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NATCHEZ, Ztec. 23.
// Re of Reprefentatives of the
A7 ijj'iffippi len 11 ovy .
.
This affemblv having: under
v o
flood, that a copy of a malici
ous and libellous pamphlet,
published in Bollon, in the (late
nf Maflachufctts ; and purport- j
iivr t r. he “An account of lire I
public Ui* 1 private life ( ! Vv ;n
-thr<'• > Sargeanr,” was- in circu- ;
hfen in this territory ; and in
which publication, many or the
citizens thereof had been greatly
calumniated, and in particular
our delegate to Congrefs, Naf
worthy i I'.inter.1 '.inter. Eft], thought
it their duty to take forne public
notice thereof With this view
even exertion has been made
J f
to get pofifefTion bf the laid pam
phlet, in order that fuch calum
niations might be repelled and
cxpofeclj but havi g hitherto
failed of fu< cefs, this afiembly
for the prefenc, deem it their
duty to adopt the following re- 1
fbiutions:
Therefore, unanimoufly re
folved, by the legillative coun
cil and houfe of reprefentatives
of the M ffilTippi Territory,
that a great majority of the ci- 1
tizeiis of this Territory, are 1
much attached to the United
States, and equally fo to a free j
government; that tiny will nc- j
ver be reconciled to oppreflion,
or confide in the man v. ho op- '
prefles them ; hence arofe their !
great defire for a legislative :
afiembly of their own, and the i
removal of Winthrop Sargeant, |
late Governor.
2. Refokxd, That Nafworth 1 ;
Hunter, Efq. the delegate from
this territory to Congrefs, has
uniformly dilplayvcl gn at patri- |
otilm and fidelity in public cm- i
ploymem, and much integrity j
and probity in private life ; and
therefore it is, that he is juflly
efltemed by a great majority of
his fellow citi cr.s.
3. Rifchcdy That the fuper
ccdipg of Winthrop Sargeant,
in the office of Governor of this
Territory, was efifcmial to the
welfare thereof; and that the
thanks of this afiembly be re
turned for the fame to the Pre
fluent of the United States.
4. Rtfchsdj That our pre
fent Governor pofle/Tcs the con
fidence and cfleem of this legif
huure ; and that from his poli
tical and private character, we
fully expeft that his adminifha
tion will be conducive to the
happinelo and welfare of this
| country.
S m ' Rfehydy 1 hat the fpeaker
c f this houfe be, and he is iicre- j
by requefled to tranfmit one ’
copy of thefc rtfolutions to j
Tliomas JefTerfon, Efq. Prefi- j
dent of the United States.
6. Rejoiced, That another co
py be alfo forwarded to Kafwor
thy Hunter, Efq. our delegate
to Congrefs, with a requell that
he will have them publilhcd in
the public papers in the city of
Walhington.
A true copy*
Arte 11,
EDWIN T . HARRIS
Clerk (j the Houfe cf Rcpre-
faitaltves.
BOSTON, January <27. (
Extract cf a later j run Prefi dent
Jefferson, to a gentleman in
Marblehead.
“ I am happy in your appro
bation of the principles I avow
ed on entering on the govern-
O CO
merit —Ingenious minds availing
themfelves of the imperfection
of language, have tortured the
expreflions cut of their plain
meaning: in order to infer denar
O I
lures from them in practice.—
If revealed religion has not been
able to guard 1 tie If agairvftgmif
interpretations, I could not ex
pert it. But, if an admmiftra
tion, quadrating with the ob
vious import ot my language,
can conciliate the affedlions of
my opponents, 1 will merit their
conciliation.”
I low juft and noble the above
fentiment,! For if the Word of
GOD has been fo diftorted, as
to fpcak a meaning never in
tended by thr infpired Penman,
it is not ftrange if the lame abufe
happens to human compofitLons
With what fortitude and firrn
nefs does he fpcak, when he
fays, “ his admin, ft ration fhail
quadrate with the obvious mean
ing of his language !”—May he
notexpeht to meet with that at
laft— Well dene good and faithful
j fa vant b
Mr. Bnukenridge, of Ken
tucky, and General Jaekjcn of
Georgia, have made excellent
j fpeeches in the senate of cht
United States, in favoi of the
! repeal of the Judiciary Bill.—
! I heir fpeeches contain an ample
refutation ot the arguments ad
-1 duccd in it» fupport. The lat-
I ter of chcfc gentlemen has been
; honored bv an uncommon diarc
uf federal abufe and virulence,
and has been forced to fneak a
language which would difgrace
a fciiool boy, in an addrels
forged bv an old Tory, laid to
have been delivered on his de
parture for the Senate of the
United States. We regret that
it is not in our power, at prefenc,
to g.ve the debates on this high
ly nte re fling fubjed; we can
not, however, refill the inclina
tion to gratify cur readers with
an ex trad from the fpeech of
Genenl Jachfon , and leave them
to judge whether this gentleman
is wanting in abilities as a fciio
lar and 'a flank man.
CEURUEGE )N, Feh. 26
Lcfs of the Jhip Gen. Oglethorpe.
Accounts were this morning
received by the fehooner Friend
fiiip, capt. Lockay, from Naf
' fan, of the lofs of the valuable
l fiiip General Oglethorpe, cape.
1 Paterlbn, from this port bound
1 to Havannah. From the par
! ticulars we have collected, it
] appears the fiiip got afhorc.
! about 9 o’clock on the night pf
the 6th inftanr, on Man of \\%r
j Key, (Abaca) The captain
Mr. Mackay, of Savannah, and
| Mr. Bmadfoot of this city, to
; gethcr with 12 of the crew,
took to the Blip’s boat—the
lecond mate, with 22 v bites and
blacks, remained in the fiiip ;
they had conftruded a raft ; and
were to come off with provi
fions, &c. About half an hour
after the boat left the fiiip, it
blew with great violence ; and j
the. iUornir.o-. after no. rrmnins
| of the wreck br people were’
vifible. The perfoi s in the
boat after being to fled about for
eleven days, with no other Tub
fifiance than a few conchs, col- I
leded on the fliore, were fortu- I
natciy picked up by the pilot
boat Ranger, from this port ;
and arrived at NaiTau a few days
before captain Lockay failed.
But little doubt remains of the
unfortunate people left m tlie
fhip, having perilhed.
LOUIS VIL L E,
WEDNESDAY March io, ISO 2
——■■ess*
Died, * at his plantation, in |
the county of Wafhington, on 1
J eJ J
the twentieth ultimo, after eleven
days xiincf, Col. Much Law
w-'n, and was interred at v en.
Irwin’s on the eM, with the
folrmnities ui'uai on chofe occa
lions.
He. pb fie fled n any public and
private virtues. —In the revolu
tionary war, he was an abtive
defender of the rights and liber
ties of his country, the cefliVno
nics of which - he earned to his
grave ; in his civil appointments,
• •' i * v
ins conduct was marked with the
firidleft integrity* and as a huf
band, faciier or friend, he Hands
among the firft. Me It ft a wi
dow and four children, and ma
ny relatives and friends to mourn
his lolls.
Died in Augufla, on Tuefday
the 2d infl. in the 35th year of
his age, Daniel Hely, a native
of Ireland
Vvt are ai . -fmed to fay, that
Gen. David Meriwether, is a
candidate for member of Con
grefs, in place of Benjamin
l aliaferro, cfq. refigned.
We have the picafure to an
nounce to the public, chat the
Savannah Merchants have en
tered into an agree "I*C nt to have
all the Cotton repacked that
comes to the Savannah Market,
by which means all Cotton
packed fraudulently will be dif
covered, and every improper
t ran fact ion detected, and will
be the means of eflabhfh
ingr the reputation of the
Georgia Cotton, and likewife
make the Country Ginners cau
tious how they pack Cotton
improperly.
Geo. Gazette,
JVafuhigtin City , Feb. 18.
T he refbiution paffed m the
Honjc of Reprejentatives of Penn
fylvania, infirufting the fenacors
of that (late, to ufe their utmofl
endeavors to procure a rcncal
of the lafl Judiciary Law of the
United States, was on Monday
lafl concurrred in by the Senate.
On pafllng the relolucion in
the Houle of Reprefencatives,
the vote was—Yeas 67 —Nays
12.
And in Senate—Yeas 15 —
Kays 6.
In the Moufe of Reprefenra
tives of the fame flute, the a<st
declaring u the holdinr or < x-
O O
ercifing of offices or anpoint
menrs under that flare incoin- j
d alible with the hclelh g or ex- ;
’ erelong offices under the United
States,” to which the Governor
had refuted his altenr, has been
reconhdered by that Houle, in
) which it originated, and upon
ithe q tie ft ion < ‘ pall tils hillpc / jf ’ ’
the yeas and nays weie : Yeas
76 —Nays 4.
CON G R E S S.
House of Representatives-.
Monday , Feb. 15.
Dr. I tib prefcntccl certain
memorials from the citizens of
the City of Philadelphia, pray
irg that the Judiciary Law of
the laid teftlon, may be repealed.
Referred to committee ol the
I whole.
i Mr. Walker prefented fundry
refolutions of the Legiflature of
New-York, recommending cer
tain amendments to the co nft i-
I tution of the United States m
: relation to the mode of cleCling
the Prefidenc and Vice Prefidtm:
of the United States.
Mr. Brent prefented a memo
rial from certain merchants of
Alexandria, praying indemnify
cat on for French Ipoiiations.
Referred. '
JUDICIARY BILL.
Mr. Davis moved the order
of the day on the J udiciary Bill
from the Senate.
On which Mr. da yard moved
a poftponement of its confidera
tion to this day three weeks.
On which motion an inters fl
ing debate of length an ft, m
winch Me firs. Bayard. Rutltdce,
m J J O'
Gnfwold, Dennis, \ lemphill*
| Goddard, Huger, f. M irns
I and Dm< a Cuj ported the morion;
j and Meftr . Gdes, Davis, R.
1 Williams, v milie, Euftis, S,
; Smith' and Holland oppofed it.
When the queflion was taken
by yeas and nays as follow «
Yeas 35 —Nays 61.
Mr. Dennis then moved a
| poftponement to that day week;
which m< tion was Supported by
Mr. Dennis, and oppofed by
Mr. Randolph, and Mr. Nichol
i fon.
i he yeas and nays wore then
taken, and were yeas 34 —Nays
r V
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Tue/day, February 16.
A memorial from fundry
merchants and traders of the
city of Philadelphia, praying
that Congrcfs would not repeal
the Judiciary Adi of the laft
leftion, was read.
Dr. Lcib prefented a memo
rial from lundry citizens of the
city and county of Philadelphia*
praying that the above acl may
be repealed.
Dr. Mitclieil prefented a me
morial from the chamber 0 1
commerce of New-York, pray
ing that the laid law may not be
repealed. Referred.
The houfe then went into a
committee of the whole on the
"Judiciary Bill from the Senate.
When Mr.' Henderfon moved
to flrike out the firft feftion, m
order to try the principle of th~
bill.
After the motion was ftated
from t!,e chair, Mr. riendtrlcn
delivered his fentiments aganft
the bill.
Fie was followed by Mr. R*
W illiams, who ftp ok e in fa/otir
of it, and by Mr. Hemphdl
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