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sar their objest’ to prc&rvc the »renti*al and state governments !n tin ir constitutional sorm and equilibrium ; to maintain peace abroad, and order and obedience to the laws at home; to establilh principles and practices os ad ministratian savourable to the security os liberty and property, and to reduce expences to what is ne cellar y sor the uscsul pur poses os government. THOS. JEFFERSON. NT —— —. ~ .T ~T 7" ‘"7 LOUISVILL E, WEDNESDAY) December 30, 18~1. sypj* This Gazette will in su ture be ptihlijhed every WedneJ day, in order to give admijjicn to the latejl Intelligence , brought by the Northern Mail. sy.trall os a letter srom a gentle pian in St. Domingo , to his correspendent in Baltimore , doled Cape Francois , Ocider 1, 1801. <c On the 23d, about i o’- clock in the morning, this city was disturbed by the siring os os sume muskets; however, the r.oisc ceasmg immediately, the alarm was considered as trising by the greatest part os the citi zens, although thosein the vici nity os the tiring, partially ac quainted with the cause, labored under the greatest apprehensions, and well were they sounded, sor a diabolical plot was laid sor the extermination os all the white people during the course os that night. Thanks to Heaven not a person in the city has susser ed, and we are lest to express cur gratitude and admiration os the gallantry and consummate prudence os general Christophc, who, well aware os the impend ing danger, exposed his own lise to sive ours-—accompanied with a handsul os men, he seizedwith his own hand, three os the chies ronspirators, and sorced them to disclose the leading parts os the plot.—Had the general ordered * cJ the drums to beat to arms m the night, it is generally supposed not a white person would have ken daylight—it would have been the expected signal sor murder. The 24th in the morning, we were apprized that the cultivators in the disser ent parishes had risen in arms, and were murdering ail the whites without diserimination os sex or age—men os 80 years os age have met with the same sate as children 2 months old. d he troops os the line, as well as .the national guard, and a corps os dragoons were called to arms, O ... a molt judicious diserimination observed in their respestive dispositions, thole tuspested were Marched out against the insur gents—the most trusty kept sor tlie guard os the city. General Ehnssophe, at the head os the army, advanced in the country, and soon sound some parties os *ke iniurgents who sled besore kim, but continued their cruel ties as they retreated. u The number os whites killed is not exastly know r n, moderate people make it about ' 2 N- The parishes os Lacul, Port IVlargotj Grand Bovcan, Doudon, and Marine- Jade* have had the most victims, the iniurgents ossered but little resistance—-their chies, Joseph Flaville, being so imprudent as to ansvver some advances os <v neral Christophc, put himsels m his power and is now in jail—a great number os his accomplices have already sussered in disser ent parts the punishment due to their crimes, and we expest every instant severe justice here. The governor-general having received insormation at Port au-Prince os the 11011 b les, marc i - ed with a corps os 5,000 men, whiiss gen. Moyle, who was al io ablcnt Item the city, march ed srom Montchrist with a body (st 2,000 men, and cutoss their retreat towards the ci-devant Spanish part —most os the troops belonging to this city have re turned, and ssnee yesserday we have again began buliness. Wc are insormed the insurgents have mostly' returned to their respec tive plantations, and considence begins to revive, but 1 doubt much whether it will ever reach the height it had obtained. “ The design os the insur restion is pretty accurately ob tained—the destrustion os the present governor—a new orga nization, sounded on plunder and divisson os lands, and the annihilation os the whites. s c I have thought proper to give you as sull an account os this transastion as time would permit me, that you may com municate it to your sriends— the evil has been great, but no doubt will be represented still greater. Is I may judge srom Ihe terror which has prevailed here, srom the unbounded sus picions which have been created and the vague reports in circu lation.” ALEXANDRIA, Ncv. 28. Important!—ls True. Arrived this morning schoo ner Harriott, Weeb, Antigua, 28 days. Captain Weeb in sorms, that in the river he spokc the schooner Neptune, os this port, 38 days ssom Lilbon, the captain os which insormed him, that Spain had actually declared war against the United States. W hat degree os credit may be attached to this account we arc uncertain; we have, however, deemed it our duty to present to our readers, as wc receive it, the report os an occurrence, which, is true, is os tire highest importance to our country. LONDON, OFlober 17. Government have received an ossicial intimation, by the iast conveyance srom France, os the appointment os Joseph Buonaparte to the ossice os ple nipotentiary, on the pait os the French government, to meet the marquis Cornwallis at Amiens, in order to put the seal os sorm to the treaty os peace. Minis ters srom Madrid and the Hague are aKo to repair to the nego ciation. This congrcss is ex pelled to sit only three or sour days, the busmess to be arrang ed by its members being little more than sormality. The marquis Cornwallis’s instrustions are preparing, and hb lordlhip. n • accompanied uy col. Lattlehales, will see out sor I ranee in a day or two. Mr. Hunter, the messenger, sailed srom Dover on Wednes day sor Calais with dispatchrs, announcing to the French go vernment the appointment os the marquis Cornwallis as the negocator on the part os Great- Bntain. The Prince os W ales, and another packet, are to at tend the orders os his lordlhip. The letters srom Portsmouth Plymouth and Sheerness, on our naval register, ssate, that scver.il more ssstps are about to be paid oss at thole ports. Ihr re duction os our sorces will be gradual, so as to have the peace tstabUshment completed shnrr ly aster the ratisscaticn os the desinirive treaty. Report says, that the duke dc T.iancourtis the person intended to be lent by Buon.q arte to tin country, as amballiidor srom the French republic. Mr. Otto, it is added, will be lent as minlstcr plenipotentiary to America. TO THE PUBLIC. A NEW M A P OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. HAVING been srequently soliated by my sriends in this and other sates, to pub hsh a MAP os GEORGIA— -1 have devoted much time and labour sor these six years past to that object ; and having ac quired luth materials as I ap prove os, I shall be prepared in a ssiort time to osser to them and the public, a Map, which, srom ics accuracy, 1 have the belt hope will meet with general approbation ,* and that I shall secure to myseJs (through their bounty) a hand some emolument, as a reward sor my indussry and pcrseverancc. The suze os the above men tioned Map is 4 seet 6 inches, by 3 seet 6 inches —sussicicntly large to exhibit the soundings os the several Bays and Inlets, and render it os lise to Mariners. It will be placed in the hands os an Engraver within the term os sour months srom this date, where Plates will be prepared with all possible expedition. A number os copies will then be st ruck oss under my own supenntendancy in the Town os Louisville, and circulated thro’ the various states, where lub seriptions may have been ob tained. Price sor plain Maps 5 dollars; and sor rhose can vassed and elegantly ornamented 8 dollars. Subscriptions will be received in Louisville, at the Surveyor General’s Ossice, Treasury Os sice, Secretary os State’s Ossice, Post-Osslce, and Louilvillc Gazette Printing-Ossice. — At Washingcon, W ilkes County, by Gen. Meriwether —A: Spar ta, by Martin Martin, esq In Augusta, at the post-ossice — And in Savannah, by Major Thomas Johnson. DANIEL STURGES, Surveyor General. Surveyor General’s Ossice, Nov. 25, iBei. Exrctn iv !■; Dj-p irtmirr# I.cutsiille, Dec. 8, 1 Sou ORDERED, Tharthedause os the tax ast, relative to the elestlonos Receivers os sax Returns & Collestors os Tax— the dause os the Est ray Law rc - quiring the C lerks os the Si s>e ■ ior to pay over to the Cln ks ■ / the Interior Courts, all monies in their hands, •which have ariteu srom the Tale os Est rays—the ast to alter r!m time os the meeting os the Superior Courts os tins State-—the ast: to amend an ast, sor improving the navi gation est Broad and Oconee Ri vers—and, the ast explanatory, and to amend that part ot the ju diciary ast, palsted in the vear 1 797> Much respests suss ices. Courts—be published in the sc seral Gazettes os this State, sor the immediate insormation os the. ossicers and citizens thereos. GEO. K. CLAYTON, Secretary. Txtrast srom the aFI entitled, “ An aos to ratsc a 'Fax sor the. s tppert os sor the' year cue theusand eight hundred, and two.” ’ * “ And ie it surther enabled, That on the ssrst Monday in Ja nuary annually, the Jossices os the Inserior Courts, and Justiccss os the Peace os the rtspestivc counties os this State, shall be, and they are hereby authorized and required, to clest the re ceiver or receivers os Tax Re turns (as the case may be) sor the time being, and collectors os 'saxes in thest respestive counties.” Ext rail srom the rist entitled? s C An ast to amend and rr.nso- I Slate the several EJlray Lavs os this Stated ’ “ And be it surther enabled. That it shall be the duty os the Clerks os the Superior Courts, and they are hereby required ac the ssrst term os tlm Inserior Courts in the several Counties, to be Jioldcn aster the palling os this ast, to pay over to the Clerk os tbr Inserior Courts in the. respestive Counties, all monies which may he in their hands, winch have arisen srom the sale os Est-rays, accompanied by the books and documents thereto appertaining.” TO BE SOLD, On 'TICKSDAT, the cjth os Fc.- bruary next , at the plantation os lludson Whitaker , late os the county os Washingtcn , der cersed , I r PRIME NEGROES, Belonging to the ejlate os [aid deceased , sor the benesit os the heirs and creditors. Twelve, months credit will be given , and bend with approved security re quired. STEPHEN DANIEL, JOHN WUTI AKER, Administrators. IVasoington county , Dec. 30. N O T I C E. 'TTIE Subscribcr proposes renting his house in Louis viile ; also his plantation conti guous thereto, sor one nr more v ears, immediate posiessior. ir ay be had. Apply on the pre miles to John Barrom. Louisville, December I^.
