Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1803-03-25

Both houses Of Congress adjourned on :.
Thursday night, at few minutes before
~ O'Clock. MIR. Bayard,. ON that day,
proposed resolution to enquire into the
legality and expediency of the sale of the
bank stock. After debatingthe question
most of the day it was negatived in the
evening, on the ground that there was
not sufficient time to consider it. As
soon AZ the question was decided. Gen.
Smith moved resolution thas the sale
was legal and cxpedient, and that the re-
suit has been highly beneficial to the U.
States. The resolution was agreed to few
minutes before I2o'elock. Thus, though
the house had not time to enquire, they
had time to decide, and to declare that
theresult is beneficial, though not a man
in it pretepds to know what the result is.
.... Gaz. y. States.l
Extract Of letter from Washington,
North Carolina, dated February 16.
The evening before the last an unfor-
tunate affair Of honor took place bet~eea
two young gentlemen Students, a Mr..
Chapman from Alexandria, and. Mr..
Breckenridge from Kentuek Mr..
Chapman received ball just above the
right groin, which has lodged on the same
side Of his back bone; he fell, aEa WA
brought to town Yesterday in a carriage.
His PHYSICIANS pronounce his case despe-~
rate. Mr.. Breckenridge and the two se-
eonds, Preston and Gilmer, haveabscond-
ed The parties as welt>as the seconds
wiItbe expelled. =" -
Esfyactof letter from Baltimore, re-
ceived at PHILADELPHIA BY yesterdays
mail, dated March A.. ) :, ,',.-. -. ;
aAn express passed through this place
YESTERDAY from the Westward for Wash
ington, stating that the people ofthat eoun-
Try were making hostile preparations, and
that in short time they would take pos
session of New.Orleans. expect We
shall have some serious work in that coun-
try. .,.1 -z>~'
EXTRACT efa letter from a gentleman at
Ns,r-0rleans, to his brother in Alexau-
dria, dated 18th Jaazary.2,
1--WE are still Spaniards, and it is the
opinion Of many that we shall remain SO;
but the opinions are as various as the po-
litical sentimenta, The report ofthis day
tells US that the Governor of Kentucky
wrote to the Governor Of Natchez, I'M
forming him that 10000 men were there
ready to invade this phase at the beck of
the general government Of the United
States. Business Of every description is
very dull, and must remain sowhile the
port continues shut, and till the annual
rise enables the fats to come down with
the back country produce" Y
The French, who seldom, if never,
wanted pretext to support favorite
system, be its nature what it may, now
pretend that Spain does not cede, but re-
store Louisiana to them. A French wri-
ter on that subject thus expresses him.
self in recent and very late publication.
(EngEsh Paper.)
"The French have been by /circum-
stance, excluded from Louisiana since
1869. Its one of the mostfertile and en-
chanting countries on the face ofihe globe;
and this restitution viii constitute an era
highly gratifying to the feelings OF the in
habitants, who though living upwards of
thirty years under foreign dominion, me-
yer ceased to BE- FsenehuaDzy sssssF0eevfFg
up their yearly prisons to The eternal for
the felicity Of France andef her children