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Vol 1* fcontinued. —But he has been weighed in itlie balance, and been found wanting, land is now dismissed as meriting only |the schoolboy lafli, and beneath the fur- I ther notice of the pen of GRACCHUS. BOSTON, March 24. A letter ot the 10th February, from Havre, informs, that eight Commiifion *rs, had arrived in France, for the pur j>ofe of negotiating peace; that terms were offered by the French, which were ‘'ought by them to be very honorable W doth, parties —but that the Englilh • Jbmmifiioners imagined them too lva fjniliating to submit to, and immediately took their departure for England. March 26. Britijh Weft-India, Expedition. Asa lubjeft interesting to American readers, we have taken fume pains to ai'ccrtain particulars relative to the Brit ilh Wcft-India Expedition.—• Ihe result is, that the fleet at two feverai times failed, and were in part driven back, by contrary winds and heavy storms. On board those veflcls which did not return (fame of which were loft) were the fol lowing regiments, 2d battalion grena diers, Ift battalion of the 42ft, part of the Bth, 37th, 44th, 38th, 53d, 55th, 63d, 25th, and the greater part of the 3d, roth, 27th 28th, s:7th, 58th, and SStli. These we're to be followed in February, by therefidue of the Bth,44th, 48th, 55 th, and 63J regiments; and the emigrant regiment dc Choifeul, the whole making, about 6000.—-Thole which last failed, left England Feb. 11 th —The Admiral had not left the 17th — But on the 13th, Sir Ralph Abercrom bie, the commander of the expedition by land, failed in the faft-failing frigate Arathufa. The troops relanded, and gone into barracks, are 5 companies of 42ft of Royal Highlanders, and the re sidue of the 9th, 31st, 33d, 14th, 27th 28th, 37th, 57th, 2d, 10th, 25th, 3 eth, 53d and 88th. Admiral Christian was to fail in the Canada, with the ftore fhips. Some of the fleet have unnueftiori biy arrived; and others have been spok en with, far advanced on their paflage. NEW-YORK, March 30. We are fa vo rd nxith the following Ex traQ of a Letier, received this day from Mr. 7 homai Fitzjbnmovs of thiladel phia. The Secretary of has communi cated to the committee of Merchants Fere, the following paragraph of a letter, dated 29th December, just received from Mr. Bayard, the continental agent in London. “In the course of this next moi.th, the Judge of the Admiralty has authorized us to expetft an order for the reititution of the velfeis and cargoes fei/ed and fold by Sir J. Jarvis and Sir Cirarles GrCy, at Martinico, St. Lucia and Guadaloupe. ts In the court of appeals, also two illegal sentences or the v ice Admiralty Courts, in the Weft-Indies, have lately been annulled, and the conduct of the Judges lcverely censured bv the Lords Commiifioners of Appeals.” I MIL ADSL P ici A, March 20. Captain Al‘L'Horin of the iloop Dolphin, from Portau Prince, has obli ging banded the editor the following intelligence. r . b. ibth 12 fail of transports and a frigate of 36 guns, with 2000 troops on board, to go against Leogane, arrived at Port au prince, from Cape Nichola Mole, in company with home Ameri cans ; ten of these transports failed for Leogane, with 1000 men. On the 27th and 28th, fever: engage rs .its took place in feverai parts near to Pprt a a Prince, and on the Sunday fol lowing about day bre?k, a very smart | engagement commenced between the Britilh troops aided by the people of colour, and the brigands on the part of j the French, between Port ail Prince and i Busy town fort; the atlion lasted eight hours and a half, but at length termina ted in favour of the Britilh, they having taken pofleflion of the brigand camps with the iofs of one hundred men killed and 47 wounded ; the defeat of the brig ands made them more and more furious and desperate. After the engagement took place, three of the Britilh foidiers had strayed from the camp at Bufey town 1 Port, to the distance of about two or s three hundred yards, when all of a fud ’ den live or lixof the brigands, who were | concealed in thickets rulhed forth, seized i tv vo, and initantiv put them to death, the I third made his escape. They have erec f ted three Forts oppofltc to Buley town, land it was the opinion of the * Britilh officers, that the brigands could I thufter about twenty thouiand men in a | ew days; they were (applied with pro- Columbian Jtflufeum, visions, ammunition,* &c. and had the advantage of the mountains. March 3d. the brigands made a rood desperate at tack on the camp which the Britilh had taken from them a few days before, the particulars of which had not transpired when Capt. M'L’Horion failed, aitho’ it was feared they would prove victori ous. Capt. M'L’llorion was a fpeßator to the above engagements, he laying con tigious to the Britilh Fort taking in bailaft. March 31. The following is a copy of the message front the President, which was yester day read in the house of reprefenta tivesofthe United States. (t Gentlemen of the house of reprefentatWes y “ With the attention, I have confidercd your resolution of the 24th inst. requeuing me to lay before your house, a copy of the inftru&ions to the minuter of* the United States, who ne gociated the treaty with the king of Great-Britain, together with the cor rcfpondence and other documents rela tive to that treaty, excepting such of the said papers as any cxifting nego ciation may render improper to be tlif clofed. “ In deliberating upon this fobjett, it was impofiible for me to loose light of toe principle which fome have avowed m its difeuflion, or to avoid extending my views to the conferences which nuft flow from the admiiiion of that principle. “ I trust that no part of my condutt hasever indicateda difpofuion to with hold any information which the coulti tution has enjoined upon the President as a duty to give ; or which could lie required of him by either house ofcon grefs as a right; and with truth I af firm, it Has been, as will continue to be, while I have the honour to preside in the government, my constant endeavour to harmonife with the other branches thereof; so far as the trust delegated to me by the people of the United states; and my sense of the obligation it impo ser, to “ preserve, protect, and defend theconftitution,” will permit. “ The nature of foreign negociations require caution ; and their success mutt often depend on secrecy, and even when brought to a conclusion, a fulldifclofure of all the meafurcs, demands; or eventu al conceflions, which may have been pro poled or contemplated, would beextreme 1/ impolitic ; f -rthis m.ght have a per nicious influence on future negociations; or produce immediate inconveniencics; perhaps danger and mifchieß in relation to other powers. The neceifity of such caution and secrecy, was one cogent rea tbn for Telling the power of making trea ties in the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate ; the princi ple on which that body was formed con fining it to afmall number of the mem bers. To admit; then, a right in the House ofreprefentatives to demand, and to have as a matter of course, all the pa pers refpeding a ncgociation with a fo reign power, would be to eftablifli a a dangerous precedent# “It does not occur that the infpeft ion of the papers asked for, can be rela tive to any purpofc under the cogni zance of the house of represen tatives, ex cept that of an impeachment ; which the resolution has not exprefled. I re peat that I have no difpolition to with nold any information which the duty of my dation will permit, or the pub lic good {hall require to be disclosed; and m fact, all the papers affecting the ncgociation with Great Britain, were laid before the Senate, when the treaty itfclf was communicated for their con* fidcration and advice. “ The courft which the debate has taken, on tlic resolution of the house, leads to fome observations on the mode of making treaties under the constitu tion of the United States. “ Having been a member of the General Convention, knowing the principles on which the Constitution wa* formed, I have ever entertained but one opinion on the fubjeft; and from the fi rft eftablifli men t of the government to this moment, my conduct has exem plified that opinion, that the power of making treaties is exclusively vested in thc President, by and with “the advice of the Senate, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur, and that every treaty 10 made and promulgated, thence iorward became the law of the land. It is thus that the treaty making power has been understood by foreign nations and in all treaties made with them, we have declared, and they have believed, that when ratified by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, they became obligato ry. In this conftrukf ion of the confti- tution, every House of Representatives has heretofore acquiefeed ; and until the present time, not a doubt or suspicion has appeared to my knowledge, that this conltrudtionwas not the true one. Nay, they have more than acquiefeed ; for till now, without controverting the ob ligation ofi'ucli treaties, they have made all the requisite provilions for carry ing them into effect. There is alio reason to believe that this conftruftion agrees with the opinions entertained by the Hate conventions, when they were deliberating on the con it i tution ; eipecially by those who ob jected to it, bccaul'e there was not re quired in commercial treaties , the consent of two thirds of the whole number of the Senate, inltcad of two thirds of the Senators prelent, and becaule in treaties refpefting territorial and certain other rights and claims, the concurrence of three fourths of the whole number of the members of both houses reipeCtively, was not made neceiTary. “ it is a fact declared by the general convention, and Universally understood, that the constitution of the United States, was the result of a spirit of ami ty and mutual conceflion. And it is well known, that under this influence, the smaller states were admitted to an equal reprdentation in the Senate, with the larger ltates ; and that this brand) of the government was invested with great powers ; for on the equal partici pation of those powers, the fove reign ty and political fatety of the smaller Rates w ere deemed eflentially to depend, “ If oilier proofs than these, and the plain letter of the constitution itfclf, be neceflary to afeertain the point under confine rat ion; they may be found in the journals of the general convention, which I have deposited in the office 01 the department of State. In those jour nals it will appear that a proposition was made, “ that no treaty lhould be bind ing on the United States, which was not ratified by a law and that the propo lition was explicitly rejected. “ As, therefore, it is perfeftly clear to my understanding, that the alient of the House of Reprelentatives is not ne ccilary to the validity ofa treaty, as the treaty with G reat-Britain exhibits, in itfeif,all the objects requiring legiflarive provilion ; and on these the papers cal led for can throw no light; and as it is eflential to the due administration of the government, that the boundaries fixed by the constitution, between the difie;* ent departments lhould be preferred.—* A just regard to the constitution, and to the duty or my office, under ail the cir cumitancesol this case, forbid a compli ance with your requelL’’ GEO. WASHINGTON. United States, March 30, 1796. jprDcrai Ilcgiflatur^ i*OUSE of REPRESENTATIVES. March 31. Mr. Blount moved, to rdferthe mes sage received yesterday from the Presi dent, in answer to the call for papers, to a committee of the whole. It was supported chiefly on the ground, that it would be proper, as the President had accompanied his refufal with his reasons, that the house lhould enter their realonsior the call on the journal. It was objected, that such a ltep would lead to a controverly, which would ir ritate without miniitering to the public good. The reference was agreed to. —Yeas, 55— Nays, 37. SAVANNAH, April 19. The President of the United States, has nominated to the Senate, the follow ing Gentlemen, as Commissioners, be ing those contemplated in the Treaty with Great-Britain, viz. Henry Knox, of Maflachufetts, to fettle the eastern boundaries of the United States. Thomas Fitzsimons, of Phila delphia, and James Innes, of Vir ginia, on the fubjeft of Britilh debts. Christopher Gore, of Mafla chufetts, and William Pinckney, of Maryland, on Britilh Spoliations. The Senate of the United States have unanimously approved of the Spanish and Algerine Treaty. The Legiflatureof Pennsylvania have paffeda bill to provide for the comple tion of the house intended for the ac commodation of the President of the United States. The convention of the people, aflem bled at Knoxville, in the South Wcftern territory, unanimously agreed on the , form ofa constitution of government on the 6th of February. The i e to be called 1’ e n e s s e e. The Tobacco Warehouf fries, Virginia, has been l i ooc hogsheads of Tobacco—tc f 12,000. Marine ttegiffer. ENTERED INWARD. April, Days. 14. Brig Eliza, Dunham, Boston, 11. Schooner Neptune, Dickinfon,Charlellon.3. 15. Ship Friendlhip, Orange, London, 40. 16. Schoonar Betsy, Hull, N Providence, ig Indultry, Todd, Charlellon, 2. Sloop Dove, Brown, do 2. —— Elizabeth, Willis, Charlefton.a. Brig Apollo, Crockatt, New-York, if* Schooner Experiment,Willis, Baltimore,2s. CL EAR ft) OUT. 16. Schooner Agenoria, Barney, Janiaica. ” Hetfy, Hull, Brunl'wick. ——> Polly, Bell, New- Providence. Brig William, Dunning, St. JohnVirg. 111. Neptune, Simplon, St. Thomai. Sloop General Gunn, Kirby, St. Thomas. Surprize, Claiby, Philapelphia. Newport Packet, Lawrence, Beaulort. Edward Griffith, Watch-Maki r, (on the Bay) MOST refpedtfullyinform*his CUS TOMERS, that he has received per the Brig Apollo ; a Handfomc AJJ'ortment of Jewellery . Savannah, April 19.- 1114.4^ FOR SALE, 1 Stout NEGRO, about 26 years old fit for an Augusta Boat, or coaiting veflel. Enquire at the Prin ters. March 19. *ni4-2t. ~Mr. T ESS IE, SURGEON & DENTIST, GIVES notice to the Public, that he plugs and cleans Teeth, and set lalfe ones.—Should also, any person want to, buy excellent OPIATE, to whiten Teeth, and keep them from de cay, fpleafe to call at his lodgings, at Mr. Tiot's, Yarmacrau. Savannah, April 19. n. 14.41. Nezu Expedition Line . THE Stage will start fronS Au giifta on Wednesday the zoth of April, for Savannah, and will arrive on Friday evening : Will leave Savannah on Sunday morning the 24th, for Au gusta. Nathaniel Twining. Augtifta, April 19. ni^-zt For~N] EW-YORK. The faft Sailing Mm Brig Apollo, CH * *~’ KOCKAT '^, WILL be ready for Sea on Sunday next.—For small Freight or Paflage, having convenient accommodation*, ap ply to Johnston, Robertson 6? Cos. Who have received by the Apollo, A few Barrels Fresh Superfine FLOUR. APPLE BRANDY,and PRIME BEEF. Savannah, April 19. ni4-s. 25 Dollars Reward. . T 1 AN away from the Sub awC JtV feriber’s plantation, on JBLfb. Savannah Back River, a few ago, the following NE GROES, viz : A Negro Man, ft y named SAMPSON,IateIy pur chased of Capt. John Dil worth, of Cainden County, in this State; he is full 6 feet high, very black, his head pretty grey, walk* upright, is supposed to be between 40 and <;3 years of age, and formerly belonged to the cf tate of the late Henry Sourby ; he is well known in the southern parts of this S: ate, being uf’dto go between St. Mary’s and Savannah, in a boat with Mr. Dilworth, and is supposed to be* gone to St. Mary’s, Beaufort, or fome of the Sea Islands, as he went away in a small Canoe.— Also, from the farfte Plantation aboutthe lame time, a Young Negro Fellow, named SIMON, also very black, active and artful, about twen ty years of age, near fix feet tall, very likely, Itrong and well made, is apt to flutter a little, if furprizrd or tharpiy spoken to,” born in South Carolina, and purchaled by me, together with his mother, brother and fillers, ?of the ellate of Col. Joseph Maybank of St. Thomas's Partlh in that State, where it is probable he may attempt to go ; it is said he has a wife either ac Mr. Campbell’s plantation, adjoining mine, or at Dr. Channings on Savannah River. A Re ward of Twenty DOLLARS, will be paid for apprehending and delivering Satnpfon to rne in Savannah, and Five Dollars for Simon. If either ot them are harboured, the perlon l o doing may expert to be prosecuted. John Glen. Savannah, April 18th. 014—2