TTietonowingmessagefr6m the FirslCen.'"
to the Conservative Senate has, been print-
y order of the Senatet
Sx. Cloud, 28th Germinal, (1 8th April)
12th year of the French ilepublic. -rBuoN
apart, First Consul of the Republic,
to thVConservative Senate. -""
SNATORS, .
" THE Senator Joseph Buonaparte, grand"
-dfficer of the legion of honour, has testified to
- toe his desire of partakihgin the' dangers of
''the array encamped on thecoastof Boulogne
that he may share in its glory.
' , I have thought it for the good--of the state,
-ndthatlheScnaU jyoold perceiyeth plea
sure, that after having, rendered important
services to the. Republic, as well by thVsoli-
ditr ol his counsels in circumstances rne
; Taost serious, as by the knowledge, ability
and wisdom'he has displayed in the succes-'
'-eive negftciations of the treaty of Morfon
taine, which terminated our differences with
the United States of America; "in that of Lu
neville, which gave peace to the Continent ;.
and moro recently in that of Amiens, which
had restoredpeacelietween France and Eng
land, theSenator Joseph' Buonaparte should
'be placed in a situation to contribute to the
' vengeance which the French people promise
' ,tkeraselves for the violation of the latter.trea-
... tjr, and that he should have the opportunity
given him of acquiring a still stronger title to
"" the esteem 41 the nation.
Having already served under my eyes m
'' the 'first campaigns of the' "war, and given
proofs of his courage and of hiskill infheart .
r of war, in the rank of chief of Tbattalion,' I
have nominated him Colonel Common Jant
of the 4th Regimant of the line, one of ne
-most distinguished corps of the army, end
-which is reckoned amongst those who, ai
rways placed in situations of the greatest te-;-
ril, have never, lost their coloujis, and have
"very frequently decided the victory.
I desire, "therefore, that the Senate a$"ee
--' tfli the request which will be made to them bv:
the Senator Joseph Buonaparte for leave of
absence from the -Senate during the t'me
which the occupations of the war majr . la
tain him with the arh;y.
rr - (Signed)
BUONAPARTE
The Senate charged its' Vice-President ind
ecretaries to express to the First Consul
the sentiment' which that body partake of
vith all, France for his illustrious brother
The gates of the city of Havre were cloied
on the 17th of April. It was said that the
search" for an officer of distinction irf the Eig
lUh navy, who has introduced himself uncer
the disguise 'of a French sailor, occasion
ed this measure. The' inhabitants have ben
. invited to nuke known all strangers' wrwm,
they may have in their' houses. 1 '
Accounts of April 18,' state that the Senv- -.
lu Consuhum, which is to settle the hereii
tary permarrence of the Government, in
manner the most conducive tathe welfare of
Trance an1 the tranquility of the world, is
expected ihortly tomAe its appearance. Al
so that I.oui Buonaparte has been appointed
Counsellor of State, as he is the only one of
the brothers of the First Consul who has male
iisue. This circumstance seems not irrcla
tire to the reports which still continue, or the
establishment of an hereditary wctesslon.
From the NctO'York' Nwing Chrcr.Ute, .
Mr. LIVINGSTON'S LETTER.
The Argus, a paper printed at Paris in h s
English language, published on the 31st of
'March, gives the following as- the letter or
Mr. Livingston, the "American minister, in
. reply to Talleyrand' circular. It will be
perceived that the terras of it are nit quite
so strong a in the translation, extracted from
the English papers. In this, Mr. Llrinr;.
aton fcys.that the papers indicate- the ether,
translation says, that they "prove," that Mr.
Drake had held a culpable correspondence.
vertthieh he presides ; a happineis derlred
from his exertions in the cabinet and the field,
and which isnot yet so firmly established
but that it would be deeply affected by -his
loss." . , .. ' ,," .
' SUQNAPART.E MADE EMPEROR.
-v ALEXANDRIA, July 2.
Captain Garew, of the brig Neptune of
this port, in 30 days from Lisbon, came up
. from his vessel yesterday, and has obligingly
furnished us with the following infprmation ;
?r The American consul at Lisbon, Mr. Jar
vis, had received letters from Mr. Livingston
at Paris, announcing that Buonaparte had
been proclaimed Emperor of the Gauls, that
the' French triinister had received official in
formation of that event, in consequence of
;jwhich Lisbon was ilmininated, and Te Deitm
I sung in all the churches, to attend which all
mcNoreign ministers ana cousins iiau oeen
invited, and none refused except the English
consul. ' , " ' . "'"
A report had prevailed thsre a few days,
said to have-been brought by a New-England
captain, that' Admiral Nelson was dead, but
it had been contradicted.
Mr. LtvisoTO;'s LrrTi.
'LEXINGTON, Ken. Jurfe u.
On Saturday iJvenme; last 42 chiefs, depu
ted from the Osage nation of Indians, and
two boys, arrived in this town, 'on their way
to the City of Washington, on a visit to the
President ol the United States. It is said the
object of their visit is to enter into a treaty.
with the United-States, with whom they are
desirous to be on friendly terms. Their
towns are -situated upwards of 500 miles up
lheMissoiiri, On the Osage river.' The tribe
consists of about fifteen hundred warriors,
-who live in two settlements, at no great dis
tance from each other. They areof a gigan
tic stature, being all (the men) above six feet
in height and well proportioned. They are
represented as a ferocious people, who wish
to be at war with all the other tribes of In
dians. On their passage down theMissoiiri,
five of.their party were killed hy the Sacqul
as and Renard tribe of Indians.' Several o-
theTs returned from St. Louis, . baring fallen .
sick. 7 '" " :
Mr.-Choteau, a French gentleman of the
first respectability, and a citizen of Louisia
na, and who has for a' number of years had
the exclusive privilege of trading with the 0-
sages, has been induced by capt. Lewis to
accompany them. There are Uo in com
pany (several young French gentlemen, -who
intend applying to be admitted into the mi
litary academy.
The party left St. Louis the 17ti uhimo, at
which time captains Lewis and Clarke were
there, and -would leave , it the 19i, on their
tour to explore Louisiana. Thrte men who '
had been for three year? hunting h that coun
try, and whose knowledge ol tie different
tribes of Indians extended a comtferable dis
tance, have been engaged to go vith captain
Lew: as guides. Those hunten relate, that
during their excursions they ir an Indian
woman, who had ben taken pisoner from
a nation who live on the shores o' the Pacific
ocean. '
Mr. Choteau carries "with hirrto the Pre
sident, a toad or frog, of a very ctfious species
its form is that of a UndloiKise, very fiat,
covered with scales, of a dark rfey color, n
short tail, and a head formed Ike that of a
-buffjloe, and is ornamented witj six Wnj
it lived four months In the ponssion'of M.
Choteau, vhhuut taking any oJier nourish
ment than a little water, which Svas given it
from lime to fime.
This species of frog is frequ ntly found in
the prairies within the territoryof the Osage
nation. They live in association with a spe
cies of ground squirrel and a ijxcics of snake.
Those associations occupy an rea from one
to two acres of ground from he surface are
a number of holes which comaunicate with
-country to all the evils ot itmenilrment.
It is impossible. for a moment to entertain
tne belief that Mr. Efyfor his federal friends
have the least hope of success in the par
posed amendment destructive of that portion
of representation derived from slaves. Te
say it is impossible ; for however, in the ab
stract, we may consider that' basis of repre
sentation incorrect, it is univefsfllly known
that the provision of the constitution which .
establishes it was one of the many feature
bf.cor.cession with which it isteplete. And,
however unequal 'the representation in the
councils of the general government may, oh
first view, appear, it is a tact, vhich has been '
- demonstrated, that - the kuptrior poh'tical
streopth in thellouse of Representatives giv
er, to the Southern states, is more than coun-.
terbalanced-by that acquired in the Senate,
and in the election of a President under the
constitution by the Eastern states and other
states not containing slufves-Fair instance,
. the states of Rhode Island, New-Hampshire,
Connecticu,Ne w-Jersey. Veimont, Delaware
and Ohia, which, acording to the ratio of
numbers, would be only ettitied to seven
Senntors and thirty-four Hectors. The
absolute" gain by these -t-ates-in Senate the
most important department of the govern
ment, iftas-nrixh as it combines 'legislative,
executive and judicial ppwers, reposed in
' the same 'men for the long period of six'jehrs,.'
is therefore, seven votes out oT thirty-four,
"which is equal to twenty-eight votes in the
House of Representatives. Let us see whe
ther the representation of slaves confers up
' on the states containing them so many addi
tional members, By the last census, which
is the basis of the present apportionment cf
Representatives, there appear to b.e ,in the
states of Maryland, Virginia, South-Carolina, "
North-Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky and Ten-
nessee,
Slaves . -84'SCOO
From this number are to be Vie-
ducted those In the other '
"states, ; ;.; 47O0O -
leaving 796000
This number of slaves, according to We
provision of the cortstitution entitles the
states containing them, to . fifteen represcn
tatives. - Tlie account ' then . stands thus.
The smaller states, principally eastern, with,
put a black Population, gain a weight beyond
that to which their numbers entitle them in
the Senate equal to
representatives - 21
The southern and western states
containing slaves, gain 15
Leaving a balanceir. favor of the
former, of 12
( Without takinginto consideration' ihcir pain
n the choice of the electors Of President
and Vice-President, which is Very considera
ble. ,
If then the Eastern states are so 'desirous
'of establishing the several departments of
ktle federal government on the basis of num
bers; if their finccic wish h that a majority
shall govern : let then come forward with a
'proposition of ametyment that-shall'place
the election f the President and Senators on
the same footing. Then, indeed, their pro
fessions' would be consistent with their con
duct. But, while they declare their object
to be an equalization of poorer according to
numbers, and, at the saire timeTpropose mea
sures whose necesai y eTed would be to ren
der more unequal thst ipportionmcnt whidh
is already so much' in t.ieir favor, the world
will give them credit mither for the purity
of their motives nor patriotism.
WILMINGTON, iV.C.
TUESDAY, JULY lY, 1 804.
1 1
SIR,
I HAVE been honoured hy your note tl
the 3d Germinal, together with a copy of
the repot of the grand judge, rehtive to the
paper which indicate, that Mr. Drake, mi
.fritter of his Dritanni: Mi.jrtty at Munith.
Lairaaitained an uowarrantalJc corr?pon
dence with traitor in France, fur punse
which every citiliced nntion must regard vith
horror horror that must be greatly inc ea
mA bv tht prostitution of the ncred t!urc.
ter of a minister, to audi unworthy purrocs.
When an inferior agrnt commits an atrciou
, or bate action, it may he atcrihed to pcrtrn
tlan'l private motives, hut the atrocitiriof a
pnSlic minister are to conntixily u'po)cd
lob? thost of the government he reprrnrnts,
... .i . . .
in inougi n? eve bcti wiinoni iiuti in
airuction (which it doiblc lobe hicd in
the jH went tntance) yet they arc i a some
ifirt connected in puHic opinion, atvl have
.therefore a tendency to chan,; the law of
'.civilised nvinna and brin iht in back to a
, state nl barb ttWm.
' T1oukIi in) diitanec from tor covern-
' ment prevents my having jntruction upon i
the. subject of tL plot so happily ditcotcred,
yct,i permit me to anticipate then
out the least danger of beinij dUawjwed....
The candour ami integrity of ihe PrtihUnt'i
thirarter, and h'untfem Ire the First Con
sol an i the French nepil.i,t, furn'uh me with
u'ricient proofs of the entimcmhc will en
tertain on thii Intenstintj orcasion. Let me
then pray your ExtelUnry 0 nlTcr
i the First Cons'vl h i e dim of my
goternnKW, their fcti'itaiion on b lup
'f tuac fmrnv Hie horrible attempt f hit
iifHiif, nitoily upen hi life, hot ip n
that h has prorid on tTianr ocaoni to h
, d.'rer to him, the hapccof the naliun )
The Anniversary of Amerira'a Independ
ence was celebrated br the Ivifle Comnanv at
ahckiubtctranCTUtJiabitatjori
free from dust or grass by the sjutrrcls, ho
brush ft w'.th'iqclr tails ; they re of airown
color, tlendcr mad, and very tire. They
frequcntlr play among thcmclve tn the
amTacc, keeping ccntinels; as oon as any one ,
appears the watch g'Vtt the sgnal and they
all instantly disappear. Th snakes do not
move r.ntil they perceive tht bject them
arlve. The frogs being of i alow indolent
ditposition, arc tartly taken.
Rrmarbon Mr. Let's Motivi, in tht Leptla
lurt of Xiitiiitliutrllt, for Viajm'rtf an j
fnrnJmfnt It tht CtnititutijntmtrtcJ in our
The renolntiont eflrftd In the- VtiacHu.
iett Legislature by Mr. Ely, merit the no
tice of the peop'e of the United State t ; not
because at the present tine, the principle
they contain and the cFtis tu whicU tuih
ptinciplet necessarily leal, can be in the
lct danerout, but bccant at it nil impor
tant thitt in the present priod of tranquilli
ty, when permanent imprsaiunt may be x-
pectcd to be made, a car undr rstandinc
fthould be had of the notive of men, who
under different circemtlncet might, by the
wantonness oi an inicmyrate ambition, hex.
erd the peace and destroy ht unity of the
nation.
So many MiraiiofiOme bcn recently
made of a wide iprtadjurpose in the la
tern state lo tow the el of ditutdon, that
It cannot be considered jnrhatiuUe to oro-
rtOJnce ttiit measure almk in the gtorrvl
ihain that uni'e a iKHJwf men. who having
bet it diMppointtd in ic'ir lofty hope of
cifttiir t.c rrttioti ci tl.c ccntrrco-
! te rnment jre rta-ly, fi anxi?nj, irt trder to
i regain their abuted p4cr, to tubjttt their
11. A Republican ncverrrrnfr.(---May tit
people see that itis their interest to ?resfcrve it
pure, and to hand-it-down to their posterj:
unimpaired. .
13. Fieedom of the prtfs"5, and se,nsibilrty
to the editors May they never employtheir " '
time or talents in ridicule against a govern
ment so mild and lenient.
14. Emigrants finding an assyhim here :
they have fliidJVom tyranny May they sec
that it is their Merest to rally round the star?; -dard
of Liberty, and leave theirpjudice3 be- -bind
tljcm. . ' 4 "
15. Our western brethrenrMay the ac
quisition they have obtained muke-Initio;;
impressions on their memorie, brcI shew -them
how much the generar Government haft
their welfare at 'heart."'
":16. Our suffering Brethren in Tripoli .
May the chains which they have lo werc
soon be transferred to their tyrannic oppres
sors, .
17. Louisiana, fre and independent, rjr
new and great aequisiUDn May the citi?en?
thereof ever holcf in'gralef'ul remeiiibrance
the names of jEyrKRsoN, MoKaoK, and Lx-
riNCSTOK. .' ' I , V '
18. ''The Daughte'fc of-Columbia May
Virtnet Science, and industry be-their study,
and their charms ohly "be knomi, to the lo-
vers aud supporters of their country.. .
irrctarn-th "Toasts drank ,at. the cee
bration of American Independence at Smith-,
ville, inserted in . las week's ' paper, the fol--loning
errors escaped notice. -In the. Sil
Toast, for " return" read retain. In the
'i 5th Toast, fo " llre'fbunder" readits found
dick atsistcu oj itoncrt Lociiran, rq. as
Vice-President, presided, the following Toaktt
were drank.
I. The 4th of July, 1776 Let our cele
bration of this day publicly evince to the
world, that I reemtn bavenot degenerated
2. The Citizens of tbe United States
May useful knowledge be to diffused amongst
than, at to discover the true patriot from
the artful cunning of the sycrphatit
2. The Canst itution of the United States,
with the proposed amendment Mir the
union cf its friend be a Idtiing barrier a
gainst it enemir .
4. Congress May it be constituted ot ly
by men, in whose bosomt glow the love of
Ireedom.the toterrigu'y of the people, and
unbiassed by foreign Inffuer-cet
S. TnoMAt JairtatoM, Preaidcnt of the
United State May the many tcisirr he
I) a rendered to hi country, bv gratefully re
warded, and only cea to be remembered
when time thall le no more.
4. The State of North-Carolina.
7. Jamei Tuanca, Governor of North
Carolina A friend to hit country tt human
ity. 8. WadtmaTow, the great, the friend of
man,he' gone ! May the many ervir.e he
lia rendered hi country be handed down to
:! latest posterity. -
, . The memory of the he roe who fell in
our revolutionary conflict Mat we never
surrender the right they bled for, but with
a total annihilation of our own.
10. A well organiied Militia, a ture de
fence against the ncccuit)-of & standing ar
my lo lime of peace.
11. Industry May the worthy citirrn
puriuln it, never jcirt t? opprtfted with
direct taicV
er.
Captaiin Crooker, of the brig Sally-Tracy
from Gibraltar arrived at New-York, in
forms, that previous to his sailing a report
prevailed there of the Regency of Tunis hav-'
ing declared wr against tlie United States.
i. t
..... Mont. Jcrmt Buonaparte has, we under
stand, concluded not to leave this country tirt
next autumn at least, and has taken that ele
gant place called Belvidere-Hmise, for li
summer retreat, wliere he Vtll reside "with
his lady. It will, be ... perceived from ,a Paris .....
article, under the head of foreign news, that
Louis Buonaparte has been appointed Coun
sellor of State, " ax he is the only tne of the bro
thers cf the First-Consul yu) lias mvle issue '
Monsieur Jerome is to be sure a younger bro
ther, but it maybe reasonably hoped, thatt
provide against accident, there will ere Jong
be equally good cause to add him also, tothc
list of Counsellors of State -stirety ;m
improbable event i and who know
but America is destined toot least share the
glory with Corsica, of giving France a ner
race of Kings. Niiv-York Herald.
Driver sloop cf war This vessel sailed o
a cruise upon Sunday, -morning, and about
S p. m. same day, off tbe Hook, brought to
und boarded the &)rip Diligence, Capt. Crock
er, from Dublin, and .impressed from her two
Britiih sailor andtlires steerage passengers
Dai. Adv.
After the horrid massacres which have
lately taken place h St. Domingo, where th
dead bodiet were exposed for three days' ti
corruption under t vertical sun, it will br
reccary to keep a faitiiful watch, lest a pes
tilential disease sh6uld Ik imported into the
X'nited States, by tcrscls arriving from that
island. .
A Ijonfan pa-,r of April 30, sstys " A
Commercial Trentr between Russia i.nd A
mtrica, on term highly favorable to the lat
ter, rsttalcd to be on the eve ot exclusion."
MABIUED Inthistown Mr. Jowk Tootp,
merchant, to Mist MAacABET Kjtcat at.
DIED -In Brunswick county,onSunda
morning last, Mr. William llooru.
T0RT0FWlLMIKGT0b
INTER ED SIKCK OUR LAST. '
Strip Adventure, Johnston, Jamaica
CLEARED.
Sch'rCore Soind, Jone. Washington City
Brothers, Shackleford, do.
Brig Jane, Uatiic Gaudaloupc
Arthatt at LiriKfMU May S.
The Orange, Pelhatn, from Wilmington,
North-Carolina Rover, Starbuck, Boston ;
Washington, Howland, New-York; George,
RockweM, Philadelphia ; Polly. Pmoll. Wil
mington, N. C; Centurion, Hiller, of New
York, from Charleston forlUmia; Ticonia.
Piiraont, Savanrab: Irit, Smith, Wilmlnr
low, N, C i- Orb,l"railfy,Cbailcton ; Mark.
Burdrtk, doj Laura, Newman, New-York.
Cap. Perotlt' from Wilmirgton, April IT,
spoke lit. SO, 40, ldng.14, 3o, al.ip Paragon.
Brycn,27 day from Norfolk for Hull.
. Vtsteti odrtrlitti'in a Liverpool paper rf tht
For Anv-fcri Ship Laura, Newmsn ,
Warran, Hammond; 'Sally, Thomat; ai.i
CeorgcRoclwell.
Ttr Wilmington. Af.C Brig Orange.
for Doitm Brig Ranger, Wirson thip
Merchant, Curti ( and Ticonia. Parsont.
For Bolt imort Ship Orb, Early ani
Mercury, Smitlu
Fir flutaJtlphia Ship Washington, How
land.. For A'rw-Orfani The Palmyra, Remirr,
ton. Fir Charter t$ Amttita the brig Lu".
Ann, Green For Ft tight or CharitrV,
ship Columbia, llaydcn.
At Itiitil ftr A'r-Cr6iiUln Ikp,
CampUtl.
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