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NEW-YORK, jD.’/;. 27.
Captain Steele, of the fhip
South-Carolina, informs us, that
a few days before he jailed, a
letter from the governor of the
FTffilfippi territory, had been
received by the government of
New-Orleans, lequefting an
explanation of the infringement
of the Spanifh and American
treaty, by depriving the Ame
ricans of a place of depofit, on
the Mifliflippi river; and wifh
ing to be informed, whether
this meafure was to be deemed
tantamount to a declaration of
war againft the United States.
This communication was un
der deliberation by tire governor
and council of New-Orlcans for
four days ; the fubftance of their
reply was unknown, but, at the
breaking up of the council, it
was declared, that American
vtfiels might enter and depofit
their cargoes, by giving fecurity
for the full value of the cargo
that it fhonld not be removed,
until the decifion of the Spanifh
court fholikl be received. Pro
perty declared to be Spanifh,
was permitted an entry.
Great quantities of produce
brought clown the Mifliflippi;
in flight built boats, had arrived
at New-Orleans, and a great
deal of it loft in the river, in
confcqucnce of their having no
place to depofit it,
'1 o ftievv the hoftility and
hatred of the imendant toward I
the citizens of the United States, j
it is lufficient to mention the !
following fa<sl—A boat loaded
with cotton, having come down
the Mifliflippi, by accident funk
in the river ; the cotton was
taken up and landed on one of
the wharves, till it could be put
on board the fhip South-Caro
35na. The intendant on hearing
of it, gave orders for its imme
diate removal, on pain of its
being thrown into the dock.
Cotton, at Ncw-Orleans, had
fell in price. Dry goods dear
and in demand.
WASHINGTON, January 5.
Fcr the National Intelligencer.
Senate Chamber , Jan. 5, 1803.
Sir,
I take the liberty to inclofe
you a Louifvilic paper of the
m:d ultimo, and to requeft your
republifhlng in jour Univerfal
Gazette and National Intelli- i
gmcer, the article under the
1 ouifvillc head, together with
the prefentments of the grand
fury of the fixtli circuit court
for the diftrift of Georgia. A
majority of the grand jury are
old revolutionary characters.
It is not my intention to enter
into a particular defeription of
the illiberal piece againft judge
Stephens, and governor Mil
ledge, in the Wathirgton Fedc
ralift of Monday Jaft. I can
however aver, that the citizens
of Georgia generally are fatis
iitcl with Mr. Milledgc’s being
governor, and I leave the citi
zens of the United States, to
judge from the prefentments,
if the citizens cf that flare are
ciifiatisfitd with the charge of
t he judiciary fyftem, or with the
Prelklent of the United States
for his rf judge
Stephens, cr for any other mta
in rc of Iris a: mini ft ration. If
any injury accrued from the ap
pointment, it would have been ,
felt by the citizens of Georgia.
1 he fa6t is, that Mr. Stephens
fa few only excepted) is univtr
ial Jy rcfpedltd as a good law
yer, a pollfhed gentleman, and
an hone ft man, and he lias the
thanks of the grand jury for his
attention to buflnefs. 1 hat Mr.
Stephens was on the confifeaticn
bill 1 fhall not deny, but it was .
one of the firft ads of the Geor
gia legiflature after the evacua
tion of Savannah to take him off,
and I was a member of it at the
time, and know that it was la
mented that he had ever been
put on. 1 he amercement was
a mere matter of courfe. That
gentleman has flnee been an uni- j
form republican and an anti- fpe- j
dilator, from whence, perhaps, j
the virulence againft him. 1 he
confidence of his fellow-citizens
in him is manik fted from his
beir g repeatedly called to the
mayoralty of Savannah, and the
fupren e bench of that ftate, as
well as to the legiflature, in all
of which flations he adtd to the
entire approbation of the ftate.
I know not what proofs the
editors of the Wafhingron Fe
deralift have of Mr. Mdledge’s
treafon. But I know this, that
his name is on the Britifh Geor
gia confifcation sd, by the name
of John Milledge, rebel coun
fellor ; and I know further, that
Mr. Milledge was with the
American army at the fiorm of
Savannah in and with the
advance of general Wayne’s ar
my in Georgia, in the campaign
of 1782, then commanded by
myfeJf.
I have deemed what I have
here faid, but juftice to gover
nor Milledge and judge Ste
phens, and have no objection to
your inferring it at the head of
the Louifvilic article.
I am Sir, with refped,
Your meftobedient fervant,
JAMES JACKSON.
Samuel Harrifcn Smith.
\_For the article and prefele
ments alluded to in the above let
ter, fee the Lcuijville Gazette cf
the 2 id of December laft. ]
CONGRESS
Of the UNITED STATES.
House or Representatives.
Friday , Jan. 7, 1803.
The galleries were cleared
about half paft 11 o’clock,
when the houie again refolved
itself into a committee cf the
whole, on the meflage of the
prefidcnt of the 22c! and 30th
ult. and the documents tranf
nutted therewith—Mr. Varnum
in the chair.
Mr. Randolph’s motion made
on the sth inftant with clofcd
doors, was read as follows:
Refolved, that this houie re
ceive with great fenfibiliry the
information of a difpolitico in
certain officers of the Spanifh
; government at New-Orleans to
| °bftn:dt the navigation of the
| uver Mifliflippi, as Teemed to
1 **' e f'• Stares by the meft fo
-1 kmn ftipulations.
1 i.ar, aaherirg to that hu
mane and wife policy which
ought ever to characterize a free
people, and by which the Uni
ted Stares have always piofefT
ed to be governeel ; willing at ’
the fame time, ro aferibe this !
bi cach of compadl to the unau- j
thorifed mifcondudl of certain
individuals, rather than to a want
of good faith on the part of Ids
catholic majefty ; and relying
wkh perfect confidence on the
vigilance and whilom of the ex
ecutive, they will wait the ifiue
of fuch me:hires as that depart
ment of the government
have purfued for averting the
rights and vindicating the inju
ries of the United States :
Holding it to be their duty, at
the fame time, to exprefs their
unalterable determination to
maintain the boundaries, and
the rights of navigation and
commerce through the river
Mifliflippi, as eflabhfhed by
exiftuig treaties.
On which a debate of confi
derabie duration enfued ; during
which various proportions to
amend were offered, feme ver
bal, and others implicating
principle, all of which were
finally rejected, except the in
troduction of tHe word as in
the firft fedbon of the motion.
The committee role and re
ported that they had come to
the foregoing refolucion.
On which the debate wits
re fumed.
The firft feftion of the mo
tion was agreed to.
On the fecond fedtion being
read,
A motion was made to amend
it by ftriking out the word vin-
J O
dicativg , and infening the word,
redrejjmg in the room thereof.—
Unagreed to.
IV] r. Grifwold moved to ftrihe
out the following words :
tc And relying with perfect
confidence on the vigilance and
wifdom of the executive, they
will wait the ifiue of fuch mea
fures as that department of the
government fnail have purfued
lor afiertir g the rights and vin
dicating the injuiies of the Uni
ted States.”
Which was loft. Yeas 30 —
Nays 53.
The fecond feClion was then
agreed to ; when the houfc re
confidered their vote of agree
ment.
Mr. Grifwold then called for
a divifion of the queftion on the
fecond fedfion, by firft taking
the qudlien on the following
parr.
c; That adhering to that hu
mane and wife policy which
ought ever to characterize a free
people, and by which the Uni
ted States have always profefled
to be governed ; willing, at the
fame time, to aferibe this breach
of compafc to the unauthorifed
mifcondudl of certain individu
als, rather than to a v/ant of
good faith on the part of his
catholic majefty.”
This divifion was objected
to as not in order.
The fpeaker decided that it
was in order.
On which Mr. Taliaferro
appealed to the honfe, who de
cided that it was in order.
The laid member of the lec
tion was agreed to unanimoufly.
The third member of the
fecond fiction being read, as
I follows :
<c Holding it to be their du
ty, at the fame time, to exertfs
thfir unalterable determination
to maintain the boundaries, and
the rights of navigation ar.U
commerce through the river
MiflifTippi, as edablifhed by
cxiding treaties.”
Mr. Grifwold moved to Or ike
out the words te exifting trea
ties/’ and infer: the" word
“ treaty,” with a view to refer
to our treaty with Spain exclu-'
fively.
Pal Fed in the negative.
Ihe faid third member wa*
then unanimoufly agreed to.
The queftion was then taken
on agreeing to the whole of t;hc
fecond feCtion of the morion,
and carried.—Yeas 50 —Noes
2 5- .
Refolvcd, that the injunction
of fecrecy, fo far as relates to
the foregoing refolution and the
proceedings of the houfe on the
meffage from the prefident of
the 22d and 30th, he taken off.
When the houfe adjourned
about 5 o’clock.
Monday, January 10, 1803.
Mr. Mitchell moved that the
committee of commerce- and
manufactures be inftruCted to
enquire into the expediency of
eftabli thing a port of entry a I
or near the mouth of Biach
River, New-York.
Carried.
A bill was received from the
fenate and read, providing for
the ereClion of monuments to
generals Woofler, Harkimer,
Davidfon, and Striven, under
refolutions of the old congrefs..
Referred to the committee
appointed on a refolution for
ereClinga monument to general
Harkimer.
Mr. Euflis moved the fol
lowing refolution.
Refolvcd, that a monument
be ereCted to the memory of
general Jofeph Warner, Haiti
on Bunker’s Hill, and that the
fum of be appropriate
ed thereto.
Referred to the above com
mittee,
Mr. Gregg faid he wifned to
fubmita refolution to the confi
deration of the houfe, on a fub
, jeCt that muft be aChed on dur
ing the prefenc fefiion. The
aCt eflabiifhing a mint will ex
pire on the 4th day of March
next. A refolution now lies on
the table for abolilhing that in
dituclon entirely. He was not
prepared to vote in favour ot
that refolution, neither did he
feel himfelf at perfeCt liberty on
the information he now pc flHT
ed, to vote for a longer conti
nuance of the law. The e fia
blifhment it was true had been
expenfive, but he cxpeCled that
under proper management it
might be rendered ufeiul. Ihe
direClor in his annual report
made to congrefs at the lad teb
fion, dated that the lots on v/hic i
the mint now dands were not
diffidently extenfive, and that
the machinery v/as nearly worn
out. He faid he knew thef*
lots, and he believed that on ac
count of the convenience >
their fituacion, they might be
difpofed of to good advantag -
perhaps for alum diffident to
j pnrehafe as much ground
i would be necefifary in a no:
j filiation, and alio to erect
1 table buildings for the pu“p- e.
If tins could he done, th ~