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ton exercise any authority, o. fill anypub.

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tion exercise any authority, Or Gil nypub.
lie employment.
4 ~. Public offices cannot become the
property Of those who exercise them.
s. 81 ha pablo safety cannot be. secur.
led if the division of the powers OF pub.
| lie func,ionarles is not established, the
extent fixed, aud their responsibility Sc
! cured.
8. All the rights Of men and Of siti-
! gems arc derived from these swo princl..
pies, engraved by na.are On every ones
heart:
I Never dots others wha. you " ould not
wishthem 10 do 10 you &
.Constantly dispense TO others that
which you would wish to receive from
them. =.
1.-THE lusydof every one to saciety
is 10 defendsn; 10 serve IL; 10 live sub.
snaissipe 70 the lays, and 20 respec, those
who are the organs.
Is 10. No Que can be good citizen il he
is nota good 500, good father, 9 good
i=brolhcr, a good friend and good has
band.
10. No one is i good man II. he is DOT
honestly and rigofously obedient to the
laws.
90. Whoever openly violates sh. laws,
declares himself at war with society.
q. Whoever, without openly infring-
ing the laws, eIudes them by cunning and
ar,iGce, wounds the intsres. of society and
readers himself unworthy OF, their kind.
ness and esteem.
%. Onthe protection Of property rests
the civilizations Of the earth, all It's pro-
| ductions, all the means Of labor and all
social order. ~ =
a3 Every citizen owes his services to
to the country, and TO the maintenance ut
liberty, equality aad properly, as often as
the law calls on ham 20 defend them.
"a. The house of every citizen is an
/ inyiolsble asylum.
Doriag the night no one has the rishsto
eater il, excep. 10 case of FIRE, inandation,
or by the request of ,hos. within It.
Dariag the day it may be entered for a
special object, determined either by the
law or by an order emana,iOg from the
pablic authority.
Is. No domieillary visi. can tase place,
except by virtue Of an express lay, and
| for the person or object expressly designa.
ted in the act which ordaias The visit.
%. No one Can be prevented from
speaking, writing or publishing his ,ho'ss
Writings shall 40. be subject 10 any
censor previous 20 their publication.
No enc shall be Furnishes Tor what be has
written or pabiish-d, excePt ~ cases pro
| vijsd for by law.
~. No Waite, whatever may be his ca.
lion, can SET his foot on this territory with
the title Of master or proprietor
rs. All whites sse recogr;zed as Hay.
tians who constitute part Of tho army, .:
arc ia any civil employment, aud those
who are admitted into tne republic at the
publication Of tho present constitution.
TO be roa5inusd.J
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lasiors and Of eondueting negotiations.
We ought 10 seek the good will and cuhi-
sase the friendship ct ali govsrnnents. Ia
paying them the respect and consideration
vhieh is their due, we shall have right
TO expecs q return Of noble ands generous
proceedings. s,5
We have thought that the modest title
of president would be that most bscomlag
20 the FIRST magistracy Of the republic. We
propose 70 you that he should be elected Tor
four years, and that k.e should be Indefinite
" eligible 60 be re- elected 8 we propose 20
YOU also, that he should have the command
Of the army, and that he should nsmlnase
The officers of justice.
These rights and these privileges, which
exceed those possessed BY the executive
directory of France, renderh,s career ex'
tremely important. Already We hear lie
voice of the people crying aloud 70 him..
Oar representatives have elected you the.
first magistrate Of the state; they have
chosen you torsstie FIRST citizen: honors,
.dignilies and fortuna, they hays accurtau.
lated on your head If you deserve ;hem,
YOU shall be all yourlifs. surrounded wt:h
the eclas of command but contribute 70
make US happy. Remember shatS.he mo.
smen, Ill arrive, when all the illusions OF
men WILDE dissipased, aud when you shall
have arrived a. that periodic which na'ufe
calls you, like every other, you wlllthere
find consolation only IN the testimony OF
an irreproaehable conscience, and 10 the
|Eecollectien of sihe services you have rem.
dered your counsry.
/ In the article which treats Of civil jus.
tiee,you VIII find sue. arrange ments as will
guarantee the projection OF your property J;
aud in the article which treats OF criminal
justice, you viii find regulations which.
breathe humanity.
|. Ia acknowledging the right OF every CT.
,izen 10 publish his opinions on matters OF
government. we make the liberty OF the
press the palladium Of puhhc liberty.
!, Governed by such principles; obeying
"a constitution which will be the compass
that shall prevent our s,raying from the
path, it will be our daty TO follow what
will be wanting to our felicity! Nothing,
fellow citizens, If we kaow how TO make
use Of those benefits, which tina, divine
Providence who has granted US his protec.
lion 10 all our enserpr,zes, and who 10 piae-
lng us in the midst of this Archipelago,
beseath propitlous sky. and uPona soh
Of such wonderful fertility, seems TO have
destined US to bs the hsppiest people in The
universe.
&c.. Sirned Srn. ~ " 81. :
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PUBLIC SALE.

On MONDAY next, at | O'Clock, viii
be sold, on Merchants wharf, OF sredit
of 90 and 90 days,
, hhds. and 10 barrels Of coed
Brown Sugar.
P. G. Marsteller.
February $. d
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alerallDrta DAILY aonertish
I SATURDAY, FEBRuAar Z.

Mr.. Lee Yesterday moved the supreme
cour. Of the ~. s. for writs of habeas
orpa. ia the cases Of Me.srs. Alexander,
Hollman and Swariwout. The court as
signed this day for the consideration Of the
motion. The argument, we understand,
viii, in the first instance, be directed 10
the solutiun of The abstract question, vhe-
.hcr TIE supreme court has, in asy case,
power to issue wr:.of hsbeas corpus.
Not. AitsJ efeb. 6 /
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CONSTITUTION.

The people Of Haytl proelaim, in the pre-
Sencs q fire Supreme Being, heprese'':
Constitution.
TITLE L.
GENERAL DISPOSITIONS.
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Estracs Of a letter, dutea Louisville, ia.
YUcyu g. 1907

We received information las, essning.
On which lshins we can rely. thai colsass
Bprr's parry WAS sostnake sleirfeetls svoua
at the Iron Works Oh the Cd ofthis raensll,
..ad there is no debt now lci. bnf rs In.
teniioas are the Spanish se,,len:e,ss AZ aed
in The rishboraood Of Baton Rouge on
the Mississippi and sha, if his ioseations
ever had been a conqucs. of Aley,co, tbs
exertions OF oar government have Tor he
present diverted him 10 secondary ob.
ject.''
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ever had been a conqucs, OF Aiesico, The
fHertions OF oar government have Tor me
present diverted him 10 secondary vb.
ject."
Accounts from the mouth Of Crmher.
land stsse, tina, colonel Burr, with about
so or go we'll armed men, Which consti-
tuled his whole for-e, desce1Ged the river
from that place on the 2Sta Dece mher.
Oas account says, that on TIE fno.nirgof
that day. he lad all his men drawn up &
hsrangued .asta eiequently. he inform-
ed them that ths aynwec shjec. Of settling
the Caachetta lsnds, was only designed
as deception, whilst his real Officer was
far more important /; thar it was not yer
time to dirulge his plans but that he
should do 50 in very few days that his
object was honorabie. and the prospecr
bright Of making jpds penden. fortunes for
his followers. Another Accounting watch
we place great rellaase, says, that his III
were dawn up 10 order, on the day above
n,entisned, for the avowed purpose Ct
hearing disclosure ct hi: plahs oat ia
consequence OF the attendance OF many
neighEoriog citizens, he informed them
thar the develops Ment mus! be dsiayedtar
few days, when he would give 'heni inh
iuforma,ion on THAI subject. lie lhvn told
lhsm, that those who were unwilling 10
proceed 90 the cn,etpfise, were al liberty
10 return nFon which shey gave three
cheers, ant! naaniuon.ly declared their
Jste ~ "a 1fucr
The accounts farther STATE, that colonel
Burr Had beea down to Massac, and was
escorted up by some Of shs Unitei $ ates
tsooos.
DIED, yesterday, suddenly. Mr. JOSHUA
GREGG, aged7s years-a respectable mem
Der of the society OF Friends.
Departed this life, in the saith year OF his
age, Mr.. JONATHAN FAw. lis friends are
i.svitea to attend his remains Tomorrow, at
G clock, from the house of his fataer, 10 the
Episcopal burial ground
n Mr.. Gaarey is now arrived,
and will preach tomorrow, at eleven
and three O'Clock, in the Christian
meeting houle.
e. The Episcopal Congregation
are respectfully informed, that their
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E ID r. C A r O n.

Tia Citizens Of alexandria and its Diciaity Gre
respectfully informed,
ST-HAT School is opened in town, for
4 the education Of youth in classical and
holite Literature, under the direction OF Cw-
EN- T. MAeaxTH, Graduate snd Scholar OF
the House in the University OF Dublin, and
FOR many years Professor Of Humanity In ST.
Johns College, at Annapolis.
Terms fer tuition Forty Dollars per annum,
to he paid quarterly--the number of pupils to
be limited TO twenty-five.
february Z. dstlaw
Iu.iRSTELLER AAD YOUNG,
HAVE JUST RECEIVED,
A quantity Of .BEEF--Boston Inspection
No. and (which VIII DO sold on modss
rate terms. Feb. $50
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- the Mnhihfri at<ve EAisx,u ~ rniies--har.
rAnguej his people, ted them that he WI, obliged
'o.i-sve then,--ti,at he could now COMPLY Wit
ms pro ni's,so thrm--but sHorrd them tsat H. v
fhnu'i hsvr tbs -.,,she had pron,esi on lie waa..
t--ha;ii would D, tore ,nnnhs before h- fou,. Geo
,hsn a,;su bu;, that they ihould no, De difarpo-
ted
Ii isrsro-:ed, but know no, on VIVA. groucds.
that he then t.ofed tho Mifiilippi accompanied by
one Abbey, who formerly of the rarty of Phiii,
Nolan. lave been inclined think thar ne is fiil
IN thu neishhorhood Three of his contrary have
been arreftea, VIZ. MIR. Blame, i,aGc,s, Mr. David
Floyd, A-r. RaEcr-on the ground it is iaij Of ineor-
NATION given by ierions formerly in the feheme IA
ting the intention ieze Baton Rouge and probable,
Fore Adams. They are NOT yet finally committed for
trial. The parry feems to have FILTERED way to no
thng--and many people g,io.an, probably OF the re-
al views OF Mr.. Burr will BIZ mot materially in;u.
red.
Never, perhaps, did entcrrrife of fuch van .x-
tent, and aided by fueh concentration of intrigue
talents and energies, terminate liz efe9, 20 truly
contemplate. A Spaniih officer came to M. Brrr
ten days ago from Penfaeola. Hi. friend governor
t"lch ai,er fsrbdding the panape of the u S. troops
from Fort Stodiart to New Orleans To arre1 m.
progreis OF Burr, has into the fstilemcnt Of Ba
ton Rogue to make idle parade of reliance Pof-
iiblJ the ex-vfre- PreGdent may mex, Row hinrelf
thcre-But let him thew hinfelf where he will if
from tae fcatered enbers of fden faction he ever
revives in hape formidable the afety or TRANQUIL
lity OF the U. Sta,es,-he will be Phoenix indeed.
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COMMUNICATION.


Yenerdsy the noted Obediah Williams, (a.as
Thompton9 Judge, Doughterty. aegro David, adjud-
ged TO labor ON the public roads, by the Baltimore
county court, and another eonvi6i from Frederick
county, alto confined to hard lab.r, made defperate
attempt to effect their cfcap- from their keepers.
They difarmed the ecn,nels, & took their
Judge made TWO thruls with long knife of the
ee,iuels, which pafIed through his clothes, but did
no injury. After procuring the arms, they proceed
ed to foine ditance from the fcene Of aaion where
theJ fcated thenfeves and of their irons: The
overleer being neghboring houie and fo,n hear
ing it, mounted his horfe, and, unarnied and alone
vertook them, sud ia the moi undaun,ed manner adj
vanced, notwithstanding Thompion had his piece lie
yelled aGaint him, and fucoe.ded in laying hold OF
Doughersy-the Negro immediately fcizsd the over
feer, and alno the fame infant OF the centincl.
coming hi. aiiaance el-d of them to the earth
and on,e further aid being given BY another per[on
three OF the fellows ieeured. Williams & ano-
Their proceeded little further, but were overtaken
and ALTO made prifoners. Williams was wounded il,
the body and leg, By negro man, who ailiaed in
their arrei; bur not fever.y appears by the Fate
n,ent given the to-day BY Williams that the
plan was devifed by Dougl,erty, who had heretofore
made three feveral attempts efcape. The erini-
nal court after examination of the ovcrieer and
tines sdudged each OF the criminals to one
ditional term Of iervitude.
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CHE GnQutrer.
RICHMOND, 24tb MARCH.

WILLAuMEZ's LETTEHs.-The Editor of
the Norfolk Ledger has once more refumed the
'nveit'gatiou of this curious .:Tair and has
completely denied the ftatement Of our refpeGf-
able correspondent. 1t is not our intention
purfne him through every topic which he has
touched; altho' he has left many point open,
OF which an autagonlt much lefs dcxterous
than onfelves might. abundaully await himfeIf.
One n!yTrprejenfatiou alone deferves Dating
notice. We did not aitrt, that the " box Of fii-
gar was landed at fome ether port in the U.
States and then fent to Norfolk, where il was
oprned - but we did aiIert that the fa6t na,ed
by the r. l.. of not Jingle veiicl bring landed
at Norfolk from the Havana, did not bear
HIM out in his inference, that it coulL not have
been opened ct Norfolk becaufc though not
djrfa from the HAVANA, it might have touched
1t iomc other port in the u S. before it was
tent into Norfolk: That therefore the very
argument, upon which the Z. +. 70 highly
piumed himteif, nigh, be nought but an cvaive
iophifm.
T. Whether WIS letters were in.ercepted on the
high teas undrr neutral flag, according 70 the
following ftatement of the Ledger whether
they were folen on neutral ground or whe-
tAer the duplicates were 70 intercepted, and
the originals 10 folen, it is inpoifibe for us to
aners. We have no Perjonal information OF the
circumftanccs of the cafe. 1t is enough for us
TO FAY, that our correspondent is man, ac.
cording. to the tefimonyof his friends, of a
mott respectable and creditable character that
we have pofleliion of his name, freely given up
to US /; and that in the letter which contained
the following communication from his pen, he
once more folemn!y pledges himlrlf for the ac-
curacy of his ftatements. He is unwilling to
come forward with the evidence "to place the
fa6t beyond doubt" from motives which he
moH frankly and explicitly avows.
From the NorjoK Ledger.
Iheis letters were Intercepted on the 25th of No
Senlber, by of the Brith cruizers on this taon
on board the ichooner Merchant, John Bigby, naf-
ter, from Havanna bound 10 Baltimore, Cape Henry
bearing wea abou, leagues directed under cover o
! Mr Williams Of Baltimore. They n.uA Of con!s.
Gaces have hee4 Duplicates, French officer was
Oh board the Merchant Captain Bigby denied any
knowledge of the dispatches being on board. until
they were thewn him. As eap,ain Biaby pro-
coed OF his voyage and arrived flie ", prcfame he
l-n ii sailed upon prove thsle faas."
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COMMUNICATION.
TO IRE EDITOR OF THE ENQUIRER.


The reply OF Mr. Cowper, to my laft Conmu-
nieaton, Is another proof Of the illegal and dlgrace-
tui MEANS which are employed by the Eugiiih party
IA rms country, to procure iuch news, may fcrye
their purpoie, and inyaloaies wife the tatenent
contained III my former for il proves nothing bat
that the originals sad duplicates have fared th. fame
fate; and that whiiG the were Rolen on neutral
land, the others were intercepted in an Illegal and
injurious manner, when Coating The high feas, IN
der the protection OF the American flag.
This laG Circumstance feems no, to have been
known to Mr.. &. at the time when he pubhihed the
laid letters, for decided champion Of the Enginl
aud iteloy defender Of LI.r rights and wroags be
would NOT have heEa,ed make then the syodeR
eonieon, contained in his ad, of the I7yI1bie means
by which they had been obtained, if this faa had
been known TO him at that time biz 7OiB 10 Ee 5o7V
rirHdf Of Frame qVoad exiatt .bemipsJ rem tie
agrerat Efnat0a in 4cbieL be- Ise4v fbey 4Vould be
poefd" would have been equally grat,fed il ispro-
oable that, in order to ex,ricate Mr.. G. from the
dySgrrabF ifuaiion, in which he was himie placed,
by the diieioiure Of the viarous act, ita;ed in my
brit Communication, aHd By my iublequent remarks,
Tome or another Of his patrons, friends in poieAs,
or correspondents whom the fet If letters inter-
sePted on the fea, had been feat by Fl. e. Ms COM
miiEorcd puroiner, hanened tn MIR. C's. sGTinance,
by Informing him Of this lat faa, which, though IL
legal and injurious is fo dgraeeful as the former
and does inpieate him as having had any other
ihare ia it, than have publisd letters, which he
knew were Eaien.
The liatemen;, contained in my frl Communicate
on, remains thus ummPaired, and Mr.. c. by dilclo-
ilng the manner, which fecond let of the fad let
ters was Obtained adds inadvertently, one auecdoe
more to the numerous offences, which his beloved
Englif,meu give daily, to the neutrality of the fig
OF the L. s.
Your Respectable and vFsY vERAcIoUs
Sugar Cox Correspondent.
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WASHINGTON, March 1s.

Adviees are received from New Orleans as late as
the 18th of February. From thefe and other four
Of information, it appears that all tranquil
New Orleans and that relaxation had taken place
in the meafures adopted for defending that place.
The following 1atenents will exhibit the courfe
pur(ued towards Burr at Natchez.
There is the be9 r-afon TO believe that his object
was to precpitatea trial, and of conieYuence get
acquittal, after which he could be tried again
for the fame offence. This would, indeed, have heen
triumph. In this, however, he has been defeated
and when the neceGiry proof ihall be collected he
may hereafter be proecuted and brought to juace.
In the mean time his efcape proves, either that he
afraid to full enquiry into his conduct, or
that he Rill has Objects in view which required his
preience to further. Every effort on the part oi
General Wiikiffon to take hin, had failed; and no
one was able TO FAY what lad become OF him, or viii
ther he had fed
The public will unsueftionahly be aNonifhed a. the
preientmens Of the grand jury. Ii has, however
been the misfortune Of the Miflifippi territory to
have been long divided by parties as well of periopa
as political nature, and is very probably, in ionle
nneafure, this circumante that owe this Orange
sa- But let it be recolleaed that the n,eafure wal
taken entirely negative teflmony that the attor
rey of the ditlra, confderirg the court as poi
ired ofcognizance Of the cafes declined afng in thu
buinef.. As il from this quarter alone that evil
dencc asaina Burr could be nationally expected, O
eoure the jury mua have been confined to ex-part,
evidence virtually excupatory of him.
il is faid thar Burr's hot,la of fifteen boats has
moved from their lation of Coles river; but tina
fome of them had been delroyed, and others conf
deTabiy injured, by high wind that rprung up.
Nat. Int.
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Capt. II II, of the Comet, Jays il was report
ed at ,New-Orleans at the time he left there,
that Burr had been taken under the proclama-
tinnof Gov. Williams, and that it was under
itood he would be fent round in ve6tl tha,
had been purchafed by the government. Bur
as Capt. Hart was on board his vriiSl and on
the point of failing when the report reached
him, he had no means of aicertainng the COR
rednefs of it.
The foregoing is corroborated by the follow
ing article -
EW-ORLEANS, Februaryle.
Ris this morning reported, and we believe
the report to be true, that Col. Burr is now
confined in one of the U. S. armed veiIels before
Natchcz.
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WILL Re SOLD

vi MONDAY the 9Th OF April next, at the Ia,e r,.r
banno, -''4' nee d. IN Ur-
'HSEF SLATES, one good w,,,b
Of valuable B-,oks, and all ,b. 80, number
S"ehen Forn,ure belonging 60 fad dees,f,I '' an"
iunns above five dollars, nine months cred,
lowed the Pnrehaiers their giving bond ,o;.p ' az
proved ieeury All perfons indebted 70 c,;J
are reque'ted to make immediate payment =. ,I','e
augshse can De given, thofe having claim'ar ~ "a,
10 eAh'o" them properly authenticated 70 ~ ''es
Midilefex, March "a. II ri oFN.
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MARR1ED-Cn Saturday evening the ele
infant, by the Rev. J. Buchanan, ~. IoaN
5. SHELTON merchant, to Mifs SARAH RoYcs.
both of this city.
T<~%%<%~<x<%~
Alas. for US tooJfoon though rais'd above
Ihe reach OF human pain, above the a;yh, ~
OF human joy.
DlED-On the Gin inf. Mas. ggarcc.
HAY, the comfort or Mr.. George Hav of ri,
city aged IS years. Mrs. Hays appearance.
manners and conversation, never failed TO i'm.
preis the ftrapser with favorable prrfenro,ens
OF her character. Her intimate friends efeen.
ed and loved her her mind was frons and.
cultivated; her temper gay and cheerful; her
neart generous and kind. Mrs. Hays friend.
90 mourn her death: but ,ho[e friends even
."n"o1 enInlate me lois tni'aned by her affec-
t,onate hu!oand, and her two fad, weepine
children. fs
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The 45'h Bulletin of the Frsnch army brings
down our accounts to the Soth De-. from Pa
t1uik ia Poland, SO mics n. Z. Of Wlriaw-It
aononncestse dcJcal bot not the affirmation of
tine Rdliidns. IL this r,fpea, and IN the con.
Enue"ccs GJwins from II, ;hines haze rot com
peieiy come W 20 c"' dr'Iclpati~ng.
Ii tccIn,d 90 %. that Sc7rpare would not
have pitched his winter quarters, until he had
completely routed the RgfiJns and driven
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NOTICE.
III, T:, Is to torwarn all Perlons from paying to
L William w. Cunningham, any monies on NV
account, he heirg no longer in my employ, hayiny
hdm'ied him for the improper appropriated of ievc.
raj fums collected for me-
nave every reaion to believe he has got fraudu.
ienty, leverai accounts, and bonds Of mine noe, r.;
his pofefion. ROBERT DaVIEe~% !"
March %.