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From the National Intelligencer.
FRENCH TREATY.
OEN ATE 01 the UNITED St ATES.
For four days pad the French
Treaty has been before the Se
nate, who have been engaged
in reading the documents that
accompanied it, which are cir
cumftajitial, and which are part
in Englifh and pare in French.
The following are its princi
pal features.
1. The indrument is denom
inated a Convention.
2. It begins by laying afide
for the prefent, and fubmitting
to future negociation and expla
nations, the obligations impos
ed by the treaty of ’7B, and by
the confidar convention: dc*
daring that in the mean time
thole a 6ls Hi all be of no avail.
j. The period of its continu
ance is unlimited.
4. It direds a reciprocal ref
titnuon of all national armed
dips, captured by each nati
on.
5. It indiredly admits the
{hips of war of each nation, with
their prizes, to obtain ad milli
on, and afylum in the ports of
the other.
6 It declares that the citi
zens of each nation ihali recov
er from the citizens of the oth
er or its government, all juft
demands, excepting property
cither con la feared or captured
on the ocean, under national au
thority.
7- It declares that in cafe of
a declaration of war by one na
tion, the citizens of the other
ihah have twelve months to re
move their effects.
0. It cftablifhes between the
two nations the principle that
tree bottoms make free goods.
9. It declares that vc ftels of one
nation failing under convoy ihali
r,ot be iubjedto examination by
fie armed ihips of the other.
10. It confiderably diminifh
the lift of contraband articles.
I he treaty with France hav
ln o been previoufly printed for
the ufe of die members, Mr.
Fiords moved on Wednefday
the adoption of a rule, enjoin
°n the members fecrecy in
71c caie of all future treaties and
proceedings thereon, unlefs
iL diould be otherwife direded
07 the fenate. The motion
1° did no: in the lead effed
!C proceedings of the fenate as
the treaty now before them.
; h this motion the fenate were
'-f niily divided, and the Vice
" Mi dene gave his calling vote
j Tinft it.
Fhe rcafons for rejedling this
M LOUISVILLE GAZETTE;
and
f EPUBLICAN trum p e t.
A T URD A Y, January 17, 1801.
r IIBRR'I I 7s OUR iVfo7*7 o —— A V D 7JiL’7H OUR ( fUIDC ——
motion we underftand were, that
the time of offering it was im
proper, as it might tend to im
peach the conduct of members
in the inftance of the treaty be
fore them, refpeding which,
there had been nofpecial injunc
tion of fecrecy, and bccaule its
provifions were improper in
themfelves; it was allcdged by
thofc wlio voted againft the mo
tion that the true principle would
be, that in all cafes of treaties
in which the Prefident recom
mended fecrecy, the injunction
ftiould cxift until revoked by the
fenate.
CONGRE SS
Or THE UNITED STATES.
House of Representatives,
Monday , Dee. 15.
The petition of Nicholas
Roicvelt, and aftociates, pray
ing for an act incorporating a
company for the profecution of
Schuler’s coppermine, was read
and referred to the committee
of commerce and manufado
nes.
r The committee of claims re
ported againft the petitions of
Samuel Trigg, Nathan Saubern,
and Andrew Sheppard, which
reports were feverally agreed to.
The bill for the relief of Ro
bert Harper, was agreed to and
ordered to be engrafted. The
report of the committee of
claims in favor of Mr. Nichols,
late marlhall of the diftrid of
Pcnnfylvania, was agreed to,
and a bill ordered to be brought
in accordingly. Mr. Cooper
laid a refolution upon the table
to the following efted: That a
sj?
committee be appointed to en
quire into the law for the valuati
on of lands and houfes, and the
enumeration cf Oaves, and to
report upon the expediency of
repealing the fame.
V/edneJday , Dec. 17.
Mr. Lee from the commit
tee appointed for that purpofe,
reported the following Bill
Concerning the Difirift of Columbia.
Sec. 1. Beitenaded by the
Senate and Houfe of Reprefen
tatives 01 the United States of
America, in Congrefs aftembled,
That the law's of the ftate of
Virginia, as they exifted on
the firft Monday of December
in the year 1800, fhall be and
continue in force in that part of
the diftrid of Columbia which
was ceded by the faid ftate to the
United States, and by them ac
cepted for the permanent feat
of government; and that the
laws of the ftate of Maryland,
as they exifted on the faid firft
Monday in December, fhall be,
and continue in force in that part
of die faid diftrid which was
ceded by that ftate to the United
Sores, and by them accepted as
afore faid.
Sn\ 7. And be it further en
aued, ] hat all executive A judi
cial officers, appointed by the
reipcchve fhite s o: Virginia and
Maryland, and who hacj juriT
didion in and over the laid dif
truft, or any part thereof, on
the Led hi ft Monday of Decem -
ber, according to the renorot the
cor.ftitutinn and laws of the laid
ft.. Acs, lit a! I continue to hol'd imd
cxercife Inch jurifdidion until
removed by the Prefident of
the United States; and that the
appointment of all futh officers
hereafter, Ihali be made in the
manner designated by the iecond
feel inn or the fecund article of
the confutation of the United
States.
Sec, g. An ! be it further en
aded, That nothing in this ad
com/uncd T .all in any wile alter,
impeach or impair the rights
granted by, or derived from
the a6ls ci incorporation of A-
Icxandna and Georgetown, or
u *
any other body corporate or po
litic within the faid diftrid.
The motion of Mr. Cooper
for the repeal of the law for the
valuation of lands and houfes,
and the enumeration of Haves,
was called up and referred to
the committee of ways and
means.
The commirtee of clai ms made
report againft the per tion of
Mr. 1 c Enfant j which was a
greed to.
ihe bill for the relief of
Wm. Nichols, late Marfhall of
Pcnnfylvania, v/as commuted
to a committee of the whole
houlc for to-morrow/.
Thufday , Dec. i k
The committee of claims
made report againft the petitions
or Benj. I aw and Blackden,
which were ft vt rally agreed t o
Mr. M‘Millan calieP the fol
lowing refolution, whicii v/as a
greed to.
RcfoLved , That a committee
be appointed to enquire into the
fituation of certain trad.s of land
which Havre been appropriated
for the fuppert of public fchools,
and feminaries of learning, and
for the fnpport of religion, fi
tuated within the limits of a
certain trad of land, granted to
John Cleves Symmes, and his
aftbeiares, in the Territory of
the United States, N. W. of
the Ohio ; and that the faid com
mittee take into consideration
what meafures are ncccftary to
be taken in order to render the
lands f> appropriated, produc
tive of the benefits contempla
ted to rcfult therefrom ■> and
that the committee have leave to
report thereon by bill or other
wife ; referred to Mefirs. Pinck
ney, Imlay, \ arnum, Morris
and
Adjourned.
Friday , Dec. 19.
Mr. Claibourhc prHentcd z
memorial from the Icgilhuurcof
Mifilfhppi tej ritory, praying the.
aHillancc of congrcfs in rc ipc
t > a return made from the coun
ty of Washington to the faid
legillature, and alfo praying the
interference of congrcfs to di
rect their time of convening.
j his was referred to a feledfc
committee of three member;,
with power to report by bill or
otherv. ife.
Mr. Davis then called up a
refolution lie laid on the table at
r!ie clnfe of the laft feffion, con
taining a very lengthy prearn
blc, in winch it was fated that
the governor of the MifMippi
territory, and the judges, had
enacted laws very burthenfon e
to tlie people, and interfiling to
thcurfelves, and be other afts
ha 1 rendered cheinfelves odious.
The motion was to refer it to
the above committee.
Mr. Grifwold wjfhed it to lie
on the table till Monday ■, he
wifhed to have a little time to
confider it more maturely than
the firfl. reading of it would af
ford. It was laid over.
Mr. Grifwold from the com
mute to whom was referred fa
much of the Prcfid em’s fpecch
as relates to the judiciary, re*
ported “ A bill for the more
c mvenient organisation of the
courts of the United States.”
Mr. M. l ee from the com
mittee to whom was referred
the fevcral refoiutions on the
fubj CCI of a monument, maufo
6cc. in rncmoiy of Geo.
Wafhington, reported <f A bill
concerning George Walking
-1 >
ton.
The report was, that an ap
propriate monument to -dt Ag
nate his military and political life
would coll 200,000 dollars.—
The bill provided the erefbon
a maufoleum of 100 feet
high and ico feetbafe, to bec
rccled ot American materials.
Thefe hills were twice read
and referred to committees of
the whole houfe.
Mr. Platt from the commit
tee of n vifal and unfinilhcd bu
finefs, made report, in part, of
fevcral bills on fubjecls of fi
nance, wh ch was about to ex
pire. A refolution was clfo re
ported to p fer the confidcraci
on or them to the committee of
ways and means, with power
to report hv bill or otherwife.
Adjourned till Monday.
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