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in the Service of the United States, and (hall be converted of having deferred the fame, (hallfnffer death, or such other panifti merit as bv fcntence of a court martial (kail be inflicted. Art. at. Any non.commiflloncd officer or soldier, who (hall, without leave from hi* commandig officer, a Kent himfclf from his troop, or detachment, (hallj upon being convifled thereof, be punished airordlng to the nature of his offence at the diferetienef a court martial, ("To he continued.) i—«maHr9»M«— CARDINAL FESCH. [7 he following inierfhng, and no doiiht correA, jheich of “ His Eminence" Car. dinal Fefch , the.unt le of his “ Imperial and Royal M?jefty, the Emperor of the French , “ is extractedfrom the Jccret hiji dry of the Court und Cabinet of St, Cloud,’’] Jofej h, Cardinal Fefch, was horn at Ajac cio in Corsica, ®n the 8 hos March 1763, and was in infancy received as aligning boy (enfant de ekeenr) in a convent of his native place. In 1782, whilst he was on a visit to fomc of his relations, in the iiland «»f Sardinia, being on a (idling party some d’ft ince/rom fhorc, he was, with his com. paniohs, captured by an Algerine felucca, and carried a captive to Algiers.— Here he turned Muffulman, and until 1790 was a zealous believer in, and profeilor of, the Alcoran. In that year he found an oppor tunity to tfcape from Algiers, and to return to Ajaccio, w here he abjured his rcncgacy, exchanged the Alcoran for the Bible, and in 1791 was made a coriftitutionsl curate, that is to fay, a revolutionary Christian Ptielt. In 1793, when even thofc were preferibed, be renounced the sacristy of his church for the bar of a tavern, where, during 179.1 and *793, he gained a,capital by the num ber and liberality of his Englifti cuftomets. Afte r the victories of his nephew Napoleon in Italy, during the following year, he was itdvifed to re.affifme the clerical habit ; and after N.ipoleon’s proclamation of First Con. ful, he was made Archbiflmp of Lyons. In 1802, Fins VII. decofiued him with the Roman purple ; and be is now a pillar to the Roman faith, in a fair wiy of seizing the Roman tiara. If letters from Rome can be depended upon, Cardinal Fefch, in the name cf the Emperor of the French, informed his Holiness the Pope, that he mud either retire to a convent, or travel to France ; cither to abdicate his own fovereignry, or inaugurate Napoleon the First a sovereign of France. Without the decilion of the lacredcollege, f.fivAcd in the manner already dated, the majority of the faithful believe, that this Pontiff would have preferred obfcuiity to disgrace. While Joleph Fefch was a mailer of a ta vern, he married the daughter of a tinker, bv whom he had three children. This mar, liage, according to the republican regula tions, had only been celebrated by the mu nicipality at Ajaccio. Fefch, therefore, up. cn again entering the hofom of the church, left his municipal wife and children to (hilt for thcmfelvcs, confidercd himfelf, still, ac cording to the canonical law s, a bachelor. Rut Madame Fefch, hearing in 1801 *fher ci-devant hufbancl’s promotion to the Arch, bilhopric et Lyons, wrote to him for some fuccours, being with her children reduced to great misery. Madame Lmtitia Bonaparte answered her letter, inclofing a draft of fix hundred livres, 231. informing her, that the fame sum would be paid her every fix months, as long as five continued with her children ts reside at Corsica ; but that would cease the instant (he left that island. Either thinking herd. If not fufficiently paid for her diferetirn, or enticed by some enemy of (he Bonaparte family, (ha arrived secretly at Lyons, in OAobcrlaft, where (lie remained unknown until the arrival of the Pepe. On the fi;ft day his Holiness gave there his pub- ; lie bcncJiAion, (he found means to pierce the crowd, and to approach his person, when Cardinal Fefch was by his fide. Profiting by a moment’s fiience, (he called out loudly, throwing herfelt at his feet: « Holy Father 1 - lam the lawful wife of Cardinal Fefch, and thtfe are our children ; he cannot, he dares not, deny tl e truth. Had he behaved libe. . rally to me, I (hould not have disturbed him .in his present grandeur; I supplicate you, Holy Father, not to reftorememy hulband, 1 ut to force him to provide for his wife and children according to his present circomftan- CfS — Malta—el la re mat fa, fant'jffintQ padre f “ She is mad—die is mad—Holy Father," fa id the Cardinal ; and the good Pontiff or, dered her to be fak*n care cf, to prevent her from doing hrrfelf or her children any mif chicf. She was, indeed, taken care of, he. cause nobody -ever since heard what has he. come cither of her or her children ; and as they have nor returned to Corsica, proba bly some fuug retreat has been allotted them in France. ’The purple was never cufgrnced by a greater libertine than Cardinal Fefch; his amours are numerous, and have often in volved him in difagrccable serapes. He had In iScjanunpltafant adventure at Lyons, w hkh has since made his day in that city but short. Having thrown his handkerchief b* (he wife of a manufaAurer cf the name of Giror, ftc accepted it; and gave him an appointment at her house, at a time in the evening when her hulband uiually went to the play. His Eminence arrived in disguise, and was received with open arms.—But he was hardly (bated by her fide before the door of a closet was burst open, and his (hculdcrs smarted from the ladies infliAed by an offended hulband. In vain did be mention bis 1 * increased than decreased the fur y as GlfOt, who pretended it was utterly impoffiblc for a Cardinal and Archbishop to he thus overta ken with the wife of cnc of his flock ; at last Madame Girot pmpofed a pecuniary accommodation, which alter ferae oppefition, was acceded to ; and his Eminence signed a bond for one hundred thousand livers, 40001. upon condition that nothing Ihouid tnnfpire of this intrigue—a high price enough for a found drubbing.—On the day wiien the bond was due, Girot and his wife were both ar rested by the police commissary Dubois (a brother of the prefeft of police at Paris) ac etified of being cor.nedcd with coineis, a capital crime at prelcnr in this country. In a search made in their house, bad money to the amount of three thousand livres, 1251. was difeovered 5 which they had received the day before from a person who called him lelfa merchant from Parir, but who was a police spy sent to entrap them. After giv ing up the bend of the Cardinal, the empe ror gracionfly remitted the capital punish ment upon condition that they Jhould be transported for life to Cayenne. This is the prelate on whom Bonaparte intends to confer the Roman tiara, and to conftiture a fucccflbr of St. Peter. It would not be the lead remarkable event, in the beginning of the remarkable nineteenth cen. tury, were we to witncA, the Prpal throne occupied by a man, who from a fmging boy became a renegado Have ; from a Mululman a cpnftituttonal curate ; from a tavern keeper an arch-bishop; from the son of a pedlar the unde of an Emperor j and from the huf. hand of the daughter of a tinker, a member of the sacred college. His filler, Madame liaetitia Bonaparte, presented him in 1802 with an elegant libra ry, for which she had paid fix hundred thousand livres, 25,«ool; and his nephew Napoleon allows him a yearly pension don ble that amount. Bcfides his dignity as a prelate, his Eminence is ambslTador from France at Rome, a Knight cf the Spanilh Order of the Golden Fleece* a grand officer of the Legion of Honor, and a grand alm*ncr of the Emperor of the French. The Arch-bilhop of Paris is now in his ninety.fixth year ; and at his death, Cardi. nal Fcfch is to be transferred to the fee of this capital, in expeftation of the triple crown, and the keys of St. Peter. 1 LONDON, May 13. The French government have, as proprie tors of Venice, claimed of the Porte all the pofleflions in Tutk[/7> Dalmatia and Albania , which belonged to the republic of <venice. 111 .1 Swaora New-York, July 7. A letter from an officer on board the Pom pee, firS. Smith, dated off Gibraltar, A pril 10, intimates, “ that the Pompec is a bout to repair to Mtffina, for the purpefe of bringing tkeKing and Queen of Naples to England without delay." A letter from Gibraltar, dated April 9, fays ** The Swiftfure came from Tetuan, where (lie had been to water. The Moors knocked down and Adzed orte of the lieu tenants belonging to the (hip employed on the watering party, and carried him off pri soner to Tetuan, bccaufc captain Rutherford refufed to give them a certain quantity of powder, which they demanded. The ir.fo lencc and extortion ©f both the emperor'of Morocco Sc the dey of Algiers daily increase, and our goverment should take Tome deter mined measures with the Barbary powers to render the Britiffi flag a little refpcftable in their eyes, which certainly is not at prefect the case.” CHARLESTON, . ULY 24. The United States armed vcffels, which have arrived from the Mediterranean, are ordered on {9 New-York and Norfolk, ex cept three of the Gun-Boats, which arc to be laid up in this port. Extract from the Minutes ts the Conferen ces of the Methodist Epfcopal Church in America, for the year 1806. The addition of 10,627 members to on* branch of the Church of Christ, in one year,, mull afford particular pleasure to every man who knows the value of genuine religion. N. B. Agreeably to the returns pub. lilhed in thefaid Minutes, there are more than 130.000 members of the Mehothodift Episcopal Church in America, exchiffvc of thnfcin Nova-Scotia, New- Brunfwtch, and the various Wcff. India Islands, which if ad. ded, wduld make about 170,000 in Atner ca. s NEW.ORLEANS, May 10. It is reported at Pensacola that the two Floridas have been ceded by Spain to France in exchange for the Datchics of Parma and Placentia, which will be re-unired to the kingdom of Etruria; and that France has fold the two Floridas to the United States for about 4,000,000 of dollars. It is added that petfons ofrelpettibiSity at Pensacola are inclined to believe this news, which we bf„ lieve to have been taken to Pensacola by individuals who rook their leave of this city but a fhoit time ago, * [From a Paris Paper. Ltoki, 1 sth April. HU imperial and royal tnajefty has vooth fafed to accept the offer made him in the name of our city, of the Ide Pernche. for the ereftton of an imperial palace, : Msr. : From the American Citizen. Defence of New. York —lt is a fubjcft of congratulation t« our fellow.citizens that a system of defence is now in operation for the city and harbour of New-York. The survey made by col. Williams has for forne time been under consideration at the war officer. A plan of repairs for the works at fort Jay has been agreed upon and contrails have been made under the direftion of gene ral Dearborn by captain Whiley for the done and other materials neceflary for the work. A large quantity has already been delivered on Staten island. The undertaker of the masonry and his labourers are expefted to begin their labours within a few weeks. It is understood that the whole of the ramparts and parapets are to be faced with brick and , stone. New ravelines and curtains are to be added to the salient angles of the fort. The original design of the engineer is to be com pleted or improved upon, and every addi tional repair and enlargement made that Ikill and labour can give it. In cenfeqnence of these defenfivc operations, it is affirmed by competent judges that both the eail and weft sides of the city will be pratedfed by the cannons of the fort so effcdUially, that an bo ll ile Hect will find it impuTible to lie at an chor in either of the rivers. Fort Jay will thus be made a very formidable work ; ca pable of giving security to the city and of de stroying the ihips of an enemy. Orders ate now in execution at Washing ton, Philadelphia and New-York for mount ing many pieces es heavy cannon, Propefals for conirafls are likewise in cir culation from the navy department, for the cenftrudVion of a number of gun boats upah the most modern and improved plan, at the city of New-York. Mr. Smith’s agent has for fame weeks been engaged in receiving proposals for building these powerful engines of offence to an enemy. With such rapid and aufptcicus beginnings we may expeft that in the course of a few years, our city, under the anfpices ofa wife and provident administration, will be placed in such a (fate of security that no one need be afraid of hostile invaficn j but all the in habitants pursue their occupation in peace, under an alfurance that there is nought to to make them afraid. ExtraEl of a letterfrom a gentleman on hoard the Leandery to his friend in New-Tork, •via ■ Norfolky dated May aB, 1806. “ 1 wrote ybu from JacCptemel, detailing our proceedings with refped to the expedi tion ; it has been a fubjeft of delay and dif appointnrent which it was impofliblc for the , most intuitive mind to forefee or conjefture —but tharks to Providence and liberty, which overlooks all we do, our profpefls brighten. General Miranda, is beloved, refpefled and eftcemed by us all. By hea ven, my friend, he is the firft ci mpn. I never swear but to express thus emphatical ly my opinion of this great officer—the more I fee of him, the more I admire him—the oftener I hear him speak, the more eloquent I think him—the mare frequent 1 hear him reason, the more profound I think his judg ment; The change in the Britilh admini stration opetates beneficially ,j end our dear country will reap the sweets of an expanded commerce, and soon (bine as a liar of the firft magnitude in the constellations of nations. We ft;all soon ccnrtft the northern and southern hemifpheres.’’ Extra hi from the address of the Baltimore Board of Health. “ In forne houses privies when badly pla ced or ill taken care of, diffafe an odour as inconvenient as unheahhful; but the means of remedying this evil is exceedingly easy. If a certain quantity of milk of lime (water in whichlimehas beendiffolved, and whiten ed by the fine particles of that fubftancc) be mixed with a ley of ejheSy or soapy water that has been used for washing, be thrown into the privy, it will effeftually destroy all noxious frncll, “ By these means, for the value of a few pence, any colleftion whatever of filth may be netitralifed. The fame proccfs is adopted for keeping free from all disagreeable smell, conveniences for f.tk persons in their cham bers. Nothing is neceflary but to have a tub covered with a board as a feat; five or fix founds of quick lime, a small quantity ofafhes, and two buckets of water thrown into the tub, will prevent the odour being effenflve. The fame means may be employ, ed for a night chair.—The fetid matter after being thus neat rallied is an excellent manure for land.” The prefefi of Venice, hci ordered ten fall of the line, 6 cf which of 90 guns, to be laid or. the stocks in the arsenals of his prefetfiore ; the keel of the Chatlemagne was laid down on the 7th of March being the anniversary cf the firft coalition of Aus tria, Prussia, the German Empire, England, Holland, Spain, Portugal, the two Sicilies, the Papal flares and the king «f Sardina, against France which was declared in 1793 on this date...there was an extra carnival and great rejoicings. The naval commifiloncrs at Venice have ordered vast stores of (hip timber to be transported from the forefts ct Dalmatia to their arsenals, and the con ft rmS ion rs twf immenfc dry docks, upon the fame principles as these which have exiftedfor 34.0 years, and by which the Venetian republic was I enabled to preferva their (hips from decay double the penod of any other nation. - Anro^a, Account* to l7th ult. received at Norfolk, Wy capt. Madory, from Antigua, Bate that the English agent at that place in formed him, that the French had taken pol ieffion es fit, Thomas, fit. Bartholomew anTSt. Martin. ibid* The Chinese method of making doth water proof, _ Take one ounce of white wax, melted & i quart of oil es turpentine, when thorough ly mixed and cold, dip the cloth in the li quid, and hang it up -to drain until it is thoroughly dry ;it will anfwcrfor thick or thin cloths, dots not injure their fabric, or injure the brilliancy of their colours. Mr. Sampson, the irilk Barritlcr, vhofe great exertions in defence of his ljuffering countrymen, have expofedhim to so much perficution, and who has' oppefed nothin-* hut candour and magnanimity to it, arrived here on Friday the 4th inst. in the Britilh i Packet. American Citizen. On Monday last our Lcgiflathre made choice of Daniel Clarke, as a Delegate to the Ceng refs of the United States, from this Territory. Orleans Gazette, The Ship Weftcrn Trader, cf 400 tens burden, from Pittlburgh, and Brig Peife verance, from Marina, arrived at this Per on Saturday fail. batcher. Gazette. The number of Dollars imported into China, by American veflels, in 1803, 1804 and 1805, amounted to 4,857,300 The following papers have been font to ns for publication, by cur Correjpondent ct St, Louts, Lills had bun preferred a* gainji Mr. Hammond, but ignored by the Grand fury. Territory of Louisiana, d'JlriS of St, Louis . Inquifiticn'taken at the rewn of St. Lou is, in the diftrift ard in the Territory a!orc faid, at the houfc of Hiacimh S. Cyr, cn the 23d day of May, A. D. 1806, open a view of the body of Maichtwatgachte, an Indian of the Kickapoo tribe of Inmans, then and there feund dead, by the oath o£ John Murphy, forcorm, Calvin Adams, James Smith, James Rankin, Josiah M. L?- mihan, James Huston, J.ehn G. Ccmegyr, J. Hurt?., Joseph LaCrurx, Wm. Meffey, Hugh Patterfen, Gabriel LaCrurx, Georg-: Doggetr, and Charles LtGuerrien, good and lawful men of the body ctfaid diftnft, who being duly fummened and fwerr, well ard faithfully to enquire when, where ard in w hat manner the (aid Maichiwaigcchec came to his death, after having examined several wltnrflrtwho were duly iworn, upon their oath fay, that at the town of St. Louis a fore fa id, cn the 23d day of May, one An toine Saograiu and Return J. Meigs jun. Esq.—being then and there in peace of Gor> and of the United States; fair! Maiohiwai gachee, then and there did make an assault upon the said Col. Return J. Meigs jun, and the said Antoine Saugraiu, and without pro vocation—did w'alk the streets of St, Louis brandifbing his Tomahawk in a threatening manner, and striking the fame into cue or more doors, and terrifying the Citizens therof; and did then and there of his malice aforethoughr, with the tomahawk aftrefaid, strike ard attempt to kill the said Return) J, Meigs junior, and that Samvel Ham mond junior, then and there for the preser vation and in defence of the life of the said Return J. Meigs junior, with a certain pocket pistol, loaded with powder and bail, then and there a mortal wound gave, to the said Indian, by firing the fame, which en tered at the left fide cf the back of the said Indian, of the breadth of a quarter cf an inch, and lodging in the body of the fai l Indian, and that the said Indian then and there, while engaged with the said Return J. Meigs junior, and the hand in which ha held the said tomahawk being held by the laid Meigs, was in the aft et drawing his knife with his left hand, which was about half drawn when he received the (hot afore faid, and the said Samuel Hammond junior, at the fame time for the preservation and defence ©f the life cf the said Return J. Meigs junior, did then a»d there witJb a certain dirk of the length ol - iticties give to.the said Indian two wounds on the left fide, the ore under the left arm, the oiher near the (hort ribs, cf the length or three quarters of an inch, of which said mortal wounds, the said Indian, cn the fame day and y r ear, and at the place afordaid, immediately died, and so the jurors aforefaid fay, that the said Samuel Hammond junior, did then and there kill the said Maichiwai gachce, for the preservation and in the d'*- ( fence of the life of the fa id Return J. Mcig s junior. St. Louts, May 26, :So6. I do hereby certify the foregoing t< V » true copy from the original, as filed :a u’- officr. f Signed] 0 NATHAN PUSEY, Coroner. St. Louis, Louisiana Territory, hi ay 2** Since the death of a certain Indian ct tie Kickapoo tribe, in this town, which dean happened on the 23 in I. I the underfi.CT'd who fpcaks the Kickapqo language, hi v ' beard several of the said Indians fay, ** th"- thc Indian who harf been killed was 1 fo-' , and that whifky had done what was dare, | and fetmed qpiet and pacified.” The tr derfigned heard, the interpreter to f?'J tribe, Mons Won fay that ** they (the Kickapoo Indians) wanted a white flag to pvt ev— the Indian’s grave, to fltevv ih-.: American ,