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SATURDAY EVKNINU. JULY 3. 1324
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PEA'DEjYCE.
;rj The Public, is icaj.eotfully notilied that, lie
ligiouH services, appropriate to the occasion, will
be performed in the Independent Presbyterian
Church, on Monday the 5th of July. The hour of
meeting, is fixed at 9 o’clock, a, m. that none by
attendance, may be prevented from toining In the
ordinary celebration of the day—and it la suppos
ed to be consistent ami proper, that the voice of
praise and gratitude to Hod, should be heard in
remembering the vunuus blessings we enjoy, and
that a day of such peculiar .recollections siioutd be
properly commenced, by ascribing praise and
honor to him, through whom we have received all
things.
Cj*See first page.
SPLENDID TRIUMPH.
Wc this day publish the report bf the commit.'
tbe in the case of Edwards with as much of the
testimony as our limits will permit. It is well
known that the committee to whom the charges
.of Edwards against Mr Crawford wete referred,
was composed of Messrs Floyd and Randolph who
were favorable^and five other gentlemen who
Were, opposed to his olectiou. It is also well
known that Mr. Randolph has gone to England—
Thus leaving Mr. Crawford almost entirely in foe
hands of his political opponents. And what is the
result of this fourth investigation! A most splen
did TRIUMPH, A COMPLETE VINDICATION
from. EVERY CHARGE! His whole conduct,
for a long s riea of years, investigated by a com
mittee composed of supporters of other candidates
and no apot or blemish found on his -political or
moral character. lie baa been weighed in the
balance, and has not been found wanting. Ilia
stern Republican integrity, stands the test ol every
ordeal which bis enemies can devise j and every
trial but fixes him still stronger in the affections
of the people. M.‘ Wirt, it u said, was very ae
five in the c-bine-, on the 23d ult. to protect Ed
wards until the meeting of Congrtts; and that Mr.
Calhoun mane tremendous efforts to save him
Ali wouldn’t do. Mr. Monroe was firm, and de*
serves the thanks ol the country. Let him re*
ccirc them without alloy Mr. Crawford's cause
.did not require this confirmation. But the Presi.
dent has done a proper act, one agreeable to jus
tice and the people, and be naturally wins the ap
plause of the community. Mr. Monroe is naw
taster of himself. He has taken the first step.
Let him but continue this course and be may yet
retire from office with honor to himself and credit
(o Ids country.
IM ■■
We hear nothing of Edwards' having refunded
.the outfit and salary CJU,22S)—Will Hr. Monroe
buffer, the people's money to be squandered away
—s>r will he require tbs ex-ambassador to return
ij forthwith t
The National Intelligencer confirms the report
ff the resignation of Mr. Edwards bf his appoint-
men as minister to Mexico, Mr. E. did not give
the President a chance to dismiss him, for he
communicated his resignation immediately after
the Renoit of the Investigating committee was
cent to the President, and before the President
had tune to read the report and evidence through.
Judge, Vannesa of New York,it is rumoured will
receive the appointment of minister to Hexieo.
Mr. Poinsett was spoken of but the young “god
of war” opposed it on the grounds that if he va
cate- his seat in Congress, an old democrat, friend
1y to the regular nominations will be submitted.
Birth-Bay of American Liberty.
The Fourtii day of July t; n Niuioiml .Ny in ev
ery sense of the word. It was the day which pro-
Claimed the birth of a nation. It asserted the
righf of this nation “to a&juine among the powers
oF the earth, tha separate and equal station to
which the laws uf nature and of nature's God en
titled” it. Its declarations were supported by
the will and arms of a nation; and this day, a na.
tiou of ten teutons of peop-e wi.l unite together ^
tn its ce.ebration l he citixens of Maine »n f t an t Irom the depository of their public re-
unless suspended in their operation till jail other acta and thing* which Inde- REPORT OP TlIF.ctHiWiTTriE otf w vv -
tits assent should bo ohtnined; and when , pendent Slates may ol right do, And s) , p ■ * • '
SO suspended, be has utterly neglected toI for the support ot this ueciaraiw.i, with a l() w ^„
attend to them. firm reliance on the protection ol Divine or Address, of Ninian Ed'wi-nl-. havlnb ta.SlII 1 ^
He has refused to pass other laws for the Providence, wc mutually pledge to tael' • ■
accommodation of large districts ofpoople, other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred
unless those people would rclinguish the honor.
right of representation in the legislature; a Signed by ordur and in jchbli ol the Con^
right inestimable to them, and formidable gross.
to tyrants only. JOHN H\NOO'-K,/'rear dewf.-
He lias called together legislative bodies Attest. Charles 1 hompsoh, Sec‘ry,
dice to the rhatilhtioo of the Hsus* „ * li,.,!**' 1 '
'InUvub, ol the 2dlli of May, continued to )!,
.situugs, al-ei- the adjournment of the, H-.Uw
lownig* 1 ^ ^ ° f ‘* UMU ’ luv0 “iJfvtd on the
REPORT: i.. '
In recommending in their former Report, a cJ
tmuance ot the existence and powers flfa.n *
JYcttf Hampshire.—i isiuh Bartlett, VVil iniUee.it will' be remembered, that theraS?'
, , . the depository of their public re> liaar Whipple, Mathew Thornton,George 1 wf^ 0 ^ n 4‘ nc, .' d , ftl ' lon "bvS
Georgia; the American who contemplates dm bo-; cords> for t | lc H so le pul . posc G i fatiguing Clymer, J antes Wilson, George Ross. hVe,,lR8, K
som of the Northern Lakes or .wanders on the, them ] nto compliance with his measures. Mussachuseit« Ray. Samuel Adams,: 0 ,- the , uthor otthe R( ,^ re ^
banka of the Missouri; will remember this day,. He lias dissolved representative houses John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge ed the appointment of the Committee. ^i7 ° n '
and feeltliat he has a country to love. No matter repeatedly, for opposing with manly firm- Gerry. amination has now been had. Mr. Edwards
whether his fortune has carried him to the banks ness,his invasions on the rights of tho people. Rhode-Island. 13*c.—Stephen Hopkins, tended the Comnnuee, in obedience to its 6um ‘
of the Sine or the Oronoca, the cittxen of the U- ; He has refused for a long time, after such Wiljbm Ellery ^witness, by itsdh-cc“"on "
nited State* will call to mind the Fourth of July, dissolution, to cause others to bo elected » Connecticut—Roger Sherman, Samuel gentleman attending in belmifofme nlll.t':, by
and bless those generous spirits who joined inde- whereby the legislative powers, incapable of Huntington, Willi.m Williams, Oliver the Treasury; and lti» testimony, together win!
elating and securing our Independence—Oo this annihilation, have returned to the people at Wolcott. , „.... ,.
n frt,„ UfiJflmraaA m,u-.ii large; for their exercise; the atote remain AcwYork—William Floyd, Philip Liv-
Jit into one common sentiment and almost at in g in the mean time, exposed to all the ingst.m Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris,
melt into one common sentiment aud ahnost at danger of invasion from without, and con Acta Jersey.—Richard Stockton, John
the same moment the peal of numerous artillery, vul 3j on8 within. Witherspoon, Francis H pkinson, John
the voices of buinlreds of erators, and the heart* Ho has endeavored to prevent tho pop Hurt, Abraham Clark. ' i,eii,r J r ' 8,,uu " ol,| e r . »n the nature of an W,
of a whole nation will join iu it* commemoration, ulation of these states: for that purpose Pennsylvania.—Robert Morris, Ben] a. ment on the whole case, have also been presented
This is not a common day. It was on this day, obstructing the laws for naturalization of, min Rash, Benjamin Franklin, John Mor- {W Mr ‘ LJw ‘ ir ' *» au d considered by tbe Commit-
that the principle of free government were pro- foreigners; refusing to pass others to en- ton. The evidence has run into m , .
mulgated; tbe right of a people to,adapt it* insti- courage their migrations hither, and rats- Delaware. *Cmsar Rodney, Thomas g »me parts of it, probably, have not* vera 8ml
tution* to it* interest, was formally declared; and ing the condition* of new appropriations M’K tl, George Read rial application lo the muin subject of iiiquirv^r
those great truths were announced to the world of lands. Maryland.-*-—H .mucl Chase, William seemed proper, buwever, to Die Comniittee,' to
by the young people iu this western hemisphere; He has obstructed the admisistration of Para, Thomas Stone, Charles Curroll, ot ^isTesnrct Se conccr,u:J “ libewl indulgence in
"that all men are crofted equal; that they arc en- justice, by refusing his assent to luws for CarroltOn. After a patient attention to nil »h«.
dowed by their creator with ccrtaiu unalienable establishing judic.arv powers. - Virginia—-George Wythe, Richard .ndto whatever Us been urged In the «
rights; that among these are life, liberty and the ; He has made judges dependent on his Henry Lee,1 homas Jefi-.rson, Benjamin ^^“"'h^^^CommiUeeseenoo^uS
a n P iv P i-« kin- t nnnn ,h P ' alone, for the tenure ot their offices Harrison, Thomas Nelson, jun. trancis to ci ange or modify, in any material respect. ih B
pursuit Ofhappme^ i^ew«alburst upon the - ini the amount and pkymeat nf their’ sala- Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton. r^duo winch thev came 5n U.e former inveSi!
world.—It began m America; tt U now extem.mg fie9> ‘ A or, A Carolina.-Wm. Hooper, Joseph bave ^ ^bmitted to
over the world A, mon a. the exnenment was Hc has e * cct0(1 a muUitude of new offi . HeWCh, John Penn. further and fullerSSA ^
CCS, and sent hither swarms of officers, to South Carolina.—Edward Rutledge, generally speaking, of the opi’nionsVwch thev
harrass our people and, eat out thetr sub- Thomas Hsvward, jun. Thomas Lynch, have heretofore, expressed. y
stance. ;jun. Arthur Middleton. . °n some parts of the inquiry, indeed, evidence
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Georgia.—Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hull indjJiXaiiv'an^oar i'’ il | l °i |,0 !"w wi . liclvwere n o ‘t
•a-Nr. V»'~. oMiU U-c cbaMDt of G«orge WuUon. “
——I. ■■ 11 s * on ’ *Io these, perhaps, some reference ouabt
now to be made. They may be considered si
WASHING i’ON, June 24. • rt ; fc!e *> or new.pecifirationa of charge, and
... ... , . , ’ , altl-uugh not very detir.itelyor IbrmaHyuJt
W© publish to day the Report ol the yet, as vidaice has been taken.intended to Tm.
Committee ol the House of Uepresenta- port them, they become subjects ofcon»'.deration.
.lives, appointed to investigate the charges °n« ol these respects the deposites of public
r“, y , T»»»™ ll,e Sco : Sfs^ssstjg
1 * l *'X ol the * r . easury * *olicH»tion of the Banks themselves, and us an a&
1 his report, it appeals is but little more commo aiion to them, «> a time of cousiderabS
than a caption to the great body ot the tea- pecuniary pressure, in 1819
that of the other witnesses, is commuuic jfod fi
this Report; as are, «| g0 , various-documents and
papers, winch have been referred to, and nrodu^
ed, in the course ofthe examination. , ' roUuc ’
A paper, tn reply tq the comrauhication here,
tofore received by foe Committee, from the Se
cretary, and another, in the nature aiiffit.
over the world. A mon as the experiment was
established in America, that a nation might be free
and preeminently happy, the strong hold of
kings, nobilities and hierarchy were shaken—and
in spite of the Holy Allianoe, they continue to,
shake. South America has pursued our footsteps
—She has emerged from the gloom of colonial J ourJLogislature.
vassalage to the rank of Independent nations, ” ~
We are the lira, to take her by the right hand of
fellowship—and receive her Ministers The Re
volutionary spirit hss not stopped here. The sub
ject nations of Europe wonder at tbe brilliant ca-
recr which we have already run. U is liberty
(they justly say) which has worked these mira
cles. U is because the people of the United
States know no distinction of orders—and that
the best men are selected to administer the affairs
uf the whole. Already we see the spirit of lie
volution displaying its effects even iu the Eastern
world. Greece is nobly and successfully Contend
ing for her liberty—Portugal enjoys the protec
tlon of iu court. The press is gradually diffusing
the benefits of representative governments—the
light is rapidly spreading; but it was the s.ar in
tbe west, which first arose upon * benighted world.
And can vs neglect this day? can any portion of
thia people fail to pay it all tbe honors which it
deserve*? Let us then give one moment to festi-
vity and joy—Let us pour one libation to tbe
greatest day which ever blessed this country.
According to tbe esublished usage (and a bet
ter eustom was never observed) we lay before our
readers tbe imperishable instrument, which de.
clareJ in eloquent, manly and fearless terms that
tbe American Elate* would no longer submit to
the wrong* and oppressions which bad been in-
fficted upon them. It i* a document which can
not be too often read by American*.—Every head
of * family owes it as a stored duty to bis country
to impress tbe object ol. it ou the minds of the
youths under bis roof.
We hear from Washington that J C. Calhoun,
George Hay, and Mister Agg,were very much en _
raged on reading the report of tbe Committee of I solve the political bands which have con-
investigation. That such was the irritability of, ncctcd them together with another, and to
DECLARATION
OF
In Congress, July 4th, 1776.
The Unanimous Declaration of the Thtr-
teen United. States of America.
When, in the course of human events,
it becomes necessary for one people to dis
He has affected to render the military
independent of, and superior to the civil
power.
He has combined with others, to subject
us to jurisdiction foreign to our Constitution
and unacknowledged by our own laws;
a his assent to their acts of pretended
ati n:
For quartering large bodies of armed
troops among u j:
For protecting them, by a mock trial,
from punishment for any murders which
they should commit on the inhabitants of
these States:
For cutting off our trade with all parts of
the world:
For imposing taxes on ua without our
consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the
benefits qjf trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond seas to be
tried for protended offences:
For abolishing the free system of Eng
lish laws in a neighboring province, estab
lishing therein an arbitrary government,
and enlarging its bound .ries, so a* to. ren
der it at once, an example, and fit instrn
ment for introducing the same absolute rule
into these colonies.
For taking away our charters, abolishing
our most valuable laws, and altering funda
mentally the forms of our governments :
For suspending our own legislatures, and
declaring themselves invested with power
to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated government here, by
declaring us out of his protection, and wag
ing war against us.
lie has plundered our seas, ravaged our
coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the
lives of our people.
lie is, at this time transporting large ar-
liraony which, it introduces to the Aincri
can people. There is nothing like au at
tempt, in the report, to go fulo a particular
examination of ull the points presented in
the course of the investigation, but rather
a disposition to avoid them, and to suffer
the H. of R and the nation at lurge, to
draw its own inferences from the testimo
ny and documents accompanying the report
which are of great length. Aa this muss
of papers, rather than the report, exhibits
the result of the labors of the Committee,
it is probable we shall feel the necessity of
presenting the whole to our rentiers, as
speedily aa is consistent with a due atten
tion to other matters.
It is no pail of our purpose, as friends of
t’-e Administration, or of Mr Secretary
Crawford, as a Member of it, to exult iu
(his Report, as a triumph over the machin
ations of bis enemies. It is no mure than
was confidently expected from the Com
milted, but rather something less, merely
because the Committee have left a part of
their conclusions to be inferred from the
evidence, instead of directly slating them.
An attentive perusal of the testimony and
documents, however, will leave not a doubt
in the minds ol a.»intelligeut community,
as to the merits of those parts of this con
troversy in regard to which no opinion has
been expressed by the Committee.—Intfl.
miesof foreign mercenaries, to complete JUNE 25.
the v$rks of death, desolation and tyranny The Testimony.—We commence lo
already begun with circumstances oi cruel- day the publication of the Testimony and
ty and perfidy, acarcely paralleled in the, Documents reported by the Investigating
most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy Committee, in the case of Mr Edwards
the head of a civilized nation. against Crawford, and we shall complete it
He has constrained our fellow citizens, as soon as possible. Having yet un hand
taken capli ve on the high seas, to bear arms unpublished, a goodly number of the Spee-
soilinnf tfw*at* f.Atintrtr (a (tAnmnA *Lv t. j a....I ,i. _ t • •
SSS that on pemring thereport they' 3 5S umeamong the powers of tho earrii, the 8 ‘f"
caper about their chamber, dance to a chair, shut Be P arate ^ ^Ution to which the laws | to Suhemsel ves STbeir hlri ’ ^ .T 8 ^
their ©yea, opened tl*, .out*, and crieS ^ .of natu^.and of God entitle them, | “ g" fiTSSS domSde intrestion * P ubUcaUonofl “»
mew eyes, opened utetr mouth., and Cried out, £t for tb^ ! Ue 1,88 exclled domestic ^^rrestion a- matter We yield only to what appears to
ajucre! Infact, that they .nvolunUnly perform all requi “ 8 StbSld^SSTrSthenun! T n K IV and 'V* 8 endeav ? red bring on be the necessity imposed upon us by our
those gesticulations, which children, by pulling a w ]jicli impel them lo the separation I* 1 ® , I nhabllanU ot our frontiers, the merci- position at the seat of Government afford-
thread, comnel the human figure. in ... . . . *»wui.paiaiiuii. less Indian savno-ns. tvhna« Irnntun ...l. ,.c ...it. ...uiI j _
thread, compel the human figure, cut in card, to _ ^
perform to the amusement of bystander*. ! tharau'menare created coual^thaV^hrJ war 1 lare ia an undistinguished destruction ents, and making it, in some degree, our
’ 1 are endowed bv their eSr wifo v-n. of ? lla B e8 ' 8exesandcondui »'«. duty spread th« "
A coroners inquest was yesterday held otter the 1 J2, tindlenaWe rights- tha t Imoli? these every sfogc of theseOpprcssions, We they relate to i
fcpdy of Mr. John Collis formerly mate of the ship are life, liberty, and the ouSf hln have Petitioned for redress in the m >st interest is felt.
(udian Chief, whose death ur»« caused by tbe pineas. That to secure * these riwhtn , burnb ! e lerma * ® ur repeated petitions We ahould have made a selection from
atrokeoftheSun. Virdiet of tbe jury diedbythe goveruments are instituted* amono- men' have been answered only by ropeated inju- this mass of testimony, so great a propor-
visitation of God. , deriving their just powers from the consent ‘T* A pnnce » Whose character is thus tion or which, as the Committee has obser.
On *hn tfi.h oTT”-, . . r of the foverntd; that wheniS auv form of S afk ^ by cve / y a « wh * h «»ay define a ved in its report, “ has not a very material
government becomes destSvetothem * ** ^ ‘°ht U,e G r , I! ain S h biCCl
ticket on 1 ’ nrsi Mnnrf«! he FKi eop,e if nage j e ^ einmcnt, laying its foundation on such nrin. fur British brethern: We have warned that it has no relation, whatever thereto.—
xnember nonpr P M at th P Nore, ? ber i »nd the ciples, and organizing its nowers in snrli t !* e ! n / fo f n , t,0 * e to 6me, of attempts by But upon reflection, we have determined
P mc Ume ’ formas to them shah seem most likelv to !^ eu to extend an unwarranta- to publish the whole, that no pretence may
In their former Ueport, the Committee exprest.
ed their opinion in rejalion to deposites of this w..
ture; and referred to apublic communication ofthe
Secretary, in which tbe tacts were avowed, and
in which a practice, of a like character, was stated
to have been ot early exiatente and long continu
ance. ^ J Ue Committee did not deem it necessary
to c«i! for proof of that which was admittedand
as it was of opinion that the practice it jc/fwa* ir
regular and dangerous, it did not think it material
to inquire, particularly, whether, in the only csss
in which loss was apprehended from th\, cause,
the probability of such loss was either greater or
less than foe Secretary had supposed This ap.
prehemied.lnsa ia in the case of the Franklio
Bank of Alexandria. In the letter ofthe Secreta
ry to tho President c.f the Senate, of the 25th of
February, 1823, lie stiys, in regard t« this Bunk,
that a .letter ofthe District Attorney, therewith
communicated, allowed that there was no danger
ot loss to the United States.
The evidence now offered and recieved, lends
to show that there is a probability of final loss
from this Bank; but in other respects there is u<>
new view ofthe case presented.
The debt due to UieGsvernmunt fr»m the Rank
of Vincennes, has also been brought forward, and
mude foe subject of inquiry find proof. Nothing
disti guishing this case from those iff other West
ern Banks in which (lie public money hud been
deposited, nml ip regard (o which loss had ’ hap
pened, or was expected, had attracted the atten
tion of tbe Committee, as important to be consi
dered ut tbe time of their former Report.
The case of thin bank hud been previously mad®
the subject of a Ueport to the House by the Se
tary,' on the 21st of Petmiarv, 1823, in answer to
a resululioitpiitsed on the fouty first of Januar]
preceding, in i
WtilC IHIU UCHMG^ruiilJisnn# •
v taken,relatce principally, aa in the preceding
a, to'the umdunt bf the loss which may be ex-
which a Statement of the debt, ani
the means which L:-d been token ami used to sc*
cure it, were laid before Congress. Tt|e evidence
now
case,
pected to be incurred
'Hie only remaining charge which may be re
garded us not before examined, is an allegation,of
iutimation, that, owing to the fault ofthe Secreta
ry, the pensioners and puhlic creditors of the go
vernment in East Tennessee, Were, in some in-
stances, paid in bank paper not equivalent to spe
cie.
Tile circumstances attending this transaction
seem to be fully stated in the testimony of Hugh
L. White, ft does nt^t appear tlmt any knowledgn
of these payments having been made in deprecia
ted paper was communicated to the Secretary.
The measures adopted by him for the reasonable
C revision of© proper fund at the place of dtp
ureement, were, ns far as tbe. Committee ca#
judge, suitable and judicious. He had a right to
expect the payments to be made in specie, or it*
equivalent; 6r, at least, to be informed **>f
thing shrmldliappen to prevent such payment
No information was given to him of any disap-
^ ointment of his expectation in this respect, hy
lose whose duty it tyns to pay; and no complaint
appears to have beep preferred by those whine
right it w as to. receive.
tn regard to tlie contested letter of ffonjan" 11
Stephenson, of the 12th of October, 1819i jh*
Committee ace no cause to change the opinion
which was entertained, and which they intended
lo express in their former report—that, utthougb
tbe letter was written, as stated bv Mr. Edward*
The U. S. brig Spark, Lt. Comdt. Newton,
it rived at Charleston on Wednesday )ast,-from a
Cruise, and 9 day* from Havana via tbe Bahama
Islands, where she touched in consequence of hav
ing heard of aeveral ausplciou* vessels being
there,' but waa unable to discover any. It was
£cbly at Havana when tbe Spark sailed, and many
person bad died of the. Yellow Fever—foe Gov
ernor General, Vivji. was very ill. Tfie Spark is
bound to New York,
GOQDLUCK.
The Georgian of this morning states that—The
fortunate Ticket which drew the Capital Prize of
One Hundred Thousand Dollars in the Grand State
Lottery of Maryland, on foe last day of drawing,
the 24fo ult No. 15,631, was sold at the office of
Mr. 1.1. Cohen, in a half and two quarters, and
we are gratiffod ;to add, that one quarter fTventg
■■■&& Thrutand Dollar*J Is owned by a gentleman
of this city, for wbohfot wa$ ordered by Mr, John
Sciidden
by abolishing the forms to which Vhcy arl ^f b T®Sffi , d^2S5 , !S d 1
accustomed. But when a lnno- .min ,.f .. hey ,°°J! hav ® becD deaf v foc#.
government, and to provide new guards for
their future security. Such has been the
pitient sufferance of these colonies; and
such js now the necessity which constrains
them to slier their former systems of gov
ernment. 1 he history ofthe present king
of Great Britain, is a history of repeat-
ed injuries and usurpations, all having, in
direct object, the establishment of an ab
solute tyranny over these states. To prove
this] let facts be submitted to a candid
world.
He ha3 refused his assent to laws the
most wholesome and necessary for the pub
lic good.
He has forbidden his governors to pais
laws of immediate and pressing importance
IN WAR, IN PEACE FRIENDS.
We, therefore, the Representatives of
the United Slates of America, in general
congress assembled, appealing to the Su
preme Judge of the world for the rectitude
oi our intentions, do, in the name, and by
the authority ofthe good people of these
colonies, solemnly publish and declare that
these united colonies are,and of rightought
to be FREE AND INDEPENDENT
STATES, that they are absolved from
nil allegiance. to the British crown, and
that all political connection between (hem
and the state of Great Britian is, and ought
to be totally dissolved—and that as Free
and Independent Slates, they have full
power to levy war, conclude'peace, contract
alliances, establish comnjjfce,- aijd to do J
Arrival ov Com. Porter.—Yesterday
We must, afternoon, ariived at the Navy Yard in this
galliot Sea Gull, Lt. Comdt.
~ days from Matanzas,having
"orter, and h‘is family,
with Capt. Finch, and several other officers
all in good health.—fi, 1
There has been an article going the
rounds of the Atlantic journals, imputing
great harshness and injustice of conduct to
Judge Brackenridge, the Judge of West
Florida, in committing and fining an altor
ney for contempt of court. From our
knowledge of this gentleman, we ate per
suaded that the statement was exaggerated
—and a communication in tho’Pensacola
Gazette qf the 29 ih March furnishes a to
tally different-version of the affair. It would
appeaT that this Judge had no alternative
but to suffer the court to be outraged, or to
exercise his authority to enforep the res-
poqt duo to the judicial function.-—#.
Secretary, or to bring into doubt the general
redness and ability of his administration « ,ll »
public finanotts. To this point, aa the nvitt °?'
ject of inquiry, the chief attention of the Comm'>
tee has been directed; and they have come to* 1 *
result, which has now been stated, with tin: MJJJJ
mous concurrence ofthe members present.
points there are, ol less importance, but wut= D
may, nevertheless, be supposed not to have «'
coped consideration by the Committee, isew
however, under a)l the cjrcurtstancei', they
thought it proper to leave, without observed?
in th.i light in wbieU they are placed by tue 611
deuce,
AT
TESTIMONY AND DOCUMENTS
Accompanying the Report of the S/itfij
Committee ofthe House of ReftresefiMlw
ON.THE MEMOlliXL Ol-’ NINIAN EffWAU^'
James Jjloytl, of the Senate,raorni at the *
v M¥. Edwards. •. ■' -w ..
Q-iestionsiiy MivCopk, iu Mr. IJvva
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