The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. (Washington City [D.C.]), 1803-02-04 00:00:00

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER,
AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
VOL. III.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. CCCLVIII.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4th, 1803.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
[By Authority.]
THOMAS JEFFERSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
To all and singular, to whom these presents shall come, GREETING:
WHEREAS a certain Treaty between the United States and the Creek Nation of Indians was concluded and signed near Fort Wilkinson on the Oconee River, on the sixteenth day of June last past, which Treaty is as follows:
A Treaty of limits between the United States of America and the Creek Nation of Indians.
Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States of America, by James Wilkinson of the State of Maryland, Brigadier General in the army of the United States, Benjamin Hawkins of North Carolina, and Andrew Pickens of South Carolina, commissioners plenipotentiary of the United States on the one part, and the Kings, Chiefs, Head men and Warriors of the Creek Nation in council assembled on the other part, have entered into the following articles and conditions, viz:
Article 1st. The Kings, Chiefs, Head men and Warriors of the Creek Nation, in behalf of the said Nation do by these presents cede to the United States of America, all that tract and tracts of land, situate, lying and being within and between the following bounds, and the lines and limits of the extinguished claims of the said Nation, hereinafter ascertained and established by Treaty. That is to say—beginning at the upper extremity of the High Shoals of the Apalachee River, the same being a branch of the Oconee River, and on the southern bank of the same—running thence a direct course to a noted ford of the South Branch of Little River, called by the Indians Chatto, chuc, co, hatchee,—thence a direct line to the main branch of commissioner Creek where the same is intersected by the path leading from the Rock Landing to the Ocmulgee Old Towns; thence a direct line to Palmetto Creek, where the same is intersected by the Uchee path, leading from the Oconee to the Ocmulgee River, thence down the middle waters of the said Creek to Oconee River, and with the western bank of the same to its junction of the Ocmulgee River, thence across the Ocmulgee River to the south bank of the Altamaha River, and down the same at low water mark to the lower bank of Goose Creek, and from thence by a direct line to the Mountains, on the margin of the Okefenokee Swamp, raised and established by the commissioners of the United States and Spain at the head of the St. Mary's River; thence down the middle waters of the said River, to the point where the old line of Demarcation strikes the same, thence with the said old line to the Altamaha River and up the same to Goose Creek: And the said Kings, Chiefs, Head men and Warriors do relinquish and quit claim to the United States all their right, title, interest and pretensions in and to the tract and tracts of land within and between the bounds and limits aforesaid forever.
Article 2d. The commissioners of the United States for and in consideration of the foregoing concession on the part of the Creek Nation, and in full satisfaction for the same, do hereby covenant and agree with the said Nation, in behalf of the United States that the said States shall pay to the said Nation, annually and every year the sum of three thousand dollars, and one thousand dollars for the term of ten years, to the Chiefs who administer the Government agreeably to a certificate under the hands and seals of the commissioners of the United States of this date, and also twenty five thousand dollars in the manner and form following, viz. Ten thousand dollars in Goods and Merchandise, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, ten thousand dollars to satisfy certain debts due from Indians and white persons of the Creek country to the factory of the United States; the said debts after the payment aforesaid, to become the right and property of the Creek Nation, and to be recovered for their use in such way and manner as the President of the United States may think proper to direct. Five thousand dollars to satisfy claims for property taken by individuals of the said Nation from the citizens of the United States, subsequent to the treaty of Colerain, which has been or may be claimed and established agreeably to the provisions of the act for regulating trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes and to preserve peace on the frontiers. And it is further agreed that the United States shall furnish to
the said Nation two sets of Blacksmiths tools, and men to work them for the term of three years.
ART. 3d. It is agreed by the contracting parties that the grants or grants which may be found necessary for the protection of the frontiers, shall be established upon the land of the Indians at such place or places as the President of the United States may think proper to direct, in the manner and on the terms established by the Treaty of Colerain.
ART. 4th. The contracting parties to these presents do agree that this treaty shall become obligatory and of full effect, so soon as the same shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof.
In testimony whereof, the commissioners plenipotentiary of the United States, and the kings, chiefs, head men and warriors of the Creek Nation, have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their seals at the camp of the commissioners of the United States near Fort Wilkinson, on the Oconee River, this sixteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two, and of the Independence of the United States the twenty sixth.
(SEAL.) JAMES WILKINSON. (SEAL.) BENJAMIN HAWKINS, (SEAL.) ANDREW PICKENS.
Efau Haujo, x 1 Tultunnuggee Thlucco, x 2 Hapoié Micco, x 3 Hapoié Olohtau, x Tallafsee Micco, x Tupetalia Micco, x Uctayutchee Tultunnuggee, x Okelesan Hukee, x Pahore Micco, x Mickie Emautlau, x Hatchie poyau Haujo, x Gulsetuh Haujo, x Ocheelu Tultunnuggee, x Toothahrihee Haujo, x Isfane Haujo, x Hopoié Hopoié, x Olotuh Emautlau, x Nehourah te Tultunnuggee, x Tultunnux Haujo, x Hopoié Tultunnuggee, x Taltchitah Micco, x Yaukree Emautlau Haujo, x Coofandee Tultunnuggee, x Nenehom ohtau Tultunnuggee Micco, x Isfanaun Tultunnuggee, x Efau Tultunnuggee, x Tultunnux Hoithlepooyh, x Ihopoi Tultunnuggee, x Coatoh Tultunnuggee, x Hopoiéte Haujo, x Woofee Haujo, x Olohtau Haujo, x Iahma's Haujo, x Attrofee Emautlau, x Micco Thlucco, x Tultenchau Chapco, x Chouwachee le Micco, x Toofee hathe Micco, x Hopoié Yauholo, x Hoithlewau le Micco, x Efau Haujo of Cooolome, x Gulsetuh Yaukolo, x Newocau Tultunnuggee, x
TIMOTHY BARNARD, ALEX. CORNELLS, } Interp's. JOSEPH ISLANDS, }
ALEXANDER MACOMB, Junr. Secretary to the Commissioners.
WILLIAM R. BOOTES, Captain 2d Regiment Infantry.
J. BLACKBURN, Lieut. Com. Comp. D.
JOHN B. BARNES, Lt. U. S. A. Wm. HILL, Ajt. C. D.
NOW BE IT KNOWN, THAT I THOMAS JEFFERSON, President of the United States of America, having seen and considered the said Treaty, do by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, accept, ratify and confirm the same and every clause and article thereof.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have caused the seal of the said United States to be hereunto affixed, and signed the same with my hand. Done at the City of Washington the eleventh day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three, and of the Independence of the United States the twenty seventh.
TH: JEFFERSON. By the President, JAMES MADISON, Secretary of State.
THOMAS JEFFERSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting.
WHEREAS a treaty was held on the 30th day of June last under the authority of the United States with the Seneca nation of Indians, at Buffalo creek in the county of Ontario and state of New York, and at the said treaty in the presence of and with the approbation of John Taylor, Esq., a commissioner of the United States, appointed to hold the same, an Indenture or agreement was entered into between the said nation of Indians & William Willink and others hereinafter mentioned, which indenture or agreement is in the words following:
THIS INDENTURE made the 30th day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two: Between the Sachems, chiefs and warriors of the Seneca Nation of Indians of the first part, and William Willink, Peter Van Eeghen, Hendrick Vollenhoven, W. Willink the younger, I. Willink, the younger (son of Jan) Jan Gabriel Van Staphorst, Roelof Van Staphorst, the younger, Cornelius Vollenhoven and Hendrick Seye, all of the city of Amsterdam and Republic of Batavia, by Joseph Ellicott, Esquire, their agent and Attorney of the second part: Whereas, at a treaty held under the authority of the United States with the said Seneca Nation of Indians, at Buffalo creek in the county of Ontario and state of New York, on the day of the date of these presents by the honorable John Taylor, Esquire, a commissioner appointed by the President of the United States to hold the same in pursuance of the constitution, and of the act of the Congress of the United States in such case made and provided, a convention was entered into in the presence and with the approbation of the said commissioner between the said Seneca nation of Indians and the said William Willink, Peter Van Eeghen, Hendrick Vollenhoven, W. Willink the younger, I. Willink the younger, (son of Jan) Jan Gabriel Van Staphorst, Roelof Van Staphorst the younger, Cornelius Vollenhoven and Hendrick Seye, by the said Joseph Ellicott their agent and attorney, lawfully constituted and appointed for that purpose.
NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH, That the said parties of the first part for and in consideration of the lands herein after described do hereby exchange, cede, and for ever quit claim to the said parties of the second part, their heirs and assigns, All those lands situate, lying and being in the county of Ontario and state of New York, being part of the lands described and reserved by the said parties of the first part in a treaty or convention held by the honorable Jeremiah Wadsworth, Esquire, under the authority of the United States on the Genesee river the 15th day of September, 1797, in the words following, viz. Beginning at the mouth of the eighteen mile or Kough-quaw-gu creek, thence a line or lines to be drawn parallel to lake Erie, at the distance of one mile from the lake, to the mouth of Cataraugos creek, thence a line or lines extending twelve miles up the north side of said creek at the distance of one mile therefrom, thence a direct line to the said creek, thence down the said creek to lake Erie, thence along the lake to the first mentioned creek, and thence to the place of beginning. Also one other piece at Cataraugos, beginning at the shore of lake Erie on the south side of Cataraugos creek, at the distance of one mile from the mouth thereof, thence running one mile from the lake, thence on a line parallel thereto to a point within one mile from the Con-nou-dau-we-gea creek, thence up the said creek one mile on a line parallel thereto, thence on a direct line to the said creek, thence down the same to lake Erie, thence along the lake to the place of beginning; reference being thereunto had will fully appear. Together with all and singular the rights, privileges, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in any wise appertaining. And all the estate, right, title and interest whatsoever of them, the said parties of the first part, and their nation of, in and to the said tracts of land above described, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all and singular the said granted premises, with the appurtenances, to the said parties of the second part, their heirs and assigns, to their only proper use, benefit and behoof forever.
And in consideration of the said lands described and ceded as aforesaid, the said parties of the second part, by Joseph Eli-
cott their agent and attorney as aforesaid, do hereby exchange, cede, release and quit claim to the said parties of the first part and their nation (the said parties of the second part referring to themselves the right of pre-emption), all that certain tract or parcel of land situate as aforesaid. Beginning at a post marked No. O, standing on the bank of lake Erie at the mouth of Cataraugos creek, and on the north bank thereof, thence along the shore of said lake N. 11° E. 21 chains, east thirteen degrees east 45 chains, N. 19° E. 14 chains 65 links to a post, thence east 119 chains to a post, thence south 14 chains 27 links to a post, thence east 640 chains to a post standing in the meridian between the 8th and 9th ranges, thence along said meridian south 617 chains 75 links to a post standing on the south bank of Cataraugos creek, thence West 160 chains to a post, thence north 290 chains 25 links to a post, thence west 482 chains 31 links to a post, thence north 219 chains 50 links to a post standing on the north bank of Cataraugos creek, thence down the same and along the several meanders thereof to the place of beginning. To hold to the said parties of the first part in the same manner and by the same tenure as the lands reserved by the said parties of the first part in and by the said treaty or convention entered into on Genesee river the 15th day of September, 1797, as aforesaid, were intended to be held. In testimony whereof the parties to these presents have hereunto, & to two other indentures of the same tenor & date, one to remain with the United States, one to remain with the said parties of the first part, and one other to remain with the said parties of the second part, interchangeably set their hands and seals the day and year first above written.
Con-ne-ta-ta, his mark, x Koe-en-twah-ka, or Cornplanter, his mark, x Wou-dou, goch-ka, his mark, x Te-kon-nou-dou, his mark, x Te-ki-zin-dau, his mark, x Sa-goo-yes, his mark, x Jaw-yi-cau-na, or Blue Sky, his mark, x Koying-quau-cab, or Young King, his mark, x Ka-cun-doo-wah, or Pollard, his mark, x Con-na-wau-de-na, his mark, x Soo-no-you, his mark, x Au-wen-nau-fa, his mark, x Soo-goo-ya-wau-law, or Red Jacket, his mark, x Ceh-kau-tough, his mark, x Te-yo-kai-hes sa, his mark, x Ona-ya-wos, or Farmers Brother, his mark, x So-nau-goi-es, his mark, x Gih-kaka, or Little Billy, his mark, x Su-sa-so-wan, his mark, x Wilhem Willink, Pieter Van Eeghen, Hendrick Vollenhoven, W. Willink, the younger, I. Willink the younger (son of Jan) Jan Gabriel Van Staphorst, Roelof Van Staphorst, the younger, Cornelius Vollenhoven, and Hendrick Seye, by their Attorney. (L. S.) JOSEPH ELLICOTT.
Sealed and delivered in the presence of JOHN THOMPSON, ISRAEL CHAPIN, JAMES W. STEVENS, HORATIO JONES, } Intp's. JASPER PARRISH. }
Done at a full and general Treaty of the Seneca Nation of Indians held at Buffalo Creek, in the county of Ontario and state of New York, on the thirtieth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two, under the authority of the United States. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year aforesaid.
(L. S.) JOHN TAYLOR.
NOW BE IT KNOWN, THAT I, THOMAS JEFFERSON, President of the United States of America, having seen and considered the said Indenture or agreement, do, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, accept, ratify, and confirm the same and every clause and article thereof.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed, and signed the same with my hand. Done at the City of Washington, the (L. S.) twelfth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three, and in the twenty seventh year of the Independence of the said United States.
TH: JEFFERSON. By the President, JAMES MADISON, Secretary of State.
REPORT Of the committee of revision and unfinished business; who were instructed on the 10th instant, to enquire and report the probable amount for which the property occupied by the mint, in Philadelphia, could be sold; and the probable expense of the establishment on the principle of having it worked by Steam.
REPORT— That the only information they have been enabled to obtain relative to the subject of the foregoing resolution, will be found in the annexed letter from the Director of the Mint.
MINT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Philadelphia, January 18th, 1803. SIR,
IN compliance with the request of the committee of revision and unfinished business, made known to me by your polite letter of the 10th inst. I hasten to give the best answer in my power.
As a list of the public property belonging to the Mint, under my care, is pretty accurately enumerated in a letter I wrote to the Secretary of the treasury, under date of 22d March last, in consequence of a like application from him, I take the liberty of enclosing a copy of it, for the information of the committee.
I have endeavored to estimate, as nearly as possible, the probable amount for which the real estate therein mentioned would sell, in the present low state of such property, in this city. I have been led to fix on the sum of eight thousand dollars, as the extent of its present value. As to the rest of the items, they being peculiarly appropriate to a Mint, for which alone they are valuable, I am of opinion, they would not (exclusive of the copper) bring one thousand dollars.
With our present experience, I should think that a new and complete Mint, exclusive of a steam engine (with the expense of which I am unacquainted) might be built for fifteen thousand dollars, not including the site, which I should not consider as costing any thing, as if well chosen, its rise in value in a few years, might more than double its first cost. However, about half the value of the present real estate, would be fully equal to the purchase.
Thus having literally answered your request, shall I take the liberty to suggest, what is really the effect of longer experiences, and closer application to the subject, than before. We have hitherto been supplied with the precious metals, beyond our highest expectations; but a continuance of an equal supply in future, cannot be looked for with any degree of certainty, unless congress in their wisdom, can point out some new source of supply. We never yet have coined a single dollar of the precious metals for congress. On this view of the subject, I conceive the present establishment may answer for some years to come, as well as it has for some years past, with the small expense of a few hundred dollars, and particularly for the purpose of getting rid of a trifling incumbrance in our local situation. The supply of bullion is not such, as to render a steam engine so necessary, as to justify the expense, unless a new Mint should be thought eligible; in which case, I should advise its adoption without hesitation.
It will be necessary, that some determination of congress should take place this session; for although the law for establishing the Mint is without limitation, yet the temporary law for continuing it in this city, expires on the 4th March next; nevertheless there is no law requiring its removal.
I hope, Sir, that I have been as explicit on the reference in your letter, as you have wished, at least so, that you may be possessed of my ideas on the subject.
I have the honor to be, With great respect, Sir, Your obedient, And very humble servant, ELIAS BOUDINOT, Director of the Mint.
The hon. John Davenport, Esq. chairman of the committee of Revision and Unfinished Business.
REPORT Of the Committee, to whom was referred on the 17th instant, the memorial of sundry inhabitants of the town of Wilmington, in the state of North Carolina.
REPORT— That the system of policy stated in the said memorial to exist, and to be now pursued, in the French colonial govern-

ments, in the West Indies, is fraught with danger, to the peace and safety of the United States. That the fact stated to have occurred in the prosecution of that system of policy, demands the prompt interference of the government of the United States, as well legislative as executive.
The committee therefore recommend that the said memorial be referred to the Secretary of State, to be laid before the President—and in pursuance of the authority granted to them, herewith report a bill which is submitted.
THE FOLLOWING
is the Memorial of the undersigned inhabitants of the town of Wilmington, in the state of North Carolina, and of the vicinity thereof, Respectfully shewing—
That it doth appear to have become the policy of the governments established by the French over several of their islands in the West Indies, to expel therefrom all negroes and mulattoes, to whom emancipation shall be accorded. That in the prosecution of this system, the executive authorities in said islands, (of Guadalupe particularly) have shown a determination, by force or by fraud, to have those people introduced into the United States. That in fact the danger to be apprehended from affording an asylum to such persons, has operated so powerfully on the European powers holding islands in the West Indies, or establishments on this continent, as to produce an absolute and effectual prohibition from landing them on any part of their respective territories. That, therefore, the United States having become the dearest resort for enabling the French colonial governments to clear the islands of a species of population too obnoxious to be tolerated; there is reason to dread, (unless the most prompt and decisive measures are adopted to counteract and repel the designs of those governments,) that the peace and safety of the southern states of the union will be greatly endangered.
Your memorialists think it necessary to state to your honorable body in proof, that their apprehensions on this head are well founded; that the Schooner Fair Play, recently arrived in this port from Guadalupe, having on board five persons of the above description, which the executive of that island compelled the captain of said Schooner to bring away.
With the fullest confidence that your honorable body will be considered to give to the above representation the consideration which its importance demands, and that they may expect from your wisdom such measures as may be effectual in the premises—Your memorialists will ever pray, &c.
From the Aurora.
THE FORGERY.—It appears the Aurora is not alone in the assertion that the pamphlet, lately published in this city, entitled a Memoir to Bonaparte on the subject of colonizing Louisiana, &c. is a forgery; the Gazette of the U. S. for once is of our opinion.—The remarks published on Wednesday were written on the 20th inst. at Washington, on the evening of that day it seems a publication appeared in the U. S. Gazette doubting the genuineness of the memoir—the coincidence of sentiment would not be worth mentioning if prints of the same policies with the Gazette had not endeavoured to create for this spurious pamphlet a credit of which it is totally undeserving—the Washington Federalist and Alexander Hamilton's Evening Post have both seized on this reputed memoir as a precious morcan in the present dearth of matter, on which to found new tales of alarm; its merits are excelled, its translator dignified by federal praise, and it is in fine a complete thing in the eyes of these modest people. The difference of opinion between the Editors of the three federal papers mentioned above can be accounted for but in two ways. 1st, that the plot was known to the Editors of two, and the Editor of the Gazette kept in the dark, or 2d, that the latter is more honest than the Editors of the Federalist and Post—at all events the Gazette agrees with us that the memoir is not genuine, or in our words is a bas forgery; if this is shown, the federal mountain which has been raised by the joint efforts of the Washington and New-York Editors will be brought down to the level of a mole hill.—The object of this pamphlet we believe to be to plunge this country into a war with France and Spain; a question thence arises to whom would such an event be beneficial? The answer to this will point out the only two sources from whence such a scheme could have proceeded. As a political event of importance it may be said to be the interest and wish of Britain to coax the nation into the vortex of European wars and European intrigues, first to throw some weight into her scale to counterbalance the great opposition to her on the part of France, second to check the progress of this country whose commercial greatness must one day surpass her own—a war with France would detach a large portion of the source of that country from interference in Europe, drain her treasures and endanger her co-
lonies; this would be fighting France with her own weapons, namely, endeavouring to surpass in commercial prosperity, consequently employing covert means to accomplish the annihilation of each other in that respect. Another reason for Britain wishing to engage this nation in a war, may be her hostility to our form of government, and in this she may be acting in concert with the second source from whence this pamphlet may have issued. From these views we may suspect that some agent of Britain has seized the present moment, when an officer of Spain has taken upon him to infract the treaty between his country and the United States, as a very fit one for alarming the public on the apprehended colonization of Louisiana; should any here say we ought not to suspect, to them we answer—a senator of the United States did enter into negotiation with and consent to proposals made by agents of Britain, who wished to involve this country in war with Spain, for marching a certain body of Americans into the territory of Spain, there to act in conjunction with British soldiery—an immense sum was appropriated by the British government for carrying on her intrigues in this country, part of which was no doubt expended on the above business—agents of Britain have been sent to this country to alarm the people into a war, and they have never denied their agency, but on the contrary boasted the patronage of the British minister; with this and other knowledge equally corroborative before us, we have grounds to suspect that the pamphlet lately published, may have proceeded from some British agent.
The second source, from whence this pamphlet may have issued, is from some person or persons connected with the party termed federal—this we have grounds for suspecting also, first, because we know the leaders of it to be opposed to the present form of government of the union, ambitious of becoming a higher order, and peculiarly enraged at the increase of popularity attaching to the present administration, which they have now no hopes of arresting but by bringing the nation into an embarrassing and dangerous situation—second, because the sentiments of the translator (or writer) of the pamphlet completely coincide with those of the wicked amongst the editors of the federal prints, and because he is exulted by them as a benefactor to his country.
LEGISLATURE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Court of Impeachment.
Wednesday, Jan. 26.
The senate resumed the consideration of the articles of accusation and impeachment against Alexander Addison.
Mr. Rodman called for the reading of the articles of accusation and impeachment exhibited by the house of representatives against Alexander Addison, and the same was read.
It was moved by Mr. Barton, seconded by Mr. Jones, that a question be taken on the articles separately.
The question on the motion being put, it was determined in the negative.
The senate decided that the question should be taken on the articles jointly.
The speaker then stated the question as follows:
“Is Alexander Addison guilty or not guilty of the charges contained in the articles of accusation and impeachment exhibited against him by the house of representatives, just read,” and
Upon the members being called to answer thereto, they declared as follows:
 Matthias Barton not guilty  James Ewing not guilty  William Findley guilty  James Gamble guilty  James Harris guilty  Jonas Hartzell guilty  John Heister guilty  Thomas Johnston not guilty  John Jones not guilty  John Kean guilty  Presley Carr Lane guilty  Christian Lower guilty  Aaron Lyle guilty  William McArthur guilty  Thomas Mewhorter guilty  Thomas Morton guilty  John Pearson guilty  John Porter guilty  William Reed guilty  John Richards guilty  William Rodman guilty  John Steele guilty  Robert Whitehill guilty  Samuel Mclay, speaker guilty 
Whereupon, The Speaker declared that twenty members had said guilty, and four members had said not guilty, and
That Alexander A. is accordingly duly convicted of the charges contained in the articles of accusation and impeachment exhibited against him by the house of representatives.
A letter from Alexander Addison was read, accompanied by the certificates of his character and conduct as referred to in the letter.
The letter was read as follows, to wit, and laid upon the table.
Lancaster, Jan. 26, 1803. Sir, I beg leave to submit to the senate whether any judgment can be given on
the first article of the impeachment against me, seeing it alleges no unlawful act.
During the trial I did not think it fair to argue from the degree of punishment. Now when the question of guilt is ascertained, it is fair to state the opinion which I have ever entertained, and which to me appears self evident.
Removal and disqualification is the extremity of punishment which the senate can inflict on any impeachment. The punishment may be much less as they judge proper. It may be removal only. It may be suspension for a moment. It may be only reprimand. The Senate will no doubt proportion the punishment to their ideas of guilt, for if they proceed to the extremity in cases that may be mere mistake, what means would they have to mark their detestation of gross corruption, and the worst kind of misdemeanor in office?
If I be removed from this office, I have no desire for another, for I know not how I could behave better in any other, than I think I have done in this. But if to removal be added disqualification, I know not but such construction may be put on it, though I think unreasonably, as would put it out of my power to pursue a profession necessary for competent provision for my family, and amount to an expulsion of me from the state. If disqualification should be thought of let it then only be a disqualification for any office to which an annual salary is annexed, or any other limited disqualification which the senate may approve.
I have only further to suggest whether the same number of members be not necessary to fix the punishment as to ascertain the guilt.
I offer for the inspection of the Senate certain certificates of my character and conduct.
I am with due respect, Your most obedient servant, ALEX. ADDISON. Hon. Samuel Mclay, Esq. Speaker of the Senate.
Mr. Barton called for the reading of the certificates which accompanied the letter from Alexander Addison.
The question being put, “Shall the certificates presented by Alexander Addison be read?” was determined in the negative.
Thereupon, Ordered, That the said certificates be returned to Alexander Addison by the Clerk.
Moved by Mr. Rodman, seconded by Mr. Mewhorter,
Resolved, That the sentence to be pronounced on Alexander Addison be as follows, to wit:
“Removal from the office he now holds, and disqualification to hold any office of honor, trust or profit under the commonwealth.”
On motion of Mr. Pearson, seconded by Mr. Kean, and
Agreed, That the further consideration of the preceding resolution be postponed in order to introduce a substitute which Mr. Pearson read in his place.
The question on the motion being put, was determined in the affirmative.
Mr. Pearson presented the substitute to the chair, and the same was read as follows, to wit:
Resolved, That the sentence on Alexander Addison be removal from office, and disqualification to hold any office in future within this commonwealth which is created by a commission from the governor, and
That the speaker of the senate shall pronounce the said sentence at three o'clock this afternoon in the chamber of the house of representatives.
On motion of Mr. Findley, seconded by Mr. Mewhorter, and
Agreed, That the resolution be amended by adding next after the word office where it last occurs the words, “in the judiciary.”
On motion of Mr. Whitehill, seconded by Mr. Barton.
Agreed, That the further consideration of the resolution be postponed for the present.
On Thursday last the house of representatives being in committee of the whole for that purpose and the members of the senate being introduced, the speaker of that body pronounced sentence against Judge Addison as follows;
“That Alexander Addison, president of the several courts of common pleas, in the fifth district of this state, shall be and he hereby is removed from his office of president aforesaid, and also is disqualified to hold and exercise the office of judge in any court of law within the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.”
I will sell on very reasonable terms, the following squares in the City of Washington, or either of them, viz: no. 253, 437, 438, 439 and south of 439. The titles will be such as to give entire satisfaction to the purchaser.
By an examination of the plan of the city, the foregoing squares will be found most advantageously situated, both as to their contribution to navigation and their central situation.
Application to be made to PETER BRENT in the city of Washington or to the Subscriber near Piacatoway.
NICOLAS BRENT. Doc. 31.
RETROSPECTIVE VIEW Of the Proceedings of the House of Representatives, more particularly stating what has been but generally, or not yet noticed.
(CONTINUED.) The petition of Isidore Stouf, presented the fifteenth of March, was referred to the committee of claims.
JANUARY 24. Mr. John Cotton Smith, from the committee of claims, to whom was referred, on the twenty seventh ultimo, the petition of Adam Koch, made a report thereon, which was read, and considered: Whereupon,
Resolved, That the prayer of the said petition ought not to be granted.
Resolved, That the committee of commerce and Manufactures be instructed to enquire whether any, and if any, what alterations are necessary to be made by congress in the existing regulations for granting clearances, certificates and other documents to American vessels sailing from the Mississippi, with the produce of the United States, in order to identify the growth and ensure the admission of any such produce and vessels into foreign ports, on the same terms as those sailing from the Atlantic ports of the United States with the produce thereof; and that they report by bill, or otherwise.
Ordered, That the petition of William Meetzkeke, presented on the eighth of February last, be referred to the committee of Claims.
A petition of sundry inhabitants of Amelia county, in the state of Virginia, whose names are thereunto subscribed, was presented to the House, and read, praying a revision and amendment of so much of an act of Congress passed at the last session, as relates to the establishment of a post office at Amelia court-house; and that the said post office may be fixed at Pridenville, instead of Amelia court-house.
Referred to the Post office committee.
A petition of John Taylor, of the city of New-York, merchant, attorney of William Gardiner, of Glasgow, in Scotland, was presented praying that he may receive the drawback of duties on a quantity of indigo, exported from the port of New-York, in the ship Justina, some time in the year one thousand eight hundred, and duly landed at Liverpool, in Great Britain; which drawback of duties has hitherto been refused in consequence of the said Gardiner having, through ignorance, omitted to take the oath within the time, and to comply with the other requisitions prescribed by law, to entitle him to the same.
Also, a memorial of the Franklin Typographical Association of New-York, praying that additional duties may be imposed by law, upon all books imported into the United States, from foreign countries, with the exception of certain books, therein specified; or that such other encouragement may be given to the art of printing within the United States, as to the wisdom of Congress shall seem meet.
Also, a petition of the “Boston Franklin Association,” or journeymen printers of Boston, signed by William Burdick and others, a committee appointed on their behalf, and a memorial of sundry journeymen printers of the city of Baltimore, to the same effect.
Ordered, That the said petitions and memorial be referred to the committee of Commerce and Manufactures.
Ordered, That the committee of Commerce and Manufactures, to whom was referred, on the twenty first instant, the petition of Jacob Gideon, be discharged from the consideration thereof; and that the said petition be referred to the committee of Claims.
Mr. Samuel Smith, from the committee of Commerce and Manufactures to whom was referred, on the twenty first instant, the memorial of John Dove, and others, American masters of vessels, made a report thereon, which was read, and considered: Whereupon,
Resolved, That the prayer of the said memorial ought not to be granted; and that the memorialists have leave to withdraw the same.
JANUARY 25. A message, in writing, was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Lewis, his Secretary, as follows:
“Gentlemen of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives,
I transmit a report by the Superintendent of the City of Washington, on the affairs of the city committed to his care. By this you will perceive, that the re-sales of lots prescribed by an act of the last session of Congress, did not produce a sufficiency to pay the debt to Maryland, to which they were appropriated;—And as it was evident, that the sums necessary for the interest and instalments due to that state, could not be produced by a sale of the other public lots, without an unwarrantable sacrifice of the property, the deficiencies were, of necessity, drawn from the Treasury of the United States.
The office of surveyor for the city, created during the former establishment, being of indispensable necessity, it has
been continued: And to that of the superintendent, substituted instead of the board of commissioners at the last session of Congress, no salary was annexed by law.—These offices being permanent, I have supposed it more agreeable to principle, that their salaries should be fixed by the legislature, and therefore have assigned them none; Their services to be compensated, are from the first day of June last.
The Marshal of the district of Columbia was, as directed by law, caused a jail to be built in the city of Washington;—I inclose his statements of the expenses already incurred, and of what remains to be finished. The portion actually completed has rendered the situation of the persons confined much more comfortable and secure, than it has been heretofore.”
“TH: JEFFERSON.” January 24, 1803.”
The said message was read, and, together with the documents accompanying the same, ordered to be referred to the committee of Ways and Means.
A petition of Richard Parker, of the city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, cork cutter, was presented to the House, and read, praying that a duty of thirty seven cents per gross, may be imposed, by law, on corks imported from foreign countries; or such other encouragement given to the manufacture of that article within the United States, as to the wisdom of Congress shall seem meet.
Referred to the committee of Commerce and Manufactures.
The Speaker laid before the House, a copy of the proceedings of a number of the citizens of Washington county, in the Mississippi territory of the United States, containing an address to this House, stating certain grievances, to which the citizens of the said county have been, and are now subjected; which was read in the words following, to wit:
“1st, That the landed claims within the limits of Washington district, are in a more precarious situation than those on the Mississippi.”
“2dly, That a petition from the citizens of this county (whilst under the jurisdiction of the Spanish government,) was forwarded to the commandant of Mobile, and by him transmitted to the Governor of New Orleans, praying that a surveyor might be allowed them to run out their lands; but none ever came forward, by reason of which, their lands remain unsurveyed, notwithstanding which, these citizens request that their claims may be placed on an equal footing with those on the Mississippi.”
“3dly, That the citizens of this county be allowed to hold their possessions by occupancy.”
“4thly, That a great extent of boundary might easily be obtained from the neighbouring Indians, by sending forward commissioners for that purpose, which would add much to our interest and convenience.”
“5thly, That we are in possession of a treaty entered into between the Alabama Indians and the Spanish government, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, conveying to that government, the lands lying between the confluence of the Alabama and Tombigbee rivers, by virtue, and under which treaty, a part of the lands, thus conveyed, was granted to citizens of this county, and in their present occupancy.”
“6thly, That the district of Washington lies under great inconveniences for want of a post-office established, and labours under many and grievous disadvantages for want of a free port in N.oble.”
“7thly, and lastly, That there are two federal garrisons almost in the heart of the settlements; and from the austere and abrupt behaviour of the officers commanding, towards the citizens, they are kept in a perpetual confusion; it is hoped this grievance will be remedied by their removal on the boundary line.”
Ordered, That the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth clauses of the said address, be referred to the commissioners appointed under the act, entitled “An act for an amicable settlement of limits with the state of Georgia, and authorizing the establishment of a government in the Mississippi territory,” with instruction to examine the same, and report their opinion thereupon, to the House.
Ordered, That the sixth clause of the said address, be referred to the committee appointed on the fourteenth ultimo, “to enquire whether any, and what amendments are necessary to be made in the acts establishing a post office and post roads within the United States.”
Ordered, That the seventh and last clause of the said address, be referred to the Secretary of War, with instruction to examine the same, and report his opinion thereupon, to the House.
A petition of Ebenezer Dake was presented, praying that he may receive a balance of pay, and the interest thereon, due for his services as a soldier in the fourth Massachusetts regiment, on continental establishment, during the revolutionary war with Great Britain, of which the petitioner has been deprived, in consequence of the pay-master of the said regiment having become a bankrupt,