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Volume JIL*J CtORCIA LOIHSV ILLE :-l>ubl.(hed every Saturday, by AMBROSE DAY & JAMES JHELY, at 3 dollars pet ann. pay.ibiC It-.. yearly; -Vf here Ellays, Articles of Intelligence, Advettifemews, &c. &c. aie thankfully received, and PRINTING in all its variety, is executed with neatnefs and dtlpatch. We rb- infert the following, for the benefit of fuch of our Subfcribers, as have not fecn the Gazette Extraordinary, pubii filed on Wednefdaydafi, the 4th March. GLORIOUS NEWS. JEFFERSON ELECTED. My exfrtfs, to General Jackfcn~~ we have received the GLO RIOUS INTELLIGENCE , of Mr. JEFFERSON S E~ LECTION as PRESIDENT of the United States . From Lyon's Cabinet. WASHINGTON, Feb, 18. WEDNESDAY being the day appointed by law, for counting the votes and de claring the perfon elected, the Tloule of Reprefentatives re paired to the Senate Chamber, where, in prefence of the two Houfcs, the votes were counted, and were found to Hand as fol lows : For Mr. Jefferfon * 73 —— Burr 73 — Adams 65 —-•Pinckney 64 • —Jay 1 The Reprefentatives accom panied by the Senate, then re turned to their own chamber, where according to the rules adopted on Tucfday laH, they proceeded to choofe by ballot one of the highcH candidates tor prefident; upon the firH ballot the votes fioed thus, viz. Georgia, N. Carolina, Ten neffee, Virginia, Pennfylvania, Kentucky, New Jerfey, New- York, 8 Hates for Jefferfon. Souch-Carolina, Delaware, and the 4 Ncw-England fiates for Burr. Maryland and Ver mont, divided. Confequcntly there was no choice, nine Hates being requi- Hte toconHitute a majority. Mr. Lyon from Vermont "voted for Mr. Jefferfon, and Mr. Morris for Mr. Burr. From Maryland, Mefirs. S. Smith, ChriHie, Nicholfon, and Dent voted for Mr. Jefferfon. And MefiW. Bear, Craik, Dennis, and Thomas, for Mr. Burr. It has been erroneoufiy Hated in the Univcrfal Gazette of this *tay, that yeHerday at 4o’clock, houfc adjourned. Ihe according to their rules not adjourn 3 they conti nued to ballot, paffmg the night in their place of slion, wjdiout the IcaH altera- THE LOUIS VILLE GAZETTE $ A N D REPUBLICAN TRUMPET. SATURDAY, M arch 7, 1801. LIhRR'TY IS OUR MOTTO AND TRUTH OUR GUIDE, ticn in the refult of the fevcral votes. In the courfc of the night it w'as agreed from time to time, to ballot but once an hour. This morning, at a few minutes after eight, it was agreed not to ballot again until 12 at noon. Soon after which time it was agreed not to take another bal lot, until 11 o’clock, on Friday morning. The members have retired to their repofe, without adjourning, after having ballotted in the whole 28 times. On Friday, at 11 o’clock, in the morning, the members of the Houfe of Reprefentatives, by Hates ballotted again, and the votes was declared as at firH, 8 for Mr. Jefferfon, 6 for Mr. Burr, and 2 Hates divided. At 12 o’clock they ballotted again, without any alteration. A motion was made and fe condcd, that the next ballottincr mould commence at 11 o’clock on the 3d of March next, and not before 3 this motion was rejected by the States unani moufiy, • • - After this, the Speaker in formed the houfe, that motions in future muff come from Hates, as in this cafe, although the motion was moved and fe conded, not one Hate appealed to be in favour of it. It was then moved and He end ed, that the next ballotting ffiould take place on Monday next at 11 o’clock, and not be fore 3 this motion was loH. Another motion was then made and agreed to, that the next ballotting fhould commence to morrow (Saturday) at 11 o’- clock, and not before. The members then retired. Thus, after ballotting 30 times, the bufinefs of the election has not progreffed in the leaH. In the courfe of the day, the Speaker was about to introduce the reading of a report from the fecretary of fome of the de partments i but on a cry from fevcral parts of the houfe, that no other bufinefs was to be at tended to, but that of the elec tion, the reading was waved: It has how'ever, been acceded, that meffages may be received as ufual. Saturday , February 14. The balloting commenced at ii o’clock, and the refult of three votes being the fame as the firH on Wednefday laH, the members agreed not to ballot again till 11 o’clock on Mon day morning. Monday , February 16. 34th balloting, but one vote ♦taken ; in which the ballots of V irginia were unanimous for Mr. Jefierfon, and likewife thole of North-Carolma, except one dif fentient. On Tucfday (yeHerday) at 12 o’clock, the Speaker inform ed the members that the time for balloting had arrived 3 the members accordingly proceed ed to the 35th ballot, which when counted by the tellers, was declared by the Speaker to be, 8 for Mr. Jefferfon, , 6 for Mr. Burr, and 2 divided as heretofore. . It w'as then moved and fecon - ed, that the next ballot fhould commence on Wednefday mor ning at 11 o’clock and not be fore 3 this motion was loft, no Hate voting in favour of it. It was then moved, fccondcd, and agreed to, that the next bal lot fhould commence at 1 o’clock that day, and not before; ac cordingly when that time arriv ed, the Speaker notified the members as. ufual 3 and they proceeded to the fyallot.—rThe Hate of Vermont has generally voted firH in the ballotting.- Mr. Morris was abfenr, Mr. Ly on gave the vote of that Hare forMr. Jefferfon ; the four New- England Hates voted for Mr. Burr; New-York, New-Jerfey, Fcnnfyivania voted as ufual, for Mr.. Jefferfon ; - the four mem bers from, Maryland who had voted forMr. Burr, now put in to the ballot box blank pieces of paper, of courfe, the. four re publican members gave the vote of that Hate for Mr. Jefferfon. Virginia, Kentucky, Ycn nefiee. North-Carolina and Georgia, voted as ufual for Mr. Jefferfon. South-Carolina and Delaware put into the ballot box blank pieces of paper. The Speaker then declared the vote to Hand thus—lo fiates for Mr. Jefferfon —4 for Mr. Burr, and two Hates had put in no votes 3 he then declared THOMAS JEFFERSON, to be duly eledled PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES, for the four years enfumg, after the fourth of March next. AARON BURR, Is of courle VICE PRESI DENT. So may it he , and let all the people Jay AMEN! Meffages were then fe-nt to the Prefident and Senate, with this intelligence. Thus after a permanent fit ting cl feven days, and thirty fix different ballottings, thr choice has relultcd very nearly according to the real fentiments and intcrefts of the people - It is believed that ten fixtecnths of the people arc decidedly in favour of Jcfferlon and Liberty, independence and economy four fixtecnths will include all thole in the intereft of Britain ; or under the vail ratifications of her: influence, and who would therefore chufe a difciplc of her principles in preference to Mr. Burr, or any other republican for Prefident:—Two fixtecnths indifferent upon the lubjedf, and ready to acquicfcc under a ny Prefident. ■ >,. Prom die time the cleftom were chofen to the final decifion this day the heart of every pat riot has palpitated with anxiety. I now cordially congratulate ev ery lover of his country, every fuficrer in the caufc of civil li berty, and efpccially my fellow labourers, the editors of repub lican papers throughout the uni on, on the final event of the contefl; on thcglorious triumph of liberty, phiJofophy, patriot ifm, benevolence, virtue and truth, over def])otilm, illibc rality,treachery, malevolence* error and vice. f Vive Im Retuhlieue. i. A i James A. Bayard is nominat ed by the Prefident Mmillcr Plenipotentiary to the French Republic ! ' A meflage was received on' Monday Lift in the lloufe of Representatives of the U. States, from the Proficient, requefting (we underfund,) to be informed to whom, he fbalJ deliver the public papers and property in his poflclfioii. *,**.* It is likely he will be inflru&cd, much to his mortification, to deliver them to THOMAS JEFFERSON. .. TO BE. SOLD, On the firfl TueTday in March, At the Market lloufe in Lcuif rjilley between the hours of ten and three o' clock , One HOUSE and LOT, in the town of Louifville ; like-* wife live hundred and fifty-five acres of land, lying on Brufhy Creek. Taken by execution a* the property of John Pauletc, to fatisfy *a judgment obtained again# him in favour of Edward Blackfhear, and others. Levied this fi rfl day of J anuary ; , iBo i, by me. Wit. GOOLD, Coroner. December 31, iSco, ""writing PAPER, For file,' by the rheam or quire* [No. 108. ,