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Pt II ADriPiHA, OCT. 1.
1ait eft frcm Denmark,
Capt JefFerics arrived here on bar
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Urd^y from Kiel, which he left the
iSih Anguft, informs, that at! the
ports in JHoiltcin and Denmark, have
bcenlhuf ag; init American veilels
1 he port of Kiel waj fhur two weeks
before he failed, and a line of Don
anters was drawn along the Dattifh
lin^si to prtvenr the p flage of colon
ial goods, as Bonaparte had deter
mined that al! the commerce of the
continent fhruld pafs through
Trance. Upon the news of thefe
meafures being recieved at Kiel, ev
ery kind of produce become a mere
drug. T he ports in Sleswick were
* not fhur when Capt, J. failed, but
they were expected to be clofed im
mediately It was thought the vef
fels carried in would be releaied.
TjFriemarfs Journal,]
New Danifh Decree. - ‘ '
We, Frederick, &c- do declare,
that in cofequence of particular cir
tnmftances, we have ordered as fol
lows :
ill. The line from Nieuftadt, in
our Dutchy, of- Holftein, over Ah
remibok to Segeberg, from theiice to
Ofdefloc, from thence over Rilzbury
at d Barnftad to the city and Caille of
Glyckftadr, from thence along the
Elbe to Brunfbuttel, and further to
Bufum, ihail be confidered as a par
ticular line of cuftom, over which
fhall not be carried fiom our Duchi
es, neither by fea or land, any pro
duce which is not of European ori
gin ^ V
jd. Refined fugara, and fyrups
(had not be exported over laid
line.
3d. An exception (hail be allow
ed ior fuch quantities only as can be
proved for retail commerce and do
meftic t. e.—Six months provifton
for the former and twelve months for
the latter.
4th. Every veil'd that clears from
one place to another, along the coaft
of the Elbe, mull: give bonds for 25
per cent on the value of the Ihip and
cargo, for the fecurityof the difeharge
of the fame at the place cleared for.
Sec. 5. All thofe goods which
are found to be tranfported nearer to
the frontiers of thofe places defigna
red as the line, (hall be ccufilcated,
and the perfons therein ir.terefted
ihail be fined for the value there
of.
All thefe mcafurcs (hall be enfor
ced till further notice Dated at
Fredeiicklburg, Aug. 9, 1810.
Another.
His Royal Majcfty is caufcd by
clrcumftances, to extend the order of
ihurting the ports of Hufum and ton
ringen, for North American (hips, to
all the ports in the Duchy of Hol
ftein, and that every American veffcl
which may arrive aft® the publica
tion of this our order, (lull be turn
ed off, as has been prelcribed in the
order of the 15th June lalt, for Hu
fum and I'ouningen. Dated 3d,
Aug. 1810
[7(7 have yet to learns what ejfeft
the apparent change of policy at Paris
m ill have on Denmark and PrnJfia'j
brom Portugal Aug 7$,
The French under Massena have
given indications of falling back.
The great fcarcity of provisions, their
Situation on a ten mik-long plain in
the heat of the fummer, and the
great fcarcity of water, has filled
their hofpitais with Sick, and occa
sioned their rctrogadation. The dy
fentary prevails to a great extent.
1 he liritiSh arrr.y being ir» the high
- lands, with plenty of good water arid
provisions, enjoy a fine air, and re
markable health. Massena lias dif
plaved all his arts to induce Lord
Wellington to descend to th •
plains —But in vain. 1 he longer
his Lordflrp delays lighting, the bet
ter. The French aie circumvaHa
ting Almeidd.
Tl \rcz American veSfds from &7
l -n, i\'i~io-)'ork and Baltimore) with
mixed cargoes for the* Baltic, have
been fern into poit for examination.
The harvcfl turns out to be a good
one ; bnt the demand lor the armies
abroad, keeps up the price of grain.
Holland is in a wretched date —
The Confcriptioh is executed with
rclentlefs feverity ; aud 30,000
French bayonets are kept lharpened
t * I
punlm the refractory Dutchmen.
1‘ ivc fa Liberty /
I /fre / tfOJ/ LISBON.
Pc an arrittl at New-Yorkj Lif
boi papers have been brought up to
the very late date of the 26th of
jAugud ; at which time no news of
ja battle had been received there.
Lord Wellington's head quarters
1 dill remained at Celerico, and thofe
of Maflfena near Almeida ; upon
which piace the French commen
ced a bombardment on the night
of the 45th of Angud. It is defen
ded by General Cox, with a garrifon
of 3000 men.
The Edglifli army was fickly of
the fever and ague ; 3500 infantry,
and 800 cavalry had arrived near
Corunna, and more were daily ex
pected.
1 he French were fhort of previ
fions. .
Genera! Stewart had been appointed
one of the regency of Portugal.
Ex-trail cf a Letter from LiJIon, da
■ ted Aug. 23.
« A packet failed this morning for
Fngland with defpatches from Lord
Wellington. The news by tellegraph
dates, that the French had commen
ced the attack on Almeida, and
were bombarding it with great fpir
it, and th2t it was n*ccfiary for
Lord Wellington to march his army
and attack them immediately. The
armies were within a few miles of
each other.-The French about
70,000, and the Engiifh about half
that number, but receiving reinforce
ments daily. Mod of the people
here are trembling for the eventsxrf
a battl?, which is momently expe&ed.
The Engliih have all things ready
to embark, and the French are with
in 150 miles of rhis place. All the
guns that can be found in Portugal,
even the cadle and fort guns of Lif
b<m have been put on board Engiifh
fhips, together with the property of
fitch of the Portuguefe nobility as in
tended to leave the place fhould the
French lucceed.”
FRENCH DUTIES.
The following is the new rate of
duties, edabhfhed in France :—Cot
ton, foreign, 74 cents per lb. Am
55 1-2—Coffee, 37 cts.—Cocoa,
92 1-2—Cochineal, 185—Clovee,
57 1-2—Indigo,, 83 1-2 Nutmegs,
185—Pepper, 37—Sugar, white, 37
— browm, 27 1-2—Pea, hyfon,
83 1-2—green 55 1-2—other Peas,
ia 1-2.
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It is confidently dated, that the
Hon. J Q. Adams, our Minider at
the Court of Kufiia, has exprcflcd
his decided opinion in favor of a trea
ty with Great Britain, provided it
could be obtained upon any thing
like equal terms of reciprocity It
13 remarked by him how* dangerous
the French influence in the Court
of St Peterfburg has become, per
vading every artery of the body po
litic \ there is not a nobleman s place
but has fome minion of France with
in it. He confiders the fafety of
this country and Great-Britain fo
nearly connected, that we, as well
as they, mutt find a paramount duty
in oppofing French induence and
power.
St. Peterfburg is iht mofl: extrav
agant Court in Europe ; the cflab
hfl.ment of the French Minifter is
almoft unlimited, in point of expenle.
He lives at a rate infinitely more
luxurious than the Emperor Alexan
der, or any nobleman of his Court.
As an inftance of his profuflon, he
gave a public gala fome time ago, at
which all the public minifters, the
nobility, gentry and-(Irangers were
invited-.. 1 he number of gucfts was
immenlr, and every perfon on his en
trance was preferred with a lottery
ticker, which was drawn during the
evening. Every ticket was a prize,
which entitled the bearer to a pair
cf gloves, <yn elegant fan, a valuable
fvvord, wa!*h, or fume other article.
So that in this particular alone, many
thoufand pounds were expended.
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Alexander is faid to l>e completely
infatuated with the glory and luccefs,
as well as the personal attractions of
Napoleon ; fj that his influence at
the Court of 5t. Petersburg, is in no i
chance of becoming chminillied ; ef
pecialiy whiift it is extended by bri
bery, Ipleudor, and a univerfal didu
Usiii of expeefe.
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Ccw Government of the Fiwiuas.
ix tract of a letter from Raton fi*gur}
dated -duguttt 2 3.
“ 1 am at this phee—where I c *rae
o be present at the presentation of our
»ew form of govern mem to Governor
i-assus, who yesterday accepted of it in
o'o. The convention arc now sirring
with closed doors, making the appoint?
inents necessary to carry the r\ew gov
ernment into effect. The whole pro
ceedings are in the press, and in a lew
days will be made public—they are
such as will tend to the peace, happi
ness and prosperity of the country.**
Domestic intelligence.
NORFOLK, SEPT. 26.
Meal—The price of this article ih
j our Market, has risen to the enormous
! price of one and three quarters of a
} dollar per bushel.
NEW-YORK, OCT. 1.
t 1
A Qucrc to the Merchants —Suppose
j the President should actually issue his
» Proclamation, declaring the French
Decrees revoked, and, on the faith ot
this, you should fit out for France, and
safely arrive there, until his ports are
crowded with your shipping, would it
be very extraordinary if the Emperor
should then remaind you of the condi
tions annexed to his revocation, charge
your government with a breach of faith
in not performing them, and proceed
to sequester and confiscate every ves
sel and cargo in his clutches ? Would
this be more surprising than the course
of things you have been witnessing,
now, for more than two years past ?
, A PUBLIC LOAM.
We understand that a loan has been
obtained by government from the
bank of the U. Stales, for 3,750,000
dollars—pursuant to an act of congress
passed the last session, authorizing the
; ptesident to borrow a sum not cxcee
; ding 8 millions. The money borrow
1 td is to bear an interest of 6 per cent
per annum, and to be reimbursed on
.1 he 31st Dec. 1811—unless Congress
( shall refuse to grant a charter to the
bank of the United Slates: in which
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case the sum loaned is to be reimbur
sed within three months after the bank
shall demand the same !! !
S/iirtt of *76.
The Loan -»~Our readers will learn
I from a paragraph in yesterday’s Post,
J that our government have obtained a
i loan from the Bank of the United
j States, of upwards of three millions and
a half of dollars. This is the ft aits of
| the embargo. What will our honest
( democrats think of this ? Loans by a
democratic administration ! And made
t jo in a time of peace and prosperity ;
— When we have neither fleets nor ar
mies to maintain 1 This looks a little
squally—it appears rather too much
lice aristocracy. It is an imitation of
*
the rotten governments of Europe. In
deed it is an improvement on their sys
tems. They raise loans in times of
war, and pay them in times of peace.
W e raise l*>ar.s in time of peace ;— j
when shall we pay them ? Are we not
making a debt to be entailed on our
posterity forever. If we have to bor
row money in time of peace, how are
we to carry on a War ? And can we
always expect to be at peace ?
Fhere is another mischief which is
like to accrue from this imprudent loan.
It is obtaided from the United States
Bank, the charter of which expires in
March next. If this cliai ter is not re
newed, the directors can demand the
money in three mouths. It may not be
convenient for the government to p..y
it at such short notice—What must be
done in such a case ? Renew the char
ter—ah ere is no alternative. And
thus a million of dollars are lost, which
the Stockholders would have been wil
ling to give for such renewal, had no
loan been made —Mtw* York Herald.
A>tvhcnp vhb'c Election.
It is difficult to account for the ter
mination of the election, when ati ti p
pa]»e:s agree in giv^ig a considerable
majority tor the federal ticket in their
returns ot votes. These must have
been very erroneous to have occasion
ed so great difference. But there lias
been a “ ciiminal carelessness of town
! clerks,” and some “ mistakes of baptis
mal names,” as well as unreasonable
returns, which may have helped to
produce it. So it falls out. Strange
i events happen in this queer world.
Many on the brink of realising their
1 mdest hopes, with no apparent obsta
; cle to the attainment of their wishes,
are cut short by untoward events ; and
unfartaten accident* often happen. But
honesty ami fair dealing are growing
out ol fashion. Two cheats are said
t> make ati even bargain ; that the j
fashion of the world is to cheat, and he J
a fool that ha^ no hand in it ; and of
course the greater the togue the b. *:
fellow, Sec. I Who is to btamr ? „
Parmer*a Cabinet.
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The Ltbar^n votes ibr Metrbers oi
Congress, directed to the Scene ary ot
the State, »nd m attrf 44 J>/>a« >* I'utrs
for Ptfiriscnran vat !o Congi r*.v,” were
sent hy mistake to the post office in
Exeter, where they were detained by
file democratic postmaster some days,
and when they arrived at their «fc_siinu
tinti it was decided they were too late,
to be counted. Had these votes been >
counted, two federalists and one demo
crat would have been chosen. 1 he
Farmer’s Museum says, 4‘ We pledge
ourselves that Dins moor’s election
shall be contested.”
Duels — Four southern lawyers, viz
Messrs. V. Gry mes, (District Attorney
of Oi leans) S. A. Hopkins ; Francis
Triplett, aud James Turner, have
fought duels in Weat-Florida.-—Trip
lett was shot through the heatt, and of
course died instantly ,* and Grymes
wounded in the right breast, but not
mortally.
Creeping policy.—-Any nation to be
respected, must make itself feared—
not by foul means, but by sturdy in
flexible resolution to have justice, as
well as to do justice* A nation that
tramples upon the l ights of other na
tions, is both feared and hated, and it is
the interest of all its neighbours to pull
it down, or at least to curb its power :
whereas a nation that will neither do
wrong nor suffer wr6ng, is beheld with
a fear that is mixed with veneration.
Always to be prepared for war, and
in no case either to seek it, or shun it
by abject means, is the way to escape
both war and disgrace, and to preserve
a dignified peace. An individual who
has complete power of self-defence and
to right himself when wronged, and is
known to be of a temper neither to
give an affront nor take one, is seldom
insulted. And so is it with a powerful
nation that is inflexibly just itself, and
inflexibly determined that its own rights
shall be respected. While on the oth
er hand a nation w*at tamely submits to
indignities, insults and injuries, from
any one power, particularly invites all
the other powers to treat it with tlie
like scorn and contumely. The rulers
of such a nation, while they cover
themselves with shame, are sure to be
bewildered in a maze of perplexities.
Their zig-zag creeping policy conducts
them at last to a point, whence they
neither know how to go forward or re
treat. Their situation then resembles
that described in the following old lines
which mothers and nui ses used in old
times to say or sing to their children.
“ Queen Bessy, she crept and crept into a
spout,
“ And she crept and she crept, but she
cou'd not creep out.”
How far this applies to the cabinet of
“ the most intelligent nation upon
earth,” is left to the reader to judge.
The Embargo.
This terrible measure of Thomas
Jefferson, is daily receiving great praise
from the democrats : A thousand fine
things are told us of what it would huve
done had it been continued. But they
take very good care not to tell us what
it did do and what its repeal has since
done. Look here Farmers and see for
yourselves—
Embargo prices / Present prices /
Wh«at 1 dal. Wheat 2 dols.
Rye 60 cts. Rye 1 lb cts.
Corn 50 cts. Corn 80 cts.
Will the Demc* rats restore the Em
bargo if they again get into power ;
they say it was a most wise and benefi
cial measure—Look well to it then that
you do not put it into their pouter Far
mers to confer upon you t*.ny more of
their wisdom or their benefits.
Trent. Tederalist.
NFW YORK, SEPT. 26.
Extract of c letter from a Captain of a
A cm-York vessel, to a friend in true
city, dated Copenhagen, dug. 3.
“ 1 was captured on the 18m of May,
under the guns of Eisineur Castle. I
have been detained ever since till yts-!
terday, when my ship was given up. '
Three weeks the supercargo and I ;
were kept close prisoners on board,
without being allowed to speak to a '
bpat tlurt came along side ; we were af- I
ter that kept 12 days prisoners on shore, •
that the privateersmen might have suf
ficient time to tamper with the men,
some of whom they offered to bribe us
high as 5000 dollars, if they would
swear the ship came from England ;
they however proved all honest.
“ All that was ailedged against the
ship was, there was one name more on
the roll than was on board, and that I
dfd not heave too for them till after
several shots were fired.—1 have been
obliged to pay the villains 600 dollars ■
and court charges, amounting to about
1000 more.
I he s.iip S iv i11, of Ncw«York, has *
oeen condemned here, because the pri
vateersmen swore they saw papers ly
ing Oil tiie bouoti in twenty feet water,
and some floating, which they did not \
.ik<; up ; they called the ship’s crew to J
see these papers, and though two ipou- '
sa’id dollars wue offered to sharpen]
■ * " - •
i
t.ie sight oi one, still 1 Ley cm-id
nothing but a Utrf bene ! ! '1 hr super
4 *tvO and captain ImhIi offered lo swear
that there never had been any payers
tin own overboard, but the oaths vert
rot admitted, as the Judges said they
were interested parties .—now I sup
pose l!»e privateersmen Were consid
ered as quite disinterested !
“ I hear there are seven*! French
pi Halters cruising in the Udine.
Bonaparte issued a Decree 7tl> of
last May, whereby a premium of 1,000,
000 franks is offered to the inventor,
in any nation whatever, ot the best ma
chine proper for spinning flax ; and
for that object the above sum is put at
the disposal of the Minister of the inte
rior. _ c
John Elliot, Esq. has been nomina
ted in the interior of Georgia, as a can
didate for Congress. His election is
opposed in the following manner by a
democratic wiiter_
“ That Mr. Elliot po««esses TAL
ENTS and INTEGRITY in i is deal
ings and transactions with n ut pri
vate life, I do not hesitate v rnit *
but it is equally true, and I sut it on
my knowledge of the fact, h-v' g
been acquainted With him since hi
fancy, that he is a decided and warm
FEDERALIST.
LAUGHTER..
Laughter is said to distinguish us
from the brute creation, but it is quite
the reverse.—Monkeys have not mord
sense because they laugh. What an
embarrassing situation ft is, to be with
a man who addresses or salutes you
smiling ! If you return him his smiles
you look like a fool ; if you do not it
looks as if you were . * ;ry. And ii
that man be a great talker, a giglcr, a
superior, it is still worse.
[Prince dcliwgc.]
The 7'aiL arrived first.
u The Secretary of State was at Wash
ington on Tuesday evening last. The
President and Head* of Departments
were expected there in a day or ’two.”—*
[ Essex Register.]
Gen. La Fayette and Air. Jefferson
It is slaved i»> a late number of the
New-York Evening Post, that a grant
of land to the Marquis La Layette, wa*
made by Congress, at the close of tire
Revolution.—That this giant consist
ed of 12,500 acres, to be located, as the
grants to other officers, and supposed
to be worth 2 dollars an acre ; making
the value of the grant, at an average .
estimate, 25,000 Dollars. But that du
ring Mr. Jefferson’s administration,
this location was made by his direction
at N. Orleans and its vicinity, where
t* e land is believed to be worth a mil
lion of Dollars, and that La Fayette .
has actually borrowed upon it One Huns
dred Thousand Dollars^ and is trying to
obtain a futther loan on the n;..
riiy.
As the story is told, it seems to im
peach Mr. Jefferso/i’s motives, in ma
king this location ; and the writer names
Mr. Madison, Mr. Gallatin, and several
others, as acquainted with the facts
which he states. ShcmW thev be deni*
J
ed, or prove to be otherwise, it shall be
noticed with pleasure.— Washingtonian.
Jtortlanti,
Monday, October 8, 1810.
The last week lias added but little to ouif
former stock of foreign iiHciligeooe.
The late measures of Boiuparte exci’d.
but little interest in England. The En
glish Government will in all probability wait
to see what course the French Government
will adopt toward* neutrals alter the 1st of
November, the turte when it is said their
decrees will cease to operate.—Many fear
that the French Emperor is playing a deep
game ; that Ins object is either to set a
new trap for the purpose of making anoth* ~
and greater grasp of American property
or, by equivocating as to the suspension of
the British Orders in Council, endeavor to
involve the United States in a war with that
Country. That there is a strong frenejt
party in this Country who wish for a war
with England, there can* be no doubt; Bot
ii is to be hoped that there is a majority in
the American Government opposed to so
ruinous a measure, when \t is required nei
ther oy cur interest ot honour.
f _ |M m_, ...
We see nothing in the French ar
counts which afford the least prospect
or disposition on the part of Ikmaparte
to restore tile millions of property he
has, robber like, taken from the citi
zens of this country.
4
Sweden, since u has come under
French influence, is represented to he
torn by divisions, and will soon have to
submit to the domination of one of
BoqapurtiA patent Kings. Mmat. it
is said, is to be her future sovereign.
OF POHTUGAL,
A circumstantial account of ailaui ?*v
I\pM ugal, so Gte as the dud* of August, io .v
been published. No new f r*m Had occur
red at that date. N > attack had been tn«de
on the combined English *r.d Portuguese
arruv t»y Mu-seca. N me accounts sav he
has re*.unitd frem the advanced po-.itiu4.ke