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r » miter the time of bolanerfhe circuit and
dtjintf courts in the diJirtat£Ntrtfy>Cnr.
•Una,
BE it entitled by the Senate and name of
Rep't/fntattxes of the United afates
of America, in Ccngreft ajfe tabled, ThSt**
infiead of time heretofore established by
for *tne T:Jhns of the dSrcoit court
if? the the.faid
he tester c%mrnencc,,sr.d he hfll
-9 m*h on the twdftn day of May, and the i tih
, day of November, in each ycarjPiny ,lMng *i
contained in any tanner ad or ads to the
contrary notwithstanding. And all aftions,
futts, process, pleading?, and other pro
cecdings of what nature or kind fOever, ci
(• / til onrriminal, commenced or to commence
V in the fatd emir?, and all the recognizances
rctumaWe flid court, ou the ttyenti
wLawcafflf jtro; flcxl. mall be continued, re- ,
„' ttu a daj>, in%t feflbn to
be -JnhNd, and the fame proceetf
, Jftgv (hi»!l be m d thereon as heretofore, and .
| t ffeall have all the effed, power, and virtue,
'[is? if the alteration hid never been made :
jLProvided neverthelrfi, That when the I2th -
of May, and the twellih day of
happen on the next; faccerding
/clay ihall be juridical day, J
* And he it fur%eaeenacleJj^&al
courts pAhe*Um£(f plot
mjjt North-
aft, and*
/ Mniwlffon of
dflre times herarofore clrahluhed by law, that
Wty at Wilmington,<ta and for the di-
V»• flrift of Cape Fear, on the firft Ntyndays in
P February, <juxie and QcfoKtr.; at
, in and for of Pampticcyiton
day next after fits Moridaj s i'rv Februa,.
-ry, Juie a jM October ;.and at * n
amAflfc tjapudift rid or AlUfemarle, on the i!l
X«*Way jNfefi (hall tpc Friday next
after the fftft Mortdays in February, June
and OdfiJjer. And that all adions, suits,
vmU|nrocef\, uknding ot other proceedings,.
corMaitd or which (hall
he in any of the diftrid
courts oT’ , ihcailtrid of North Carolina,
shall be continued over, and have day
in the next diftridl court to be holden in the
fcveral dittrids as hereby established, any
thing in any former ad or adla to the con.
trniy ribiwithHunding,
NATHI. MACON.
Speaker of the tiovfe of Keprefentalives .
* GEORGE CUNTON.
Vice-Vrejidtnt of the United States and pre-
Jidevt of the Senate .
Approved, Febcwry 4, 1807. •
Th : JEFFERSON.
HABEAS CORPUS.
On Friday the aid ultimo, the follow
ing Bill was palled in the Senate with
closed doorr, and as we underliand, with
out division.
AN ACT
To suspend tbe privilege of the writ of
Habeas Corpus, for a limited time , in
certain cases.
BE it tnailed Ly the Senate, and Hottfe
of Reprefeutatives of the United Stales
of America, in c rug refs cjftmhled , That in
all cads where any pcrfoin or prerfons char,
ged on oath with treason, mifprifen of trea
son, or cthci high crime or nufdemcauM
endangering the peace, fafety, or neutrality
of tho United States, have b«en, or (hall
be arretted or imprisoned by virtue of any
warrant or authority from the President of
the United States, or from the chief ex
ecmive magift rate o.f any (fate, or territo.
rial government, or from any person adfing
under the diredion or authority of the
President of the United States, the privilege
of tbe writ of Habeas Corpus ihall be, and
the fame hereby is suspended for and during
the term of three months from and after the
paflfage of this ad and ho longer.
January 23, 1807. Read thlfce times
and patted the Senate.
Atttft,
SAM. A. OTIS, Sec’y.
On Monday it was communicated in con
fidence to the Houle of Representatives.
When read, it was immediately deter
mined by a great majority to open the doors.
The bill having been read a firft time.—
Mr. Bnrnuell moved to rejedf it.
On this motion a debate enfutd, which
occupied the day.
Mcflrs. Harwell, Elliot, Eppes, R. Nel.
son, Slone, J. Randolph, Smilie and Dana
supported ; and Mcflrs. Varntim, and Bid
well opposed the motion—The former gen.
tlemcn all on the ground of holfili y to
the billof the two latter, Mr. Varnum
declared hin felt in favor of the hill, and
Mr. Bidwell in (avor of perroitting it to
through the usual forms of difeuflion,
instead of deciding upon it on a firft reading.
The yeas and nays were then taken on
the question “ Ihall the bill be rejeffed”
Yeas i 13 —Nays 19 —as follow ;
YEAS .
Messrs. Alston, junior, Anderfun, Bard,
Barker, Bassett, fiedinger, Betton, Bibb,
Biihop, Blake, junior, Blount, Broom,
Brown, Boyle, Burwell, Butler, G. W.
) Campbell, J. Campbell, Chittenden, Clai
/ borne, J. Clay, M. C , Clinton, junior,
Conrad, Cook, Covington, Dana, Darby,
D*veopurt, junr r Dawson, Dwight, Early,
FBiot, Ellis, Elmer, Ely, Eppes, Findley,
« Fiflc, Fowler, Garnett, Goldlborough,
P* Goodwyn, Gray, Gregg, Hailey. Ham,
i X \
*i * *> ■”■■■•• ;;
ct; /' * ; 0 y ;
Imjs, Holland, Holmes, Hocgh, j
| Jackson, Jdhcs, KelljL, Kenan, Lambert,
Lew?!, junior/ Lmnguon, Lloyd, Lyon,
0 M'Farland, Mhgrnder, Marion, M'Crcery, 1
Meriwether,ajS& R. Moore, T. Moore,
Jer. MorrowPw, Morrow, Mo (Icy, J.
,’Nelfon, R. Nelf&p* Newton, junr. Pitkin,
junior. Porter, Pugh, Quincy, J. Randolph,
T. Ki. Randolph, Rea, (Penn.) Rhea,
(Tcnn.) Russell, Schune
t #mfn,'Scarer, Sloan, Smelt, Smilie, J, Smith,
S. Smith, Stanford, Stanton, Stedman, Stur
gee, Taggar|» Tallmadge, Tenney, P. R.
Tho*jp(pn, T. W, Tnompfon, Tracy,
Tjigg, Van Cortland t, Van Renffclacr,
Wadsworth, J. Whitehill, R. Whitehill,
D. l Tl, Williams, M. Williams, Wilson,
Winn, Winston, and Wynns,
% SAYS.
* Mcflr*. Alexander, Archer, Bidwcll,
Chandlery Cutts, Earle, Green, Helms,
Mailers, Mumford, Olin, Sandford, South
ard, Thomas, Varnum, Verplanck, Walton,
Wicks, and N. Williams.
Bell’s weekly messenger.
On tht, Proposal of attark 'ng foreign Proper .
( y r» the EnglJh funds,
WilHHBe believed, that, n a country so
famed tor its public f.dth, and which, in
i fad, has grown to us pr» lent height of prof. ■
I » erity uporf rhit (Ac ton -tdatiop, a propo.
• fat coul»i;bj made to retainte pill -gc by pil.
whgej atfcHftpair an injury by plunder ; yet,
4prh #e single excepii.-n, have all the Dai
ly Bajjers concurred not only in theaffertion
that (bcha measure is in the contemplation
. of government but defended it as the only
" which now remains to us.
In wkitpojnt of view, let us alk, is this
expedient to be confidcred ? As an aft of re
taliation or an attempt at indemnity ?
ltdt is.to be confidcred as a retaliation,
let gs remember that it is a rccdlaty ccnfli
} tuent of retaliation, that the t'. ii (ball be re.
w turned on the fame hand from which it is re
pfcived. It is ro yetahaiion to receive an in
jury from cne and return it up« n another.
This is the pillion of a maniac, who deals
his rage upon every thing in his way.
Now, in what manner is the withholding
of the foreign property in our funds an aft
of retaliation on Bonaparte f—Who arc those
who have lodged their property in this afy
lam ? Arc they not the enemies of Bona
parte ? Are they not those who fear him,
those who hate bin, those who know hi*
rapacity, and therefoie fought a place of
concealment ? Are these the proper objefls
upon whom to retaliate the aft of the ty.
rant, whom they hate as much, and fear
more than our<elvs ? if report may be credit
ed, the King of Wmemberg has a very con.
fidcraHle sum in our funds, and the Elcflor
of H IT', and present Duke of B.unfwick,
as heir of hi* father, a Hill larger—Are we
to attach these sums, and to add to the mis
ery of those onforunate prince*, by viola,
ting the asylum which wa, balden out by
our public fai a ? I’h re is fiercely, perhaps,
a family up m theciuttner.t, which in these
ti ne» of fearful revolution*, Im* not deposit
ed its'nclt egg, it* iafi anchor, fc bell hope,
on thcfccuriiy ol E & !ilh ui;i>, They have
been taught tocooiider this hi h, as a rock,
and have hitherto regarded and uf«*d it as
such. It will be to our etem .1 diQrace if,
with that low mercantile fpta;, which in
despite of our national gcrerofity, h s tome
times difgractd us, we fufflr ourfeUe' ro be
surprised by the appment gain of the mo.
rner.t, and give a blew to our public credit,
w hich it will never recover.
There is Hill another confidcration, which
we would wish to impress on the public
mind.—There is scarcely a crowned head in
Europe but has a depoftt under one or more
private names in the English funds. Dis.
Unction will he impoffibk ; we cannot touch
one part without aflbding the other.—Er.
rors may be ot the moll fatsi confluence on
points offo much importance.—lt is more,
over to be remembered, that this is an ad
which can be done but once.—We may sur
prise the foreign proprietors once, but it
will be their faults if we ever surprise them
again.- —There will be no more foreign de
posits in the Englilh funds.
LONDON, December 3.
We undeiftand tha: the privy council
have come to a reflation to ifiue an order
for preventing the transfer of foreign proper,
ty in the funds. His raajcfty came to town
this morning to give it elB-ift by the royal
fignattre.
[The American reader Should not forget
this. J
December ao.
A very extraordinary report has prevailed
for days pail in the city. It is Hated that
British (hips of war are adually employed,
with the consent of the Spanili government,
in transporting the treasures cf South Ame
rica to Europe. It is said that seven mil.
lions of dollars, already laden on board cf
an English frigate, in order to be sent home
from New Spain, have been partly under
written at Lloyd’s ; that the quantity of j
dollars expeded to be thus brought to Eu.
rope, is 25,000,000, and that a British 64
is now on her way to receive a cargo of thi*
valuable fpccie at Vera Cruiz.
It is confidently reported that Mr, Tiern.
cy is appointed Chancellor of the Excheqntr,
vice Henry Petty, who exchange* for the
Presidency ot the Board of Controul.
January »,
; The following communication was, about
j half an hour ago, made to the Merchant* ;— : '
Down mg-ft reel t January 1, 1807;
“I have *he honor of acquainting you,
for the information of the Merchants con-
/
earned in the Trade Hr! ih America, that the
Treaty of Amity, Navigation & Ctmmerce ,
between his majesty and the United -States,
was yesterday signed by the Comimflioners,
refpeftively appointed tor that purpofc hy
both governments. The Treaty will be ira
mediately transmitted to America; but un.
til the ratifications on both fidcs Thai! be ex
changed, it cannot be made public.'*
u I have the honor, &c.
“ HOWICK.”
** Phillip San/on, e/tf, Chairman to t he
Committee of American Mer chant,”
PHILADEDPHU, Feb. 3.
By the Ann, arrived at Ncw.Caftle, wt
learn that a civil war rages in the devoted
empire of Hayti—The rival chiefs«are Chris
tophe and Petion. Several bloody affairs
had taken place--.lt is stated that in the
oleflion for Prefidcnt, Chriftnphc had do out
of 75 votes j and that Pation, though in so
weak a minority, had railed the standard of
revdt, and was determined to contest by
arms Christophe’s pretentions to office
Buftncfs, of courfc, was in a mod unfcttlcd
situation. Assassinations, plunders, See. were
frequent-—The plantaicns were entirely ne
glected.
BALTIMORE, Februart4.
** General Smith has this day received pn
fitive information from Washington, that the
treaty between this country and England has
been signed, Mr. Monroe will be the bearer
of the fame, and may be very soon expected
out.—The India trade is placed on the fame
footing as it was under Jay's treaty j and to
the Weft-Indies, on that of the most favor
ed nation. Importers of produce from ene
mies colonies will be allowed to export in
another veflel, after the duties have been fe
curcd and the property stored for one month.
What relates to the Teamen, it feeras is not
included in the treaty, but agreed on in an
appendix ; lam inclined to believe (hat Eng.
land will not resort to a general blockade of
the ports on the continent, now that they
have come to a proper underftandjpg with
this country—«at least I fhoiild suppose our
negociators would not have conceded what
they have done, if they had not been pretty
certain that our trade to Europe would be
left unmolefted.’'
To the politehefs of a gentleman, just
arrived from St. Thomas, we are indebted
for th« latest intelligence from the republic
of Hayti. The papers furnifhed, contain
an account of operations down to the 27th
December, inclusive—-on which day the
new Republic™ Constitution was adopted.
On the sth of December, i8o(f, gene
ral Christophe appeared on the skirts of Port
au.Prince, with an army of about io.oco
men, to compel the body of people aflembled
together, to form a conjhtutiou to appoint
him emperor of Hayti
On his arrival there, he fftit in a flag
of truce., and desired to have a conference
with general Pichon, commartder at Port.
au-Prince, who went out to meet him with
what soldiers he had ; and instead of a con
fidence, as soon as Fich »n tame within gun
ftiot of him, his men were fired on by
Christophe ; when a Ihort engagement enfu.
ed, in which there were some officers and
men killed on both sides. Pichon got into
Port-au-Prince, and kept Christophe from
committing any material depndations on
the town : as his army was but few in num
ber, he thought it most advifablc to aft only
on the defenfive, and not ptirfue Christophe,
after having driven his troops out of town,
at the end of which they had entered it.
Dispatches were immediately sent by
Pit hon to all parts of the South, where they
have dominions, for troops, arms, ammu,
nition and provisions, and on the day fol
lowing, there was not a mule to be found,
or scarce a man that could bear arms in the
town of Jacmel —all had repaired to Port
au-Prince, to join Pichon army, carrying
with them provisions and ammunition for
the occasion, Several fleimufhes took place
in the course of eight or ten days—during
which time, Christophe’s army within
two or three miles of Port-au-Prince, and
had fevcral times entered it, bat was as
often rcpulfad.
On the 13th of January, news was re
ceived at Jacmel, that Christophe had been
defeated, and that the greater part of his
soldiers had revolted and joined the other
fide ; that he fled for his life ; that Pichon’s
army were in purfuitof him, and no doubt
prevailed, but they would overtake him—
in which case, death inevitably would be
his lot, as they were determined to behead
him, and eftablilh a federal or republican
government.
On the night of the 20th January, Jacmel
was illuminated on the occasion.
WASHINGTON CITY, Feb;
On Friday last Mr. Alexander was
brought before Judge Ducket, by the officer
who had him in charge from general Wil
kinfan. The officer produced a letter from
the Secretary of War, addressed to him, di. I
resting him to take Mr. Alexander before
one of the judges of the Circuit Court.
Judge Ducket certified on the back of the
letter, that the direction of the fecrctary had
been complied with, aud that no evidence
had been adduced that seemed to require
any proceeding on his part. This the offi
cer confidcrcd as a difeharge, and of course
released Mr. Alexander.
Duu, in this city, on Sunday morning
at 4 o’clock ift instant, of a pulmonick difi!
case, Bngadeer General LEVI CASEY, of
South Carolina, in the jgtb year of bit age.
fcCRFOLK, February 3,
The BrltifhlL.ps o1 war Beliu a, captain
Douglas ; era Triumph, wpt. Hardy ; cf
74 gors each—and tilt Mermaid frigate,
which have been at anchor irr Hampton
Roads for some time, failed early *n Thurs.
day morning in great hefle, in ccrftquence
of information received cl a pilot being put
on board an 8p gen French fliip, on bauu
day lad. It is generally supposed it must
be Admiral Villeneuve’s fibip, the Foudroy
ant, from the Havana. If so, there is very
little chance of ihe Britilh ccmirg up with
her, as (he is considered the bell sailer in the
French nary. « ■■ ■
CHARLESTON, February 14.
The (hip Eliza, capt. Starks, has arri
ved at Savannah from Liverpool. She fail
ed on the ift of January. Letters by this
arrival ttate, that premiums of insurance on
American yeffeis, had risen in Englard from
r\ to 8 and 10 per cent, in confiqutncc of
Bonaparte’s blockading decree.
It is with regret that we communicate to
our readers, that on the morning of the 9th
inftanr, between the hours of two and three
o'clock* the Parsonage House cn Edifto
HI and, with ail the furniture, books, valua
ble papers, and clothes of the incumbent, the
Rev. Mr. M'Leod, and his two little
daughters, were confirmed to allies.
=53*235=
Nassau, January 30.
ExtraS as a letter from New-Orlcantf da
ted December 1, xBb6, t» a gentleman
f* Naffan,
“ Before t conclude, 1 cannot refrain from
making to you another observation, to (hew
rhe advantage gained by the charge of go
vernment here. Previous to the (effion cf
Louisiana to the tinted States, we had only
ttvo Lawyers reading amongst us, who
with much difficulty and great economy,
were enabled by the scanty income ariftng
from their practice, to maintain their fami
lies—at present the case is altered ; for there
arc noVr no less than thirty of them, who
live in the firft style, and roll in their car
riages—and upwards <Sf /even hundred can
fes arc at present pending in the Diftrift
Court of our city.
War DsfAtTMBNT, Jan. 14, 1807.
Sir.
Agreeable to the request of the committee,
as exprdfod in year letter of the 12 th intt.
I herewith transmit a lift of the officers,
non-com mi (honed officers and privates, who
formed the party recently returned from an
enterprise, which they commenced and pro
secuted with a degree of boldness, peifcver
ance* judgment and fucccfs, that has rarely,
if ever occurred* in this or any otht* coun.
tr -
The officers and soldiers will receive their
usual compenfalions from this department,
up to the time of their mum to St, Louis.
The quantum of gratuity, cither in land
qr money, or in both, to which such merito
rious and unusual services may be entitled,
on the score of national jutlice, or on the
principles of found policy and national liber
ality, being principally a matter of opinion,
it is with diffidence that I take the liberty
of proposing, for the confidera'ion of the
committee, a grant to each commilfioned
officer and private, of 320 seres i f lend ; to
lieutenant Clarke, of 1,000 ; ?.rd to espt.
Lewis, of 1,500, with the addition cf dou
ble pay to each while engaged in the enter
prize j artd that each efte (hculd have per
miflloQ to locate his grant on any lards that
have been surveyed, and are now for falc by
the United States.
It may be proper for me to rcrraik, that
in a eonvorfation with captain Lewis, be
observed, that whatever grant of land Con
gress might think proper to make to him,
felf and lieut. Clarke, k was his wilh there
fnould be no dittinfticti of rank so noticed,
as to make a difference in the quantity gran,
red to etch; and that he would prefer an
equal divifton of whatever quantity might
be granted to them.
I also trsnfmit herewith, the letter from
captain Lewis to the secretary of War,
which accompanied said lift.
I have the honor to be,
Very rcfpefifally,
Sir,
Your very hlifoMe servant,
H. DEARBORN.
Aon, W1 Ihs A'Jlo,’!, Chair matt) &c %
The following are the names of the perfens
who accompanied captains Lewis and
Clarke to the pacific ocean :
John Ordney, Nathaniel Pryor, Charles
Floyd, Patrick Gafs, William Bratton, John
Collins, John Colter, Pier Cruzattf-, jofeph
Field, Reuben Field, Robert Frazier, SiHs
Goodrich, Geoige GSpfor., Thomas P.
Howard, Hugh Hall, Francis Labnicki,
Hugh M‘Neal, John Shields, George Shan,
non, John Potts, John Babteift La Page,
John B. Thompson, William Werner, Rich,
ard Winfur, Peter Wifcr, Alexander W T ah*
lard, Joseph Whitehoufe, Geoige Hrulyaid,
Touifanc Charbono.
It is due ro CoirtTK*dofe Tri'ztcn tc fo*
that he spurned tire •vertures of ]>• - j
made a communication to tht „ "*** ***
the fubjeft, was to l • ; cn
fcveral weeks I
nf rk- -w-r • " nen we g ,ve a vie^r
""fa™*, and fared. t£t overture.
l ma e 8 pvrfon more di(lir.giii{hrd
than general Eaton. A *„.
n re rd tt I H Ke at Bermirghaai front
t. Pclcfildarg, for the immediate comple
tion br zco,cco stand offmall arms.
Fliladetyhja fat it*