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THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE. Vol. I.] r U ES D AY . December 31, 1799. [No. 48. —' ' REASON ANU TRUTH IMPARiI.iI. GUIDE 'THh kV.-TT. “ GEORGIA, LOUISVILLE. Publilhed every iuelday, by AMBROSE. DAY, at 3 dollars pci arm. payable bait yearly. BOSTON, A ’nvnnher 27* From Spain . Yeflerday arrived at Salem, the (hip Fannv, 5 2 day?; from B.lboa: a paflenger belonging 10 this town, informs us, that Ifiteis had been received there from very refpe&able fources, arquainting, that the king of Prudia in confequence of over tures made him by the allied powers, had determined to join the coalition againft France, and had already rmrthed 40,000 men towards Holland, to rein ftatc the (ladtholder. This meafurc was deemed of import ance to hurope. NEvV-YORK, Dec . 2. We mentioned in our laft paper, that advices were receiv. fd in this city, of the French fleet having been feen off the Irifticoaft. Wc have fine© been favored with the following ex trafcHtom the letter which con- ■ tained the news : “ 1 he French fleet has T iled from Bred, and has been ftvM off the northern coaft. Itsob jrft is faid to be a defeent upon Ireland. I hope the report is without foundation ; but have rny fears on the fubjefl, and thf*fe fears arc increafed by the rircumflance, that FIVE EX PRESSES, arrived this day at! Belfaft, on their way to Dublin,' charged (as it is (aid) with news ( to government of the ifiift im portance; but what that news is, has not transpired. Seven the northern counties are Jgain declared in a ftate of re bellion.” The letter from which the above is an cxtrafl. is dated, Belfaft, the 10th day of Oc tober, and we are allured there lsa l ?c °nd letter in town, which co. roboiates the intelligence, December 4. tfteiday David Frothingham. was brou ght 10 the bar of the coim °Vcr and terminer* and lece ived his fentence for the libel ° n general Hamilton ; which that he be fined 100 dol ars ’ Toned four months in ( e Ibidewell, and remain there 1 ! , be hound for his good e lour for two years, himfelf ■ n 1 e penalty of 2000 dollars, ■ , IWO Furctics in 500 dollars I,^ C ’ orone competent fecurity | in 1000 dollars. ■.congress. Uji a, r> ■ P K £PR ESE NTATI YES, I q., * or iday t December 2. f‘ lS tbe conftitutional K a7uffi C - meClin * ofCoe 8 rer!l - HSberc Clent number of mem- PP ea -ing to form a quo- II ‘ ‘ on of Mr, D. Fol- ter the houfe proceeded to the choice (t a fpeaker; when Mc(l. Rutledge and I ivingflun, who were appointed tellers, reported, that Mr Sedgwick had 4 2 votes Mr. Macon, 27 Mr. Dent, 13 Mr. Ru; ledge, 2 Mr. Sumpter, 1 '1 hat rhe whole number of \o'es were 85, and the rules of the houfe requiring a majority of two thirds of the members prefent to conllitute a choice, mither of theabuve gtmlerncn were defied. The houfe then proceeded to a fecond trial: when Mr. Sedgwi k had 43 votes Mr. Macon, 58 9 O Mr. Dent, 3 Mr. Rut edge, t Whereupon Mr. Sedgwick was declared dulv cleTrd, nnd conduced to the chair accord j ingly. Mr Sedgwick upon taking the chair, addrefied the houfe in the following wot Gentlemen , w Although I am conft ions cf a deficiency of tic talents which are defirablc to HTrhrr"* wi f h ufefulncfs and cigniry, me rn- I portant duties oft Tit Radon to which 1 am raifed by the ge-1 1 rcrous regard ol i.ba * nligh encO and virtuous reprefi ntatjvej of | ray country, yet reputing myfell on the energv of their candid fupport, 1 will not (brink from the attempt. Accept, I pray you, gentle men, my grateful acknowledg ment of the honor you are p ea fed to confer; and, whh ir, an aflurance that no confideration (hall (educe me 10 deviate, in the lead degree, from a diiefl line i of impartial integrity. A meflage was received from the (crate, informing the houfe, that a fuflicient number of mem bers appeanngto form aquorum, they h id proceeded to the < hoice of a Frtfidcnt pro tempoie. when the honor able Samuel Livermore was defied. The houfe proceeded to th r : choice of a clerk; when it ap peared Jon. W. Condy had 47 votes. John Bcckley, 39 Whereupon Mr. Condy was declared by the ipeaker, to be. duly defied. | Ordered, that a meflage he (ent to the fenate to inform that t body of the eleflicn of the ho norable Theodore Sedgwick, as the fpeaker of the houfe of repre , (entatives. On motion of Mr. Macon, ■ the houfe proceeded to Ihe choice - ol a leneant at-arms, door-keep* J rr, and afliftant door-keeper when Jofeph Wheaton Thomat jCLxton. and Thomas Dunn were unrnimoudv defied. I he following letter was read by the fpeaker : No. 79, Weib'd fired. London , Sept, 20, 1798. S 1 K, I B t G leave, through you, f o ((fer to the houfe of repre fentaiives of the United Stares, rmprethons of the two prints ol rhe American revolution, which I have lately cauled to be pub-j lifted. ' | The importance of the events j and fhe illuflrious charaflers of the two great men to whofe me mnry they are particularly de* v.'ied give to thi (e works their be it claim to your notice; and pntriotifm of my coum y rnen, I trufl, will give them a Mr/Vr reception tlian ilreu io trinfic merit might entitle me to hope. With great refpcfl, 1 have the honor to be, fir, Your moll obedient hum b e fciv^nt, [NO. 1 RT’MBIJLL. The Speaker of the houfe of Feprfentai' VCi of the L. States. | A letter fipned Wm. Godfrey, [addrtlltd to the Ipeabr, was read. fatTtt. that he had b.cn O • •/i impreffed on board a Bnnm man oi war, and had made biqueni applications for relief to the meric n rriniller in London w'thcut effcfl. Referred to the lecretary of ftate. The prints referred to by Mr. [Trumbull, in his letter to the j fpeaker of the houfe of repie- Icniatives, are, fir ft a reorden faiion of the Hattie of bee and the death of General Mont gomery. Second, the Battle at I Bunker's Hill—both elegant en , gravings. They are placed on thenglitand left of the (cealei’s chair, and are highly ernamen tal to the leprefcntative cham b r. COLLECTOR'S SALE. WILL BE SOLD, At the Cow t LJoufi, in Wafiiingtov county, at the vfual how s , on thi fir ft MOSDiY in June next , ONE theufoni Acres of Pint < Land , in the name of Da za. Hunter , in /aid county on Lloyd's < creek. Taken default for the luxe> for the yea)j 1797 and 1798. Tax due 77 cents, Sam. Robinfon, t, c. nv. c. November 13, 177^* WANTED TO HIRE, B\ the Alunlh or TTear. A NEGRO MAN. Enquire at tkii OJjict. Sepicflibcr 10, Head Quarters , Louifville , 2i ft December, 1799. GENERAL ORDERS. IT has been nolifrfd to the < ominander in Chief, that the gallant old veteran the late major geneial Claricf, of Geor gia, whole name ought to be fo dear to this and the United f’t'tes, for his 1 1 uly heioic ex ploits—is decCafcd, It is therefore required, that all officers, in military cornnif fion, hc’onging to this (late, do v ear for one month fiom the lit day of J ruaiy next, a crape round ti e left a»m, as a token of that afTcfiion, which the government and militaiy bear to his memory, for his great, patriotic and mi'itary exertions duing the revoluironary war. By otder of the Commander in Chief , Thomas Johnson, Secry . T he SUBSCRIBER Has juft receiv d t in addition to his former ftock, The following ARTICLES: BROAD Cloths and Buff Cajfi* meres CaJJimere Vcft Shafes Ba h Coating Duffil Blankds, Rose ditto Linen, Calicoes, Mi Jims, Durants Oznaburgs , ( i+ton lagging Plain and coined Cotton hose Veiveuts and Th cksets Royal Rihb , Writing Paper Patent Medicine ol all kinds Gun Locks oj the b<ft quality Fire sanled Pomatum Bo ft F la/ k Ball Bud e Bits , Plaitd Spurs Womens turvp hens Ihndwa'e of ad kinds Pen Kn ves, Saddle Tacks Cotton ( aids, Ao. 10 hibbo'S, Scf/ois Fa< its Hair Ccmls Sewing Silk nil colors PctkeL Handker chic/s Girl Wtbbmg / himb'es, with fled b Horns Aeck laces Bo ft H kite Chapel Needles Razors in cases . MANUS LEMLE. A, B. All those indebted to the Subscriber f are ear nrftly requrfted ! o come forward and make imme diate payment or thnr accounts will be put into the hands of an attorney . M, L . W anted to Hire, A NEGRO BOV. Enquire at this Cflicc. Nov«.*ber 19 SHERIFFS' BLANK DEEDS Of CONVEYANCE , For Sale at the Office of the Low/- vide Gazette ,