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V.vct'er, ltrannstonfcinc po.,er 'c.c I uUe.fl sent to mm to re , ... - also re-' isrview integrity and abilities, my beeqTcund injurious or .neon- , pairduther and to stnke Im flag, f.3 ea5Ws teucd. For vcr.icn,, to the rights and interests Some certain accounts of Loru 1Vl?X uhcare ts ar to my heart, of the nvopk ? ! ha mde,d, some Nelson's licet have at length been brought by a Hass.anuner, of have'asteadv tims suspended an iniiM-nam "Vi sion, Viil the reuse, of the-people cev.kl be ascertained. It ha3 some times embarrassed an alU'.ck upon the principles of the constitution. It has often 'Drodvecd useful deliberation. And once least, it has prevented j the disgrace ot legislating upon sub jects, that belong exclusively to the jurisdiction of another country. Bu, are these efStcts of a constitutional power, that we should approvCand encourage;: or, on the contrary, that Tre should pern ana a convention io condemn" and -to- prohibit ? Let the honest and the in'elligent Freemen of Pennsylvania, reflect ar.d deter mine. ' f-Vo-'fic soncluJeJ ft our ntxt. J j- Kt "Jit" " t2tf JForn'su f intelligence, LONDON, MAT S. The Brest fleet, it is said, b&ve indicated a disposition to put to sea. We are inclined to think that this rhay be a feint to engage the attention . or our ueci, wm;e uic other French and Soanshsquadrons are effecting iunHti'dns, or putting to sea. z On the spur of this nr ceisity and this danger, great efforts are mak ing to t out every ship of force for sea, and to render these the more disposable, ills intended to employ -ir MrMitinnal niimht-r of block fchlDS - - i t for th.e defence of the coast. It is rumoured also, that U is in co.itemplation to ca'l out the popu lation, or s me7tu t of it, agreea ble to the General Defence Act.,.. Ministers sf em at list alarmed, and good ve.tson they have to be so. There is a feptfrt too that an em bargo will be laid on shipping till the destination of the French and Spanish fleets is ascertained. It has been reported that an at tack on Ferrol is the first object of Sir Tames Craie's arm iment. We j CJ fear that it is now too late.. ...'Had. St ministers on the first breaking cut ,pi tne opanrsn war, sent an expecu ticn (which should have been ready to go the moment war was decla re;d).to that quarter, it might have been taken without much difficulty or loss of time. It would have en abled tw. to take or destroy at least "15 ships of the line..... Ministers are deenly responsible for the loss of x that opportunitv. Letters from Lisbon state, that "T the most active exertions are mak ing throughout Spain to carry on 'the. waf Avith -all possible vigour. A body of 'French trbdps kad ente 'red Catalonia, to-operate with the -'Spaniards- in the'siege of Ghbra'tar. 51 AY 9. Sir TnTin Orde's satiadnn. on - j i ' ii its way lrom Cadiz,, to join the S channel, rus excited consiae-anie alarm amongst the shipping, and induced several to return into port, which had passed the most darige-. mils nrt of tleir vovasre. "The i . . . . w -v one of the ships induced . to put The West-India fleet which saiiefi on the 20th uh. under convoy of 'the Ethaiion frigate and Serpent sloop of war, alio fell in with Sir John Grde'a squailron, ws pre- yaikd upon to. ie turn into port, and " is arrived at Cork. The neSt day 'f-i-i Comm:vn4er of the Ethaliou. catieda meoting ot the several Cap tains, on board his ship, and infor med th-m that if, after. aM they 'knew, tuey were still desirous to proceed.on their voyage, hr would received. H:s Lordship, with six sail of the line, it is ascertained by I advices which have reached Gri jvernmer.t,,was ctf Carthagena on ithe 13th ult. standing for th- s t r e i gh ts , v i til a n un f av 0 r ible wind '1 he reminder of the Noble Ad miral's fleet were not atvthiat itme iar 'distant from him ; and from the course in which" he was steer- 'insr. little doubt can be entertained '.of his having redeived' c6rrcct in telligenVe cl the enemy. On thu '12th, the Beagle sloop saw the Spanish aquadron eleven leagues ! to the westward of Cadiz ; and, in he event of the wind becoming fa- i vorable for the; British fleet to pas ' the Gut, there is eyery reason to l hope that it will be able to comi Sup with die rnemv. Indeed, '.what with the chances of the wea ther, the extraordinary eagerness I of pursuit, t&e superior tkill of j British seamen, ' add Lbrd Nel son s eharastenstic! promptiluue land perstverence, we entertain little 6r no doubt cl a meeting, 'glorious, we trust, in its result,hiv .' ing long ere this taken place. ;The 1 gallant chief of the Bnti?h"squadron comes not within sight of the ene mv, without vigorously engaging them, and, in that lease, the hero triumph, or survives not the com bat, j We stated yesterday that an em- ace on alUtht bargo had taken p vessels in the river, and that a great number ol able seamen had been procured for his Majesty service. A warmer press-was perhaps never knjwn upon the i harness N Bv our port letters we find, that a similar expedient has been every where resorted to, andt ,that the seamen thus, obtained will I enable government to make a very ;co"ftside'rable ai d immediate aug- mentation ot oui naval torce. 1 These measures it is supposed, will shortly be followed by the calling out of the levy en ; masse ; and e jverf practicable measure will im ) mediately be reaor!ted to ,fo plac ing the country inj the most res- ipectable state of dtitence. i Government having received certain information thaf the enerm are detefttiined to make eyery pos sible eSbi't gainst this country and hence have thev feso ved tc ! adopt sti' h'measures as shall leave I scarce fmv thing to diance. Ih enemy' having ventured their fleets jto sea, are now daily increasing their hostile preparations at Bou tlogne, the camp ai which place has within the last ior)tnight been very i considerablv augr0ented ; and oui Utters of yesterday inform us, that gun-boat are almost every day seen steering along the coast from different ports to the grand depot On Tuesday about 10b cf them were seeh coming from the west ward ; and a signal being hoisted several ol our cruisers went mime i diately in pursuit of them. That ! the enemy are poiv seriously in- the &ame rrature with the above. "M'AV 14. It is vet undecided whether any detachment from the chapnel fleet Mas been sent in pursuit o the com bined squadron ; but we understand ihut Government has determined to send out such strong reinforce ments to the commander in chtet as may tnable'him to dispatch" a nir.n ber olvessels according to the exi gency of any' unforeseen and presn lag oct asion. ; The press, whi ch is ndv carried with the greatest acti vity on the river, and In the -out-ports,' vi!l be continued u; til eCery ship 'of the line is either f.t falser vice;'' or being equipped in a short time, shall have been completely manned. The order for an embargo at this port was announced. from the cus- toVn-house on Thvirsdav, and the press-gangs have been indetatigable in" their exertions ever since. " rr sons of all piefessiohs," as wdl as seamen, ' have been 'occasionally taken; though many have been re leased on proper application having been made in their behalf. ' in the early part of the week, about forty Irishmen, just landed irom a Dub lin packet, and .who' were proceed ing up the country in search of em ployment,' rere pressed and taken on board the tender. Thev have since, however, most of them been lib- r.iteJ. , The sailing of two French sail of the line from Roche fort, is con firmed by 'O facial dispalches. rfivd uniform influence through the whle course of my administration. And it is on these terms alone, that I expect to receive the approbation and support of my leltow-cuizens. Your wishes lor; my personal liap piness, ere expressed in terms to merit my warmest acknowledge. r. W . 1 1 menis. iviay jrou, gentlemen, inui- j vidually enjoy unceasing felicity, and may the people of the territory generally obtain that prosperity u, which their virtues and patriotism so eminently entitle them. ROBERT WILLIAMS. 'May 17, 1805. li,. ,j IW, iv,L- 11(1 tent upon invading! our shores, we entertain not the.: slightest doubt ; but ve are no less confident, that, come when they rhay, they will hind ts m an state ot preparation to f meet them, and that the day of j combat Avili prove a day of glory ; to Britain. Accounts reach ?d town v;ster dav from Plymouth, stating that advices' had been received there by a neutral ship from Charante, that an the 1st ol May,. three and a GOFER A OR WILLIAMS. Trota the Mississippi Herald, Extra. On Fridav the 20:h of Slay, t.e folio wing Address V as p'rcscnted to His Exceilenc) the Governor, by the Couumtiue irponr.ed i'or ihat purpose. sail' Wlta ineui, 'v n - uiliwli, iuji ui iioop'r, siit:eu -would sign a petitione to him-, stat- b om .Roehefort : that an embargo -in"1 that to oe their wis.i. 1 his be- had -fteen iaul on, eight da-:s pre- hr- comtilicd with, the trade put ;. vious to therr .sailing, which "was to sea, and rtTe out only one day j.nken off on the 22d mstar.t, before die. convoy thought fit to re turn, without any s'ibsequenrnnet ligence, or any ackhdcnal reasons ; for so doing. . ! -j Much ictivitv prevails . among j Gardner the day on which the-, neutral vessel alluded to U dt onarante. "MA i 10. Advices were received from Ld. tit the Adm;ralt- vest'er- thelagstile flotilla on the, opposite j,(!av 'J he undcr hii lordship. ;gcoast. On Monday about 100 ot j! command consisted of 28 of the To Hi ExeellcKcj K03ERT WILLIA MS, .(. Given. jr of' tbe Jituusrpt Territory May it pease your Excellency, 'The subscribers, inhabitants'o'f the city f Natchez, beg leave to present their "'sincerely cotuial congratula tions u&on your Excellency's appoint ment to, the governmental chuu ol this territory. , , , ( Thty cum;ratulate themselves tnd their fellovy-citizens throughout the territory, upon an event so auspici ous, which promises order, harmony jnd good government. They cenfi len'iy rely, that their expectations will n A be disappoinied.4-They art fully impressed, and assured from your Excellency's character, that the due energy of government will be supported, that appointments will be made, which will combine quali fie a lion with integrity. . And that all the powers and duties of the executive, will be executed and dUch&rgrd so as to be honourable to himself and to promote the happiness and Welfare of the people. ... , They be; leave further to assure yohr Excellency, that they pledge themselves, at all times, and on all just constitutional occasions, to give you, collectively and individually , every support in their power. Our most cordial prayers art, 'hat you mav cniov, the onlv earfh'y re ward of a good administration- in the happ'T-SS of the people o'vc'r whom you preside, and that health, joy and happuiess may feign inyoiir own immediate household. City ol Natchez, May 16, 1805. " ( Sig.:eJ bf upwards of 60 ef tlx mott refxc take inhabitants j The committee appointed by a 'number of respec.&bie inhabitants of the Cny oi N itch z. to prpure a id present an Ad diess to H.b Exce.lency Robert Williams, Governor of the Territery, Report, That they prepared the Toregoirfg Address, and the same being signed by a number of the mos respectable inhabitants of this citjr, they Waited upoa His KxccHency at Wushmgton, who roceiyed the same with distin guished politeness, and was pleased to give the following answer. " On Tuesday last the citizens of Natchez and its vicinity c-ave an entertainment to His Excellency HO BERT WIL LI AMS at which Col. John Steele pYj4idcd as Pi'e'sideht, hnd IVIaj or 'Ferdinand L. Liaiborne as V ice'-f resident The following toasts were ! given, and drank with patriotic energy 1. Tl.e President" of the United States. -2. Thei- Vice-President' of the United Stare. ' 3- Tjhe memory '.bfC'en. Washington, the HerTand Father of his country. 4. Tiie memory of the pAtriots of '76, May their liero'j example ihlkietice the'ir Kiirerity. ; 5. The'Hcads of Departments. ' 6. Kiipresentatiye (iovcniinejit. The P;lad,i.jn of theri-h.s and hber ios cf man. ; 7. 'I'he M.ssissnni Territory. May it soon be entitled to 'harmonize as a sitter state with the Union. . ( 8. Our7,Brethien of'I.bnision'a. May the ur.der$ts3d'ati;J -appreciate the beneitts derived froiriia Republican Govtinment 9 The iieveial Territories of the United States. May they always liave a jut cos. t.ue.ice in the parental cue uf tlm general 10. The Army and Navy of the United Sta.es. . . , ' 11. The Ktt-r.-.cry of the brave Americans, who fed 'Wore Tnpdi. " ' - 12. Ar culture, manufactures andcom-J. meice, tne nurseries of wealth and virtue. i 13. Vir;uous Education! The mam Pular I of social order, liberty, and Republican i Goverr nit'iu. . " , . v 14. The Press The friend of man. 15. The rising prosperity mf the U. States May it evn.ee to the old world, the policy cf pacihe measares ' 15 1 he Union of the States. May it be piescrved inviolate throbh all ebuihUoni of par. y. ..-..', . 17, Tha American Fa'.r. By th: Glvernor, A fnll investication of publia measures, &o as no: to infrmge the harmony of'sbc'iai muircourse. By tkr Pre id nt. Governor Willams (he having retired-) By the Vi;e' Pi eidef.U 'The Judiciary of the Territory-. F AYETTEV I LLE ACADEMY. mc ; v.-ic enemy were at single an- bor m iJrest water, coaipSetely pre- o(l' the sand b'd s standing for Toi- 1 Iogne j tney were supposea . to oe for sc-a. 7'he actual amount conundrum n.nc vi icpj.-c,' tieir j(jrce is not stated, but h is ome ot-oarsquaurun imrnea.ateiy . t ,pposcd l(; be frorn 2i l0 2J sai; stood for. the nur;iose, ol jntercep:- Qi" he 'lViC "ina:Xneni,and the sqnaaY'on at iiun- gen ess instantly g i under weigh. Accounts-have beeu receive! from the Channel fleet, d it rl o,T Ushitit, the 4d inst. at wbieh time it had been reinlorced by the Mars, AMinotanr and 1 lusti ious, ot 7-r iTuns each. . j - MAT 1 J. j On Ti.u sd.iv last, aWtt three ,:o cio;k,a special me.-singer. arrived at the Secretary of State's office, ; wiili the Treaty that has been sv lUnTz ntffociaiin;; with the court of To '.'a renr. William Murray, Gar- i liu.'ssia, sedie-ci a:ia .signed in dut oT;i. 'i his tn b y U t;Uensive anc hf V 72' i 28 I' Ty dnU oi-thc northerr. 'fV fl H(Wb Adru- JrlW, eiiiK-r or soon will bt ret Elliot Venders. it and Ste phen Bullock, Committee of the City ef Natchez, Cehtlemkk, I receive with lively sensibility the address which .you have been pleased to present t me this day, oh behalf of tjpUizns of Natchez, evincive of their op probation of my appointment to the government of this territory.. Although it is with great diffidence I have undertaken this task, still I derive -considerable hope from the liberal sentiments you have expres sed, linrimg . therein unequivocal assurances that i Inp'aslherf sha'l o ' be, given pfn.ifs of a disposition to iuppari the government, in its true consiuutwSi-U ciu-rgy; and in the ii The Exatr.inauon'bf this Aca demy commenced on the 24th June and ended on die evenimof the fol owing day. The Trustees can not avoid cxpress!ir:g the gcnetal satisfaction they received in the progress of the Students, wh'uht once marks the care of the Teach- ears 'and the attention of the Scho lars. The number of both sexes attending the several das es of the I School, amounted to oiie hundred I t i i . ana ten. in suu nutnocr u is im possible not to to mark the dis er mination necessarily arising from superior attention, or genius. In Horace and Virgil, Samuel Jackson passed examination and was ranch approved. Throughout Cicero's Orations, John Wright, John Eecles, and Ar chibald Bowie, were examii.ed and H all uhswered with much propriety. In the Eclogues and Georges of Virgil, The mas M'Ray, Daniel M'Neif, and Robert Campbell, in- dicated their study of this celebrated Latin Poet, had been industriously applied, but Robert Campbell was distinguished for rnoie correct pro nuncition. 3ohn Adams in Caesar's Commen taries and Sallust, -answered extreme ly well. Stephen Daniel and Henry Beaty were much approved of on examina tion through Cornelius Nepos, ami the first three Boeksof Csssar. Hen; y SiDley and James Bowie inCordery, answered very we'd. Iu reading English Prose and Poetry John Ee cles, lohn Wright, Robert;Camp bell, John Adam, and Henry Sibley were distinguished. James Mum ford, John MrRae,'Tkomas Bran ton, Anthony Tarbe, James Baker, and Thonras Davis were" roost a pproveel of in the second clas of reading, al though all read with propriety, in the third reading class, 1'eter Mal lett and Noyman Howat were dia-in-guished. - In the fourth class of reading Geo. Jennings and Thomas Bowen read best. In the fifth reading class, John Dick, Owen Davis, John M'Leran, and" Samuel Tillingbast, read better than their otiser class mates. A very large class of thirty lioys examined in spelling frcinVhe Dictionary in nearly all parts; answered very v.ell but Joseph" Bunker ar.d Jan; ; lord, were distinguished. first class of Arithmetlcu ilikc-r, James Bker M'.iae excelled. Inthesescnd metic class, Anthony Tarbn, Divls, and Jamts Alumford most approved Thomts Eri , ill the third class w&i iuund moste '' j " r .. ' yeorgjenmngs and Augu, tine Cicate, were disiingi.ished.' n writing. Anthony Tarbe, Joseph Ba. ker, John Barge, and Jt,hn M'Pa were ratht approved according the order in which they are here mentioned. Tn the second class ofwij ters, the copies of Joseph 0'Ne;i Amu wiiuuin r.iccie excelled ;. j Samuel Tiilinghast, James Bac j Robert M'Kethan, Stephen Duniel' ! Henry Sibley and Henry Beaty ex' hibited the best copies of their. res. pective classes. In the examination of the EngVisji grammar crashes, an , tns.Dvs per. tornu-a we i. but Anthonv i I ihomas Davi, and John -M'lL were leund most convct. 4 the evenings of the days ofxaniy, nation, seleeti'pfects weiu sptkfn'n the Theatre. The exercises of ihs yoifng Gt'ntlefnen were very iuUti, approved of; btitin the art ol" speak, ing with propriety and btco:7ii: gs? tion, 'Henry Beaty," James, bV.vie, Joseph 'O'Kcil, Archibald Bowi; John WT right, John Eccks, and x seph -Bker, were mOsr applauded. The Youkg'Ladiks Classe; -We're '"next examined,' begmni;:; Vith the "youngest. m the f,.L; sjelling classy c&nsisting ' ot t Misses M'Kae knd Hall "txcellsd I 1 the .'second 'containing nine, d spelled well, but Misses D::trutt disttsguished -n the order laid down A numerous class of iweniy-nUie n next exa'tnined In spelling (inStscri minavery ) inrougo.i.ns; iJicnonan 'bufMisses DickivCook, Donalf' jaavianu.LJ,ocaraexciie. jviisbd Hawley andl?bf:-wtre distinguish in the fourth spelling ; class. In the two first e.Iavses of reader of twelve small GiHs, they all rt .well for the time they have been School. ' "ih The third reading class, tvye!:i in number, Misses MumFord, Ivi'D nald, and Dickson were distinguis: ed. In the fourth class of s-d reading prose and verse, MUstsJ t ni 'gs, M'Leran, and Rea, Wrc rt marked "to excel. In "the fifth aa! sixth classes, containing ninetes' they in gerfceral read ' correctly, I Misses DaviSi Donaldson, Die;! Cochran, Wfnslo'w, Havley, Dud'c, Ramsey and 'Etefett, were remark in their 'respective classes, for res ing most distinctly and "prqnount; Uie, words with "molt propriety. In English Grammar, a class seven you 'g I-ad:es was exaniim L throughout the Grammaf, they ni found eqi.lly correct, but xVL; Dudley, ahdDqmthe applical of the rules to pmper construccd were conceived tq be most perlec. Otiithu exhibition of the M copy books, in the;jfirst class, Dow, Cook, and Tarbe : "In 'tee cond class, Misses Slatonstall, Ek land, and Flowers : In the thin cl ss Misses S.blcy, Detrtn, arj Hill': In.the fourth class, Missel Mplton, Jennings and Pearte, werd respectively distinguished for . gool writing. Composition (m ieUerwi ling) was shewn by 'a clasi'contaiif ing six Young Ladies : the letters M-ss Tarbei Hawky, and H I -A .Ur-VrS were niosi appruveu vuoani a-ti j iish Grammar, ten in number, l4 jexmined: of this clas, Ivlt s4 r lovvevs, Davis, M'Leran, and rea-il extrelled. The Ladie ..present at the exaflj nation uispccttnd many eltgaijt h mens of .Embi-oidtry and ff'! Needle AVork, exhibitd by tnej !ars. In the upper class, the n of Misses RamseyCook, De Sanderson, were mdtred" superior' the second "class, Miss Dcndcsj and Miss Rea, were reported tol celi and in 'Tambour, the Ui judgment was in favor of Miss- Tl, A nfrrdfl vacation until Monday the eig July, at which day it is reqwsi :l4 Ehe Trustees of the Fyettt1 Academy, think proper to P1 this P.ertort. that the oublie J lizl... . ..i; r tu stM the umi :uu aiiu 11 iv"- ter perceive he ifnnroveiricIii young and rising "Cner.Uirti . I i rtilnriv rtpar to thfttl : ttVi. H ' . . ! A at who have been disungujVl ing, and that those who rnaf have been particularly rem rk become desirious and V'T to Be in future the sUct 0 PRAISE . ,Tr.,-r
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