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.... t - .ri - . . . . " ,. S . !..'. JtMk trvu-. V F A Y E TTEVILLE A D VE R T I S ER. iATEiTEVlLLE .'Published e ve ry SATURDAY by HODGE and BO YL AN - : - ' " SATURDAY, March if, 1797'. Vol. i. Numb. 51 MINERVA JL'JLJa.JL-i , il VJLiX JLJL. VJLi JL-L 1 X JL -,at"f n-.w.i. fiww, M I St. Croix Boundary. Jjthe montti ot Auguit, r 79 tnc two original comnltfiioners, Mr. Howell and : Mr. Barclay, met at Halifax purl'uance of the 5th article of- the treaty of amity, commerce and navigation, with G. Britain. The two commiffioners, on the 29th of "thaTrmtmh hon. Egbert Bcivl on, fcfq. one of the Judges of the -JS.upienj.e Judicial C ourt of the Hate of New-York, the third corpmiffioner. Pp. the 26th September'; Mr. Benfon prrived from New-York, and met the o- -ther commirlioners Sr. Andrews, near the mouths .of thejw the boundary. Thofe rivers are four leagues apart rttielrlwrhsT-whPre they empty their water sirr the bay of Fundy ; but they diveree, one. to the -' -Ffbrntny -HMrgtSjJni nique. in 20 days, was preient at the from Marti- di in 20 days, was preient at the landing o' General Abercrombie he ca me out in the Aretha TS"ff tgate Vithout either naval force-, or troop Mr. L. heard nothing of the expedition againft the Spanifli Ihips at Trinidad. Provifions were low, N E W - Y ORK, February 20. : The fhip Thrte 'Friends L apt.. Cherry, arrived yefterday from Atnfterdain, failed from the Texe! $th December. or fources are at a great dillance from each other. . On rhejth of October, the commiffioners took the oath as required by the treaty j arid appointed Ed ward Wivjtlow , K(. of Frederickfton, in the pro vince of New-Hrnnl'wit k (formerly of Plymouth ,n Maflachureus) S cretary to the board, arid the oath i of fidelity was administrated to hkn. The board being thus formed, the agent of the United States ; filed his nViuoris.1, requeuing that the eaflernmofV of the tVo rivers, called By the native Indians the Magaquadavic, mould be declared to be the river Sr. Croix, trt'Jy meant, and intended', under that name, as the boundary vT'iem ioned in the trenty-of peace made ir. I 7 '3And prupoiing to offer evi. .d.ence.and.argonWi)t9-tdppurt,.nU:ni.auar1arif'the agent of his tfritannic Majeltyhould deny that to he the river intended in the treaty of peace as the 'river St. Croiv. V - " . ,The agent of his faid Majeflty being ierved wTtlT a copy of that 'memOTialriled-aflothrm--he-i-be-- halt of hi& own -'-government ; therein (eating -that.. , the weftern rhe two rivers, by the native Indians called Scoudiack, was the St. Croix, truly meani .and intended under that hnme, in the ri'eaty of peace; and requeuing that board would declare s liat ' to be, the river lo-tn tended, and affigned divers rea Tons and argi:menTs tn favouroTIiirinerKr . The fource of the river is very important inthe bufinefs, he nTilt a ,l:nc is, bv. the treaty, to -he , - , . : n r- xtrawn due north iroin the tource 01 the river, to the highlands, as tlie line between the Two nations Two lines due ucjrth from the fourceslif the ''two ii vers above mentioned, will be nearly about fixrv . miles from each -.other, and extend tromthe- lea nearly about one hundred and forty miles. Thisllilfanc'e 6f the t wo Tinesjfrbm: each otlttP Hj as they are l'evetrally tlated by the agents, in their feveral claims. The Hritifh aeent claims the moff ::welterinirf.Th;e:" Scoudiatk Laket;-lihltir-in?arriie-i river Penobfcot, as the fource of lrc river Scoudiack, -and tbeigent or the United btates claims a-place nn the Magaquadavic, as the fource of that river. Which is right, or whether either is fo, is to be de termined by the boau1. . - . . The commifliouers jare obliged to declare whioh Jsehri: t ru ly-in treaty , "and t "o d e t e rtrtineTTie 1 aTiTudc and Ipngitude of its mouth and fource. To this end, furveys of both -rivers became ncceffary. And one furvevor -From the United States and -one from-theTiriti government, were appointed, to I'urvey each river : Thofe artills returned from the bufinels on the lad -btNovembery work. The eommifTioners, after taking the teftimony ot lome Indians, produced by the agentof t'helinit ed States as wjtnefs, and after determining on the- mode of admunng evidence, eftabltfhiitg the rjite of wag?s of artifts aqd labourers employed, adjourned, to meet in Jiollo'h on the fecond Tuelday in Auguff ? i 797. U i agreed and determined, that the arau" inents fliall be in. writing, filed by way of memorial - De '.or e - j heboapd,, fla t lug t h e. c v d c 11 cfs. ; a n d t h a t the Secretary nll prepare, aad deliver one copy 5f the whole to the agent of eath nation,'" "t& be by Jiinvdeliveledto Jis gixvernlnentJTheargunieiiL on the part of the United Stares is directed to be for'-' warbled to the agejut of his Hritannic Mae(ty, by the h'rlt day, of February 1 797 i that he may have time to prepare his repiv .1"- '-"'-''.-' . : -.-...'- .. . ,.'". By tmt mode of ivroccdnre, thg-nublic will hg on the" By Cant. Sherry-we are informed, that on the 28th Nov. the prohibition of the importation of Weft-India p olT.' ' . " - " ., Rrce-wasTrom-J44o5 fT-and-thowgHtialli ne It was faid, that the Emprefs of all the Ilufllas No expectation of peace It was feared that the negotiation at Pafis w'ould fall through. France having ihot the Srittfli out of almoft all the European ports, itwas expected that they would extend this pbjecValfo to the ports of, Hamburgh and Bremen. ' Several paflengers came in the Three Friends. The owners or the Three Friends, favoured us ,5Ktih papers to Decemberx, which contain fome im portant information, of which the following is a halty abflract: ' . & -J ' A Vienna account of Nov. i6v fays, the Auflri ans had b?eji 'beaten in Ttalv with "teat lot's-, but tI,aiJ,llL',e!!lIainr!?,fiin"'l.s"" fixed ;1orty thoufand v roars had ht'eii-eugait d. and it wja,st xpec1el3aairX my of four htiiuired thonfand would be eaibodiecf early, as tbtt Emperor would never InfTer any Re publics to' be elbblilhed in Italy under the protec tion if the Fiencli. r : - republic, one and indivifible. , After reading the verbal procefs of the capture of the brig Sufan and Polly of New-York, Abeel, iria ter, captured on the 5th of this month, bv rhe 4-Ff encfl-yrivateer L a FikufVjobraktiaiUrL-. ligned by the laid captain. After reading pr opedi ngs of the ju (lice of peace at .Port de Paix, about the faid The papers of the faid brig, confifling of a re. gifler, delivered at New-York on the 2?d i?ay, 1794, a fea-letter of the 2d December 1796, and a manifeftof cargo of theTt4th Dec 1796. . ' The affidavits of feveVal pafTengers on board the faid brig. - A v'a fit quantity of letters in the French and Eng. 4ifh4aBguages,direted to divers perfons in the ports : of the ifland of Jamaica, and in fkms of the ifland of St. Domingo, wliich are in open rebellion a. gainft their own government, under the protedioa of G. Britain. - Cgnfidering that" from the paper3abovemeBt'onedj-. JOf l!nexceptio"n"atiTy proved that the faid bri was u i . t - -. o . .Little,wa5 Qid jiJlieBPa,,.o ... At the firft bonrbardment of Kefil, about the ioth Nov;' the Audrians loll three thoufand killed, and thnt it was.fuppofed, it the Frei ch" held- out fix weeks, of (ixt wrive thoufand befi.eging Au(trians,one quarter. at le'all would be killed. No later accounts apprar 011 this ftibjeft. ' j rTtfFrat.jo"harC6 ri 1 ve 'ntibn ZzYl belli cue, No - vember 28th, debate was had on the .fuljject of the new conlfitution, when many petitions were pre ntCijeLwbicii one htindre'cTand forty '.four were froin f.mlltrdam, requefling that in the. formation oflhe leven p'rovlaces into a republic, thprc m'ght be unity and indivifibility, to lupport which princi ples they would expend their lives and fortunes. The reported plan did not exprelk the principles of niiity ahd; itidiviUbility, .a debateltherefort en lued (after the petitions were read) in whitJT there was much warmth, whether they would prt'eeed to .-debate it as thcybalis of their conftitntion. or have a new report brought in finally, November twenty ijineron ine appeal nominal, it was aeciciea to pro ceed on the prefentLreport, fixty fix te fifty two. - February 21. The permanent feat bill has pafTed the Aflembly., and had a fecond reading in the Senate its title his eemalt eredto read an at for crediting and-effa TU1Titrig""certIt;n publicphltes in'the'city of Albany, and for other purpofes therein mentioned iojoocr dollars are grained for carrying the'bill into effeft. The bill authorifing the (aleif certain public ftocks, nasaiip paneo tne ftllembly it contemplates fell ing to the New-York bank, out 6 Der cent, and de- having-no tthercompl ea ted-thei rfred4lockF has been concurred in by the Aflembly with amend inehta. Mr.' Cooky's motion to reieft the bill wa6 negatived, on a divilion a to 12. on paper the proceedings of a judiciy'triiiaTiaTtv pwitu iu victji.tr, iKiivcar iwu overeign inde pendent nations, upoiia cafe of magnitude and im portance. ; Why flinll not all the nations on earth iletermme their difpujesln this mode,rather than to cho?k iho rivers with tlielr caTxaI7s"and flain the . foil .of cphtincnts with their1Ia1nT"TTievvhole bufi riefsha bee'trv proceeded upon with great eafe, can -u and good humour. '. . " - A bill authorif ing the trealurer to fubferibe to the Albany bank . A bill t o incorporate JerwniahTan Renflelaer and others by the name of the Hamilton manufacturing fcrciety A bill to incorporate the New-York Info ranee Company, and a bill for erecting part of the counties of UlQtr and Otfego into a new countyb'y the name of Delaware, ate 'before. the Houfe of Af fembly. ;' ."::''"':' '" "' ' .-''' Lalt evening arrived the Imp Birmingham Pick-Jst,-(ptiiJerfromiAmfterdamtaprrilIe brings accounts- from Amflerdam about the 15th. of December ; he ftates, that at his departure novate intelligence was received from the armies on the continent : "that the profnefts of. peace were confi- 1 . .-,- . . .. . 1 . - dercd as veryiTprpmttmgrhaHre-I andedrrrf xt Tnhp1torarTover. on the-a 4th Dec. who informs ed him, he, among others, had received orders tq procfed.to Kufuaj to take charge ot a fleet otlmeo of war" bound from thence to-Enelandi the death of the Emprefs was reported; dil'confcnts preVaik ed in Holland ; and it was reported the king of PruflTa, "had evinced a (difpofifion tor iuterfering a- !..LAi.i.;.i:.i.ii . . . gain in tucir poiuicai vuiitcrus. Ttic i renIf troop$ were almoft entirely with drawn from Holland. At ablate hour we received Tome Leyden papers T1ley"1dV'TiotapeaF-on- rain any thing material. We (hall give, however, Tome feleci ions from-theni to-morrow. Tranjtated for the Daily Advertijet. In the name of the French republic. Extract from the regitter of the deliberations of the commifliouers delegated by the French go vernment to the windward iflands. . Cape, 2TfTNw6T71htTieTlry eaTnorthe"Frefic1r rjt.oJH Jc-Ml--var--yiTii X, I ll''4 That therelb'u ion of t'te executiv-p A'r,,. c' the 14th Meflidor laff, ordersthat all the fliips be longing to the republic and-the-privateers", are to ailiowardoh-Aro tier as tiny permit the Biitifh to aft towards them. That it is notorious that the agents of the Britifh government, in the Weft-Indits,do not refpeft '"anv neutral flag, which notoriety is ftrengthened by af fidavits taken and depoQted at the fejretary grUfi ral's office.' ; ' ' ' . ThaFafterlhe official notification of the, faid de. cree of the executive directory, aticf after the' cer tainry of thA condud of the Britifh in the Wefl -In-' IfiT'gwydhe-TiemYaf-irein U,, the commiffiotr- decreed ori the itli inft. that all neurral veflej o0. ing to or, coming from Britifli ports Diall be good prizes," - "" The commifilon has decreed and doth decree that the Sufan and Polly: of New-York, Abeel, niafler, captured on the 5th. inft. by the privateer La Fi leue, Jean Valet, maftef, is a good prize as wclYas ner cargo, ana an oeiongirig to her, and that the Whole fhalf be fold for the benefit of the cantor r I - ":.'""f.v r '1 therefore all Derfons to whom the ran. r ti,- fel and cargo 15 trufted fliall deliver them up to the captor. ' f ' ' ; -.-'.' This decree fliall be notified to the captain pf the faid brig, and for the full execution hereof, theap-- -tor fliall proceed before whom'it may be right ujtnG'U'-ii lucTcgmer." A .TrHW . . . SANTHONAXrreftderjtr R AI (WON D, Commiffioner.' PASCAL, Sec'ry General. A. true copy,. Pafcal, Secretary General of the CommifTIon. Mr. Fekno, p - Yefterday the houfe of reprefentatires" 0f this" ftate being in a committee of the whole houfe on the bill to. authorize the governor to offer to conref' for the purpofes "tberein rnention tended for the accommodation of the Prehdent of the United States, Mr. Logan in the Chair, a mo tjon wa..made by hr. Latimer,condedbyJVlr Marfhall, for the committee to rife, report pro- grel& and aflvleave to fit again. This motion w intended as preparatory to a motion for rbA hnnt i. lourn. for the rnrnnlr nf nit. !nr on -to luchnrtf the members as shole. tirpay thejr refpecls ,to the Prefident of the United States oh the anniver- ' iary pt his pirtn day. I he que the chairman thirty-two rofe in favour qf the mo tion, but he declared the number to he nni'v tw.nr.,. g- fix, and the number rifing in ortpMtton, being TwcTityrghVthrxjiairjnarL4e thetmotion to Ul..n-,,..! , . y. ...... U i IM 4 -----i.. . : .'.- -., '... ,-!.... . .... ...... x- .. 'II be lohYrijur' Mr"-T."Shoemflkeir--anH rWr Jx; -lV'r fing in their places, declared that they bad" coanted the numbers, and that there had, thirty two' rifen in favour of the motion.'on which' the roli w li ed and it aDDeared that rher w rhtrr i.L r. ' ljj ; ' ,.- -."it.""" ill ia vour of thtf motion7and only twenty-nine ag'ajnft iri, : .Such condudt needs do commeot, ft Ihewg itfelf iri its true colours. SrECf.AT01t .'I It
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