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man was dead and that my attempts were fruitless. The attendants began to defpair, but I affured them that they would perceive their error. They renewed the plan and threw the water with greater force, and more frequently, than before, which foon produced a fight hiccough-This having ftruck them LIKE A RESURRECTION, the noife thereof was foon fpread throughout the manfion, and feveral perfons of diftinction ran to the place; I ordered the adminiftration of cold water to be continued in their prefence, frequently, and by glafsfuls. The hiccoughs became ftronger and more frequent, and I perceived that' the teeth began to relax. I introduced li quoris cylinders between the teeth, fixing again and we foon perceived the efforts of the air attempting to enter the cheft, and of the cheft endeavoring to diflend and contract itfelf.-SPANISH SNUFF was blown into the noftrils without this effect; but he moved his head, and his hands as if he wished to raise them to his nofe. This gave the highest fatisfaction to the company.

The projection of water was continued with vigor, and the frequency of the hiccoughs increafed proportionably. This remedy excited a flight vomiting. I had already spent three complete hours; and had advanced no farther than to the fymptoms mentioned above: but they portend. ed a perfect cure.

The continuance of this fimple remedy at length procured a vomiting of frothy mat

The body began to be agitated, all the members, particularly the fingers and toes became violently contra&ted.-In a word HE UTTERED A CRY. I and I and my Affiftants redoubled the projection of the water, which produced a treh difcharge, with new attempts to refpire.-I was perfuaded, by the most urgent entreaties, to convey the patient from the open court, where we all experienced the fevereft cold, into a warmer place. At first I oppofed their entreaties, but was at length obliged to yield to the request of his relations. He was conveyed into the kitchen; but what I had feared and predicted came to pa's. The patient relapled into his former ftate of infenfibility. We were obliged to open the windows and doors, to obtaik the greateft degree of cold poffible, and renewed the projection of water. Three hours more were employed, and about nine o'clock in the evening the fubje&t began to cry out with violence, and was feized with a univerfal trembling. I now ordered him to be put to bed.

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I vifited him again, and found him fenfible, but his belly was diftended, and fhiverings at intervals. I ordered a glyfter, a ptifan, and alfo the vulnerary mixture, with the liquor mineralis Hoffmanni. Thefe medicines having appeafed the latter

fymptoms, I learned the next morning that he had paffed a good night. The pulfe was become more regular, the fhiverings and pain in the head less, and there only remained a fenfation of fatigue, and a fmall diftention of the abdomen.

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In detailing the proceedings of our National Legislature, we shall aim at brevity and impartiality. We shall depend principally upon notes taken by one of the editors of the Gazette of the United States, who resides at the seat of government, during the sitting of Congress. His manner of reporting is correct, concise, ingenious, and frequently amusing. We shall often be obliged to give his minutes in abstract-but we shall endeavor to preserve the substance.

Congress was to have met on Monday, the 6th of December, but some of the members were so dilatory, that no quorum was formed in the Senate until the Monday following. We are sorry to find that the same men whose mouths are always full of fine stories about economy, should prove so regardless of the interests of their constituents, as to subject them to an expence of some thousands of dollars, by neglect of duty. Previous to the. forming of a quorum in the Senate, no business of consequence was transacted in the House of Representatives: we, therefore, commence with the following:

Monday, December 13.

A quorum was formed in the Senate, feventeen members having appeared and taken their feats. The Vice-Prefident not being prefent, it became neceflary to chufe a prefident of Senate pro tem. Mr. Bradley, of Vermont, and Mr. Tracy, of Connecticut, were the candidates. There There were nine democrats and eight federalifts prefent. They balloted feveral times, but

no choice was made; as neither candidate voted for himself, and it required nine votes to make a majority of the whole.

Tuesday, December 14.

Mr. Bradley was chofen Prefident pro tem. of the Senate. A joint committee of the two houses confifting of Meffrs. Wright and Theodore Fofter from the Senate, and Meffrs. Dawfon, Lowndes and Van Nefs from the Houfe of Reprefentatives, was appointed to wait on the Prefident and inform him that they were

ready to receive any communication which he might think proper to make. The committee immediately waited upon the Prefident, and Mr. Dawfon reported to the houfe that the Prefident would, on the next day, make a communication to Congrefs, by meage.

[It is to be hoped that the Vice-President will hasten to his post, as his place is probably but indifferently supplied by Mr. Bradley.]

Wednesday, December 15.

At 12 o'clock the meffage of the Prefident to both houfes was delivered and read. In the House of Reprefentatives, the meffage, with the communications accompanying it, were ordered to be committed to a committee of the whole house on the state of the union. The Rev. Mr. Gaunt was appointed chaplain of the Senate, and the Rev. Mr. Parkinson of the House of Reprefentatives.-It is a curious fact, that Thomas Paine had one vote for chaplain.

Thurfday, December 16.

Mr. Dawfon moved, in the Houfe of Reprefentatives that the house refolve itself into a committee of the whole on the ftate of the union, for the purpose of taking into confideration the Prefident's Meflage.

Mr. Grifwold objected, as the meffage, with the documents accompanying it, which had been ordered to be printed, were not yet laid upon their tables; and it would be improper to go into a confideration of the mellage before the members had an opportunity of examining it. Queftion taken upon Mr. Dawfon's mo tion, and loft.

A letter from the fecretary of the treafury, covering a report of the receipts and expenditures of government for the cur rent year, and an eflimate of the amount of appropriations neceflary for the year 1803, was read by the fpeaker, and the whole ordered to be referred to the committee of ways and means, and to be printed for the ufe of the members.

Gen. S. SMITH moved, that the houfe refolve itself into a committee of the whole on the flate of the union for the purpose of taking into confideration the prefident's melage. H faid that though the meffage had not yet been printed in the pamphlet form, many copies had been printed upon fingle fheets, one of which he then held in his hand, and he prefumed that any genleman might procure them.

Mr. Grifwold faid the houfe had juft determined not to go into that bufinefs at prefent, and he thought it extraordinary that an gentleman fhould urge it. It had never been customary, he faid, to act upon a business of that kind without giving

members an opportunity of examining it. He therefore hoped the gentlemen would withdraw his motion, and allow time for the members to be furnished copies of the meffage and to confider it.

Mr. Smith declared that he could not withdraw the motion.

Queftion taken, and loft.

Friday, December 17.

Mr. Dawson moved that the house refolve itself into a committee of the whole on the state of the union for the purpose of taking into confideration the Prefident's meffage. The motion being agreed to, the house went into a committee, Mr. John C. Smith in the chair.

Dr. Dawson moved the following refolutions :

Refolved, That in the opinion of this committee, fo much of the Prefident's meffage as relates to our navigation and the protection of our commerce, ought to be referred to the committee of commerce and manufactures.

Refolved, That in the opinion of this committee, fo much of the Prefident's. meffage as relates to our finances ought to be referred to the committee of Ways and Means.

Refolved, That in the opinion of this committee, fo much of the President's mef. fage as relates to our concerns with the Indian tribes, and the establishment of new fettlements ought to be referred to a select

committee.

Refolved, That in the opinion. of this committee, fo much of the President's meffage as relates to navy yards and the build. ing of docks ought tb be referred to a felect committee.

The firft refolution being under confideration, it was objected to by Mr. Dana, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Nicholfon, and Mr. Grifwold as too general and indefinite, and as embracing vaftly more than could be accomplished by the committee of Commerce and Manufactures, The mover was requefted to alter his refolution in fuch a manner as to render it more fpecific. This he declined.

Mr. Dennis then moved to amend the refolution by striking out the words, "our navigation and the protection of our commerce," and by inferting the words, difcriminating and countervailing duties, and the act of the British Parliament upon that fubject.

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Mr. Dawlon objected to the amend

ment.

Mr. Rutledge fupported it. He faid that all business relative to the protection of our commerce, generally, had hitherto been uniformly referred to a naval committee.

Mr. Mitchell advocated the amendment and read two refolutions which he faid he

fhould offer for the purpose of rendering the references more fpecific in cafe the amendment then under confideration fhould obtain.

The queftion was taken upon the amendment and carried, Mr. Dawson voting against it.

The other three refolutions were adopted.

Mr. Mitchell moved the following refolution:

Refolved, that in the opinion of this committee, fo much of the prefident's meffage as relates to the providing for the return of American feamen discharged in foreign ports, and left abroad, ought to be referred to the committee of commerce and manufactures.

Mr. Griswold wifhed to vary the motion, fo as to make the reference to a select committee. Mr. Mitchell confented to vary, and the refolution was agreed to.

Mr. Mitchell then moved a refolution in the following words.

Refolved, that in the opinion of this committee, fo much of the prefident's meffage as relates to our warfare with Tripoli, and our relation with the other Barbary powers, ought to be referred to the committee of commerce and manufactures.

Mr. Dawson wifhed it more general, and faid if it fhould not be agreed to, he would offer another in its ftead.

Mr. Nicholson wifhed the reference might be made to a felect committee. Mr. Mitchell confented, and the refolution was adopted.

Mr. Varnum offered the following ref folution, which was adopted.

Refolved, that in the opinion of this committee, fo much of the prefident's meffage as relates to the militia inftitutions of the United States, ought to be referred to a felect committee.

Mr. Grifwold faid he obferved, among other measures recommended by the prefident, that of foftering the fisheries of the United States. He thought the fubject a very important one, and was glad to find it mentioned in the meffage of the prefi den'. He then moved the following ref olution, which was adopted.

Refolved, that in the opinion of this committee, fo much of the prefident's mef fage as relates to foftering the fisheries of the United States ought to be referred to a felect committee.

The committee then rofe and Mr. Smith reported the refolution to the houfe. The refolutions being confidered in the house, were agreed to and committees were appointed accordingly.

Mr. Randolph rofe and made fome remarks upon the prefent fituation of the navigation of the Miffiffippi. He then moved the following refolution which was adopted without oppofition.

Refolved, that the Prefident of the Uni

ted States be requested to caufe to be laid before this houfe fuch information in poffeffion of the department of ftate as relates to the violation, on the part of Spain, of the twenty fecond article of the treaty of friendship, limits and navigation between the United States and the king of Spain.

He then moved a refolution, which was adopted, That the committee of Ways and Means be inftructed to enquire whether any and what alteration is neceffary in the laws impofing duties on impoft and tonnage and goods imported into the United States.

He also moved another refolution, That fo much of two several acts of Congress as relates to the establishment of a MINT ought to be repealed.-Ordered to be committed to a committee of the whole houfe and made the order of the day for Monday next.

Houfe adjourned to Monday.

Hudson, January 4, 1803.

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On the 22nd December, in the house of Representatives, a message was received from the President of the United States by Mr. Lewis, his Secretary, imparting to the house the information requested respecting the violation on the part of Spain of the treaty between the United States and that nation.

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"Gentlemen of the House of Representatives,

"I now transmit a report from the Secretary of State, with the information requested in your resolution of the 17th instant.

"In making this communication, I deem it proper to observe, that I was led by the regard due to the rights and interests of the United States, and to the just sensibility of the portion of our fellow.citizens, niore immediately affected by the irregular proceeding at New-Orleans, to lose not a moment in causing every step to be taken which the occasion claimed from me : being equally aware of the obligation to maintain, in all cases, the rights of the nation, and to employ, for that purpose, these just and honorable means which belong to the character of the United States.

"Dec. 22, 1802."

"TH: JEFFERSON.

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JOHN PAGE, Esq is elected Governor of Virgin ia. There seems to be but one opinion concerning this gentleman. All parties speak of him in terms of approbation.

JAMES TURNER, Esq. a democrat, is elected Governor of North Carolina, in place of the late Governor ASHE, deceased.

Mr. RICHARDSON is elected Governor of SouthCarolina; and PIERGE BUTLER, Senator of the United States, in the room of Mr. CALHOUN, dcceased.

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DUELLING.

No. II.

T is not uncommon in the hiery of nations, that moral fentiment becomes corrupted and flagitious and even inhuman practices fpring up and acquire repute, from caufes which operate fo fecretly, that they are fcarcely perceived till, they have completely wrought their pernicious ef fects. It is from fuch unregarded, but powerful caufes, that the inhuman prac. tice of duelling, trampling upon law, religion and every facred tie, has, in latter years, prevailed and ftill increafes in this country.

In confequence of the publication of the letters of the Earl of Chesterfield to

after their first publication, had a general
circulation in this country. They were
fought and read with avidity, particularly
by young men whofe circumftances or
ambition enkindled in their minds an ar-
dent defire to fhine in the gay and fashion-
able circles. Supplanting the chriftian
faith, they became a kind of facred creed,
among the youth of fortune and a
fashionable taste. Moral and religious
principle was made to yield to a system of
mean duplicity, mifcalled the graces;"
and the meretricious varnish of the exterior
was purchased at the awful expence of
corrupted heart. If Philip Dormer Stan-
hope, Earl of Chesterfield, like Boling-
broke and Hume, had made a direct at-
tack upon the chriftian religion, its effects
would have been much less pernicious than

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lowing words.
but two alternatives for a gentleman;
extreme politeness, or the fword. If a
man openly and defignedly affront you,
call him out."-This murderous leffon
forms a part of our fchool-inftruction.-
It has been read by thoufands, and per-
haps by hundreds of thoufands of children
and youth in the American fchools. It
feems to have been inculcated upon them
as a facred duty, or, at least, as an indif-
penfible requifite to an honorable ftanding
in fociety. And what must have been the
mural ffects ?—Boys of fpirit, and espe-
cially fuch as belong to diftinguished fam-
ilies, with to arrive to the rank of gentle-
men; which implies, as they have been
exprefsly taught, a promptnefs to chal-

"Remember there are

thofe which have flowed from his paternalenge to a duel, in cafe of any designed af

leflons. In imparting advice to his fon,
-a fun too who seemed to engross his af-
fections, he fapped the foundations of all
pure morality, erected a varnished fabric
of diffimulation and grofs hypocrify, and
taught young men to become feducers,

cheats and villains.

A general review of Chesterfield's fysA general review of Chefterfield's fyftem does not, however, belong to this fubject; which leads me only to mention the credit and honour which his authori

his fon, a new standard of morals, among
the fashionable ranks in fociety, feems to
have been established. The eafe and ele.
gance of ftyle in which thofe letters were
written, together with their many judiciousty has attached to duelling and forry I
as well as witty remarks on men and man-
am that a melancholy evidence of this is
ners, have difguifed and fweetened the found in a fchool-book, which is general-
deadly poifon that they contain: and, at ly excellent, and is, I believe, in common
the fame time, the exalted rank of the wri-
use over the United States. In "the
ter, his brilliant talents as a ftatelman and Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor,"
his extenfive fame as the moft polished no.
among other felections from Chesterfield,
bleman in England, gave them the force
of which several are highly cenfurable, a
of law, under the empire of the potent challenge to a duel, under certain circum-
queen, called Fashion. Thefe letters, foonftances, is pofitively enjoined, in the fol-

front. Under this impreffion, they grow up to the ftate of manhood. Hafty in their tempers, rash and precipitate in their conduct, as is ufual with youth, who, while they have a flow of animal spirits, are entirely deftitute of experience; dreading alfo, above all things, degradation and contempt, and panting for honour, they meet with a real or fuppofed arffont: and what must they do in this cafe B-If the affront be not of fuch a nature that they can pafs it off with " extreme politenefs," they muft either challenge to a decifion by the fword, or elfe forfeit forever the character of gentlemen.

Now is it ftrange, that, under these eircumstances, duels have become common in our land? Is it ftrange that some, in latter years, even before they were out of their teens have fought duels, and have fallen in fuch bloody affrays ?-No, my countrymen when it is confidered that

the neceffity of duelling is one of the lef. fons in our fchools; and that it is there inculcated as a facred duty of a man of honour, the prevalence ceafes to be a matter of wonder.

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Political.

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We pass over the second, third and fourth numbers of the Examination, for the purpose of laying before our readers, as early as possible, that part of the subject which appears more immediately interesting.]

FROM THE N. Y. EVENING POST:

REMARKS ON THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.

NUMBER 5.

LOUISIANA forms the next topic of the Meffage, worthy particular notice. Our Chiel Magiftrate fpeaks in the following manner of the most important event, as refpects the United States, which has happen. ed fince the breaking out of the French rev. olution: "The ceffion of the Spanish province of Louiliana to France, which took place in the courfe of the fate war, will, if carried into effect, make a change in the afpect of our foreign relations, which will doubtlefs have just weight in any deliberations of the Legiflature connected with that subject.”

It is granted that it would not have beea becoming the office of the Prefident of the United States to have announced this event in violent and angry language; yet, we furely had a right to expect from him that he would have prefented fome precife ideas to the Legiflature on the fubject, expreffed in a tone of dignity and firmnefs. Inftead of this, he merely informs them of the circumftance as an affair which might, if carried into effect, make a change in the afpect of our foreign relations. "Out of a hundred readers, not five, it may fafely be afferted, would be able to affix any definite meaning to thele words. An explanation therefore may not be unfatiffactory.

Every perfon in this country knows that Mr Jefferfon has heretofore been ftrongly inclined to the most intimate and friendly connection with France and to hold perpetually a frowning afpect towards England; that, as to the former his maxim has been All for love and the world well loft, while against the latter, he has not been above harboring the moft illiberal and

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violent hatred. Now, however, fince all
his advances have been but coldly received
by France, his "amities" flighted, and the
ardors of his paffion have met with only
neglect and difdain; in fhort, fince the fair
object of his affections has fhown her felf,
in the ftrong language of the poet, a down-
right ftabbing ftrumpet," he turns foftly
round and in the file of coquetry, begins
an amorous dalliance with England. Our
afpect towards England must be changed!
Inftead of frowns and fulkinefs, we are to
ogle and leer at her with all the artifice of
well painted paflion. Such is the meaning
of the above phrafe, rather hinted than
expreffed; it is, I take it, the firft ftep of a
gentle wooer. And, without intending
any thing derogatory to the modefly of the
lady, we fufpect he will find her "nothing||
loth."

1779 Spain, having taken part in our revolution war, attacked and difpoffeffed the English of their pofts on the Miffiflippi which the retained till the peace, and then by the definitive treaty in 1783 with Great-Britain, fhe obtained the ceflion of the Floridas; of which the ftill retains poffeflion.

The next thing we heard of from Spain. was a claim fhe fet up to the exclufive navigation of the Mifliffippi; which the attempted to enforce by actually feizing the property of feveral of our citizens when defcending the ftream. In the year 1795 an inhabitant of the weftern country, fent a boat down the river with furs & other property to the amount of about 40,000 dollars which was all feized at NewOrleans. This produced a memorial from the own. er to Mr. Jay, our minifter at that time at To drop the perfonification for the fake the Court of Spain. The State of Northof fpeaking in a plainer ftyle, we will fay Carolina drew up a remonftrance to Conwithout hefitation, that Great- Britian cangrefs on the fubject of a fimilar violence not view with indifference the colonization practifed on one of the citizens of that of Louisiana by the French, and that the State; and it is believed that Virginia alfo flands ready at this moment to co-operate inftructed her reprefentatives on the fame with the American administration in prepoint. In fhort the conduct of Spain venting an event which theforefees will ul- caufed a pretty frong fenfation throughout timately prove lo extremly detrimental to the United States. The exclufivé ufe of her as well as to us. If we are careless of the river was a favorite point with her our Miffiffippi territory, fhe is not of her statesmen, and it was faid that the propofed, Jamaica and the rest of her Weft- India ifl-though in rather a fecret manner, to allow ands, and the perceives they would never us certain commercial advantages and to be out of jeopardy if once the French beftand our friend with the Barbary powers came powerful in the Floridas; more efpe- if we would fay nothing about her exclucially if they fhould fucceed in conquering five navigation of the Miffiffippi for twenSt. Domingo, retarded at prefent by nothty-five years. And there were not wanting ing but a want of money. certain perfons from the fouthern flutes who were much inclined to listen to the propofition. We fhall here mention a fact not unworthy repetition at this time.

Since we are on this fubject, now become fo interefting to the people of this country, it may be expected that we fhould treat it fomewhat in detail.

Louifiana was difcovered by the Spaniards in the fixteenth century, but firft taken poffeffion of by Louis 14th of France. By the treaty of Paris, made in 1763 between Great Britain, France and Spain, the former obtained a ceffion of the Floridas, and a free navigation of the Miffiffip. pi; defined by a line drawn along the fource to the river Iberville, and from middle of the river Miflilippi from its thence by a line drawn along the middle of Ponchartrain to the fea: befides the river this river and the lakes Maurepas and and port of the Mobile, and all other poffeffions of the latter, on the left fide of the Miffiffippi, except the town of New-Orleans, and the island in which it is fituated, which was to remain to France, provided that the navigation of the Miffiffippi was to be equally free as well to fubjects of GreatBritain as to thofe of France, in its whole breadth and length from the fource to the breadth and length from the fource to the fea, and exprefsly that part which is between the ifland of New Orleans and the right bank of that river, as well as the paffage both in and out of its mouth.

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During our revolutionary war, there was in Congrefs a Southern Faction, quite enough difpofed to facrifice our Weltern interefts, without any real neceffity for it, and they had fufficient influence to get a refolution actually paffed, authorifing our minifter then at the Court of Madrid, Mr. Jay, to accommodate to the views of Spain and the Miffiffippi, as the confideration of was communicated to Mr. Jay in a letter, her yielding to our independence. This but that great and upright ftate fman faw the meafure, and very wifely omitted to make confequences which must refult from this ufe of the power thus confided to him.The letter which he wrote back exprefling his fentiments on the fubject, opened the eyes of fome who had not been fufficiently aware of its importance; the queftion was reconfidered, fome of the Southern members joined the Northern, and the This is ftated on power was revoked. good authority, but as it is here given from recollection alone, it can only be afferted to be fubftantially correct.

At length in 1793, a treaty of Friendfhip, Limits and Navigation was formed

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