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THE WrSTFET WOW T D. Tk” Kmturht Spanish assort” tim. P’emt's rontpirnru, & pmrvttf fifivtivdd’s expedition {Ct timed from nvr ’ant ) k < vrrnn't'>p' , e happen rl t fH, r.p of 17*?, wMrh tl?<> nopf'lp the ffrt proofs of <Hp inrnor*w*'*n of ■ c: P''’ r '' , -h edd ? rrrrr<hi- p-*v. This was ‘the .jyii'rrtp)- sis 1) irflll flf'tJie Tl^tT) 1 ’ (f I’M ir>t>rran* of Wifki'-- l |>. pi p w?> caHiirg from fi e eovernireijr at f'v.Or. jf.Tr,. f ,V ( . mm of six thousand ffr>!’ . r . in specie, to WTineon. ~Th rr/>wwho wer*- four Spanish so’d’n ri, af'or ki'ling Fwenw, Wade fhe*r •nr ; but two of tT>--n> wer’ Gm n and brought be fb’t Jnf!<re lon’s, who remanded ’ rr o per l . V’dk ©son. then at ypn V/fld irpton. The latter A th< upfe ‘he nmrrler was rnmmit ted v itltin die American tern’o rief , afetrpted to return the pri t, net s to Gi t Nat'r he /. Hut I'itjnt Do’ le, who (.ommAniled at Tert .Massac, knowing Irs duty, ten!- them into custody, and or thred them for Lexington, \vh~re they underwent a trial, but were acquitted, from the want of snflr tent evidence, Tl'C particu lars of the six thousand dollars vtte however folly substantiated © the trial ; which would never have been heard of, if the mur derers had not been carried to Lexington ; and the concealment •nost probably was VV dkinron's nutivJ for ordering them to New Orleans. General Washington having been informed of the cir. Cnmstances, demanded ati expla. nmion from Wilkinson, who in ■vindication alledged, that the six thousand dollars were sent as a conipensation from the Spanish gote nnunt t’ h'in fo’ tli c j rou . l)ic he had taken and the t xjtcnce he tnepr ed in estahli-hinp a to -bacro trade between Kn “ut 1: > & I>e\t Orleans. That he had pre sent’ dto the Spann-It four a nie morittl lor that purpose ol setting forth that in-. losses were epitita lin to twenty thousand dbliars, and ih mx ihousai tl t • which he had < <> libbed <>t-re tie only rm m ~tktn yet gi anted. I c importation of another cm sitlerai'le Mim to the party in was ascertain’ <1 b\ the offi ci pent by generalWWa n e to take p ‘s-esslon of the Spanish -dori *s ~J W nnut Hill*., N T at c he Z acit Cli tkasaw Hi alls, in cn ., se _ tp'encc ol an aguett'em t 0 that *ihc entered into between pen. “Havne uud the baron de ("oron. and” it, governor g neral of Loin siaiu. The latter had agreed tltat they should be deliveied up in Gcti her. 1796, in consequence t f which captain was or dered to take p> session. In de scending the Ohio he fell in witli- AUrt-d Sebastian, a son of judge ‘bastian, :>n<l at present an offi cer under \Vi‘kinson. Thisyoung associate had been sent express svitii private dispatches from •y 1 kinson to Giozo, hut his 6*'iff ha ring been sieve near tlie mouth of the Ohio, capt. took him on board his boat and landed him at New Madrid. AU fred expressed great uneasiness at first Jest captain- should seize his dispatches, and was com mencing an earnest supplication for their preservation, yvhen capt. intentions, but if his orders hail been sucli. Ins entreaties should be of no ava : l. At New Madrid young Alfred was met bv a doc tor Poi’ ei s, who had in charge a sun. of money for Wilkinson, This Powers was a native of Great Britain, ;<nd had been cm* fdev-'d for sevi ral wars as the mutual efymt es Ginro and Wii k ii'-oiT. Alfred-et (ft’ unmediAie ly ‘1 dll Ids dispatches, upon the Jtce pt of which by Girtiso, laitl ligence w.-s for wauled to Nov I* ndrni from the governor gtUtr -1 ouiaiauj. that the tor s il if i. ■ , ~ , , •*en up, CS halt could not be g e been agreid upon, foe r offered ‘as that the river was too low aud tl>o arii!l n co dd nut be floated off. To this circum stance president A'dam- ;*1 md s tained an fSpecfStios that it i,ouhl have been in my power, at he opening of the session, to have communicated to you the ~„reeahle information of the due evecution of our treaty yvitli his la'holic majesty, respecting the witlidrawmg of his troops irom our territory, and the dejwarCa ion of the line of limits. Hut by he latest authentic intelligence, Spanish garrisons yveie siill con tinued within our country and tire running of tin boundary line had not been commenced. These cir cumstances are the more to be re grafted, as they cannot fail to af lcct the Indians in a manner in jnriousto the United Slates. Still hoyvever indulging the hope that the a usurers which have been giv en will rimove the objection of fered by the Spanish officers to the immediate execution of rhe irrati , i judged it proper thai we should continue in a state of r<*a dtness to receive the posts, and to | run the line of limits.” Alfred Sebasiian did not return [ for two years but is said during : liis absetico to have acted as an officer in the Spanish horse at Ncvv-Oileane. An:ong the va i rion s ddcumer.ts v/lnch were ccl lected by general \lf.ivne, rota rive to the conspiracy, is a Inter from major Green, of Natchez, proving in the most satisfactory manlier, that Wilkinson durinir Ins command at port Washing, ton, aiso heicl general’s com. mis ion in the* Spanish service. Mr. Eilicot wtio was employed to run the line procured docu ments of the like import, which were delivered to the executive. The death of general Way lie, which happened in the end of 1796, and the expiration of the presidency of general Washing ton alone prevented the trial ol Wilkinson on charges of treason. No sooner was Mr. id.mis elect ed than general Wiikinson hur ried to Philadelphia to übtuin the favor ot Hie new president. The pomp, parade, and artful address of Wi km son soon gained upon John ,'d ms. lie caused the pre suit n in believe that many of the machinations of hims< If and Ins parts, were the attempts of fo reign agents io all nato die uSec u us f in- Indian nations and to excite thiiu to actual hostilities again,i tin United States. It will b re collected tltat the Indians at this period were work ed upon and tampered with by m-ny different parties. There Hire a,-cut, among them front Hie Ken ucky association, pio cuiiiig the interest ot tln-se in fa vor of Spain. General How Its was active among the Creeks and ( herokees, as likewise were the partizuns of goiernor Hlo-nnt, lor the purpose of exciting them to commence hostilities <■ gainst the sobjccis ot Spain in the kbo nd as and Louisiana. Ihe em ssa i ies of Gi net were eijiially busy, but with contrary views. 1 iie several interests of these parties in kongtess, suificientiy explain the long my discussion “■hith mek place m the session of 1 7 y7 ( on the motion ot Mr. liar pci lor an address to tue pi t si dent. Several days were takan op in yverumg the fulls wing pa:a graph . “ The X T 'i:ted States have been faithful in the performance of their obligations to Spai-i, and had reason to expect a compliance equally prompt on t'lepait of that power. We rtiil, however, in dulge the hope that the coovinc ills; an towers yvhich have b~en uiv en to the objections stated by the Spanish otficers to the immedia e execution ol the treaty, will have tl't ir proper effect, and that this treaty, so mutually beneficial to r e contracting parties, will be finally ob-eiveii with good faith. We therefore entirely approve “I your determination to conti nue in readiness to secure the ‘t'stv, and to run the line of par tition between our territory and t ji of ;he king of Spain.— At t mpts to alienate the affections o, Ah Indians, to form thi ni into ideal u ’sulitv against the U. r S. l;etber mad; by foreign agents .1 ii.-i,, ar-’ -a tujnyjocs t .-, human with respect to omr Citi zens inhabiting the adjacent ter ritory, as to deset ve the most ex emplary punishment, and we will che< rfully aff'-rd our aid in fram ing a law wlt'ch may prescribe a punishment adequate to the com mission of crimes so heinous. To be Cot. nued. Foreign Intelligence. PARIS, June 10. The Mortimer contains the fol lowing Note upon that passage of Mr. Fox’s spiifch of May 30, yvherein he exposed hi3 opinion that, ‘hould a favourable oppor tunitv occur, he would not object to risk a part of our militaiy force in receiving for Europe what had been last in the last campaign. “ This passage in Mr. Fox’s speech is -really extraordinary. What does he mean bv act mg offensively on ihe continent } Who are the allies of England in the war !Is it Prussia ? Hut if ■we rigntly read the declaration ot England,die has ordered the Prussian ve-,els to be detained, and that if we cannot recognise a stipulation of alliance. Is it Aus iria ? Bur betore we can sup pose Mr. Fox thinks so, we must *(*i him down iguorant of the treat) ol Presburg. Is ic Russia? We must also suppose Mr. Fox does not k ‘o> dial wtiicli is known to almost all Europe at tiiis day. Li t him be weii per suaded that the couit ol St, Pe does not know rvhat she herself i as to fear from Eng land oil die seas and in too east; and tout she is ignorant that the offront winch has been offered to her ambassador jn China, has been produced by the intriguis ot the i.nglisli factory. We must suppose, intact, that Mr. Fox is ignorant that t ie mouth of the Caitoro have been restored to Austria, that Brannan is only in consequence restored to ihe Em peror of Germany, and that the grand army, in the course of a lew weeks, wid be united at Pa ris lor tne leies which were in tended to take place in the month ot May. It is true, that the in trigues of the English retarded these letes these three months; but it wouid be easy tor ns to prove, that the power ol France has been increased by the delay, olid that her system has been coa suhd.uoid.—lt is thus that tlie ef toruoi England always turn to her advantage. “ f* she will oni make peac'* when she shall have rtcovered ail ’ ihai she lus tost on ihe continent, j which probably means when she shall have tliecied die rc-estab lisiiirtvui of the Stadtholder in rioUud, of Austria Belgium, of l ilie UiiyCs at Venice and Genoa, and ot in r victim at Napt., this declaration is by no means con soling for the creditors ol the Engli-h deb*. tdr. V\ indhum himself, excellent an officer a, tie is, knows that it wui require twenty campaigns k ° suci.e,a to tins extern ; aud tlie re-ebtablishmem ot the priti ees ho owe thst fall to nothing eEe th.in England, dors offer a vtiy encouraging prospect to ‘ c nt - . allies who would engage ,a Hits fourth ccaii.ion. But; it we are to believe those Orators, their Military system is jo change every thing What iionseriCfi At imperial have arnjtes purely English ever rendered themselves conspicuous on tite continent.—Thus the tioap-.Ci the black prince were composed of Bretons, Gascons, Normans, (.harles the Bad, the Dcker o| Burgundy, the great j feudatories who betrayed their Pr.nee, produced the success of ol England, Thus the armies of Marlbrougii consisted of Dutch and Germans, and only a small number v s English. It is true that the Duke of York command, td au arniv wholly English, v nen h c appeared in our days before Duukiik ; but xve knew the J esuit of tlie batde of lionds- C J ? tc ‘ it \s true, that this same i unr c , commanded an arm} en - ftteiy l’.iiglish, when he landed a Holland ; huf the retreat of Aik that of the Ten Thousand, ft Is true, that more lately also, and in the last war, the English landed in Naples, but they ©nly appear ed there to overturn the throne; aud after having thus destroyed it, they d'd not honour its fail with a drop of their blood. “ The y hr ve also appeared to Hanover ; but here ’their tri umphs were lirnitted to thepow er of re-embarking—an advan tage which they owed solelv to the Kmg of Prussia, that Prince whom they treat at this moment with so little consideration. “ Should it even be true, that England had considerable ar mies te the time of Louis XlV and XV. we are to draw a con clusion from that, respecting her actual military powers. She had not then the great extent of pos sessions which now belong to her. Were her army as great as it has been, it would be annihilated by the establishments which these detachments require. Thu* she is obliged to keep forty regiments in the East-Indies, lo in the West, two at Malta, two at Gibraltar, S<c. A nation of nine millions of people, which before it can have a man for its own defence, is, ob liged to semi fifty regiments to the East and West Indies, toop’ pose the entire Indian population, tlie negroes, the Canadians, and the yellow fever, can .never be a military power in Europe; and it is in these circumstances that England has lost twenty.feve tin usaud Hanoverian soldiers—a loss which she will never repair. Ihe English are laughing at the I’linces ot Europe, when they suppose that governments art weak enough not to mike these calculations ; and not to see tha a nation, which has orcasio.i fo fifty regiments to defend its colo nies, and one hundred and (fifty thousand sailors to protect its commerce & maintain its 9quad iom, incapable of any effort in Continental ufiairs. Besides these fine speeches of England) when she widies to seduce Ca binets and form Coalitions, have never been justified by facts. Let us recal to our recollection what Ministers did a: ttie time of tlie first coalition. Instead of em- I ploying these means, winch ap- I pear so powerful and formidable in the mouth of iheir speakers, or Uien emissaries, the English at tacked St. Domingo, Porto-Rico, Guadaloupe, Martinique, and seeoieu to nave no ether anx ety tiiau to plunder toe- commerce of their friends, as well as their one. mics. in the second coalition u*ey went ta Egypt, in place of fighting with their allies on the plams of St. Domingo. In the third, they went to tho Cape of Good-Hope, instead of throwing t> n uiousand m n more into the kingdom of Naples i and when England acted thus, no one can say that she acted ill,fcr she could not act otherwise. As she is o bliged to pay considerable sums tolar allies, she has no other means of doing it than by plun dering the trade of other powers. “ Ihe English nation b brave; but it cannot he denied that Uie French nation has al-o its war like bent. The armies hf those two countries must be in propor tion f> their respective populati ons ; ;tnd upon this basis it is cka., that the English army can only be to the French army m proportion of one to three- Re sides, to preserve this portion, it would be necessary that England should abandon the idea of keep, ing up fifty regiments in both tlie Indies, and reduce, by one hall, tile hundred aud liliy thousand saiiors who aie en boaid her fleets. But with all Mr. Fox’s eloquence, he will find it difficult to persuade the Bank, the Indian Company, and the Chancellor ot the that this reduett ou ot military lorce is a good cal culation.” New Government of HOi. i. Nl), 1 HE CGtfSTi I UnONAL LAW. GtnercJ Deposit ions. al laws aQually inforce, efJ dally the constitution of iB O J as the civil political, and re] ligious laws, the exercise J which is conformable to tJ regulations of the treaty coil eluded on the 14th of M av 1 the present year, {ball he pJ served inviolate, with the el cepti(;i of thole only whij shall be abolished by the col stitutional laws. 1 2. The adtniniftration J the Dutch Colonies is re-I lated by particular laws, J the expenles of the colon! (hall beeflimated as a part ! the revenues of the Rate. I 3. The public debt is gJ renteed by the present la\y,.| 4. The Dutch language iM coutinue to be employed* cluiively in the laws, the pul lications, ordinances, juaß ments, and all the public an without dilfinction. I 5. There shall be no c J ges mad? in the name of present current coin unlefl ihall be authorized by api ttcular law. 9 6. TKe ancient colours] the (late lhail be prelerved,] 7. The counfeiof Rate I be compoted cl thirteen n)| bers. The mimfters Ihall 1 their rank, their liuum I their votes of deliberauoil the Idti council. i OF RELIGION- i ■i. T'tie Kmg Ktiu thcl grant equal protecaon. >1 religions which are ptofc 111 the Raie. by their auu.J every thing necefi ry h-J organization, the pioteal and theejterciic oi nu-1 A worth ip is to be detc; 9 I he exeicifc ot every ; 9 icligion is to be c0r.8r.9 the interior of the ch.i9 belonging to the d-E ” :::'9 mununs. 9 e The king fliall edcl public cxercife of his re| m his palace, and i:i r-cl tber palace lie shall rdid-l OF THE KING. | 1. The King Ihati hav9 clufively and without re.i9 on, the complete exei 9 the government, and -9 power necefFary to lcc execution of the laws, al caule them to be ref.il Me has the nomination I the charges and oltices, cl military, which accord:® Anterior laws, were veil the Grand Penfiouary.l Itkewtfe enjoys the pij nence and ttie pretog-.tl therto attached to that I The coin of the It ate Ihl his image. juflicc 1-9 admiriiitered in his nain9 hasthe right of granncl don, abolition, or the I lion of ttie pains*'piocl judiciary awaids ; it| ids, he lhali not be auil to exeicjfe this r ; ?E- ■ ter having heard t f of the National I Privy Council, I 2. Upon the uvui'ij King, tiie office to th dlai: of the minor M be vefled in the queeij ger, and m taie 01 her! in that perlon who ihal initiated for the purpvj Emperor of the r rencl 3. The regent ihaij fated by a council of fl the qualifications and I gea of whom lhall bcl mined by a particular* regent shall not be p’l rel'ponfible lor the “1 governments, I The- government ('I lonics, and every tin* live to liieir internal I rnv. oHgnu exciusiiiiaß