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f,om Arne ica until the Prefix nt,
had received full and uneqntvo
i adarances that the tninifters
of the United States would be
honorably received, as from a
powetlul and independent
ti.iti° n • , , . ..
, Copy of a letter from Mr.
Mattay to Mr Talleyrand, with
the above notification.
6. Anfwr theteto, dated Pa
th, May 12, >799 alforing Mr.
Murray, that the direftory faw,
„.j t h pleasure, a difpofition in
the United States to an amicable
accomtn relation which they
much regretted mud be poftpo
ned until a remote period on
account of the lime it would
neccflarily take in conveying
fuch adunnee acrofs the atlantic
_ That every prerogative which ;
could be gran'ed, fhould be
given to the Ametican miniders,
and one or more miniders fhould
b- appointed on the part of the
Ficnch republic to promote re
ciprocal harmony and good un
demanding.
The leveral documents were
ordered to be printed for the ufe
ot ihe memhets
Mr. I ivingdon moved the
appointment of iheufual dand
ling committee*, of claims, ofj
Icleftions, of tevifal and unfr
jmfhed bufinefs, and commerce ,
land manufatlures. I
I \.r, p ayardmoved the follow, j
ling refolution, viz. to bring in a
Ibid to ellablifh an uniform fyf
jtem of bankruptcy throughout
■the United Mates
I Five members were appointed j
I Mr. Ctis moved the follow
ing:—
I “ Refolved, That a commit-
Itcc be appointed to ronfider j
■whether it is expedient to m ike, j
land if any, what provifion foi
■the relief of perfons now con-i
■ned in pilon for debt, and to
■report by bill or otherwife.”
I He faid he made the motion
In confluence of an aft lor that
■purpofe of preferibed contmu
l* nce which had been (ufFered ;o
| rx P! re during the rcccfs of con
■grcls.
It(j^^ were appolnt-
I Friday') December 6.
I Mr Harnfon laid the follow-
Wl ! eroi U tion on the table :
I That a committee
■'appointed to examine whe
■er *° v w bat alterations are
■eccuary to be made in the m
ilcury c ftabhfhment for the te -
of the river
B Mr. Marfhall reported an an
17* [° r m l^e committee an. 1
T r L^ at P ur P°k» tf> the
K °f the Prefident, which
If ornt^^ le d to a committee
ldcr P fr. W M ,e * and made the
■ fn r ond ;y next.
a p w , er ls merely a rever-
U ° lh 'fP«ch.l
■'ition of S oft< “ r . P refented a
■'^taa es of dmUe r f ° r
I b, m f / P*y k'd to be due
■t f eriej° r . erV L° es in ,he ,rmy
■aims, ° l^e comi ntttee of
1 Mr. I ivingflon f.om the com
mitrcc appointed for that pur
pose* reported the following re
fohuion to whirh the hou r c
ag f eed unanimouflv :
" Rtfolvcd, that, the two c!e
pant prints, offered bv Mr.
Trumbull, be accepted, and
that the fpcaker be requ fled to
an anfVer to his letter, ex-
of the pleafure w* h
which this houfe has obferved
his ?enins and talents, exert* d
in the patriotic taHc ofccL bring
the events wliich led to h»s coun
try's independence, and d dita
ted to the memory r f thole he
roes w ho fe 1 in its dt fence."
f The f >in!s prejented b\ Mr
Trumbull art truly ” elegant:”
one reprefents the death of gene'al
Montgomery) end the other the ha j
tie of Barker's Dill : fme hk nrff s\
commemorating tie herbes engaged,
ccc mpanythm in /mailer frames .] 1
On motion of Mr. Bayard,
the fpeech of the prcfidtnt wa»
committed to the committee of
the whole houfe on ihc (fate of
the uninn,
Mr. Gray from Virginia, and
Mr. Grove from Xorth-f arolina
took their feats in tie houfe, af
ter being duty qualified.
The members appointed on
the leveral committees arc as
follow :
Committee of eleHion^~^\ f firs,
Dana, Sumpter, Kirteilf New,
Hendeifon, Gordon and Bii-j
ley. •
Committee of claim —MefTs.
Dwight holler, M con, tiia e,
Morris, Imlay, Hanna & John 1
C. Thomas. I
Committee oj commerce —MefT.
| Smith, Scwah, W In,
j Rutledge, John Brown, Daven
port and Talliafc’ro
Committee o) revfal and unfi
ni/hfdbufmef —M liis* Gufwold,
Evans and D nt. i
Comm ttee to prepare a bankrupt
bill —Me firs. B.>\aid Matfhall
Chaurcy, Goodnc.i, Sewall and
Ha’per.
Committee for the rel eh of debt
ors— Meffts. Otis, Bud and
Stone.
LOUISVILLE,
TUESDAY) December s\) 1799.
The pieces which have appear,
cd in the * onflitutional Tele
graph, undi*r a fignaturc oi a
Friend to the Prcfidcul, have
been writt n with g’eat ability
and true republican fpirit. 1 he
numerous extrafts from the o a
tions and writings of celebrated
charafters, which they contain,
paint in the mod lively colors,
the evil tendency of (landing
arm’e-, and tiicy alfo ferve to
bring to our iccol eftion what
fomc men were, but alas ! how
much are they fallen ! The fen
timents and the opinions which
weie then their boafl arc now
fo’gotten or rather exchanged
for the exploded and bated doc-
of our fnrs, which Arne-'
I r'c ns difdained to acknowledge
J and nfqued To much to oppose.
How mutable is man! ( hangng
his principles as a Oamclon docs
his color. (an any thing pmvc
more the fuperioruy cf a rcpre
li nta ive government, where the
people have a right to exchange
thofc w hom they have clothed
! with their powci when they have
p r ' ved themfelves unworthy of
the fa( red d pofit, or have pla
c<d rerrogadc to that condudl
which had obtained them general
ell^em.
We have had many notorious
inflances offalibility, they ought
ro admonifh us and to render ns
ten cinus of placing 100 rveat a
'confidence upon appearances of
i patnotifm Ihe lattn has ftrv
jed as a ladder for many an bi-1
tious men to defeend by to the
| pinnacle of power, Pitt, Rich
imond. See. formerly declaimed
'upon the rottcnncls of the Bii
|ti(hco ftitution and demanded
Lr the people-a genuine and
teal houfc of commons, but as
Toon they were inllallcd in
offire (hey pofipored the time
of leloimaiion fine die .
The Hritifli apoflale now baflt
in that corruption which they
had fo much reprobated. Whc:c
arc i ur Columbian apoflntes ? al
mofl every man can point them
out. They have been rereived
.into the fan Hum fonclorum , of
to ) ifm, and all form. r animo
fity has ceafed in joy for the
jrctu n of the ftray (beep.
t The SUBSCRIBER
Purposes to teach an ekg.
L SH SCHOOL—Thoft who
wifh io promote his intention, will
phafe [end in the number of the
children thy mean to jend t to Mr.
Day's Printing-Office .
Terms, three dolls, per quarter .
R, STONE. ,
Decfinbfr 31.
j The SUBSCRIBER
WILL fill the PLANTA
TION whereon he now
| ufides and THREh NLG ROES,
if a purchafer offers in ten days
There is 86 acres of good 12nd ,
with a hand/ome flream 0/ water
running through it for the purpofe
of working a cotton gin ; about 4 5
acres oj frejh opened land under
good fence —and the little farm »j
in every other refpecl in complete
order. As it will heji anfwer a
per [on living in Lnuifutlle, and beivg
\to luck generally known , afu th r
de/cnpfion would be unnecejfary.
The terms may be known by apply
ing to the Subfcriber onthepremifes.
Abner Hammond,
Deomber 24.
BLANK LETTERS
OJ ADMINISTRATION,
AND
BLANK BONDS,
By the Quire ,
For Sale at the Office of the
louifvillc Gazette.
Nofembtr 3.
Louifville Gazette C fflce,
December 17, 1-99
who are indebted
for the Loui/vxlie Gazelle, or /or
any other printing done at this office ,
are requeued to cme forward and
fay up their arrears. 7he terms
of the Gazettes are payable half
yearly ; but a great many have been
f rwarded to fever at counties in ihe
Jl ite , on a promxje of remittance by
the fx ji cpportvniiy—which mujl
have fnce occurred , and others now
off rby d nve\ances t at this feafn ,
which will no doubt be improved by
fuch gent emen as inclined to
fay, 7 he great txfences incident
to an ejlablijhmnl fiuh as a new/-
paper , ought to be imprejfed on the
minds of the Sub/c'tbers. and in
duce them to difharge the amount
of their accounts withgmaler punc
tuality.
The Editor can certainly fay ,
that , tn efiablijhing the Louifville
Gazette , he was aftuated more T a
d/Jire to comply with the numerous
felicitations of gentlemen in fever a I
parts of the Jlate, and a hope of
Us proving advantageous to /he coun
tyf t than by any profpeft of gain
Lo himfelf; the expences of the
bu/inr/s have hitherto very far ex
ceeded the receipts from it.
While , therefore, the Iditor
retui ns hisJvicere and m /l grateful
thinks lo thofe who have he in plea fed
to favor him with their bufin' f.
(and particularly to thofe whofe pa\ -
ments in adi awe have enabled him
tn fame me a jure lo /upfort a credit )
he eame/lly en reals thofe indebted ,
to fttUe their accounts as foon as
poftble,
, AMBROSE DAY.
S' By Wm. M
»LI.. Clt'k of th»
C,,u't oj Ordinary
of the C unty of
jiferion.
WHFRE4J Jofeph Mmlhail, jnr hatJt
this day applied (o me fur id
le'> «>f a< min ftraiion nn the eiM* of
M <ihrw MarOiall, drcraled : thefe ■ e
therefore to ci c ami admonrfh al> mid
lingular ibe kindred ad creditors of the
ft id de eafed, to te and appear before
[ the Infe »■ r C um of the county >f> re
t laid, or fume one of the members here* f,
on or before (he 3.0 day of janmrjr
nex', to Ihew caule, if any they have,
why letters of aumioinritiion fhould not
be gramed.
Given under my hard, this day
of Dec. «79Q, ril in the twenty
fourth year of ihe American I tide*
pendei.ee.
FOR SALE,
At the OtHCF of the UjUISVILLE GAZ
h T'l h, for ( uji t
A vailetv of Cold Ear-Rings,
GILT SEALS,
To tell the Day of -he Montf,
Silver and plated Bottle I.able*
Silver Toot BuckUs ,
E'cgaul SILVER and PLATED
TEA CADDiE LADLES,
Plated Spurs and W hips,
A quantity of large end elegant
PEARL buttons.
A L » o.
Bed While Chapel Needles,
Wanted to Hire,
A NEGRO BOY.
Enquire at this ('(Tice.
BLANK DEEDS
Of CONVEYANCE.
for Sale, at this Office .
Hov«Mber i?>