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which in their characteristick.
' at Daimiel, 20th No*. 1809.
T rA.’JU AN CARLOS DE AREYZAGA
7*« Hit Excellency Don Antonio Cornel.
subject of Commercial Intercourse, will
pass by a considerable majority. It may
be opposed in the Senate, and perhaps
amended; but will also pass that body.*’
the sanction of the above resolution of his
Majesty, when unexpectedly a communi
cation wu received from government at
the Custom-House to admit their cargoes,
but not to suffer them to be expedited from
thence till further orders, ft utting them
thus under provisional sequestration. All
possible reclamations having since been
utude but without being able to obtain from
the persons in office a decisive answer or
assurance as to the real situation of these
Cargoes, except that applications to re-ex
port them have been attempted to clear
out the vessels either in ballast or with re
turn cargoes, which lattw would in all
probability have been permitted, the gov
ernment wishing to facilitate the exporta
tion of the produce of the country. But it
appears the supercargo of the Augusta,
(M. Hammett, who has been appointed to
this consulate,) has in the meantime come
forward and given bond for the value ot
the vessel whereby he has obtained at
length a partial permission for her to sail.
The government now desires to know, what
; other vessels wish to depart on the same
terms, to which none of the other super
cargoes are as yet disposed to subject them
selves. This is the present situation of our
port as it regards your commerce. What
the result may eventually be it is impossi
ble to foretell. In all probability it will de
pend chiefly on what your government
will arrange with France.— Tojudge from
the official letter of M’de Champagny to
General Armstrong, in date of the 22d
August, (to which more than usual publici
ty has been given.) it would appear tha'
the Emperour wishes to exact from the
United States, an active part toward the
carrying into effect his system against
England. Vour government will of course
* pursue that path which accords with the
honour and interest of the country. In the
meantime it seems that judgement on the
many American prises which have been
brought-into the ports subject to French in
fluence has been postponed, and in fact the
brig Caroline and schooner Shadow, which
we mentioned to you in our last, are still
waiting their fate.
January IS.
Morens, and to preserve the communica
tion with La Mancha. I shall then, if pos
sible, give to your Excellency an account
of the loss which has been sustained. I
can only state at present that the loss of
good officers has been considerable, which,
is the best proof that jhat class has most
honourably distinguished itself on this occa
sion, and has followed the example of the
Generals nf Division, who displayed their
skill by the excellent arrangements which
they made, and exhibited that serenity
These rcssel<t>H*tente4 on their arrival
their paper*. llO obstacle to their
unloading and were proceeding in security
in the transaction of their business under
Letters from Alexandria mention the ar
rival there of a vessel in a short passage
from the West-Indies, with information of
the arrival in those seas of a French fleet;
and that the English had captured three
frigates and sent them to Antigua, where
martial law had been proclaimed. This is
probably a traveller's amplification of the
account qf the arrival qf two French fri
gates at Guadaloupe and the capture oj a
gun-brig by the British, already published.
Q7* The following ar tide t have been
tranelatcd for th< Er turns Post, from
Cadiz Gazette# to the B:h of December.
Seville, November 33, 1809.
Despatches have been received from
General Don Areyzaga, Commander in
Chief of the Army of the Centre.
In one, dated Trembleque, the 19th No
vember, he states:—That the enemy hav
ing commenced the attack on the front
and flanks of our army in Ocana, particu
larly on the right, with intent to surround
it, it made during three hours a vigorous
resistance, and that excellent officer Briga
dier Lacy, repulsed the enemy with his
division, but at length the superiority of
the enemy’s artillery occasioned a disper
sion; and in this situation the van and 6th
division retreated. That our loss is con
siderable, but not more than that of the
enemy, who were driven back several
times by our infantry, and the brisk fire nf
the artillery.
Another, dated, Daimiel, November 20,
1809, is as follows:
Mott Excellent Sir— To night I arrived
at this town, and to-morrow I shall pro
ceed to that of st. Cruz, where I have or
dered the infantry to re unite, and at Man
sanares the Cavalry of this dispersed army,
with the exception of a part of the second
division under the command of Brigadier
D. Gaspar Vigodat, in order to check the
progress of the enemy, (whose advanced
troops have arrived to-day at Madridejos
and of whose main body I know nothing,)
to prevent him from approaching the Sierra
From Washington, January 11, 1810.
“ The bill now before the House on the
TxtaAGONUt, November 15, ISO®.
By an official despatch of the 30th of the
last mouth we learn, that the British squad
ron whieh was sent to drive the French
from the lonian Islands, have effected that
object; that the garrisons of Zante, Cepha
lonia, Ithaca and Cerigo, surrendered
themselves'prisoners of war after a weak
resistance; and that the Republick of the
Seven Islands is re-established under th<
protection of Great-Britain.
BOSTON, January 20.
The Editor of the New- York Evening
Post, whq has received files of Spanish
papers, says, “ If we may judge from tbes<
papers, the Spaniards, notwithstanding the
recent unfavourable events, by no means
entertain any apprehensions as to the issue
of the present contest; on the contrary,
every thing indicates a spirit of extreme
hatred and determined resistance to their
invaders.”
The French General Kellerman has or
dered all the horses in the north of Spain,
fit for military use, to be put in requisition
for the army ; and all the ponies, mares
with fold, and colts, to have their left eyes
put out, so that they may be rendered use
less for the service by their owners !
•• By the French, 8 138,420—38,600 of
which has been recaptured by the British
and restored on salvage— in
clude# no fairt <f the late teyuettraliontin
Italy, or the Indian teat.
"By the Danes, 8 209,542—94,500 of
which has been released on paying charges,
amounting in most cases, to ransom.
“ By the Spaniards, 8 10,000.
Here is a simple statement of facts. By
this statement we And that Greal-Britain
has captured our property to the amount of
30,000 dollars, and that she has restored to
us 8 48,600, leaving so far a balance in her
favour of 8 18,600. If against this bal
ance we could charge the salvage which
has been paid to her on the restoration of
8 38,600, which she recaptured from our
friend#, the French, we should then know
how much we had actually lost by the de
predations of that “ nation of Pirates and
Fools’*—Great-Britain. The amount of
the sum paid as salvage is not known to
us; but if it is Lett than 50 per cent, on
the whole turn, our actual loss by Great-
Biitain is MoTHinc » Our readershave
been so long accustomed to be almost deaf
ened with the “ hue and try” against the
British navy, that they will, (at least many
of be surprised at this statement—
and we confess that when we consider the
power of her navy to- dettroy our com
merce and the unwearied exertions which
our administration has been making for
A tetter from a gentleman in New-York,
to his correspondent in town, after men
tioning the arrival there of Mr. Jackson,
and his taking a house in Broadway, adds,
“ A few hours alter his arrival, a trunk
was stolen from the entry of the house,
which contained Mrs. Jackson’s jewelry,
&c. valued at 3006/. sterling.”
We cannot but recommend to the vari
ous Insurance Offices in the United States
to follow the example of those in Phila
delphia by a publication of a statement of
the captures of American property insured
in their respective offices. Such a prac
tice would furnish to the publick a correct
scale, by which to measure the aggres
sions of other nations upon our commercial
rights, and also to regulate the degree of
resentment which we can justify towards
them. The captures of American pro
perty insured In Philadelphia since the rais
ing of the embargo, is stated to be as fol
lows, viz.
“ The new half-way measure reported
by the Committee of Foreign Affairs, lies
over for to-morrow. Something of tht
kind may be worried through Congress.—
You may rest assured the Non-Intercoursc
Law will be repented. The War-Hawks
now drop their plumes, and confess that
we are In no condition to undertake an un
necessary war. Nay, one of them has de
clared, that in consequence of our Embar
go and Proclamation War, we have alrea
dy so deteriorated, (as Mr. Jefferson would
say,) our National Treasury, that we shall
be compelled to borrow money to defray
the ordinary expenses of this year. The
Federalists, in the House, deserve well of
their country. They have assumed high
ground in favour of the Peace, Prosperity
and Honour of the United States; and
have portrayed the hypocrisy, duplicity
and partiality of the administration in such
a veritable and masterly style, that, tht
boldest of its advocates dare not contem
plate the portrait; and as they find that
in blowing out <f brains, two can play at
the game, they are now determined to try
what can be done by gagging. Our friends
in New-England may rely, that in the mi
nority there are some old revolutionary
officers, and sons of patriots, who will not
easily be deterred from doing their duty to
God and their Country, and that they look
up to the People, and the Legislatures for
countenance and support.”
“ By the British, 8 30,000—10,000 of
which has been restored.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER.
Washington, January 11,1810.
NEW-BEDFORD, January 19.
years to drive that nation to hostilities w%h
•is, the result is matter of surprise. Tn
the language of the venerable but calum
liated PicCering, ” These facts demon
strate, that although Great-Britain, with
her thousand ships of war, could have
destroyed our commerce, she has really
xie it NO ESSENTIAL INJURY.” Why
>ben should we go to war with her? Is it
>t cause she has snatched from that plun
derer Bonaparte S 38,600 of otir proper
y and restored it to its rightful owners,
•nd thus “ dashed the philter qf pillage
>'rom the lips of Rapine P* The people
will demand an answer.
But how stands the account with the
French, those champions of •• the freedom
of the seas” and sticklers for the rights of
'• moving colonies ?” Their captures, it
seems, amount to the trifling sum of
8 138,420. And what have they restored ?
Nothing I But we will deduct 8 38,600
which was recaptured by the “ tyrants of
the seas,” and there will still remain
•S 99,820, to which sum we must add the
amount of salvage paid to the British on
that which they restored, which at SO per
cent, will make the actual loss sustained
by French capture 3 119,120, exclusive of
sequestrations in Italy and the Indian seas.
To this sum it will not be unfair to add the
amount of losses by the Danes, who are the
allies, or in other words the tools of Bona
parte. Their captures, deducting 8 94,300
restored on paying ransom, amount to
8 115,042. This sum added to the loss by
French captures makes our actual loss by
these two nations 3 234,162. And this of
property insured in one city only !-
Mere *• trespasses,” says Mr. Madison;
but what ought the American people to
say ? If they know what is due to them
selves, the ensuing elections will speak an
intelligible and terrifick language. To tlvm
we leave it.
We agree with Mr. (we beg his pardon,
Colonel) Duane, that Congress seem read)
to adopt war measures ; but still the ques
tion remains undecided, whether they will
declare war against either or both of th<
belligerents, or against their own consli
tuents. From their maiked hostility to
the constitution, we apprehend more dan
ger to that instrument than either France
or England have to fear by their menaces
and pouting resolutions. Rumours arc
abroad that Mr. Gallatin, the Secretary of
the Treasury, has declared himself de
cidedly opposed to a foreign war,'and seems
both by example and precept far more in
clined to a domestick one. Duane has, ac
cordingly, denounced the Secretary, ano
we expect in a short course of time to heat
his echoes from every dcmocratick papet
on the continent. The sin which the Sec
retary has committed, and which has pio
voked the martial ire of Colonel Duane,
is, that he has dared to think for bimselt,
and to communicate that opinion to Con
gress. The Colonel does not find fault
with him because his opinion is either right
or wrong, but with true Hyberniau propn
ety, because he dared to think at all. Co
lonel Duane has been so much in the habit
not merely of thinking, but likewise of die
rating to government what they shall do,
and what they shall not do, that an as
sumption of this power by any one else,
even by a member of the cabinet, seem«
like an encroachment on his own especial
prerogative. Surely, Colonel, a man i»
not criminal for indulging hit own ideas,
notwithstanding both yourself and thr
majority of Congress seem to think it cri
minal to express them. If this line of con
duct is persisted in, Congress may improve
on the principles of Je tier son's economy,
and by a single vote save the uathm two
thousand dollars per day, by appoint
ing Colonel William Duane sole and en
tire law-giver to the Union; and further,
that bis mandates, edicts and ukases shall
be disseminated throughout the continent
by the means of the blessed and incorrupti
ble pi gee of the Aurora. Will the Colonel
condescend to accept of such an appoint
ment, or would it consume too much of that
time now engaged by military matters ?
By an article from the Freeman’s Jour
nal, it appears that the Delegates from
Viiginia, have suddenly ” wheeled about,”
and are averse to a war with Great-Britain.
We would ask what has produced a change
so little short of miraculous i Is it not as
That grim tyrant Winter seems now
disposed to pay us all his back arrearages.
He has glazed our rivers with his breath ,
and turned almost every stream but the
vital fluid into ice. The present is a pro
per time for those on whom Divine Provi
dence has showered down benefits, to prove
themselves not the favourites of fortune,
but of Heaven. Let them now shew them
selves worthy of such blessings—that they
are the almoners of distress, and impart
a little of such superfluity to those who are
pining in poverty and want. By so doing,
they may rationally expect from a bounti
ful Providence, a continuation of such bene
fits.
The Honourable Court of Common Pleas
are now sitting in this town, pursuant to
adjournment.
pmibence,
TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1810.
clear at the noeuday nin that the best mo
ment to declare war against a tremendous
naval power, is when we have scarcely a
*hip of war to float upon the ocean ? Th
democratick papers are perpetually de
claring that the federalists are in the pay
of, England, because they deprecate a wav
with that country ? might not the compli
ment be successfully retorted on them by
this plain fact, that the awkward ami
clumsy steps they arc taking would furnish
England with a plausible pretext for cap
turing all our commerce ? If our democrats
were in the pay of England, could they
more successfully advance her interests
than by such conduct ? This has been the
uniform course of such misbegotten policy ;
where the democrats intend an injury
they confer a benefit.
•• 2. Our Minister of Finances is charged
with the execution of the present decree.
(Signed) NAPOLEON.
“ H. B. Mamet, Mi titter,
',Secretary of State*'
It Is Maud, that in consequence of this
decree, colonial produce had fallen con
siderably, and business become extremely
dulk -j [
•• 1 h I
"1. Colonial produce cannot be intro
duced through the lines of the custom
house, of which the principal is established
at Hamburgh; nor can it be exported
from that city to be carried across the lines
of the custom-house. Such as it may be
attempted to introduce in opposition to this
decree, shall be seised and confiscated, as
well as the vessels, horses and waggons,
employed in such transportation.
“ Napoleon, &c. &c.—Upon the re
port of our Minister of Finances, we have
decreed, and do decree :
If the page of Shakespeare is entitled
to historical credit, Henry IV. gave this
deathrbed advice to his son, the ** nimble
footed mad-cap, Prince of Wales,”
.............Therefore, my Harry,
** Be it thy course to buy giddy minds
“ With foreign quarrels,"
which pious aud paternal injunction was
by his son faithiujiy pursued. Tire tame
course of conduct is now acting by the
supporters of the present administration.
Henry thought this the best mode to divert
the attention of Englishmen from their af
fairs at home; Congress think so too; and
*• it is their course to bury giddy minds with
foreign quarrels,” precisely from the same
motive that Henry avowed.
It is intended, should Diviue Providence
permit, to publish in the Freeman's
Journal, at the close of the piesvut ses
sion of Congress, and not before, for want
of time, and other good reasons, an exte.id
cd scries of letters, addressed to the pen
pie of the United States, in which wul u<
traced the origin and character ut French
influence upon the affairs of the Unite,.
Slates daring the administration of Tho
mas Jefferson. The work will involve such
statements of facts, and sketches ot docu
aients and debates, hitherto concealed
from the pubiick, both in the Executive
and Legislative Departments of the gov
ment, us may be published without a viola
tion of the constitutional privileges of thos<
departments. What tnose “ constitutional
privileges” are, the writer must ot course
decide tor himself, in the first instance, and
the government will have a right to make
a •• constitutional” decision upon the sub
ject afterwards.
The New-York Commercial Advertiser
>f Thursday evening last, coutams the fol
jwing article of *
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE:
“ The schooner Nonsuch has arrived at
Baltimore from Tonningen, at which port
she left, on the 25th November, the ship
Elisa, Skiddy, of New-York, and 3U or 4o
other American vessels.
A commercial friend has favored us
with the following French decree!, received
by the-above arrival :
** Fontainbleau, '2oth October, 1809.
The writer is aware of the immense re
sponsibility which is attached to a task oi
this description. But having calmly re
flected upon it, for a year or two, and hav ■
iog satisfied his conscience, he has oi
course made up his MIND, as to the propel
course to be pursued, and will pursue it,
• egardless of every possible consequence
Uur country must be saved from suujection
to the influence of a foreign power. And
he cannot be a real patriot who is unambi
tious of self-devotion in the great and
glorious cause of its salvation I
One or two letters wiH ff3|>ear in each
week, and the whole timrof publication
will probably not fall much short ol a year.
Journal..
VIRGINIA EOT FOR WAR.
The Virginia representatives in Congress
have wheeled right about, and cry, Peace,
Peace. Perhaps this effect has been pro
duced by the fate of a motion made m me
Legislature of that Slate, to resolve that
Congress ought to declare war, which re
ceived a gentle go by, after having been in
tome danger of being thrown under the
table. One of the most Jeffersonian repre-
Mntatjves from that slate In Congress,
when he heard of the proposition, declared
that the mover was a root. I Ibid.
A NEW HISTORY!
St. Croix Rum, Surinam Mo- i
lasses, &c. at Auction.
T«)-MOKKOW, Wednesday, January
24, GREENE 8t CARTER will seU
»• their Office, t
4 HhMs. of sweet-flavoured St. Croix Ripn. •
1 do, of West-India Rum, 3d proof ;
4 do, Havams Molasses, •
7 do. nf best Surinam do. -I
3 Boxes of Cordials,
9 dh. 8 by 10 Window Glass,
A few Casks of fresh Raisins,
Eletint Furniture, Carpeting, fcc.
ll7* Sale to commence precisely at 10
o’clock. AM. 7 !
GREENE 8c CARTER, Auctioneer#.
January 23, 1810.
corn;
landing from the Schooner Ram- 4
bier, from Savannah, Eight Hundred
Bushels of INDIAN CORN, »nd for sain
on moderate term*. Inquire at the Store of ▼
, THOMAS JONES,
Mabkbt Stkkkt.
January 23, 1810.
FOR BY
SAMUEL BUTLER, Jun. .
Opposite the head of the Long Whar?,
QUPERFINE Flour, suitable for families
ute;
Flat and square Swedish Iron,
St. Petersburg!! clean Hemp,
Russia and Ravens Duck, Ist qualities;
7 by 9 and 8 by 10 Window Glass. I
January 23, 1810
AMERICAN BEAVERS.
Paovinawce Hat-Manuvaoisame Co***
Fast, No. 13, CnaAPStna, I
HAVE constantly for sale( an extensive
assortment of HATS of a mipernair fl
quality, via. No. 1, at 6 dollars; No. 2, at 1
7 ; No. 3, at 8, and Nn.4, at 9 ; made o#
a new and greatly improved system. A
liberal deduction to those who purchase at
wholesale.
44*9.
An assortment of Men’s, Youth’s an< .
Children’s Hats, from Ito 4 Dollars. Or
ders for any q tian lily .executed with
ty and despatch.
Cash given for Hatting-Furs. »
Liberal encouragement to Apprentices. 1
N. B. Cases of Hats at 3 dollars, suite* . ’
ble for the Southern market. ‘ ?
A«NOM).*W<rWM,^ N * »
47* Our paper of this day concludes th#
valuable comments on the late Correapoa
dr nee. Our patrons need only to read and
they will be able, like Dcdaliu of old, to
follow the thread of delusion throughout
all the windings of diplomatick insincerity*
In this town, yesterday, Mr. Jeremiah
Knowles, in the 35th year of his age.—
His funeral will lie solemnised at his fatheF*
house on Thursday next, at two o’clock
where his relatives and friends are de
sired to attend.
At Portsmouth, (R. I.) on the sth inat.
Mrs. Bathsheba Thomas, consort of
Major Alexander Thomas, in the 65th
year of her age.
In Newburyport, during the recent year*
there died 110, viz. 48 males and 62 fe
males ; of atrophy 10; fevers 19; convul
sions 8 ; consumption 26, via. 6 males and
20 females: Nathan Noyes, M. *. who
haj collected and arranged the facts re
specting the bill of mortality, &c. remarks.
“ Twenty females have, last year, been
destrojed by consumption ; whilst its mal*
victims were only six ! It is often asked,
whence this great disproportion can arise.
Inquiry has also been made, H how ladies
can go abroad in January with fewer
clothes than a gentleman would wear ir»
July ? One question may afford ths bert
answer to the other.”
Brig at Publick Auction.
-X.i'/SkX To-Morrow,Zimury 24,
*7*4rjffV* 11 o’clock, A. M.
'WmCi ttt theDi3l b-House Wharf
of Messrs. John Coriis_.nd
Samuel G. Arnold and Co. where s'rw
lies, will be sold at Publick Auction,
the Brigantine Perseverance, and Ap.
pertenances, burthen 188|/tons, about
six yeare old—-she is a staunch, bur
thensome, good Vessel—has nearly two
suits of Sails—has just been graved,
and may be fitted for sea at a very small
expense. Inventory may be seen, and
terms of payment known at the time
and place of Sale.
BLODGET k POWER, Auct's.
January 23, 1810.
Umertcan .marine list.
FORT OF PROVIDENCE,
January 23,1810.
ENTERED.
Schooners— Lucn tia, Fuller, Savannah;
Rambler, Martin, do. Belvidere, Brewer,
Charleston.
Sloops— Rolla, Earle, Charleston ; Pol
ly, Brown, New-York.
CLEARED,
Sloop— Juno, Comstock, New-York.
• Boston, January 22.
Captain Milden, on his passage from
Rio-Janeiro, to Philadelphia, foil in with
and was boarded from the British frigates
Loire, of 36 guns, Cape Schomberg; Pene
lope, of 36, Capt. Dick, from Halifax, and
Emulous, of 18, Capt Stupart; from all
which he met the most polite treatment;
his papers were not asked for, nor shewn ;
nor were his crew mustered, or protections
tsked for ip either case—“ What abomina
ble tyrants of the sea !**
POSTPONED ON ACCOUNT OF
THE WEATHER,