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JAMES MONROE,
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RICA,
Ti all and tingular to ishomthese presents
shall come. Greeting .
Whereas, a Treaty between the United
"Stai c* of America/and the tribe of Kicka
poo* of tiie Vermillion, was made and con
glided, at Fort Harrison, on the thirteenth
day of August, in tht year 6f our I-erd.
one thousand eight hundred and nineteen,
hy a Commissioner on the part ol the Uni
ted Stales, and oertairr Chief Warriors, and
head men of the tribe ; which Treaty is
-xi the words following, to wit :
A treaty -made and concluded by Ben
jamin Parke, a commissioner on the part
of the United Staten of America, of the
one part, and the Chiefs, Warriors, ami
head men, of the tribe of Kickapoos o(
\ the Virmilliui), of the other part.
Article I. The Chitfc, Warriors, and
head men, of the said tribe, agree to cede
and hereby relinquish to the United States,
all the land* which the wdd tribe has
heretofore possessed, or whicli they may
rightfully claim, on the Wabash river, or
atiy of its waters.
,4Hide. 2. And to Hie end that the Uni
tcd'Siates may bo enabled to fix wilit tin
other Indian tribes a boundary bet m n
their respective claim*, the (chiefs, War
riors, and head men, of the said tribe, do
hereby declare, that their rightful claim
is as follows, viz : beginning at the north
Avest corner of the Vincennes tract ;
thence, westwardly, by the boundary es
tablished by a treaty with the Piankcshaws,
on the thirtieth day of December, eigh
teen bnodrhd and five, to the dividing
ridge between the waters of the Embar
rass awl the Little Wabash i thence, by
tin said ridge, to the source of the Ver
million riven'thence, by the same ridge,
to the head of Fine creek ; tlicilce, by the
•aid crock, to the Wabash river: Ihtnce,
by the said river, to the mouth of the
Vermillion riven and thence, by the Ver
million and tbe boundary heretofore es
tablished, to the place of beginning.
.iiiide 3. The said Chief Wamors, and
head men, of the sail tribe, agree to re
linquish, and they do hereby exonerate,
and discharge the United States from tile
■annuity <d IUOO dollars, to which they arc
jiow entitled. In consideration whereof,
and of the cession hereby made, the Uni
ted Status agree to pay the said tribe, two
thousand dollars annually, in specie, for
ten years, which, together with three
thousand dollars now dehvcrd.is together
With three thousand dollais now delivered,
is to bo considered a full compensation
for the cession hereby made, ns also an'
nuities, or other claims of the said tribe a
gainst the United States, by virtue of
any treaty with the said United States
diliclr 4. As the. said tribe contemplate
removing from the country they now oc
cupy, the annuity herein provided for shall
be paid at such place as may be hereafter
agreed upon between the United States
and aaid tribe.
Jtvtide 5. This treaty after; the same
shall be ratified by the President and Se
nabc of the United States, shall be binding
on the sontracting perries.
in testimony whereof, the said Benja
min Parke, Dommistiouer tm afore
said, and the Chiefs, Warriors, and
head men, of the said tribe, have
hereunto set their hands, at Fort
Harrison,- the thirteenm day of Au
gust, in the year eighteen hundred
and nineteen;
U PARKE.
Wagobuw, hisx mark |
Tecumccna, his x mark
KuuUua, his x mark
*v M.tcacanaw, bit x mark
La Ferine, his » mark
’ Maeatcwuket, his x mark
I b Pekcheah, his x mark
Kechemaqnaw, hisx mark
Pacukinqna, his x murk
In the presence of
John Law, Sec’ry to the Commissioner
William Prince, Indian Agent.
William Markle,
Andrew Brooks,
Pierre Lap I ante,
James C. Turner,
Samuel L. Richardson,
Michel Brouillet, U S. Interpreter.
Now, therefore, be it known, that 1,
lame* Monroe, President of the United
•tales of America, having seen and <*m
side red the said treaty, have, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, ac
cepted, confirmed and ratified, the same
and ev*ry clause and article thereof.
In testimony whereof, I have caused
the seal of the United Sta’cs to be
hereunto ulUxed, having first sign
«* i the same with my hand.
Done at the City of Washington, this
tenth day of May, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and twenty; ami of Uk- Inde
pendence of the United Staics, the
forty-fourth
JAMES MONROE.
By the President.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,
Secretary of Stale.
BY AUTHORITY.
AN ACT,
For the rebel of Wm. Ceffin and others.
Be it enacted hi/ the Sett ate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That
the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he
hereby is, authorized and directed to al
low the drawback on so much of a quan
tity of whale and sea-elephant oil, im
posed into the United Stales by William
Coffin, and others, in the brig Bon if, in
tile year one thousand eight hundred and
seventeen, as shall appear to have „ ,-n
exported from the United States; I‘, ad ti
ed, That it shall appear, to his satisfaction,
that all the requisites of the existing laws
respecting drawbacks-have been oomph-*
ed with, and that the same be paid out of
any money in the Treasury, not other
* wise appropriated
< H. CLAY.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN GILUAUI),
President of the Senate, pro tempore
Washington, May 4,lß2o—Approved,
JAMES MONROE.
AN ACT for the relief of John Law and
Jonathan Elliot, citizens of the city ol
Washington, in Uic District of Colum
bia.
Be it enacted to (he Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled. That
he time alio wed to John Law and Jona-
* *
than Elliot, (ndtt purchased ifid holders
of a lot A, part of a reservation number
ed ten in the City of Washington,) for
complying with the building regulations
of the said City of Washington be ex
tended for and during the teitn of one
year, from and after the 30th day oi July,
eighteen hundred arid twenty ; any thing
contained in any law of Congress, or any
regulation made pursuant thereto, in any
wise to the contrary notwithstanding.
H- CLAV.
Sneaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN GILLIARD,
President of the Senate pro tempore.
Washington, May 4,1820— Approved.
JAMES MONROE
AN ACT concerning the Banks of the
District of Columbia.
He it enacted hy the Senate and House of
Representative! of the United Slates of
America in Congress assembled, That
the charters of the several incorporated
Banka in the District oi Cdlunibia, now
paying specie, and during such time only
as such Banks respectively shall continue
to pay specie, be, and the same arc here
by, extended to the first day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and twenty-two,
any thing in the said charters to the con
trary notwithstanding ? and the charter
of the Bank of Columbia be, and the
_xnnie is hereby declared to be, I miled in
its duration, to the said first day of Jti%e,
one thousand eight hundred and twenty
two : Provided, That this act shall be of
no force or effect to extend any charter
aforesaid, till a majority in interest of the
stockholders of the several Ranks whose
charters may be hereby extended, shall
file their declarations, in writing, in the
office of the Secretary of the Treasury,
assenting to, and accepting, the benefit of
this act.
H. CLAY.
Speaker of the ll< use of Representatives
JOHN GAILLARU,
President of the Senate pro tempore.
Washington, May 4, 1820. Approved:
JAMES MONROE
AN ACT forthe relief of Joseph M. Skin
ner, administrator of George Skinner,
deceased.
Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That
•he Secretary of the Treasury cause to
be paid unto Joseph M. Skinner, admin
istrator of the estate of George Skinner,
deceased, the sum of twenty-five dollars,
forw wmron and other property, taken,
by impr- 4 ment, forthe use of the United
States ; and that the same he paid out of
any money in the Treasury, not otherwise
appropriated.
II CLAY,
-Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN GAM.LARI),
President of the Senate pro tempore.
Washington, May 4, 1820. Approved:
JAMES MORROB.
kisses”
There is a kiss, by parents press’d.
On childhood’s lovely blooming form.
Ere yet its little heart is dress’d - .
In woe, or warp’d by life’s rude storm.
That kiss 1 what joy—what joy it gives!
Repeated o’er and o’er again;
It sweetens every hope that lives,
And rids the aching heart of pain.
Ther«% a sweet but short-liv’d kiss,
Thai’s swiftly stolen from beauty’s lip;
It fills the soul with sudden bliss,
Though frowning ey cs the joy would nip.
There is a mutual kiss, that flies
From lip to lijj, unstrain’d and free,
When beating heart to heart replies
In tones of truest ecstaoy.
’Tis there love reigns in greatest power,
And revels all the bright day long'
In smiles, nor dreams an angry hour
Will come to blast his halcyon song.
There is a kiss in sadness taken,
That thrills with blise mixt up in woe,
And fondly whispers. Oh, forsaken!
“Love and life, and all must go!”
Hast seen two hearts long parted meet.
With heaven’s own fire in each fond eve?
In heart as warm, or lips as sweet,
This Tip supplants the struggling sigh.
There is a fervid kiss that tells
A touching tale* an earnest nray’r ;
And hope, and all that in it dwells—
Life, Uve and joy, and bliss is there.
There is an odious kiss that creep:
From lips that breathe seduction’s air;
With many oaths haw oft it sweeps ,
Down virtue’s barrier!—Maids, beware!
There is a kiss born in despair,
And, O! in dread despair it dies,
When death would snatch all that is fair
All that on earth’s wide range we prize!
BONAPARTE.
The great leader of tho whig or oppo
sition party in France, of the liberals as
they arc commonly style abroad, is Ben
jamin Constant, who had rut he* course of
the Revolution, established the reputation
,of an unrivalled political writer. Since
. toe accession of Louis the eighteenth, he
has distinguished himself as a member of
I ie French House ol Deputies by his pow
‘‘r* }*} . debate, and proved an equally
formidable antagonist of the ministry, as
the chief author of the weekly journal,
La Mmerve Francaise. In one of the num
bers vs that journal for November last,
he lias given an account of a curious con
ference between himself and Bonaparte,
which took place in Paris, soon after the
return of the latter from the Island of El
ba. The narrative of Constant, for the
veracity ol which his general diameter
and rank in life furnish a sufficient, war
rant, adds to the mass of the authentic
materials for judgement with respect to
the Character of the Ex-Emperor.
•Vaf. Gas.
w
11 Oft the tesfoAtlon of BdnapArte , w
stys Mr. Constant, “ 1 haul no wish to be
connected with him My first aims were
to avoid his presence and get beyond the
reach of his power. Suddenly on the
14th April 1815, I received the following
billet. The chamberlain in waiting has
tfie honor to inform Mr. Benjamin Con
stant, that his Majesty the Emperor has
directed him to invite Mr. Constant to re
pair forthwith to the Palace of Thuillen
cs. I found Bonaparte slone. lie began
ihe conversation. He is now ia Jinistor
tune ; I will, therefore give but an ab
stiuct of it. In doing this, however, 1
will employ hw own words, lie did not
attempt to deceive me as to his views on
the state of things. lie did not attempt
to pass hihwetf oft'as one reformed or ro
be red by the lessons Os adversity He
displayed no'wish to take credit to him
self for any incJinaton to restore liberty.
He investigated coklly in reference to
his own interest, and with an impartiality
bordering too much on indifference, what
was possible ami what preferable. He
seemed to attach much consequence to
shewing that his return was not a mere
military affair. lam sorry that I have
not retained six pages which he had ei
ther written or dictated on this subject
and which he had carefully corrected.
He put them into my hands before addres
sing to me wliald tun about to relate - Hi
requested that I would answer Lord Cas
llercagh, who in a speech in Parliament,
had ascribed all his success to the army - .
« Not winning to write any thing’be
fore 1 was su - e that it was not a despot
with whom Prance had again to deal I re
fused this lasit ami in 1815, I entrusted
tee draft which Napoleon gave me to one
of my friends., who was setting out for
England, and from whom 1 have not yet
recovered it. It was marked by much
fervor, some odd but energetic phrases,
a great rapidity of thought, and occasion
al sallies of (rue eloquence. Hie address
to me was as follows.
"The nation has had twelve years re
pose from all political agitation, and for
a year past the lias not been engaged in
war. She now feels the want of activity ;
she desires, nr thinks she desires a ros
trum and deliberative assemblies. She
did not always desire them. She threw
bcreself at my feet a d when I took 'the
reins of government. You ought to recob
lect lliif, you who tried opposition.—
Where was your support, your strength?
No where. I grasped less power than I
was invited to take. At present the case
is different. A weak government con
trary to the national interests, has given
those ii (crests, the habit of standing on
the defensive and contesting authority.—
The taste for c< nstltutions, .debates, and _
harangues; would appear to be revived;
nevertheless, do not mistake, it is not but
tlie minority that desires them. The peo
ple or if you pegf'er the,term, tlie multi
tude wants only me. lam not merely:
as lias been said, the Emperor of the sol
diers ; lam that of the peasants, of the
plebeians of Franc*. Thus in spite of all
the past you see the people come back
tome. There is a sympathy betweerf us.
Not so with the privileged orders. The
nobility lots served me. It rushed in crowds
to my anti-chambers. There is no office
or place which it did rot accept or solicit.
I have had the Montmorenccs,.the Nollies,
the Khons, &c. But there was never
any fellow feeling Uetwen us. As to the
people, that waa,iiuvther afla'r. The po
pular fibre corresponds to mine. lam
sprung from the ranks of the people;
my voice works upon them, Consider
those conscripts; the sons of the peasan
try ; 1 did not flatter them ; 1 treated
them harshly .They did not throng about
me the less, they did not less exclaim,
Long live the Emperor! The reason is,
that we are from the same mould They
regard me as their support against the
nobles Iff wore hat to inake-a sign, the
nobles would be massacred in all tlie pro
vinces. If it, be practicable to govern by
a constitution, let us have it. I aspired
lo the empire of the world ; and to make 1
sure of this, it was necessary to have unli
mited power.
It may, be that to govern France alone
a constitution is better. 1 covetted the,
empire of the world, and who would not
have done so in my place? The world'
invited me lo rule. Sovereigns and peo
ple emulonsly threw themselves under
my sceptre. 1 found but little resist
ance in France ; yet 1 still experienced
more _ from some obscure, unarmed
Frenchmen, than from all those kings,
who now testify so much disdain at the
idea of having.one of the people as their
equal. Bee then what you think possible,
(ilve me your ideas. Public debates,
free elections, responsible ministers, li
berty of the prims, 1 am ready for all that.
Tiit liberty of the press above all ; to
stifle it is absurd; lam convinced on that
head. !am the man of the people, and
if the people really want liberty, I owe it
to them. 1 have acknowledged their so
vereignty. 1 must attend to their wishes,
i ven to their caprice. I had no personal
gratification in oppressing them. I had
great designs Fate has disposed of them,
lam no longer a conqueror. I can no
longer be so. I know what is possible
and what ts not. Ido not hate liberty, 1
thrust it aside, when it obstructed my wav,
but i understand it ; i was bred in its
1 principles. The work of fifteen years is
destroyed. It cannot be recommenced.
I should require twenty years and two
millions of men to sacrifice. Morever 1
wish for peace; ami I can obtain it only
by means of victories. Ido not wish to
give you false hopes. I suffer it to be said
that negotiations are going on: there is
no such thing. I foresee a hard struggle ;
a long war. Towage it, 1 must be sup
ported by the nation; but in return she
will ask for liberty. She shall have some.
My si nation is new. 1 ask for nothing
belter than to be set right. I begin lo
grow old. One is. no lunger tlie same at
forty-five as at thirty:' Tlie quiet of a
constitutional king nuiy suit me. It will
suit my sun still more.’ ”
•' Such was,” adds Mr. Constant, “ the
substance of my first interview with Bo
naparte.”
“ It was e’ear to me, that if experience
had demonstrated to Napoleon, that liber
ty was necessary to his views for the mo
ment, it had not convinced him that this
liberty, which he was willing to employ as
a means was the principal or rather tlie
only real end of human society. In all he
said, I recognised that contempt for de
bates and deliberative forms, w hich is in
herent lo men who have tlie instinct of
absolute power. In fine, 1 could not fajl
to discover regrets, st iffed but not destray,
ed, for a system of conquest, of war aiid
of European supremacy. Who could aa-
gtfer sos the effect pf thosi but
too ill disguised, if rapid and brilliant suc
cess in arms opened anew to Bonapa
the adventurous career of glory and of
dangei, which alone had charms tor lum.
rimoNMLK
~ AY ti Vi ST A
Tuesday Morning, May 23, 1820
~ln our last we phblished the President’s
.Message to Congress, communicating the
recent correspondence between the Se f ,
retarv of State, and the new Minister oi
Spain, Don Vives. The of the
President contained a synopsis of mat
correspondence. Its publication won.d
have been merely a repetition of points
and arguments contended tor in the pre
vious negotiation—it was therefore deem
ed unnecessary to lay the correspondence,
in extenso, before our readers.
The documents which wa publish this
morning, were received since the Presi
dent's Message of the 9th instant—they
give anew attitude and aspect to our af
fairs with Spain.
The adoption of the constitutional gov
eminent deprives Ferdinand of the aulho
ity to cede away, without the consent of
the Cortes, any part of the national do
main whatever. The Treaty, then, will
have to pass the ordeal of that body, be
fore its fate can be known. Belying vp
on the liberal sentiments and magnani
mous conduct, which have ht retofore
characterised that noble assemblage *J
Patriots, and which have relumed the ex
piring ray of old Castillian glory, the
United States will, no doubt, as a mark of
respectful attention, patiently await their
decision, in -full confidence that our
claims upon the ftpanisn government will
he promptly and honorably adjusted.
Some very good friend of ours, (with
whom by the bye, we are yet unacquaint
ed,) trembling with solicitude for our
prosperity, has recently industriously
employed himselfi by every liberal and
manly endeavor, to advance our tempo
ral happiness and welfare. For his friend
ly interposition in our bdndfj tve offer
him the gratitude of hottest and feeling
hearts!—But, we deeply regret, that his
“retiring modesty,” shrinking within it
self, and shunning the broad day light of
ostentation, precludes the possibility, at
present, of tendering in propria persona,
a more substantial evidence of our high re
gard. Lynx-eyed gratitude, however,
may ere long, penetrate she covert of
friendship, and with a true devotion wor
ship at its shritw!
CowntwcteVt ITuls.
Yesterday morning, says the New York
Evening Post, 10th inst. a hutch of several
thousand dollars spurious bills were re
ceived in this city, as a remittance. They
purport to be of the Planters’ Bank of
Georgia, and the Bank of Augusta, and so
nearly resemble, in the style of their en
graving and filling tip, the genuine notes
of these banks, that it is difficult even for
those well acquainted with the real notes
to detect them. They are of all denom
inations, from 100 down to 20 dollars, A
large parcle came in hah es, and it w as on
ly after the second parcle of halves had
come to hand, that the fraud wis discover
ed. The engraving of most of them was
so successfully executed that Lecny and
Ronaldson, the engravers of the true bills
pronounced them genuine, and even were
willing to back their opinions with bets.
Nay, they cleclaied that the genuine bilk
had a certain secret mark on the m tha.
was known only to themselves. The fl 1-
ing up and signatures are so well done as
to elude discovery at first sight. The
public are respectfully cautioned to be on
'heir guard, as it is said there is a large
.quantity in circulation
More Covntetfeits —Messrs. Packman
and Benson, of this city, received by the
mail ofyes'erday five hundred dollars from
one of their Virginia correspondents, in
counterfeit notes on the Plantert Bank
of Georgia, of the denominations of 50
and 100 dollars. The notes appeared to
be extremely wdl executed, and the pa
per good. They are of different dates ;
some will) the name of John Bolton, pre
sident, and others with that of Jam.es
Johnston, as president. Many of these
counterfeits will probably find" their wav
into the western country, and the pub,
lie, in that quarter especially, arc caution
ed against taking them.
, w .° P er sons, who passed off r.t the
Wilmington banks two counterfeit notes
on the Bank ol the United States, were
last week traced by the Tellers of those
oanks to Havre-de-Grace in Maryland,
and one <tf them taken and conflicted
hack to F.lkton for safe keeping. The
otuer proceeded ou towards Baltimore,
and would probably sncced in passing off
some of the same description of counter
feits in that city
'Philadelphia Franklin Gazette.
Our Relations with Spain.
The following Message and Documents
were yesterday transmitted by the Pres
ident of the United States to both
Houses of Congress.
To the Senate and House of Representa
tives of the United States.
I communicate to Congress, translations
of letters from the Minister of Spain to
the Secretary of State, received since my
message of the 9th instant.
~ JAMES MONROE.
Washington, 12th May, 1820.
General Vires to the Secretary of State.
(TKAXStATrON.)
Sir-In answer to your note of yester
day’s *l*te, 1 have in tl, first place, to
gi'c yoirlhe explanation requested of me,
of the import of my last proposal, and in
}° r epeat, in other words, that I
* auth< >rwed solemnly to promise to this
CST* , the of the treaty
of mv m ajeSt ’V °!! y *" c * se the third point
'> n > proposals be satisfied; but, as the
SSrST&u*
circulating d «important change in the
government of. Spain, a crcumstar.ce
which would of itself effectually prevent
me front giving greater latitude to my
promise, was, to apprize your government,
that, as, by the'adoption of the constuu
. lon of 1812, in Spain, the powers of the
Kina- would be limited, it would no longer
depend on bis Majesty alone to fulfil rry
solemn promise, admitting that my in
structions hud empowered me to give
311 ch a promise; so that mV sole motive
tor offering a remark upon that topic was,
to strengthen, the grounds on which my
proposal was founded; and, further, to
eiiitfcln your government so to appreciate,
as j.o longer to decline assenting to it.
I shall, on this occasion, wave all reply
to the arguments again advanced by you,
in extenso, upon the question of his Ma
jesty’s obligation to ratify the treaty, and
confine myself to a single remark; nameiy,
that all the authorities cited by you lay
down the peace ai d happiness of mankind
in general, and of states and their respec
tive people in particular, as a fundamen
tal principle. And, having, in' my first
note, shown the notoriously hostile dispo
sition prevailing throughout the Union
towards the interests of the Spanish mo
narchy, it necessarily follows, that, when
the .objects of treaties are not obtained, the
ratification of that of 22d February, 1819,
would, in like manner, become illusiiVj;
and, therefore,that his Majesty’s motives
for suspending it, were founded upon a
competent view of evident facts
1 shall also leave it to the general sense
of the reflecting part of mankind to de
cide, whether the reasoning- you rely on
in stating the motives of the American
gnvc'.’iiinei.t for proposing to other pow
ers to acknowledge the. revolted provin- j
ces of Spanish America, and in exhibiting
them as favorable, not only to suffering
humanity, but to the interests of Spain
herself, be not, »Ji 'he highest degree,
specious; for if such maxims were to be
adopted, nations cpnld no longer count !
upon the integrity of their possessions, or J
upon the maintenance of that mutual am
ity and good understanding winch it is
equally their-duty and their interest to
cultivate in their relations with each
other. “
1 have the honor to offer you anew the
assurances of my distinguished consider
ation ; and 1 pray God long to preserve
vou.
FRANCISCO DIONISTO VIVES.
Washington, 9th May, 1820.
■General Don Francisco Dionislo Vivea to
tire Secretary of State'.
[TDAXSIATIOX.]
Sin : In conformity with the orders I
have this moment received from my go
vernmer.t, 1 have the honor to inform yon,
that his Catholic Majesty hath sworn to
the political Constitution of the Spanish
Monarchy, as sanctioned by the Extraor
dinary Cortes in 1812, and to enclose a
printed copy of his Majesty’s manifest to
the tuition: for the purpose of giving the
President a just view of the noble and
generous sentiments which actuate the au
gust mind of the King.
Please to accept the renewed assuran
ces of my peifect consideration, and my
wish that God may preserve you many
years. . ..
FRANCISCO DIONISIO VIVES.
Washington, 10th May, 1820.
[Here follows the proclamation publish
ed in the National Intelligencer of the
9th inst.]
Francisco Dionislo Vivesto
the Secretary of State.
[translation.J
Shi : Among the documents transmit
ted with the President’s Message to both
Houses of Congress, and published in this
day’s National Intelligencer, I have seen,
with surprize, the letter of Mr. Gallatin,
stating, that 1 positively told him that “ I
could, in case of an arrangement, give
satisfactory security to the United States,
and that it would consist in consenting
that they should take” immediate posses
s\cn of Florida, without waitihg for the
ratification of the treaty.” Although I
have with all frankness proved, in my cor
respondence with you, that I had no such
authority, and that it will not, under any
view which may be taken, appear presum
able, that I made so doubtm), so useless,
and inconsiderate a disclosure, I request,
however, that you will be pleased to com
municate this to the President, in order
that, by giving publicity to this document,
it may be understood that I made no such
proposal, either to Mr. Gallatin or to Ba
ron Pasquier.
i renew to you, sir, the assurances of
my respect & distinguished consideration ;
and 1 pray God to preserve you many
years.
FRANCISCO DIONIOSO VIVES.
Washington, 11th May, 1820.
Washington Citt, May 11.
Much business has been done in Conv
gresss \ ithin the two days past.-
The joint resolve for ’ suspending the
act to amend the Revolutionary Law, has
been rejected in the Senate. That a
mendatoi-y act of course bears immediately
on the pensioners. This information
ought to he generally diffused, as well as
copies of the amendatory act, and of the
1 forms prescribed by the War Department
for carrying it uito effect It particularly
1 bqjioves the friends of the uninformed,
indigent, and really meritorious pension
er, to look to this matter, and to look to it
promptly. *
i The bill fi xing the second Monday in
, November tor the next meeting of Con
gress, has passed both houses, and requires
only the assent of the President to be
aome a law.
The same may be laid of thp bill to a
mend the Navigation Act.
The bill for a loan of three millions,
having passed the House of Uepreseata
lives, is now before the Senate.
The ressdve respecting the aporopria-
Uontora Minister or Ministers to South
America, which has passed the House of
Representatives, does not, as the Morning
Chronicle appears to suppose, require
the assent of the Senate, It is an abstract
expression of the opinion of the House of
Representatives; and it is presumed is
not intended, at present, to be made the
iounp»tion of any legislative act.
Just before the hour of meeting last
evening, an incident took place in the
Chamber of Representatives, worthy of
uoto, from its not being fatal in its conse'-
qucnces. The chain by which was sus
pended the massive brass chandelier hang
ing in the centre of the Hall, gave way ts
one of the attendants or- p- - fl
fighting the lamps, and f,
proporr.onate to its great - j 'H
servant was thrown some
the ladder,and escaped w-'.
though the members w t - -fl
fast in the Hall, and the
chandelier covered a
it happened the seats
its reach were tiol occut ied If!-fl
ber was seriously hurt,* £-. B
dential escape can scarcely v'"' fe fl
the weight if the ciiamUfc-;! ,’ I *fl
hundred pounds —.V,.,-. j.'.‘
The subject of the i t ,h;c.‘i on t .1
my, ami particularly ihe i t fl
Staff of the Army, yesterday'"’. fl
attention of the House
It is postponed ti l the neru. 'fl
a call has beefi made
War for a plan for the reduSfl
Army to six thousand men 19
tlien be deemed expedient t* ..fl
The motives for the latter nr,.,. ,fl
avowed,-were not hostile totvfl
unless its reduction durino-n.-.'fl
be the alternative to a sjsSnf'jfl
taxation. With -vga-d to lile /fl
proposition for reduction sprrnpfl
hostility to it, was entirely cahfl fl
(jvtrij, and v.’jjfccoi;sequent nri'.fl
ed enquiry the miuciifl
At my.— JSial. ii.u-l. \W
Now Yo«k. It is now asuerhiJ
D. e " lr J Utix-Ti.l is re-elected fl
ot the Suite ot.New York, bv a fl
ol nearly two th.imaml loksjwhilfl
Senate tliere is said to lie chosor,
ity of six im nibers, and i n it- fl
Assembly, «f eighteen ortivcuu-fl
opposed to his administration' -■
supposed to decide the complexifl
Council of Appointment, with whofl
sides the immense patronno-.
tres in the Executiie mtthmiivfl
State of New York. The e-xciurfl
tlie contest has been verv tsr est
.difficult to say, whether thercsui’tUJ
one hand most lamented, or on ih t I
most rejoiced ut. ‘ I
The United St.nus Bank Stotfl
cd in New York at or hvoafl
pci cent beh.vv par, Ihe rise in
ot stock seems to indicate the a|
tion of a dividend being declaredifl
Dunk in July. I
CHARLESTON, Muinl
LATEST FROM CADIZ 1
Captain Cornier of the Frenckl
L'JifricavU, arrived at this port l a J
leit Cadiz -id April, ut which I
he reports tranquility was to all J
ance restored. Col. Qmn c *hJ
was still strongly posted with 7 or I
dred men at the Isle of Lenn, and!
ed that he would only yield his aul
and disbn nd his followers, by the or™
the Cortes. Col. Qcikoua, it wdll
collected was placed at the head!
Constitutional army when the rtvcl
broke out. I
A letter from St. August!®*, JuJ
instant says—•- We have arrival her J
Havanna, bringing a re-infot-cemenß
the garrison, of 109 men, Catalonia: J
FROM INGOSTURA. I
Tlie Baltimore Patriot of tiieSltil
sat s—“ liv our attentive ComspoJ
Mr. J Ketches, we are advised ofl
arrival at Philadelphia, yesterday,!
Columbian brigantine Meta, Cat/,, w
32daysfrcin Angosturv, and 16 liJ
Thomas. Spoke in the (ffcnokc-tlil
April, the British ship NicoliaPmvlJ
John Myre master, from Dublin, nil
men of the Ist division, Ist light inn
Gen. Deveraux’s Legion, ccmmandl
Col. Power, out 62 days. On ihel
the Danish schr. Maria, Mareyro,frJ
Thomas with 6000 muskets, ’ Same
the American schr. Adeline, of Alexai
22 days from Cnrracoa, with salt,
“ By the Meta, say s our correspci
we have advices later than 'hose at i
leston, via St. Vincent and St. Th«
and are assured that those acccunli
fabricated in the }] est Jnuies.
■ “ Columbian Flag. —The first vesse
ring this flag, arriv-d at Philauibi
tertlay morning. On the field, ate
stars, representing the three grand to
inentk of the Republic of Co lurch)
Venezula, New-Grcnada or Cundb
ca, and Quito —These are also dea
by three stripes or flutes, ycllov,
and read.”
Noufoik, MAT 13.
A letter from Gibraltar, dated S
29jto a gentleman in this town, sap
sorry to sny but little eftcci
yet been [iroducedin the Markets by
revolution.—But it is confidently ex
ec! a change for the bell *r will take p
soon-—Flour, —Tobacco, &
Coffee, §29 a 30—Dollars, 4 per ct—
change on Lorflion, 4s. (id. tlie doi.-at
The St, James Chronic's, a paper of
pectable authority, gi.es to tlie
news, however important it may bc,a[
intense interest, by the publicationof
following intelltlfence; ,
“ VVedo not speak from light pjj
when we state the facr, that tUenc.g 1
ing kingdom of Portugal is f ,; ’" aT ' j 1
preparations to follow the ex , a % e
Spain, and that the consolidation 8
whole Peninsula into one power
monarchy is at hand. This is, " e y,
the first public intimation of thepro
ty of an event, which mustexeKi'C ■
portant influence upon the fa' elJ
rope.”
The J.ondon Morning
Ist of April, states, that the s|tw -.
France at this moment, is tmely
St tnatnumerious arrests have'J' ,
in Paris. - The Minenc. editeil !
este du Moulin, concludes a
follows—“ Let ns be on our g u . ar '
Censure is preparing its scl
gaolers are opening tlp' r ““ L
let us hasten-but not despair .
twenty days, since in a ne'gbJ 0
try, the inquisition, the Jesuits, •'
torture, and scaffolds, were idP
force. They are destoyed.
recovered its empire beyond v - ■
—it has gene to sleep ,‘ n
its sacred fire is not extinct,
rekindled.”
THE INQUISITION' .
The following list of the v.ct:® ■
cruel tribunal, cannot tail 0 ‘ (
melancholy er indignant attend
readers. An army of
beings sacrificed !*t ‘-lie '