Inert day , Dee. 12.
Two reports from the ftcre
rary of the treaiury, containing
jftarements refpc&ing the inter
nal Rate of the revenue, were
laid before the houfe and ordered
to be printed,
Mr, Davis called up the rc
folution which he laid before the
houfe for their confederation on
Friday lalt.
After a long preamble, in
which was delineated the con
duct of Winthrop Sergeant, go
vernor of the MifTilFppi terri
tory, and of the judges paffing
certain laws, one of which was
faid to be unconflitutional, ando
thers arbitrary and opprefTivc, the
refolution was in fubflance, that
the memorial of Cato Well and
others, inhabitants of that ter
ritory, with the documents re
lating to the fubjeft, fhould be
laid before the Prcfident of the
United States.
After the refolution was read,
a lengthy debate enfued. Mr.
Davis entered into a detail of
the various a£h of that govern
ment, fupporting the propriety
of mcafures being taken for the
removal of a man fo inimical to
the people. Thefc fentiments
wtre fupported by Meffrs. Clai
borne, Randolph and Macon,and
oppofed by MefTrs. Grifwold,
Harper, Otis, Rutledge and
Caik.
Motion was at length made
to flrikc out all the preamble,
and ultimately a motion of Mr.
Harper prevailed, to empower
the committee tofendforperfons,
p tpers and records, in order to
c an hne into the official condudt
of Winthrop Sergeant.
7'he houfe adjourned at 4 o’-
clock.
7'his intereßing debate will
be given as foon as poffible.
' l'nefday , Dec. 23.
A petition was prefented by
Mr. J. C. Thomas, from the
meflengers of the feveral exe
cutive officers, complaining of
the inadequacy of their prefent
Hilaries to meet the increafcd
openccs of their refidence in
the city of Wafhirvgton, and
praying relief in the premifes.
Referred to the committee of
claims.
Mr. Dent propofed to the
hr be a refolution, that the pre
fi< i.t of the fenare and fpeaker
O' [he houfe fhould have power
t . djourn their refpeftivc houfes
fouri this day to Tuefday the
30th inft. A meflage was re
v O
cc ed afterwards from the fen
a. approving of this refolution.
) he bill concerning George
V.' afhington was taken up. The
houfe went into committee, Mr.
Morris in the chair, when it
v as propofed by Mr. lee to
flrikc out the dimenfions of the
H 1 amid, v hich was carried.—
1: was afterwards moved by him
to id] the blank with 200,000
dollars for that purpofe, which
wa alfo carried, after confide
rable dt bate. Motion was made
n by Mr. Claiborne to infert, in
flead of a pyramid, an equeftri
an Ratue, conformable to a re
fojut ion of the old congrefs, to
commemorate his military fer
vices. This was negatived.
n tlic* queftion for engrolT
ing the bill, a waim debate rn
when K was taken by yeas
and nays, and carried in the af
firmative. Yeas 4 nays 40.
7'he bill was ordered to be
read a third time on 7'ucluay
next.
Adjourned till Tuefday the
30th inftant.
WASHINGTON CITY.
December 15.
In one of the minority pap
ers of Saturday laR, we are in
formed, that Jelfcrfon and Burr,
have each 73 votes ; (Mr. Burr
is fet foremafl as Icaß deferving
their hatred) but they comfort
thcmfelves that it was from
mere accident that the republi
cans obtained a majority in the
legiflature of South Carolina—
An important difeovery indeed !
By accident! as if there w r as no
defign in the people of South-
Carolina, who chofe 16 more
than half of that legiflature, to
preferve their liberty, and that
of their poHerity.
If it may he faid that the
South Carolina majority was ac
cidental, what fhould be faid of
the Vermont majority, which
for their firH tory elector was
but 12, in a more numerous
body ?—And what fliould be
faid of the laft election of Prc
fident, when the electors of
Vermont were chofen by a ma
jority of but one : a wrong re
turn from Pcnnfylvania, and
fcveral other tricks ? Toryifm
and tyranny have flourifhcd four
years, as the fruit of thefe ac
cidents !
Another thing the minority
printers comfort thcmlelves
with, (and «omfort furely they
want) is, that, as they think ,
the two republican candidates
have an equal number of votes,
it will be thrown into the power
of the ariftocratic junto in the
Houle of Reprcfentacives, to
cleft for Prcfident Mr. Burr,
contrary to the intention of all
thole who voted for him; in
this they are much miftaken.—
What plans will not malice in
vent, and defpair urge to the ex
ecution of! Straws will not lave
adrowning man!
In cafe it fliould devolve up
on the Houle of Reprefentatives
to chofe between the two re
publican candidates, the vote of
Ne w-11 am pfh ire, Maflachufe tts,
Khode-Ifland, Connecticut, De
laware, and Maryland, might
I be had to difappoint what all
have long fmee known to be
the will of a vafl majority of
the people of the Union, or a
ny other malicious Anglo-Fe
deral dcfign ; Vermont would
probably be filent: the votes of
the other Hates can never be ob
tained againH the man w'hole
name Hands above all others, as
a philofopher, Hatcsman, re
publican and philanthrope;
none of them would be guilty
of fuch aderiliftion from prin
ciple or duty to their conftitu
enrs, to gratify the rancour of
northern malcontents; lb that
on this ground the threats and
machinations of the cppof.ticnijh
are vifionary.
This was the laH caH of the
political gamblers, who have
been Iporting with the honour
and intereH ct the nation the
lour lull years ; but for the gs
tification of thefe political def
peradocs, they are now inform
ed that the bufmcfs of the elec
tion is fettled by the dates, and
needs no intervention of the a
ri doc rats in congrefs ! the votes
i for Mr. Jefferson and Mr.
Burr are as follows :
Jcffcrfoo, Burr,
New-York, 12 12
Pennfylvania, 8 8
Maryland, 5 5
Virginia, 21 21
Kentucky, 4 4
Tenneflee, 3
North Carolina, 8 8
South Carolina, 3 7
Georgia, 4 4
73 72
The votes for Pinckney and
Adams dands 65 each, unlefs
the jealoufy of the friends of the
latter have caufed a diverfion of
feme of the northern votes from
the former.
SALEM, December 13.
Captain Brown, while at Al
giers (October 26) was inform
ed by Mr. O’Brien, the Ameri
can conful, that the French had
been very fuccefsful lately a
gainil the Turkifh army, that
the french forces were 70 or
80,coo drong, large bodies of
the natives having‘joined their
army. The French general
having embraced the mahome
tan religion, and married a prin
cefs of Egypt, was a flroke of
policy which had the heft effect
in that country.
Since the Englifh broke the
convention with the French ar
my (a meafure generally repro
bated all over Italy) the French
are determined to hold Egypt
at all hazards, and it will be
difficult and dangerous to drive
them out of it.
A Tunifian corfair captured a
Danifh veffel, took cut the cap
tain and mod of the crew, and
ordered the prize to Tunis; by
a lucky midakc the Tunifian
failors ran into Algiers in thick
weather, and thought it was
Tunis. The Dey of Algiers
immediately difpojfrefTed the Tu
nifian crew of the vcflel, and re
placedthe Danifh mate in charge
of her, obferving that he would
never allow of piracy being com
mitted in his Jcas ! and Hie was
actually liberated while captain
Brown was in Algiers, in Octo
ber lad, and was to fail in a
few days for Alicant, where fhe
was originally dedined.
LOUISVILLE,
SATURDAY, January 17, lBoi.
(ty* The Editors of this Ga
zette refpedlfully inform their
friends and the public in gene
ral, that it is their determinati
on, that nothing in future, fhall
be admitted into this paper,
which Hi all wound or calumniate
private char a biers. As fo it is
their unalterable purpofe freely
to inferr, and earnedly to invite
whatever ffiall promote the ge
neral welfare.—To this they
add, that the Louisville Ga
zette wall dill be open to the
admiffion of literary and politi
cal eflays, on either fide of the
cjueftion, 'I he tendency of j
M&VK S, *Ki 1it.... ■ lc j(&
wtlHp exami at( j ♦
with candour ti**h. Th„
only.-chatap that .place
will arifc from reje3if» rf
all pieces relative to private
pates. The public' have n £
thing to do with the quarreb
of their fcurrilous
publications tend only to heEh
ten anirnofity, and diflurbEe
peace of the community— p dr _
fond invectives, are not there
fore to cxpeCt a place in this
Gazette,
With thefe fentiments the
Lo uisvil le Gazette is fpl
mitred to an enlightened and
difcerningpubiic, in whole juda
ment they trull its value v,uli
be appreciated rather than im
paired.
A letter from a member or
congrefs, dated Wafhington,
December 23, mentions that the
Treaty had not then been rati
fied by the fenatc, and that the
votes of the Kentucky cledora
were not received.
Extraifl cf a letter from ccl. Pure,
to general Smith, cf Baltmrs .
dated New-Tcrk, Decider
16, 1800.
“ It is highly improbable that
I fhall have an equal number of
votes with Mr. Jcfferfon; but
if fuch fhould be the rdult, eve
ry man v/ho knows me, ought
to know that I fhould utterly dif
claim all comperition. Be affined
that the federal party can enter
tain no wifh for fueh an ex
change. As to my friends, they
would difhenor my views anil
infult my feelings, by harbour
ing a fufpicion that I would
fubmit to be inffrumemai in
counteracting the wifhes and
expectation of the United
States, and I now conffitute
you my proxy to declare tkefa
fentiments if the cccafion fhould
require. ”
REFLECTIONS
ON THE
WICKEDNESS or WAR.
I could not but brand with in
famy, in my own mind the
pompous names of conqueftand
enlarged dominion. That he
v/ho might at his own door*
cultivate the little field his fa
ther’s induftry procured him ;
that he who might fupply hb
own necefTities, by helping the
deficiencies and wants of others;
that he, who in a country bkff
ed with warm funs, and gentle
Ihowers, and with a greater
good, with liberty, might eat
the bread of Peace, and fee hiu
rifing offspring play about the
door which they once fhould
inherit i fhould leave the fond
wife, and the prattling infant*
the cafe and innocence of fuch
a fltuation, to murder thefe who
had not offended him or
to cut the throats of men who
poflefled that which he could
not want, merely becaufe they
pofTeffed it. DiflraCled and
unnatural!—But that at one
man’s beck ten thoufand cca
tures, equal to himfelf in form
and mind; equal, perhaps lu
perior, in virtue and in under-
Banding, fhould be lent forth
on fuch an errant, not prompt
ed even by die prcrr.ifed po
