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NEW January 81.

NEW January 81.
Capta'nC Cook, Of the fhip Dianna, arriv-
ed here yeferday, in "a days from Tere-
nile, informs us that Toufaint was on the
eve Of a war with the Spaniards at St. Do
mingo. He had put under requi6ticn 90
~veieis, amongA which were a number of
Americans, for the embarkation Of troops.
The duty of 20 per cent. (which we
lave mentioned in a former paper) was in
operation when the Diana failed.
Captain Everett, Of the fhip Warren, ar
rived here yeferday from Amferdam,
touched at Orfordnefs, at the mouth of
the Thames, on the nth ult. but could get
no papers, nor did he hear any news. II
was the opinion at Ami1erdam, that there
would be a general peace in the fpring.-
This was alto the opinion of feveral com
manders of Engliih hips, whom captain
E. ipoke in the channel.
On the trial of the perfons who were
convicted a few weeks ago, for altering
the denomination of the Notes of the Man
haitian Company, it became known, that
fome Of the fubhance employed by them
in d%earoying the ink, was in the cunody
OF the Jufices of the police. The At
torney-G General, in converfation with the
Profedor of Chemiary, promifed to fend
him iome OF 1t for examination /; and fnce
the paning of fentence upon the offenders,
MIR. Remfen, the Gather Of the Manhattan
Company, has put fome of it into Dr..
Mitchell's hands. A liquid made from the
material, is found to eface the characters
of printers ink, without damaging the
paper, in a hort time. The competition
and nature of this angular agent have been
detected and will lead to a complexion
OF ink far printing, which will be proof
againt it. The deltruetion of 4uyiting ink
by o%xygenated muriatic acid is we'll
known but the decomposition of printers
ink is by a different procefs, and upon a
different principle.
Arrived, hips Diana, Cook, Of Balti-
more, Jeremie; Warren, Everett, Am
terdam /; briggs Rainbow, Tyler, ST. Tho
mas John, Lander, St. AIMS, lanai
ca; Franklin, Walton, Mart. and St.
Thomas; face, Bunce, Kingfon; Ju-
no, Griffin, Martinique; fch'rs William,
Rogers, Savannah (; Mary, Snow, Will
mington, N. c.
Cleared, hips Penelope, Conger, New
ry; Juno, Werth, ditto. Briggs Lydia,
Dunn, St. Sebafia ns /; Comet, Hall, Ma
t~anzies.
Capt. Tyler, failed under convoy of
the Merrimack in C. with 90 fail. On
Tuefday lat, off Egg-H Harbour, fpoke
the brig Cleopatra, 10 days from Liver
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY a..
FRENCH T-REATH.

FRENCH IREAIT.
Lah Tuefday the Senate Of the u. States
ratified the CONVENTION between the
French Republic and the United States
Impending the I'd article, and limiting the
convention to eight years.
The nomination of Roger Grifwold as
Secretary of War, has been approved by
the Senate. 1t is undertood that MIR.
Grifwold will not accept the appointment.
The jufices of the Supreme Court have
made a court. The following jufices be-
in p~refcnt, viz. Mefrs. Marhall, Cufh-
ing, Chace and Warrington.
FRoM H BosToN CHRoNrcLs.
MeD;s. Adams e. Rhodes.
The French officers Of the BERcRAu,
~prifoners of war in this town, requef you
to infert in your next paper, the following
paragraph in anfwer to that which appear
ed yesterday in the "C0mmeyeinl GaSetts,''
wherein the relation of the plundcring com
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ment, they matched up a few mufquets
and h~andfpikes, and in thir turn routed
the intruders, drove them into their ca
noes, and by firing a few hot dilperfed
the whole party.
The refult Of capt. Nichols expedition
for water was not equally fortunate. On
approaching the hore he obferved that the
b ach was covered with armed natives,
who to induce him to land, threw down
their weapons, by which and fome indica-
tions of hofpitality and kindnefs, he was
lulled into a fate confidence, and Quilted
tie boat.
Before they had proceeded many yards
feveral fgnal guns from the fhip, gave him
to underttand that fome trefh acts of trea-
cherry had been perpetrated by the natives;
which putting him upon his guard he haiti
ly returned. Unfortunately one Of the
leamen had that m made the boat
fat to a rock. Alarmed at feeling the
captain on the return at full fpeed, and
the natives in clofe purfuit, he jumped i'm
mediately after him into the boat, but in
his hate forgot to caf off the painter
which kept her fat; 70 that while capt.
Nichol was employed in cutting this rope,
the natives discharged a hower of arrows
at the boat, or Of which entered his right
breaf. Captain Nichols ftuation was
now truly difrehing himfelf wounded,
the fayages keeping up a coreant FIRE,
and with horrid howls following the boat
till upto their necks in water, he had the
help OF only one man in rowing her off:
the ref Of the crew badly wounded, laid
thernielves down under the gunwale, in
capable Of affording the fmalleR aGiRance.
His anxiety too was greatly increafed by
feeling the multitude Of canoes attended
round the fhip, which from the Ggnal guns
ne knew to have been in danger, and
which by that time night be in polef-
hon OF the favages. From the lait fear,
however, the mode of m~aneuyring the
ihlp, focn relieved him.
Some times plying his oars, at others
hring afingle mufquet among his purifiers,
he at length got without the reach Of their
arrows, but had canoes been Immediately
at hand, with their afifance the favaces
mutt have overtaken the boat, and captain
Nlchol with whole crew as infallably
nave fallen facrafces to their fury. 1t is
unneceilary to fate that the m the
BOAT reached the fhip, fhe made fail from
the lfland. One Of the lat boats crew
afterwards died Of his wounds, and thus
'nree Europeans perifhsd on this melan-
cAoly location.
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PHILADELPHIA, January II.

~ u
The Carrie French privateer has been
captured by a Britifh frigate in the EaR-
Indies. She was formerly owned by the
villain SurconF, now in the Confauce.
Previous to the capture of the CArzNs,
Che had taken one of the EaR- India Com
pany's hips, called the Armenia-cargo
valued at oo,oool. ferling.
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rnitted on the officers and crcu, &c - D.
cEAuls called nbeE and tayxfhe. Z I
We the fubfcribers, officers and :
OF the aforeiaid corvette, aand ready to
teit, that not only knee buckles. were ~
Ken from us, but alto watches, mufcaI -
iruments, earrings, handkerchiefs. Sc
that the pillage was carried TO fuch 49,
GELS, that the Innings of our coats and but
tons were ripped and cut open-our pocl
ets' neck -handkerchiefs, and even our ihoc,
were fearched.
We can further attef that we were fearcb-
ed in>places which modefy forbids to name
in quelt of money.
But we ihould be uniuf to let Tin tb;e
opportunity without mentioning he LII
treatment we have received from the Grf
lieut.. Mr.. Hafwell, prize-maier OF the ar
foreiaid Corvette.
CLEMENT, POUTEN, BORDEs.
ROBERTS, CROYNEREAU.
Bo5foa, Jan. -.
R E M A RI S
oftbe Edito, Of The Goseue oftbe Uv,Dg
States.
Inc ABOVE now comes to us In a leE
queftionable fhape" than when the fame
tory was i1ued from the Aurora witbou,
vouchers. IF it be a fact that capt. I;tt,4f
and his officers have 70 far forgotten wha,
is due to their own character as Ame,;eour
and as Eamen, gloriouAy c%ontending for
the nights OF their country, and to the rights
OF brave men whom the fortune. of war has
put into their power, we cheerfully aban.
don them to the diigrace which they have
10 richly merited, and fincerely hope tha,
they may meet with the p%unifhment which
iuch brutal outrage demands.
We are happy to find that Lieutenant
Hg/aoeM, of whom we have before had oc-
cation to fpeak in terms of c~ommendasion.
behaved with that generofty and magma
nimity which we hould always hope 70
find united with the character ofan Aue,i.
can Seaueu. aaito sfa
We have now but too mnch reafon TO
tear that the ftatement of the French Off
GERS is well founded, but fhall wait with pa
thence for the vindication which capt. Lit.
tie owes to his own character and TO that
OF his country.
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the heirs Of Lord Fairfax had fold n, ), ;.
rights (which the aflignees cont.nd. sneA>
NAMED unimpaired) it might be the;r . -.
to Proiecute in federal court, expett;, "I ~
gain advantages in it which could nos y
had from the courts of Virginia. RI. ~ Ie
jeet was to defeat this purpofs BY l;m;,;a 49,
the juriaiet;on Of the circuit cour..
1ums beyond the amount of quit rent, :,
ledgedto bedue by an individual ~
We underRand that the prefent ~
nees of the claims of Lord Fair,~ q.
General Martial, General Lee, and ,b ;,s
individual, and that they maintain rhe;-
claims under the Birth treaty.
The motion was oppofed BY Meai,.
Harper and Bayard.
!, : On the qa:aion being taken, it wa,
lott by the eating vote OF the chairman
Ayes 81, Noes 81.
Ayes ~.
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tn Same lnftrument, or by congrefs, In
Ps uanee OF the power therein given to
the And he had ieen no part of. the
contribution that delegated this power to
the fate courts, or that authorized con-
grefs to do it. It appeared to him that
the meaning of the contribution, wa. 70
give to the courts Of the United State.
executive juriidietion over cafes arifinp
under the contribution, or laws of the
United States, and ALTO, over all cafes i'm
mcdiately affecting The general intereas,
and TO relerve to the individual ftates.
the executive jurildiaion over their own
local concerns; and that in cafes iuvolv-
ing their own intcreh and the rights of
others, they might have concurrent iurif-
dietion.
It was acknowledged by the gentleman
from Delaware, Oar Bayard) that con-
greis had no power to compel the fate
courts to perform that duty, but that the
judges of the ieveral ftates were bound to
obey all the acts Of congrcis. Other
gentlemen had obierved, that this doctrine
would go to deny that the Ramp act, or
any fimilar act, was binding on the Fate
)udiciaries. On this Mr.. N. obfsrved,
that the fate courts were bound to CD
iervc all the constitutional laws of con-
grcfs. When therefore congreis pa4lcd a
law, that no infrument of writing for the
payment of money fhould be received in
any tate court as evidence Of fuch debt,
unleis the fame was upon Aamped paper,
the judges were bound to obey it.; but if
they ihould pas a law giving power to
any county court within the United States,
to try perfons guilty of treafon aga,nit the
United States, that law would not be OBJ
ligatory upon them; nevertheless it would
be an act of congre1s. MIR. N. fa;d, the
dittinetion was between cafes ariiine under
the contribution and laws Of the United
States, and thofc that did not. His idea
might be further illuArated By the aet
above mentioned 1.-THE iamp set1. IF a
perfon ihoud give anote Of hand for an
hundred dollars on un&cd paper, with
view Of evading that act, he wa. liable
to penalty; that would Of cour,e be a
cafe arifing under law of the United
States, and would be excluhvely ccqniza-
bic In the courts of the United States
But an action brought on note of hand
written on famped paper, il not cafe
ariilng under the law of the United States.
but aries from the contract itfelf; and all
though no note had been given, the con-
tract would neycrtheleis have exifted.
The ftamp act does NOT require contract
to be in writing; but ifpeoplc will have
their contracts tea}ed BY written evidence,
It requires that paper fhould be ftamred.
Mr.. N. iaid, wherever duty was IN
joined by law, the perfon who wa: gull
~ Of the non- performance Of that duty
incurred the penalty annexed, and that
penalty could be recovered no other way
hpt by Indictment unlefs otherwiie ex-
prefsly provided by the law itielf. And
how would gentlemen frame an Indictment
in fate court, TO embrace cafe that
had OcCttrcc1 ,1r1~e Loo. II
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Charge Of the Ju!ge Of t5e Coa,t Of Yxe.
A1miralty, in tb< c1/e Of .be Auc,;co.
II.

C6srg< Of t1< Jn4ge Of t5c Coa,t sf Yxe.
H@'miralty, in THE e9/e ef.be Ame,ieon
brigaasixe Leopard, captain RoSe,.
The proof of,property adduced, is COR
Pletely satisfactory, and the only pain for
the confederation Of the court is how the
cafe ftands affected on principles of law
In the recent cafe Of the Edex, (which
was an American yefel wholly laden with
goods, the produce Of and purchased ;s
Spain, and captured On her voyage TO +,
Spani1h colony, having previouily called
in at port on the continent of America.
where the cargo was unl.den and :mmedi
ately re-Nhipped, and which was determ;n
ed againR the claimant on the ground that
the aderted deRination was fall6ed. TIM,
touching in America was to color the tru.
purpofe, and that it was virtually, a traf.
nc between Spain and Cuba) expreGed
lone rerugnance to decide othcrwiie than
had bcen invariably the practice in this
court, without lome authority more lpeci.
fed, shanit was in roReGon of, in cafe,
where the veilel in which Sran;h prcduc-
lions were forwarded, was not the fame
with that IN which they had been import.
I'd, and H;ll more where there had been
bona hde transfer in the neutral country.
The prefent is a cafe of this Description;
the wines have been, without landing
shem) ihipred from the veGcl importipgto
another, and the Iron has been fold by the
original importer from Spain, to is pre-.
Tent proprietor. Under theie circum.
frances, the court feels itlelf happy in be.
ing relieved from all its doubts, by cafe
in the iecond number Of the admiralty re.
ports trcceived only within few days,
1t is the cafe Of the Emaruel, Danih
veilel employed in the coating trade of
Spain, and in diicufing the law on THE
iubjeet, Sir William Scott lays down ksh
principles as fully to authorize me, in my
apprehension of them, to confder the
prefent traffic as coming fully within their
range. / am thereby informed, thatto
feP into the aid Of depreaed enemy, by
taking up trade which peculiarly belongs
to himself, and to extinguih which !. one
OF the principal objects and propded fruits
OF victory, is a departure from the ftria-
eft duties impofsd by neutral character
and that it is by new act and by an IN:
terpoftion, neither known nor permitted
by that enemy, in the ordinary fate OF
his affairs, to give direct oppoGtionto
the efforts of the conqueror, and to take
off that preHufe which it is the very Pur'
pofe of war to inAie, in order to COM
pei the conqueror to due ienie and ob'u'
vance &c ;s,l@;ce
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under the revenue laws were not conf
dered as crimes, but were recoverable In
actions Of debt. But, faid Mr.. Mott,
merely changing the action or the mode
ofrecovering the penalty cannot alter the
nature OF the offence, nor the tribunal be-
fore whom it is to be tried. 1t was till
cafe ariGng under a law Of the United
States, and although debt, it was one
in which the defendant not even in contem-
plation oflaw had any agency. And to
contend that becaufe a penalty is by an
act OF Congress recoverable by an action
OF debt, therefore they have Ia right to
transfer theie cafes to the fate courts for
adjudication, is to FAY that Congreis may
fr& give themielves power to delegate
1t, and then exerci1e the power that is ac-
quired.
But !aid Mr.. N. if it is true that Con-
grefs have right to impofe this duty on
the Judges of the fate courts, they mutt
have the right to compel performance
of it. 1t was incompatible with the idea
OF fovereignty, to pats laws and not have
the power and the means Of carrying then,
into execution.
Upon the whole, he had f.cn no part
OF the contribution that authorized Con-
grefs to delegate fuch power to the fate
courts, Or that authorized the fate courts
to execute it, and he fhould therefore vote
againf the propofcd amendment.
Mr.. Bsyard coniidered the queaion Of
the delegation Of power IS altogether mil.
applied. The provifo moved by the gen
tleman from Maryland related to the iu-
rifdiction Of the Fate courts, not over of.
fences, but over civil lu:ts which were
brought by the United States for debts
ariGng out Of contracts with the indiyidu-
ais indebted to the government. Now, it
would puzzle him to Gay why the fate
courts fhould not decide cafes in which the
United States were party, as we'll rs IL
any other deicription Of cafes, when !,
was known that their jur;fdietion extend
ed over all actions for debt.
Mr.. Nicholas deiircd to know whether
there did exit other laws than the one
embraced by this proyiio, to which il
would be proper to extend its rroviions :
for which purpc1e he moved that the COM
mittee rife.
Motion loA-Ayes 34-Noes 81.
Mr.. Bird, whining an amendment to
the bill that would fairly and fully meet
the quefion of coniitutionslity, recon-
mendcd to the gentleman from MARYLAND
to withdraw his. proviio; in which cafe
ne would, at proper period, prefent an
amendment to that effect. Mr.. Dennis
withdrew his motion.
The chairman then read the 13th fec
ton, one claufe of which is as follows /:
!" The circuit courts fhallhaye cognizance
!" OF all actions, or fuits, matters or things
/" cognizable by the judicial authority Of
I" the United States, undes and by virtue
!" OF the contribution thereof, where the
!" matter in difpute ihall amount to -
/" hundred dollars, and where original ju-
/" riid,etion is not given by the conRitu-
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o. - 80 ANss> ~ suVoA0 AptOlut IA
he officers of the IN ga States, not other
NE aPpointed by Il contribution, except
9Ere1s ihos2d by lAw provide otherwiie,
a mentioned in the fame claufe Of the con-
Intuition. judges were not, however.
OF that detcrl zion Of oficers contemplated
by the ccn&it tion, the appointment Of
whom congreg might vet in fome other
department, and if they were, that power
tad never yet been exercled by congreis.
This In effect would be to diveR the Pref
dent Of the power given him. by the con-.
ititution Of appointing all officers, and to
exerciie II ourielves.
The doctrine he contended for would
be further obviated by reference TO the:
iecond feStion Of the third article of the
contribution, expecting the cafes &c. which
the judicial power Of the United States
ihonld extend. The judicial. power
J" thaH extend in all cafes, in law and
equity, afiGng under the contribution,
!" the laws Of the United States, and
treaties made, or which ihall be made,
8 under their authority; to all cafes af-
feeting ambaHadors, other public mi
. nitters, and coniuls; to all cafes of
$ admiralty and maritime jurildietion;
TO controversies to which. the United
States thall be party; controversies
between two or more Aates, between
fate.and citizen of another fate, be-
!" tween. citizens of different Ratcs, be-
tween citizens Of the fame fate, claim
" ing lands under grants Of different.
hatee, and between fate. and citi-
" zen thereof, and foreign itates, citizens
!" OF, mbjeas.
In all cafes, affecting ambailador.,
!" other public miniaers, ard conluls, and
thofe in which fate ihall be party. J
:" the iuprcmc court fhall have original
" juriidittion. mall the other cafes be-
!" fore mentioned, the iupreme court f1alI
:" have appellate jurifdidion, both As to ]
law and fact, with fach expectations,
8 and under fuch regulations, i, the con.
- greis lhall nuke
he iaid there was marked difference
between the words of the contribution re- !,
lating to the catalogue Of cafes enumerated
in the firf part of that fiction, ard thoie
OF the latter part ofthe fame. The word
ell was prehxcd .to,cach of the cafes firf}
mentioned, down to the words admjyalty
end maritime .in,jfd;t7iou inclufve, but
was omitted in all the fubiequent cafes
ne could fee no reafon why that word wa.
added IN the former part If the feetion,
and omitted in the latter, except it meant
that there was no cafe of the former de-.
icription to which the judicial power Of
the United States fhould not extend, in
tact that the courts of the United State. 4
ihonld have executive jurifdiffion Of all
thofe cafes, and in the latter their jurif- /
dietion fhould be concurrent with the
State courts.
II was further to be oblesped, II. laid.
that the frft deicription Of cafes here emu.
mcrated, were fuch as had resolved their
birth from the contribution and law, of
The United States, and could not have ~
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What alterations may be necefAry for the 1upOf

what alterations may be necehAry ior the lSipol
l. NV.
DEC. II.
Gen. S. Smith, after a few Introductory
oblerva;ions moved that the committee of com.
merce and manufactures be dire9ed Go enquire
wether any and what alterations may be ne
cedary 10 The a6to laying duties on goods, wares
and merchandise, imported into the United
S ates.
Mr.. Grifwold thought the fnbie6 Belonging
to the revenue, properly attached itislf 70 the
committee Of ways and means, He contended
hat any alteration whatever, would either in
create or dimnith tn. revenue, and therefore
belonging to the financial fyaems WHICH The
committee of ways and means, efpecially bad II
charge, on that account moved its reference TO
that oomraitte.
Mr.. Smith con.ended thar it was u(nal and
necedary for the lubieGt TO be diicufed By com
mercial men. Of whom alone the committee q
commerce and manufactures was comPofed-
It was defirable to conlolidate all the revenue
fyfem, as much as PoGiole into one law; it
was afo dehrsble 70 know the precif- Rate of
our imports, and Of our progrer il panufAc-
lures : BY reference 70 commercial men, the
uCulG O-HuCa liOIO IAlGbl OS az ID 49, "ith !"
very deGrable otjeH, to wit how far certain
articles would bear additional duties, or how
far Others admitted dimunilion, proportional
to the wants OF the country.
Commercial men were practical men, and
therefore, without d5fparaging the merits or
talents of gentlemen compoGng the her com
mittee, whole ezP-eis appointment did rot 70
pointedly relate to commerce but to revenue,
he thoughr the original motion ought 20 pc
carried.
Mr., Grifwold hid 10 doub: but that either
commute would 90 juaice 70 the fubje9 bu.
i was uiual reference for al lubjeds relative
to revenue. Il certainly contemplaiej atoiai
reviion of thar part # the revenuc,and he as ain
contended that all matters relating 70 revenue,
on J. BIT 70 GO 10 The committee Of ways and m an
for which Purpote alore that committee
was Termed. He fhould not have rifen re
faid, bu, that ne did not fee the chat man Of
thar comm ttce 10 his feat.
The fpeaker fad that either reference was
perfectly in order, and therefore either motion
would have been proper the reference 70 the
commute Of commerce and manufactures al
prelent had the preference. 'eng fit move
Forty FIX riGng in the afi mAtlve, and being
maj Crily the reference moved by MI. Smith
was carried. Adjourned Il! Monday