Portland gazette, and Maine advertiser — Portland, Me., 1810-09-03 00:00:00, page 2

jHtrrrsfing political fpi&crihi.iv?
Frcn tlt« a. H >o R.peilo v.
\Yt have !) cn fulicittd in fevefa'
puncr* to republ.ih the 1 blowing
M. moi s i i Mr. Bidwcif, the firfi
appeared in the J-epcrfury of Jane
9*:lT
The nemocrati. with a degree of
i npu lence worthy of themfelves. pre
tend that they knew nothing of Mr.
Ridded s depravity of character until
•his late flight iron) ju(Uc'~. Let rhe
pub ick judge for the truth of this
klleriicn. I hs Repertory calculates
through the Common wealth, lhc
publication bclo.v excited a tremen
(i mis fever among the democratic
editors generally, and it is not preten
ded that more than one of the char
ges was controverted. Whether
that was tfkctcd may be aftertained
h/ examining the circumfbnces of
the charge, and the kind of defence
offered.
But this is not all—the ia&s con
tained in the Memoirs were commit
ted to us, as matters of notoriety ia
Beikdhire. It will be fclf evident
from their nature that mold of them
mufi Imive been knewn to the la wyers of
tterkjhirc^ of both ifafis of pfituiunt,
1 he leading democrats of that coun
ty then if they confntered probity a
requifite among their party, as a rc
co nmendauau for office, would not
have bsen the zealous advocates
ct Mr. bldwell, as they certainly
were.
But we have yet a flronger proof
that this parry pay no regard to char
act r, when there is fufKcient zeal in
their taufef They care not for the
pub ic good. They will reward a
favourite ar ail hazards. ' Though
the Memoirs of Mr. Bid well have
been a long ti ne before the public,
a »d every rea ler of^ewspapers faw
that they were unanswered, yet lie
remained as much as ever, indeed
apparently more fo, the idol of his
feet. With thefe characters of infa
my branded on his front, it is well
k town, that among the democrats of
Maffachu felts, his appointment to the
-bench in the feat of judge Cabling,
was an object of the warmeil antici
patio.i i and this, we are informed,
was eventually to be lucceeded by
jKMiiiimttne him os Oovernour ol the
ft ate. And now when the wages of
Ids iniquity have overtaken him, a
proiflgate and hypocritical fet of fel
lows pre end thty favour nobody,
whofe integrity they even fufpect ! !
Let honelt people of all parries de
termine from the circumll ances of
the cafe, the iincirity of theie pro
feilions. * —■»— i
run Mi! RirtiToir.
MEMOIRS OF BARN A’ BIDWELL.
Mr. Bidwell came into the County of Berk
fhuv, recoimncudod to the patronage ot Judge .
fedgwick, men a practitioner at the bar He
V’a# admitted into hi* office, received the ben
efit of his 11.ft: actions, and rfone if the led
Jihratie* m the Su e. For (hi* no reward ha*
been received or demanded ; but on the con
trary, this liberality ha* been paid with the
hafdl ingratitude—not by mlnuaiioos mere
ly ; nor by exhibiting iRtle fpib'ex, from which
perhaps no character it exempt ; but by di-1
rct*l ilander* and fabhotd#, he has molt bafely
at.d ungratefully, euJeavt ured to undermine
or to blacken, In* charatfler. There are hun
dred* who can teilify to the truth ot tin*, But
this is not all. During the vacation, preced
ing the term when Mr. Bidwell was to be ad
mitted to the Bar ot the Common Fleas, in*
Bead of attending to the iuteieft of his princi
pal, when application* were inaie at ttie of
fice, at any time when he happened to be theie
Alone, he proposed to the Clients to do their
Imfiiid'sOn bis own account, and action* fo
c- mmeuied were kept a fecret from JVIr. Sedg
wuk.an,! the yewng gentlemen of thetiHce.
Non* .hi* all. He not only thus furreptiriou
fly Jtj 'ived Mr Sedgwick of the ju.'temo’u
meat* of hi* bufintls, but he actually made
ufe ot hi* blank vvri;s, for which he (Mr. S)
bad paid, toiranfact his bulinefs, ai d has nev
er to this moment, as the writer leheve?,made
him any cmn.eofaiU.n for having tlrot, call it
wl.at you p.cate, taken hi* property without
h.» confent; nor ha.-, tie ever revea ed the cir
cumflance to Mr Sedgwick This was known
to a l (he ecutlctneu at that time (ounceted
with the. i,;.e.
Mr. Bidwell Las in fcveral in fiances appeal
ed acf.m.s againlt h.s own Clieim, and recog
titled fur the proteeuuou of the appeal*,and
when he diicovered that his conduct was de
tected he fia* c.rufed ease of hi* Cie. X> to be
iT din uteri m his Uead.
A 7v1r. Ungdon or Tyringham, the town
which was h juuurtd by Mr Bidweil? nativity
bt.tur relpubli >.« to the then High sheriff of
Bckiliire, Geu. Hyde, for a very coulidera
bn. fnmof money, for the default cf one of
{he M*r.tf# Deputie*, for whom be was lure
ly, applied to Mr B dwell for advice. Mr.
BiJwell, ir .ie to the u.t*rtfi of in* Client#,advt
fed him totian.fer all his ellatc to hi? ions, go
to goal fa; thirty day#, and then/rtvar Ltmjtlj
ouL. The old rnaa, who had really Lveo per
iuadad by hi* Lawyer, ta believe he might do
all Uii* houeldy proceeded a? he was adviled,
and lap po fed that the debt was forever dtf
charged- But Mr. Sheriff, under a llrdhg
ful ic.iiU that evsry thing wa* uot exactly as
i; .ugu'd oe. brought au action to try the title
I mt
fi’u*' t..l, -wherein the whole ph* was till*
j \»eeml, and it apjvcared in evidence, on
he t r' i» l, ths*« for t* e sulutury and unrest fcd«
vice g‘.v« . b) Mr Bidweil, he received the
vim -if f/ ii ty f-ucet >J if’wr, the value <»f one
h»j d ed cents each The She riff recevered
he (and and tl.c poor deluded Client came
H wdii the loss, not of his property only,
but hiv rer uutiou also, flow the reputation
f the lawyer ought to Lc affected, the world
mist judge by the fact. There is one oilier
Met, which ought not to he omitted. Judge
tacon, new co Senator with Mr. Bidweil,
was a Judge on the Bench at the foregoing
;i.il — The counsel f-r the Plantiff was so
f c ut*.xglv severe, in tils remaihs upon the
I malpractice of vlr. Bidweil, ill this c ase,
j that he si-pealed to the Court for protection
j against wit it he w *s pleased to call, abuse.
' But the Judge, to ius tumour be it spoken,
’ silenced Mr. Bid well’s complaints by tel
ling hnn that no language had been used by
! the C muset on the other side, hut such as
the facts which had b“en given in evidence,
Wv.uld completely justify, lie was lueiefore
compelled to submit .o the lacerations of
the longue of one, who, on such occasions,
is not s pairing of Ids strifes. He was ob
liged to sit patiently, ar.d look on, while a
picture of hiuuelf was drawn, and heliriip
to his view, which in defoimity, could hard
ly be acc led by the pencil of a Hogarth.
An ap|»eal wa* entered, but Mr. Bulweil,
i very prudently, determined not to prosecute
i it iu ilir Supreme Court. The papers in
this im; /riant case were taken from the
fi'ts of the Court, without the knowledge or
consent of the Clerk, and have never been
returned- Mr. Bidweil, as well as others
had access to the ffes. He had more inter
e-»t iu the preset ration or destruction of
these papers than any one else ; and that is
all tve Call say about it.
Doctor Richard Tid marsh, finnerly of
Stockbridge, the town where Mr. Bidweil
resides, died intestate and without heirs,
leaving a small red estate, worth a few hnu
dred poinds. No creditors appeared to ad
minister u,.on the estate and it reverted to
the Comm on wealih, unless some individual
on-re fortunate, or more crafty, than his
neighbours, could divise some plan to get
possession of it. It w*as a luring bate to
avarice, nor was it suffered long to remain
untouched The estate being in the occu
pancy of Mr. D wight, in the year 1791, he
was asked by Mr. Bidweil if he hai any
objection to suffering a suit to be commen
ced, by a creditor of ilia l.ite Doctor Tid
marsh, against him, as executor, in his own
wrong Y:»e gentleman, being no Law>er
himself, appealed to Mr* B.dweJl to know
whether he should he in any way exposed
to lo»s or injury, by such a suit. On Mr.
UtJwell’s answer in the negative, Mr.
D wight told hi»u ihat he would by no means
wish to prevent the recovery ot a bonafide
debt, be an honest creditor. Mr. Bid well
filled a writ in favour of one Hubbard, and 1
when he gave it t« the officer, he enjoined !
upon him the most rigid seci e y, because,
as he said, Mr. Dwight had particularly re
iju sted that it might be kept a profound se
cret, as he was apprehensive that, if it
should be known in New-York, it might in
ju e his ciedit as a merchant. The officer
faithful to his trust, performed the service
agreeably to Ins instructions. Bat no
thoughts oi'aucb secrecy had ever entered
the im-g.nutunor the heart of Mr. Dwight,
and, to the astonishment of the confidential
officer, be was the first to divulge it. Let
it here be leruembered, that the nominal
| plant', if resides in Hew llaven, in the State
id Connecticut, the lawyer who brought
the suit, in Stockbridge, county of Berkshire
where also the property lay, and that the
wi it wjs returned in the county of Worces
ter, at the distance of nearly one hundred
Hides from either plaintiff, attorney or pro
pt.'t). ixooouy appeaicu iu ucicitu, ami
judgment was obtained b) default. So tar
d.e business ut the coucem had succeeded
agreeable to their most sanguine expecta
tions. But the publicity of the transac
tion voluntarily given by the verylnan who,
tccording to Mr. Bid well's account was
ni9»t anxious to conceal it, was the means of
.ul min duration being taken out on the es
tate, which was represented insolvent. By
this unexpected measure, Mr. Bidwell was
brought Id the sad ditemuu, either toaban
don the favourite project, or piesmt his
claim before the board o! Commissioners,
appointed by the Judge of Probate. Avar
ice overruled, and he appeared before the
Commissioners to support a claim, founded
on the judgment obtained at Worcester.
Counsel wt» employed by ihe administrator
to defend the estate against this surrepti
tious claim, who closed hi" plea before the
Commi.sinners in the language of honest
indignation.—“l know not, said he, Gen
tlemen, in what light you may view tins
transaction, but had I myself been guilty of
such prat tier a- has here been detailed oe
fnre you, l should txptct chat a detection,
would damn the little repo atiun l may
possess, to all eternity.** Tnis was borne
without resentment. Mr. B owed was then
told by the Gum mis toner* that a judgment,
obtained in that way, was u >i, to their
minds, satisfactory evidt nee of an houest
demand ; but that if he would produce a
legular account, with proper vouchers, they
would allow it. ir'ruin tUis decision Mr.
Bidwell threatened a appt ai. But tor rea
sons winch must be very obvious, he suffer
ed it t-> rest, forever undisturbed by him,
and it is presumed he would wish to have
it sleep in eternal oblivion. And so it
might have slept were not a disclosure
provoked, by his bitter and malignant at
l..iks, ou die uio&t virtuous chara. ter in the {
CMiinmitiiy. WI.cn a man, who is him sell ;
in a tog., degree vulneraole, is perpetually
,directing il.t skafisofhi* malicious slander
; against the repu.atioii of others, he must not
: complain, d they sometimes recoil upon
> himself.
In the ve«r———Mr. Bidw. ll commenced
an action against Jonathan Hicks, and tins
1 rusices. The ur.t was fatally defec
■ti.e. it was served, atni afterwards, and
before ihe errour was discovered, other
writs were also served If a new' process,
on heu .it ot hts Client, was instituted, it
must of < our.se be postponed to thu.,e which
j were already emu minced ; .nJ if there was
i n-»t sufficient n.upwrty to answer all the de
j m ut f> his Client, must n .ve lost, through
ms bluniter. Here was presented an ur
gctU motive. Always true tv tit uuertstof
kts Ciisitt, he altered the writ —a wu it
Wo a-ii esi vcntd lie d.u more
Ms declared to the r ft’< -.r Out he had a
right to <lo it,and endeavoured to pursu: de
; him lit at it was his du'y to rtU n tl»e nev
• writ, as having bei n served on the day
when the erroneous one had in fact beer
se. ved.
*
' There can scarcely be a higher coinplt
ment paid to the integrity of the federalists,
than the pitiful and abortive attempt of
their opponents to stirk their own culprit’s
names on the federalists. Adopting ever}
i species of falshood for years, to impeach
i the honesty of Mr. Pickering, and renewing;
I once and again accusations which had been j
j completely refuted, they are obliged to;
subscribe to the undeviating probity of this ’
I distinguished federalist. Failing in this j
j long pursued effort to criminate one of our.
tide% they very generously place toourac*
| count their own scoundrels, as fast as they
j run themselves out of the possible teach of
party protection.
| Ten thousand Chronicles and Xcvr York
! Publick Advertisers, however, will not
i tn-ke a single man in Massachusetts believe
lhat James Torn son Skinner, Barnabas Bid
well, Clatk of York, et ca^eri, are federal-!
ists* . . !
But “ a party has nothing to do with the
misconduct of individuals belonging to it”—
say our democratic editors. It that is their
I doctrine and they expect to carry it in the
1 midst of the people, why stupidly try to pass
j off Bid we 11 us a federalist ? He—they
feel convinced that defalcation after defal
cation coming out upon their greatest men,
will justly make common peop'e startle at
the fiuits of abandoning old Washingtonian
politicians.
DAKJk. AGE. i
We have on our files the decree of;
Bonaparte relative to Jjri*iwg in
France. As it is long, we have thought,
ptoper to give a summary ot its con
tents. This is a precious morsel lor
j the friends of the Emperor. It is a
part of what Duane would call the con- J
I nnental system—a system which is to
j reduce mankind to a state of barbarism,
that tyrants can more easily lule them.
I ht system of democracy in this coun
try, goes hand in hand with Bonaparte’s
system of tyranny in Europe. Ignor
ance is supported, and knowledge and
civilization are disregarded and dis
couraged. The most ignorant and a
bandontd of mankind are raised to pla
ces of offices and trust, while the en
lightened and candid are negltcteu and
oppressed. Our government have not
yet suppressed information by inter
dicting the press, but the people have
done every thing to keep themselves
in ignorance which they can possibly
do. Democrats will read nothing in
federal papers ; they will take no pains
to compare dates, or to find whether
what they read is true or false.—When
people are thus determined to be ig
norant, what is the use of printing ?
When a man is determined that he will
not receive information, it is of very
littje use to lay it before him—You
may talk to him, and print for him, he
will still be ignorant-An ignorant
man is easily ltd astray—he envies the
man of enlightened mind, and would
sooner vote for an unprincipled block
head, than an honest and upright man
of talents and learning. This kind of
system leads to not and anarchy—an
archy leads to absolute despotism, and
ignorance fits the people to bear that
despotism. So that we find our coun
try not so far behind those of Europe
in the road to darkness as many may
imagine. We are ignorant, violent
and headstrong—we have no respect
for any thing great and noble among
mankind ; and we want nothing but a
Bonaparte to reduce us to as complete
a state of slavery, as that under which
all Europe now groans.
The following is a summary of Bon
aparte’s decree fer the suppression of .
printing : The leader will perceive i
that the number of presses allowed in
France is not sufficient to supply the!
people of France with school-books, so
that reading and vviiting will soon be
confined to a few in that devoted conn-'
try. I he American may reflect if he
pleases, on the conduct of this upstart i
tyrant; he knows that this is the gov-1
eminent oi which the majority of°the '
people in the United State* are so very I
fond. This is the government which j
ail good democrats wish to suppoit._i
Ami this the government in favor of!
which, we shall, in all probability, go to
w ar in less than a year.
Ti»e harness of printing and bookselling
is ik cUreu io be under an inspector general,
assisted by six auditors subject to his con
iioul, sad other subbtdinate agents.
The lumber of printing-offices after the
1st ul Jan. 1811, ,g to be reduced through
out the empire—the number in Paris to be
sixty ; each office in Paris restricted to four
prts .es, in the departments to two each —
i lie printers whose offices suppressed,
to receive an indemnity from those continu
ed. Printeis *nd booksellers to produce j
vouchers of good character, receive a patent
and be sworn. In f» ling vacancies prefer,
ence is to be given to f amilies of deceased
printers. The minister of police, prefects
[ of departments and special censors, are
auxiliaries to carry this grand engine of dot. -
i P'tisin into effect. The censor examines,
erast a and reports ; the prefects and minis
j ter of police suspend, and tlie director-gen
I eiai decides upon the publication of *ny
wo: k. li any work be commenced and the
publication thereafter be prohibited, the
printed sheets to be seized, and the types
composed, as the ppptcr* vr >uld jui\ , thiown
i'tLO pte. A duty of fif.y pc r ct nl ad valwum
on ad French and l at in books permitted to
hi* imported. No Looks primed or reprint
ed ouku* i i an lie, 10 be nu ported without a
I
permit Copy right* srcu:e<j to au lira • - ot
the r widow* during Lie. and to tiieir c.m*
dr n Cr twenty years*- Copy tights
! lerable. The first volume <*f every woi k
I imported/to be stamped. ivv-y work It
icensed to be printed, to have affixed on the
I title pige, the name of the author if known,
[and the name of the printer—ar. omission «d
the latter incurs fine and confiscation. *.■< 1
I rint-r to dep *si» live copies of the works he
may be licensed to publish t<#r ptxial j-ur
poses, in the prefecture ot the d p.u uncut
in which lie lesioes, and in Palis, in ’he
prefecture of the police. Printing, book
selling, t'pe founding, book-! indme and all
connected therewith, ar«* comprised in the
decree and subject to future disposition*.
Thare are many other wttnutix ot minor con
srftueiice which we have omitted to norice. ,
[tfmyori Herald j
Gen. Wilkinson has published ' long
address to the good people ol the U. S. ^
begging they would not condemn him •
on account ofthepioots exhibited a* |
gainst him by the committee id Con- *
gress. lie is too late in his prayer.
Evidence is as strong against him as
against Arnold —The ostiich may hide
her head and declare hersell a svv«n ;
but while the body is exposed to view i
she will find none to believe her.
('.Georgetown Ind. Amt
_ 1
«
Notwithstanding a.I the sympathies j
which the tender-hearted Ameiic.an de- '■
mes hive had for 44 dear Denmarkand
41 dearer Ccftenhag"n ;”*and maugre all
the sighs and tears they have shed tor
their fate, and the curses and scurrili
ties they have poured upon Copenhagen
Jackson on their account for months, it
so happens that this same Denmark is
foremost of the national banditti in Eu
rope, which are preying on American
commerce ; and that this same Copen- I
hagm is the dtn from which these J
thieves and pirates issue, and to which !
they carry them, booty.
The celebrators of the battle of Ben
nington, forgot to toast the Hon. Mr. j
Adams.—This was ingratitude, as lie
nas proved himself full a& zealous, as ,
they possibly can be, to kc^p alive the j
revolutionary prejudices against F.ng- ;
land. 44 In War enemies—in Deuce !
friends*’—was once thought atnagnun- j
irnous sentiment of political morality ; »
but times are changed, and with them, *
it should seem, justice and liberality, j
The population of Salem, by the
census, just completed, is 12,COO souls, j
Rhode Island Revived *
Extract tf a Utterfrom a gentleman in Provi
dence, to his correspondents in Boston, dated
Juiust 29.
“ The Federal Eagle has once more
spread its pinions over Democracy. jMe.srs.
JACKSON and POTTER will be re-elect
ed to Congress, by a handsome majorit).
Good news comes with every messenger
from the different towns in the State. The
federal gain in 22 towns is 436. At the
spring election the democratic majority in
the State was 193. The federal ticket will
now prevail by «* majority of about 3'JO
The House cf Representatives elect is also
federal—Laus Deo. Hhode Island has now
set your enlightened citizt ns a good exam
ple. Go and do likewise.”
Sonias,
Monday, ^September 3, I3IO.
FROM Fj\GLAXD.
The Biitish frigate Venus, of 31
guns, capt. Crawford, arrived at New
York in 43 days from England, having
as a passenger, Mr. Morrikk, Charge
des Affairs of Great Britain to the Uni
ted States. Fiom tire official character
of Mr. Morrikr, he is not, nor is it
probable that he will be authorised to
make any new propositions for a settle
ment of differences between the two
countries—his business is merely to as
sist his countrymen in their commer
cial transactions in this country. It is
said Mr. Jackson is to return home in
the Venus.
The latest accounts from Spain re p
resent the cause of the Spanish Patii
ots as not hopeless. It is stated that
numbers desert from the French ar
mies in Spain daily. In Alicant the
Spaiiiaids compel 1000 French prison
ers to labour upon the fortifications, in
imitation of their invaders. In the
provinces which have been conquered
the frequent assassination of the Fiench
shows that the spirit of the people is far
from being subdued. I he report that 1
Ger«. Crawford had been defeated on I
the frontiers of Portugal with the loss j
of 4000 men is not conoborutui by ;
later accounts.
The Spanish papers accuse Bona
parte of causing the brave defender of
Gerona, Governor pon Alvarez, to
be poisoned.
Accounts from the Baltic are very
unfavorable for the Americans. Capt.
l oibes arrived at Newvork in 42 days
from Gottenburg, reports, that Den
mark has shut her ports against the
Amciic.u.s ; and that the Danish pri
vatcei s capture every vessel that comes
within then reach, most of which were
cojxlen ned an ter? ti fifctg pfeterfft*.
Vi’* *_ ~/f% . • |
r It IK.; I VyUltii iCttlor WiiS <K*UV tv *.
peeled at Golttnbu g, probably lor the
purpose ci pi.lu g another grasp of
American pi„ptu> —'lhe Amciican*
were making off. 1
At tiie last account* from Portug.l
the situation of afLii* rets runtd the
same. , It appears the combined at my
of English a id Portuguese Laddetei.
mined to act only on the defensive^_
i he French Commander, Masstna
found it vtiy difficult to obtain supplit*
and was endta voting to foice Eoid
Wellington to an engagement.
At Lisbon, the market was griod for
American produce.—»Fiour 17 dcllai*
per bbl. Wheat J,au and Corn l2-m
per bushel.
mmmmfmnmmf-mmy
1.ATR. FROM HOLLAND. t
Amsterdam accounts have been i 6.
ceivcd to July the 3d, by an anival at
Ntw-\otk. J hey lepttscrit ttie na
tional i«s continuing to dcpie*
ciate, and their commerce of so little
consequence as not to merit a state
ment, and every kind of business in a
languishing stale. The Iloliauder*
owe this slate of things to French
liiendship and i rtnch policy, so much
approved of by Jefferson and oihci.of
his parlyTn this country.
On the 3d ol July King Louis Bona
parte resigned hi* rank and loyal ili
iiity as King of Holland, in favor of hU
eldest swn, Napoleon Louis, and of hi*
brother, Prince Charles Louis Napole
on, (two boys)—By the constitution
the (^uetn becomes Regent of the
Kingdom. Louis gives as loason lor
resigning “ that he may not be an obsta
cle which may [itevent the good will and
intention of his biother [the Emperor
of France] towards the county” ! 11
lie tolls tlio Hollanders that he shall
never forget so good and virtuous u
people, and adds the follow ing advice :
that “on leaving you I cannot suffi
ciently recommend to you to receive
well the military and civil officers of
France. IhL. is the only means to
gtatijy his Majesty the Linpeior, on
whom your Jute [gieat consolation this},
that of your ihmirtn, and that of your
•wtr.de country depends.” On the 4ih
01 July the French troops were to en
ter the Capital, and a piodamaiion was
issued requiting the citizens to ltceivo
them with rtspcct and friendship, to
avoid the fatal consequences which
would lollow from a contrary conduct.
William Collett—.well known in this
country as Peter Porcu/Une, lias been
sentenced, for writing and publishing:
libels, to pay a fine ul 1000/. be im
prisoned two years in Newgate, and
find sureties for keeping the peace for
7 years.
The French have a fleet cf 17 sail of
the line in i onion, ready for sea, lour
of which are three deckers and carry
admiral’s flags. Admiral Sir C. Cot
ton command* the English squadron
stationed off that poll—it was so much,
expected the F rench would put to sea,
that the English kept their ships cleiu
lor action.
It is stated the object of Bonaparti*
now is, having compelled ihe govern
ment ot Sweden to adopt his policy, to
obtain the possession ot the Swedish
licet, arid the English intend to prer
Vent it—probably Copenhagen it.
B Y THE YEA US Fli IGATE.
*4 LONDON, JUNE 29. The French.
Consul lias sequestrated all the Amer
ican and foreign property in Stralsund ;
but the bona'fide American property
will he* given up as at Tonningen.
“ I'lie French Minister in Berlin has
directed the Consuls to prevent trade,
and whtn the* vessels bring colonial
produce to auk their arrest
“ The sequestrated cargoes at Ant
werp, have been sold, codec at 75 cents
per ib. teas very high.
e tremble for the many Amen
can ships gone to the I'iosainri potts.
AH the compromises, though confirm
ed by the* Council of Brizes, have bcei*
annulled.**
EX 1 It A C T OF A LETTER.
“ Chrixliunuiitd, June 3. The brig
Joseph and cargo were acquitted oil
the 14th May.—t 1 bis vessel was sent
into Norway 9ih Ai>£ lsc? Was ac
quitted at the* piizc* court at Christian
sand, and appealed lor by the captors
to the high court at Christiana ] No
c.amages were awarded me, although
my papers were allowed by the Con t
to be in perfect order. Not one sMp.
has been allowed damages, but on t».'**
contrary the greater part which h.;* -
been cleared have been condemned to
pay the captors charges ; the ship A
merica, ot .New bury port, had a bill < 5'
upwards of 11,000 rix dollars to j ay.
Such is the''justice of the con:is ot
Denmark tc Norway. We have now
entirely given up all hope of the i: to*
hi re nee ot our government in om af
ters ; and have to depend on cur out*
exertion*.’*