A.-l.-
fqiiare. And by the ordinance of tli rtli
day of July't?.S 7, Congrefs retolvcJ' that -fd
toon as Virginia' fliould by law confc.1t' to
-, the laying oil' the laid territory fo as ta form
"three ilares, that the famq Ihould be bound
ed in the manner therein fpeciiied. Bythe
fame ordinance the whole of the territory of
.3 the, .Uuit&l,JSuteA.'ntfrtlv vcit of the QUie4s
" made one diftfi.il for the purpofe of teinpo
' rary nrcrnmcnt; and it is therein dedared,
that To "loon as any one qf.thc laid iiates fo
to p'e laid out as atorefaid ihould coit'ilt of
Congrefs into one fhte, th.enuation .of
the inhabitants in order to aftertain whether
fiich (late was entitled to be received into the
junioii cniflh't.ta-have been mad. under the au
thority of Congrefs ; fprj;hp-enunwration of
the mhaoitants ot the original itates lor the
purpofe of apponIoniig;j
and afecrtaininga rule ior the apportionment
of .direct -7 taxes muij by the Conftitution oe
irtad. by Conqrefs, and cannot be made, by
the individual dates. - And as the rights of
be admitted bv their delcrntes in Comrrels on
an equalWtitWAvith thriiHlstcsr
" By the deed 'bt''cefliori oV.th -Shte -of
!North-Caroina of tiiejands therein ebferi-
hed, it lsan-ad. a'cond.tion thai tne territory
i'o ccdc.it- 'U;iU l-.u-.i .t , uin' fji HtcJ io'o
Jjatc or llJteSj-'Cbiitanvji, a fuitablc extent
o'i territory ; the iniubitaiU i 5 tyliicb ihall
enjoy all the prwiWei let -.forth in itoeTor-
diiian'ce fnrhc .'pvernvnQat 61 .the wciterri
territoVy of 'the United Sta.es. By the acV
for" the-Vo-ernme'iit' of .the .terriory. of the
United States fouth 'of the river : Ohio, the
whole otV'th: faid territory for the pur-;
pofe -of.tenvpbrary govern ncut is made, one
.'dillricii anilVit h declared that the. inhabit.
. ants thereof, fiaU enjoy all the privileges let
forth in the brdimmce for the government of
the. territory othe United States north weft
of the Ohio: s in the terri-orv north well
TiTaifec of new ilates, the
lame principle which enjoins the eenfus of their
nnhabitanfsofre
. We underftand, that the two voting men.
Reynolds and Goofefy, who were rhmr-.l
with robbing themal at York town, vivet
-been tried at the, F ederal Court, now litthfr iu
ixicnmonU, and acquitted."" " . v ,
N K W 13 E R M, Jusn 12.
Thfollowing meifage from the Prefident
Was read in the llbafa of Rcprelentatives,
birWedaeTday the 2ah.uft. r :. '
" Gentkmcnof the Senate, and oftkeffoue of
iKtpt ejenrative.
ing polTeTion of the polls of Detroit and Mi-
chihmachmac, rendeV it proper that pro vifw
-of the Ohio, it tsiiacell7ry t'aac the.' fame,
iliall by Congrefs b bid ovt in States accor.
ding to the conditions of the act of ceirion,
of to the provjlions expreifed in the ordi
nance of Co-.igrefs, and that fitch flutes Hull
each contain iixty thouai;d frecinhabitants
before they ere entitled o bejid'nitted Jnto
Tthe Unioi; ; fo in the territory fouth weft of
the Ohio, Congrefs are obliged by the ad of
cejlion. 10 l.'.y out the" fafne into C'nr or
" wore flates, the inhabitants ofi'rj!,hb fo icon.
as they ihall amount to hxty thonland free
perfons will be entitled to be admitted into
the Union.
TCono-refs have declared thaf t!ierwhole cf
the territory north vH f th OUni nvall
for the purpofe of temporary goVcrr.:nent
comrole one ctutriit ; and likewilextliat tnc
whole of the territory ceded l, NoVti'.-Carolina
(It all for the like purpofe lompV'e c;ie
diftri!l';.Uut they have not. tie.ia.tivtlv laid
cut the. territory north ?ft oi tficV'hlo :nto
.. ftatds, luu'l'.v.e they decided wli2therthe
icrrltory cidtcby ISorth-Cari'lina, Ihalt'oe
laid out info one or morn ftitei. If the di
ilricl north cft of the Ohio, contained 11.0
than fixty ih.A'.Ctnd free inhabitants, it vou'd
rot fro n thence follow that tlu d.iirid could
demand ad'oulion as a new Hare if.to the Un
oTUoiigrels, .requirxsThTenumeration of the
mh lbitants oi any newv ita.te. laid out by Lon
grefs, Jn like manner, to be made unJer.
ill 'ir -.i rt t'Uot-itjviui-nivt ct i.5ni.iples of the
Coiiftitutron leeni to leave Congrefs- without
difcretion oii this point., yet the propriety of
;tne enumeration ncing inaue under trier au.
thoi-ity,1 will be manifeft on" comparing the
cth lection or the law tor the enumeration ot
the inhabitants of the United States "w ith the
law u'uder. which the eenfus has lately teen
taken in the territory fouth weil of the Ohio :
by this comparifon it wijl be perceived that
tne guards againflf' error, -provided in the
"former U4 are omitted ihthe latter, and that
infteid of coaling the enumeration to'thefree
inhabitant, oi the territory fouth well of the
Oh-o : the law authorises and requires the f.
numeration of alt ihpeopk withm the faid ter
ntory at any time witjim the term allowed to
complete the fame, iaclu .lisii; .as well the per-
grjjhoHkrf nyadfor,: extending, 'to-i'thofc
Jplacesmd any -others-alike circumftanced.
tn.e civu autnority ot ttis iorth Wefteni
Territory'- To do this will require exoence
to defray wmch the ordinary l'alarles of the
uovernor and secretary- oi that territory ap
pear to be incompetent.. .. The forming of a
mew county orfcounries and the appointment
of the various ofiicers which the juft exercife
of government 1.H1 ft require, will oblige the?
GoTrnor anilSccretary to vifit thofc pljcea
and fpend c7nndef able time in making the ar.
rangementv ncceiTiry for introducing and
eltabliihihg; the government of the United
i'States. Congrefs will onuder wirat in this
cafe will be proper
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
United States, May. 7$." -.
lotls 'catually AVituiu or paumg tnrougn tne
faid territory, as the iuh.ib.taiits thereof.
From tlie preceding, vjcw of. the fuojccl,
the committee are-of opunon. that tile. in.nbi--tants,
of the territory loath weit -of the Oij;o'
are aot at this time, entitled to be received '.
a9 anew Hate "mto the iinio-j. ,:
: lint as the 'fiid territory may by Congrefs
be laid o-.it into one itaie, ai.iiuj.-rtira.i: the
diilance ictvcen it . t'Ktrcic part mhabii
tanti thereof may, th'.rrby be cxfed to
lo.uc iilconve.nleiue, ard as it a;j-;,cai s .to be
tog def:fc cfa majority .or the. .iu.;uits of
aS territory to be rcce;vid a-' a new it.ee
iv.tj the n.i:on, recommend tuat 'ea-e U given
tq"brii n 1 b.'l layiog one the wuo'coi tiw
ia.df-t -r.to.v mtaonc" iiate, .'udprovidi'jg for
an euii'iiiraiio 1 0 the inir.'bit ants thereof in
tne !(V,i;i.ivr prciu abed m . the act entitled,"
' AiiaH pi'ovfihng t M tne enumeration ot
lii;1 i.Mts oi ilv: Uniud bUiies, pasie.i
th-,i:
1 1-
the fu-ii of, .'larch, one 1 iijnl'and ieveu hu::d-
and nincu .
. N O R F O LK;.;.
On Vedncfdaylail arrived the ihip Lark,
captain Munro, in :o iluys from burinam,
rom.thcCour cr Francaisof May
J - Dewis, captain of the Lively, arri
ved ncrn Saturday from the Cape in 1 4 days
niiorms, Lt c-u;7eil iounc, 0f tje afrcn'ts
general .of toninl .lirL, nrrVvl t
St.-Domingo in r. Frigate, (avef.
c V v;:?:' Vki) three days,
before his faumg. i his anc;n;is
oliicially to gover.ior Lave;,n c that It- n
lowed by&ANTXiostx, ta.ff of thf (;vt-;j:,.t
rehefal;amon'rwhom1Irej-iy
ndGeraud ;'r'iat Koumc faAed from CaJii
und had a p-'ige of 30 days; that thed:lay to
t';e fleet was occafioncd by avi'V which his
Catholic rnajeily p,a:d iti The ftreugth of
the land force to bz brougl.tu: wai not
knowni The fleet confifted of 10 Frebth
ihips of the line and of 1 7 .-piniih veiTels)
ALL perjcrTs indebted to jhe fubferiber
arc dc ired to make payrient to F. X
Martin, El'p irt'Ahofe'handicir refpeclive
notes and accoimt3 are ; 'a:J w.to is inftruc-
ted to put the fame in inr indt'.criiniuarely, -Unlcl's
carlv attention i ?a'!tl to this req.ielU
J. P. VillTINGrji;
MayiS.
n, bet aufc the diftrift muil by the terms of ' who inform i that in hit 1212. 100157, 2,
s ccilioji be previouily divided- into a r.um.
IhT of ilates, the free inli th'tants 01 .each 7
vflr nij'ft anvm.it to lixty tJioufand, belVre
futh irate wou'.d lrvc a right of r.d:n':luo:i in
to tluijubn ; in like ianner although the
TTdrtdlonth well of the Ohio' ihonlJ 10:1
tim iixty thoufaud free inhabitant., it cm-
r.ot from thence be inferred that titty, vou'd
haVc ;a right to JjJaiittcd as a .kw Hate
"ii.tothe uni .n, tJk Ccgrcls have not
decided wlicthcittfe fame fi-r.ll tompofc a
cm the 12th Mav, a little to the fouthward
and Caltward ot liai Jauoes, ipoi:e tne ong
crTt; J0'1"' 1.;2 New. York,
fram B irbadocs, boiiiid to l)cmara-a, who
iniorracvl that a frigate arrived at IJarbjdoe
tlic day befor ; he faded .from theme, with
the new a Outih fleet having fallen in with
and tkken a great part of the outward bound
Wed-India fleet under Admiral Chriftian, a
little, to the indNard of Barbadocs. . A
French fthoo'icr irrived at 8urinam from
fr.;rle llatc, or be bid oat into to of more Cayenne1, with news that 5 failofDi'' 'ip
ihtcs. Th: number ol inhabitant wlntai ot war arc lyinjj "t .mmorui vui ,ni.
ctbUllhcs a claim of ad.nimon muil be the ingfor thd remainder ot tnc liutcn net ,,
nambcr of inhabitants of a (Uc prcvioully I An Aaieritan captain laxly being c-UM to
Ii'kI our. ami dctined in itsfvmdarics W. the bar in the illmd of licrnuula, to iwcar
i ntrb and not the number of inhabitants
of a territory which for the uu pofe of tern-
porcry r,ovcrnmcnt compofek a d Uriel which
miy bc'divulcd by Congrefs into fevcral
HcnX?cfu'ts thU conclufion,
'ITiat Corbel's mull luvc previoufiy e
nartcJ that the whole of the territory ceded
,. W North-Carol na, and which now compof
.1... . .
c s cr.ic d.dna for the purpoies of temporary
government wouhl be laid out and deemed
to be tne Jl,itef before the inhabitants there
na:!lTinl',,MJOJ'''ount to Ikty-ihoa ,
fanl free pcrl'omj could claim to be admit
ttd a .t ncv Itatc into the union.
Iladtlic trrritory fo.u'.i wc.'l ct'thsOhio,
wl.icV l"r pitrpoff of temporary f ove'rn.
mcnt competes o;ic diilria, h rn laid unt by
decerning the property on boar hisvcflcl,
defsred Judge Green to let liim fwear on a
particular text. lie then laid his hand upon
the firft ycrfc of the dUd l'falm judge
on me Oh Coci; and plead my caufc agah.ll
the ungodly narioil : O 1 deliver tne frumon
ungodly nd unjull man."'! he confcicnti
on judge ; flrickcti with the pertinency of
the point, rclcuPd 1m vclVcl.
Jusr v
Ycfterdav arrived the Ih'.p Martin.. Capt.
N. Collcy, in 46dayi front London. Extra.li
from the papers arc given hiuhc preceding,
cohimiu.
In the al)ovcvcfl"elc.imcpancngcr tiiC Che
vallcr d Yrujo, Miniiier lMen rtcmi.iry
from the' Court of MaJriil to the United
; ? fivfury.ffrc, M.iy i
LL pu thafcrsof Lots in the city of lla. .
leigl;,vho are ftill in arrcar to ths Ihte,
are hTel)informcd, that their bonds and c-
veryif them will bo put in fuit on the 20th
day f Juni next, unlets they arc paid o'T
audiaken up bctorc that day .
JOHN IIAYWOOU, P. Trca'r.
For tute, ac auction,
vNthe tftjulyncxt, the brig JOHN, a
V Hamuli 'ood vcllel, eighty tons bur
thcr, one year olf the ilotkj, compleat for
fea ;v the now lies at Werdcn's -wharf, the
properly of Samuel Werdcn, dec. Six month
credit will be given on bond with futGcien:
fcairity to
DAVID SHOEMAKEJl, Executor..
Ilakttitittt June y.
HE fubferiher informs his ctillomcrs,
UL and the miblie in rcncral, that hcha
removed from near the ctiurt-houfc, and
cirrics on the
!n Cravcn-Strctt, oppditf'Mr. Bvp.nf.'J
4ViVf j -thofc ilm plealc to favcur htm rnth
tWurtom, their demands will lc puuc
tblVsind fpcrdily complied with Mailers
( lXrU and Ifa.f.irmjr, men, may be fup
ilicd on th? fl'orfcft notice.
; FllEDElUCK CLEMENTS.
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