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1)v IN, DEC. 20.
5 per Cent. Gov. Deb,nt.m.., 89i :3ttxk,
3; per Cu.n Gov. I ), h. 07.
Cm4rfe I..actunge—Dublin on Loudon i 6.

By the 111;p Role, arrived at Cork in 3t days from
Ph;ladclphia, we ye (leech y received American papers
to the erh of November inclulive, and we have great
fatislanien in Rating, that the malignant ciiilcmper
by whirl: that city has been for come time aflUtcd,
had entirely fobrided previous to her departure ; her
cargo conflits of (laves only—and every perfon on
board i.. in petit& health ; the is neverthclefi under
firia quarant:ne. '

The folios...Mg letter, in corroboration of the
above, has been leceivei from P. BOND, Efq. his
Ilk:Tama tc MAJESTY'S Conful at Philadelphia, by the
Mayor of Cork :
" $1 R, PH:LAI/11-MIA, NOV. 4,180,3.

" I have :he hmer.:r to Worm you, that the health of tliis city
is now peace% y reanred. The malignant fever which lately pre•
tailed here, yielded, as the difeeda canftantly has, to a (cries of
froft, and has entirrl; djapricared for 'many days path. The mor-
tality of the parent year list been trifling, compared with that of
any former year in which this dreadful calamit y has evifted, and the
tlifeafe was for the moth part confined to thofe ftrects which arc
contiguous to the river Delaware."
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A refpeflable American Paper, called The Wafhine•
sots Fed, ra',f,7, has the following obfervations

" We mentior.ed in our IA Paper (lays the Wofhington Paper)
that we had no doubt of the truth of the report, that the Spanifh
Minder had remonftrated with our Government againft its tak-
ing poffcßion of Louifiana. The Minifter goes further to avow
the determination of defending the country againft every attempt
to difpollifs them. The lift]: Marquis give) hinifelf many airs on
the ocmuon, and (peaks with great contempt of our army. The
Stranith Intendar.t of Louiliana openly declares his determination
not togive up the country?'
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Though the Convention by which Louifiana is to
be given up to America has received the fanftion of
both Hnufes of the Legiflature, it has given rife to a
good deal of v:ry warm dircullion. Many of thole
who have confidered the Convention highly favoura-
ble to the United States, have allowed that it is with
them a doubtful quellion how far France was antho.
rizeel to make the conveyance of the territory of
Loudlane to a third power. They do not find in
the mode in which it was transferred to the French
Government any ftipulation by which the Flare
Consul. could difpofe of it without the confent of
the Spanifh government. It has not appeared to
them !efficient to refer to vague affertions of the ex-
Rime of this power. They with to have official fpe-
ciftc documents on the fubjoe. In the Honfe of Re•
prefentatives a motion was made on the 2.4. th of Oc-
tober: the objets of which was to call on the Pre.
fident to produce the documents which authorized
the pnrchafe of Loufiana by the United States, and
eflablifhed their fubfequent right to its Lseaceable pot.
feffion, without any oppofitinn on the part of the Spa-
:Ms Government. The motion gave rife to a very
fpirited debate, in the courfe of which it was pretty
clearly proved that France had no diftind right to
enter into the Convention : that the confent of Spain
had not even been afked, and that the whole bargain
proceeded on a prefumed title. There argumerp were
however over-ruled, and the execution of a Conven-
tion, obvioufly of the higheft advantage to America,
was fupported without very fcrupulous regard to the
right of one of the contraeting parties to conclude it.
One important amendment was, however, introduced
into the Bill, founded on the Convention, in the
conrfe of the Debates. It was determined that no
money fhould, under the terms of the Convention,
be confidered as payable till aftual occupation had
been obtained. It is clear, from various articles in
there papers, that the Spanifh Governor of New
Orleans had received no official commands to fur-
render the province. The French Charge d'Af-
faires had made Tome very warm, but, in the firft in-
Dance, ineffeatral remonftrances. As might be ex-
peeled, this fpirit of oppofition was fubdued by a
confideration of the folly of difputing the execution
of an arrangement, which he poffeffed no means of
cnunteralling, and whatever be the feelings of humi-
liation experienced by the Spanifh Government, ulti •
mate acquiefccnce is their only alternative. It
was not to be fuppofed that a eel ion fo important
to the fuceefsful profecution of American commerce
on the bliffiffippi, could take place without fuggeft-
ing the propriety and neecflity of a umber of new
territorial arrangements. The inhabitants of the In-
dian territory feel themfelves particularly intcrefted
in this event, and they have loft n,i time in making
an application to Congrefs on the fuhjeCt. Their
view in making this application is to procure the
ac!•rption of inch refolut ions as may render the acqtri
faints% con:iftent with the interefts and the privilege.'
which they have heretofore enjoyed. This lubjca is
likely to engrcf a confiderable degree of the atten-
tion of the American Legiflature. Several Members
of both Honfec have intimated their intention t.,
make it the ground of future difeuflion.
7 he Bill for altering the mode of daft's the F: e-

fi,lent and Vice-P.4ldent, has pafitel into a law; the
regulations which it eilablithes, are fimple but not un-
invutant. When the number of vote, for the Pre-
(Went is equal, the five highett on the lift are to be
leicEleid, and the final choice is to reft with the Houfe
of Reprefentatives. On the other hand, the final
choice for Vice Preillent under fimilar circum.,
fiances, to reit with the Senate. In this Taft cafe, the
choice is to be limited to one of the two higheft on the
lift. It is exptEled that this new regulation will be
attended with con(equenccs of a very beneficial na-
ture. It is hopeek in particular, that it may be the
means of weakening that party fpirit, which has fo
flrongly charanerized ail elections in the United
States.

About the beginning of November, a Mefrage wan
communicated by the Prefident to the Houk of Re-
prefentatives, on the fubjeet of the piracy of the
yeah of the Moors in the Mediterranean. The Mel-
figc was referred to a Selea Committee, and It was
expeded that a fpirited ref olutio n, expreflive of the
determination of the Reprefentatives to fupport the
Government in refcnting theft injuries, would be the
refult of their ;nquities. The Americans are highly
indignant at the unprovoked outrages of the Barbary
Powers. No exertion will be (pared to prevent their
repetition in future, and to fecnre the honour as well
is the Wet/ of the American flag.

The Btion Gaulle of November 17, Pays—" A lee
ter from Wathington, dated November. (fates—' I
have received information from Mr. MADISON, Se-
cretary of State, that the EMPLROR of Moaocco has
given orders to his cruizers to capture American
veftels. The Celia brig of Bolton was captured, but
retaken by the Philadelphia frigate, Captain BAIN
BAWDS. The Conflitution, Commodore Pasata,
mull have arrived at Gibraltar early in September.
It is certain our Government has difpatched orders
to General WI L at; sow, of the We Rail army, to pro-
ceed to take pnfrethon of New Orleaps.
By the law now paired, all civil, military, and judi-
cial power, exercifed by the exifting Governineot of
Louiliana, is to be veiled in fuck perfnn or perfons as
the Prefident (hall direft, until the expiration of sthe
preterit ScQion, unlefs provifion (hall be former made
for the temporary Government thereof by Congrefs.
Thefe Papers contain no other news of importance.
From St. Domingo we find nothing either new nr
interefling. The fate of that unfortunate Colony is
now decided, and we tan only expert to hear of its
final evacuation by the milerable remnant of the
French troops. The fever at New York, we are happy
to find, has totally dittp.peared ; and in all the other
Diftriels of the United States where it had broke
out, its ravages have totally ceafcd. In feveral of
the principal towns meafures are adopted to check its
progrefa, if, contrary to all .expeetati•rn, it Mould
again make its appearance in the courfe of this feafon.

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