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An express arrived here last evening
with dispatches for government. Nothing
has transpired as to the contents
of them. The following information is
copied from a Natchez paper received
by the express: —

Natchez, January 20.

On Saturday evening the 10th inst.
an express arrived from Washington
city, with dispatches for the executive
of this territory, and after a short stay,
proceeded to Fort Adams, with dispatches for the governor of Orleans,

On Monday evening, a guard of
sixty men was placed on the banks of the
Mississippi, with orders to stop and examine every boat that should attempt
to pass.

On the same day, the secretary prorogued the session of the legislature by
the following

ADDRESS:

Natchez. Jan. 22, 1807.

Gentlemen of the Legislative Council
and of the House of Representatives.

In consequence of the communications received from the general government, I am now convinced that the
cloud which has so long been anticipated, wears a hostile aspect
of offence; charged with belligerent
countenance, it slowly presses upon us,
and presages an explosion dangerous to
domestic safety and insulting to national
dignity.

The communications to us convert
the pen of legislation into the weapon of
war, and suspend the functions of deliberation to the clamour of military array.
You who hold these high and the military
character must relinquish for a moment, the functions of the first, while
you assume the prerogatives of the latter. The station which you leave,
though honourable and important, is exchanged for one, where your patriotism is may be as effectually displayed, and
where you may acquire new claims to
the confidence of your Country. How
long these clouds may hang over our
heads is entirely uncertain, but it is
deemed unsafe to be sitting here in the
peaceful operations of legislation, while
our country's honour calls us to the field.
To you, gentlemen, who wear the garb
of civic rule, we shall expect from you
those aids which the good of the patriotic may afford by example; your
respective standings in your counties'
and among your fellow citizens, is such
as will give weight and influence to your
opinions and your examples.—In recommending you to your homes, you are not
suspended in your duties, but you are
transferred to a theatre where your services may be more important and beneficial to our common Country.

In consequence of the foregoing
causes, I do prorogue the Legislative
Council and House of Representatives,
for the Mississippi Territory, from this
day to Monday the 19th inst. and you
are hereby prorogued to the said 19th
day of this instant

During this interval, arrangements
will be made for the proper organization of active corps for the defence of
the territory, and the adoption of such
measures as will best sustain the honor
of our country, and shew our affection
and confidence to the general government. I now, gentlemen, bid adieu to
my civil character—to morrow I assume
the military prerogatives of my office,
and shall leave you at this time with
the fullest assurance of your patriotism,
and in my revolutions thro'out the territory I shall expect to find you at your
respective posts performing the duties
which you may be required to execute
in the general defence of our country.

Accept, gentlemen, my warmest congratulations on your public integrity and my particular solicitude for
your happiness in your public relations.

COWLES MEAD.

On Tuesday morning news reached
this place that Col. Burr was encamped
at the mouth of Bayou Pierre, with
a force it was said by some, of 40 men,
and by others of 100: the former was
found to be the most correct, The commander in chief immediately issued orders for embodying a detachment of the
militia, and in 24 hours 275 men were
collected on the bank of the river, ready to receive marching orders, A little before sun-set, on Wednesday, the
detachment embarked, under the command of Col. Ferdinand L. Claiborne,
and ascended by water to the mouth of
Cole's creek, where he was joined by a
considerable body of the Jefferson county
militia,

The detachment was here met by
Major Shields and capt. Poindexter,
aids-de-camp to the governor. who at
the moment the detachment embarked,
received orders to proceed in haste to
Col Burr's encampment and to announce to him the movement of our
troops, and to invite his surrender.

An armistice was signed by the parties, and Col. Burr agreed to meet the
governor the next day at Mr. Calvit's near Col, Claiborne's encampment,
and to be attended by Col. Fitzpatrick,
of Jefferson county. He arrived at the
mouth of the creek about two o'clock,
passed an hour in camp, and accompanied by several officers of the Jefferson
troop of horse, was conducted to the
appointed place. He surrendered himself a prisoner at discretion, and a detachment of troops ascended to the
mouth of Bayou Pierre, to take possession of his arms and other military
stores.

On Sunday the commander in chief
arrived at Col. C.'s encampment, and
addressed the detachment in handsome
terms—after which the troops were
immediately embarked on board their
boats and returned to this place in the
evening, all in good health.

COMMUNICATION,

The executive of the Mississippi Territory, in order to ascertain the views
of Col. Burr, on the 15th inst. deputed
Messrs. Shields and Poindexter, to visit
the quarters of that gentleman, near the
mouth of Bayou Pierre, and to hold a
conversation with him on the subject.

On the 16th an amicable agreement
was entered into between the parties in
the following words, to wit:

"The hon. Cowles Mead, acting governor of the Mississippi Territory, with
a view to restore public tranquility,
proposes to Aaron Burr as follows:

That an interview shall take place
between them at the house of Thomas
Calvit. on Cole's Creek, at two o'clock
to-morrow.

"The said Cowles Mead pledges
himself to protect the said A. Burr
during his stay in the territory, and
that he shall be returned to his present
position in a suitable manner as soon after the interview as he may please—that in the mean time, there shall be
no restraint on his person, no violence
or molestation to his boats or people,
and that the military of the district
shall not until the return of the said A.
Burr, approach nearer to his present
quarters than the mouth of Cole's
Creek.

A. Burr on his part engages that in
the mean time no violence or injury
shall be offered by any of his people to
the inhabitants of the M. T. that they
shall keep the peace and not infringe
any law of the U. S. or of either of its
territories.

The parties above named mutually
pledge their honor for the performance
of this agreement.

January 16, 1807.

COWLES MEAD, by
W. H. SHIELDS, Aide de
camp.

GEO. POINDEXTER, Aide de
camp.

A. BURR.

Signed in presence of
Thomas Fitzpatrick.

In conformity with the above agreement the proposed interview took place,
which resulted in a voluntary submission on the part of col. Burr. to the civil
authority of the territory, and also a
surrender of whatever military apparatus might be found on board the boats
under his direction; a committee was
immediately appointed to make the necessary examination, and report forthwith to the governor, the number and
description of such military stores as
they might discover on board said
boats.

It is surely a source of felicity to every
philanthropic mind that the laws and
constitution of the United States are
maintained inviolate without the catastrophe of a civil contest.