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bOSTON, November 6.
niGiur important.
The U Mowing Note was receiv
ed in town yefterday.
Marblehead, Nov. 5, 1800.
“ I aft evening arrived capt.
Swan, in 22 days from Bilboa:
He informs, that our commif
flcners to France had fettled
their bnfmefs, with the French
government —were to dine with
the chief conliil on the 2d Odlo
ber, and leave Paris for Havre
the next day.
N. HOOPER.”
T his intelligence is corrobo
rated bv capt. Young, arrived
here vefterday from I ifhon :
JJc ftates, that 12 davs after
leaving I.ifhon, he fell in near
the Grand Banks, with capt.
T revet, of the brig Mentor,
who failed in company with him
from Lifbon, and w r as informed,
that the day previous, captain
Trevet fpoke a Hi ip from I on
dor for Philadelphia, the capt.
of v Inch reported, that he left
1 ondon Odlober 14, and that
intelligence had been received
there of a treaty having been
made between France and
America; and that the com
nv(Tinner' had departed for the
United States.
Gant. Young further advifes,
that intelligence had been re
ceived at Lifbon, of cotnmiflio
ners having gone from England
to France.
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PHILADFT PHIA, Nov. 13.
Extra ft of a letter from a gentle
man in the IVcr-Office to his
brother in this city , dated the
Bth infant.
“ 1 was lall night a fad fpec
tator of a tremendous fight.
The War-Office was burnt
down, and with it every book,
record and paper, fave the ac
countant’s, which were down
flairs. The fire is fuppofed to
have communicated from the
adjoining home, which was alfo
deftroyed—a piece of timber
projected from under the hearth
of Mr. lack fan’s houfc into the
houfc occupied by the office,
and the fire commenced on that
lide of the room. ? T he fire
places of the office were all on
the other fide of the houfc, and
in the fecretary’s room where
the fire full fhewed itfelf, there
had been no fire for three weeks
preceding, owing to his abfence.
-—The morning had been w f arm,
and the fire in my apartment
had been fuffered to expire fame
hours before I left it. Thclofs
is great and irretrievable.”
The bill providing for the
appointment of Electors of a
Prefident and Vice-Prefident of
the United States, by a joint
vote of the members of the
tw o houfes, palled the houfc of
reprelentative> by a majority of
thirty-four—Yeas 54, Nays 20.
The bill is now before the
Senate.
Frfdericksburgh, Nov. 18.
Ext rail of a letter from a gentle
man in New-Tor k, to his
f iend in this town , dated the
10 th infant.
11 The heft new r s I can give
yon, is, a certainty of an ami
cable adjufiment with the French
republic. This will give a fput
to commerce. Its effects are
already experienced by the rife
of flour and tobacco.
We have news from the feat
of our government this morn
ing, electors were chofen on
Priday laft—Republicans 65.
Antis. 39. Majority on a joint
ballot for Jefferfon, alias re
publican 22. —This flare has
completely retrieved its charac
ter.”
An arrival at Bofton furnifhes
London dates to the laft day of
September—the following furn
marv is given by the Editors of
the Maftachufetts Mercury:
The Britifh channel fleet has
been obliged bv ftorms to return
to port. The Britifh have eva
cuated the Ifie de Dieu, on the
French coaft. Pruflla and Ruffia
have entered into an alliance for
eight years. The alfaffination
of French officers continues in
the Cifalpine Republic. Scve
ralEnglilh velfels having arrived
at Eubee from Riga, it is fup
pofed the embargo on Britifh
fbips did not continue long in
Ruffia. Advices have been re
ceived from Sir S* Smith, off
Alexandria, July 6. He ftill
correfponds with gen. Menou
(then living) refpedting the eva
cuating of Egypt —and had juft
fent particular difpatches to Cai
ro—the anfwer to W’hich
anxioufy expedled. But the
Grand Vizier is ready to advance
with 20,000 men if the million
is fruitlcfs. The Cormorant
fioop of w r ar is loft off Egypt ,
and the crew detained by the
French.
CITY of WASHINGTON,
November 18.
C O N G R E S S
Of the UNITED STATES.
Yefterday was the day fixed
by law r for the meeting of Con
grefs in the city of Wafhington.
A number of the members of
each houfc aflembled in the a
partments prepared for them in
the capitol.
In the Houfc of Reprefent a fives.
The following members at
tended to wit—
Mefficurs Eofter, Shephard,
Varnum, Wadfworth, Williams,
John C. Smith, John Smith,
Platt, Thompfon, Lelb, Heifter,
Muhlenburgh, Smilie, Bear,
Chriftie, Nicholfon, Page, Daw
fon, lackfon, Alfton, Huger,
Freeman, Reed, Sedgwick, Si
las Lee, Biffiop, Davenport,
Cortland, Glen, Batly, Thomas,
Brown, Woods, Dent, Craik,
J.C. Thomas, Powel, Nicholas,
New, Holmes, Standford, Sum
ter, W. C. C. Claiborne.
The fpeaker obferved that it
had heretofore been the invaria
ble pra&ice of the houfe to ad
mit new members to take their
feats previoufly to being (worn,
though the conftitution direeled
the very reverie. As there was
a new member prefent, he fug
gefted the propriety of admi
niflering the oath to him before
he took his feat.
Mr. Macon thought fuch a
ftep premature. He wxis of
opinion that no inconvenience
would arife from delaying to
admiaiftcr the oath until a houfe
was formed, and he thought
great caution fhouki attend an
innovation oppofed to all prece
dent.
Mr. Nicholas afked whether
it had heretofore been ufual in
the cafe of a new r houfe to fwear
the members before the choice
of a fpeaker.
Mr. fpeaker replied that it
had not.
Mr. Nicholas laid that though
on firll' thoughts he was favora
ble to adminillering the oath at
the prelcnt time, yet this prece
dent inclined him to think fuch
a Hep improper.
Mr. fpeaker waved the ques
tion.
The members prefent not
being fufficient to form a quo
rum, Mr. Sedgwick the fpeaker
adjourned the houfe till this day.
SENATE.
Thirteen members appeared,
viz.—
MelTieurs Anderfon, Brown,
Cocke, Hillhoufe, Langdon,
Schureman, Wells, Baldwin,
Chipman, Fofter, Howard, Li
vermore, Tracy.
But not forming a quorum,
a!fo adjourned till this day.
House OF H EPRESENTATIVES, |
' Tuejday , November 18.
The following members, in
addition to thole who ye Herd a}
attended, took their feats in the
houfe, viz.
Meliks. Goodrich, Edmund,
Grifwcld, Cooper, ElmendorfF,
Imlay, F. Davenport, Wain,
S. Smith, H. lee, Evans, J.
Trigg, Spaight, Dickfon, and
Taliaferro : which being 59
members and 54 making a ma
jority of the whole number, the
houfe proceeded to bufmefs.
Mr. fpeaker read the ufual
orders of the houfe for the ap
pointment of committees, when
Mr. Dent moved the appoint
ment of a committee of elections
—feven members were accord
ingly appointed by the fpeaker.
On motion ot Mr. S Smith,
feven members were appointed
on the committee of commerce
and manufactures.
On motion of Mr. Grilwold,
the ufual order for furnilhing the
members with three newfpapers,
fuch as they refpedtively mould
choofe, to be delivered at their
lodgings, was made.
No farther bufinefsprefenting,
and the fenate not having form
ed a quorum, the houfe adjourn
ed.
Friday , November 21.
The following arc the amend
ments to the conllitution of the
United States propofed by Mr.
Nicholas, which were referred
to Mellrs. Nicholas, Harper,
Macon, Grilwold and Evans.
Resolved by the fenate and
houfe of reprefentatives of the
United States, two thirds of
both houfes concurring, that the
following articles be propofed
to the legiflatures of the United
States, as amendments to the
conllitution of the U. States—
1. That after the third day of
March, in the year one thouland
eight hundred and one, the choice
of eleftors of prelldent and vice
prefident, fhall be made by di
viding each Hate into a number
of diftrifts, equal to the number
of eleftors to be chofen in fuch
Hate, and by the perfons in each ,
of thofc diftrids who Shall £f v ;*
the qualifications requifuc f ;1 ,
eledors of the moft numerous
branch of the legiflature of inch
ftate, chufing one elector in the
manner which the legiflatun
thereof fhali preferibe.
2. That theeJedionof rcp> .
fentatives to Cong refs, who a t
to ferve after the third day of
March, in the year one thoufard
eight hundred and three, f}--.]*
be by dividing each ftate in - a
number of diftrids equal to a
-of reprefentatives to
w'hich fuch ftate ftiall be entitled
and by the people within each
of thofc diftrids who ftiall have
the qualifications requifite f CP
eledors of the moft numerous
branch of the legi(lattice of fuck
ftate, chufmg one reprefentative
in the manner which the Jegifix
ture thereof ftiall preferibe.
Saturday, November 22.
This day, at 12 o’clock, the
Prefident of the United States
met both houfes of Congrefs
in the lenate chamber, anci
delivered the following
SPEECH:
Gentlemen of the Senate , adi
Gentlemen of the Houje of Rc~
prefentativeSy
Immediately after the adjourn
ment of Congrefs, at their laft
feftion in Philadelphia, I gave
diredions, in compliance with
the lawsj for the removal of the
public offices, records and pro*,
perty. Thefe diredions have
been executed and the public
officers have fmee refided and
conduded the ordinary bufmefo
of the government in this place.
I congratulate the people of
the United States on the allemb
ling of Congrefs at the perma*
nent feat of their government,
and I congratulate you, gentle
men, on the profped of a refi
dence not to be changed. Al-,
though there is caufe to
hend that accommodations are
not now fo compleat as mighc
be wiftied, yet there is great rca
fon to believe, that this incon
venience will ccafc with the
font feftion.
It would be unbecoming the
reprefentatives of this nation to
aflemble for the firft time in this
iolernn temple, without looking
up to the Supreme Ruler of the
Eniverfe, and imploring his
bleffing. • May this territory be
the refidence of virtue and hap
pinefs. In this city may that
piety and virtue, that wifdoiri
and magnanimity, that conftancy
and felf government, -which
adorned the great charade r,
whofe name it bears, be forever
held in veneration. Here and
throughout our country, ma/
fimple manners, pure morals,
and true religion fiourifh for-*
ever.
It is with you, gentlemen, ta
confider whether the local pow
ers over the diftrid of Columbia,
vefted by the conftitution in the
congrefs of the United States*
ftiall be immediately exercifed
If in your opinion this import*
ant truft ought now to be execu*
ted, you cannot fail while per*
forming it, to take into view the
future probable fituation of the
territory, for the happinefs ot
which you are about to provide
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