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French Ft icndthih
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1,ondon, jan. 20— An America?
ship, it is said, with despatches foi
Gen Armstrong at Paris, in attempt
ing to go into Havre on the 8th inst
was taken possession of by a Frencli
armed ship, and sent into another port.
Her despatches were forwarded imme
riatcly to Paris, but her crew* were nol
permitted to have any communication
v1th the shore. This circumstance is
of itself, a sufficient proof that no de
finite arrangement has yet taken place
between America and France.
The general opinion at Paris is, that
the Grand Duchess Anne of Russia is
the destined new bride of Bonaparte.
It is added, that let44 the victim” be
whom she may, the jewellers of Paris
are preparing the diamonds which are
to ornament htr person.
Talleyrand is again in great fovour
w ith Bonaparte, with w ham he has of
late had several secret confidences.
As to the inftru&ions to Mr. Erf
kine not being known to the Ameri
can government, they certainly have
been publilhed both in this country
and in America. They were tranf
mitted to America by Mr. Pinckney,
to whom they had been read in ex*
tenfo by Mr. Canning in May laft.
jan. 23. Abou* 6 o’clock, yefter
day evening a flag of truce arrived at
Dover from Calais, with an Ameri
can gentleman, charged with dif
patches from the American Minifter
at Paris. The captain of an Englifh
veflel came over in the fame veflel.
As the French government have af
forded the American meflenger a fa
cility which they refufed the other
day to the Secretary of the American
Embafly who went over with Mr.
Maynz, refuflng to let him land at
Calais, and obliging him to go by
way of Morlaix, we fuppofe he has
brought difpatches of great confe
rence—perhaps a copy of the trea
ty faid to have been circulated be
tween America and France.
Ferdinand Vllth, is reprefented to
be dangeroufly ill, and that two phy*
ficians had been fent from Paris to at
tend him.
Ft cm tbr London Courier, 7a. 15-19
America conceives herself to have
received an injury—and w'e come
Toward, and offer reparation. If the
offer be not deemed ade^uare to the
injury fuftained, it is incumbent on
her to point out where it is deficient,
and to declare what additional de
gree of conceflion is necelfary to
make up the complement of fatisfac
tion. This (he feems determined
not to do, but declares her wiiling
nefs to hear w hat we have further to
offer, ftill referring to herfelf the
privilege of rejection, until we have
come up to the unknown ftandard
which (he keeps concealed, ihere
is no true dignity in this referve, and
though Ihe may conhder it a very
profound policy, we are much mif
t-ifcn if Mr. Albert Gallatin
will not convince her that it is likely
to be ruinous only to herfe^.”
4< That a new minifter will be fent
to America we cannot believe. Our
minifter has been treated with Inch
indignity, that we do not fee how
v e can expofe anv other to a fimilar
treatment. We repeat what we faid
a day or two ago—that our courfe is
dear and ftrait; America is in a paf
fion—we aTe not ; if the chufes to
acl rafhly, we do n<wt. She may
fend away our ambaffador ; but we
will not therefore declare war. She
may break off ail iritercourfe with ns,
we fhall not quarrel with her on that
account ; but we ftial! at leaft expe£f
that fhe fhall be the firft to make any
frefh overtures or propofals for ac
commodation.
Greet-Britain and America.
44 The conduct of Mr. Jackfoti in
his correfpondence with our govern
ment, (we are allured by a gentle
man who came pafttnger in the Sa
vannah) has met with the almoit u
nanimous approbation of his country
men. It was not expected that an oh
er minifter would be fen: to this
country, if Mr. Jackfon could net
effect the obje£l of his million '
CzT Mexico and ti>e United States.
A letter from a gentleman high in
•&£«> it) Mexico ius written his
m
' friend in /• 'ruJj./•;.*, under date ti
24th i> c. la ft, as follows :—
“ I i e moment Ins 1* xcellcncy the
Viceroy received rlie defpateh fron
Don Luis hii Onis. announcing that
£
j the government of the United Matts
had refufed to acknowledge Lim as
envoy extraordinary and minifter
1 plenipotentiary of our Catholick rnon
■ arch Ferdinand the 7th, he adop
ted every mcafure which prudence
dictated on the occafion, ordering at
the £u;ie time the greateft vigilance
on our frontiers and all our extenfive
coafts. This unexpe&ed event cau
fed much indignation among the
hyal Mexicans, who hitherto had
flattered themlelves that the United
States would fympathize with the
Spaniards in their prefent calamity,
and reciprocate that friendihip and
afliftatice they fo liberally offered the
Americans during their ftruggle for
liberty and independence; but in
this hope they now find themfelves
difappointed, and the effe&s thereby
produced in the public mind, is by no
means favorable towards the United j
States.
“ On the receipt of Don Luis de 1
Onis’s letter the Viceroy convened
the council, together wdth the three
fifeals (or Attorney Generals) and
laid before them faid defpatch, re
queuing their opinion on the fubject
of its contents, which they delivered
unanimoufly in the following words, I
on the 22d inft :—
“ The members aflembled in the
extraordinary council convened this
day, having taken into confideration
the cony of the letter addrefled to
your excellency by Den Luis de
Onis, which your excellency has laid
before them, are of unanimous opin
ion, and beg leave to inform your ex
cellency, that in the firft place he
ought to recogaize Don Luis de
Onis, as miniller plenipotentiary and
envoy extraordinary, of our lord the
king Don Ferdinand the VII, and
in his name of the Supreme Central
Junta, near the United States of A
merica. idly, That Ihould the U. S.
contrary to every expectation and
wifh, admit a plenipotentiary or en
voy from the intruder, Joseph Napo
leon, as king of Spain, this conduct
may be truly considered hoftile, and
in that cafe your excellency ought to
adopt with refpeCt to thefe domin-1
ions, a correfpondiug conduCl in re
gard to the United States. 3dly : In
order that your excellency may re
gulate your conduCt on this delicate
lubject, we prefume to obferve that
it is necefl'ary to requeft Don Luis
de Onis to be pleafed to communi
cate to your excellency -all fuch in
ftructions, and give you fuch infor
mation as he may have or fhall here
after reeeive from the Supreme Cen
tral Junta, together with fuch other ,
information he may acqu re refpec- j
ting the United States, their arma-j
mtnts, and other meai'urcs they may 1
now or hereafter adopt in regard to
Spain. Your Excellency may accor
dingly communicate this refolution
to Don Luis de Onis, that he may
make the necefl'ary ufe thereof when
ever he thinks proper \ and alfo to
the commandant of the frontier pro
vinces, that he may be guided there
by in the feveral difiriCts under his
command/*
“ The Viceroy has alfo given or
ders to the Treafurv to accept and
pay all bills drawn by Don Luis de
Onis for objeCts connected with his
mifliui/’
SPAIN.
There is, in the national chnraC'
ter of Spain, one trait, which is e
qually to be found in all claffes of fo
ciety, originating, I fufpeft, in the
indolence which a fine climate and
luxurious foil produce. Phis trait
is the want of combination, and the
abfer.cc of arrangement. The Span
iards are brave, active, patient and
faithful j but all their chara&eriftics
are infulated * all their exertions are
individual. They have no idea of
I combining together in private, or in
public, in fuch a way as that the fep
arate talents of different perfons may
be all uftfully employed, all different*
i iy employed, all employed conform
; ably to their different capacities, and
yet be all fo occupied, as that the
concentration oi their feveral exer
tions may tend to the tame end. The
\ vTerm:.iis may oe faid to combine too
much, and the Spaniards not at ail.
j la my judgment, the Engliih have
attained trie proper medium ; but
c-rtainiy, from the government to
! ti e peafantry, ail the Spaniards are
aitke deticieut on this point, and to
this defi lcrney their revet .cs m..y Jil
be afcribed. If a commander ein
1 barks on an expedition, as that to Al
giers a few years ago, it is not im
probable that .he powder would be
[embarked in one lliip and the ball in
1 mother, and one being loft the oth
er would be ufelefs. Nor would it
he unlikely in their army, that they
ilhould deliver to their ioldiers ball
cartridges for a review, and blank
cartridges for a battle, for I have feen
errors as egregious committed, tho’
not that precife one.—Foreign paper.
tfjc (Bails.
French Perfidy.
Extract of a letter from Loudon, Jan. 23,
(Evening.)
** On ’Change, I received a letter froir
Paris, of the 16th instant, which says,
“ Whilst the civil authorities gave u« hopes
of a favorable change, the military authori
ties were giving orders to confiscate Amei
ican ptoperiy at St. Sebastians. And by ‘ot -
ters from Naples, of the 1st, we find that
similar measures were taking there.” Thus
a new and shameful instance of French per
fidy is added to the list, already almost in
finite.”
FROM WASHING TON,
MARCH 29.
** Mr. Macon’# bill was again taken up
this day, and discussed ; but no decision ta
ken thereon. A motion was made, and af
terwards withdrawn, for raising a second
committee of conference, when a motion
for postponing the subject till to-morrow
prevailed, by a ma jority of 4. In the course
of the debate, Mr. Gholson advocated an
adherence to the disagreement cf the
House with the Senate’s amendments, and
observed—“ Last winter, the House declared
me must have Embargo or War—now they
mere about to declare that we should ha ve “ no
mar !—no Embargo ! !—no non-inter
course ! ! ! — What a lamentable situation we
shall be tn !
CONGRESS.
Washington, March 24, 1810.
Private pe'itioni and reports on local and
trifling subjects occupied a great part of the
day.
TORPEDO SYSTEM ! !
The bill to appropriate Five Thousand dol
lars for Torpedo Experiments, was taken
up. Mr. Livermore said if this Torpedo
System was to be a substitute for the Non
Intercouse System, he should withdraw his
opposition to it; and think the 5009 dollars
well expended.
Mr. QUINCY moved, in order that a fair
experiment might be made of these Torpe
does, that the Secretary of the Navy be di
rected to oppose such obstacles thereto, as
might be expected in a state of Hostility.
This motion was lost. Some other amend
ments were p oposed to test the utility of
the system, but were all rejected, and the
bill was ordeied to a third reading.
MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1810.
The bill to authorize the expenditure of
5000 dollars on Torpedo explosions, was a*
gain taken up ; and in spite of all opposition
passed,
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28.
A committee on the subject reported
that provision ought to be made by law
to authorize the President to cause the
longitude of IVashington to be correctly
ascertained.
A resolution passed to instruct a
Committee to report ©n the expediency
of directing the sale of such of the C. i
Staves Armed Vessels and Gun-Boats,
as the President may judge unfit for
public serviee.
WiAWlSWTOH .
HISTORY.
The present session of Congress
commenced on the fourth Monday of
November;—that is, nearly Jive months
ago. The expense to the nation, for
the wages of the members, must a
mount to nearly one hundred thousand
dollars. What has the nation received
in return for the money thus laid out t
The first business of importance,
which came before Congress, was Mr.
Giles's Resolutions, on the subject of
the British minister. After several
weeks spent in debating on these Reso
lutions, they passed botlrHouses. The
Resolutions themselves are a reproach
I to the country. They contain assertions
not true, founded upon a transaction,
which is a disgrace to the Administra
tion. But what has the nation gained
by the vote ? The Resolutions contain
no legislative provision ; nor is there
an article alluded to in them, which can
ever be of any avail to the nation, un
! less a law should be made on purpose
to carry it into effect. Why, then, was
there so much time spent, in passing
the Resolutions, which, now they are
passed, are good for nothing ; when
! *proper course would have been, to
! rnavle luzvs in the first instance ?
The next great subject which enga
ged the attention of Congress, was Mi.
Macon s Bill. The object of this Bill
is not easily discovered from its face.
It vvoiu-1 seem, hovever, to the wonder
1 ing mul titude, to be a kind of last plank,
Jin a rotten system of Embargo and
Non-Intercourse, on which the Admin
4
istration might endeavour to escape
with the skin of their teeth, Itom the
wreck of their popularity. After ha
j vir.g been buttered, and rent, in the
House of Representatives, ior t# long
course of time, it got off alive into the
Senate. There it lay for another peri
od of probation, when at lentil, aner it
had been faiily emptied of its contents,
and nothing was left but its head and
tail, it was sent back by the Senate to
the House. The House refused to a
gree to the amendments of the Senate,
and the Senate, like sturdy fellows, have
agreed to stand to their text, and ad
here, and thus the bill is in a fair way to
come to a violent death.
Whilst this business was working its
passage along through the House, Mr.
Burwell of Virginia, brought in just
such a tiling as you would expect from
a tobacco planter, called a convoy bill.
This bill lay about in the corners of the
Speaker’s desk, and the Clerk’s draw
er, until a short time since, when it was
huddled up together with Macon’s bill,
and the Senate’s amendments, and put
into the safe-keeping of a select commit
tee, headed by Mr. Eppcs, Mr. Jeffer
son’s hopeful son-in-law. The fate of
Macon’s bill has been mentioned. Bur
*
well’s miscarried entirely ; and Mr.
Eppes produced in lieu of it, a second
convoy bill, about as much like Bur
well’s as it is like the u Statute of Frauds
and Perjuries**; and now that subject
is travelling the way of all ffesh,through
the House of Representatives.
Another subject has occupied its por
tion of Congressional time, and that is,
a Volunteer Bill. The progress of this
animal we have not attended to so par- !
licularly, as that of some others. In
the Senate, it met with a speech from
Mr. Bayard, which clearly demonstra
ted its inexpediency, as well as uncon
stitutionality ; but as it is now bef®re
the House, we presume it must have
passed in some shape or other through
the Senate. By the journals of the
House of Representatives, it appears
very doubtful whether it will survive
many days.
Ao add to the brilliance of our histo- J
ry, the national legislature, not long
since, in a dignified manner, was occu
pied for several days, in debating wheth
er they should yield up their magnifi.
cent Hall, to Mr. Robert Eulton, to
hear him lecture upon Torpedoes ! ! !
Almost two entire sittings of the House
ol Representatives, were devoted to this
ridiculous iarce. And. as if they had
not disgraced themselves and their
country sufficiently, in this nonsensical
business, the House appointed a Tor
pedo Committee, at the Heat] of which
was Beau Dawson, and the Senate an
other, at the head of which was Ste
phen Rowe Bradley ; and the latter
learned gentleman has reported a bill,
in the words following, viz.
mil making appropriation for the pur
pose of trying the practical use of the
Torpedo for submarine explosions.
BT, it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
Sfates of America, in Congress assem
bled, 1 hat a sum not exceeding five
thousand dollars, be, and the same is
hereby appropriated, payable out of
any money in the treasury not other
wise appropriated, to defray the ex
pense which shall be incurred in any
actual experiments, when the Presi
dent of the United States shall deem it
expedient to cause such experiments to
be made, which shall be made under
the immediate direction of the secreta
ry of the navy, for the purpose of as
certaining with precision, how far the
torpedo or submarine explosions may
be usefully employed as engines of
war.
March 2d, passed in Serrate—Ayes
18, noes 13.
io finish the catalogue of public du
ties performed, Duane’s Senator Leib,
brought into the Senate, a fiery string
of Resolutions on the rights of neu
trals ; which, after lying by for some
days, were ably withdrawn. And thus
I ends the story.
| This is the sum and substance of
I the public business of the session,
as far as it has transpired. Thus
much the country has gained for the
hundred thousand dollars, laid out in
the wages of members of Congress,
besides cither sums of expenditure, in
cidental to every session, amounting
to many more thousands. Will not
{the country be entirely satisfied with
j this l Suiely, wheu it is recollected,
Ui it. OH? b'litnefs \C rmir* f |. , ,
Jte direction of Mr. Jiffeiacm\ i "r
9 * U0^«U|
friend, and, as near as things wii;»„
in pursuance of his system, u
be very unreasonable in the nermi *
complain, merely because a gffat ^
of money is wasted, and no frctxU,*
It should be borne in mind, that a
Considerable proportion of tlie rrii*j-o
rial party in Congress, make a M>b oi'
' their situation. These men make m °
ey bv serving the public. They hat
no business at home which is u0..*
[ six dollars a day ; and therefore it Ca
not be expected that they should be ,
ver anxious to bring the session to
close, or to hurry off the affairs of ti c
nation. All we have in view by ^
foregoing detail, is to write a short
plain, and honest history of part ot *
session of Congress, under a chtan
popular, saving administration.
| Connecticut Mirror.
On Monday laft, the meeting for the choice
of Governor Lieut. Governor and Senatn
was holden in the feveral towns of this iv **
monwealth. The following i, a datement of
the votes in the towns we have heard from in
thedisr nct of Maine and compared with the*
of the laft year.
Votes for Gov. rnor.
1810 1S09
Gore. Gerry. Gore.
YORK DISTRICT. %
Biddeford, 96 70 112 b,
Sac». 84 250 54 90*
Limerick, 74 44 68
Waterford, 105 J7 H6
Albany, 10 8 27 s
Fryeburgh, 71 109 68 6o
Phillipsfeurg, 9 17 6 27 80
Berwick, 111 SSI 150 oH
Buxton, 87 199 H2 J66
Bethel, 24 70 20
Newry, 1 30 3
Cornifli, 25 105 28 92
Limington, 53 134 59 115
Waterborough, 43 93 48 €9
Newfield, 63 30 6 1 93
Parfomfield, 64 177 84 148
Kittery, 7 8 210 C _
Elliot, 3 28 181 | 39 215
York, 110 193 146 ]68
Arundel, 86 83 M2 m
Wella, 361 132 426 85
CUMBERLAND DISTRICT.
Portland, 495 433 582 297
Gorhara, 244 J14 230 yiJ
Cape Eliza, 45 joo 77 104
N. Yarmouth, 386 90 432 84
Falmouth, J J 3 379 124 357
Scarborough, 37 272 44 270
Gr<iy». 54 134 46 125
Standish, 71 109 66 liO
Windham, 115 43 I02 4?
Freeport, M2 M3 158 142
Brunfwick, 177 ISO 192 120
Harpfwell, 72 33 78 33
Pari*» 67 125 64 123
N. Glouceftcr, 122 127 136 124
Durham, 107 98 113 90
Otisfield, 90 M 73 jo
Poland, **25 98 25 "7
Raymond, 26 71 59 65
Pejipfcut, 44 42 44 43
Bridgeton, 55 63 71 €0
Pownal, 59 5i 60 54
Minot, 95 iS2 105 125
Hebron, 92 61 109 59
Iiarrifon, , 21 S3 25 SI
Buckfield/ 2d 131 33 ICS
Norwaf? ¥ 72 63 71 5S
Sumner, ^ 26 58 25 47
LINCOLN DISTRICT.
3ath, 191 157 519 137
Topflum, 123 63 121 54
Bonthbay, 93 78 1<H> 57
Nobleborough, 39 110 41 68
Woolwich, 91 31 107 SO
Lewifton, 67 58 69 50
WifcafTet, 119 l?3 130 124
New Caftle, 57 76 83 108
Briftol, OO 76 !<)3 145
New Milford 37 46 35 59
Jefferfon, S€ 109 40 6l
Waldoborough, 289 76 218 74
Warren, 117 75 108 59
Thomafton, 81 L5 85 ISf
Union, 84 91 57
Cufliing, 9 46 10 2$
Bowdoin, 62 HI 59 H*
Lisbon, 91 IJ6 93 *8
Georgetown, 145 90 163
Bowdoinham, 67 88 79 8?
Wales, 7 38 4 4»
Buckftown, 73 42 102 I*
Orland, 53 4 Cl
Frankfort, 52 125 55
Profp«<5l, 25 80 SI
Orington, 45 13 31 !+
XENEBECK DISTRICT.
Augufta, 151 114 152
Hallo well, 167 142 18** U"
Gardiner, 40 105 43
Monmouth, 22 167 32
Greene, 17 127 18 ^
Fayette, 42 66 47
Malta, 4 03 4
ftorthyarmouth, Jpri* 4tk.
Mr. Sh 1 a ley,
Sir, You have doubtless observed m*
on Monday lust, we had nnt so many fede
ral votes as were given m last year by 4b’*''
By an examination of the I st of votes, I ■*“
that 66 federal voters are out of town, P^Jj
ci pally at st*a. Democracy has gainetlu
6, and you may be assured uotwilhsfsnd
the state of the votes, that this towrn is m ‘
federal this \enr than it was h*t.
An inhabitant of b*rtf.j&',nt''i
SENA! OKS. r
We have certain accounts of d,r ^
j Jcciion ol to federal Straws? 513
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