senate of the united states on the roth ull mr brtcktnridge reported from the committee appointed on the subject the following ril r , erecting louisiana into two u • ■ itories if pre * foi toe temporary government thereof 11 i ■: was lead ard hissed to the second read ing be it enact i iy the senate ml house of re pre entatives of th united states of america in congress assembled thai all that portion of country ceded by i nee to the united states under the name of louisiana which lies sonth ofthe mississippi ti itory andol aneast and west line pissing . n the mls siasippi river ten miles north ofl ■ town of natchitoches to the western bou nl try ofthe said cession shall co titihe i - ifthe united states under the ame '■ territo ry of orleans j the govi ■ ol hall be organised and a 1 " iniiu illows : sec 3 the execi a all be ves ted in a govcrnoi ide in the said territory and hold hi ' ■ during the term of three years unle ion i remoi id by the p aid nt ofthe unit stales lie shall be r.o iv.i unle in t hief f the militia of the said territory ; s . ii have powi>r to grant pardons fo oil iccsagtinuihe said territory ant re prieves for those against the united stoles until the cisionofihe president ofthe u nited stales threon shall be made known ; be to appoint ind i nnmission all officers civil : it e . : lia whose appointments are not herein i lierwise provided for and which shall be established by law lie shall take care th it the laws be i'.titlifullv exei uted siv :;. ». secretary of the territory shall alsobeapp \ a who shall hold hinoffice during the term if four ears unless sooner removed bv the president of the u states whose duty i tail be under the direction of the govi rnor to record and preserve all tbe papers and proceedings of the executivi , and all tht icts of the governor and legislative council md transmit authentic copies ofthe proc :■ lings o the governor i-i his executive departm nt every six months to the presi dent ofthe um ••! states i.i case ofthe vacancy oflhe offi of governor the govern mentofthe said territorj shall devolve on the secretary si i . i i'he i ■ '■■' ' ce powers shall be ves ted in the governo n twenty-four of the u.osi fit and persons oi ihe terri tory tube call legislative council who shit i>c si lei i . miualiy by the governor from am nig t ■• • holding real estate there in and i '• ive resided one year at least . i territory and hold no office of the territory or the united stai tvern r by and with the ad vice awl tit of the legislative council or ofa h ■ i them shall have power to alter modify or repeal the laws which may be in force al the commencement of this net riieir legislative powers shall also extend to all the rightful subjects of legislation ; but na a ■• ' hall be valid which is inconsistent with the constitution of the united states with the laws of congress or whieh shall lay an ,.. ion under restraint burthen e>r disa bill i , i-ti account of his religious opinions declarations or worship ; iu all whicli he shall bi five io maintain his own and not bo bur liened for those of a oilier the go vernor snail publish throughout the saitl ter ritory all the laws which shall be made and shall fro .' time to time report the same io the president ufthe united states to be laid be fore congress | winch if disapproved of by cotigfess shall thenceforth be of no force the governor or legislative council shall have no power over the primary disposal ofthe oil nor lax the lands of the united slates nor io interfere with the claims to land within the said territory the governor shah eon vene prorogue and dissolve the legislative council whenever he may deem it expedi ent it shall be his duty to obtain all ihe in formation in his power iu relation to the customs habits and dispositions of the in habitants ofthe said territory and commu nicate the same from time to time to the president ofthe united states sec a the judicial lower slnll be ves te in a superior court and in such inferior courts and justices of the peace as the legis lature of the territory ma from time to time establish ihc judges of the superior court and the justices of the peace shall hold their offices for tbe term of years the aii perior court shall consistof three judges any one of whom shall constitute a court ; they shall have jurisdiction io all criminal cases and exclusive jurisdiction in all those which are capital ; and original and appellate juris diction in au civil cases ofthe value of one hunilred doners its mmiont shall com i.i in un the first monday of every month and continue till all the business depending before them slmil ue disposed of they shali appoint their own clerk in all criminal pr secutions wbich atre capital i he trie thai be by a jury ol twelve good and uwful nun ofthe vicinage | and ail cases criminat and civil tuesday dec 27 mr nicholson from the committee ap pointed to prepare urticles of impeachment against john pickering judge ofthe district court of the district of new-hampshire made a report of articles of impeachments 1 he articles were read and referred to a committee of the whole on thursday next thursday dec 29 the house went into committee of the whole — mr vacuum in the chaii-—-on the bill received from the senate to sell the general greene ami to make nn uddition to the navy ilr eustit moved an additional srclion allow ng rations to half pay officers subject to navy orders,provided they are not employ edotl board of merchant vessels or other wire engaged in uaniacling their personal a flairs this motion was supported by messrs fust is nicholson and clay : ami opposed by messrs macon bmille gregg and clai borne ; and on the question being taken va agreed to — ayes 50 — noes 44 mr macon moved to strike out the 2d sec tion ofthe bill which authorizes tbe presi dent in case the public exigency shall re quire it to cause to be built or ' purchased two small vessels ol war appropriating there for 50.000 dollars : this motion was supported by messrs macon smilie ind holland ; and opposed by messrs s.l mitchell nicholson and tes tis mv f'regg moved that the committee should rise m oilier lhat leave should be re fused them to sit again and that the bill should be committed to a committee appoint ed on naval affairs for the purpose ul obtain ing information the motion foi the rising ofthe committee was carried — ayes 5'j 44oes 8 — the house than gave ihe committee leave to sit again ayes til—noes i 5 during the debate ton the abnve subjefctv a message was received from the senate stating their final adherence io their aiscnd mints to the salary bill mr randolph from the committee tit conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses ton the amendments of the sc nate lo the salary bill made a report coneju ding with a resolution *' thai this house ad here to their disagreement to ihe amend ments of ihc senate the house immediately took up the re port mr nicholson moved to adjourn motion lost mr smilie moled to postpone the report till lo-morrow — motion lost a ves 17 the question was then taken by yeas and h lys on the report of the committee and arr',ed in the affirmative yeas 71 — naya ss the salary ihl.i is therefore lost monday jan 3 tha enrolled articles of impeach men t against john pickering were nail and signed by the speaker the house proceeded to elect by ballot eleven managers mr nicholson and mr r griswold tellers after several ballotinirs the following geh tlemen were declared 10 be electedt mr nicholson mr larly mr rodney mr j randolph mr £ us tis dr mitchell mr ti w campbell mr llliickledge mr ijdyle mr j clay mr newton ti ".-:;. •, jan r ihc house went inlo committee of tha whole mr j c smith in the chair on the bill making appropri itioa for ibe militaiy service lor the year i bin the bill being reported was immediately lakenupb the house and alter being amend ed was ordered to be cngnwied for a third reading to-morrow l)r mitchell after taking an interesting viewoi the heavy impositions imd on ameri can vessel entering british ports oflcrcd the following resolution i resolved thai the committee nf com merce and maiiufaciiirs be directed to en quire into the expediency of laying nnd col lecting a tonnage duty on foreign ships and vessels entering the port and harbours of the united stales as an equivalent for tho advantages such ships or vessels derive from the light-house they pass irlwardt and out wards and to report ihcii opinion thereon l.r bill or otherwisea onli nd to lie on the table mr leila offered the following rei lotion resolved lhat tbe secretary bf the navt do report tu this house a statement of su the inortiis advanced for the pav clothings subsistence and contingeitcies of tin corps 1 1 marines lrom ihe time of the organisation and establishment ol tbat corns tn the eloaq ofthe last year exhibiting ibe dates ei the advances and to whom made stsosfl ae ccuni standing generally under tach hc.d ul i n the superior court the trial shall be by a jury if either of the parlies require it 1 he inhabitants of the said territory shall be enti tled to the benefits of the m rit of habeas cor pus ; they shall be bailable milcss for capital offences where tht proof shall be evident or the presumption great ; and no cruel and un usual punishments theft fee inflicted sect 6 the laws in force at the com mencement of this sxt and not inconsistent with the preceding restrictions shall continue in force until altered modified or repelled by the legislature sect 7 the governor secretary judges and all gem vl officers ol the militia shall be appointed by the president of the united states in the ni ss ol the senate but shall be nominated at their next meeting for their advice and consent the governor secretary judges members ofthe legislative council justice ni the peace and al other officer civil,and of the militia before they enter up on the duties of tlieir respective ofticcs shall take an oath or affirmation to support the constitution of the united states and for the faithful discharge ofthe duties of their of fice,'the governar before the president of the united states or before a judge of ihe supreme or district court ofthe unitedstates the secretary jud res and members of the legislative council before the governor and all other ollicers before such persons as the governor shall dir ct the governor shall receive an annual salary of ik !:" ; the secretary of dollars i i ' ie judges of dollars each lo ik paid quarter yei i y cut of the revenues <.. i npobl and tonnage accruing within the i territory tin inembei s : the l-jislu tive count il bhall receive in compensation sect • i ■ rei i lu of the ] rovint a of ' ' ' ■■'■ ti tl .■ i niti tl slates shall remain ui lerthe in . n mie and form ■ i go vernment as iii .'.!■ fi re sa\e unly uiut tbe pjramotinl powers exercised by the former k iverni rsofthepr vincc shall now he trans icrred to a govi rn r to be appointed by the president ofthe unil id states and that the powers exercised by the commandant ol a post or district shall be hereafter vested ina civil officer to be appointed by the presi dent in the recess ofthe sonate but to be nominated at the next meeting thereof for their advice and consent ; under the orders of w!iic!i commandant the officers troops and militia nf his station shall be ; who incases where tin military have been used under ihe li •■• hqi't'ti i ire existing shall acl by written orders and not in person and who shall receive as a kill compensation the pay ra t ons ;. i ! emoluments allowed to a colonel in theut'ray ofthe united states acting at a separntu station the president efthe uni ted s'.i'.'.'s however may unite the districts ol two i>r more commandants of posts into one win re their proximity or ease of inter course vvill perm i without injury to the in h tbitants thereof the governer shall receive an annual salary of dollars pay able quarter-yearly at the treasurj of tiie l slate se t o the president of the united states is hereby authorised to stipulate with any indian tribes owning lands on the east side of the mississippi ami residing thercont for an exchange of lands the propert of the united states on the west side of the mis sissippi in cas tin said tribes shall remove and si tile thereon : but in tuch stipulation the s/.iid tribes shall acknowledge themselves to he under the protection oi the united states and shall agree that they will not bold any treaty with any lurcign power individual state or wiih the individuals ot any state or power ; and lhat they will not sell or dispose ofthe said lands or any part thereof to any fo ign power except the united states nor to the subjects or citizens of any other idve reign power nor totht citizens of the uni ted si.aes and in order to maintain peace and tranquility with the indiantribet who re side within the limits oi louisiana tt ceded by france tb the united states the at l ol i ongress pass d on the soth of march i bos - milled •' an act to regulate trade ami intercourse with the indian tribes and to 1 "'■ lerve peace on the frontiers ir hereby uxtehded to the territories erected and tstab lisbed by this net sec 10 ibis act shall be in force from tiie end of the present session ol congressa house op repftfasetotatlves ml od.iy dee 36a the house went into a committee of the whole — mr yarinnn in the chair — on the report of a select committee rejecting the expedlenc of i<*jjiihtinjf ihe laws journals and other documents the repot i enters much into detail and enforces the expediency oi re-printing the laws journals and other documents i but in consideration of the existing claims bn the treasury recommends that at present un edi tion of the laws only ihodld be re printed submitting a resolution that lo,0c0 copies should be printed under the direction of the secretary of stat the report was agreed to the house immediately took up the re pou agreed to t und appointed a commit tec lo in ing iu ft bill 9'tnti dolls r*k jts published weekly by a hall & s w c.ark — tuesday january m lao rot rm no 3cs prom a london paper commercial state of france extract of a letter 1 from paris '• you can form no idea of the distress of the mercantile part of this nation ; all confi dence is ui an end and nil tpcculationa are at a stand ; no man gites another credit for week and no capitalist dares io trust his mo ney out of hia hands here anal nl bour deaux bayone marseilles lyons nantes l'orient havre st malo and rouen no less than nine hundred and sixty-five bank rttpts or stoppage of payments have taken place within these last five months and of fif two banking-houses in this city only five en itinue to do honour to their nfloirs the | < i ■, to this ruin of our trade and of our mer j clianu is the peace which the deceitful po licy of buonaparte concluded and the war '• which his treacherous ambition provoked — during the former part of the revolution i many of onr rich merchants had emigrated i or saved their fortunes in foreign funds ; the peace recalled the fugitives and with 5 them their capitals the latter were imme diately employed in distant speculations par ticularly to st domingo und the other west-india islands — but before 1 any reiurns could be received by le clerc's tyranny st domingo was lost ; and what had escaped thu plunder of the negroes and the req iisi tion and pillage ofthe consular generals id commissaries has been captured by english cruisers codec sugar and other colonial '■ productions ol which we btaud in so great need we obtain from trieste on the a iii iut ic sea and from lube c oil the baltic whence they are brought in british vessels judge \ therefore what the dearncss must be here when what we pay for the freight land car riage c often amounts to seven eighths of the original price in euglan i and of the un just and impolitic conduct of our government i ; which contrary to treaties and to what it has done during former wars prevents alldi j rect intercourse with englund by ours and other neutral ships '• money isso scarce that upon patrimoni ; j r.i estates the interest is two aud u half per jj cent in the month and upon national pro perty four and upwards ; und no money is lent for longer ti in three months when new sacrifices must be made to have the loan continued except bills accepted by fiveof || four ba ik ng-houses there is no possibility to . j get any discounted ; and fof those of short elates two percent is paid in three decades y iu may perhaps think i exaggerate our situ t tion because our funds are kept up ; but the military despotism rules as much our ex change and our mercantile transactions as those of the cabinet of the forum and of the fielda you have heard that many persons by in rigues plunder and crimes have made im i mense fortunes since the revolution as na tion d deputies army commissaries contrac tors lac 8cc when the war began they were ordered under pain ol having heir for mer conduct and accounts revised i • out their capitals in our funds and to n.i.u their fixed interests as lone as the govern ment judges proper and noi to sell i b sfore the government permits ; and such isthe se vere inspection over the stock transactions that when lately the famous navy contrac tor oudouard who has 18 millions oi liyros in the live per cents lately sold out 609,01 ' livres he was immediately sent to tbe tem ple ; and only escaped transportation to lay en ne by dividing some of his millions with lucien and somo other members ofthe con sular family " the commercial chambers whieh the va | nity ol the consul lately established in our i principal cities have presented upwards of 1500 memorial to the minister chaptul wilh complaints and demands of succours but when he laid some of them before tbe l''irst ( onsul he nil with such rebuke that he do ! mantled to resign his place amongst other severe things buonapa.te saiil that if ih<t merchants did not cease to torment him with j their representations he would be forced to - regulate a maximum : or by the bayonet i lence la cana ite marchande '♦ upwards of 600 merchants clerks here are without bread surle paves who from ne cessity will join our armies as volunteers in ', the manner as several hundreds of them at ! bourdcaux marseilles nantes and otlter j places have already entered on hoard priva teers or gun-boats when such is our situ t tion after n war of only five months 1 trem hie to think how greal our wretchedness must , be should hostilities continue twelve months ' longer the merehonts in italy holland and swit zerland think themselves worse oil than we arc here ; because requisition and contribii : bution increase and are augroeoted in pro portion u their trade or industry ia harrassed pi o t ribed or annihilated mr "#& e.*a sss — as rude health partakes too much bf the country ami of course is not very pleating lothe people of taste • ib'sliiti young fc ll . .. acq uireaby b.is midnight vigils a pallid j me '," visage which generally denotes an ini nati knowledge of thetown port-polio wilmington gazette congress