. ' 'J , .'.
ttViTi;jiuVrccIn a stale of total mtoxicatioi), '
''produced by the free and intemperate! use ot
. inebriating liquors ; and did then 4and there
frequently, in a moat prophane and indecent
"maimer, invoke the flange of the Supreme Be
injj, t the evil example pf all. the. jjood. titi-
tens of the United Stales; and wat.thtn and
there guilty of other high misdemeanor, dis
graceful to his own character as- a, judge, and
- degrading to the honour and dignity of the
' United States. '.. X . ' ..
And the House of Representatives by pro
testation, satins: to themselves the liberty of -
, exhibiting, at apy time hereafter, further ar
" tides, or other accusation or impeachment
r- against the said J. Pickering ; and also of re-'
', laying to his answers which he shall make tb
' the said articles, or 'any of them;; and of of-
4 fcring proot to all and every tiio atorcsam ar
ticks, and to all and every other articles, Sm
peachmcnt or accusation, which shall be ex
hibited bv them as the case shall require, .do
' demand that the said John Pickering may hi
put to answer the said high crimes RficTmis
' demeanor! s "arid that such proceedings, exa
minations,' trial and ' judgments Way ' be
" thcreiipon'hacla'ndgWcsnt-aa'ajbe.
JT ble to law and justice. ,5--'.- -.
v Hereupon cue ; iw-i-i,esjiem titn incti
y the managers, that the Senate would take or
. der on them, and Irifortn the H6ase"5f Re-;
presentatives thereof.' -,'- ; , - , .
t The managers having rtllred, Sir. Adatrts
' movedihat the Senate, as a court of lift-.."
, peach ment; should adjourn unid to-morrows
Much diversity of opinion arose on this mo
' tion, soma gentleman being in favour of the
Senate, as a cotirtof Impeachment, .adjourn-
, ing irpni iimc io umc, uisimcwy ivn
' ordinary 'adjournment ; others .being irt fe
rvour of pursuing one cbfo ni.oh ' mode nf ad
journment. , ' ' .
On the suggestion of Mr. Venable, Mr.
-Adams withdrew his motion, and acquiesced
in a postponement of the subject until to-
morrow. , v . . : '
? be taken far brinfciog tlic subject of tliat ii
tide into amicable treaty and discussionj so j
- early before the expiration of the said ternis,
as that new arrangements on that head may
.by that time be perfected, and t eady toke- i
place ; ; but if it should unfortunately happen -,
that hiMajesty,'andthe United States j should
; not be able ttv agree, on sjch new arrange
mehts. .in that, case all the Articles of this '
Treaty, extepflhe first ny shall thetreease :
" an expire together. ) - v -.' , :r
"V'This is the unfortunate svc which; the a-.
hove Articld seemed to'have in perspective, .
and which constitutes the 'principal' grouncl
of the discussion in whiclv, we understand, that
Ministers are now deeply engaged.
J The Amei'ican Government is said strong-
ly to remonstrate 'against any restriction" or
limitation whatever 'either on their trade or
' the- amount of their tonnage. :
Mr. Monroe is saia to nave recetveu xresir
Instructions frohi bis government .'to press
this point W'ith every possible'orgency - nor
are his exertions and discretion solely to be
"relied pn ; but another negociator, . we be
lieve, a Mr. Ianei w expected soon to arrive
; "from America, in order to give additional
force ard activity W;th6 pending negociation.'
INGT ON,.N.' C ;
. 'TUESDAY, iANUARY 31, A8VU
MARlRi.I)-An Samps&n Counif, on Sun
'day tho lith inst. Mr. James Rt.txKs to
-Miss EDifa FArBR. '
du'ct of Richard Peters, distinct , Judge for the
district of Pennsjivania,',vho presided with
judge Chase at the trial of Fries. This a
inendment Vas agrejLdJo, and. a corflmitte'e.
appointed,ho are . eropowtred to send for
persons, papers aiid records. This commit-.
. tee are MessN. j ' Randolph, Nicholson, J.
Clay, EarljrfR, Criswold, Huger and Eojie.
"sbUition t
Resolved, That a tax of ten dollars be im-.
''posed upon every sUve 'imported into the
United States. ; ' .
On the 9th fr.T.'s' resolution wts takeh
ltIantl referred to a committee, of the .whole.
' The Senate Of tho Uiiited States have fixed'
the 2d day of Mdrcli .'for the trial; of John
Pickering. ; ' ', . . .
'Capu'T. &eft a boat" and'cri alorside
the wreck, but could make no - further dis
,'cbvery. ' :. ;
The-irouse of Representatives of the Uni
ted States on the.7th1nst. ; resumed the con
' sider'atidn of Mr. J. Randolph's motion to.
ppoint-a'comnitttte tb enquire into'-tn.e ok .vernot ueneral ancf-jrnttHdant ol th pro.
Ticial conduct of Judge Chase.Mr. ?iTiai .ince. , : : u - .
''Vipened the debate. ' - He was followtd'hy Dv. H I have therefore thouRhtfit to issue THIS
Leib, wlo moved to amend the motion so as M Y PUOCLAM ATVON, milking known (he "
1o embrace an "enquiry into the official con-v4 - premises,' and to .declare; ' JftaL the government "
j. iierctojore exercnca;over mesaa province cf
Louisiana, as f.vil lir.den the authorit y cj paxa
I cs if the,. French Republic HAS CEASED,
v endthat,: THAT OP THFiUSTATES OP
' AMERICA IS .-ESTABLISHED oxer the. ,
same : that the inhabitants (hereof -will be in
i corporated in the Union of the United States,
'I; ' and admitted as soon ,as possible according to
i ::ihejprii)riples"of the Pederal Constitution, to
'. Mr.liard," after some reniark3 on the law 'the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages,"
lately passed in S. Carolina admitting the im- I 'and immunities of .citizens of ihg.,U. States ; .
tobrtalion of slaves,' moved" the 'following re- ; that in the mean time they shall be maintain-
i eu anci proiecicu m ine nee enjoyment ot
.their liberty, property, and the religion they
'profess ; that all Jaws andmunicipal regula
rs tions which were in existence ut the tessa- i
. '; tion of the late government, remain in full
' 'force, and all civil ofhcei's charged with their
' execution, except . those whose powers have
'Mieen- specially invested iii we, and txeept al-
so,' 6Ui-h,offiCf rs as have been entrusted ivith
, ; the. collection of the revtnue, at e contimm! -1'
'in their fun jtions, during the pkt.suie of the
governor lor tnetimc nemg, or. until provi-
Ung the tnhablUnts of IxuTsiaratin the .V J v
enjoyment of their liberty, property and rel)
gion ; ana me rresiaeni oi ttie United State
has by his commission bearing dale the same
5 1st day of October, invested me with all the
il powers, and charged me with the several du '
ties heretofore held and exercised by the tio-
'. r i i .' . i ' f
' ."LONDON, November e. .
Extract of a letter from Brest, dated Oct. lit
-" There are encamped and in cantonments
'within about the . space of 50 mile of this
"town iro.OOOmen. The principal talk a--mong
the soldiers and officers is of Ireland.
"England is rarely mentioned. . You will be
surprised as I confess I was when I first heard
it, .when I tell you there are "22 sail of the
line ami 5 frigates in this harbourbut .-with
my own eyes I counted them, and also 190
transports, fat-bottomed boats, very" few, but
a number of what -are called Caronccrs, at'
least 18. They arc vessels with oars about
80 fact ions, schooner rigged, carrying a 24
pounder in the bnw and stern, with .Saivels,
and about 83 artillery fnen. 'Briiix, nephew
"of him bliiwn up by Nelson,' commands one
Utohmcnt ofh troops, which arc daily ex
ercising in embarking, and disembarking
The line of battle ships keep in the inner
harbour; seldom more than six or eight arc
'Been in the outer. They frequently change.
Wo are astonished here at the forbearance .
c-f your government witlircspecltoSpithiand
Portugal. , Buonaparte has' not Ven here, .
;nor do we expect him. Depjnd upon it our
forces point tawards Ireland. Perhaps also,
'the western part of England. I suspect An
pcre iu's army has some connection with the
plans here, but I am afraid to ask ques
, lions."
November 12. '
Dispatches of a cent date have been re
ceived from the Channel Fleet, and our crui
"zcnoirthe Dutch coast. All accounts a
jjreo iti asserting that the enemy's prepara
tions arc in o forward a state, that an attempt
of some kind will certainlv be made in the
course of few days, the Drest fleit h !
completely ready for sailing, and only wm'iU
for an opportunity to ptil to sea. On the 4th
instant ei;ht sail of the line, with frigates and
transports, full of troops, mde a slight nrivr
'mcnt i but, perceiving our wquaJron, they
f did not attempt to coe out. -A centJeunn
just arrirnl . from France . sttc, that the
.troopircady . fqr.embarkatioft .Let ween Eou.
logne and Flushin,?;, amount ti no less ihn
50,000 men, ahd that, when he left the coast
it was understood that some attempt
jrinst this Country woid3 bo made about tire
middle of the present monthV" ,
? .'We' are sorry 'to 'state, that the
Printihg-OflVce of Josenli" Gales, of Rak-ikb,
"was. a few days since, entirely-consumed.'; j
The particulars we have not yet learned.-
- .. ' "; i
The 'sch'r fiiberty, Cnrtis Iiduc, of liar j
rington, R. I. sailed fimm This port on the I
24th Dec. bound to Washington in this state,
and after having enconntftied several severe
gales of wind and being unable to reach her
' jntendifd port, returned to Cape-Fear on the
26th inst.S:"came toanchorofTUronswicki-H
r the people belonging to her, except the capt.
,1. went on shore, to. procure refreshments ; soon
after she accidentally took fire and -was en
tirely consumed. The capt.escaped saving on
ly his life. . -
comiitRCF. wrm America. '
The subject under the discussion of our
Government ithtive to America Is reported
to b tha renewal f the Treaty of Amity and
commerce concluded In 1704 and condition
ully ratified in 1753. The spirit aid tenden
ry of that Treaty almost wholly resU on the
twelfth article
IUrtfQlU;n the twe'th artute tf Mr, Jai
htent ii it fa tanitd on bclvetn te Ui.it -J
' A.'jfM 01 the rititUk U'til.ln.ha JjndsA
The tSih Artidc contains nearly the same
. ti;Mlnlon retpectlug the trade w ith Amtri.
ca in t!. seaprtrts and harbours r the Dnliih
ternioiici In the East Indies.
Uy the 5th Article it is agreed that the
Jirstien Articles of the Trtaty houldbc per
tnmtnt, nd tUt the snhsr pitnt Ariir le x
c pt the Uth, shwul I br limited In tlitlr du
fAtin to twiho frsrs, to'l computed from
the d if on which th? ratircUoiu of ihe Trea
ty hm?d be tcho J, bsit fiillt wibjctt lo
t.is f ordii'tft -Tit at whrvisthcjiij twelfth
Allele w?kle.pW,by llns Koiimion lhertii
nu.r.i, at tl. d f iwn yrs from the
Sinivf ite I'rtntfinsrf r ol lv r Articles vf
Arrived at this port sch'r Andromeda, tv'icc,
l"U days from lloston. . On the 20th inst.Cpe
Ilatteras bearing N. W. four miles oistunce,
saw a yellow-sided brig and a sch'r on shore.
On the 22d, Cape Lookout shoals bearing N.
E. by N. spoke the 6loop Seaflower, capt.
Williamson, out It days from Philut'elphia,
bound to Charleston,' Tery much' wrecked
and leaky, short of provisions and fire
"Wood Captain R. "could not aftbrd her airy
assistance, it Wowing hard with avcry heavy
sea. Tuesday Uie 24th saTv as'.cropou how
on NcVr.Inlct btu and by the reptnt oflhc j
Pilot she was a Lighter that drifted frpm'her ,
anchorage in the Narrows the p.igat biTorc1 i
at I . the Pilot sav 3 men on board, but there
being a heavy sea he could not get to them
two hours after she upset and he saw no
more of "the crew. It is supposed they a!!
perished. -
The nbovementionid Lighter sv;rc oned
by Mesrs. Willkings, rcH !t Co.'o! this
town. The hands on board perished, and
her lading was entirely lust. ;
Yesterday arrived here the sch'r Hover,
M'Lcllan, 30 days from Kingston (Jam.)
Left there sloop Sally Warnct, Stanley, of
this port, sent in as a prize to his llriunnic
Majesty s cruiser
' Two day before capt. M'Lelhm sailrd.the
brigllercnles, capt.Peasc.ofthis port,'f trrvrd,
tlisniastcd and 'in a'very l?aky condition.
l)ec.3 1 , Capt. M'lllan spoke a r snl fem
ihe Grand Commands, me day out, ''thn rrp
tv.in of which informed him that the ship
Nvncy of Bath, Massachusetts from Jamai
' .ca, captain Dennis, (Who died a few dajn
"previous to her sailing from thence, ar.d thft
mate put into command) bound toS'ew-Or-
..Icaiifli was ct im ay oh that Ishnd in j-.otafj.
ly iosi-
Jan. lth.lat. I l,o3,long. a4 w. fpoe tlic
'brig Hctsey, of Nantucket, . James Hirding,
master, from Jamaica bound to Georgia, out
tidayi all well January 21, 1st. 33, 35,
long.TS W. spok the ship Kogin, from
New-York, btHind to Savannah. Nei tUy
poke the donp Seaflower, from Philadelphia,
bound to Charreston, in great distress, being
destitute of provisions, water, fire wood and
rankles ; and supplied her with beef tc bread.
I rm her Mtaatttm, capt. M. auppi kha
must have foundered i the jpk on Satuaday
Dcc.39th,eiIiectU tndof Jamaka,njt.
M. waslioarded by a French privateer, and
robbed of one and an half puncheon of rum,
some spare rigging and all his cabin stores.
It was currently reported at Jamaica, says
riur informant, that a Spanish War wis on
the eve ol taking place
From the Nctvhfn G arctic of the 0lh iust.
Mr. Samuel ' Gerock is uppoinitd Post
Master at this place, in the room of John S. '
.Pasteur deranged." '1
SURRENDERJ)F NLlV-6iLV.AhS.i
From the National In'clH'rr.cer of the $th insi,-
AaKRroA::s ! . ' . '
Till'. cYfcnt for which wc have all looked
.with so nnir.h solicitude, is f.t len(th realised.
LOUISIANA is a pnjt of the Union- The
acquisition is great and glorious in if?. If ;
-butktill grccitfr nrd more rIch ions rrc the
means by which it is obtained. In them are
. developed thc.inerpy, ar.d jvfttice . at . a re
publican government, and its perfect compe
tency, with'the least pmcticable injury to o-
thers, to redress the wron, and serines the '
rights of the nation it protects. Nter have
I ''mankind contemplated so Vast and important I
an accession ol empire by means fo pacific '
and jufct, and never perhaps has there been a
'chnngeof government so sgnrablc to the
subjects ot it. May the example go forth to
'tlic y.orld, and teach rulers the superiority of
right to vioUncel ,
Tothe fiimand tev-r rate conduct of the
legislature, to the enhgl tened and energetic
tneosuresofthe Executive, 'and tothe com
manding snd supporting sentiment of the na
tion, weoHc this sjlendid iu in t!;c?nnalsof
our coiuuiy. I he virtues rnd ti.knts of
those who procured it will rrcetr the dmi
ration'of pof teiity : ours they alrmdv possess.
" Thi, Tsllow ciiirci.T,, is an appropriate oc-
'casion for jot. Uoid must be the bent that
it not anjumatjdby the complcMon ct this e
vint. livery -doubt Vas varisbed ; the coun
try is ours. Our brethren in the west are
exulting in the net tics that unite them to
us. LET US TOO HI.JOICE, that wc arc
free, that we ire happy, and ilat this
great event promises to make them as free
and hippy as ourstlvrs.
The fallowing official pnp?rs wi ve received
. last evening by the Natchez Mail t
Natcht, Dt c. 31.
The following letter was received by the
Ism Mail.
. Ktv.QrUe-.t, Dec. CO.
Strt ,, ,
I II AVE "the 'pleasure to ir form yon that
'en this day the city of Ncw-Oi leans nd its
dependencies were amicably surrtndctcd to
the United SlaUs And on this ocrvsicn I
pray you to receive 5iiy sincere conyraftiln.
tions. , . , .
Accept assurances of great Ixspcrt,
fvomyour obcdUt.t kciunt, rr
Wns C. C. CLA1I50RV1:.
Hon. Cato West, Secretary of the, M.T.
1.
rficp .k K .d.n 1.1. ii .
. . ,., - i,v iu iinmc mc j""? sent war
h Mtb h'.s M,.jey U rn r.td, 0.
X; tihatro;fintiiiut(S shall,' by cMicctl,
f -. . 1 . .1 .
tucMia arnfru nero inc arnnoner j
Nfinith. Vl. Drlann. 41 ilava fmm tnmii-n '
llay, Jam. Uftthcr, ship Swift, St, CUir,
to sVil Jan.. 1 3th for llrlstcl. llii lji'y,
Carleton, of NewYork, bcuud to Honduras
Uiy,tos'd iN next ilay.,
Arrived hare on the l?th inst. ttje llvp
ftosanns, Tufit, 2S da)-s from St. Vincents.
On the outward bound page, Nov. 1 6, tat. '
5f,long. JC,30,fcll in with the hull of a trs.
Sell ctl up wah!,under her couMer wrs pain
ed blue , her bottom was of a Mow u"ty and.
the sftcr part of her keel was broomed, and t
appeared to have betti on short I ht appear
cdiobc of 1 19 tons b'arthtn, md t'trtartj (i
hare tonsUtcd of a?rhim Pine LimUr,
PROCLAMATION.
Vy tm Excellenc7 William C. C. Claiborne,
Governor onhe Mitsismppl territory, cxer
'cising the jwwcrsof Governor Gcnernl and
lotcnduiit of the Province of I.otnViana.
WHEREAS, by stipulations between tlic
gtvemmcnistsf France and Sp.nn, the lutteT
trded tothcfrrnicr the Colony and Province
tf Louisiana, with the lame txtent it hud si
the date of the bIkjvc mentioned tn-oty In the
finds ol pin, that il hail when 1 ranee pofc.
seskcd it, and such as U ought to k after the
Treaties wihitrpiently entered tih between
Spoio and other States and whercaithe g
mnmcntof Iancc has ceded the snhie to
the United States by treaty duly rntifird, and
bearing date the 30th day of April m thef re
sent ytar, and Till. POSSESSION OF
SAID COLONY AND PROVINCE IS
NOW IN I HF. UNITED STATES, accor
ding to the trnor of Ore lst mentioned treaty ;
nod whereas the Congress of the United
States, on the .list day rf October in the
present year, did enact that until thl rupira.
tion tf the lein of congress then sluing,
utdos firotiions for the temporary govern
ment of the Said territorjri be sooncLmade
by Coi(;rts. all tte military, 1 1 it and judi
cul powers cxrttlvdby thethen tilsting r.
tertimrr.t nf tlr trtr.e, shall he vrsfrd in such
person if pt rw t v and I txerr Kel in such
rriicr as the President of the Unitnl Statel
shall dirvi', fuf the ma'mtaininc; md patct
s'ion shall otherwise be' made
And I do hereby exhort and enjoin all the
''inhabitants' and other persons -.wi'hin the st id
)ioyince, to-be faiihfiil and true in ihtir alle
giance to the United States, ar.d rbcdier.t to .
tle laws and authorities of the name, under
full r.ssuriincc that their just rights will be
tff.der the guardianship of the United States,
and will be -'maintained from all force cr vio-' "
leiice from without or .within. ,,
In testimony w'licrcof I 'Lave. 'hereunto set
'GlVL'Nat'tha City of Ncw-Orleans tho
20th day uf December. 1805, and of the. .j.
Independence "of the Unittd States of
.Amtiica tin: Slh. . :
Vm. C.C CLAIBORNE.
.
JFx(rctt from the orders of ' Gtneral WilUnscny t
given at the camp rf the American troefs, vn
the left lank of the Mississippi, near the ciij
rj iitw-Vt leans, Dec. 17, I 03.
PAHOLF CdiVMBU, '
.The operation before us, however timp'o,
"or sale, w ill require much self-denicl snd re
straint, to preserve that rvgul: ity, decorum
and order, which tre iwe to our reputation,
"lothc rights' and 'sensibilities of thofe whem
we are to t hcrifh, and to the character of our
"country ; tke'gencnd, therefore, claims most
earnestly the co-operation of the gentlemen
'of his commatij, lor the .maintainar.ee of an
iM.ifni'm system ofigi'nfus subordination and
'-discipline, vithout w hich the confiJcncc of
government may be ubuscd, the beneficent"
view of the executive -oftlie U. S. defeated,
and llichonor'of the whale coFps, indelibly
aidlifd. . .
Iii the 'ccurse "of ioiiiicl events, we be
"hold a polished eople (strangers to our man- ,
ncrs, tn.it laws and our language )'cast into cur
arms. 1) it our pride trnd civ glery, to re
ceive them iutothc vftui family of our happy
cidintrj, with cordial cu.lrarts, and by the
geutroushospUrdiryand solid sympathy wl icli .
, are e.very wlwe due tothe trrnger, let us
disjH.1 1 he apprehensions of the timid, banish
the suspicions of the credulous, and confirm
the cflnfidenrc of all, in t!;e clemency, the
w isdom, atid the justice of the American re
-public.
The General will applaud the tncritorlonl
soldier, who reciyvcs tie Ixuisi.M-.'un as his
brotl.er'; and he flatters himself the sen','- .
mcnt will be univcrs.l, but should Lcle '
appointed,hc will cupel fi-om the corps, and.,
"mark with infamy the, wretch, who may reiiit
the impnisiuns of the richest Hn most mg .
nanimous emotions and bfTectioni of the bti- 1
nM heart, ' , ,
The persons and the property of the Inhab
itants of every rank and every pacics, arc to
be held in sacred respect and whoever may
'flare to injure the one, or vi.iLitc the other,
w ill be brought to speedy and condign pun'uh
mcn!. The Artie les of War arc to be read to the
troops at morning parade to-morrow, .
C'.ttiEed lobe cimformable to the original.
Dy'ordcroftVc general,
D. WADSWORTH,
. Aid dc Camp pro ttm.
PORT onmMtXGTOS'. .
i.smcro sim r oua iast.
Schr. Nymph,' Dilmo, ' hntiolljy
llorer, M'Lcllan, Kingston, Ja
Address; Church, New-York
Catharine, Rennet, . Sf. Augu'104
Andromeda, Rice, pniin
Regulator, Nelson, Charleston
Victory, Ryicri du.
Susan, Snow, . do..
Ship Sally, Hewes, " .
Scvcrcn and Maf.aiet, ralkeidiurg, L-
. minto'i
Xlrij Cyrus Whittir.gham, Kincston, Jo
ctxAitn,
5hlp D 'ana, C.loter,
Rrig RI.iMn, Shaplcf,
Schr. Dapdr, Smith, (
P.rixlTia. Avery,
"Sch'r rricniMdp, rittencri
Chirlottc, lJulc,
Llvrtr
- LUI'i
CharirstC i "
Jaioski.
Trir.iJt
rt Tlionjavf