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LOST In the town of Alex
andria, On the Eft Augutf, a large, fat,
Gold French WATCH; a Jingle cafe,
which opens by fpring in the thank OF
the watch; the makers name Breguef, a
PARIS the motto round tha dial plate is
In Latin, Sc Rege momenta 1efze boxse IA
eoebant.'' It had no chryttal, and it
was In carrying it to a watch makers
for one, it was loft. Whoever has
found it, and will deliver it TO MIR. An
drew Jamiefon, fi1all receive the above re-
ward and no queffiohs aaked.
SARAH b. MASON.
Sept. r. .a. d
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< Q T Q 5 A 7 5,
BY Warmer s. Hanna, J.
For pubiifhing by subscription,
Sie Yol3mes- IF
SELECT PLAYS,
To be entitled,
The American Theatre.
CONDITIONS. 1t
4. The whole fet will be printed in a
handforne duodecimo fze, on fuper-
fine wove paper, and new type, made
purpofely for the work.
2. The price TO iubfcribers, neatly bound
andletsered, will be one dollar per vo-'
lume--to non-iubfcribers one dollar and
ieyenty five cents.
8. No money required until the delivery
ofeach volume, and at the completion
ofthe whole liG of its patrons will be
given.
4. The ftG volume will confft of the fol
lowing much admired plays - Cafk
Z SpeGre, Heis, at LaSv, the Stranger,
and Secrets Woytb Kasrvixg.
s. The pubiifhcrs pledge thernfelves to
be particular in their Election, by Civ
ing place to.fuch plays as are publicly
and Justly admired for purity Of lenti-
mept, ard elegance OF dietion and no
expence withheld in rendering the work
for beauty equal TO any IN America.
or When IL IS conhaered that the A.
mcricanpublic have never as yet been put
in poaefion, from prels in this country,
ola fet Orwell fele6tcd and approved plays,
capable Of producing much rational ieni-
ncut, chaite wit, and good l,up,or, 70
well calculated TO iooulcatc morality, a.
mu3e, fecreate and animate themind tic
pubiifscrs Aafter shemic!ves their cxcrfi-
onS will neef,Wish encouragement,
SFJ Sn6/cribtions age rceefVed at the
o6fce # TIE ALExANDIIA ADvERTIsFR.
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CLOCK apd WdTC.H MIXER,
RefFettfuiiy ac9uain,s the public in ge-
neral, that he. has commenced the above
buiinefs at the corner of Prince and Royal
flreets, in psf Of the fhop occupied by
John Pitttnan, Gold ard Silver Smith
where he determines paying cloie sttenti-
on to give fatisfattion 10 tiiofe who may
favor him with their confidence In tie
abcvcsline.
ffe will geheraily keep "a few good
Watches and materials for faie at resions-
blePrices. Il
Aug. IS. 'eods,
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H 49, E- 800 SAAA01A
De placed in the CuRom houfes.
I. 8. In eachof the parts, deignated for
imports andexports, there lhall be appoint.
Cd a collector of culoms, a public weigh.
er' a iearcher, and a comptroller. II
inall be the duty Of the laR named con-.
itantly to overfee the buGnels Of the for.
MGR three.
9. The import and export duties, mall
De paid In ipecie. For this ~purpol.. all
merchandise or produce, entering the
cuss%om-houie, fhall be. weighed or valued,
and the account of it, delivered to the
proprietor, with which he fhall then re-
Pair to the treafurer, and difcharee the
duties. The faid account hall be made
out by the collector of the cMtoms, from
the certificate of the weigher and learch.
er, and hall be.certifed to be true by the
comptroller of the culems. No yeGel
ihall be permitted to fail or receive a
clearance unlefs the receipt OF the collect
or OF the cuHoms, hall. be produced.
10: Every porprietor!ofa vefel or his
representative, will be bound, from the
moment of his landing, in one Of the
ports Of the colony, to deliver unto the
ordonnateurc administration cAicer, an III.
voice Of his cargo, fgncd and certified by
HIN. The ~ordonnateur will immediately
fcnd faithful copies thereof to the collect
or OF the cuifom-houie and the military
commandment. The officers of the cui}om-
houfc will certify the cargo i, agreeable
with the invoice. All goods which hall
not appear on the face of the invoice nlall
be conffcated for the benefit Of the re-
public.
II. All goods or produce taken in con-
travention TO the regulations Of the pre-
fent declaration, hall be conEfcated for
the benefit of him, who having difcovered
the fraud, will make it known TO the 90
.vernrnent.
IL. Every collector, weigher, fearch-
er and comptroller Of the cunom -houfe,
who fhall be convicted Of preyarication in
the ~exercife ofhis duty, hall be fummon-
ed before a council Of war, and if d~eclar-
ed guilty, hall be judged and pnniihed
in conformity to the laws.
10. The trade from port to port in
the colony hall be free-But no goods or
produce hall be permitted to 90 from one
port to another, unlefs the captain have
previouly obtained an ~acquittal.
II. Every port in the colony, except,
thofe d~cGgnated for imports & exports lhall
have for administrator only a receiver of
the. national property, who fhall be ap-.
pointed to receive the income of the fe-
sqneftered eGates, to receive the taxes up
on houfes and manufactures, to weigh the
produce, to deliver receipts Of duties, ard
to furvey all goods or produce, coming in
orgoing out ofhis port.
Is. Every vene1 loaded fraudulently
hall be conffcated for the benefit Of the
republic. In confequence whereof, every
officer Of administration who may know Of
any velel, not having paid the duties, is
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Ae ou'ieS' my intention being to procure
correct information as to our relources. T
have thought that the mott eafy and Ger.
tam method to attain that end, was to trn-
Pity the operations of the administration.
which Will at the fame time free nv fel.
low citizens from the expcnces of colleai-
on, which are very comfortable and pre-
vent a multitude ofirauds and abufes. I,
however, intend, after having obtained
correct ttatements of.our expenditures, and
receipts, to augment or diminifh thefe du-
ties, as the wants of the Colony may re-
quire.
In ~confeqacnce whereof I decree.a as fol-
lows:
Art. I. From the date of the publ;cati-
on CT the preient declaration, the duties of
o~ne,ionrth, one FIFTEENTH and one twentieth
OF ~iubyention, laid On the revenues of
Plantations and received in produce are a.
bolhhed.
z. All produce exported from the Colo
n.y. OF whatever nature it may be, nlall
pay aduty ofao per cent.
3. On the 6rit day of each decade, the
Tribunals Of Commerce for the Colony.
lhall fix the current prices Of all colonial
produce, iubjeet to the export duty. Al.
ter which a table ihall be made out and tent
to the. ordonnateur, who thall, the fame day
icnd copies to all whom it may concern,
to ierve as the BATS for the collection OF
the duty of 20 per cent. The faid tables
ihall be officially printed in the newspapers
OF the colony. The loweh price ihall
ierve as the BATS for the regulation Of the
duty. ]
4. All goods or merchandise, imported
into the colony, of whatever value or qua
lily, fhau pay an entrance duty Of twenty
per cent. |
s. The tribunals Of Commerce for the
Colony, together with the Confuls Of neu-
trail nations fhall fix, on the firh day of each
decade, the prices current Of all merchan-
die, imported into the colony, on the low
eft prices of which, the duty Of twenty per
cent hall be laid. After which a table
fhall be made out, and fent to the ordon-,
%nateur, who hall, the fame day, fend CO.
pies to all whom it may concern, to ferve
as the BATS for regulating the duty Of
WSllty pCI Gilt ii ldlu tdOiC Illdll NC
officially printed in the Newspapers of the
colony, every frf day Of a decade, and
fhall ferve as a rule for the Collectors, du-
ring the decade.
6. No goods or produce hall be impor-
ted or exported, into or out of, the colony
except at fuch ports as Gnall be defignated
by the government.
7. CuRom houfcs hallbe eAablifhed at
the ports defgnated for the imports and ex
ports Of the colony. The faid Culom
houfes fhalI be erected in fuch a manner,
that all goods imported hall enter at one
gate, and thofe exported, at the other.
For this purpofe, there fhall be efablilled
2 public wharves, one whereof hall be ef-
pecially appropriated for imports, and the
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lila, January 10.
Ertrad ef0 letter fsom Mr.. James f.
dams, at Participation, dated Dee.
I'D, 1900, reeeived yeferaoy by the
.Ieboouer Nimraa.
Judge. ofmy feelings this evening on.
receiving the enclofed proclamation, PUB.
liihsdby gen. Toufaint, laying a duty of
20 per cent. ON all imports without excep-
ton, not even provifons are exempted,
and 70 per cent. On all exports, FAY fugar
collee, cotton, &c. the goods are to be
valued by the Chamber of Commerce, and
the Condnls Of the reflective powers re-
ilding in the port of St. Domingo.
lfthis law is put in force, it will be
merely impoilible to ttay or do buGncfs in
any Of th>ie ports; it was a fortunate cir
curntance | had cleared out the Nimrod
Preyiouhy, as the law.is to be put in ex-.
ecutlon tomorrow, the z3d. As foon as
al is arranged l will write you every
particular by feveral opportunities for your
government III future. | would .advife
you in the mean time not to make anv.
%!hipncnts to this or any other port in the
liland, until you hear from ME, or hear
how this buhnefs is to be letrtled you
VIII plcae Publiih this proclamation for
the beneht OF our commerce and country
men at large"
P.S. there is report INTERPOLATION,
that all the ports in the inand are to be
'hut up, except the Cape, Aux Cages,
and this port"
LIBERTY. non. H.
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L. LIBERTY.

TOUSSAlNT LOUVERTURE.
General CHEF Of the army ef 81. po-
mMgo, to his ENoqU -cuixens.
My c%onfeant folicitude for the welfare
OF my country, having brought to Inv
knowledge, the numerous -abuies Which
are occaiioned by the duty Of one fourth
of fubvention,* Ihave determined to c4n-
vert it into a fimple duty upon objects of
Importation and expectation. And in DR.
der, that the taxes may operate equally on
all property, totcreate an impoh on the in
comes of houles and feveral manufacture.
equivalent to that which is eAablifhed bn
the Incomes of plantations, 70 that the at-
gregate revenue may be fuficient fer the
payment Of the army, and Of the public
funetionaries, who have a long time been
without their, f~alaries.
But, having never been able to procure
an exact knowledge Of the amount of the
public revenues, on account Of the coin
plexity of the prefent administration, and
EOe,y eqonf eta plantation IS 051;e-
ed n.bey one Gxyb y the income ofbS
plantation to the goverxmeut and /ueb ber-
y/ons as are in be0sDTon Of eon6eafed blau-
~fafions, BY kaE from the g~oveyund<uf,
pay One Gxteenfb, OR one fzceutefb oil He
income efIaeb bLantatoxs as nay haze kecu
agreed anj befAes the senf. T1H fbe
French EA one Eurtb, one Exteentbl Of
one i7re1tieb Of the dizzy | .Mbpy1ttw,
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BOSTON, January zS.
CHRONICLE SLENDER.

To bayficxZayixe all inifances wherein
the patriots who have. filled high Offices in
the administration of the federal govern
rnent, have been grofsly and impudently
libelled in the proverbial Chronicle, is as
unnccefary as it would be to light taper
to render the rays of the fun vilible To
count them would be talk of as much la
Dor as to number the fands of 4Arabia
for they are equalled only blythe fulfome
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downwith the veifei rather than itrike it,
Gentlemen have affected to FAY that it
is novel doctrine, that the common law
is the law Of the United States. ] mean
to thew, FIR, that The doctrine is as Old as
the contribution, that ii is to be found init,
and in the 6ra jpdicial Law paned under it.
providedin the 9 III articleofshe amend
ments to the contribution, that $ in iuits
at common lazv, where the value in contro-
VERY ihall exceed 20 dollars, the right of
trial by jury ff1aiibe preierved, and no fact
tried by a jury fhan be o,herwiie re-eNam-
incd in any court of the United States,
than according to the rules Of the ecmmou
Ls4v." This amendment does not propoie
to introduce the common law, but fuppofss
ii TO exit, and manifefs clear idea that
the contribution is predicated upon the
common law. The contribution furni{nes
great number Of terms and proviGons
wholly unintelligible, but. by the aid of
the common law. ] lhall not trouble the
committee with a. detailed .enumsration,
but flall fatisfy myfelf with citing one or
two in!tances. The laf claufe of the third
fiction Of the Grf article limits the juig-
Ilent upon Impeachment, and proceeds to
provide that s. the party convicted hall
nevertheless be liable and fubjeet to in
disSment, trial, judgment and punilhment
according to Law.
would remark in the hrft place, that
the nature Of an impeachment isno where
defined, nor the forms of proceeding pre-
{cribed, nor the offences indicated for
which an impeachment may be fuisained.
Will it BE- iaid, that On this iibiect, there
isno rule, but that all depends upon the
arbitrary will of the fenatc.
Ii there be any rule where can you 90
TO fearch for it, but in the books OF the
common law. But further, fir, the party
convicted on impeachment, is till liable
to indictment, according to law. ak
according to what law For breach of
fate law, the party could not,be i'm
Peached, and for an offence againG the u.
States, he could not be indicted in the
fate courts. The cafe OF impeachment
fuppofes an offence againit the u. States,
and after conviction the party is till liza
bic to Indictment, according TO the law OF
the u. States. No otherlaw exiiled or could
have been contemplated, than the common
law.
In the 9th fiction of the article cited, a
breach ofthe peace is fpoken of. fl ak
what is breach Of the peace of the United
States, can you anfwer me without refort
to the common law? 1t is not defined by
the contribution, or by any fatute; and
according to the argument upon the other
fdc Of the houfe, there is no fuch thing
as breach Of the peace, except in the cafe
of crimes and offences poGtively defined by
the acts ofcongrefs. The proviGon in the
10th fiction, as to the writ of babeosl
roypus, admits of fimilar remarks.
The I'd fiction Of the sd article, which
continues the judicial power OF the CO.
vcrnment, declares that it fhall extend ito
all cafes in ia4v and equity arinng under
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oitSA SSIldAll POWCiS diC SOi!ASi lC0 Oll Lie
ad niralty courts, there is 6 faving to
lui1ers in all cafes, the.right of a common
l1zv remedy where The common la4v is COM
pesent to give it." And in the 1Ithfec-
ton of the art. cognizance is given to the
circuit courts $ OF all fuits Of a civil ma
tu~e at rommou law or equity, Will.
gentlemen tell me, in the face of the.e early
proviions that the idea of the common law
is novel doctrine /? No, fir, the contrary
is the novel doctrine. | do not believe
that for fonc years after the contribution
was eaablihed, FIVE lawyers in the Unit
ed States denied the common law jlriidic-
ton Of our courts. Sir, an well inform
ed that in thu conventions ofVirginia, it
was aInonga the objections mott frong-
ly argued againA the adoption OF the Con-
ititution, that. the common law was not
expressly fecured---and it was then anfwcr-
ed, as it is now, that the whole tenor of
the inerament implied the exiaence and
that in fact, it was bostomad on the COM
mon law.
If you change or create government,
the common law neceilarily attaches to it.
When the monarchics of England and
Frsnce were turned INTO republics, the COM
mon Law remained without any adoption.
A conquered nation which lcfes its form
Of government, fill retains Its common law,
unlefs it be expressly changed. Many Of
the isates in the union have not in their
contributions fuppoied it neceliary to af-
firm the common law-and Lam informed,
fir, that fuch is the cafe Of Virginia, but
the gentlemen from that Rate will correct
me il am wrong. Let me ak, fir, what
is common law? 1t is the common fente
of a nation defined ard iettled by the expe-
rience and wiiaom of ages. l, grows up
in the courts Of iuitice, and confits Of
rules adapted to the various neceiiities
and interelts Of fociety, as they are diff
covered and obicrved in practice, in
long procefs of time. No government
can exit without the principle Of COM
mon law. If you diicard the knownrules
Of that law, which heretofore have been
eaablilhed, you deprive yourfelf Of all law
in ninety nine quefions of hundred,
which occur. What certainty would there
be, even in the contribution Of our fatute
laws, if the rules of the common law were
rejected : Aboliih the prefent known
common law, and you fill will have COM
mon law but that common law will be the
arbitrary drcretion of the judges. beg
pardon, MIR. Chairman, for having 70 long
trefpaGed on the attention of the committee
but this fubjee appears to me, fir, of pri-
mary Importance, Especially confdering the
efforts which are made to "trip the con-
ititution ofits preient ornament and protec-
ton.
! have only to add, that | truft that
thofe gentlemen who believe the common
law to be in force, will agree to the bill
under confederation, as the bill certainly
improves and ameliorates that law.
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governor, with the following anfwer to his
fpeech:
ANswER~or THE HOUSE.
Nay ii blea/e yoxy exeel7eucy,
THE houfe of representative: prefent
their thanks to your excellency for the i'm
portant communica tons you have been
Pleaied to make in your address to the two
branches of the Legislature.
The general fcene Of PROPERTY and pro-
greiiive Improvement exhibited to our view
IN the various parts Of the commonwealth
do, indeed, afford juf caufe of fatisfaetion
and mutual congratulation.
The fruitfulnefs of the {eafons, the fuc-
cefs OF our ffheries and commerce, toge-
Their with the, general fate of health, and
many other bleilings Of an all-bountifnl
Providence, during the Taft year, ought to
excite our gratitude which will be much
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ad fat;on it has invariably offered up to
ev> Fy reigning idol of the French revclu-
ton, from the inhuman Robeipierre to
Buonaparte. Every intelligent perfon who
has perufed that vehicle for the patt ten
years mutt famp its infarny in characters
which no whining denial of its enormity
can ever obliserate. Not content with
allailing the civil government of the
country, the printers fufer the alien enc
mics Of that country-the plunderers OF It's
property, reeking with the ipoils of our
merchants and navigators, publicly to
1tigmatize the brave isamen of our navy,
as thieves and plunderers-as pillagers of
watches, earrings and hankerchiefs; as
iearc!lers Of pockets, neck -handkerchiefs
and floes, and of Places which the 6 me-
aeAy" even Of French fans ealone could
not name. To ihew the surpitude of thefe
revilers Of every thing A,nerican-theie
applarders of every fpecies of French vii
lainy, the following copy of the orders
given by captain Little to the officer whom
he TENT to fsarch the Bereeau, is prelent-
ed to the American public. They were
inued in confequence Of information given
captain Little by the captain of the Bey-
eeaA, that money was concealed on board
the corvette. And il ought TO be rccol-
lected, that this money, In ali probability,
had been .plundered from American citi-
zens. The following is a ccpy ct the or
ders:
"Umted States Zip Baton.
sc Lieutenant CLoUcH,
" Sir, it is my orders that you go
on board the Berceau, and fearc,, flch parts
of the ihip, as will appear to you probable
money may be concealed as ! have infor-
nation there is Comfortable quantity Of
fpecie on board. You will tcarch the
baggage Of every officer, ard leave each
ore belonging to the ward room one bxu-
dyea dollars each; and every warrant and
petty officer try doila,s each.
You will take an accurate account
Of all monies more than the fams above
fpecihed, and you will take particular care
| that none OF the officers or mems clothing
| be plundcred by our fcamen. Yours &C.
/" GEORGE LITTLE"
After reading TIL fe orders, let the read
| er make his own reflections on the conduct
of thofe who will permit alien enemies,
without enquiry to make the mott falfc
and fcandalous charges az ainf tie officers
and 1eamen of the American navy, with
IMMUNITY.
1 N m H. h,
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TUESDAY, January IT.

MeRrs Knox, Ward, Hill, Pickman,
and Mitchell, waited on his excellency the
governor, with the following anfwer to his
fpeech: