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PARIS, Jan. 27.
Several conscripts,we 1 .arn from Nice,
have been wandering about in the moun
ted is, where they thought they were in
security, but the governnu nt observed
tin rn, and took measures to seize them
ail together; this has now' been effected,
and the gendarmerie took their mea
sures so wa ll, that the w hole cf these |
voting fugitives have be en conducted to
prison.
LONDON, Feb. to.
Some passengers arrived by the Lis
bon mail report, that the king of Spain
has been very much indisposed for
some time, and that the power and in
fluence ol the prince of peace were every
day acquiring additional strength and
extent. Beauharnoi g the French am
bassadour, had arrived at Madrid,
wh ere his presence ic is said produced j
some unpleasant apprehensions. His
visit was supposed to be for quite a con
trary purpose than that of coni*. rring
I bent fils upon the Spanish nadon. It
appears that, previous to his first inter
view' with the prince ef peace, he was
kept a considerable time in waiting—a
circumstance from which the specula
tors at Madrid drew conclusions not v< -
ry favourable to the cordiality which
was presumed to exist between the
court. of France and Sp tin.
It is difficult, however, to reconcile
'he report ol the increasing influence of
the Prince of peace, who has been gen
erally believed to be in the Fr» nch in
terest, w ith the report of the decreasing
influence of the French government o
ver the Spanish councils.
BOSTON, March 21.
The last London papers state,that not
only the regular men in all the royal na
vy yards are ordered to work double
tides, but that fresh gangs of carpenters
were sent to all the merchants’ yards,
and a great exertion was making thro’
out the kingdom, to equip for sea every
vessel calculated to carry troops ; and
that it was expected attempts would he
made on various and distinct quarters
of France,while the French had so great
an. army in Prussia and Poland, and so
many Prussian prisoners in France.—
The French troops which had passed the
< )der up to December 22d last, amount
ed to 280,(XX) men.
Lord Hutchinson, who commanded
iV»t* British army in Fgvpt, is at the head
quarters of the Russian army in Poland,
to see that it amounts to the number sti
pulated by treaty,
FRANKFORT, March 20.
BURR RETAKEN.
Letters have been received in this
piece, a tew days ago, from Nashville,
staling that information had been re
ceived by the Natchez mail, of the ap
prehension of coloni 1 Burr near Fort
Stoddart. It appears that his object
was to proceed to Pensacola; hut having
lost his rout, one of live persons who ac
companied him, called at the Fort for
information. The suspicions of the
commandant, Lieut. Gains, were ex
cited by the man’s enquiring whether
he knew ol any English shipping being
at Pensacola, and supposing it might be
probable that col. Burr was the person
for whom the enquiry was made, he
lost no time in intercepting him. Lieut.
Gains, being well acquainted w ith the
country, took a short course, & with the
assistance oi a small party of soldiers
lrom the Fort, apprehended the colonel
an l his companions. We could not
le: ra, whether he was cofined at Fort
SUxidart or sent on to Natchez. Lieut.
Gains, it is said, found governor Wil
liams’s proc am at ion for the apprehen
sion of Burr, in the colonel’s pocket.
W H E E L I N G,
Thursday, April 9, 1807.
To CORRESPONDENTS.
The Recluse, u On universal beauty in
natural objects,” will appear in our next.
The good sense and poetical talents of
this writer, induce us to wish that his
communications may be frequent.
The piece signed “ 11.”containing re
flections on the productions, or rather
the supposed authors of the productions,
signed u I.cander” and “ Z.” is “ poxt
poned generally”
Upon this occasion, it is conceived
necessary to insist on the impropriety
of writers making allusions to individu
als, which, perhaps intended for the pur
pose, may have the effect to wound their
feelings. Persons whose object seems
to be to give pain to their neighbours,
are not the correspondents we want.—
In one instance, indeed, a piece has ap
peared in the Repository, containing
certain improper allusions, which were
understood by those who were informed
of the corresponding circumstances. But
the Editor isunwilling that that instance,
where his knowledge of circumstances
was deficient, should be considered as
an approbation of such productions.
I At the General Election held in this
I town on Monday last, Messrs. William
Irwin and John Morgan were elected to
represent this county in the house of de
legates. The votes for a representative
in Congress were,
For Noah Linsly, Esq. 103
John G. Jackson, Esq. 84
We have just received certain intel
ligence that the executive has ordered
a party ol marines to meet col. Burr,
in order to escort him to Richmond,
(Vir) there to be kept until the meeting
ol the federal court in that state, on the
supposition that his expedition was fit
ted out from Blennerhasset’s island,
which is said to he in Virginia.
[Atlantic World.]
[From the Washington Federalist.]
So much has been said, and so contra
dictory have been the reports, respecting
the treaty, or the articles intended for a
treaty, lately signed at London by the
American and British ministers, that
conjecture has been baffled, and opinion
wanted data to rest upon.
We believe we have it now in our
power to relieve the public mind from
that uncertainty in which it has hereto
fore been suspended. The treaty will be
immediately returned to London for fur
ther negociation. For this purpose the
Wasp ship of war is ordered to be got
ready for sea immediately—the officers
are selected, the crew completed, and
Thursday next is named as the day on
which she is to sail. Capt. Smith, who
is to command the Wasp, will be the
bearer of the treaty to London. From
thence the W:.sp will repair to the Me
diurranean, where she is to be station
ed.
In conversation on the subject of the.
treaty, the President has been heard to
declare, that had he laid it before the
Senate, and that body had been unani
mous in advising its ratification, still he
would have withheld the sanction of his
signature. So hostile docs he feel him
self to Some of its principles, and so de
termined on its total rejection in its pre
sent form.
PROCLAMATION.
Whereas by an act entitled “ an act
to suspend the operation of an act enti
tled an act to prohibit the importation of
certain goods, wares and merchandize,
and to remit the penalties incurred un
| dcr the same,” the President of the. U