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PORTLAND GAZETTE,
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RPI * PORTLAND, PUBLISHED BY ARTHUR SHIRLEY... FISH-STREET.
fj,. 47, ofVol. XU.] MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1810. [If'U/r No. 619.
legislature of Massachusetts.
IN SEN Alii — THURSDAY, FFB. 8, l8lO.
\ F.rTERDAY the join* committee on the fuhjeAof the foreign relation* of
the United Mat's m*de ?he to -owing repv t to the lena e ; which was read,
©tiered to be pnu.eJ, and aihg ted for confi deration on Tuefday next
THF REPORT
The committee of both houfet, appointed to co*lii*r and reoort on the expe
diency of etp’-effi ig the lente of the fegiflru^e on the s.-efent alarming
f >te ot our fore: .g relation*, anu tin f t nuiVt which have produced it ;
a.tll whether any. and if sny, wha* meafures may be adopted to prevent
the evil* of impending war—have attended to the duties of their appointment
_and find on examination,
That by the meifage ot the prefiJent of the United States to congref* at the
©netting of the prefent fefliun, and the documents therewith tranfmitted, it
appear* tha* a minifter, deputed by the government of Great Britain to this
country, with full power* to negot -iteand conclude an accommodation of all
coi.troverlie* fuhfifting between the two nation*, after being accredited and
having entered upon theobjeA of hi* million, was luddenly Informed by the
American minifter, that no further communication would be received from
him. in confequence of an alledged offence in the language ufed in fomc part
of hi* correfpondeuce. This event, viewed in connection with the refolutions
of congrefs, and the refentment difeovered, and meafures propofetf by the
frien is of the admin, ftration, have materia ly changed thepofiure of our relation*
with Great Britain, fnce the Jail meeting of this Iegillature ; and in :ieu of the
profpe&of peace and amity, which we then hailed as foaufpicious to our na- 1
tional profptrity, we dilcern a peltry whofe tendency i* to produce an open
rupture with that nation A war with Great Britain, in the prefent ftate of
£ur<rft, and under the eliding circumllauces of our country, would be, in the
eft.mation of your committee, the grateB calamity that could befall the United
States, fbort of the lots of their liberties & independence ; and would, in its con
fequ nces, endanger thefe blefling*. A con vi At on ot this, truth, wmld juftify
any inemlier of the confederacy, by whom it fhoutd be felt, in the eiprelfion of
i idiiapprohation, and it* fears, even if no meafures were adopted by other Bates
calculated to fupport the adminifiration in its hollile atutude. But as feverai
of the Bate legillatures, partaking of the fenfibuity of the national executive,
have approved of the rejediion ot the Britifh minifier, in a tone wtiich may
be deemed todilclofe a fpirit ripp for open hoBiluy with this nation—it is, in
our opinion, the duty of thi* Iegillature to attempt to allay the e hoBile propen
sities, and if poBible to prevent a ruinous and unnccefTary war, hy fuch an ex
poGtion of their fentiment* upon (he prefent crifi , as may demonftra'e the ex
treme reluAance with which the people ©f this commonwealth would find
themfelres compelled to engage in furh a war.
Aware ot the danger an# inconvenience m col ilions between tl;e mealurei of
the national and ftate governments, and perfuaded that harmony and mutual
confidence conftitute the bafts of the power of confederated ftates,
your committee have examined the documents accompanying the
preGdenttal meffage, with a ftneere difpofition to difeover a I'lfRcient juftifica
tion for the rupture of a negotiation fo deeply affecting the rarer efts of the na
tion.-The caufe alledged is, that the Bririih minifter in his correfpcndence
eerGfted in uftng terras which imp'ied that the American government had
knowledge of the fad,that Mr. Erskine ha-J no authority to couclude the ar
rangement made by him in behalf of hi) government, after fuch knowledge
had been explicitly dilavowed by the American executive—It is not preten
ded that this iseiprefdy averted by the Britifh minifter to be a fad—Your
committee are unable to difcern either the ailerrion or the infinuation of this
as a fa«ft; uor cau they perceive in any part of the correfpondence of the Brit
ifh minifter, expretE ras of difrefpetft or diftruft towards the government;
tnuch lefs the offenfive imputation of falsehood. They profel* not to deter
mine Whether the ftvle of the American fecretarv,or that of the Britifli minif
• m
fer was molt conciliatory and conformable to diplomatic ufage,— But they
are u::eriy at a lof- to difeover either open or covert infuh,or any inGuuatious
which, according to the af bitary rules of honour, wou'd juftify the abrupt
ternuu^tioa of a confer an ce between high minded individua s u*Jrou5 of ami
cably atijuftin;, a private cor.troverfy.—This conc'ufton, refulting front a care
ful exam nat' in of the pub ic documents, becomes irrefiftible in the minds of
ycur c amtrtee, from t? e c<*nfideration that the imputed offence, not only is
not fpetrified vuh precilioo by the American ferrecary, but is, antoug the ad
vocates of admimfiratior born in and out of congrefs, aiEgned to different
letters; to dffirent exprejflams tn the fame letter ; and to the entire correlpon
dence on the part cf’he bt infix minifter ; agreeab'y to their own difeordant
con it ru (ft ions, and »o ;*e g! >fl •» aud comment* iuggetied by their various im
aginations and modes of reafoniug — if,however, the Britifh minifter had,ei
ther through accident or deOgn, permitted ’nmfelf to ule equivocal exprefhons
which, in ordinary times, might juftify his repulfe by a proud monarch, pre
pared for open hoftoi.ies, and gau of a pretext f*r war aud couqucft; yet at
this era ot political convuliiou when the temped of war has l wept every re
public but our*from itsbafe ; aod when queitions of diplomatic ceremonial
aud utage, even at the mod jealous court*, are forgotten amid the more weighfy
queftiousof national lafety and euftencc’. It ii not conceived that the national
v honor of our remote and pacific tepuohc would for the ufe of fuch doubtful
words,without even demanding an explanation, require ,h*> difm’iTal of an am
baffidor of peace from one of the belligerent powers, efp<-c;aby when the poll
cyof the admiuiftranon had dictated fo long a.id pat lea. a forbearance under
g-ofs aud cotrinued outrage* from the other
This a<ft of government, fo inaufpicious to the future peace of the country,
•flumes a more alarming appca-ance, when viewed in consedhou with pre
ceding circumttance? aud > ranfacftior.s. The ta lure, ou point? di ulidul or
unimportant,o* the muTi»>n of M-. Rofe, who was fpeciany empowered to
make honorable reparat ou for the unauthenfed aggiellr ns of au individual;
the ungracious terms in which the fatisfaeftion fuidequently oifeied by Mr.
Erikme, was accepted ; naturally lend to excite fear, in ret? a d »o the u'timate
View* cf the adinmiftration and to difeourage •<!' further »« «*mots at amic <ble
OCgociatioo. 2si..r are our anxieties on this fafcjcift dittm ith d by the coutid
ersaon of the temper aud conduct of the government in re a’.ion to the other
belligerent. Of the character of the carrel pnndemre >vi!« F aoceliy our reft
dent mmifter, or the nature of out negociatinos, with ■ hat potent nation, we
•an form but an imperfeid opinion, in con f>q iience of the mutilated hate in
which it has been prefented for public infp* chon ; but from iuch f.nall por
tions of it as have been published or revealed from* the indent aud di&atorial
ie’tersof the Preach minider, pnbhfhed in the face of all Furope.and the in
difference or patience wi h which they have been received ; and from the
.aprohation expreffed bv France of our late reftriiffive meafure* we are com
pelled to fear, that neither the honor nor imerell of the counrry has been guar
ded or maintained with the fpirit and dignity becoming an independent
••nation.
The importance of thefe repulfive meafures is it.creafed by the deplorable
fate of the public trealury. From the Reports of the 8ecretary ofthe 1 reaf
tury.it it apparent that the net revenue of the United States dunr.g the year
*807, was MX.ren rmllious tif y nine dollars. That during the year (etU8, un
der the firfl opera)ion of the embargo, the fame revenue was only ten millions
three hundred and thirty two dollars. That during ’he year 1809, under the
further operation of the tfhbargo,it was reduced to fix millions and a half dol
lars; So that rhe difference of the amount of revenue between tlie years 1807
and I yt.'9, is nine militnms and a Lalj'of doilun / It it alfo Dated in the iaft Report
from the department, that the expeuces of the government for the 'alt year,
•xciufive of payments on account of the principa1 of :he public debt, have ex
ceeded the a&uat receipts into the Treafury nearly thirteen hundred thou
fas.d dollars, which deficiency has been paid out of the lurplus of piereding
year*. |
It is further (brad that 'beexperce of Government upon a peace-eftabhlh
•tern, for the yea” (811, will 1 ea1 ou ten millions of dolors *nd eight millions
•t:er that year j and that a loan of four million* lias already become neceffary
In tlm report of the lame department, for the year I8*'6. was Dated that af
•«r defraying all the expencc» of government, an annual furplus cf five and a
h*'f millions of dollars would remain. But according to the laft ftatement,
there wi'l be a debciencv for the prefent year of fo-.ir millions, making againft
the U. S ate- an annual difference as before, of nine millions and a half- But
when, with the e llatemeats, are taken in view, the Hill progreflive dirmnu
ifon aud p-ohable anmhi'a. i-m of revenue from commerce in the event of war; j
*‘*d the addttioral and uncalcUlable expence?, wh*' mud be rendered necef- j
•*fy in it* profecu’ion, your Committee can perceive no means of fupplymg ,
•his mi'erable deficiency of revenue but f om diretfk taxes. The expedient -
great and enor rrum- b ans might be a refourcefor the firfi ex’^encie* of the
by' * dt'.tou «Q':reiy deprived of vifiblc & t<£lualrevenue, could fupport ,
hu* a doubtful credit, and the contemplation of a debt conftantly augmenting
in an urjuft and iu*ncus conteft, would difguft the patiioi and terrify the con*
tra<£tor. In thefe %. ircumftances it ia but too o*viou<* that the only remaining
refcurce’ of thi? G.vernmeut weald be either forced contributions or oppref
Gve taxes upon the yeomanry
While su h h»'t* been the pernicious effects of the measures of li e ad- !
ministration imon ourselves, vour committee would wil ingly spare them- i
selves the humiliating confession, that by the belligerent nations, they are |
regardless as partial and harmless, so far hate they been from disposing !
France to any reluxiti et of the imperial decrees, that tiiey have been tne
subject of praise, and approbation with her Emperor, whose onlv dissatis
faction has been manifest at their temporaly suspension. By Great-Bri
uin, they have been regarded with indifference though in their operation
they have secured to her the carriage of produce, and the tnonoply ol the
c immerce of the world. Her manufactures have not decreased, nor has
her revenue or power been in any visible degree impaired—While an in
tercourse with the U States has ever been deemed by that nation of secon
ds y importance, in comparison with the great object* for which she is con
tend ng, its advantages have never been disregarded or undervalued by
statesmen It remained for our infatuated council* to reveal the ratal secret
that the commerce of these states was of less importance to her prosperity k
gre; tness, th n tier own politicians had predicted. That our country has
sus'ain^d injuries by ttie operation of BritishOrders in Council,and suffered
from the outrages of herofHcers,for which it is entitled to satisfact ion is not
to lie denied, it ought not, however, to be forgotten that dui ing the entire
per od of these commercial restrict ions, France, with whose consent they
were imposed & continued, has seized & sequestrated nearly all the Ameri
can property which has fallen wilhia her grasp, while Britain against whom
alone they could be expected to operate, has respected our flag, convoy
ed our ships, and admitted us to a free and lucrative commerce with every
jia^t of her dominions.
With this view of an empty treasury and abandoned commerce, it is im
possible to overlook the defenceless state of the country, and especially of
the entire seaports of the United States—while the American flag would
be driven from the ocean our seaports would be at the mercy of the most
formidable navy that ever existed, and before our fortification or armies
could be in a situation to sustain the first assaults of the enemy, our cities
might be buried in ruins ami our seaports reduced to inconceivable dis
tress.
As the miseries of such a war would be incurred without adequate mo
tives, they must ^Mpstained w ithout a possible chance of indemnity. On
i the ocean, Britairal present is invulnerable. It is only upon the side of
I Canada that the American arms could come into actual collision with her
| dominions*,and if the chances of war after a profusion of blood and treasure
should enable the United States to add to their territory, already too ex
tensive, this province of Frenchmen, what would be the value of the ac
quisition ? And for whom would it be acquired ? To hold it as a colony
would be inconsistent with the genius of our institutions. To adopt it as
a tree and independent Slate would be equally repugnant to the habits
1 and wishes of that people. Under what pietext could we regain this an
| cient ar.d favorite appendage of France, claiming it as her legitimate es
tate, with the voices of a gre it majority of its inhabitants to second her
pretensisns. It is morally certain that Canada, conquered by the United
States, would, under the patronage of France, become a northern hive,
pouring forth successive swarms of Goths and Vandals, which, in alliance
with savage tribes, would encompass the Union with a belt, a favorite pro
ject of the ardent Monarchy, which probably has never been relinquished.
Your cor u uee, do not disguise the belief, that neither an exhausted
Treasury or mined Commerce, nor a depopulated seacoast nor the mise
ries of a war without a possibility of success or definition of object, would
constitute the principle disasters of a rupture with England. The spirit
and resources of the country, when roused and collected, are under the
; B'essings ot Divine Providence, sufficient for its defence, and would, in I
i time, be applied to this object. But tire consummation of the public calam
i ities would be found in a.i alliance with that desolating and gigantic Des
! potism, which h.is crushed the Governments and subverted the liberties
j of Europe, and whose genius is not more hostile to every republican insti
I tution, than to the spirit of Commerce, by which such institutions are cher
| ished and preserved. Nothing but a mysterious infatuation can induce an
' administration to s^ek a:s alliance with a government whose hostility to the
United States hns been points of national law, and in the unguarded ex
' pressiong of its Public Ministers but in an open violation and contempt of
l neutral rights ; not merely in illegal captures and casual injuries, for which
j no reparation has been offered, but in an unvaried series of insults and ag
gressions, of request rations of property upon land, and of plunder and of
i burning of our ships on the ocean ; not merely of impressment of seamen
| claimed as her own subjects, but in the captivity and confinement in dun
| peons of our acknowledged citizens without colour of pretence. The ca
i lamities of such a war would be aggravated indeed by the dangers and in
i fainy of such an alliance ; and our success, if success could reasonably be
| expected,would hasten the period in which we should find ourselves com
! polled, without any intervening barrier, to grapple on our own soil with an
| tnemv who has long made war upon us in every possible form but that of
| actual invasion, and who reserves his most faithful allies for his most ex
j emplary ▼ ctims
In conclusion, your committee are persuaded that no honorable means
should be left mattempted to institute and pursues negotiation with Eng
I aid for the accommodation of differences, and that the whole system of
commercial restriction* should be abandoned before the natural sources of
our revenue ft ’e entirely spent, and the course of trade so diverted by new
fvabiis, and so conceal* u by evasions, as to produce permanent and irretriev
able r.um. And they accordingly recommend the following resolutions,
which are submitted. ELIJAH BRIGHAM, per order.
WHEREAS Francis James Jackson, Minister plenipotentiary from t
he court ot Great-Britain, having lull jiowers to negociate and conclude
a t eiitv for the amicable adjustment of the controversies unhappily subsis
ts between the United States and that nation, after being duly accredit
ed liv the Executive of the United States, has been suspended from the
exercise of his functions for some e>p«*ea»k>na contained in his correspon
dence with the government of the United States, which are alledged to
be derogatory to the honor and veracity of the Executive government ; and
tbe Legislature of some of our sister states having declared their assert
to the construction given to the said correspondence, and their approbation
of tbe dismissal of the said British Minister—And the Legislature of Mas
sachusetts having examined the said correspondence, ami being unable to
discern in it any passages or words which, in their judgment can be fairly
construed to convex disrespectful and offensive imputation—And whereas
the doings of said Legislature, combined with tbe resolutioas of Congress,
have a tendency to widen the breach already existing, and to remove still
farther the prosnect of accommodation—And wheras this Legislature,
while thev are alwavs ready, at whatever hazard, to embaik in a just and
necessarv war, and to support the national Government with the whole
force and resources of the Slate, are, nevertheless, persuaded that no just
cause exists for a rupture with Great-Hritain, and that its effects, detri
mental to both nations, would tend to the impoverishment of this Com
I mon wealth, to the destruction of its commerce, and to the aggrandizement
| of a power already formidable to the liberties of mankind — And whereas
we deem it a duty to use ad the means in our power to allay the existing
i irritations, and prepare the for the restoration of a friendly intercut, se
between the two nations whose interests are in many points essentially
united —
THEREFORE RESOLVED,
That the Legislature of Massachusetts is affected with sincere ami pro
ft Mind regret at the late unexpected and sudden termination of the Cor- j
rc s pond e nee between the American Secretary of State, and Francis James j
Jackson, His Britannic Majesty’s minister, for which they can perceive no
just nr adequate cause.
RESOLVED, That it is out- anxious wish, that some means may be de
vised, consistent with the honor of the United States, to resume the nego
ciations between the two countries, for obtaining reparation fur reai inju
ries and to establish peace and amity, so essential to the interest and
happiness of both, upon a permanent basis.
RESOLVED, That acts of embarg< es and non-intercourse, and the
wholj system ot commercial restraints adopted and contenqilated by the
late and present administration, are impediments to a restoration of our
amicable relations with Great Britain, and have proved in the highest de
gree pernicious to tbe l»est interests of ibis country and especially of this
commercial State.—That all the predictions of their opponents have been
verified—That by the operation of these acu the Public treasury has been
drained* und brought to the verge of bankruptcy » that the commerce of
the country has been palsied, and in a great measure irrevocably destroy
ed ; that the whole of this impotent system lias become a subject of deri
sion with those* it was intended to coerce * and that its mischiefs Lave
recoiled upon uur own country.
RESOLVED, That the temporary suspension of these acts afforded de
monstration of the means of the United States to pursue a highly lucrative
commerce, even under existing embarrassments, and an opportunity which
was gladly embraced by our Mercantile cititens—'That during this inter
val all our shipping was employed, and that our navigation experienced ci
vility and protection from the British cruisers, whilst it has been constant
ly annoyed by the depredations of France and her allies.
RESOLVED, That all measures calculated to produce unnecessary hos
tility with Great-Britain, is at all times impolitic and contrary to the true
interests of this nation, are at the present crisis ptCuhatly unfortunate*
and ought to be discountenanced by all constituted authorities. That our
country is defenceless and our treasury' exhau'Vcd—That to fortify one and
replenish the other, will require time, e coco my and the advantages of re
newed commerce—That, on the contrary, Great-Britain is inaccessible and
invulnerable, except in one of its provinces* the conquest of which* if it
could be effected, would prove a curse, and a scourge t# oursekes and to
our posterity.
RESOLVED, That a war with Grcat-Biilain w-onld inevitably lord to
an alliance with France and thus furnish to her ambition the means and tli®
pretext for organizing within the United Sutes, the naaf^ials ai d instru
ments for schemes of future dominilion. These materials unhappily abound
on the northern frontiers, and in our newly acquired territory in the South*
From such a contest the United States,, if unsuccessful, would be obliged
to retire with a disgraceful surrender of the objects of the w r, or if suc
cessful by contributing to the downfall of Britain, would be left alone to
encounter a power, who, unopposed by the navy of bis present enemv,
would call into requisition all the vesourct-3 and energies of our solitary
Republic, to defend in doubtful conflict* our liberties upon cur own
shores.
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Letters from Washington speak in the highest terms of the
Report of our Committee on F oreign Relations ; and the Mem
bers from Massachusetts have been highly complimented by the
declaration of all the friends ol Independence, fmm the Southern
States, especially from Virginia. They are told that New-En
gland will yet. save the Nation—and that Massachusetts is deser
ving of the highest honors for the example she has furnished.
This is called truly the afiirit oj old times— a firm Resistance to
measures which are intended to bring us to the feet of a l)i*>pot.
This approbation of the wise and good, in any state of the Union*
should encourage the patriotick Legislature of this powerful Com
monwealth to continue in well doing.
THE MONITOR.NUMBER XXII.
" A fool's wrath it f>rtt+nt!y known.”
Or, as saith Mason, 44 a fool is presently known by His Wr.tth.” Per
haps nothing discovers greater self ignorance than the habitual indulgence
of a hasty and petulant temper. A psssionate nr.an is one of the most un
comfortable of all beings. The moat harmless pleasantry of his inends is
taken as an affront by him ; and often he will imagine an insult where
nothing was intended. The greatest victory which can be obtained, is
over ourselves ; and he alone is the truly noble, whose spirit rises above
the little petty insults which may he offered. If a man is known to be
easily discomposed his enemi^ will ever be ready to assail him in tins
vulnerable part. A spark of occasion will never be wanting on their part,
when he is known to be filled with combustibles. A man in a passion,
beside losing the opportunity of making a pertinent reply, from not think
ing at all, or nothing to the purpose, does actually say and do things wor
thy of blame, however pure his principles] we re bef re. I is a yrttml pe
culiarity of the Gospel, that its precepts tend directly to curb the passions
of men, and bring even every thought to the obedience of Christ. And
as this prevails in the heart, in the same degree will 'he efleets he visible
in the life. “ The wisdom which cometh from above,” ays an i>; os.le,
14 is first pure, then peaceable,” &c. Of its purity therefore, we can judge
only by its peaceable fruits; and we are fu.ly am • ' to condemn as
spurious, any principles which allow, or even countenance • er, or any
passions of a like kind. The man who allows his wrath to ri1# up on every
trifling occasion has need to look diligently about him . n l sv.e why these
things are so ; for to be tossed about by every mind, or to he a tyrant a
mong our inferiors, children or servants, is as much a pi oof oi an unsauct
ified heart as to swear or lie.
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LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
mmm in—— ——■ if.
HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES Friday, ffb. 23.
The annual Tax Bill paffed to he engrofied.—[The tax t© be alfelTed *_
mount* to 167,838 dollars, of which, 34,53? dollars, are to reimburfe that
fura advanced from the Treifury for the payment of the Reprelentatives.]
A bill to divide the town of Kutery, and erect the lecoud parifb into a
town by the name of Elliot, paffed to beengreffed.
The Bangor Mechanic AfTociation bill palfed to be eugrofTed.
The bid for the better obfervanceof the Lord's Day was read, & committed.
An additional bill on the fubject of elections, w»j read a iecond time, and
committed. —
MONDAY, FEB 26.
A bill in addition to the additional act to that graunng a lo.tery tor the
purpofe of completing the Lock* and Canals at Amoikeag Falls, was palled
to be engroffed.
A bill in further addition to the adt providing for the inftrudlion of youth,
and for the promotion of ,;ood education, was read a fecond time, and refer
red to the next Court.
A bill in addition to the a<£l directing the fettlement of eftates of perfons
deceafed, and for the conveyance of real eftates in certain cafes, was read a firft
time, and Tuefday affigned for the fecond reading.
A bill in addition to the adt for the limitation of certain real adlions, and
for the equitable fettlement of certain claims ariGng in real actions, was palled,
in concurrence, to be engroffed.
The committee on the fubjedt reported “ that Thomas Keeler, Taftice of
the Peace in the county of York, deferves the ammadverfion of this Houfe,
either by way of impeachment, or by joining the Hon. Senate, in addrels to
His F.xcdlency the Governor to remove jiim from hi* laid office." Read, aud
Tuefday affigned for confideration.
A committee was appointed to coufider the expediency of inftrudting th»
Attorney or Solicitor General to inlli'.ute an inquelt of office agninft all perfons
claiming lands under the Plymouth Company, lo called, Drown, Brow and
Tappan, to determine the bounds of eash claim, aud whether the Common
wealth is not interfiled in the lands claimed by the fa«d Plymouth Company,
&c. or either of them.
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Brown, the fugitive CoHeitor.
On the arrival of a veffel at Jamaica, in purfuit of 5*nm.a demand was made
for his furreoder, ihe Governor faid he thought be ca1e one ip which he
could not interfere with propriety. A warrant was ob < ued from the Mayor
to arreft him, but it did no; authopre fearch for him. Brown obtained hi.’!*
on London. The bills were advertised to warn perfons a gam ft buying them,
and eudeavours are directed to be made in London to Pop tiieir payment. B»*c
we may have no Minifter there when they arrive. Brown threa enetl a proi
ecution for defamation for the ad vertiletnent! The captain of t» e veffel ia
which B efcaped, was arrelted He wasaBritilfi fubjeoi and ths spoh clam
oured againfi his being Cent to a foreign cv untry for trial, and he was rclealed.
An election was then pending.
General "WiMtinfon intends to fpeud the winter it Kew-Cr’ians, iaftead of
repairing to the feat of government.
The I^gifiator* of Virginia, have refolved to appear in clothes of doireft c
manufa&ures. Wc ought to encourage deweftic manufactures; but it n tti m *l*
Din ft Tama ntf'Jfi'j- DimiuiCfi importation! and you Cimltnik our prU« i.
revenue.