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r > , ‘ f i 1 fh*( CC no icfs : ibk f r i f s quantity than . c i die fbapir. i,v . iii Italia;!] fl UIS i*'t. .1, a E "V! *IJ lg tOil, uflj/JOt ?1 , :U icth of dus month, for atificat'on c-f rhoicr gentle > ho vv, fb to fee him cloadi n’ Jkccr * at tM expira , i which time he will be v’H, and wr hope to heebie oefore our readers an ac - & account of its weight, i -ijc grois weight of the ear • . fir Louifuma, : public have a tight to J; v the ‘he history of'their poitt public events. Much as been fai l redpeftirg the <- Tut of Mr. JuvingUon’s • . ii unions to negociate for hat important and ex ten five prcvir.cc * and many fpecula :ioifjs have been published as u. the refpc&ive merits of :at gentleman, and of Mr. “ lup.Toe his colleague, in es- Achng the treaty. The bu rn <d\ being now happily com- ,’ ted, and ac’jufled to the huisfaftion cf Spain, France, the United State:.., and the inhabitants of the ceded coun try themfclves, there fee ms to be a peculiar hit;Taft:ion in ■v-ikins: a minute review of i .is meat tranfadhon. With c J hL intention we pubilfn an account cf the beginning and prog rtfs of the treaty, until us conclusion on the 30th of April, Me 3. The fables are ibid to have been written hom Paris to Dr. Mitchell, by a gentleman of the firfb credibility and information here ; and are fubftantiaily the fame which were circula ted at Walhington while the ‘treaty and convention for I.oudiana were urtder conii iention by the Senate and by •Cnng/efs. They Ihcw the held and decided conduct cf Mr. I.lvingtlon, and give a fair view cf his talents as a negociato r , as well as of the Fare he had and the p3rt he aided in the acquisition cf anrifiana.] IS civ- To y k Mer. Adv. Mr. 1.. had long forefeen that • he p. {lVflion cf the ealt bank of -dia M.lTifilppi, to which alone hie views of our government xtended, would be infufßcient ■h) in lure our tranauilirv, if an iidivc, powerful, and enlight ened people occupied the weft bank, particularly* that beauci -1 country that lies above die Iver Arltanfas, eppofite to our • titer n ellahhfhments. lie, therefore, (though without pow ers) firfb endeavored to fatbfy he people in power a: Paris, d.ut t.he eihbhfhment would be Ano use to them : &: that if they ••nlMTcd I .oulliana it was proper o g ve us all the country above Me Ark an fas, in order to inter , >ie us between them and Cana lse got his rt-ItCions on • .3 uihjtC, ihbmitted to the Srft ’ ‘or.ful, through the brother of •hr latter, and, notwit branding ■ s vick ur attachment to it, pro ved an aliurancc from lorn that jc.r.e ar;ar:g-fhoirld fca na le futisfactcry to us on this fubjedt, and that it should be done in America by General Bernadotre. In March, Mr. L. ventured upon v/hat was considered there as a bold and hazardous mea furc, a dire<ft and forcible ad dress to the First Consul person ally, on the fubjeft of our claims ; upon which, having received from him a positive af- Juranct that they should be promptly and fully paid, Mr. L. began to look forward to this as a means of accomplishing his other objedts, because hue felt an assurance that the First CcnluS could not go back from his personal promile; nor, in case of a war, which began to be probable, could he find any other iru ans of dTcharging it. The spirited conduit of cur nation in the affair of Mew-Or lcans was also of use, and so ftrbngly prefied by Mr. L. that the French Miniiter called upon him for lbme proposition rela tive to that country. Though wholly without power, he ven tured on the 14th of March to make them explicitly for the east fide of the river, and aft a bove the Arkansas, on the weft; he received a verbal assurance a few days after that the next day should bring him a full and ia tisfactory anfwcr; and he doubt ed not that such was prepar ed : when, unfortunately, letters from Mr. Pichon were received, u and that all was quiet.” This determined them to wait and fee whether the war would pass over, and whether a better bar gain could not be made. But as cur Miniiter continued to press the execution of their pro mise for the debt, and affexpli cic recognition of our right of depot, the First Ccniiil announ ced to Council on the Bth (four days before Mr. Munroc arriv ed there) his determinat.on to fell the country to us. The next day the Minister called up on Mr. L. for a Specific propo rtion. The day after (the bu siness being put into Mr. Msr bois’s hands) the Minifteralarm ed Mr. L. by pretending that he had ro particular authority to speak to him on the fubjedt, but again called on him to fay what he would give. When our Minister heard of Mr. Munroe’s landing at Havre, he refufed to adt tilt his colleague arrived;— but asked why they wished him to propole for the whole of Loti ifiana, when he had only asked the eait fide of the river, and a portion of the weft ? The min ister told him he had asked all that was worth having, & there fore mult take the whole ; to to which Mr. L. laid he had no obje&ion, but would now wait till Mr. Munroe came up.— On the morning of the 12th Mr. Munrce arrived. On the evening of the 13th Mr. Mar bois called on Mr. L. and was furpnied to fee Mr. Munroe, not having, as he said, heard cf his arrival ; but, after a short visit, he begged that he would come to the tic a fury that even ing at eleven. Mr. L. went ac cordingly, when they formally d’Tcuflcd the whole bufmefs of pbe cefiion, which Mr. X.. told him hs would communicate to F:.-. Mm*roe, and he promised to get full powers; they were together till pall two. The next day he prelented Mr. Mun roe to the minister, who receiv ed him politely, but said no thing of bufmefs. The great point having been got over (rhe difficulty ot bringing the Consul to fell) their fublequent dilcuf fion related only to the price and matters of form ; so that if Mr. Munroe had not been taken ill and confined to his bed for ten or twelve days, (having been taken the 4th day after his arri val) they would have agreed probably before the n6ch of April. Mr. L. had to encoun ter great difficulties in this ne gotiation. He had alternate hopes and fears, even after they had determined to fell, and had called upon him for a propoii tion ; and even after the arrival of Mr. Munroe at Havre, there was a moment in which he might have doubted Tallyran’s since rity, particularly when on ahe 10th he told him that his pro portion was unauthorifed—Mr. L. wished at that intiant that Mr. Munroe had brought with him an assurance that New-Or leans was in our pofieffion.— This .would not have injured usi but, asThings have turned out it is better that we did not feiae it. There wasaperfeift accordance of sentiment bet ween Mr. Munroe & Mr. L. in every measure that regarded the treaty, and in steps that had been taken to pave the way for its execution previous to his arrival. After that event nothing was left but feme com mercial arrangements, and the price ; in which they met with much candor on the part of Mr. Marbois. This treaty was conlidered at Paris as a meft important acqui sition, and procured Mr. L. the the congratulations of all the corps diplomatique, who knew the difficulties he had to encoun ter on his arrival, and who were war mly and vainly foiiciting the payment of their claims, while we had got ours so happily pro vided for. Tho’ the British have taken forr.e merit for the treaty, they have not the lead claim to it.— Lord V\ hitworth declared, a few days before he left Paris* that Louisiana had never been anob jeift of difeuffion between him and the French government. — l'his appears by the papers laid before Parliament; and lord Hawkesbury, in announcing the treaty declared he had no know ledge of it till it was communi cated officially by Mr. King, who himfelf knew nothing of it till concluded. —— From the Columbian Centinsi. MR. RANDOLPH, ON perusing a late paper, the following piece * on tbs dis charge cf debts, naturally drew my attention : should you on examination, find it deserving a place in your interesting paper, you will oblige a constant read er, by giving it publicity. On the Discharge cf Debts. I know not any circumstance in life that can occasion so much triumph to a generous mind as i:;e honorable discharge of debts when dependency can be remov ed with credit, and distress ex changed for peace.* There are few men, who, in the common concerns cf the world, have not nftet with pecu niary loss and disappointment; and yet there are tempers that can bear misfortune without fi lar m ; can reflect upon the ruin they have occasioned without feeling; and who would be e-, ven provoked to re’fentment at the requisition of a legal pay ment. If a man of such a dif pofirion could only put himfelf into the situation of his creditor, partake of his fufferings, and be fubjecl to his cares he would wonder how he could have been hardened, and would dojuftice to the timid application, the li beral forbearance, and the ge nerous sorrow of him who trulls. If the inability to fadsfy a le gal demand be mortifying, how much more humiliating must be the refletiion when the man to whom you are indebted makos use ofhumble arguments, when he could enforce these measures which are rigid when he conde feends to apply where he had a tight to infill; and when he leeks what he ought, without aooli cation to receive. When we con fade r the hap piness we give to others in be ing puntiual to them and equi table to curl'dves, how much greater the fatisfadlion is cf dis charging a demand, than the fol ly of contra&ing a debt can be; what comfort it gives to the con fiding, and what credit it refle&s upon ourselves—ought we not to be surprised that aman will bo dishonest from principle, when it is his inter est to be just ! The gay, the voluptuous, & the dissipated, may contrad in cumbrances without a profped or intent p pay j they may wan ton in the miiery of others, but compun&ion must come home at last ; arid how wretched must their condition be, when they are conscious that infamy should be their portion here, and sor row their lot hereafter ? A man In debt, who perse veres in his extravagance, is guiU ty of a fraud of the blacked dye ; for he lavishes what belongs to another, destroys his credit; t blasts his hopes; and hurries him. at last to ruin and despair. The man of honesty and ap plication has a right to the par ticipation of fo'ciety, and to rhe protection of its laws ; he is a link that helps to support the dependent system, and if one ring* be broken, an ufeful member of the community is left, where as the bankrupt, from extrava gance (for misfortunes in life, must ever claim the good man’s pity,) is an idle drone, whole, cunning has intruded itfclf into the wealthy hive, and who be comes a thief to despoil that ho ney which he had not talents nor industry to make. I have often wondered at the partiality of our laws which lay not a more heavy pun ih then t upon the great, than that which they indidt on the petty villain A man who- has dealt out naile ry according to the extent of his influence will often find protec tion from the legislature, when