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National Intelligencer, WASHING ION CITY I FRIDAY October 3.1. Yefterday at about 3 o'clock P. M. Ihe Senate ratified the LOUISIANA j TREATY ; twenty-four votes in the affirmative, and feven in the negative ; there were eight federal Senators pre. fent : but Mr. Dayton, we underftaud, ; voted in the affirmative. We congratulate our fellow-citizens j on the prompt approbation given by the j Senate to this important ad. The j Treaty,, a? advifed to be ratified by the | "Senate, and which we have no doubt Will J» a limit time receive the final ra tifies; ionot and promulgation by the Pre fident of the United States, is as fol- j lows r tiuTaty BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. THE P efident of the United St.: tea ■of A .ieni'a, and the Firft 'Conful of the French R public, in the name of the F.ciicli people, dctiring tj remove all lbmce of mifunderflauding relative to ! obj cisol dikuflion mentioned in the fee d *od fifth articles of the conven ti< n cii ihe Bth Vcnuemiaire an. 9, (50 h September, 1L.00.) rel..-.v to ihe rijjti,s claimed by the U dted States, in vii.vi of the treaty couclud-J at Mad rid the 27th of October, 179 j, between his CathoUc M jlly and the United ! Slates, and Willing to (inmgthen tj*e ! union an-' friendflnp wlrich at the time j of thf fiiid Convention was happily re- ; eft iblifhed between tne two nations, have reipeAively named their plerupottnti ariei, to wit, the Prefident of the Unt ed Sjtatrt, by and with the advice and , content ot tnc Senate of the faid ftatet, ' JR.beit R. Livingft m, mi lifter pleni- j potentia-y vf the United S:t:-s, ad J iiici Monroe, munlier plenipotentiary ;: I envoy extraordinary of the said 1 ft tes, ne/a' tne gove nov-nt . t the Fr:nch j re;-ab!ic ; and the Fhft Conful, in the j niiT- <t' tbe French peo ; le, cit.zeo Fran cis Brfrbe Mart ..is, minifter ot the pub lic trcafuiy, who, at. r having tivtly exchanged their full. owert, have agreed vo chc following articles : Article I. vHEREAS, by the article the third of the :n-aty concluded It St. Idelfonfo, the 9th Vend; miaire, an. 9 [lit Octobei, 180 J.) between the Fift Conful of the Frci eh republic and his C th he Majefty, it was agreed as follow! • ** His Catholic Majefty promifer and " - n g a g e s on his part, to cede to the •• Fienc.h Republic, fix months after ,c " full and entire execution of the condi tions and ftipuia.ti.miß herein relative to "his r.ya. highnefs tbe duke of Parma, H the c >''>:y or province of L-nnli ttia, M with the f mt extent that it now has «* in t'-i bands of Spain, and that it had •* wh'i- f 1 once p. ffilLd it ; and fm li as "it. 'hind be after the treaties f'ubl'e *■ .iiciitly enteied into between Spain b! other dates." Ar.d wherea?, in purfuanceof the trea ty, afd particularly of he third article, the F encb R-public has an incuntcfti ble title to the domain and to the pof feffion of the faid territory. The End Cimful of the French Republic drfirn.g to give 1.0 •h<- United States a ftrong proof of bis frienuflup, doth tigre'oy cede to the fad United S;ates , in the name of the French Republic, for ever and in full fovereig.ny, the laid territi ry with all its rights and appurtenances, as ful ly and in the* fame manner as they have been acquired by the French Republic »n virtue of the above mentioned tre?ty, tonduded with his Catholic M.ijetly. Aiiicle 11. Io the ceilion made by the preceding article are included the adjacent iilands belonging to Louiliana, _ll public, lots and lciuares, vacant lands, snd all public buildings, fortificatiotis, barrack.!, and other edifices which ate not private pr. perty. Ihe archives, papers and documents, relative to the domdn and iovcreigiuy of Louifiana and its de pendencies, will b? left in the poflVffioti of the comniifiVies of th? United States, and copies will be afterwaids given in due form to the magiftratei and muni cipal (fhcers, of fuch of the laid papers and documents as nuiy benecciiVaiy to them Article 111. The inhabitants of the e» ded territory fh«ll be incorporated in the union of tbe United Stater, and admitted as foon as \ dfible, according to the principles of the federal conftitu tion, to the enjoyment of all the right , advantages anu immunities-of citizens of the U sited Spates ; aiici in the n 11 time they be maintains tcitedin the free enjoy merit oi then li ■-, pt»epet:y, and the religion which profefs. Article IV. There ttia'.l be fent hy rovernment of France a commifl'. --! i.y to Louifiana, to the end that he do 'every act neceflary, as Well to lecrive the officers of his Gitbolie Ma thc faid country and its dependen- J cics, in the name of the French Re. ptsblic, if it has not been already done, i tranfmit it in the name of the j h Republic to the comniilTa>y cr agent «f the United States. •'de V. Immediately after the. ra tification of the prefent treaty by the j Pi.- fident of the United States, and in ! cafe that of the Firft Conful's fhall have j beep previoufly obtained, the commiffa- j Iry of the French Republic, fliall remit ' j all military pofS of New-Orleans, and ; j other pirts of the ceded territory, to I I tbe commiffary or commiiTcries named j !by the Prefident to take poffefTion ; the troops, whether of France or Spain, who may be there, fhall ceafe to occupy any military poft from the time of tak i ing poffeffion, and (hull be embaiked a$ foon as poffiUi. in the courfe of three months after the ratification of th'l3 trea'y. Article VI. The United States pro mise to execute fuch treaties and arti cles as may have been agreed between Sji.'in and the tribes and nations of In dians, until, by mutual confent of the United States and the laid tribes or na tions, other fuitable articles fliall have been agreed upon. Article VII. As it is reciprocally advantageous to the commerce of France and the United States to encour*ge the communication of both nations for a limited time in the country cded by the j r fefnt treaty, until general arrange mei 3 relative to the commerce of both nations may be agieed on : it has been agreed between th/ contracting parties, that the French fhips coming directly from France »r any of her colonies, loa i d only with the produce and manu factures of Franc." or her faid colonies; j and the fhips of Spain corning directly ; from Spain or any of her colonies, 1 loaded only with the produce or mami ' frtctures of Spain or her colonies, fhall be admitted during the fpuceof twelve in the port of New-Orleans, and in _11 other legal ports ot entry within j the ceded territory, in tbe. fame manner jas the fhips of the United States com ing directly from Fiance or Spain, or my of their colonies, without hfing fubj.-cl to any other or greater duty on J merchandife, or other «r greater ton ! nag ■ than that paid by the citizens of ! tin* United States. During the fpace of time above menti oned, no other nation Hull have a right to the fjme privileges in the ports of the ceded territory ; the twelve years I fliall commence three months after the excuiiige of ratifications, if it fhall take place in France, or three months after it fliall have been notified at P.vis to the Fienci government, if it (In 11 take place in the United States; it is howe ver well ir-derftood that the object of tne above article is to f*vor the minu ffidtares, commerce, freight and navi gnim cf France and of Spain, fo far as relatts to th importations that the French and Spa' fli fha'l mxkeinto *br faid poits of the U lited Statit, without in any fort n fleeting t he regulation* that the United States may make Concerning the exportation of the pioduce and merchandize of «he United Sta'es, r any right they may have to make fuch regulations. Article VIII. In future and forever aft-r the expiration of the twelve years, the ftnps of France fhall be treat ed upon the. footing of the moft L or al nations in the ports above mention ed. Article IX. The particular conven tion fign-'d this day by the refpective minifter , having for its object to pro vide tor tbe payment of debta due to the citizens of the United States by the French Republic, prior to the 30'.h of September, 1800, (B'b Vendcmiaire, an. 9,) is approved, and to have its ex ecution in the fame n anner a3 if it had been inferted in this prefent treaty, and it fhall be ratified in the f. me form and in the fame time, fo that the one fliall not be ratified diftinct fiorn the other. Another particular convention figtted at the fame date as the prefen* trea'y, relative to a definitive rule between tbe contracting partus, is in rhe life man* ncr approved, and will be ratified in the fame form, and in the l',ini: time, and jointly. Article X. The prefent treaty fln!l be ratified in good i;nd din* form, mid the ratification (hull he exchanged in the fpace of fijc months after the date cf the iign- j ture oy the nuniftert pler.ipo tenti'.uy, or Cornier if po__hle* In faith whereof, the r::fj.;ctive plenipotentiaries hay- figned thefe arti cles in the French and Etigbfji U.V gn ge» ; declaring Oev.-rtiielefs that the prelewt trf» y was originally agr.-en to 1 the Fi'-iirb language} a: d have 0 • ffixed their i'e:ils. l)i f. a- Pans, the tenth dny of Flo r i in he eleventh year of the Fi 1 1 .lie, and the 30th of Apiil, 1803. Bariih Marbois. R. Livingston. JA5>. I l CONVENTION. t BETWEEN THK j UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THK FRENCH REPUBLIC. THE Prefident of the United Stain* , lof America, and the Firft G.mi'ul oi the i French Republic, in the name of the j 1 FreHch people, in c mfequence of the ; treaty of ceflxon of Louifiana, which has ! I been ligned this d»y, wifhing to regu i late definitively eve y thing whichhas re. I lation ta the faid ceilion, have authorifed j j to this effect the plenipotentiaries, that is jto fay : the Rr fident of the United 1 States has, by and with the advice and j j coiifent of the Senate of the faid Itates, j nominatrd for their plenipotentiaries, i j Robert 11. Livingfton, minillcr plenipe- j tentiary of the United States and James j Monroe, miniller plenipotentiaiy and envoy extraordinary of the faid United ; States, near the government of the French Republic; acd the Firft Conful ' of the French Republic, in the name of , tbe French people, Ins named hr pleni- ■ potentiary of the laid Republic, the ci- j tiaen Francis EUrbe Marbois ; who, in virtue of their full powers, which have | been exchanged this day, have agreed I to the following articles : Article I. The government of the U- j nitc-d States engages to to the j French government, in the manner fpe- j cilied io the following article, the fum of j fixty millions of f: ancs, independent of the fum which fhall be fixed by another convention for the payment of the debts due by France to citizens of the Uni ted States. Article 11. For the payment of the lum of fi„ty millions of francs, mention ed in the preceding article, the United States fliali create a flock of eleven mil. lio/is, two hundred and fifty thoufaud dollars, beaiing nn inteieft of fix per cent, per annum, payable half yearly in London, Amlicrdarn, or Pari;, amount ing by the hall-year to time hundred and thirty ftven thoufaud, five hundred dollars, according to the , proportions which fhail be determined by the French government to be paid at either place : the principal of the laid (lock to ! be rtii-iibm fed at the treafury of the U- I nited States, in annu.it payments of not | lets.tban three trillions (f dollars each ; j of which the firft payment fhall com mence fifteen years after ihedate of the j exchnngeof ratifications : this ftock fhall i be tr.uisfe-rr< cl to the government of France, or to furh perfon or perfons as : fliall be authorifed to receive it, in three j months a. mofl after the exchange of ! ths ratifications of this treaty, and after Louiliana fhall be taken pcfleffion o! in the name of the government of the Uni- j ted Stn-s. It is further agreed, that if the French government fhould be defirou* ofdifpof ing of the frtici fh ck to receive tiie capi- ! tal in Eur pc, at fhorter terms, that its metfurei for that purpofe fhwll be ta ken I" as tuf'VTur, i:i the great ft de gree p'.fiible, tlits ciedit ot the United States, ano tor ife to the higheft price thi (aid ftock. Artich- 111. Tt is ngr-ed that the dollar''of the United States, fp.-cifi. d in the prefent ernven inn, fhiill be fixed at five franc* 3333-lOOOOihs or five li vrcs, eight fous on 'Fhe prefent convention fhall be rati fied in good and due form, and the .:. lifications fhail be exchanged in the fpace of fix months to date from this day, oi fooner if pcflibt*-. IN FAITH OF WHICH, the rc fpecllve plenipotentiaries have ligned the above at tides, both in the trench and Englifh languages, declaring, neveitln lefa, that the prefent tnay has been originally agreed on and written iv tbe French language ; to which they have h-reunto affixed their feals. Donk at Pari* the tenth of Floreal, eh*, i venth year of the Fiench Republic,(SOth April, 1803.) ROB. R. LIVINGSTON, BARBE MARBOIS, JAMES MONROE. CONVENTION. BETW„£N THX UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE FRLN;H REPUBLIC. THE Pie fident of '.he Unif.-d States of Am -rica, and the Firft Cmiful of the , French Rcj uhlic, in the name ot the French people, having by a treaty of ti;';. date termiimted all difficulties rela tive to. Louifiana, and fflablifiled on a fchd fouaidatlon the frrendfhip which unit s the two natiots. and being d. ii. rous, in compliance w.th the fecond and fifth articles of the conventi.-n of the Brh Ye nth year of the Frem h Republic (30th September, 1800) cine the payment 0/ the Aims due by CC to the citizens of the■ U.titcd Statf«. h uvely norninaied as I pl. nipoteutiaries, that is to fay . the IPi fident of the United Stat-s of Ame- I riot) hy and with the advice aicd cut- I I jfenVofths Robettfl | fton, ! Monroe, wmilei envoy extraordinary of the faid Rates, neai the government nf the Fi public ; md t'ae Fit ft Coßt'ul, in tke name o! the F.-encii people, th.; citizen Francis; B srbe Marbois, if the public treafury ; who, after having ex ' changed their full powers, have agreed to the fallowing articles . Article I. The debts due by Fiance to citi i zens of th-* United States, re the of.h0 f .h of Vtndemiai-e, ninth | year of the French republic ( timber, 1800) (bill be paid iccco'ding to t ! g regulation's, with inter : eft at fix per csut. to commence from j thii period when the accounts ai>d i vouchers were prefim\t.d to the French j government. Article 11. The debts provided tor by the prece. i ding article are thofe whpfs sef.iit is j ■ cbmprifed in the conjectural note an- I l nexed to the prcferit convention, ; which, with the intcieft, cannot rt& ! the. fum of twenty million* of Fr:mcs. | ! The claims comnrifed in the faid note ( i which fail withi.i tbe exceptions of j following articles, fhall not be admit- | j ted to the benefit of this provident. Article 111. The principal and intercfts of the fiiu ' i debts ihali be difebarge'd by tbe United I I Stater, by orders drawn by their mi- ! ' niller plenipotentiary on their treafury; j j thefe orders Hull be payable tixty days after the exchange of rat firations of the treaty and the conventions ligned | this day, and after poft'effion (ball be given of Loyiliana by the commiffirice of France to thofe of tbe United States. Article IV. It is exprefsly acreed, that the pre ceding articles fh.ill comprehend wo debt" but fuch as are dye to crizms of the United States, who have b-en and are yet creditors of France, for fuppliet for embargoes and prizes made at 1e.., in which the appeal has been pr i] lodged within the time mentioned in, the faid convention, 8.-h Vei.demiaiic ninth yeat\(3Q>h S pterrt-?r, 1800 ) Article V. The preceding articles j fh.ill apply only, firft, to cap ures i jof which the council of prices (hall i ! have order- d reftitution, it being well , I underftood that the claimant cannot \ j have recourfe to the United States I otherwife than he might have; had to ! the government of the French repub- ' lie, and only in cafe of infufjiciency : ;ot the captors; _d, the debts menti- j I oned in the faid fifth article of the I convention contracted before the Bth ' Vendemiaire, an. y (30th September, , 1800) the payment of which has been heretofore claimed of the actual go vernment of France, and for which the creditors have a right to the pro. I tection of the United States j the faid sth article does not comprehend prizes whole condemnation has been j or fhall he confirmed : it is the prefs intention of the contracting parties ot to extend the benefit of the prefent convention to reclamati on, of American citizens, who (hall have eftablifiied houfes of comm.rcc in Frsncc, England or other coun tries than the United States, in p.trt nerfhip with torei hers, and tvho by that reafon and the nature of their commerce ought to he regarded as domiciliated in the places where fuch houfes exift All agreements and bargains concerning merchandize, which fhall not be the property of American citizens, are equally ex cepted from the benefit of the faid convention, faying, however, to fuel) perfons their claims in like manner as if this treaty had not been made. Article VI. And that the different queftions which may arile under thq preceding article may be fairly invef- j tigated, the minifters plenipotentiary ] of the United States fliall name three I j perfons, who fhall act from the pre-.j, i fent and provifionally, and who fhall ; have full power to examine, without removing the documents, all the ac counts of the different claims already liquidated by the bureaus tftablii for this purpofe by the French repub | lie, and to afcertain whether they be long to the claffes defignated b\ prefent convention and the principles eftablilhed in it; pr if they arc not in one of its exceptions and on their certificate, declaring that the debt is due to an American citizen or his reprefentative, and that it exiilcd be fore the Bth Vendemiaire, 91!} year (joth September, 1800) the debtor fliall be entitled to an order on the tre,- fury of the United Stater, in the manner prescribed by the third artir clc. Article VII. The fame agent? fhall liktwite have power, without remov ing the documents, to examine the claims which are prep;, ficatiori, and to certify thofe which ought to be admitted by uniting the - jingcq cot*. Article VIII. The fame agents fliall like wife examine -Uj\_ which are not prepared for lixjui tion, and certify iii writing n which in their judgment ought to but admitted to liquidation Article IX. In proportion ns the debts mentioned i n the fe articles (hajj be admitted, they .fhall be with intcreft at fix per cent, by the treafury of the United States. Article X. And that no debt which (hall not have the qua ideations a* hove mentioned,and that no unjuft or exorbitant demand may be ted, the commercial agent oi the United States at Paris, or fuch o ther agent as the minifter plenipo tentiary of the United Stai think proper to nominate, fh.ill . at the op.rations of the bureaus, laminations Ql .he | claims i and if this agent thai! be of | opinion that any d-..-ht id not com j pietcly proved, or if he (hall judge | that it is not comprifed in the princi ples of the fifth article above r.icn. tioned, and if notwithftandiug his opinion, the bureaus eflah'iih'ed hy the French government fliould think that it ought to be liquidated, he. (hall tranl'mit his observations to the board eitablifhed by the Un States, who, without removing do-, cuments, fliall make a complete ex v mination of the debt and vouci which fupport it, and report the fult to the minifter of the United States. Th- minifter of the United Status (hall tranfmir his obfcrv.itions, in all fuch cafes, to the minifter of the treafury of the French Republic, on whofe report the French govern ment fliall decide definitive!)' in eve ry cafe. The rejection of claim fliall have no other tifee} than to exempt ; the United States from the payment \ of it, the French government rcferv | ing to itfelf the right to decide Jefi j nitive'y on fuch claim fo far as it con* i corns itfelf. Article XE Every nccefftry dcci* I fion fliall be made in the courfe of a year, to commence from the ex* : change of ratifications, and no recla* j mation fliall be admitted afterwards, ArtibleXU. In cafe of claims fpr debts contracted by the government of France with citizens of the U* nited Staf 8 fince the Bth Vende miaire, ninth year, September, 1800) not being comprifed in this convent un, may be purfu d, and ths payment demanded in the fame man* ncr as if it had not been made. Article XI ii. Tiie prefent com tion fhail be ratified in good and due form, and the ratifications fhall be exchanged in fix months from the date of rh: figuatur ■ 1 '." the minifter* plenipotentiary, 01 ,: pofliblc, IN FAITH OF v \ f-JICHj the r« fpecTtive Miniders Plenipotentiary have figneei the above articles h m the French and Lnglifh languages, declaring neverthclef., that the pre* fent treaty has been originally agreed on and written in the French lan* guage; to which they have hereunto affixed their fe;.ls. Done at Pans, the tenth pf Flo, reaj, eleventh year of the French lie* public, 30th April, 1803. HOB. R. LIVINGSTON. BARBE MARBOJS, ; JAS. MONROE, NCERT, October 14, 1803, Richard Jonet, w/r l John Hill, THE object of the bill Is to obt-jn a dcciee for recrrdii.g a deed exe cuted hy the defendant oji the tirft day of Oc tober eighteen hundred for conv*;;.i'ip unto, the complainant a Jot pi ground ad» c to tbe t,.. ■•j.h, bei«jj a pi'rt of' * trait of iaud cilh I iijl, p-jiticulariy defcribed in the-, fj-d ~'ced. The l<ili tbtJsth.it the defendant hah removed out of the (late of Ma-yhnd. it is thereupon aditt -Jcrcd that the complainant i copy of this order to b* iniertej three fucccfljve week* in the Natinunl Inttiig.i city oi Wafting* son before the twentieth day of November five notice to the ablest defendant of thiiapph'euiori an.' ofthe lubfttnce and <>b« i the buh that he >v. ly be warned to 1 here i.-i perfon »r '•■ a ("opener of ihis «~.*rt on or b .-fore the-tv~fctieth c'.iy of h nest to 1: (if any he bath) , whr.clorea decree fhould noi be pa fled a* SAMUEL H. HOWARD. R.C. C. " FOR -ALL. " A Wealthy NIGRO roan flave well ecquvnt td with the hufincfj of a pUri'irai—f.»f term;* apply to the fubfcriber living rear Bibf denfbu MARGARET APAMS, O&ubcr 94. .% r