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ls Reifis rrpy hstt betn tamp ted on that fteeoi to tu the of a new coalition. poweri of the north of Europe fliould have for.rrd fourth coalition we ftioufd not be at all furpiifrd to of their fending an offer to general Moreau to Uke the comrmnd. in Louisiana sftume a more pacific afpeft tltr Spiniarde have declared they will rot advance, at-d gerrral Wilkinfon lias determined not to at. tack them, pending the negotiations carrying on in Europe. Whi'e we are negrciating with Spain for Flori- srd with Englard for juftice JBontpsrte appears to be feconding the negotiation iorU.

S. at London and Mr. Merry the Britifh ambaffador is about to re urn to Europe in fober fadneft--but no one can fay he is neither merry nor The movements cf Mr. Burr, whether from real or imaginary caufes, have excited confidera. hie inrereft the following eflay contains feveral ctrcon ftances which feem to gite additional weight to the rumours in From ihe Scioto Gazette.

The afpeft of the affairs in the Weflern Country and Col. Burr's late v.fit. liberty alone gives the flow'r Of deeunglife i and perfume And we are weeds without it. All conftraict, Except a wifdom lays on evil men, Is evil'; the faculties, impedes Their progrefs in the road of Icience bliods The eyehght of difcovery and begets Beftial, a meagre intellect, unfit be the tenant of man's noble Tho prcfrnt adminiftration has been one of tbofe, that has given fplcndor to the United States, dignity to the national character, and acquired a vaft extent of territory to its dominions, without conqueft. The acquisition of the Louifiana country has been a diamond in the prefent tion, which will grow brighter and more briili.

ant, as time advances it will be recorded in hif" tory as the moft important epochof Mr. Jeffer- Ion's administration it will add to the luftre that will (hine to the la'eft pofterity, and will be in- fcribed on the memory of CTerv tiue Ametican, to the lateft petiod. The Louifiana countiy was acquired at a time, when it was impofiible for the poflcffors to hold it much longer ard France, dieadirg the confe- quences, took the earlieft fleps to difpofe of it to the beft advantage. And lince we have been put -in the pclTeuTion of it, we have drawn upon our. fches ihe jea'oufy of all Europe.

Viewed with an envious eye is our rapid progrefs towards wealth and power, unentangled with national warfare, enjoying ihe UHalienable rights of neutrality, and making the greateft fttidcs towards agriculture extending cur commerce. The late expedition cf captains Lewis and Clark, vill reflca en Mr. Jeffer fan a ray that befpeaks the man, uhofe penetrating genius has reached to ihe utmcft of human coitepiion, and unfold to the stftomfced world, vaft, extcnfive and heretofore unexplored regions. His radiance will now fpar- tie, and confound thofe rueful beings, who fnig. gercd at the experiment as a thing next to impoffi.

bWty i while c-ptains Lewis and Clarke, with their nobU company, will receive the general ap. plaufe, and be rewarded with the tbankt of a grateful country. Many perfons have cenfured Mr. Jefferfon for appointing general Wilkinfon, in addition to the office of commander in chief of the American ar. tnies, governor of upper Louifiana.

But if thofe perfons were acquainted with the circumftances receding the appointment, they would willingly erafe that cenfure from ihe lift, which has been Jo unjuflly laid to bis charge. And if cenfure can be attached to Mr. Jrffcilon on that fcore, it will be for not taking the earlieft opportunity to arreft Or remove from office a man fo much abhorred by many of the American citizens, as gen. Wilkin- fon i a mm io ftrongly fufpeded of being on good under Harding with the enemy now approaching out territories; ard a man lufpeQed of being engaged in a plan the rood hoftile towards the peace and happireft of the United States. Mr.

on being by a reprefenta- tive IB congreU from the ftate of Kentucky, a gentleman of the higheft his re.foo lor appointing general Wilkinfon governor of Upper Liiuifiana, that aa 10 his knowlege he knew of general VVilkiofoo, but that been high recommended io hiw, bv gen. tie men whom rc cor.fideied his warmrft friends, and whcra he placed the moft implicit cor.fi. dence, and iclyJrs on the integrity of gen. ileawn a fe hi making thoippoinunent, or to that Here wt may naturally draw a conclufioo, via, gen, Wilkinfon had been tampering with men of high (landing, and in ills confidence of the prefidcnt, and having ingratiated himfelf into thejr the prefidem, through their folJcitaii. ons and recommendations, had appointed him to the office of Io a former number we touched on the inconve, nience irut the executive department labored un.

dsr, with refpeft to any difodvantages attending the iveftern ftatesand the territories, in confequence cf their remote fitustion, ana in lime to remedy the evil--For the moft abandoned profligate will always a party ready to counteract any change, and evade the moft prompt meafures taken to bring him to a proper fcnfe of his duty. From thele circumftances it is rendered extremely difficult for the executive of the United States to be properly informed refpeaing luclT things. Since the death of the illullrious Wayne, that geneiaJ who firft taught favage nature obedience to a fuperior power, and fince Wilkinfon has been appointed commander in chief of the American forces, the fubalterns have generally been cho- fen by him, and of that clafs of men who look up to him for proteaion--mere creatures of his wi and fubfervienttohis command who cling about him for promotion. Yet it is belieted there are fome in the lervice, who are worthy the offices they fill; whofe breaftsglow with patriotic fenfations, and being acquainted with the defigning, intriguing charader of their general, refufc to be led by the nofe. we took leave of col BJIT in our laft number, we left him, as we fuppoled, proceeding on from Frankfort to fee general Wilkinfon.

On leaving Frankfort, he vifited col. Charles Lynch, of Sheihy county, who ii conneftsd with baron P. N. Tot Baftrop, a man who, not long fi-ce, removed from Kentucky to the Louifiana country. Baftrop contracted with the Spmifti govern- msnt previous to rhe ccffion of to Ame.

rica, for about two hundred families at or near Natchitoches, for which he was to receive land to tha amount of thiny miles fq-jare. never complied i hiscontracl. He -herefore made Lycch intcr.efted in a conGderable amount, who will, probably, i ths American govern, meat out of a part of the land held by Baftrop under the whic'i was never compiled on his part. With col. Lynch col.

Burr fpent feveral days, and ihm proceeded to LouifviUe, and report fays he drew from mcrcan. i i different in Kentucky, about two hundred tbouf4nc dollars. We hate good an. thority for faying, that he from a houfe in Louiffille, of the fitm of Meffrs. Prather Smi- Icy, very confiderable fums.

How col. Burr fhould become pofleffed of fuch large fums of money, caniiot be accoonted for It is generally undcrftood that he is a baukrupt, fupported chiefly by Alfton, his for-in-Iaw, who a few weeks ago, together with his wife, defcend- edthe Ohio, and are probably on their wav to Kentucky, as their attendants and cavalry paHcd through Chillicot be. We cannot afcertain, certainly, whether col. Burr went on to St. Louis or fort Adams in perfon, but it has been reported that he difpatched a mef.

fenger, who probably was the bearer of fecret com munications between them. Nor have wa beea abie to learn the refult of the teturn of col Burr'. Meflenger to Wiikinfon, or wberher col. Burr a purfued his journey either to Fort Adams or St. Louis but the iateft accounts we have of him, are from NaOiville, where he was not long fince.

It has been repor rcd by fome, that colonel Burr will return to Chillicotha in a few days, on his way to PinlbiVg, to meet Comfort Tyler and his retinue. If this fecret and mifterioos plan is not hoftile towarda the general goternmenr, why is the veil of my ftery thrown over the whole of theft tranfadions Why are thofe fecret agreements entered into at Frankfort and St. Louis, not made known Why thofo fecret of mell-ngers from one part of the country to another Why ihofe precaution fteps to impofe on the crriiulify of othere Why are ihofe lecret letters to the different aflbciates, and in facl, why do we fee their agents and tools at work all over the weftero country, founding the minds of the people a few mere weeks and the doors cl this nefarious plot will he thrown open. You will then believe what has been advanced on this fubjeft to be true Too will then difcover, in their larking holes, the traitors of joor country You will then behold them wreihing under fcourge and laCi of the indignation of an enraged people and fellow cirizens, you mav then rejoice tr: your fafe delivery from a plot fo deeply Uid to enirap and lever oufroot your Atlantic biethren. Lo, he comes! omnipotent magicisn appears.

He may enjoy the advantages ff the north, And anguifh till time fliall have traneiormM Thofe mkrd to a (heU'i 'n io the laft poor item his wealth, He fight, and Itsvai tha aceonpl plan, That he has toorh'cf, retouch'd mtny a long da Laboured, and many a night pnrfued in dreams. Juft whtn it meets his hopes, A proves Ha wanted for a wealthier to enjoy THE FRANKFORT, (Kentucky) Oaober We congratulate the public at large particulai friends of Meflra Lewis and Clark an their enterprifing companions, on the happy te i mmation of an expedition, which will doubtlefs be produfcive of incalculable commercial a a tages to the wcftein country, at no very dtftan" KT k- lmprotd our knowlcge thole hitherto unexplored regions and affift th government of the nuion in eftfmating the t.ue lue of thofe boundaries which we claim by the pur chafe of Louifiana. Whatever differences of opt nion may exift on ihi. point, we re perfu.ded al i and feel al.ke ou the courage, perfeveranc and deportment difplayed by th'-s ad-en turous party. They are entitled to, and will'rel ceive the a i a of their countrymen.

13y the mail of i morning, we have received from an oblidgtng friend, the following lerter from captain Clark i his brother, general Clark near LouilriHe Captain Clark did not perhaps intend it for publication but to gratify in fume meat ore. the impatient wifties of his countrymen, the ge nerd was prevailed upon to permit hi appearancV in our paper of y. rr St. Louis, sod Dear Brother, We arrived at this place at 12 o'clock to-day, from the Pacific ocean, where we during winter, nrar the entrance of xColambian river. This fta ion we left on the a 7 th of March laft, and foould have reached St.

Louie early Auguft, had we nor been detained by the, which barred oor paffrge acrofs the rocky moomains until the a 4 of June. In returning thole mountains we divided ourfelveain- to feveral digreffing from the route, by which we went out, in order the more effectually explore he country, and difcover the mottprac- t'CAblc rou'e which does exift acrofs the continent by the way of the Miffouri and Columbia Rivers this we were comp'e-ely and have, therefore no in declaring, that fuch aa nature has perroiited, we have difcovered the beft Route which acrois the continent of N. America in that direaion. "Such is that by way of the Miiburi the foot of the Rapids below the Great that River, a diftance of S7 miles, thence by land paffiug by the Rocky motn. taina, ta a navigable part of the Koofkooflce and with the Koi-fltooflte 73 miles, Lewis's River If4, and the Columbia 413 miles to the Pacific a 1' the toul a the conHuence of the Miflouri and Miffiffippi to the difcharge of the Columbia into the Pacific Ocean.

3554 The navigation of the Miflbori may be deemed good--us difficulties arife from its falling banks limber imbedded in the mud of its channel, ita bars and the fteady rapidity of its current, all which may be overcome with a great degree of certainty, by ufingthe neceffary precautions. Tho land ot 340 miles from the falls of the Miffouri to the Kodkooike, is the moft formidable part of the track propofed acrofs the comineot. Of ibis diftance. aoo miles is along a good road, and 140 miles over tremendous mountain, which for 60 miles are covered whh eternal fnows. A paU fage over thefe mountains is, however praaicable.

from the latter pan of June to ihe laft of September and the cheap rate at which horfci are to ba obtained from the Indians of the Rocky mouataios and weft of them, reduce the expences of tranC. oter thia portage to a mere trifle, The navigation of the Koofltoofke, Lewis's River and the Columbia, is fafe and good from the ft of pnl middle of Auguft, by making three poc- tagrs on the latter Riter. The firft of which in de- fcending is 1200 paces at the falli Colombia a6j miles op tha: river, the fccond two miles at the long 6 miles below the falls, and and a third, alfo of two miles at the great rapida 65 miles Hill lower down. The tide flows op tha Columbia 183 miles, and within 7 miles of tbe, great rapids. Large floops may with fafety afcend as high as tide water, and veflcls of 300 tots burthen, reach the entrance of the Multomah river, a large foot hern branch of the Colombia, which takes its rile on the confines of New Mexico, with the Colorado, and Apoftlc's riven, ing iifelf ioto the Columbia 125 miles from its en.

trance the Pacific ccean. I confider this tract actofs the continent of icnmerfe advantage to the fur trade, as ail he furs collected in nine tenths of the an ft valutble far country in America, ia, andifflp conveyed fo the mouth of the ped from thence to the Indies, by the firft of Auguft in each a and will of reach Cau-on earlier i a ihoie which are annually poricd from Montreal anivc in Great Britain..