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LONDON, Jan. 2.
The following communica
tion was ha! f an hour ago made
to the Merchant’ :
Downing Jlrcet, “Jan. 1,1807.
* 4 I have the honor of ac v
quainting you, for the informa
tion of the Merchants concern
ed in the Trade with’America,
that the Treaty of Amity, Navi
gation and Commerce, between
his Majesty and the U. States,
was y- tterdav finned by the
Commiffioncrs, refpeftivcly ap
pointed for that purpose by
both governments. The Trea
ty will be immediately trans
mitted to America ; bnt until
the Ratifications on both files
shall be exchanged, it cannot
be made public.
“ I have the honour, &r.
< HO WICK.
Philip Sav'civ, Esq. Chairman
of tl>* Committee of American
Merchants .”
We are happy to believe
that there is no truth in the ac
count of Ruflia having declar
ed war againll Turkey. —On
the contrary, the bed “n
derftanding is (aid to fubfitt
between the two Powers. Ihe
intrgues of Sebattiani had not
been able to dellroy or dtflurb
it-u-but they had, it is (aid,
produced the effect of procur
ing his own difmifla! and dc
parture from the capita! cf the
Turkish Empire.
Some neutral (hips which
failed within these lew days lor
Holland, were not I'ufTered to
enter a Dutch port. On their
arrival off the coal!, a boat was
sent off to them to tlop thetr
coming in—as an embargo hau
been laid in every port, and
no (hips were permitted to go
out or in.
Nassau, JanuaTV, SO.
Extract of a let'er f rcm New-Or
leans, anted Dec 1 , ( 800, to a
rentltman in Nassru
“ Before Conclude, I cannot
1-efnvin from firing to vou ano
ther observation, to shew the
vantage guinwl bv the change
of government liere. Previous
to the cession of Louisiana to
the United States, we had only
two Lawyers residing amongst
us, who with much difficult) and
great economy, woe enabled by
the scar..v income arising bom
their practice, to maintain their
families —at present the case is
altered ; for there are now not
less than thirty of tin R>, who live
in the first sty le, and roll in their
carriage'—and upwards of se
ven hundred causes arc at present j
pending in the District Court of |
our che.
COURT OF VICE ADMI- I
RALIY.
Nassau, Zed January, 1807.
Sally, Johnson, master.—The
Solicitor General pravecl the
clatm by him given, {in hehal! ol
citizen* of the United States of
Amettca) to be admitted and the
said ship -.tftd cargo, to be restor
ed as claimed.
Mr. Kerr, pravecl the said
claim to be rejected, and the
r-t.l chip and cargo to be con
demned.
His honor the Judge having
heard the sa*d claim and pto.ls
read, and the arguments of ad
vacates and pioctors thereon,
admitted the laid claim, | re
nounced the goods shipped !y
I ewis Gronirtg and John Has
lett, to belong : s claimed, and by
interlocutor, decree, directed
thr. same to be restored to the
claimants for the use oft 1.2
owners .nd proprietors thereof;
and bv further interlocutory di
rected further proof to be made
within three months, with re
meet to the shipment* made bv
Kirk and Likens, and Aiaiga
rec D. Schutt.
GOTi F.NbUKGH, Der. 19.
A icu.’ has just been received
}; f-om Aitoua, Stating that ute
French have betn defeated twice
by the Russian."; another letter
from Dantzic *avs, that they
have evacuated Thorn, and that
there is not a single French sol*
d'er 011 the other tide of the Vis
tula. Bonaparte is calling H-is
troops tti him from all quarters;
and the letters from btralsumi
state, that there are not any
Fiench troops in all Pomerania;
from rhis it would appear; that
he expects to meet a formidable
resistance.
M —r wm
PHILADELPHIA, dan.*3l.
Fire! —Between 7 and 8
o’clock lad evening, the city
was alarmed bv the cry of
Fire, which broke out in a tta
hie in Buck’s court, in the
fqu are formed by 4th and sth
Spiuce and Pine Ift eets, which
con fumed the fame, together
wi'h three dwelling houses and
seven ftabies; materially injur
ed the hotife occupied by
Frederick Warrance, befidcs a
rnuriber of others, and threat
ened to become exteufivelv in
jurious ; but, the early efforts
of the fire Companies, and the
Citizens generally, soon arrett
ed its.progrels.
Extract of a letter from, Captain
Cardin hr, dated
“GIBRALTAR, Dec. G.
* Yt-ffcrday arrived the
ship Mary, of Salem, from N.
Yotk. She was captured the
24th nit. by a Spanish Priva
teer, and anchored under a
Spanish battery. The captain,
(Landers) noticing willing to
lole his propetty without a
ftruggle,thought proper to put
the privateer’s men below, af
ter fome reliltancc, in which
three of his people being badly
wounded, and the captain dab
bed in the back, he arrived yes
terday, and received every at
tention from die English lltips
of war in this harbour. The
Spaniards plunder every ves
let they fall in with, or carry
them into port and condemn
them.”
BALTIMORE, February 2.
To the po'itcncfs of a gentle*
m?n jult arrived from St.
Thomas, we are indebted for
the latett intelligence from the
republic of Hayti. The pa
pers furniChed, contain an ac
count of operations down to
the 27th December, inefufive;
on which dav the new republi
can conttitufion was adopted.
On thesth December, 1806,
gepcral Chrittophe appealed
on the skirts of Pot t-au- Prince,
with an army of about 10.000
men, to compel the body of
people aflembled together to
ft ame a conjhtnlion , to appoint
him Emperor of 11 ay ti. On
his arrival there, he sent in a
flag of truce, anti dciired to
have a conference with gene’
ral I’ichon, commander at
Porfau-Prince, who went out j
to meet him with what loldiers
he had, and in Read of a confer
ence, as Toon as Pichon came
within gun-lhot of him, his
men. were fired on by Chrifto
j phe; when a short engagement
enlued, in which there were
son e officers and men kilied
on both I ides. Pillion got in*
to Pott-au Prince, and kept
Chrittophe from committing
anv materia! depredations.on
the town. As ins a-iny was
but tew in number, he thought
it moll adviiable to aft only on
j ;he defen live, and not purine
j Chrittophe, aitcr having driv
-1 in his troops out of town, at
j the end of which they had ur
! tired it.
Dispatches were immediately
fmt hv Pich.on to all parts of
the South, where they have do
minions for troops, arms am r
munition and provisions, and
on the day following; there
was not a mule to he found or
scarce a man t; at could bear
at ins in the town of J acme l—
all had repaired to Port au’
Prince, to join Pichon’s army,
carrying with them provisions
and ammunition for the occa
[ion. Several fkirinifhes took
place in thecourfe of eight or
ten days —during which time,
Chrittophe’s army w'as within
two or three miles of Port'au r
Prince, and had several times
entered it, but was as often re
pul fed.
On the ioih of January,
news was received at Jacmel,
that Chrittoph'; fad been de
feated, and that the greater
part of his loldiers revolted
and joined the other fide ; that
he had fled for his life; that
Pichon’s army were in pursuit
of him, and no doubt prevail
ed but they would overtake
him, in which case, death
would inevitably be his lot, as
they were determined to be
head him, and eltabfifh a fedc
ral or republican government.
On the night of the 10th
January, Jacmel was illumina
ted on the occasion.
——
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTA
TIVES.
Monday, February 2.
As soon as the Journal of
Saturday was read, Mr. T.
Moore rofeand said, to his lot
had been assigned the painful
duty of informing the Hotife,
of the death of one of its mem
ber!. Mis colleague, General
LEVI CASEY, had died yes
leiday morning.
Ori which Mr. Early offer
ed the fbflowing resolutions,
which wete uuanimoufly *-
dopted :
Resolved, That a committee
he appointed to take order for
fupetintending the funeral of
general L.evi Casey, late a rc _
p relentative of the ttate of S.
Carolina.
Resolved, That the member*
of this house do teftify their
refpeft for the memory of
General L,evi Casey, by wear
ing crape for one month.
On motion of Mr. Holland,
the following resolutions were
likevvifc adopted unanimouflv :
Resolved , That the members
of this house will attend the fu
neral of the late General Levi
Casey this day at 1 o’clock.
Resolved, That a message be
sent to the senate, to notify
them of the death of Gen. 1 evi
Casey, late a member of this
house, and that his funeral will
take place at 1 o'clock.
When, on motion of Mr.
Early, the house immediately
adjourned.
Wednesday, February 4-
The House took into consid
eration the report of the commit
tee of the whole on the report of
a select committee, on the sub
ject of fortifying our ports and
harbors.
When this subject was pre
viously before the House, a mo
tion of General Van .Cortlandt
was and pending to authorise the
President to man and equip such
gun bo us ‘ and other armed ves
sels el the U. S.’as he may deem
expedient.
j On this amendment along de
j bate ensued, involving the dis
j cussion at large of the policy of
j protecting our ports and harbors.
| Mr. S;urges advocated the a
| mendment.
i Mr. D, R. Williams oppo*ed
it.
Mr. FHiot ?poV<* in favor of
*trrrg measures of defence.
Mr. Lloyd declared himself
against both the resolutions, and
moved to postpone the further
consideration of the repott till
Monday week.
This motion was advocated
bv Messrs, Lloyd* Gregg, Smi
lie, and Fisk,—and opposed by
Messrs. Thomas, Lyon, Mum
ford, Elliot. Van Cortlandt,
Masters and Van Rensselaer;
when the question was taken by
yeas and nays, on the postpone
ment.
Yeas 40—Nays 76.
The House *hen adjourned.
Thursday, February 5.
Mr. Early, from the commit
tee of Commerce and Manufac
tures, to whom was referred the
airv-ndments of the Senate to the
bill/or surveying the of the
United States reported their a
preement to the same, in which
the House concurred—Ayes 58.
The amendments extend the
survey to the Gulph or Mexico,
and appropriate 50,000 dollars
for the same.
The House resumed the con
sideration of the unfinished bu
siness of yesterday, being the re
port of a committee cm fortify
ing our ports and harbours.
1 lie question was taken on the
amendment offered by Mr. Van
Cortlandt, which was disagreed
to—Ayes 51—Noes 54.
The question then recurred on
filling the blank, in the 2nd re
solution with “ 250,000” dollars
for building 50 gun boats.
Mr. Mumlurd spoke against a.
greeing to this amendment, and
expressed a hope that part ot the
sum would be applied to fortifi
cations.
Mr. Smilie coincided in opi
nion with Mr. Mumford, & said
if the amendments were not a
greed to, he would then move to
fill the blank with 150,000 dollars
and be in favor of applying the
remaining 100,000 dollars to the
protection of New-York.
Messrs. Thomas and Cook
spoke to the same effect, when
the amendment was disagreed to
—Ayes 4.
The amendment, authorising
the President to arm and equip
as many of the gun boats as in
his opinion tb- e public service
may require, was likewise disa
greed to —Ayes 34.
Mr. Thomas then moved to
fill the blank with * 150,000*
This motion was supported by
Messrs. Stamon, Thomas, Smi
lie and Fisk ; and opposed by
Messrs. J. Randolph, Elmer, and
Holland.
Mr. Gregg suggested the pro
priety of postponing the further
consideration of the -object to
gain information.
\\ ith this view Mr. Early mov
ed a postponement to Monday
week. This motion was nega
tived— Ayes 49—Noes SS.
Messrs. G. W. Campbell, Al
ston and Smilie spoke in favor
of appropriating 150,000 dollars
for the building of gun boats;
and Mr. Elliot against it.
Mr. Early moved a postpone
ment to this dav week.
This motion was advocated
by Messrs. Early and Chandler ;
and opposed by Messrs. Lloyd,
Mumford, Elmer, Tallmadge,
Stanton, Fisk and Dwight.
This motion wa* likewise dis
agreed to —Aves 49 —Noes 56.
A commute was appointed to
bring in a bill to carry into effect
the objects of the nrst resolution.
On motion of Mr. Early the
House adopted the following re
solution .* k
K< solved, That the President
of the United States be request
ed to cauee to be laid before this
House such information a* may
be in the possession of the exe
cutive department tending to
shew the efficacy of gun.boats in
the protection and defence of
ports and harbours, and particu
larly a list ot such of the princi
pal ports and harbours as may be
delended or essentially assisted
in being delended by gun-boats,
together with the uumber neces
sary lor cah.
Message from ‘he PresitL m , f,
United Si ties,. ratisttutn,,,, r* 1
Bier information relative t 0 f
conspi ac v of Burr. ‘!*
To the Senate and house 0 f g J
present atives of the U. Si. a;ti
By the letters ofcapt.
who commands at Foil
sac, ana of Mr. Murtell, t 0 n e
neral Jackson, of Tennefo
copies oT which are now com]
rnunicatecl to congress, it
he fecn that Aaron Burt p a sf t j
F’t Maffic on the 3 1st j) e
cembcr, with about ten bod;
navigated by about fix ham!,’
each, without any military an.
pearance ; and that three bonij
with ammunition, were Laid to
have been arretted by the mili
tia at Louisville.
As the guards of militia post.
ed on various points 0 f the|
Ohio, will be able to preiej
any further aids pafling
that channel, (hould ant hj
attempted, we may now efti.l
mate, with tolerable certainty I
the means derived from the I
Ohio and its waters, towards I
the accoinplifhmer.L of the pur-1
poses of Mr. Burr. I
THOMAS T FFERSOM, I
January 23, 1807 r I
Nashvslle, .lan. 3th. ]*Qg. I
Gen. Andrew Jackson, I
Sir l received your m.I
flructions, datedfhe 2d inltTl
agreeable thereto I delivcrcdl
your letter, addressed to geirl
ral Thomas johnfon, to cokl
nel Cheatham, and it was fur-1
watded to him immediatelJ
I arrived at Centerville on the!
4th infl. heard a report therel
that col. Burr had gone down*
the river with one thoufanfl
armed men ; arrived at ikl
mouth of Cumberland ri.rß
that evening, and made enqui-l
ry concerning col. Burr,
was informed that he kit ih;l
place on the 28'h of Deceinbtf J
1806, with ten boat, nf ditf;
ent descriptions, ha i (ixty nd H
on board, bui no apueatancß
of arms. I left there on ihH
sth inst. arid at rived 2t FaiH
Maffac that evening, dtlivcreß
your letter to capr. ILifc-l, anfl
received his answer; maa®
iome enquiries of him, tnfl
was informed that col. But®
had left that place on the 301)®
of December, 1805 with iei®
boats. He likewise informs
me that he had been on boari
the boats and leen no app ar
ance of arms or ammunition
On my return to the moutfco
Cumberland river, I was n
formed that three boats to
been flopped at
with a quantity of ammunitio?
There are about fifty menfta
tinned at the mouth of Cu
berlaud, under command
colonel Ramsey.
I remain with the high*
est esteem, vours,
JOHN MU Kb IT
Fort Majfac . Jan. sllh
Sir— l'his day per exp rt *
I had the honor to receive yu*
very imerelfing letter cfthe*
inlt. and shall pay due rcipd
to its contents. As yet
not received the President
proclamation alluded to, !l
have I received any
from the depart me.u oi
relative to the subject m jl,c ‘ ’
your letter.
There has not, to my
ledge, been any a Hem blags
men or boats,at this ot an) l y
place, u.iantiioi ifsd by
prelidency ; but iliouid a ™
thing of the kind make <t**l
pearance, which c tri .es wit
the lea It mark ol hilpi>- iun!
having illegal ‘
projects in view 7,
peace and order “■ e