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PHILADELPHIA, March 15.
James Blake, Esq. consul of the United
S'ates for arrived here
yesterday in the brig Boston, from Cape-
Francois.
Mr. Blake has furniflied us with the
Bulletin Official de St. Domingue , of the
29th Piuviofe, ißsh February) from which
we translate rpurtaint's account of hi
having poflefled himfeif of the Spaniih
part of the iiland. W'e are also informed
by Mr. B. that a convention from the dif
ferent departments -was fliortly to meet at
Port-au-Prince, in order to form a code of
laws for the government of the colony.—
These laws are to be submitted, firjl, for
the approbation of the general himfeif, and
Afterwards sent home for the concurrence
of the French government.
COLONIES of FRANCE.
LIBERTY. EQUALITY.
St, Domingo, 13 th Piuviofe , 9 th year of the
\ French Republic, one and indivijible.
ToufTaint Louverture, general in chief of
the army of St. Domingo, to his fellow
citizens of the French part of St. Do
mingo.
Cnizensfet—l announce to you with
great fatbfa&ion, that I have taken pof
fdlion of the Spaniih part of Sr. Domin
go in the name of the French republic.
A column commanded by the general
of brigade Moyfe, marched to the north
againlf St. Jago; a&£ond column, com
manded by the chief of brigade, Paul
Louverture, to the fontb weft against San
to Domingo, Each of them were attacked
by the Spaniards, who feer.ied determined
to oppole our taking poffenion. The co
lumns, notw'uhftandiry|, p.erfoed then
route. The measures oHvifamn, of pru
dence, and of humanity, which I have tak
en, prevented the effufion of blond ; arid
with very little loss I gained pofteffion of
the whole iiland. Persuasion alone, after
the firft attack, were the only means 1
made use of. My enterprise was crowned
with the mo ft brilliant success.
The geneial of brigade Moyfe, conduc
ed himfeif with that bravery, which al
ways charaCerifes a French general. He
executed with precision all my orders. Me
has rendered me a clear and precise ac
count of all his opperations, and the con
duct of the officers and fojdiers under his
command has given me infinite plealtirt.
Difciplin and subordination have been
observed with a scrupulous attention, and
perlons and property rigidly relpeCed.
The adjutant-general Hebecourt, whom
I sent to the Spaniih governor, Joacim
w ? i r b mv inftruCipns to riegociate
the taking poiie*\ in‘of tw? iiland.fob
filled his million with honor, wisdom and
prudence.
[Here follows a particular detail of the
marches of the troops.]
In cotifequet.ee of this detail, which i
gives me pleasure to make public, becaufi
it is true, I declare that the officers an<
soldiers composing the armv of St Domin
go have deserved well of their country.
Salut et fraternite, amitie.
Le general en chef,
Toussaint Louverture.
March 17.
Extraft of a letter from Cadiz, dated Janu
ary 29, 1801.
“ By my refpeCs of the 16th, you will
be acquainted with the deplorable state, to
which this city and the bordering towns
have been reduced by the epidemic *dt
ftemper, which prevailed this last summer
Thank God, the malady has totally (iff.
•h- appeared. Never was this city, notwith
standing all its losses and disappointments
this war, reduced to its present miftrable
condition.
“ The blockade continues with usual
vigilance, and not even a remote profrcH
o.f permanent peace on the continent, on
the contrary, the contending powers
would seem to be inspired anew with tin.
fpirirof hostility and deftrmftion.
** It is reported a rupture between this
country and Portugn', is unavoidable. In
facl, preparations are affually making
with rigor on this fide.”
Another lerter in Spanish, tinders t-of
Jan. 27th, contains the following furrlrr
information, which we have trartflated :
“ The reports of the arrival of a gener
al peace have been var’nns and flattering
the last week; but the post of this day has
dissipated our hopes. It brings advices of
8000 Bririfli troops having disembarked at
Lisbon, for the purpose of abetting Por
tugal, who it seems, has pofitivelv reje£fed
the conciliatory proposition of this court.
In consequence of this intelligence, the
Spanish army Vt now advancing, bv forced
marches, to the frontiers of Portugal: and
two columns of French troops, one a
mounting to 4000, the other 8000, h-me
aefualy advanced as far as Bayonne. While
these important movements are going on,
general Bernadotte, with an armv of
45,000 is proceeding againlVtbe enemv by
way of Rouftlloa. We are of course in
\, i •
hourly expbrf a .; on 3 0 f receivingadvice of
the
*’ It is underflow iiere that Great-Bri
tain has olfertd to enfor into an armistice
for 12 months, on cohdituvn that their
ambaflador ftiall be admitted to the nogo- 1
ciations in the congress at Lunevillc,”
H E R A L D.
AUGUST A,
WEDNESDAY, April 8, 1801,
Mathew Lyon, who rendered him
feif more cotrfpicuous on the floor of Con
gress, by his Jpitting, than by his fpeaklng,
has lately exhibited a new evidence of his
beastly character, in a letter written by
him to the late President—The letter was
delivered to Mr. Adams the fourth March,
previously to hisleaving the City ol Wash
ington, and such was Mr. Lyons opinion
of its elegance, and dignity, that he had
the vulgar and malicious production, pub
liflied the fame uay in the Cabinet, a pa
per edited by his fon—W'e prelent the
following extract from his letter, as a fpd
cirren ot the lublimity of his genius, the
extent of his capacity, and the molt link
ing instance, (spitting excepted) of his de
cency and politeness.
“ Pitiful indeed niuft be your feelings
in palfing home through the now d mo
cratic state of New-Jcrfey, which formerly
so copiously fumifhcd you with piping hot
addreftes every morning for breakialt ; the
fervilitv of a few of their abandoned citi
zens fttuiied your palate and changed the
cookery of the diflt oftener than yoot,
kitchen servants. Should you. flop at Phi
ladelphia, how melancholy mult it seem
to you, M‘Pherfwn’s band of cockaded
boys are all dispersed or grown up into
democrats no federal mobs there now to
ling Hail Columbia and huzza for John
Adams, and terrify your oppofers, Hop
kinfon’s ly re is out of tune, Cobbet and
Liston are gone, the Quakers are for the
living President; and your old friend Joe
Thomas i am told can scarcely find duds
to cov-r his nakednels ; I am lurprifed
you did not make him a judge.”
“ Come pray Sir, cool yourfelf a little,
dont coil round like the rattle snake and
bite yourfelf; no, betake yourfelf to fart
ing and prayer a while, it may be good
lor both body and foul, that is a fafer reme
dv lor an o d man in your situation than
lie letting of blood.”
The editor of the Aurora seems to
cojitempdate the removal of rn»*»y pubU* t
officers, and of ci f.rfe tN..',y nw. appoint
ments to nil the vacancies—what office
e experts as a reward of his merits we
are nor expfebly mid j r s liuoed however.
Collector of the port of Philadelphia,
• Port-Maher of the city,is what he is mo*
leftly aimingat.—Wi re we not accustom
-d of late to th strangest itfconliftenciei.,
it would seem foinev hat iingniar, that the
■ ame papers,which.continually encourage
a hope fora difpiav of wisdom in the new
administration, at the fame time endeavour
to mark out ta line of tondu'if^hich,com
mon fenL would bluflr to pursue, and
w hich, would rncvitablv lead to disgrace.
We have as yet, no reason to fear , what
fomr persons appear ard-mly to hope, that
almpft every real, honest, American is to
be ueglerted and dilpifed, while every fo
leigntr, w ho has been adive in promoting
dilturbances in his own country, and has
tud the utjoerity to escape the puniffimenf
nt merited, is to be advanced to ports of
honor, ot truft,or of profit.
When experience (hall have con Triced
us, that we are incapable of felf
ment when tis clearly after.air.co, that,
me clefii ienC'y of talents in native Ameri
cans, and the depravity of their hear' ren
uers them unworthy of offices created for
tiieir ow* security and benefit, then indeed
will it be proper to look acrols the Atlan
tic for that purity, knowledge, and virtue,
which is to improve our morality,
our grestnefs, and secure on- liberty.— —*
then may we cull from the prison houses,
redeem from the jails, and furnchfrom the
julbce, of their country, the Duanes, and
the Calenders of the European world, and
invite them, to viiljfy our public charac
ters, or to take pofleflion of our public
offices.
So far however as we have yet progress
ed, we have dilcovered in our own coun
try, a fufficiency of wisdom to *nd
of energy to prosecute, a fyfl m, which,
under the fortering care,and m ifterly man
agement of the Patriots of our revolution,
has placed our country in an attitude,com
manding the admiration of the civilized
world—nor have we experienced any fe.
rious evil, from not advancing to impor
tant trusts, thole difeoritented emigrants,
who have continually censured our pub
lic measures, and held themselves up as
entitled to the exclusive confident of our
.citizens. Numerous instances have ec
curred within a few years part, of persons,
whole precipitate removal from their own
country prevented from being enrolled m
the lilt of convifts, who have no sooner
let their feet on. our (bores, than they be
gan to calumniate our government, and
to offer thcmi'elves for public appointments.
It has been mentioned as a well known
fa£t,that amongthe llanderers of Col. Pic
kering, was a European, who, the day after
hfs arrival in Philadelphia, had the auda
city to harrangue the citizens on the lub
jcCt of the treaty, with Great-Briiain, and
attempted to become a leading character
in opposition to ns ratification. When
this kind of insolence is countenanced, it
is not altonifhing that some enterprizing,
and ambitious foreigners Ihouid calculate
upon eventually taking the government ol
our country out of the hands of Ameri
cans, and of ruling over us with dei'potic
iway. The late adminidration of our
country,interpofed an insurmountable ob
ifacle to the iuccefs of such deligns, and
the diiappotntment of many an individual,
was exhibited in the lUnderous pages ot
tie Aurora and the Cabinet, and was con
tinued,till ant. calumny attained
infamous perfedTion, in tint vile work the
** ProlpeCl BeJore Us.” Upon a change
«>f adnainillration, tilde graceless mortals
expcCted to be rewarded lor their villany—
but uifappomtment mult (fill be their
.ortion, Ittll they will not have the confl
uence of the government, they will not
be trusted with offices, and the preient ad
miniflration, and every future one, which,
adheres to an upr glit and wile pu.icy, mult
be lubjeCt to the censure of characters
like thole, who have delighted to ahufe
I Adams, and llander Walhington. We
feel a confidence, that the preient adminis
tration will not be disgraced, by praiie
from such impure sources, but Ihouid our
expectations be frullrated, ar.d Ihouid vvt
be doomed to experience a contluCl differ
ent from what we have been ltd to expeCt,
the American character will hill retain its
dignity and energy, and will save itfelf and
its country, from ignominy and ruin. The
“ fun of Federalism” will never set, it is
the fun of virtue, and of Republicanilm,
and thongh the interference of the Moon
of Democracy may occalion a temporarv
Eclipse, the obfeuratiou will gradual
ly depart, and the federal luminary, will
appear with additional brilliancy, and its
vivifying beams will reanimate’ and en
liven the whole weltern hemisphere.
We understand that the Hon. Judge
Clay does not accept the appointment <1
i " v *Cti*t lud»*e. the itew
ment of the judiciary of the U. S.
The Returns of an election for a Repre
sentative in Congress, ftom 16 counties,
are for John Milltdge, Esq. 2427, J. Jones
76—Wm. S irh, Esq 892—-P. L. Van
Allen, 548. This gives Mr. Miiledge a
majority of 1535, over the next higfidl
andidsttej from which no doubt can be
entertained that he is eleCted.
The following Appointments have been
made bv the preftnt prrsident of the
United States.
John .Wee, Esq. Marlhal of the caltern
diltriCl of Pennsylvania.
'r« dlexr. J. Dallas, Esq. Attorney for the
fame diltriCt.
Prejly Ktrr Lane , Esq. Marlhal of the
weltern diltriCt of the fame date.
James Hamilton , Esq. Attorney for tlie
lame diflriCr.
David Fay , Esq. Attorney for the di
ltriCt of Vermont.
John Efq: Marlhal for the
fame.
Gen. Wm. Irwin , Superintendant of
Millitary (tores.
’Tis said that Callender the notorious
slanderer, has been deemed a proper fub
jea of executive clemency, and that the
remaining part of his sentence, for an in
famous libel, has been remitted bv the
Prtfident; and also, that of a Mr. Brown,
of Maflachufetts.
tffj* A Negro Woman has found
MONEY. Any person proving property,
may have it by paying this advertifment,
and rewarding the Negroes honesty.
Apply to the Printer.
April 8.
JUST RECEIVED^
JAMAICA RUM, per Hhd. or Bbl.
Northward do. do.
Jamaica Sugar of a very superior quality,
Mobiles per Hoglhead,
12 Bids. Newark Cider prime for bottling,
Also a few Jugs Train Oil,
For Sale By
H. LORD & Co.
April S.
Blank Deeds of Conveyance,
For Sale at this Office.
New Grocery.
F U R SALE,
By the Subjcriber , at his STORE on
BROAD-STREET,
Choice MADEIRA,!
LISBON, WINES, by
SICILY, l the Quarter
PORT, f Cajk, Gal.
CLARET, I lon or Bottle .
TENERIFFE, J
Cogniac Brandy,
Huiiand Gin,
Jamaica Rum,
New-Engiand do.
Cherry Bounce,
Cordials,
Rose and Orange Flower Water,
Fine Hyfon, 1
Hvfon Skin, >TEA.
Bohea )
Coffee, Loaf Sugar,
Nutmegs, Alfpiee, Pepper, Muflard,
Chocolate, Soap,
Pickled Walnuts and Girkins,
Pickled-Salmon in fwall kegs,
Railins, Olives,
Fine Sallad Oil, Catfup, •
Quins Sauce, Soy,
Crackers by the keg or dozeu,
Bed Spanilh fegars,
Salt, CsV. &c.
_ THOMAS SMYTH._
The SUBSCRIBERS,
HAVING entered into Co-Partner*
ship, under the firm of LAIRD M.
HARRIS & Co. oiler to their friends and
others,
A HANDSOME ASSORTMEtT OF
DRY GOODS,
Iron Mongery & Groceries,
On the moll realonable terms for cash
or produce, at their store, two dcors a*
bove Meflrs. Sims & Wayne’s Broad
ftreet, Aiigulta.
L. M. HARRIS,
ELI HARRIS.
v LAIRD M. HARRIS, re.
quells all those who have demands againtt
him for purchases, or comradls made by
his agent Mr. Abner Wiikinfon, tc bring
forward the fame for payment; and ti ole
indebted for goods bought as afurefaid, 10
make payment as loon as pyfhblc to
Laird M. Co.
Savannah March 2 if. (tf. 9 t.)
DISSOLUTION OF CO-PARTNERSHIP.
FOUL & MIJUJM
K.A V A Os ni da/Jl "’.mi. . . c-.ifent)
drlToVed Co* Partner fli i —-hey carn
eftly request thole indebted to the firm,
will call on Mr. Poll, (in wfiofe hands
the books are deputed) ant! dilcharge
their rfefpeftive accounts—those having
demands, to exhibit them for settlement.
April 7. (91.)
PUBLIC SLAE OF
LANDS
Situated in the County of Jackson,
On TUESDAY the 28 th of April, being the
ftcond day of Wilkes County Court , mill be
fold by public fair, to the highefi bidder,
oppefite the Court -HouJe } in the tomn of
Wofiington,
Eighty-three Land,
lituate in the county of on the
river Appalachie, Mnlbrrrijprk, Marbu
ry’s creek, &c. including the place called
the Hog Mountain, which is one of the
best situations in the Rate for Indian trade;
one of the above mentioned trafts con
taining 920 acres, lies within five miles of
the Greene County line, upon the river
Appalachie, adjoining R. M‘A!pin, being
the traft where captain I Philips now re
lides, this traft is allowed to be one of the
best trafts in Jackson, it will be divided
with fomc other tracts to suit purchasers.
Those lands were generally surveyed m
the year 1785 ; as they will positively be
fold, great bargains may be expefted.—
The sale will commence at 10 o’clock, iu
the forenoon ; the condition of sale is tiia:
payment fliall be made immediately upon
the execution of titles in cash, tobacco,
cotton, negroes or horses atcalli price.
For further particulars apply to Micajah
Williamfn, Esq. Jackson county, or
GEORGE SIBBALD.
Augufla, March 25. 81.
BY virtue of an order from the Hon
orable the Inferior Court of Colum
bia County, will be fold on the second
Tuefday in June next,at the Court-Houle
of the said county, one hundred and eight
acres of land, on the Waters of Maddoxes
Creek, joining Mercer. Brown and other-.
It being part of 575 acres, belonging to the
estate of James Vernon, deceased, and fold
for the benefit of the heirs and creditors
of the said deceased.
Robert Milihodss, } - ,
Stephen Hodoin, C rt
