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Congress of the U. States. l
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH §.
MR. COOPER called up for con
federation, the rcfdlution, which
/be had laid on the table, relative to
I the copper bed on Lake Superior—
which was adopted hy the House.
' Mr. Gallatin presented a petition
from Mr. Voight, chief coiner' of the
mint; praying he may not be a fufferer,
by a theft committed in the mint, the
thieves having been detected, convj&-
cd, and sentenced to remuneration, but
one had died in goal, and the other
pardoned by Governor Midl.a. Com
mitted to the Committee of Claims.
Mr. Christie moved, that the House
now take into consideration, the refolu
% tion yesterday laid on the table by Mr.
\Gallatin, calling for the copies of pa-
Jtfs relative to any requisition, which
■ Lht have been made by any foreign
'.Snifter or agent, for the delivery or
trial of Brigdock* and Ochers, which
was agreed to—ayes 48 —noes 31.
After considerable debate, the ques
tion on the resolution was taken by
ayes and nayes, as follow—-Yeas 46 —
Nays 46.
° Mr. Speaker declared himfcll in the
negative, and the resolution was loft.
The House then went into a Com
mittee of die Whole on the President's
niciFage and Mr. Livingston's resolu
tion—Mr. Edmond in the chair—-
when '
Mr. Bayard spoke against them for
about three hours—after whicli the
Committee rose and obtained leave to
/ fit again.
I^. __„.—-
■ * L^ffi^h, anJ others, were indiß^d in New
[7"fc t°' * ^r on board the Hcrmoinc, id 1,99'
I or ;@< attorney of tie UnitedJStatrs for that dis-
L iria, war, directed by the President of tie United
I Sri, % enter a nolle prokqui tbereon.
TUESDAY, MARCH 6.
The House again went into a Com-
Mittee, on Mr. Livingdon's motion fef-
B&ng Robbins, the convicted mur
derer, when Mr. Nicholas spoke about
thre^ hours in favour of the Refolu
. tion ; —after which the question was
taken, and the Resolutions negatived.
Nays 58 —Ayes 34.
The- Committee then reported this
decision to the House, when Mr. Gal
latin entered into the argument in their
favour, in a speech of two hours, after
uhich the House adjourned.
' FRIDAY, MARCH 7.
After several local concerns were
difiofed of, the House resumed the
cmfideration of the resolutions of Liv
ing ion, on the case of Jonathan Rob
bie when Gen. Marlhall delivered one
, Gt id) most eloquent speeches, perhaps,
t!i has been heard on the floor of
Lou; fs, the prefect feflion.—Mr. Da-
L. iwiowed him ; and the question was
earnestly called for ; but a motion for
adjournment was carried, Ayes 50 —
Noes 48.
SATURDAY, MARCH 2.
The Committee of the Whole having Nega
tived Mr. Livingston's motion aEout Robbins,
(alias Naft) the pirate and murderer ; after a
lengthy fpecch of Mr. Nicholas, againil agree
ing to the decision of the Committee of the
Whole ; a question was taken in the House, to
confirm the fame.—The Yeas and Nays, were,
YEAS.— -Meffs. Alflun, finer, Bartlett, Bay
ard, Bird, ,' Brows, Cooper, Craik, J. Daven
port, F. Davenport, Davis, Dennis, Dent, Dickfort,
Edmond, Evans, A. Ffer, D. Fofer, Freeman,
Glenn, Goode, C. 'Goodrich, E. Goodrich, Gordon,
Gray, Grifoold, Grove, Harper, Henderson, Hill,
Imlay, Jones, Kitterr, H. Lee, S. Lee, Lyman,
Lynn, MarJball^ Nott, Otis, Page, Parte, Pinck
ney, Platt, Powell, Reed, Rutledge, Small, Sbcafe, I
Sbeplerd, Spaight, Stone, Talliaferro, Thatcher,
J. Thomas, R. Thomas, Farnum, Wadficorib, .
Wain, /.. Williams, Woods —6l..:
NAYS. — Afeffrs. Bailey, Eijbop, R. Proven,
Cabello, Cbriflie, Clay, Condit. Egglfon, Elmen
dorf, Fowler, Gallatin, Gregg, Hanna, Refer, ,
Holmes, fackfon, Kiteho!l\ Leib; Lyon, Livmgfen,
Paason, Mublenbergb, Neva, Nicholas, Nibolfm,
Randolph, Sirilie, J. Smith, R, Smith, Sumpter,
Tlomfyfon, A. Trigg, J. Trigg, Van Cotflandt,,
R. Williams. —„.
The question for adjournment was then cal
led for, and opposed by Mr. Macon, who wish
ed the House, in Committee, to take up Mr.
■approbating the conduct.
6 refpedt to the requisition
e question of adjournment
52..'
MONHAr,.MARCHIO.
di that We Committee of
-ged from the further OCR
effage relative to Rohlins,
hy dec; e arofe—Mfr
n&Nxholaty Livingfuxi,•
^ ageinft jlie.motion ; —
ana Melies, puyarc, Bhd, Otis, Kictera, Var
num, Rutledge, Edmond, Shepard, and H.
I Lee. in favour of it.—The question was taken
I by Yeas and Nays, to wit. .u
\ For the motion—Messrs. Bartlett, Bayard,
} Bird, Brace; J. Frozen. Champlin, Claiborne, ,
I Craik, Dana, J. Davenport, F. Davenport,\
/Dennis. Dent, Dickson, Edmond, Evans, A, Foflrr, 1
,D. Fofler, Freeman, Glenn, Goode, C. Goodrich,
E. Goodrich, Gordon, Gray, Greggs Griswold, -
'^F r °™' Hanna, Harper, Henderson, Hill, Huger,
^d&nlay, Kitcbell, Kittera, H. Lee, S. Fee, Lymans
§C#M, Nott, Otis, Parker, Pinckney; Platt, Powell,
Reed, Rutledge, Sewall; Sbeufe, She,herd, S. Smith,
Spaigbt, Thatcher, J, Thomas, Thombfon, Harngw,
Wadficortb, Waln, L. Williams, Woods —62.
Against it.— Messrs. Affton, Bifbop,R. B><w%
CabeUe, ICbrfie, Clay, Condit, Davis, Davofon,-
&£^°"' Elmendorf, Fonder, Gallatin, Heifer
^uifci, Jones, Leib, Lynn, Living fan, Macon,
.fM&blenbcrg, New, Nicholas, Nielson, R^ndofb,
Satire, J. Smith, Stanford, Stone ", Sumpter, Tal
fo liaforo, A. Trigg, J. Trigg, Van' Cortlandt, R.
L Williams;—„.
I Mr. Speaker hid before the House a 'letter
■ froa tte Secretary erf the Treasury, traidmitt- ;
■ ing a statement from John {keek, Esq. Comp-
Etyller, rf'Ae compenfafoa allowcdcolle&ors-;
■of the customs for the year 1799. — Ordered
Fto be printed. >'
A number of local articles were considered,
§ ,nd disposed of.
Two resolutions on the sub, fl of Ff Reads, l
were ordered to be printed. One ot ificm con-1
templates the cttublifhmcnt of a fund, for .the[
encouragement of Turnpike corporations.
1 The House went into Committee on the
Fuji Roods Bill, and made progress therein.
TUESDAY, MARCH It.
Mr. Otis presented a petition of Dr. Mead,
of Boston, praying for encouragement by ad
ditional imposts on imported Camphor, to a
new difeovered method of refining that drug.
Referred to the suitable Committee.
POST ROADS. ' :
The bill on this fubjedt, was read a Second
time, and passed to be engrossed.
Judiciary system.
A bill providing for the better cftabliihment
and regulation of the Courts of the U. States,
was reported, and read.
The Senate informed the House, they had
non-concurred the House, in their Resolution,
for riling on the firft Monday of April.
'IN SENATE.
SATURDAY, MARCH 8.
A Refolutioa dire&ing the Committee' of
Privileges to inquire into certain publications
in the Aurora ; in which it is asserted, that the
bill prescribing the mode of deciding deputed
elections of. President .and 'Vice-Prefident of
the United States, had passed the Senate, when,
in fad, it had not passed; in which it is also
asserted, that the Hon. Mr. Pinckney, a Sena
tor from South-Carolina, had never been con
sulted on the Subject ; whereas, in fa&, he was
present at each meeting of the Committee ;
and to report what meafurcs ought to be adopt
ed in relation to sundry expressions contained
in-said paper, refpeding the Senate of the U
nited States, and the Members thereof in their
official capacity ; —was taken up and passed.
YEAS.— Messrs. Anderson, Chipman, Dayton,
Fofler, Goodhue, Greene, Hillhoufe, Latimer, Lau
rence, Livermore, Lloyd, Marftal, Payne, Read
Rfe, Schur eman, Tracy, Watfen, Wells —l 9.
NAYS. — Messrs. Baldwin, Bloodworth, Cock,
Franlin, Langdon, Mason, Nicholas, Pinckney —8.
By yefterday'sMail
PHILADELPHIA, MARCH, J.
Di/afler to tho Congre/s.
An Official Account 'of the Accident
which has happened tv tkofrigate&ngrefs.
The following is an extrafl of a letter from cast.
fames Sever to the Secretary of the Nlvy It
was written at sea, (soon after the m isfortune
which happened to thefrigate CongrtfsJin an ex
peaation of an opportunity offending it on imme
ately ;but nore offered, before her arrival at Nor
folk.
"On board frigate Congress, at sea,
“ Jan. 14, 1800.
" Under the impreflion of the mod
poignant regret, I have the misfortune
to report to you, Sir, the disastrous fit
nation of die United States frigate
Congress under my command. Ifail
cd from Newport on the 6th inst. ac
companied by the Effex-frigate, Capt.
Preble, having under convoy, a ship
and a brig, belonging to Philadelphia ;
and a small ship from New-haven, but
finding them to fail very heavily, and
two or three being in ballast 'only, on
the day succeeding that on which I left
Newport, I determined on leaving
them : and with the Essex to make the
bed of my way, to carry into effed, the
inflru&ons with which you had been
pleased to honor me. The firft three or
four days subsequent to leaving port,
we had the winds far northwardly, the
weather cool, attended with snow and
hail. On Saturday the 11th the wind
veered to the southward and came on
to blow very frefh, attended with warm
rain, and a heavy sea : this weather
produced an astonishing .effeft upon
m y riggings (which had previously
been in very good order) it stretching
so much as to induce apprehensions,
for the fafety of the masts. The weather
I. being such as to preclude the practica
bility of setting it up. I caufcd tack,
les to be got up to fuccour the masts,
and the rigging to be fwifterd ; but
unfortunately every step taken to sup
• port the masts proved futile. On
Sunday morning the 12th it blowing
hard, and a heavy sea running, at half
pafr, fix the ma nmaft sprung about
eight feet above the upper deck : I
• immediately caused the main yard to
be lowered down: (the top gallant
yard having previvify been sent down,
and die top gallant masts housed) on
confultatioji ,with the officers it was
decided as affording the only probable
means'of laving she dainm^ft, to en
. deavour to cut away the main top foaft.i
This wasimmediateiy attempted ; Mr<
Bofwonh, my fourth lieutenant, with
4'or 5 smart active men, going into
the top to perform the Service ; while
in its execution the mast unfortunately
gave way, and in its fall involved the
loss of that a&ive, deserving officer ;
the other men who were aloft, and
engaged in the fame. Service, were all
I happily Saved# The fall of the main,
Lmift carried away the mizen top-matt,
-^with the head of the mizen-maft—-
Being under an apprehension that from
the roughness of the sea, the hull of the
fliip might be essentially injured byj
the action of the wreck, was induced to 1
clear it from the ship with all possible
expedition, by whi,h means a very
finalspart only of the ' rigging andfaifs
, attached to theft masts were fared.—
I now turned all ms attention to, and
made ulk .of every practicable exertion
to preserve the foremaft ; the wind Hill
continuing to.blow hard 1 with a very
, heavy tea, and the ship from the loss of
1 her after mails, laying in the trough &,
;labouring very much—at half past 12
she rolled away her fore top-matt; soon
after which it. was difeovered that the
bowfj tit Was very badly . Sprung, just
I without the gammoning. I immeui- \
I ately caused the jib-boom to-be riggedl
'in, and eihieaVoted to Secure the bow- 1
fprit by tag hfhings round the heel
of the jibboom ; at the fame time getting
up tackles to thefore mast head to secure
; the mast (wliich was already Sprung)
.and to relieve, in feme measure, the
ftrefis upon the bowsprit, caused by the
I fore and fore preventer flays.
!It is with great regret I am to add
that all my endeavors 'proved of no
farther coriTequence than probably to
retard, for a very little time, what even
tual/ took place, as at half-paft 3 P.,
M. the bowsprit gave way, and at the'
fame instant the foiemaft went over the l
fide, leaving us totally difmafted; and|
with the loss of the principal part of the j
1 fails and rigging, which in cur then|
j situation it was not practicable to pre
serve. '
I ; Thus, Sir, we were left, id the short
Space ofa few hours, in a mod deplor
able situation, entirely at the mercy of
the winds and waves ; and r thus my
' expectation of being enabled,o render
j important Services to rriy "fcllow-citi
, zens, by affording a protection to their 1
I commerce, were at once marr'd. I
ihope, fir, you will do me th^ justice to
! believe that this misfortune (which I
mbd fenlibly feel) is not attributable
to any negligence on my part ; every ;
thing practicable having been attempt
|ed to ward off the evil which the nature
of the circumftanccs would adrait."
It is expected the Philadelphia, of 44 guns,
Capt. Decatur ; or the Chefabeuke, of 44 guns,
ICapt. Barron, both of which arc ready for fc%l
4 will be dispatched to the Eaft-Injies, to fupply|
the Ration intended for the Congress frigate.l
^MPCk°fori
' NEW-YokK MARCH II
At a late hour lad night, we dopt
the press, to give.our readers a piece of
news they have been eagerly looking for
and which redounds more to the honor
even of the intrepid Truxton add his
brave crew, than we hid reason to ex
pt&.
The brig Rebecca,Capt.Harding,be
longing to Messrs. Scott and Seamen,
arrived here lad evening, in 25 days
from Curracoa.
By captain Harding,we are inform
ed, that about 9 days before he failed,
the French ship Vengeance, capt Perot,
of 54 guns arrived there Entirely Dif
mafted, with the loss of ^OO men killed,
and 60 wounded, in tlr engagement?
with the United States ±igace Constel
lation, commodore Trurtod, of 38 guns.
The Vengeance was 'bound from
Guadaloupe to France, with a valuable
cargo, besides a large quantity of spe
cie, and had on board the Governor of
Guadeloupe and family.
Capt. Harding, also informs, that,the
;Vengeance was a mere wreck when Ihe
arrived, both pumps were going, and 9
feet of water in her bold -'
The French captain laid, at Curra
coa, that he was on the eve of (hiking ;
and indeed, had no hopes of efeaping
from his gallant,though then unknown
antagonist—But, before the Rebecca
failed, he learned who it was, that so
bravely contended with him.
A letter from a Lieutenant on board the Con
stellation, at sea, Feb. 3, after mentioning the
adion with a French ship of 50 guns, that the
celled firing, and left the field —He adds, “ You
can have no idea of the figure we cut. There
is scarcely a fpartr fathom of rigging abaft the
sore-mast. We are just able, by fccurmg the
crippled sore-mast, to set the forefaii and fore
top-fail half-ntaft. We have this day rigged a
mizcn-ftayfail,from the ftnnipofthe mizen-maft.
What is left of the latter we are row fccuring to
make more afterfail. Our hull is very much
battered. The enemy's ship was greatly injur
ed, and thelofs of out main-niaft alone prevent
ed our takfog poffcffion of her."
ExtraH of a letter from Capt. Charles C. Ruffeil,
of the United States Jhip Herald, dated 15th
fan. lßcp, of St; John's Porto Rico.
" I have the honor' to inform you, that on
the lift infl. at 6 o'clodt, A. M. I saw a fail
in the N. W. quarter, to which I gave chafe,
and at 9, after firing feyen (hot it her, bro't
her too. She proved to be a French privateer,
called Li Mutirie, commanded by Capt. Laug,
er, from St. John's, Porto Rico, and had been
out 14 hours; she mounted 6 guns, fl and 4
pounders, with 60 men, hilf French and half
Sp^dli." %
.. , Cape-Francois, Dgc. I—2, !799°
CENTLEMEN,
I hajyeh^thc honor.of fceccivipg.yQur letter
of the iith Nov. rebtiv^to the arbitrary re
quisitions that were pra&ifed on . American cit
1 i izens at Port de raix and Gh Nichola Mole.
This improper condua in the military com
mandants at the different feaportsin the colony,
is altogether dohtfary to' the regulations which
form the bifi< of a commercial in tercourfe be
tween this country and the United States.—
Previous to the receipt of your letter, several
repre femrions were made to me on the fubjea,
by.thofe who had been the Viviens of the requi
sitions. Ib& no time ih retnonftrating to the
general in chief- agaiuft these measures. His
aufwer was only handed to me yesterday.
I have now the pleafare of informing you,
that he has transmitted me a copy of an order,
he has issued opt, ftri£tly forbidding these re-
I quifitions in future, and -holding the military
commanders perfonaily refponfibie for any in
fradbions of it. The American merchants in St,
Domingo may,therefore, be eafjron tbat fubjed,
for the tin to gome, as I am convinced there
will be no further requisitions. ~
Be assured, gentlemen, that I always feel a
real pfeafure in preventing any unjust mcafurcs
of this government from being put in execution,
againftrhe commerce of the U.6tate<aud that J
shall contribute, as far asdics in my power, to
render fafe both the perlons and property of the
American citizens, trading to this .colony.
I have the hota to remain, } 0
With great . refpea;g£ntleroen, - -
:^ Your moftobedient fervent
,(Signed) EDWARD STEVENS. .
T fr it e cifetfstftbs U Statn,rcfdirgalC.Fra,duis:
BOSTON, MARCH „.
The. following letter fam rhe American , Con
sul at St.Jago de Cuba, is important as it
defines a commercial pSint in tne' maritime
orders of Spain, not heretofore dcffiadly un
derstood. Th ^ Iffer was accompaniqi? with
a !ToteQ, flaring that the feh. ?>lly Atkins,
of Boston, filled from Pott de Paix in Dec.
last, for B?Qi<i, 1% taken by a British fri
gate, retaken by a Spanish fclueta, and sent
into Cuba, übere the was condemned.
St. fi&ode Cuba, Jan. 3% l8o5;
B. LINCOLN, Esq.
SIRg
“ ONtlie arrival of the therein men
tioned schooner Polly of Boston at this
'part, I claimed her as American pro
.perty, fubjea to a salvage. But was
.told by the court of admiralty here,
that by an order of the King of Spain,
all neutral veffch retaken, (hould be
considered as good prizes. For an ex
planation of this, I beg liberty to refer
you to Mr. Stoughton the Spanish Con
sul with you."
I am your most obedient, humble servant,
JOSIAH BLAKELEY,
Consul of t.be United States.
P. S. On.the 15th we received at
this city the awful and distressing ac- .
count, pf .the death of chat friend of
mankind-the great, the g ood, George
Washington. The . Americans in
port wear crape for 13 days, during
which time the American flag is raifid ,
; half mast. On th^firll day of mourn-1
ing, two American velfels in port, fired
in the morning, at noon, and in the
evening, L 3 minute guns. Many re
fpedable firaugers here, requeued per
mission and join us in the fclemn tribute 1
of refpe&—Reflexions the mod ferrous, 1
tfeem to have taken possession of every|
countenance—ln a gloomy.filence, each
, inhabitant appeared enveloped—ln a
fearful gloom the whole city seem to
fct, inlhrouded.
BOSTON, MARCH 20.
Extract ofa letter from a gentleman in Philadelphia
to bisfriend in Hartford, darted. March ~
' " Congress are still on the resolutions
of Livipgilon, refpeding the pirate
Nash. This week has been devoted to
that fubjed—when they will arrive at
a conclusion, is yet unknown.
“ This day I have spent with great
fatisfadion in attending to the elo
quence and profound reasoning of Gen.
Marlhall. He has given a maflerly
display of the powers of his compre
benfive and corre& mind, in a speech of
two and half hours long ; the whole
of which time he commanded the most
profound attention from friends and
“ The fnpporters of the resolutions
seemed to fink under'the force of his
rcafoning—and all their labored argu
ments passed away like the idle wind.—
In ffioct, 1 do think it the bed speci
men of reasoning I ever heard.
“ He has in a clear manner juftified
the proceedings of the President, and
fatisfa&orily illuttratcd. and eftabhfhed
a number of very important national
principles."
It appears by the report of a committee made
to the I.egiflature of Pt nnfyhrinia, that Samuel
Elder, Esq. was commissioned as a Judice of the
Peace for the County of Weftmoreland in Feb.
1797, and was not naturalized as a Citizen un
til April, 1799 ! Such is the mad partiality for
presumptuous foreigners which prevails in that
State. ;
Mr. Bayard's speech on the 7th inst.
on consideration of- Mr.- Livingston's
resolves, was onk of the moil eloqueut
that has been delivered -on the floor of'
Congress. Even the Aurora bears
testimony to the effect it produced in
the-House, by dating, somewhat equi
vocally, that Mr. Livingston's friends
were quite aihamed of themselves ! We
did not know that Mr. Livingston's
friends would be afliamed of any thing.
THE CONNECTICUT.
We feel peculiar pleasure in being
able to announce the superiority of any
part of the American navy.—We are
therefore, happy in learning that Capt.
Tryon, in the COTrncßicut sloop of war,
has written a friend as follows :—I have
been able to reduce it to a certainty,
that the Conneßicut is perhaps the faft--
est failing ship in these seas. [Weft-In
dies'] I;have had a fair trial uhh seve
ral .Briihlfmen of war. ^I have like
wise had; an opportunity tq try her fail
ing with the Infurgente, Captain Mur
ray, and the Adams, Capt. Moriis, both
of which I have fairly beaten by the
wind, and I think I can fay flic fails .e
--qually ^cll from the wind. On the
whole, lam ,-qt afraid to have a fair
look at any thing that floats on the 0-
cean. I have had the good fortune to
fall in with the French privateer brig the
Conqueror of Aall), mourrtnig 12 gun's
arid 62 ,n>cn,(having manned fix prizes
in the course of her cruise,) which I
.captured the 20th ult. on her return to
Point Petre., She bus done more inju
ry to our Commerce than an, other
privateer out of Gaudaloupc having by
accounts,taken two hundred American
.vessels. She has run upwards of four
years, and has bid defiance to all Brit
tfb frigates.".
The Schooner Polly, Capt, Atkins, foiled
from Port de Pair (St. Domingo,) Tor Befton,
in Dec. Uft, was taken by a British frigate retak
en by a Spanish vcficl, sent into Cuba, and con
demned. The American Consul writes, that
on .claiming the above vcffcl of the Spanish
Court of Admiralty; he was told “ that by an
order of the King of Spain,all neutral veff c |s re.
: taken would be considered as good j>rizc&"
Read for Yourfe Ives
THE irhpHrhint glee ion of President and Vice
President being near at hand, no bide effort his
been left untried by the difotganizeri of the
Federal Government, to defame its officers,
and make them apfeir in the eyes of the un
wary, yet well difyofed citizens of America, as
unworthy of their futfrages at the enfuin^ Elec
tion. Their attempt to weaken the public con
fidence which is, and ever will be, reposed in the
truly magnanimous Executive of the Union, io ,
the detestable affair of Robbins, the pirate, has
been completely baffled.- With what vocifera
tion was it blazoned from one end of the conti
nent to the other, by these base mifcrcants,
" Tb.it the President bad delivered so tbeflnguinary
Bri+ife, fonatbon Robbins, a citizen of the United
States, to be inbumanl, bung in chains , for INNO
CENTLY making bis escape front a Briti, mah of
dear /"—They have in coqfcquence of the pro, >
ecedin^ of the President in this affair, even re
presented that we were not fafe in oct own
doors; that we were liable to be torn from ou?
wives and children, to be sent away I&e " peer
Robins;' and hung in chains, to satiate the lav
age revenge of the British !—Jacobin iNco.va
siitency !—All these infernal proceedings hart
their weight on the minds of the tseake- part «
the Community. They have been led to bib v:
that their liberty was not fafe in the han'ds in
which it was entrusted ; that it was their inten
tifa to " prorate it before the Throne es Maty?,;'
or to bartcr.it away for " Britife gold." Robins's
affair was admirably calculated for this ,urpof~ %
and as such, they have not ceased to make •
proper pfe of it.
In order to bring this affair to its furnmifr
their Reprefentarives in Congress demanded of
the Executive all the papers relative to rliis bn
finefs. This was the time to complete their hap
piness ! —They were now fire of damning the re
potation of rar Executive, and their nefarious
designs would, of course, have been completed
—But, behold, these papers were produced,
which added, if possible, still greater luftre ter
the proceedings of the Executive department.
They now (hruuk back, like the Tarrapin to his
shell, abashed at their foolish conduct, in order
to devifc fom# new measure to purfite. They,
finding their diabolical designs completely fruf-'
crated, next produced a firing of resolutions,
with a view of making it appear that the con
du& of the President ' ' was a dangerous interfer
ence if the Executive with judicial deeifens? But,
that a large and decided majority -of the House
will consign this attempt, to lessen the public
confidence in the President, to that contempt:
and detention which it so deservedly merits,
ought to be the prayer of ever, honest Ameri
can., —
The Legislature of the Territory Worth Weft
of the Ohio, in their late refpeXful address to
The President of the United States, acknowl
edge themselves indebted to him "for the enjoy
ment of the rub country they now inhabit." As
many readers may not have been suitably im
pressed with a just understanding of die fen
tcnce, it wilt not be improper to elucidate the
fad) by a recurrence to pall tranfoaions.
When the treaty of 1783, was on the tapis, the
British Minister, Mr. Oswald, proposed the
Ohio ,as the boundary line. This was fecond
,ed by the French Minister, the Count de Ver
gennes; and acceded to by Dr. Franklin. Mr..
Adams oppefcd it in the strongest and most
pofirive terms, in which he was supported b,
Mr. Jay. This, at that time broke up the
conference. Mr. Oswald then sent a person in
ts unofficial capacity, to pump Mr Adams, and"
fee if he could not be brought over ; but find
ing him determined, he aficed him what he
.would do ? to which he amfwered that he would
write- home to his government, advising them
to continue the wa., until we could obtain cur
rights.
Mr. Oswald finding Mr. Adams inflexible,
and .fring obliged, by his inflru&ions, to con
clude a treaty on the best terms he could, the
line was fixed where it now is,'inftead of the
Qhio ; for which the inhabitants of that fertile
and flourishing territory, are indebted to the
firmnefs of our now worthy President, seconded
by that of Mr. Jay- [Centinel.]
From the S&fetn Gazette.
An anonymous- icriWler, in one of
those harbingers cf French liberty, a
“ republican ne^fraper," after endeav
ouring to awake from their flumhers
the " republicans from Georgia to Maine,"
to be in readiness at the erfuir.g elec
tion—an election " which will fix th^
• fate ts unborn millions' —by one "mar
ly fruggle, to diJengage th. mJelves from
the steely grasp of lawless dcjpotifm,
and lay the foundation ofa free, a peace
ful, and a happy Jlrucinre," in the elec
tion of Thomas Jefferson as Presi
dent of the United States ; complains
bitterly that the 66 Republican Printers
of NroJpapcrs and Pamphlets are not
" Sufficiently encouraged or patronized,
but are “ left to flraggle again, the tor
rent of op,re, on, alon c & unassisted.
He adds, “ let without them the coun
try fw&dd refmble a cam, dfhtute of sen
tinels,,into which the enemy might penetrate
arolfovd and unoppofcd; if therefore, you
wijh to be 1 ree, cherub those Guardians
of your FREEDOM !" — Ungrateful Ame
rieafed not to patronize and support
these “ republican patriots," whole sole
bufinets is to defame your government,
arid revile, those who have been the
means of acquiring that liberty which
you now enjoy. We certainly think
they have great claims upon the pub
lic ; and therefore would recommend
it to the consideration of Congress, to
do something 'for their support. As
they cannot get an bonejl livelihood at
their profefliona! line of bulinefs—diri
affecting the people with their govern
ment, and introducing their darling
Idol, French principles, into this coun
try —it would not be a bad scheme in
Congress, to prepare a place fnitzb!e
to receive thele " Guardians of our Li
berty," a la mode de Cadle-Illand when
under the government of Mafochu. and
set them to makr,nails. We certain
ly think, that Metirs. Callender, Duane,
Lyon, &c. &c. &c. would appear as con-.
fpicubus in the honourable profeffioq
of a convict, or tail-maker, as they do
in that of being the “ Guardians" of
the Liberty of this country.
WHPteretwraermbrtmemrfrs-q—trtQre—,
A few da, previous to the American con
voy's leaving the Hawaanah, two Spanish 74's,
r.ni a Packet, arrived there from Vere Cruz,
with eleven Million f[ Dollars.