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CONFEDERATION Os THE RHINE* [ The following is the remarkable Ad of cm-, M •ration of the Rfumjl League, cot redly in detail ] Art. XXVIII. In penal cases, the now reigning Piinccs and Counts, and their heirs, (hall preserve their present piiviliges of trial. They (hall be tried by .their peers. Thcii fortune (hull nnt in any event be con. ft seated, but the Revenue A may, during the lifetime of the criminal, be fequcfl rated. Art. XXIX. The Confederate States • fliail contribute to the payment cf the debts of iheir circle, as well for their oid as their new pofTcifiona. The debts of t!.e Circle pfSuabfa (hall be put to the account of the Kings of Bavaria and Wirteo.btrg, the Grand Duke of Baden, the Prim es of Ho. benzol lern Hccbingcn, and Siegmarjagerr, the Prince of Lichtcnlkin and Prince of Ley en, in to th-ir rdfpeifjivc pof feifions in Snabia. Art. XXX. The proper debts of a Prince or Count who-fails under the sover eignty of another State, (hall be defrayed by the said (fates, conjointly with the now reigning Prince, in the pioportb nos the revenues which that pate (hall acquire, and ci the part which by the piefcnt treaty is allowed to attach to the attributes of the present Sovereigns. Art. XXXI. The present reigning Prin ces or Counts iiuv determine ihc place of their refldcnce where they will. Where they refidc in the dominions of a Member or Any oft he Confederation, or in any of the pofleflions which they hold out of the territory of the Confederation, they may draw their rents or capitals without paying any tax whatever up m them. Art. XXXII. Thdfe ptrlons who hold places in the Aduiinidradon of the countries which hereby cone under the foveteigmy of the Con fed era res, and who fh.dl not he retained by the new Sovereign, (hall receive a pen (lon according to the fituatiun (hey have held. Art. XXXIII. Tfic members of mili tary or religious orders who (hall lose their incomes, or whofc com non property mall be fcculiarifcd, (hall receive, during life, a yearly (Upend, proportioned to their former income, their dignity, and their age, and which (hall be fetured upon the goods of the revenues of which they were in the enjoy ment. Art. XXXIV. The Confederates re nounce reciprocally, for themselves and their poftcrity, all claims which they might have upon the podeliions of other members of tlie .Confederation, tlie eventual right of fucccflion alone excepted ; and this only in the event of the family having died out, which now is in poflcffiqnof the territories and objects to which such a right be advan ced. Art. XXXV. Reiweenthe Emperor of the French anti the Confederated Stales, federative!/ and individually, there (Ivdl be an alliance, by virtue of'which every Con tinental War, in which one of either parties (hall beengi«<j, (hail be commmon to all. Art. XXaVI. In the event of any foreign or neighbouring power rnukihg pre paration for t Var, the Contracting Parties, in order to prevent furptife (hall, upon the requisition of the Miniller or one of them, at rhe Alfrmhly of tiic league, in Frankfort, arm also. And, as the contingent of (he Allies is fuhdivided into four yarns, the Allcmbly f!iai\ decide haw many of thofc fliall be called into adivity.* The armament, however, fliall only take place upon the in. vi'ation of the Empcrcor to each of the Contracting Parties, Air. XXXVII. His Majefly the King of Bavaria binds himfelfto fortify Anglburg and Lindau ; in the find of 'hefe places to fur n and maintain Artillery Eertabiilhmcnts, and in the fecund to keep a quantity ofmuf kets and ammunition fuffi icnt for a reserve, as well as a baking eiHblifhmer.t at Augf. bnrg. fufficlent to supply the armies, with out doping in the event of war. Art. XXXVIII. The Contingent cf each is determined as follows ; France 200,000 men. Bavaria 30.000 Wirtcmberg 12,000 Baden 8 ; oco Berg 5,000 Dannftadt 4,000 Nalfau Hohftizcllrrn, and others 4,000 Art. XXXIX. The Contracting Par tics will admit of the accdTion of other German Princes and dates, in all cases where their union with the Confederation may be found confident with the general intcreft. * Art. XL. Th£ Ratification of the' pre lent Treaty (hall be exchanged between the Contratfing parties, on the 25th July, at Munich. Done at Paris, July 12, ISO 6. LATEST FROM FRANCE. PARIS, Sept. 6. 1 he treaty' ot peace between Fiance and A Rullia, has not been ratified by the emperor f Alexander. It would be difficult to find an excuse or a ptaulible reafou in the laws of public or private morality, for ihisftrange rctufai. Vfc fee no pretext, nor even any fubterfuge, for illfaub. It cannot beallcd ged that the Ruffian Plenipotentiary stepped beyond his authority. Never were powers more unlimited given, nor was there ever b promise to ratify a treaty more formal or more pofitivc. HAMBURGH, August 2s. The Prussians have quitted the mouths of the rivers Elbe and Wefer i the province of L:iucr.burg is restored to .the Swedes,,. by which cdfion the king of Sweden has ob tained every thing he wilhed for. Time will phenomena, |w S — J,JI! . TUPLES*.Auguft 6- The Italian gazettes represent the state of Calabria as most deplorable. It is true the richcft and principal families have re mained faithful to king jofeph, but the com mon people, it is laid, ate every where in infurreiliojv, and commit the most cruel at rocities. It is asserted that the Bilhop of 'Cofenzahas been crucified, and pierced with Unices until be expired. The crime impu ted to him is, that he went oik with his clergy to meet king Joseph on his arrival. They put to doth, with tortures, all the french foldicrs who fall ir,fo their hands. The unhappy situation of this province has induced king Joseph to declare it in a state ol war, atid to exercifc towards the inhabi tants all the rigour which justice and the laws will permit. Marlhal Maflcna ought to be by this morning at Lago Nero, and general Gar. danne at Latiria. The advanced guard of the Totter having met a colledlion of rebels nt Monteffano, attacked them and put them tn the route. • Thirty died cn the field of battle, and ico were taken w'ith arms in rheir hands, and received military judgment, (shot) on the spot. These bands are in gene ral headed by Monks. c ’ rg r ■ T 9 nr” rr ’~~ —*—r*~' * LEXINGTON, October 8. . ... 1, pv f. Extra/'! of a Letter frbm Capt. Clark, io his britheV, General Clark , dined St. Louis, September 23d, 1806. Dear Broter, Wc arrived at this place about xz o'clock this day, from the Pacific Ocean, where we remamed during the left winter, near the entiancc of the Columbia river. This ftatiun we itft cn the zyjh of Match Lift, and Ihouid have reached St. Louis early in August, had wc not been detained by the snow which barred our passage acrois the Rocky Mountains, until the 24 b of Jaue. In returning through those mountains, we divided ourselves into fcveral panics, di grefling from the route by which wc went out, in order the more effectually, to dis. covcr the most practicable route which does exist across the continent, by the way of the Miflouri and Columbia rivers: in this - we were completely fucccfsful, and have therefore no hesitation in declaring, that such as nature has permitted, we have dis covered the belt route which dees exist across the Continent of North. A me; ica, in that direction. Such is that byway of the Miflouri to the foot of the Rapids, below the great falls of that river, a distance of 2575 miles ; thence by land palling by the Rocky Mountains, to a navigable part of the Koolkoofke, 340 miles; and with the Koolkoofke, 73 miles; Lewis’s river 154 miles, and the Columbia 413 miles, to the Pacific Ocean, making the total distance from the confluence of the Miflouri and Mifliflippl, to the difeharge of the Columbia into the Pacific Ocean, 3555 miles. The navigation of the Miflouri may be deemed good—its difficulties arise from its falling banks, timber imbeded in the mouth of its channel, its fa ml-bars and fleady rapidity of its current, ail which may he overcome with a great degree of certainty, by using the necessary precautions. The passage by land of 340 miles, from the falls of the Miflouri to the Koolkoofke, is the most formidable part of the trail proposed across the Continent. Os this distance, zoo miles is along a good road, end 140 miles over tremendous Mountains, which for 60 miles are covered with eternal snows. A passage over these Mountains, is 'however, prac ticable from the latter part of Jure to the last of September ; and the cheap rate at which horses firs to he 'obtained from the Indians of the Rocky Mountains, and weft of them, reduce the exptneds of tranfporta ticn over this portage, to ? m*.e trifle. The navigation of the Koofkm lke, Lewis’s river, and the Columbia, is fafe and good, from the tit of April to the middle ot Au. gutt, by making three portages on the lat ter river. The fir ft of whit h, in delcending, is 12co paces, at the fails of Columbia, 2GO miles up that river, the second of two miles, at the long narrow's, 6 miles below the labs ; and <1 third, also of two miles, at the great rapids, 65 miles still lower do« n. The tide flows up the Columbia 183 a °d within 7 miles of the great rapids. Large Hoops may with fafety as. ccnd as high as tide water, and vcffela of 300 tons burthen, reach the entrance of the Multnmah river, a large southern branch of the Columbia, which takes its rife on the confines of New. Mexico, with the Callera. do and Apoftlcs’ rivers difeharging xtfelf into the Columbia 125 miles from its en trance into the Pacific Ocean. I confider this trail across the Continent, of iaxmenfc advantage to the fur trade, as all the furs col veiled in nine-tenths of the most valuable fur country in America, may be conveyed to the mooih of the Columbia, and (hipped from thence to the East- Indies, by the firft of August in every year j and will of course reach Canton earlies than the furs which are annually exported from Great. Britain, and arrive in England, Incur outward bound voyage, wc afeen ded to the foot of the rapids, below the great falls ol the Miflouri, where we arri ved on the 14th of June, 180 c. Not having met with any of the native!, of the Rocky Mountain, wc were of coutfe igno rant of the passes by land, whcich existed, through thofc Mountains to the-Columbia river; and had we even known the route, we were deftirutc ol horses, which would have been indifpcnfibly ncccffary to enble us to transport the requisite quantity of am munition and other (lores to ensure the re maining part of onr voyage down the Col umbia ; we therefore determined to navigate the Missouri, as far as it was practicable, or unless we met some of the natives, from whom we could obtain horses and informa tion of the country Accordingly we under took a mod laborious portage at the falls of the Miflburi, of 18 miles, which we effec ted with our canoes and baggage, by the 3d of July. From hence afeending the Miflouri, we penetrated the Rocky Moun tains, at the diftancc of 71 miles above the upper part of the portage, and penetrated as far as the three forks of that river, a dis. tanceof 180 miles further : Here the Missou ri divides into three nearly .equal branches, at the fame point. The two largest branches are so nearly of the fame dignity, that we did not conceive that either of them could, with propriety, retain the name of the Missouri; and therefore called these streams Jcffcrfon’s, Madison's and Gallatin’s rivers. The confluence of those rivers is 2848 miles from the mouth of the Miflburi, by the meanders of that river. We arrived at the three folks of the Miflburi on the 27th of July. Not having y«r been so fortunate as to meet with the natives, although I had previously made several exertions for that purpose, we were compelled still to continue our route bywaier, The most northerly of the three forks, that to which we had given the name of Jcfferfon-’s river, was deemed the most pro per for our purpose, and we accordingly afeended it 248 miles, to the upper forks, and its extreme navigable point; making the total diltance to which we had navigated the wateis of the Miflouri, 3096 miles, of which 429 lay within the Rocky Mountains. On thei morning of the 17th of August, i Bos. I arrived at the forks of Jcfferfon’s rived, where I met capt. Lewis, who had previously penetrated with a party of three men, to the waters of the Colombia, dis. covered a band of theShcfhone nation, and bad found means to induce 35 of their chiefs and warriors to accompany him to that place. From these people we learned, that the river on which they refilled was not navigable, and that a paflfage through the mountains in that dirCdlion, was imprac ticable ; being unwilling to confide in this unfavorable account of the natives, it was concerted between caps. Lewis and myfelf, that cnc of us Ihould go forward immediate ly, and explore the river ; while the other in the interim would lay op the canoes at that, place, and engage the natives with their horses, to aflift in transporting our (lores and baggage to their camp. Accor dingly I set out the next day, puffed the dividing mountains between the waters of the Miflouri and Columbia, and defeended the river, which I since call the East Fdik ofLewis’ river, about 70 miles. Finding that the Indians account of the country in the direction of this river was correct, I returned and joined captain Lewis on the 29th of August, at the Shoshone camp, ex. celfively fatigued, as you may fuppofe— having passed Mountains almost irjaceffible, and compelled to fubftft on berries during the greater part of my route. We now purchased 27 horses of these Indians, and hired a guide, who aflured us that he could, in 15 days, take us to 3 large river in an open country, weft of these mountains, by a route fume diftancc to the north of the river ou which they lived; and*that by which the natives weft of the mountains, vinr the plains of the Miflburi, for the pur ppfe of hunting the bnffalce. , Every pie pa Mtion being made, we let forward with our guide on the 3rd of August, through those tremendous mountains, in which we Continued until the 22d day of September, , before we reached tb» lower country which lay beyond them—on our way wejnet with the Olelachfbooth, a band ol the Tuchapaks, from whom we obtained an accellion of se ven horses, and exchanged eight or ten others ; this proved of infinite service to us, as wc were compelled to fobfift on horfc beefeight days before we reached the Koof. koofke. During oar pafl'age over those Mountains, we fuffered every thing which hunger, cold, and fatigue could impose ; nor did our difficulties, with' refpeft to por vifion, cease on our arrival atKoofkoofke ; for although the P.dlotepellers, a numerous nation inhabiting that country,- were ex tremely hospitable, and for a few triflmg things ftirnifhed us with an abundance of roots and dried salmon, the food to which they were accustomed ; we found that we could not subsist on these articles, and si. most all of us grew sick on eating them ; we were obliged, therefore, to have recoujfc to the flefh of horses and dogs, as food to supply the deficiency of our guns, which produced but little meat, as game was scarce in the vicinity of our camp on Koofkoofke, V where we were obliged to remain in order to conftrud our perougues to defeend the river. At this fcafon, the salmon are meagre and form but indifferent food. While we remained here, I was myfelf sick for several days; and ray friend captain Lewis fuffered a severe indifpofitiqn. Having completed four pcrougocs and a small canoe, w r e gave onr horses in charge to the PaUbtcpallors until we returned, and on the 7th of Oflober re-embarked for the Pacific ocean. Wc defeended by the route* I have already mentioned* The water of the rim being low at this feafcn, *- e e penenced muck difficulty in delcendinn u c fonnd u obftrudcd by a great number 0 r difficult and _ dangerous rapids in pa fli, lff t which our perougues fevcral t times fi/L and the men escaped narrowly with the!* lives. However, this difficulty dees nn exift in high water, which happens within the period which I have prcvioully mention cd. We found the natives extremely " rnerous, and generally friendly, though wl have on fevcral occasions owed our lives t the fate of the expedition to our 1 which confuted of 3, ra cr„ 0„ .h?! November, we reached the ocean, Wl ( c various confidcrarions induced us to 'j the winter; we theiefcre fcarchcd for eligible fit nation for that purpose, and ftk" ted a spot on the fouth fide of a little r iv ' called by the natives Netul, which dh’ charges itfclf on the fouth liae of the c c f umbia, and 14 miles within point Adair ' Here we cQnfhuftcd feme log houses arid defended them with a common ftbekad work ; this place we called Fort Clatin' 6 after a nation of that name who were cm neared neighbours. In this country ,!'! fonnd an abundance of elk, on which w e subsisted principally duting the’laft winter* we left Fort Clatkip en the 27th ol March’ On our homeward bound voyage, heir., much better acquainted with the couutr S we were enable to take such precautions as in a great measure secured us from the want cf pruvifions at any time, and greatly lef. fentd our fatigues, when compared with those to which we were compelled to submit in our outward bound journey. We have not loft a mdn linen we left the MandtW a circmnftance which I assure you is a plea* firgconfidcfalien to me. As I (haWftortlJ be with you, and the poll is now waiting 1 deem it unncceUary here to attempt minute! ly to detail the occurrences of the last eigh! teen months. * 1 am, &c. Your affedionate brother, Wm. CLARK. f t LOUISVILLE, October 4. THIS day the legislature of this ftatc fur. med a houfc and proceeded to the choice of officers..when Edward Tetfair, wascho. fen Prdident of the Senate, and William Robertson, Secretary; Benjamin Whit, aker, Speaker of the House of Reprefenta. lives, and Hines Holt, Clerk—After the two branches were formed, the following communications were received from the Ex ecutive .* Fellow. Citizens of the Senate , and of the House of Reprejentaliyes • THE period for the annual meeting of Congress, being near at band, and compel led before I leave-the Hate, to arrange feme private business; wherein the intertit ot the children of my dcccafed friends, which have been intruded to my care are involved. I have this day refinged the government into the hands of the Hon. Jared Irwin, President of the Senate, in order that 1 may be ready to attend to the duties oi the appointment, ar. Senator, in the Congrcfs of the United States, 10 which 1 was called by a vote of the General AtTembly, at the fate extra Ses sion. I pray you as the representatives of my fcllo'w-citizer.s, to accept my finccre thanks for the great confidence they have for many years palled reposed in me, by calling tre to fiil the most distinguished appointments, both of a local and general nature within their gift. In the different Hattons in which I haveaefed as a public character, according to the beff of my judgment, the intcreft and the happiness or my native date have been my pu rluit. The government hasnotfor agreat length of time heard any thing of Indian depreda tions—The fields of onr citizens on the fron tier have been cultivated in fafety, and the regular adminiftratiisn of justice agreeable to the laws of our ftatc is in full exeicife. —For the enjoyment ofthefe great bhffings we have more than common reafbn to be thankful to the Author cf all good. In conformity with the fevcral afts for distributing the lands from the Creek Indians by the treaty of Fort-Wilkinson, grants have been iflued for such lots as the treasurer had received full payment for, prior to the fifft day of this month, the time allowed by law for paying for those lots having then expired. Fcur hundred and sixty one full. Purveys of the land above mentioned, have reverted to the state ; fix of which are in the county of Baldwin, eighty.eight in Wilkinson, and three hundred and hxty.feven in Wayne.— * A copy ot the statement furnifhed by the Sur veyor-General, which will be found marked No. 1, will point out the number of those lurveye, and the diftrifts in which they lie. Several of the surveys which have reverted to the state have been drawn by orphans, & as I am confident thsfiatecan have no with to profit by the negligence or want of infor*' tnation of their guardians, or the ye dons with whom they ate iniiufl d• I cannot but recommend that a further time m<> be allowed for paying for and raking out lb* grants of this deienption of fortunate draw ers. Packet No. 2, contains copies of letters and affidavits which have been fer.c to me from our citizens formerly of Walter county, who have been driven from their pcffeffions and compelled to seek Iheltfer and protection in the codnty of Franklin. They alleage that the only charge for which violence h«s been offered them is for advocating the righ f » and adhering to the iaws of onr flare, It