en tad iteJfieM refpecing "'. pft toadir
Referred to thfrtommute appointed on tha
fabieA- . i. ' : . .' '.-
Mr- Va Nefa moved to go into commit'
tee of the whole on the bill for the appoint
onrtietit of reprefentaiivei, u;(r '
Mr, BVyard fpbka aainft it He confi.
dereJ the fubjea of the bill of great im
portance and as there were number of
rnember abfeot, he'wifhed it poftponed un-til-
Monday;, k- ''",.-.- v ' '
Gen, 8, Smith was " toow of taking
it up then. It would be ntCeflaiy for the
legiflaturel of :pcDojTylvirtia to be early
acquainted with the number, of members
the bill would gieilflthtSte. It had
k.. r,;,i rKc Vm.flwai thin., but he believ-
'thinner flCIt Wtclt. Tht
.v reafon affigrted forpoftporung, ntij Monday
would operate wUvof.H jjoupm's
Monday weeiu- ", jV;--i
Mr. Pcrkina oppofed taking tip the fub
at that time. Helhongbt it was of
i'ucb importanse that lima $0". be ger
ter. . Bayard "poke again id favour ef
poRponment. . ve copuaeren is wrong 10
urge the JdatSprjiMfift -Wch would
appear4ike tatig tlieni by.fnrprizrt 4 1
, Mr. Vau Veft wai fuVprifed io hear the
fame.argumeo.ta.jma.de ufe of in favour of a
further pbSponnient - which wi. urged at
ritlt. Would gentlemen fry they were ta
ken by furprife .when the iubject had been
fo lonar tefore . them and the bill prftM.
Heretofore "gentlemen wifhed to wait for,
the return from TrnDcITce and a aorrectton
of the , returoa fiouv Maryland, both of
which were befor'them and.now they urge
a farthj dctay which h jt.ho'pnneceirjry.-'
Mr. 'RMhedge coufldercit pf rnore. frrt
poitanie' haf he houfe iouUl decide: coK
it&ly than that it Ihould decide promptly.
He had never known an iaftance when geu
. tlemen afked for time on an important quel".
- tion that it was denied Several gentlemen
hare faid they were "not prepared, why theji
hurry them into an immediate decifion ? For
his own part he had not had an opportunity
of confering wuh his coleaguca or of conli
dering the fo;jct matuiely. It wan a fub.
jret on which much divetfity of ojwnion pre
vailed and it wn.no t likely a (kcifio wou'd
take place that. day. He was of opinion
therefore that by poilponing it until Moo
day, or even Monday week, the rinal deci fion
of the quellion wouKl not be poftpon
ed. As he believed no inconvenience weru'd
aiife from pollponing it and as confidctable
advantage would relult from it, he 'moved
t o poftpone the fift her.cmifiderai ion of "the
fubject until Monday week. When the
que it ion was put 38rofe -iti favouv of tt &
37 againflf it." The hoafe then adjourned
until Monday 11 o'clock,
TOU&SAfNT LQUVERTURE.
L-Commandtr kieJ rJtjMtrj.StjI)mitt
go, to citizen Buonaparte, jirjl artful of the
trench repubitt.
r Cape Francois, July,-15,. ilSoi .
Citizen. Conful,
The miniitw of the maiine, " in the ac
count' which he gave you of the political
fituaiion of this ('colony,' which I coiumuni
vted to mm in roy ditpatcnes lent by the
cotvette d'Enfant Prodigue, returning to
France, mull have fubmittcd' to yon my
proclamation, of the 5th of February Ult,
for the1 convocation of a centrJ aflcmlily,
which the moment when the union of the
Spanilh partjtoihe French part of the ifl tnd
waieffefted, migKt ,.forip of'St." Ddrriingo'
only oae and the fame country, fubjrfVto
the fame government, and fix "itaddh ij by
wife la wt, fuited to localities and the man
oeri of the inhabitants A have now the
fetisfa&ion ot auttouncing to you that the
h'ft hand hai been put to thin "work, and
" that the refult hat been a conftitution,
which projnifwhappiuefa to the inhabitants
; of thfa colony, Jlo long unfjil una t e. I
tak the- ariill -opportunity- of jfendinglT
to yem, for your approbation and the facti
on of my government For this puipoftf, 1
have difpatched to you citizen Viticeut, di
reftor general of fortifiealiotn at ot., Do
mingo, to whom I entruft ihu valuable tie-!
poflt. V
The central affembly having Vequefted
me, in coafequence of the want of law, &
the aeceflity oi making" their empire fac
eed that of anarchy, tocaufe this conlli
tntion to be provisionally put in eitecutian,
a being likely to promote iu future wl
fare, i have complied with their ' del'nei,
and; thra conftitution hat been ' received by
-flafi f xitiiens'wilhiranfpottrof
- joy, which will rtot fail of being received
whrtiit niallbeiaKiled TwIth the fanction
f government. ' ' ..
Health and pioibtind refper, ' "
TOUSSAINT LOUVEKTURE.
COLONY OF St.- DOMINGO,
... '.Pen Republican 6th Brumaiie, f
la the name of the French Colony 01' St.
"Domingo. ,
louffaint Louverture, Governor of St.
- P. Domingo. . , .
1 Tfi ?oft effectial mean to improve th
tnorali of etn, the ligament which the moA
ftrongly bindi them to fociety, it marriage,
lathe fit ft moment! of the revolution, St.
Domingo would not have prefented tonhe
world, a fpeflicle of fo much unhippinfs,
of fo frightful a difToIutioii of rnorah, if the;
maf of the inhabitants had been retrained
by thti' powerfqUheck, by thofe ferjtimenU
of order which habits of dome (lie morality
produce -in every1 bjeart j ' by the proper
affliction of a father for Ua fonofa fon
for his father, his wife, and hia rclatioui t
If in fine there had ei ifted a fpirit of family
union, the fource of public tranquility and
rhappisefi. ' -
' It m in confequence 01 thefe reflections,
confirmed by experience, that I have never
loftlight of.Ujja intereltiog objeft, the er
hortation of my fellow ''citizens to marriage t
bnt'as prudence is nerefTary even in the dif:
penfotion of good, and as the beflinftittrtT
ons are liable to be aDuied j whether' it be
owing to ignorance or ill faith, this natural
and Isgitimate cttfire has beet accompanfed
byceitain irregulan'ties. Tn. confequence
of the organization peculiar t o the Ifland
'of St, Domingo, the order which fliotild
have teigoeu in it habitations, has fuffered
in certain cafe, and miaht continue to fuf'
fer injury.. It belongs to the prurience of
the government to arrett attiles dtftructive
to the public profperity, and to obviate the
'Imputation which a fpirit of debancheiy"
and lawlefs indulgence" might occation,
whillt t!oaking ;iueit under the facred pre
text tf marr4:ige,
The Governor of St. Domingo theie
fore decreea aa follow :
' ift.' No foldier can contract matriage
without the approbation ot the Governor of
Sr. JJimingo.......;.. , ,
f id; f o cultivator attarhtd to any parti
cular hibitation can efponfe a woman at
Inched to any other habitation, without
theexprefs pcrmillioo of the Governor of
St. Domingo-.
3d. No foldier can marry without hav
ini ptevioufly prcfented a requeft to the
chief otticer of his corpo, ho fhall be bound
to communicate to the commandant of the
department, with a report refpefttng the
moral character of-the applicant. The
commandant of department (hall there fuh
j'jin his obfetvatiora. If the requci con
tains nothing contrary to law ; it the mar.
u'ape be approved by the parents, and con
form to the obfervatioris of the faid chit f,
for which they (lull be- refponfible, I will
give my approbation.
41b. Every cultivator attached to a ha
bitauon, every citizen In a ftaTe oF ir"fli."
mflicite," wleii they entered marriagf,
flia'l make a declatation before the muoict
pality of the place in which ihey rcfidc
I bis declaration (hall contain
I. Their namt6, ages, and quality.
I. The refidence-of'the pcrfou to whom
ihty att-attariitd
"3-"TlRir meafis cifuhfi(lancearid re
foiivres of learing and educating their off
fprint. -
4th. The municipal adminiflrations arc
invited to mtlte known to me, fnch cafes as
(being1 teenfarJy certified to them) may
render the connection -inexpedient,- With.;
that j n't ice and impartiality which fhculd
-diliisguiih the ma'flrates of ."the: peo
ple ; as alio to give m ihmr advk m fa
vortif.fuch as merit, my approbation.'.
j'h. It is forbidden to public officer's &
mini Iters of, religion, to affitf at the celebra
tion of apy mirriae, jf the fonnaTTTteS pre.
fciihed by """the pefent , airette, have not
becu ptf vioofly.co'jfvrmeil to.
The prefent arrette, hall be printed,;
tranlcnbed on the regillcrsol the a;lminif
trativeand judiciary iodic, read, publifhed
and potted wherever it fhjll be necefljty ;.
it fhall alio be infcrted in the Official Bui
Utin of St, Ddmingo.
Done at Cape Francois, the 8th Ven
dem.iiie, tenth yiar. (30th Sept,
The Governor of St. Dominjro,
" TO US SA INT' LOU V ERTU R E
-f-
B i
Raleigh ,
TCCSDAY, JAKUARY5, 1802.
F..tra8 of a lett(r from an rjfictr en loari the
, . United States frigate Philadelphia, to his
f iend in Norlo.lt. ,
" I rrgrct e.xti.nely.that I have to an
nounce to you the lofsof lieut. Cbgget and
Mr. VViJlis, a m.idfliipmau, and eight of
ourkbell men. The Commodore having oc-i
eaiiun to fend difpatches fo our Conful at;
Gibraltar, Clagget was difpatched on that
feivicc, with' a midfhipman and nine men.
On their r'cuiro, the boat upfet, in conle-
quenceof a fudden flaw 0 wind, and only
one ot ner crew elcaped wie- lurvivpr re
ports, " that lieut. Clagget, not being able
to fwirn, temained bf fbe' boat until (he
went down. TPoor Willis fwaorj as long as
his Arengtli enibled him, and caught hold
of one ot the, men, who, Boding they mult
both perifh, difengaged himfclf, and faw
Mr. , Willis go down in a few fecondi ; the
man, was taken ,up, by one, of the guard
boats, in great extremity. .
0 Thelofs of tbefe Taloable young men
is a circumflance greatly, to Be lamented;
tbty frood high in reputation, and promifed
tpbe. a credi to their friends, and an honor
tattheir countty." J ,L . :'
' ,v. ...' . - i' '' ',-'''' " '
ExtraS ofg tetter from Port dt Palx, dated
1 . , fl'ovtmter z8, l8ot . , :'. . ;' i
v" .At 9 o'clock, this j.day, all the nati
Opal guards and regular troops,- received
orders to meet at the Public Square, be.
fore the General's houfe. There the Ge
nnal ordered the judgement tf General
Moycs, formerly General at, - Cape Fran
cois, and fecond in cdmrbahct of this ifland,
t be read, by .which it appears, that he
ii condemned for having raifed alfomiiioii
V) 'V the? Province under his command ; of
paving fuffered1 aflaflination to be torn'mitt
ted ip his department j of having refufed to
ybiy his fgperiors "orders t-of-iav,ing wril
jto ao infolent letter to St. Dcmingo, af
ter a declaration of the commandant of the
Cape in confequatnee he is condcViiued to
tfeath;
His judgment being read before all
tfie tioops, they were ordered to march to
tlie fort v hereMoye8 was couStted. About
minutes after, he came out, and was'
hot at 11 o'clock."
' ' " '
The following is the concluding part of
(Tie ratification, on the part of the French
Jtepubiic, of the Convention lately entered
into between the - United States and that
(Crtivrrnirtent. - - .-.--ii--
. " The govtxnmcnt of the United Stilts hav
iig added in its tatlflaition, that the Convention
jhould he in force . for the fpuce of eight years,
and bavwg omUkd the fecond article ' the go
Vneinment vf ths French republic confents to ac
ftpt, 'ratify and confirm the above Convention,
,!Hith the addition importing that the Convention
fhall be in force for the fpace of eight years and
with the retrenchment of the fecond artulc l fro
v'ukd that by this retrenchment tjse t'rtofletet
renounce the refptOive fireteniens, tvhich are
jhi ohjeS of the faid article." - . " '
It is fume what fuigular, that not one
Fienchmao hat been concered in the ntgo
ciation between France and Great Britain,,
the preliminaries were figned by M. Otto
a Swifs ; ratified by , Buonaparte a Corfi
can t and communicated to .the court of
London by geneial Laureflon, in Ealt In
dian,
A cheap government may be -very popular
for a time, and the prefent party in power
fee ra te-tclt their claim to publi c confide n e
very much on their exertions to, render the
government cheap., there is great danger
however, that a cheap government will not
lali long ; like a crxeap cloth, it will foon
wear thin, and want mending. Our houfe
wives obfervc thatchep goods prove dearer
in the end ; fo much trouble and pains are
wquired-itt-patcbingand fewing up the
rents. A govermticnrthat wants menairig
with a revolution, once in a generation, id
not a vey cheap gsvernment.
XL'm. Mvertifer.j
f xtraff of ieiter from a gentleman in Rich-
mvnJ, to hit J fiend in Alexandria." ".r
You will have feen the outrage on ail de-
centynid-proptiety commitied by the
Speaker of the Houle of Delegates, on his
election fo the cheir.
It has been ufual on fuch bccalions to aj
dref to the. members a (hort fpeech cxpr'cf
five of gratitude for ihc'-honour conttrrtd
and apprehenfion of inadequacy to thc-ar .
t!uo9 duties. of .toe Uauon ; .but pt,omrfirg
bis beft endeavors, and fopciting .the fuo-
port of the hoaie. This trail oiiginjlly
marked-Cut-i)y plain common fen fc," has
ery genraliyjbeeo fol!ov;'ed by its yo.
taries, and all who have feen the pre.
fent gentleman in the chiar, will readily ac-
knowledgewhat ntver a Speaker might with
more propriety have made a modelt difqua.
lfymg. fpeech than Mr... Smith. He has
howver thofen to depart from the ufual
courfe and to irwhilge himfclf in unbecom
ing and indecoious calumniates againft thou
who were too hanoll and independent to
join the fenferefs yell againll the adminiftra
Hons ot VValhisgtoH and Vdams.
Is it not difficult to penetrate the mo
lives which lead to ftich condudV. What'.
ever "rnaybe his political milignity Mr.Smi'th
is a gentIeman,-ritrconrequently could not
be fcurrilous from the chair, if he did not
really believe that by being fo, he was pro-
moling objeas important to himfelf. Rtly
upon it, he mult be a candidate for fone
appointment undej&tlie prel ?nt executive ot
the United States, and the fpecimens gi
vetvin the anfwer to the merchants of New-
Haven, as well as on feveral other occafions,
f the temper which prevails at thefource
of appointments, can leave no .doubt that
virulence againft his predecefTors in office
will be a very acceptable offering to the al
tar of power,
Should he fail ia this, he muft wifh to be
our next governor, and he well knbwt that
nothing can better forward his views in this
relpecl.'trTla lrritating and injurious, afper
fiona on the minority.
, I will acknowledge mjf total incapacity
to read the human heart, if Mr. Smith doei (
not either foon receive aa appointmetit from .
Mr. JefTtrfon, tr!becoraet addrdatcat snfv: -next
election for a governor. ' v --
; When violenc andinjuflice are recaWed.;
as fubftitutcs for marit. violence and io-- 1
juftice will mark, the characters of candi. -dates
for office. ; , - ... "
'' ' --v ' Pa'r 11, oa.,3-. '
-' ' LE TTE R I".:
From the Council of Adminiflratiim of tit -ifland
of Guadalcute. to General Butna.
parte Firfl Conful of the French RefuKe. '
Citizen firtt Conful, ;v,-j,-J. U'; ,:
; ACROOS a fea covered with enemies, :
the eoiifiilar genius guides 'and frefervel
vour deieoates. and cur faviours.. The
I day too long defred, js.at laft tome, when
our ncarti. ODemna io ouc, 11 1 cjtuc ui.
the fame lime th do.uble expreffioniof
praif, ant) of gratitudeV ' ' '
To complain i a painful tafk, it iafweet.
er to "praife. France, profpfroua by your j
care, enjoys a happinefs that your labourt -r
hav prepared her; And Guadaloope, that -interefting
part of a great empire that your
talents" have rendered flourifhing -groaned
ftill under the monftrous government of
'793 - We were Janguifhing we were
perifliirig j you have throwa tbwardi us a
paternal regard, and our fjtnation is chang
ed. Deign to eccive,'Crtiten Conful, .
ihe finceie exprefCon of our gratitude,.
We -e-rere 'nohsippy-ihit was tittle t we -were
"con tempt ible-i-y oil have "Wcrned
the colonilla of Guadaioboe all their dieoi-
f w
ty," jh fending them chiefs, wohy to com
mand tbrm, "
Tbe4onor acauired by one in the impor
tant functions (that "have been entrufled .to
him the regtet which t-lic otier canted witb,
him from the plate where he commanded,
are fure prefaces e.f the:r glory, and our
feiicity. One man cnly carried away with
him'o'urefteem. t man only merited it: The
tribute we pay to gratitude is an homage 4
due to truth. Tlie departure of General
rtaa 1.-. ff tn ni ka.l CnitnJ K a S3n
be filled only in the -hopes of finding him
in General Batancour. " J - '
Deign, Citizen Conful, to turn yonr fo- '
licitude towards this too long neglected if
Frenchmen. You will always ftpd us refpect- -fulto
the law.' faithful to the eovernme nt.
and full of admiration foryonr virtues.
(Signer!)
JACQUES ZUILLI RF1ES,
M EG RET. MOT.
XI AIJRUm At W,lr,iitnH' n !. 74tt nit. M:
Cae.leioi Walkib, MvaUDflicerof that por:, 10
.Mis Man y.osEfcgv.
DIF.3s In ihis ciiy, on Taesiay last, Mrs. Indies,
Wifeoi' CoU J. Indies.
iWMM' Wi'l M M'MM'I MVlM'
; -3 -r r?r f.r rx -s-
Lift of Letters remaining in the Ptft-Ojfice
lit. ..Jin vilify 'jit JUI.HVMJy , v w r
which -if nat: taint up befort the ifl. tf
pril next, will be fent to the General ,
Pofl-Office as Dead Letters. ' . '
YOUNG CURT and Daniel Baker,
Cumberland county, Abraham Brown, .
and.' Daniel Campbell, Robtfon couaty,
Pcfer Clemmcns. Merchant, Favetteville, ,
Neven Culbreaih. ' Cunibetland cou.itv.
the Rev - lodiih Cole. Faveiteviile, lohn .
lofeDh Cabral. Favetteville, Wm, Caldwjl,;
j t i
are of Robeit Adam, Mcichant, ravette-
iite, Robert Dlckenfoo, Moore County, -
y.'mcl Uougps, itichmonel county, Jahn
tag;'n, raycttevi)Ie, John rutty the, ray- ;
eyctteviije, z , jamet ricrningv nucrcuniK,
Fat ette vile. William Fhn, do. Robert Gor
don, Cumberland .Coonty, Alexander
Gunn, Bchck)!maffer,: Cumberland toontyi"'
lames Galoen. Favetteville, Andre G'a-
bam, Blatlen county; Sheriff of Cumber
land county, Thomas Johntton, Cumber
land couritv. The RcColiin Lindfev. :
Robcfori county, Alexander MKjy,jun.'.
Fayettevhle, ' Dougald M'Phaul, Fayette
viile,, Duncan M'Nicoll, and Alexander M.
Failaue, Richmond county, Mary. M'Aj
time; Cumberland cofmty. Duncan M'Afee,
or M'DufTse, Rnlcfon county, Duocaa
M'Coll.Gum Swamp, Duncan M'Eachran,
Bladen county, John M'Lcnnon and Hugh. -M'Beth,
near Favetteville, Robert MKeen.
Fayetteville, John M'Allifter, Richmood
coonty, rtiexantier tNicnouon, nicnmon
county, Mary Patrick, on Cape Fear,
Duncan Philips', Sampfon county, Nathan
Prince, Cumberland county , 2 j Seth Plum,
Fayetteville, , Sarach Price, and;' Sufsti
Rediford, Fayetteville, John Grant Ren
cher, care of Robert Adam, do. Angus
Ray, Robefon county, 2; Edward Ro
bertfoti, Cumberland county, Morris Smith,
Cumberland county, Patrick Shaw, care of
Donald M'Leod, Fayetteville, Donald
Stewart, Carpenter, car. of Duncan Ma .
Leran, e!o. j j John Stone, Curabeilaoa
county, Pcleg Sanford, Fayetteyille, Rich,
chard Seffmos, Sampfon co. The Licnt.
Colonel, Commandant of Cumberland co.
John Thompfon, do. Archibald Tesrell,
Favettevilie, John Fraidwell. Sampfon cp. "
Jaraea Weft, below Fayetteville. , - 'y
DUNCAN M' RE A P. M.- '