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comitiytee be,*; le.ivc la report herewith, as follows The tieafurcr Hates to the committee on fi n *n r e, that the deficiency in the yaroo deposit is occasioned by the following caufes, viz. when IT.e treafurer was appointed r l)is (.flice in the fit ft inftance motion was made that he fhoulcl give bond and Security for the yazoo deposit, it was contend ed in the Irgiflatirc tha f if the fiafe fvff uJ her office to be rn'ide refpnnfhle that it woTi be acknow ledging her own and b\ a very decided majority , the trea f»i re i was dirc&cd lo give fecu rirv for the flatc fund*. cnly ; by whom the arguments on that occasion were riled, may be well rccoilefted by leveral gentlemen of this committee— it his fe cond election the lame motion was made, and the arguments oppofe i to it by the fame per fans as on the former occasion, and was by a larger tmjori'y remedi ed. The 24th fedlion of ifu ll} »1 tide of the conftitution declares , that the yazoo deposit fh 11 never be de meH par: of the funds of this (i '/£, or he liable t appropriation as fuch ; and until huh monies be dr wn from the'trea Jury, they fhol be con fid ered altoge ther af the nfque of the per fans who have dcpofiled the fame , and ar the meeting of the lafl legifl .tir«, the committee on finance dc climd f king any notice of die deposit, which the neafurer h id be n verbally direfted by the I xeeuove to tranfm t from the books of the tre lurv, and not inc lude it in his abftratl, which, was accoiding done ; the (rca fuic 1 , therefore, considering himfclf in the f me situ 'don, as a man who had in hts cudody the pdvate property of mv other man which if he ventured to loan, when he had no been for bid from doing fo, the owner of the property would feel pcrfc&lv fatisfied <f it was returned when demanded by him; and thi> ronftrublion of the cafe, thr ticafurcr conceives himlelf w*» 1 ante' 1 hv the law and by fh. conftitution, hereby dtfdaming todifcliim an honor blc relpo - • fibility, wh never he may be called on by the depolitors fin der thrfe imprelfions the treafu icr Ventured to loan the fum de ficient which was to have be« 1 reftored to him again before thi period—unavoidable arcid nr of ficknels and death have pre vented, re Tutor not hav ing ventuted beyond the relour evs of own property contends that however imprudent t < tneahr' ma ire/ent un prrjf.ons he deemed, that he cann . be confidcred as having comma ted a breach of public tru/l whci a Drivatedcpofit is alone concern ed ; and wherein his public lure ties are not intcrefted.* If he has commuted an eipv, be has been deluded into it bv the conftitution, and by the law, and by the lefufd of the com inittee of finance at the laft Icgtf latuie, to examine , intermeddle with * No per (on ever fuppnfed them inter e/led in the negro jpeculation but from the tenor of the bond they ftgncd , they are liable jor the amount the fum deficient. or rr pvt upon the yazoo depofit, snd bv the verbal dire£lio of the Executive to remove nat depcfil from the hooks of the treafury , and nit include it in his nhfir aft. He fairly acknowledges the deficien cy, nor does he c Ccr the lecuri ties he took for the loan ; but he ffers to the Icgiflature immedi f ely to give lurches for the re rund of the deficiency within a ertain period, whofe property can juftify for five times the fum ; and who, though no wife intere/ied in the loan, have bom an honell oncern tor the fituatio of the ncalurer, and a convi6lion on their minds of the integrity 0} his infentiorls , profetted him their re lief under his prefent prcfTmg and nnexp»*£led circumllances on which he forbears further to comment. The treafurer adds, hat he begs the legiflature not o b- lieve that he intends by any thing herein contained to excite heir fuftr ges at the enfuing eleftion—he refpe&fully refigns cvfc y claim. He only afk , that julhce may be done to the refti tude of his intentions; and un der the imperious circumllances of his prefent firuation, he will rHort to private avocations with a family who at lead merit no relentmem, and await the future decifion of the liberal and dif ccrnmg on hi prelent unfortu nate, th< ugh he t:ufts unmerited fituation. He is very reipe&fully* gentlemen, Signed , John Bf. r h ie n , Treajurer We, Thomas Savage Willi am MTntofh and James Mort lort, do hereby engage and oblige ourlelves to he accountable ror any deficiency which may ap. pear in the ) azoo depofit to amount of fen (houfand five hundred dollars, viz. Thomas Savage for four thouland five hundred d* liars and jaS Mont fort, for three thoufanrt dollars, and Wdiam M'lntofh, for three thoul nd dol ars Witnefs, our hands and Teals, this 20th da) of November, 170,9 Thomas Savage , Signed, William M* , ntofh i James Monjort. Sealed ard delivered in the prefencc of James Smith, Thomas C'oilieri ( NT °- 5 ) I do folemnly Iwear that I will truly a ; d faithfully account for all monies, certificates, books, papers and property which ma\ be depolited in mv hands, either upon my entering into >he duties of office as treafurer, or at any time during my conti nuance in the fame, that I will not upon any pretence whatever open or luffer to be opened any iealed bundles or parcels of mo nies. certificates, papers, or other property which may be put into v poffcffion by vittuc of the (aid office of trealutcr (unlels exprclsly dircdled fo to do by + He has laid great flrefs on this point — in So 3, the phrafe is “ transfer" —here it is ** remove " — the /aft is no * transfer ever was made ; and where he “ removed ’* it to , the gendeman hivijelf beji knows . It cannot be traced on any bock in the trea/ury . an oirler of the governor or by a legillative aft or order) but ihat I will keep and preferve the fame unopened and unimpaired —and I do further (wear that I will when required cither by the authority of the executive or by the aft, or order of the legifta lure, deliver up allf or any part of fuch monies, certificates, books, papers, and other pro perty whatever as may be depo rted in my pofttffion as treafurcr, in conformity to any (uch aft or order—that I will at all times during my continuance in office, make and receive all payments or deliveries of money, certifi cates or other property whatever, which may he neceftary in con formity to executive afts, and to warrants drawn, or to be drawn by the governor, prefident of the fenate, or fpeaker of the houfe of reprefentatives for the pay of the general aftembK —-and I do further fwear that I w jjl j n all relpeQs in the faid office of trea lurcr, conduft and demean my felf with fidelity punftuality and integrity. So help r^ e God. [ O H N B E R R E N . Link oj the Houfe of Repre/entatives Office , April 30. 1800. I do cert’fy that the aforegoing and annexed are true copies taken from the fr'es of this office, G. I . Lampkin, for Hines Holt, Clerk. f Has this been done 9 no ! neat ly 10,000 dolls, deficient at this day hut as the gentleman has laid /uch g> eat fl> efs on the * sacred obligation of the oath he had taken," 1 Jhall forbear further comment . LOUISVILLE, Tuesday , s.-j/tmier q, iBco - — — The lateft European papers give details of the immenfc and decifive viftories of Conful Buonaparte’s army of Pcferye in latly. Other official ac counts fay the army of the Rhine, under the command of gen. Moreau, were equally fuc cefsful over the Auftrians under gen. Krav, in which the latter loft 12 ,000 men I The refult of French fucceftes in Italy and Germany, are con fidcred as a furety of peace. Carnot, it was reported in Pa ris, July 9, was to be fent to Vienna on a miffion. Admiral De Winter has ar rived at Paris from Holland, Buonaparte arrived at Paris the ill July. The French entered Genoa the 24th J une, Maftena com mands the army of Italy, with which the army of Referve is now blended, fincc the return of Buonaparte to Paris. NEW YORK. Augufl 18. The following important articles are received by the brig Ama zon, 35 days from St. S'haflians t and the Jhip Liberty , Captain Woodham . 36 days from Liver pool. A gentleman paftenger in the brig Am zon, which arrived here yefterday from St. Sebaf tians, has favoured us with a file of Paris papers up to the 12th Meftidor (July I.}—Four days I before this gent Ti-p-in j •/> Sebaflians, he received tw 0 ters from Bourdeaux, dated p * i(t of July, mentioning the r * ceipt of feveral letters f, orn ris, to the following pu*port • . " 7 hai afu/penfm of the nation between our and ihofe of trance had actually taken place—in (ovftqurnct of the French re fifing to indemnify m L the veffels captured , un 'eh we would agree to renew the treaty of or make one Jimilar to it." ‘ ‘ The papers wc have received bv this gentleman contAj n th e latefl news that has been recciv ed from Europe They an nounce the arrival of Buona parte at Paris, after completely reconquering Italy. They an nounce the furrender of Genoa to the French again on the 2 4th June; the reftitution of the cannon, ammnnitirn and vetted taken by the iT.nglifh on their departure from the port. Thefe papers alfo recite another bloo dy battle in Egypt, in which Kleber entirely deftroved the Turkifh army. A great viftory obtained on the Rhine by the hrcrch. The articles of aimif tice between Melas and Buona parte ; a variety of other im port nt intelligence, which wc (hall continue to detail, translations . Constantinople. May 2 6. Wc have at laft received the details of the unfortunate affair of the Grand Vizier The in ftruflions of vice-admiral Keith, altho’ they thwarted the execu tion of the convention, did not entirely put a flop to further ne gotiation. The commander in chief of the Turks, and general IGebcr, appeared to agree, and in the expetlafion that the court of London would adopt its fhtt determination, they had already concerted fomeprovifionalmea fures, but a difficulty occurred which put a flop to their ad vancements. The Grand Vizier, already matter of Jalaba, Catie ba, Belbeis and Darnietta, pait of the Delta and High Egypf, which had been evacuated in confequence of the convention, demanded alfo the poflefllon of the fort of Cairo. Gen Kleber, unwilling to furrender the only fortifred place he held behdes Alexandria, he fignifred his in tention to the Grand Vizier, and to his army by the following letter: 11. Q. Cairo , 27 Ventofe , March 17. Kleber, Conunioder in chief, to l-e Army, Soldiers , Here follows the letter direct ed to me, bv the commander in chief of the Britifh fleet in the Mediterranean : “ On board his Britannic majtfiy* Jhip, Queen Charlotte , January 8, 1800, Sra, I give you notice that I ha vC received his majefty’s pofitivfl orders not to canfcnt to any ca pitulation with the army y oU command in Egypt and Syria, unlcfs they lay down their arms, furrender as prisoners of war and abandon all the {hippie and warlike (lores in the city Alexandria to the allied powers. That in cafe of a capitulation '