The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-08-21 00:00:00, page 2

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*»hlch is now exhibited in one ot the rooms of
the Capitol, in this city, anti, from appear .,
ances, bids fair to put down altogether the
old system of weaving by hand, li is calcu
lated to go by water ; and the web produc
ed by way of experiment proves the prac
ticahility of the invention : The following
estimate will give the public some interest
ing ideas on the utility of this machine anti
of the profits which individuals or assneiati
ons engaged in domestic manufactures may
derive from it :
Jixfience of cn Establishment of forty
Looms,
40 Loom* at g 100 each . S 4 000
Water scat 2 000
Ifeeds, harness, and other tac
kle 2 000
Krirk building. 40 by 60 feet 4.000
Dam, water wheels, &c. 2 000
-S 14,000
Interest of S 14 000 * 824
W agrs and vicuialling of 16 girls, at
S 100 per annum 1,600
Salary of Machinest 600
—— Assistant 500
-Superintendant 6oo
•»—- Clerk 500
S 18 624
Product of the Looms.
40 Looms, at S 2 p**r day e»c,». for
300 days (allowing 13 days, besides
Sundays, for holidays, or acciden*
tal stoppages) will jield dollars
24 000
Deduct the expence of the estaU'i>.\
meat 18 624
D *11*. 5,376
That is. the first year's product will yield,
over and above the capi at, the interest of
the capital, and all the necessary expenses in
conducting the establishment, the sum >f five
thousand three hundred and seventy six dol
lars.
This estimate of the product will appear
Very much under-rated when it is known
that the machine, moved by a wheel turned
by hand-*, Sc subject to all < he irregularities of
muscular action, throws the shuttle with
ease one hundred times per minute, and will
perform much more by water, when the im
pulse is reg far One hundred threads per
minute will, of course, produce, (of web 1600
threads to the yard) one yard in 16 min_
utes ; and, allowing 12 minutes in every
liour (which will be double the timeneces
aary) for stops, the above rate will produce
forty-eight yards per day. Supposing tme
person to atte' d five looms (which is suffi
eient,) the labor of one weaver will then
produce 240 yards per day ; which, at 10
cents, will be 2-4 dollars. A woman of com
non capacity may. in one month, acquire
such a knowledge of the machine as to man
age it with perfect ease andsifeU.
There are, perhaps, seven millions of in
habitants in the U. States, who will, on an
average, consume ten yards each ol cotton
cloth annually, in sheets, curtains, dresses,
Tnis will make seventy millions of
yard* in the whole, which at ten cents per
y nd, amounts to seven millions of dollars per
ani um , which, allowing the water loom
STi t other machinery to save nine tendis,
•would cost bui & 700 000, and effect a saving
ot six millions three Hundred thousand dol
lars per annum.
This machine will totally obviatp one great
evil always heretofore attendant on weaving,
to wit: the sickliness of the hands employed
in it—which has always been urged by th >se
hostile to the pi ogress of domestic manufac
tures, as one principal reason for uutencou
raging them.
It was Mr. B'.ydenburg’s intention to have
got his machine into operation dun g the
last winter, whilst Congress was in session ;
and he had, indeed, pledged himself with
ee.veral members of Congress to that effect
He was, not, however, enabled to effect it
in time, and was thus placed in rather an
awkward situation. By perseverance he has
brought it to its present perfection ; and it
remains for the public and for patriotic in
dividu tls who have monied capitals at dispo
sal, to extend the benefits of this invention,
than which none of modern date can be
justly pronounced more useful to society
or of greater national importance.-jNat.
1st.
Error Corrected.
We think proper to sfatc, upon correct
Information, that the rumor ol antimony hav
ingbeen shipped on hoard the (le irge Dyer,
&c. was totally incor'ect.— Whig.
A mercantile frienil has favored the editor
•With a file of the French Moni’eur o.June
1, and other papers, from which the Hum
bouiUet decree is taken in i*s proper official
sh .pe—not having been published in a cor
vect state before. 1' will he observed, from
its 'erms, that property affected by it, was
r< finally disposed of. Ships had not been con
Seated. On these subj cts. many gros tin
truths are propagated l> the federal prints
But, let us not be 11 titlei stood as saying that
our relations with France are friendly—so
far is this from being the case, that the best
informed Amet icans in France were disap
pointed and tnorlifi d m the extreme, that
otir government did not declare war against
b «th England and Franee They think that,
the war, would not have lasted above six,
perhaps not two months, with France. Id’
The ravages committed on the crops and
Vines, &c. in France by hurricanes and in
(indations, through* u 'he month of May, have
certainly been very alarming—these proba
bly occasioned the discontinuance of the li
censed exportation of gfain to England.—Id
••BELLUM AD INTEKNFXIONEM.”
The French are supposed, by those who
nave had an opportunity to learn,—to have
lost 200.000 men in Spain since the com
inn a** men t of the Spanish war;-*and pro
aniy 100.000 more must be. sacrificed before
Her li a) subjugation, Such are the conse
quences of aggressive and retaliatory cruel
t< ,—of a war of extermination, as impolitic
(in maum ;) as horrible.
Wc stat hese facts, l>ecause we are fond
of Correcting both French and British hy
perboles ; we sta'e them, to show, that it is
much easier t > defeat a mighty afmy than
to subdue a people. Had t'ne Spaniards rle
Glared for independence and freedom,—**
instead *d endeavoring to prop a profligate
throne and *il impious inquisition ; had they
possessed the advemagt* of a wise govern
ment and efsktllul generals, Bonaparte had
hardly been able to have overcome them : —
for though Spain is not entirely vanquished,
^et her spine is bixlten, and site is nearly ex
It misted.-——Ib, •
ALEX\NDER—Hmfeboh o» Russia.
The farility with which the strongprrju_
dices of Englishmen, operating upon their
credulity, shape men and things to the r li„
king-is a phenomenon that puts all rea„
soiling at defiance, while it accounts For a
thousand strange things otherwise iuexplica.
ble.
In the political drama of Europe-is a
coward at once converted to a hero, ora he
ro to a coward—does some statesman
whom one day bedecks with more than hu..
man wisdom and ltutnart virtues, sink down
beneath the load of vices that would make
devils grin with shame, and become the scape
goat and the very fool of the next-is a
royal personage made an Alexander or a C'*
sar to suit the time’s emergence, and on a
sudden metamorphosed to the cringing cour
tier, or passive t«x>l of his yesterday’s infe
rior-is Europe’s conqueror wors.ed in
the field or slain by some unlocked far ar
row trorr. the quiver of fate-Do any or all
of these, or much stranger things happen,
we know where to look for the authors of
j these unua’ural wonders, and give credit to
British prejudice and British credulity for
] those absutti fictions which good sense and
■ good manners alike disclaim.
No conspicuous personage in Europe, Na
poleon excepted, has been so frequently 8c so
strongly metamorphosed by British sorce
ry, as the illustrious subject ot the present
noie.
We have seen in Tate English and Anglo
federal papers the character which the dea
lers in ihu article at London have seen fit
that the Emperor of Russia should appear
at present-—Should he in this, or any o
ther character, break truce with France
and second the designs of the Cabinet of St.
James, the very next papers from England
would present him toour view, restored to
moie than his f irmer Splendor, when he
was about to shine the “ modern lex an
der"—" the matchless foe and destined con
queror of the u/istart Corsican
From a correspondent abroad, on whose
integrity and discrimination we can rely,
we are enabled to give 'he following.
SKETCH.
The Emperor Alexander Is a character
highly distinguished among the sovereigns of
the world. Y nog, handsome and elegant
in his person, affable and condescending in
: his manners ; lit possesses qnalitiesyet more
| important and more commendable in a pnw
■ erful and absolute Prince. His spirit of be
nevolence and humanity is so strong and uni.
j vet-sally recogniz 'd, that they who wish to
i censure him can only urge that this dispo
J si lion implies a defect of energy— How far
' this may be founded 1 have not the means
of judging ; out he is certainly not destitute
of firmness and ferseverance-His regard
for America which he hgs manifested tin ma
ny occasions is a proof of not less wisdom than
goodness. It indica es a mind capable of
appreciating distant objects and rem >tecon_
sequences-one of the rarest and most va„
luable qualities that a statesman can posl
sess.-Boston Patriot.
A GLANCE AT EUROPE;
The situation of affairs in Spain, Portu
gal and Turkey only, are of a military cha
racier. Cad z continued to resist the siege,
and the French troops were carrying on their
approaches, and taking within the circuit of
their lines as much ot the sea coast as their
plan ot operations seemed to call for. But
from the character of the generals, and the
nature of the reinforcements sent recently
across ihe Pyrennees, it is probable that this
long calm is but the precursor of a teinble
storm.
It would seem from the movements of the
French in several divisons, from the x.
Hemes of a large semicircle which extended
beyond the Tagus and the Dauro ‘toCividad
Rodrigo £< Valladolid, that the French me
ditated a general concentric movement ; ra
pid on their tight and slow on their left.
The British and Portuguese force of 70 000
men dmuld be able to give a good account of
the Fiench. The earl of Galway, a century
ago. gave battle to *he French in ihe heart
ot Spain, with 25 000 men. Lord Peter bo
boro gh considered 30 000 Brisish troops us
sufficient to subdue Spam. There must be
some great revolution in the human charac
ter, either some nation has become more
able, or some other more degenerate.
Tne movements in Turkey are very mys
terious. The Britsih minister holds his sc
crei conferences like Mr. Er.skine, with
some influential member of the divan, and
he man .ges not only to amuse the French,
but to beat the Russians on both shores of
1 the Danube, meanwhile by a secret under
ai Petersburg, he contrives to work upon the
acnair, and embarrass all the movements of
the legitimate head of tne government of
Russia.
A negociation for a peace has been going
on between the French and-British govern
merits. The extraordinary terms of he
cartel of excuange indicated something like
sincerity in it. Hut what are the conditions,
which are not at variance with all the pro
fessed or real motives of G. B which she can
obtain at this time ? I'tie peace of Amiens
wouldhave been a t riumph comparcdwith her
state now—now she cannot expect any tiling
like it. No doubt she can never expect bet„
ter—and sue may have to submit to worse;
and in this view an early submission to he*
fare would seem to be wisdom, if human folly
could submit to wisdom.
But a negociation of another kind, extra
ordinary in even these extraordinary
times is said to he going on. We do hot
give it as authentic; it is only such
! a rumor as the vivacity of the Parisians
creates every day in 01 der to create another
the next day to destroy it. The report now
is. that Ferdinand VII is to be married to a
princess of Austria, sister of the new em
press of France; and is to remount th* ;
throne of Spain, which Joseph is to abdicate.
This Curious miracle of diplomacy, would,
in any other age or time, be laughed at; but
in these times, every thing that is rational
appears to be reversed ; and there is no
tning too extravagant which is physically
possible, that can be said to be improbable.
-Aurora.
The famous Dr Bollman has arrived in
Baltimore ;—they who are curious to know
his errand, may consult Harper_Whig
Jamea IIooh Uobcrt Cook.
After a tedious trial, in which it appear \
ed that the Cook hail mentioned in a smith’s
shop, that Ross had, as lie was informed,
once administered the sacrament to a dog
the jury retired on a Thursday evemrg. and
on Friday morning, returned a vrrdict tot
^he plaintiff—-SIV CILNlti damages-—Ross
had been the unsuccessful candidate for
governor of Pensvlvama
Wilmington (n. c.) Aug. 7.
Thursday, inconsequence of an order
♦rom Commodore Campbell, to repair to St
Mary's without delay, captain Gittsden
who commanded the Ferret, a brig of 12
guns, sailed from Smithville, where lie had
been lying a few days, for St Mary’s. This I
order was occasioned by the late fracas at
that place, which is published under the
Charleston head - ■■ ■■Captain Gadsden, oT
whoin the gentlemen from Sdfiithvilie speak
very highly, promptly obeyed it.
New York, Ang. It.
rtis Excellency Governor Tompkins, ac_
companied by col Robert Macomb, his aid
de camp, set on liiis atternoon, for ISenntng
ton, Vermont ; to participite in the cele
bration of the battle of Bennington, which
is to take place on the lGtli inst. The ve„
teran Stark is to preside at the festival.
Washington. August 17.
TO THE EDITORS OF THE NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCER.
in justification oi tne opinion which vnu
have given relative to the merits of a late
publication extracted from a late Chillicothe
paper, and said to be from a Correspondent
in the Mississippi Territory, 'calculated to
injure Gi n. Wilkinson be pleased to give
place in the intelligencer to the following
facts :
Louisiana wfcs ceded by SpMn to France,
on the 1st day of Ociober, 1S00, and was
sold by F’ ance to the LJ. States, on the 20th
day oi April, 1803. in the express terms of
the cession of Spain to France On the 31st
October of the same year, gen. Wilkinson
was appointed second in a commission to re
ceive nnt from Spain, but from France, pos
session of the purchased territory, and the
noiice of his app >intmem did not reach him
until the 24 n of November. On the 30'h of
the same month, the province was deiiveied
hv the cnmmissintfersnf Spain to the F encli
commissioner Monsieur Lausatt, at which
time gen. Wilkinson was more than two
hundred and filty miles distant. On the
18th of December ensuing, the American
commissioners Messrs. Claiborne and Wil
kms n. accompanied by a body of troops,
arrived in the neighborhood of Nr-w.Or.
1- ans, then in possession of the guards of
Fiance On the 20 h of same mouth, two
days after, possession was given to the A
merican commissioners, by the French com
missioner Lausatt, in the face of thousands,
agreeably to the conditions, on which it had
been delivered up by Spain to France. The
commissioners of theU. Stales were neither
authorised nor instructed to demand specific
limits, because our treaiy had not defined
them, and because the French commissioner
might, under such circumstances, have
made them what he pleased. The Ameri
can commissioners, however, like vigilant
and faithful agents, instead of agreeing to
give up W.Florida, as is basely imputed to
Wilkinson in the publication alluded to, de
termined to seize the first proper occasion,
to enter their protest reservatory to the U.
S. of all territorial claims and rights foun
ded on the treaty of St. (Idephonsoof the 1st
] of October, 1800, wherein the government of
| Spain had ceded the province of Louisiana
; to the F ench Republic. This occasion was
offered by the French commissioner in his
letters of the 21st and 25th Jan. 1804, and
• the American commissioners, embraced it
I to offer the following declaration ;
New-Urleans. 26th March, 1804.
The undersigned commissioners of the
U. S. appointed to receive possession of the
province of Louisiana, have observed in
your letters of the 21st and25 h Jan. (30 Ni
vose and 4 Pluviose) last, that you speak
of Spain’s retaining possession of West Flo
rida.
It is not the intent*™ of the undersigned to
investigate the right of Spain to that tract
or to state their opinions with respect to the
limits of the ceded territory ; hut solemnly
to protest that nothing done on their part
shall be construed as a relinquishment of the
claims of the U. States to the colony or pro.,
vince of Louisiana, with the same cx'ent,
which it bad actually in the fnnds of Spain
(on the Is' clay of October, W00. thedateof
the treaty of St. Ildephonxi) and which it
had when France possessed it, and such it
ought to be after the treaties subsequently
entered into between Spain and other Mates.
Accept assurances of our high respect and
consult ration.
(Signed)
Wn. C. C CLAIBORNE,
J vMES WILKINSON.
The Commissioner of the
trench Republic.
Extract of a letter from Cadiz to a gen
tleman in Dorchester, (near Boston )
dated May 1.
" Hy the drawing which I send, you will
see how difficult it will he to lake this place;
and the oniv way the French can possibly
succeed is i>y first getting possession of th
island of Leon, where the linglish & Span
iards have ineir headquarters ; and which
must cost them many thousand lives—But
even it they get possession of that, there is the
Cortadura, a strong fortification, which clo
ses the neck of land that j->ins Cadiz, to the
island ; and which cannot be passed except
at low water, by a narrow passage on the
inside, and this passage is made very dtffi,
cult on account of thechevaux de frize pla
ced some distance in the water. This bat*
tery has eight 32 pounders, and a number
of howitzers, witn a deep ditch 40 feet wide
in front. What makes this place almost im
pregnable is because there is no entrench
meni ground within three miles of it, so that
it must be carried by an assauK, and the en_
emy will have to march that distance with,
out the least shelter.”
We are authorised, by a gentleman of this
city, bearing due respect for truth and for
M;\ Pinkney, our minister at the Court of
London, to contradict most positively a para
graph in the Aurora of Tuesday, as extrac
ted from the Lexington Reporter, stating
that Mr. Pinkney sent Mr. Jay in an official
capacity to Copenhagen—The fact is, that
Mr. Jay, holding a Consular appointment for
Rotterdam Irom the Government of the IT. S.
was considered a suitable person, ami accor
dingly sent by several merchant of London
in the trade ot this country, to claim some
American property in a sta’e of sequestra
tion at Copenhagen, without any documents
to that effect from Mr, Pinkney, whose ideas
of propriety are too well founded to grant a.iv
urh while resident at a court in violent hos
tility to Dsutnai k ——.iter. Adv.
Lynchburg, August 10.
THE FOX CAUGHT I!
J7*Tht Press is stopt to stale, that by a
gentleman last night from Fmcastle, we are
just informed that Crkston, alias Wal.
sikchan, who carried off Edward B Tut.
Hell’s wife and child, on the 3d July last, from
the town of Monroe, Orange County, New
York, as particularised in the advertisement
on the last page of this paper, was a few days
agoorrested inFixcASTLK and committed
r° jail A very considerable sum of money
was found in his possession which froindis
closures made by him to the lady, has been
| unrighteously obtained. It is stated that he
was the Captain of a vessel which with her
cargo he sold on his own account, and de
camped with the plunder ; and disliking so_
litttde as most men do, lie embraced the firs* I
Mr. Walsingham on being first apprehen
ded delivered his keys to the Udv with di
rection to take what monev she wanted_She
took 3 or i hundred dollars with which she
immediately engaged professional men to
prosecute her betrayer. His trial is set for
to day and the lady recognised to appear as
a witness—Fuiaher particulars anon,— 6' ar.
It ia well known that want/ Kngtish vea
seta have carried on a trade to the \orth
of Europe under American colours and dim
thru generally stop at Heligoland before
they pass u/i to Tonningen ; and it te also
wed known that many real Jf/nericaris have
suffered severely by detention and expen
ses on that account. Why then does the
Palfaaiuth query whether any smuggling
trade is rarrit'd on through Helgoland ? —
Qr did the querist suppose that the Eng~
lisft. whose smuggling faculties are so well
known, would expose themselves by ma.
king so short trips as they evidently must
do in going directly 10 Heligoland and back
to Tanning ? Or does he suppose that the
morality of trade will justify the using of
any flag is protect enemies property? We
wish not to defend >he exclusion of neutrals
from a proper trade : but would point the
recollection of K sh advocates to the re
at causes of\ j'.h exclusion.-Essex Re
gister.
His Excellency fox a s CjLuiffA and
His Honor Paul Reich am 'hr truly fa~
triotic and Refiublican Executive Officers
of Vermont, are again fiut in nomination in
that S'ate. to Jill hose rffices another year.
William Strong Esy. for the South Eastern
District ; Samuel Show /■sq for the S. W
District ; and James Fisk. F.sy. for the A.
E. District, are likewise nominated as Re
firesentalives to the 12 h Congress : no fier
son is yet agreed ufion in the A W. Dis .
trict The election is to take flact on the
first Tuesday of Sefitemb'r ensuing
Boston Chronicle.
Natchf.*. July 17.
WEST-FLOR1DA
The following Constitution lias been circn .
lated in West .Florida, and is said to have
been well received in the neighbot hood
ot Baton Rouge. In New Feliciana, much
the most populous, wealthy and important
district in the province, we are inform
ed there is a diversity of opinion—some
ot the inhabitants tavor the idea of at? in
dependent government ; a strong party
is>e: in favor of Ferdinand the Vllth,
whilst the mass of the inhabitants are de
sirous of coming under the protection of
the U. States From St Helena, Tanclii
palio and Christianne, we have not yet
I heard, but presume they would prefer the
pro.ection of the United States.
When the Sovereign! v and Independence
of a nation have been destroyed by treache
ry or violence, the political ii?s which unit.,
ed its different members are dissolved.
Distant provinces, no longer cherished or
protected by the mother country, have a
4ight to institute for themselves such forms
ot government as thev may think conducive
to their salety and happiness.
The lawful sovereign of Spain, together
with his hereditary kingdom in Europe, ha
vmg fallen under the dominion of a foreign
tyrant, by means of treachery and lawless
power, the right naturally devolves up. n
the people of the different provinces of :ha
kingdom placed by nature beyond the grasp
of the usurper, to provide for their ownse
curity: the allegiance wiich they owed and
preserved with so much fidelity to their
lawfHl sovereign, can never he transfet t« d
to the destroyer of thuir country’s iudepen
dence.
we, therefore, the people of West.Flo
r.ida exercising the right hich incontestt.
Ij.y devolves upon us, declare, that we owe
no allegiance to the present ruler of tne
Prench nation, or to any king prince or
sovereign who may be placed by him on
the throne of Spain, and that we will al
ways, and by all the means in our power,
resist any tyrannical usurpation over us nt
whatever kind, or by whomsoever he same
may be attempted to be exercised forthis pur
p se, and in order more effectually to pro
vide against usurpations of our rights, to
preserve domestic tranquility and secure to
ourselves the blessings of peace, liberty and
the impartial administration of Justice, we
do ordain and establish the following:
Article IHt. The laws, usages and cus_
toms heretofore observed in the adminis ra
tion nf justice, and in determining the right
of property, shall remain in full force, as
far as the situation of the country will allow
until altered or abolished in the manner
hereafter provided.
Article 2d. All lawful contracts hereto,
fore made and entered into, shall be bind
ing on the parties according to the true in
tent and meaning thereof
Article 3d. The officers of the militia shall
retain their commissions, and Alcaldes and
Syndics of the several divisions, shall c«»_
tin he to hold and exercise the duties of their
respective offices, having the same jnrisdic
tion as heretofore, until otherwise provided
by lawful authority.
Article 4th. One governor, one secretary
and three counsellors of sta e, shall be im
mediately chosen by the people, who shall
enter upon the duties of their respective of
fices on the day of
of this present year. 1810, after
having, in the presence nf each other, taken
an oath faithfully to discharge the duties of
their respective offices, and exercise the
powers lieic... giai.t*-d to them to the bes
of their judgment lor the good of the peo.
pie
Article 5th. The supreme executive pow
<-rs shall Pe vested in the governor, who
| >hall also be. the commander in chief of ail
the military force of the commonwealth, arjl
shall cause the laws to be faithfully and
impartially executed ; he shall, by anil with
the consent of the three counsellors of state,
or a majority of tlu-m, have power to ap .
point and commission all officers, civil amt
military, whose appointment is not herein
otherwise provided, and to rtv< ke the conu
missions of inferior magistrates now in of.,
fice. or hereafter commissioned by him at
pleasure.
Article 6th. The legislative power shall*
be vested in the three counsellors of state,
or a majority of them, but no act or reso
lution passed by them shall have the force
or authority ot a law, without being first
approved by the governor.
Art. 7th. I'he legislative council shall
meet on their own adjournments, but the
g ivernor shall have power to convene them
at any other time when he shall think it
expedient, and they shall cause fo be pub
lished from time to time, such laws and re
gulations as may be made for the better go
vernment of the commonwealth.
Article 8th. The three counsellors of state
shall be conservators of the peace through
out th commonwealth, and to decide all cau
ses and prosecutions, civil or criminal, which,
in ay be instituted by individuals, or on be
half of the commonwealth, and submitted
to their decision. For this purpose, they,
ora majority of them, shall hold a court
four times in every year, at such times, and
in such places, as shall be provided by
law ; they shall have, and exercise when in
session lor that purpose, the same jurisdic
tion, both original and appellate, as lias been
heretofore exercised in the highest authori
ty in the kingdom, and theii judgment shall
be final.
i uc governor, uy ana wun.
the advice of the legislative Cuuiicil, or a
majority of them, shall have power to de
clare war, levy taxes, regulate commerce,
dispose of public lands, gran permission
ot residence to emigrants, establish rules
for the naturalization of foreigners, torm
treaties, or enter in.o confederacy with othec
states, establish inferior tribunals of justice,
provide for the common defence and con.
inon welfare, and in general to do all nc a,.
and establish all such laws and regulations
as may he necessary and conducive to the
'safety nmi prosperity of the commonwealth :
Proindcil always, that no law shall be
made to have a retrospective effect, or any
way to affect the obligations of contracts ;
and provided, hat no man shall be depriv
ed ot life, libcr-y or property, with ut an im
partial trial, in which he shall he allowed
to examine all the witnesses agiinst him,
and produce witnesses in his detence.
Article 10 It. It shall he the duty of the
secretary of the state, to keep and preserve
the acts and laws passed by the legislature,
ai d the proceedings of the governor, in his
executive department. He shall keep all
! public records, as well those now in being,
as hose hereafter tobe made, and the seal
of the comment wealth ; and snail furnish co^.
pies of all public records under the seal of
he commonwealth, when required
Article llt-i. The givernor and legida-'
tive council shall atan\ time when tr.ey may
hink it expedient, not more distant than
•tree years from the tune of entering upon
rne duties of their respective . ffiees, cause a
convention of delegates, chosen by the peo
ple in suen manner as they shall prescribe
by law, to be held at Baton Rouge, which,
s »id convention shall have fall powers to
form a constitution for the better g •vernuieuc •
of this commonwealth, to establish the tu
tore seat ot government, and to declare at
what time the powers herein grained shall
cease ancl determine- ill which tune the 1
seat of government shall remain at iia-ou
Rouge.
Article 12.h. The governor shall receive r
an annual salary of ^
h.s services, and each of the three counsel
lors an annual salary of joi. ’
services, ihe secretary of state shall receive •
an annual salty of together w.-h
such fees of offl :e as may he allowed and
provided bv liw. The compensation of all
inferior i fficers shall be ascertained and
fixed by the legislature, and no officer of
this government shall hold any office under
or receive any title or pension fioin any tol
rcigr. s'ate. 7 “
Art 13 h. When the present declaration
und ordinance shall have been approved and
signed by a majority of all the inhabitants
w«“»n it shall have complete cr_
feci and operation within the 9;tul dis i i< t*" *
ami together with the laws and reguiati, t& 1
oade in conformity to it, shall be the sU*.
p.-eme lew he land-it shall also be ex- •
t nded to any other district or pi ices in
Wrs' Florida, in w,ich it shall be ippi )VC
and -'gned by a m*j ,ri v of the people ...al
o give immediate ■ iteration ami effart to e
same, the following gentlemen ate h*»i bv
dt signaled to he d ff ent , Hires respec
lively, and fully authorised and required t»
► xercise Hie powers, and perform the duties,
thereof, vz.
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We the people do hereby approve a ,d
c« ntir:Ti the toiegm g declaration and rdi
nanee, in all its p iris, and to support it oe
mutually pledge to each o her oar lives, our
fortunes and our sacred honor.
COMMUNICATION.
It appears that Bonaparte’s plans against
thr Spams 1 dominions in America have not
had that happy issue which he contemplated
and that his stratagems have not produced
the least effct on the lovalty of the Sin
msh Americans, which'is not inferior tt>
tl.a which the inhabitants of the peninsula
have mamfegtta for their sovereign F*rdi
I hrce Americans, and a Spaniard calhA
Blanco, sp.es or emissaries of Bonaparte
have been arrested at Chihuagua bv Dull
Nemesio Sa cedo, in conscience of ihe s- ad
sonable advices which the Vice Hoy of Me*
ico communicated to that commandant
neral of said province, that these person*
h id arrived at Upper Louisiana from Balti
more and were going to the town of St Fe~
these four individuals were travelling wih
•wo negro slaves amongst ihe Indian tribe*
subject to this province, without am pass
port Horn the Spanish authorities of per
dinand VII. from toe place whence they mo'
ceeded, wh-ch is indisp nsably nec ssarv
order to enter the Spanish dominions without
being considered as a spy ; there were fou.ir»
in their possession a paper written in En
glish. and a letter from the curate of St Ue
tmveva in trance, also thirteen firearm,
six cutlasses, three axes and five flasks of
powder. Bifhei. firs, declaration they
ted that the object of their journey from tjo
per Louisiana, was no other than to estab
lish themselves in the dominions of his mi
jesty Ferdinand Vll. to whom they'
greatly attached ; as if persons e ifr '
this country to lue Spanish pusses-,kj1( Wt., ^