Senate, in the performance of my du-|
tics here, attend me into the new Ration to !
which the public will has transferred me ; I
shall confider it as commencing under the hap
piest auspices.
With these expressions of my dutiful regard
to the Senate as a body, I ask l&vc to mingle
my particular wishes for the health and happi
ness of the individuals who compose it : and to
render them my cordial and refpe&ful adieu.
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
Tbeaddrtfs was referred to a felea Committee.
" I have considered the advice and consent
of the Senate to the ratification of the Conven
tion with France, under certain conditions.—
Although it would have been more conforma
bk to my own judgment and inclination, to
have agreed to that instrument unconditionally,
yet in this point I found I had the misfortune
to differ in opinion from so high a constitution
al authority as the Senate. Ijudged it more
consistent with the honour and interest of the
United States to ratify it under the conditions
prescribed, than not at all. I accordingly nom
inated Mr. Bayard, minister plenipotentiary to
the French Republic, that he might proceed
virhouq delay to Paris, to negotiate the ex
change of ratifications. But as that gentleman
has declined his appointment, for reasons appli
cable to every other person, suitable for the Ser
vice, I (ball take no further measures relative
to this business, and leave the convention with
all the documents in the office of Rate, that my
successor may proceed with them according to
bis wisdom. JOHN ADAMS.
United States, March 2d, 1801.
TH following it a Meflage of President
Adams to the Senate.
On Saturday last, Thomas Jefferfon, at pre
sent Vice-President of the United States, and
President of the Senate, took leave of that body,
at which time he delivered the following address:
Gentlemen of the Senate,
" Gentlemen of the Senate,
BANKR UPT LAW.
REPOR TS.
WASHINGTON, MARCH t.
of the fafety, with which error of opinion may
0 be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat
it. I know indeed that some boned men fear
that a republican government cannot be Strong;
that this government is not strong enough —
But would the honest patriot, in the full tide of
fuccefsful experiment, abandon a government
which has so far kept us free and firm, on the
theoretic and visionary fear, that this govern
ment, the world's best hope, may, by pos
sibility, want energy to preserve itfelf ? I trust
not. I believethis, on the contrary, the strong
est government on earth. I believe it the only
one, where every man, at the call of the law,
would fly to the Standard of the law, and would
meet invasions of the public order as his own
personal concern.—Sometimes it is said that
man cannot be trusted with the government of
1 himfelf. Can he then be trusted with the gov
lernment of others ? Or have We found angels
' in the form of kings, to govern him ? Let hif
tory answer this question.
Let us then, with courage and confidence,
pursue our own federal and republican princi
ples ; our attachment to union and representa
tive government. Kindly separated by nature
and a wide ocean from the exterminating havoc
of one quarter of the globe ; too high minded
to endure the degradations of the others, pos
sessing a chosen country, with room enough for
our descendants to the hundredth and thou
ANS IVER
Os the Senate to the Address of Tao's
Jefferson, Pr^dent-ELt?.
StR,
WHILE we congratulate you on those ex
preflions of' the public will which called you to
the firfl office in the United States, we cannot
but lament the loss of that intelligence, atten
tion, and impartiality with which you have pre
sided over our deliberations. The Senate feel
themselves much gratified by the sense you have
been pleased to express of their support in the
performance ofygur late duties. Be persuaded
that it will never be withheld from a chief mag
istrate, who in the excrcife of his office shall be
influenced by a due regard to the honor and
interest of out country. In the confidence that
your official conduct will be directed to these
great objects, a confidence derived from past
events, we repeat to you, fir, the assurance of our
constitutional support in your future adminis
tration. JAMES HILLHOUSE.
Gentlemen,
I receive with due sensibility the congratula'
tions of the Senate on being called to the firft
executive office of our government, and I accept
with great fatisfaaion their assurances of sup
port in whatever regards the honor and interest
ofour country. Knowing no other object in
the difeharge of my public duties, their confi
dence in my future condud, derived from pad
events, shall not be disappointed, so far as my
judgment may enable me to difeern those ob
je&s.
The approbation, they are so good as to ex
press of my conduct in the chair of the Senate,
is highly gratifying to me ; and I pray them
to accept my humble thanks for these declara
tions of it. TH: JEFFERSON.
March 3, ißor.
This Day at 12 o'clock, Thomas Jeffer
son, President of the United States, took the
oath of office, in the Senate Chamber, in pre
sence of the Senate, the members of the House
of Representatives, the Public Officers, &c.—
Previously to which he delivered the following
of exertions has sometimes worn an afpe& which
might impose on Grangers unused to think free
ly, and to speak and to write what they think ;
hut this being now decided by the voice of the
nation, announced according to the rules of the
constitution, all will of course arrange them
selves under the will of the law, and unite in
common efforts for the common good. All
too will bear in mind this sassed principle, that
though the will of the majority is in all cases
to prevail, that will to be rightful, must be
reafonaHc; that the minority possess their e
qual rights, which equal laws must protest;—
and to violate would be oppression. Let us,
then, fellow-citizens, unite with one heart and
one mind, let us restore to social intercourse that
harmony and affection, without which liberty,
and even life itfelf, are but dreary things. And
let us reflet that having banished from fur
land that religious intolerance under which
mankind so long bled and fuffered ; we have
yet gained little, if we countenance a political
intolerance, as despotic, as wicked, and capable
of as bitter and bloody persecutions. During
the throes and convulsions of the ancient world,
during the agonizing spasms of infuriated man,
seeking through blood and Slaughter his long
loft liberty, it was not wonderful that the agi
tation of the billows Should reach even this dis
tant and peaceful- Shore ; that this should be
more felt & feared by Some and less by others,
and Should divide opinions as to measures of
fafety ; but every difference of opinion is not
a difference of principle. We have called by
different names, brethren of the fame principle.
We are all republicans; we are all federalists.
If there be any among us who would wish to
dissolve this Union, or to change its republican
form, let them stand undisturbed, as monuments
Friends and Fellow-Citizens,
CALLED upon to undertake the duties of
the firft Executive office of our country, I avail
myfelf of the presence of that portion of my
fellow-citizens which is here affcmbled, to ex
press my grateful thanks for the favor, with
which they have been pleased to look towards
me, to declare a sincere confeioufnefs that the
talk is above my talents, and that I approach it
with those anxious and awful presentiments
which the greatness of the char^, and the
weakness of my powers so justly inspire. A
rising nation, spread over a wide and fruitful
land, traversing all the seas with the rich pro
ductions of their industry, engaged in commerce
with nations who feel power and forget right,
advancing rapidly to deftiuies beyond the reach
of mortal eye ; when I contemplate these tjanf
cendent objects, and fee the honor, the happi
ness, and the hopes of this beloved country com
mitted to the issue and the auspices of this day,
I shrink from the contemplation, and humble
n ft If before the magnitude of the undertaking.
Utterly indeed should I despair, did not the pre
sence of many, whom I here fee, remind me,
that, in the other high authorities provided by
our constitution, I shall find resources of wis
dom, of virtue, and of zeal, on which te rely
under all difficulties. To you, then, gentlemen,
Who are charged with the sovereign functions
of legislation, and to those associated with you,
I look with encouragement for that guidance
and support which may enable us to fleer with
fafety the vessel in which we are all embarked,
amidst tlx confidin' elements, of a troubled
world.
During the contest of opinion through which
we have past, the animation of difeuffions and
President's Speech.
To ^Hch the President elell replied ;
ADDRESS ;
Prudent of tbe Senate prolempore.
WASHINGTON, MARCH 4.
fandtL generation, cntert.um _ a due : CT fe of
cur equal right to the use of our own faculties,
to the acquisitions of our own industry, to hon
or and confidence from our fellow-citizens, re
fuking not from birth, but from our anions and
their sense of them, enlightened by a benign
religion, profeffed indeed & pracTifed in various
forms, yet all of them inculcating honesty, truth,
temperance, gratitude and the love of man, ac
knowledging and adoring an overruling provi
dence, which by all its dispensations proves that
it delights in the happiness of man here, and
his greater happiness hereafter; with all these
blessings, what more is necessary to make us a
happy atad a prosperous people ? Still one thing
more, fellow citizens, a wife and frugal Gov
ernment, which shall restrain men from injuring'
one another, shall leave them otherwise free to
regulate their own pursuits of industry and im
provement, and shall not take from the mouth
of labor the bread it has earned. This is the
sum of good Government ; and this is necessa
ry to close the circle of dur felicities.
About to enter, fellow citizens, on the exer-1
cife of duties which comprehend every thing [
dear and valuable to you, it is proper you fhould'
underhand what I deem the essential principlesl
of our government, and consequently thofel
which ought to shape its admimftration. I
will compress them within the narrowed com-'
pass they will bear, stating the general princi-1
ple, but not all its limitations.—Equal and ex- I
aftjuftice to all men, of whatever state or per
suasion, religious or political ; —peace, com
merce, and honefl friendfhip with all nations,
entangling alliances with none :—the support
of the Rate governments in all their rights, as
the mod competent administrations for our do
mestic concerns, and the furefl bulwark, against
anti-republican tendencies :—the preservation
of the general government in its whole confti-'}
tutional vigor, as the ffieet anchor of our peace'
ac home, and fafety abroad :—a jealous care of'
the right of election by the people, a mild and I
fafe corredive of abuses which arc lopped by
the sword of revolution, where peaceable reme.
dies are unprovided . —absolute acquiescence in
the decisions of the majority, the vital princi
pal of republics, from which is no appeal but to
force, the vital principle and immediate parent
of despotism .•—a well disciplined militia, our
best reliance in peace, and for the firft moments
of war until regulars may relieve them :—the
lupremacy of the civil over the military author
ity : —economy in the public expence, that la
bor may be lightly burthened :—the honefl pay
ment of our debts and sacred preservation of
the public faith :—encouragement of agricul
ture, and of commerce as its handmaid :—the
diffusion of information, and arraignment of all
abuses at the bar of the public reason :—free
dom of religion ; 'freedom of the press ; and
freedom of person, under the protection of the
Habeas Corpus :—and trial by juries impartial
ly feleded. These principles form the bright
conciliation, which has gone before us, and
guided our steps through an age of revolution
and reformation. The wifdonr of our sages,
and blood of our heroes, have been devoted to
their attainment :—they should be the creed
of our political faith :—the text of civic inflruc
tion,the touchstone by which to try the services
of those we trust; and should we wander from
them in moments of error or of alarm, let us
haflen to retrace our steps, and to regain the
road which alone leads to peace, liberty and
fafcty.
I repair then, fellow-citizens, to the
post you have afligned me. With ex
perience enough in subordinate offices
to have seen the difficulties of this the
greatest of all, I have learnt to expe&
that it will rarely fall to the lot of im
perfed man to retire from this Ration
with the reputation & the favor, which
bring him into it. Without pretensions
to that high confidence you reposed in
our firft apd greatest revolutionary
character, whose pre-eminent services
had entitled him'to the firft place in his
country's love, and defined for him
the faireft page in the volume of faith
ful hiftory, I,afk so much confidence
only as may give firmnefs and effed to
the legal administration of your affairs.
I Shall often go wrong through defied
ofjudgment. When right, I shall of
ten be thought wrong by those whose
positions will not command a view of
the whole ground. I aik your indul
gence for my own errors, which will
never be intentional; and your support
against the errors of others, who may
condemn what they would not if seen
in all its parts. The approbation im
plied by your fuffrage, is a great con
solation to me for the part ; and my
future solicitude will be, to retain the
good opinion of those who have bestow
ed it in advance, to conciliate that of
others by doing them all the good in
my power, and to be instrumental to
the happiness and freedom of all.
Relying then on the patronage of
your good will, I advance with obedi
ence to the work, ready to retire from
it, whenever you become fenfiblc how
much better choices it is in your power
to make. And may that infinite Pow
er, which rules the destinies of the uni
verse, lead our councils to what is best,
and give them a favorable iliue for
your peace and prosperity.
Thomas Jefferfon.
Congress fat until a late hour last night, and
finished all the business before them. A vote
of thanks to Mr. Sedgwick passed.
“ Mr. Burr, Vice-President of the U. States,
this morning took his feat, as President of the
new Senate. He was sworn in at II o'clock.
Mr. Jefferfon was sworn in at 12, after deliv
ering a very neat, and conciliatory speech.—
The assemblage of the people was immense, &
immediately upon the inauguration several dis
charges of artillery took place ; there were about
1000 perlons in the Senate Chamber, besides
the Members of Congrefs,and not less than 150
ladies."
" The navy is to be fold except twelve fri
gates —fix of which only are to be armed and
equipped —I aped the fix will be the United
States, of 44 guns, Constitution of 44, President
of 44, Philadelphia, of 44, Conllcllatiou, of 36,
and Boston of 32 guns. The others will be
laid up in ordinary, and manned with a boat-
Twain, a gunner, a carpenter, a purser, a cook,
and twelve seamen each.
" By the report of the Secretary of the Trea
sury, it appears probable that no great public
inconvenience will result from the late fire in
that department.
The new Secretary at War, is at the city
of Washington, Com. Truxton is also there.
From WASHING TON, March 4.
" The oath to the President was adminifter
<d by Chief Justice Marshall—in these words.
—" I dofolemnly faear that / trill faithfully exe
cute the office, of President of the United States, and
will, to the bes of my ability, preserve, protect and de
fend the Conflitution of the United State ."
WASMLNGII>N, March 5.
Yesterday the President of the United State#
nominated, and the Senate, confirmed, the fol
lowing officers.
“JAMES MADDISON, of Virgin,
ia, to be Secretary of State.— ME^ RT
DEARBORN, of Massachusetts, Sec
retary of War.—LEKI LINCOLN,
of Massachusetts, Attorney General of
the United States ROBERT R.
LIVINGSTON, of New-York, Min
ister Plenipotentiary from the United
States to the French Republic. These
offices were vacant. The heads of De
partments now are—Messrs. Madison,
Dexter, Dearborn, and Stoddert.
Federal Senators (worn in on the 4th of
March: mr. Ogden ol N. Jersey, mr. Stone, ,
N. Carolina, mr. Muhlenburg, Pennfylvanix,
mr. White, Delaware, and mr. Aheafe, New-
Hampihire, new members, and mr. Arm
strong of New-York and mr. Tracy, of Con
ncaicut, re-cle&ed.
William Tilghman, EQ has been appoint
ed chief judge of the third circuit of the U. S.
under the judiciary law, passed at the fate ses
sion of Congress.
Thomas Aborn, of Providence is nominated
commercial agent at Cayenne.
The U. S. Senate adjourned fine die on the
sth of March.
Littleton W. Tazewell, member of Con
gress from Virginia, declines a re-eleflion, and
the democrats have nominated Samuel Tyler
to succeed him.
It is said mr. Wagner, chief clerk in the de
partment of flare, is fchded by the Prefideut
as his private secretary.
It is reported, that mr. Stoddard, Secretary
of the Navy, has resigned ; that Gen. Smith
has been offered, but declined the office.
Tbe public property of tie United State's, in tie
city of Wajhington, u estimated at 3,606,000 dollars.
No appointment for the office of Sec
retary of the Treasury, has been made.
Our advices from Washington ftate,that
on the morning of the sth, Mr. Dexter
waited on the President, for the pur
pose, it was understood, of resigning
that office—that after having a long
conference with Mr. Jefferson, he
had returned to the duties of the Trea
sury.—This circumilance has been
caught hold off by conjecture, and has
induced a belief in some that Mr. Dex
ter will be continued. Others how
ever, confidently affirm that Albert
Gallatin will receive the appointment.
The Senate having adjourned on-Thurf
day,ftnc die, the 1 5 iident will have t'^e
sole disposal of all new vacancies, a
greeably to the following paragraph
of the ponftitution: " the President
foall bave power to fill up all vacancies that may
happen, during the recess of the Senate, by granting
cammiffons, tebicb shall expire at the end of their
nextfeffen."
The following melancholy occurrence, took
place at Stratford, in this Rate, a few days ago.
A young man having been gunning, returned
with a number of ducks. While his parents
were viewing them, from some unforefeen acci
dent, his gun, which had not been discharged,
went off, the whole contents penetrated his
mother's breast, and she expi r ed instantaneously.
LEOMINSTER, MARCH J.
On Sunday last about half past 3 o'clock p.m
was experienced in this place the flhock of ar.
Earthquake so confidcrable, as very ferifibly to
jar the houses.
RARITY.
On thefame day a gentleman of this Town
observed a number of Grasshoppers in his field,
of which he caught and took into his poffeffoD
as acuriofity of the season.
PHILADELPHIA, FEB. 2J.
Extra6l of a letter from Louifoille, Georgia, dat
ed February 4, 1801.
" The weather for some time past has been
so warm, that the fruit-trees are now in full
bloom ; and fhoufd we unfortunately have
a froft, which, from the season of the ytarwe
have a right to exped, we need not expea any
fruit this year."
Would it not be more tq the honor of our
Legislature, to turn their attention to regulating
this article, and that of bread, than to make fil
ly attempts at regulating Pkyfmans and the
price of Medicine ? I believe it will be found,
that, notwithstanding the profufion which a
bounds in this country, the people of Philadel
phia pay higher for the article of Bread, than
the people of England do at this present moment
in the city of London, although a time of great
scarcity. ——
In the house of assembly, Lower Canada,
the 2d instant, the bill further to continue an
aft for making 2 temporary provision for the
regulation of trade between that Province and
the United States of America, was read a Second
time, referred to a committee of the whole
house, where the blanks were filled up,- and fe
bill being reported, was ordered to be engrossed.
Capt. Bourne, who arrived lad evening from
Amsterdam, left that place on the 25th January.
He informs us, that it was a current report
there, and obtained general credit, that the ar
ticles of a peace between the Emperor of Ger
many and the French Republic had been signed;
and that Admiral Nellon bad talon the command
of afee! which was defined to aft in the Baltic.
The frigate George Washington, capt. Bain
bridge has fafely arrived at Constantinople,
with prefects from the Dey of Algiers, eflimat
ed to be worth five millions of piasters. The
officers of the frigate were treated with ever,
mark of dittin&ion, by the Turkish court, and
by the British Ambaffidor.
MELANCHOI.r ACCIDENT.
" Admiral Keith has demanded by two let
ters that the government shall recognife the
Maltese as fubje&s of his Britannic majesty ; —
the Dey has declared that he considered them
as enemies, and that he will pay no refpeft to
them even under Englifb colours.
Near thirty thousand barrels of Flour have
been brought down the Delaware to this city in
Durham boats, since Wednesday last, and a
considerable quantity has been received from
other quarters within the fame period. The
price is, notwithstanding, about twelve dollars
per barrel.
Extract of a letter from Algiers, dated Dec. 3.
CANADIAN TRADE.
NORWICH, (Con.) MARCH 11.
PHILADELPHIA, MARCH 9.
NEW-YORK, MARCH 12.