The New Hampshire gazette — Portsmouth [N.H.], 1810-08-28 00:00:00, page 2

The writer of this article thinks that the
Period has now arrived when it is proper to
- graufy the highily excited curiosity of~ the
public, by a flatement of ‘the extraordinary -
Tl€y, relaticg vo this gentleman which have
~dately tranfpiced, and which'have occasion
- ‘ed his flight from this place. Of the infor.-
mation which he has to give, the greater
part is derived from public documents, and
- all'from sources of ‘evidence whi¢h render
its authenticity unqaclionable. He thinks
properirigidly to adhereto a ltatement of sim
ple facts,lcaving theinferencesto be deduced
from them (which arc indecd too plain) to
the judgment. of the reader. .
* - For anearly eightech years last past, Mr.
Bibwerr has been the treasurer of Berk
- thire. By an a& of the lcgiﬁa:urc%aﬂ"ad
on the Bth of March; 1702, it is provided
that all biils of cost in cri.aal prosecutions
in the Supreme Judicial Court,fhall in the
firftinttance bie paid out of the county. trea
sury, but afterwards, upon the certificate of
the clerk of the Supreme Coutt, of the a
mouant of such bills of cost they shall be
paid out of the treasury of the Cornton
wealth, to the county treasurer for the use
of the couaty. Oue item in every such
bill of cost, is a certaifh sum, which has been
varicnt at different times, for a jury fee. As
¢ the jurors are paid by the county accor
ding to the number of days of their atten
dance, without regard to the number of
# cases tried,and as all sums ptid to them out
of the county treasury have always been
charged by the treasurer to the county, it is
apnparent that tiefe jury fees when reccived
by him should bave been carried to the cred
it of the county.. Uader this statute- Mr.
Bidwell while treasurer, previous to 1808,
received dols. 286. 30, 70 part of gwbich was
ever credited by him to the county, except.
‘@s bereafter menticned. %
By another statute palfed og the 27th Feb
3795 i persons - confined in cbua
ty gaols upon charges or convifions of
crimes against the Commonwealth, who are,
unab'e to support themf{elres, are to be sup
ported by the county, but so much of the
_expence of their maintenance as docs not
exceed the sum of five fhillingg per week,
is to be repaid to thie county ’gy the Com
.monwealth. Uader this statute Mr Bidwell
while in office, previous tg. 1809, received
the sum of dols 1642 14, 7o part of wbich
was cver carried to thecredit of the coun
ty:cxot’pt as below {lated-
In 1808, at the Augaft term of the court
of common pleas, Judge WALKER and Mr.
Woodbiidge were appointed by that court
%o make the anpual settlement with the
ooutty treasurer. The latter gentleman had
not been previously on this committee. In
making the fetthemsent Mr Woodbridge re
marg::d the omiflion of any. credit for the
Jury/ fees, the certificate to ohtain which ‘had
pailed through his ‘hands “as clerk of the
cobaty. Mr Bidwell then credited the.fum
rectived on that azcouat for.that year.. Oa.
looking into the accounts for the year pre
‘teding, a similar omiflion was difcavered
there also. Mr Bidwell then obje@ed to
retracing the-accounts any further, as he
said he presumed he must have acconnted
for these moni¢s te the Commonwealth.
At the concluficn of the settlement 1t was
particularly enjoined upon Mr Bidwell by
the comniittee, to be ‘prepared to account
for all monies received from the Commoan
wealth, at the ogxt annual settlement, as
from what had then tfanfpired,; it was ap
- parent that there had been omiflions incred
_ iting these monies in former fettlementy—
With this injunction Mr Bidwell promised
&8 SOWMPIY.- o s eoo Y
" In August xßcoithe fame gentlemen with.
capt John S. Hopkins, ﬁ?aj’?om‘fa a
~Commitiee to adjust the®@ccouvuts of the
County Trealuter for the year preceding.
At their meeting the fabje& of the prison
charges was also suggested. The committee
teported to the Court at December term. a
settlement of all matters, except the jury
- fces and the prison charges, which had not
_been attended to, but was relu@antly cmit
ted by the commitice in compliante with
the wiflies of Mr Bidwell, becaule, as was
fiated by him, the book on which former
settlements had been made wasin Boston,
Uader thé fame representation from Mr.Bid
well, the settlement was’{till further delay..
‘ ed ax‘\dino_\f_cypott' was made aLApnl term
1810, when the fame committee, with the
“ additienof Col. Danforth and Moses Hop.
__kins, Esq. was reappointed to examine ia
to all matters not before attended to.”
_ln eonfequence of 2 {nfpicion -excited by
‘by some of the cifcomftances bffﬁ?fcf Rated,
Mr. Dewey, amember of the Council, and
‘Maj Brown. representative from this town,
during the last winter feflion of the legisla
ture. at the requelt of one of the commit
tee, took copies of the credit sides of Mr,
“Bidwell’s accounts both with the Common
. wealth: and with the County, which by law,
~ all county treafusers are obliged to file in
the & f the Sceretary of the Common
‘ w‘csas;;g;%m@fpmposs to be exadt
tranferipts of their treasury books. - Nonc
_of the monigs réccived by him a 8 .above
" farid -el found to be credited “except
the jnry feesin 1808 The Mof““’gg
these capies was not known by Mr Bidwell.
~ Those gentlemen returncd home, lcaving
-Mr Bidwell ma‘:;tpn “;hﬂeufmgm
_ever; they were informed by Mr Bidwell,
that on examinin ‘;ﬁs@’s@gﬁ:ﬁ%@&ﬂe@%
that he found in Softon. the monies 18 quef .
* Commonwealth appearcd to base S
| ropety gst isrtues o Sk
by frisndy Shile Y S
e Sasmg ebR ARSI
e A 1t hal mwﬁ
=2h ;’: Jorthe Secretary soince, .
e **‘** vn WEEC DOLgETs
AN T S e nle aaken iy,
SEO VBTG FREIER OF FRT Ty etn S
e e the Societary, it was thopgbugion
;mw@%*““? fted e in-.
T tiom of this bufels, to- profigeglis
. twhedoné. Asthe opiss alccadgiigined
TR WO NI AeST LT 6 eoo
AP PRI e R ey A SaTcl
. MISCELLANY. =
MR B/D“WE[,L, s
Bur raaders will be folicitons to know the
~particulars of a transadion which has
excited such “fhong and deep sensation
+ for federal days palt. As maay rumors,
{ome exageraiing and some “exrenuating
the charges again@t Mr B are affoar, we
deem it proper to pablith the following
“from the Farmer's Hevald, Stockbridge, of
the 11th inst. The account, bad as itis;
bears the marks of corre@ncfs and can.
UOr e Patriot. g
_Were not formally taken oiit; the gentlemich
_ who made them had used abreviated modes
of expreflion, the Secretdry declined certi
“Aying them as they were, and new: oncs
. were made out which received his attesta
tion.—still however it was not (ifpefted
‘there was any fubflantial variance bet Ween
the two {cts of copies thus obtained. They
~ were not compared natil on the 3oth July
last. It was then- difc:r)\'ercd that i three
Of these accounts, (which arc sometimes
anmually and f{omctimes for two or
‘ more - years) .the ‘copies -certified by
the Scerctary varied from those before ob
taidged. In the three accounts. five fumis
Were inserted as having Been received from
the Treaforer of the Commonwealth, a
mountiag in 2l todols. 1056 78. In two
of these varying accouats, other credits
were reduced so as preeifely to admit the
addition of the footing,- Iu the thicd, the
diffcrence between the credits inserted, and
“the diminution of other credits, was dols 2 ;
and on summing up the columns of the Scc
rctary’s copics, there appeared, of courle,
a corrcfpondent mistake in the footing, of
dollars 4, 2 A
To explain what follows, it is ncccﬂ'ary
to relate some facts prior in order of time.
At Lenox, in May term; 1810, Mr Bidwell
i was informed by Mr Dewey, that he had
taken copics Of the credit sides of his ac
eounts. He was never apprized of the ¢x
iflcuce of the copies eertified by the Sccré
tary, which bear date the fourth June, 1810,
until the 4th cf the present month. He was
in Boflon on the ath Juoe, and after that
time rendered his accounts for the current.
, year, and again had access to thefc papers.
Oa the meeting of the Commitiee on the
2d inst Mr Bidwell in his account for the
cuirent year, gave credit for allthe monies
received from the Treasury of the Com
monwealth, at the fame timé stating how
ever that he had heretofore been in eduuii
whether to credit this money t 6 the com
monwealth or to’ the Couuty, and that he
had in fa& credited part of it to the Com
’ tnonwealth, This latter assertion, upon
an examination of the copies of liis accounts
l with the Commonwéaith, appears. to be wn-
L fruc. : i $
Mr, Bidwell’s trezm(y'b’ookv was found
to agree throughout with copics of his ac
count filed, as-taken by Melirs Dewcy and
Brown. Atthe conciufion of the fetflement;
the copies certified by the Secretary were
produccd by a member of the committee, -
who pointed otit to the otlier members and
to Mr. Bidwell |, the evident marks of era
fures and alterations in afl those placei
' wlgre the book varied from\ the certified
co&es’, and Mr Bidwell was called upon -
} by the committeé to explain. 'He merely
ohferved that this muff be some miltake of
' the copying clerk. The gentlemen who
produced the certified copies' then pro
posed to seal and dcgofit in fomé {afe piace
the treasury book alledged to<have becn
twice altered, and Mr Bidwell on being
asked by another gentleman whether he
had any objédion to this course, replied
that he fthould/fubmit to the judgment of
~ the committee, and by the unanimous opin
ionof the commitice this was accordingly
done. S Sl s e 5
~ " Upon an inspection and examindtion of
the varytng accounts above stated, 2 warrant
was procured for the apprehension of Mr
Bidwell upon an allegation of forgery. A"
principal obje@ in obtaining this warrarnt
was to {cizg the Treasury Book of Mr Bid
well, which was expected to- contain cos-.
- roborative cvidence of the fa& charged.
" The exccntion of this warrant was delayed
- at firft not to embarrass the fetilement with
-the County, and upon the book being fe
. cured by the Committee, it was further {fuf
pended until the return of 3 gentleman who
went to Boston, to examiae tato the present
- Rate of the copies of the accounnts there.
‘) Since the return of that geutieman, Mr
Bidwell has'not béen within the reach of
-process. As was expected the topics now
in the Secretary’s office cortefpond’ with
. those taken by Meflrs: Dewey and Brown,
} and #vith the Treasury Book R
As the refpe@table gentlemen compoling
gthe county committee have sealed their re '
_port,which is pot to be published until the
ensuing Auguftterm of the Common Pleas,
it might be impraper to suggest the extent of
Mr Bitwell’s defaleation, beyond the fom
“already mentioned. It will be perceived
‘that most of the fa&s here stated 4re known
by other evidence than what was derived'
- from the members of the committee.
- From' the cogje®ured state of Mr. Bid
well’s accounts, and some other circumftan
' ces, no county tax was imposed upon Berk
thire, asnflual. during the Jalt winter feflicn
of the legislature. Itis therefore a- fortu
nate circumstance for the county that ‘Mr
- Bidwell, by paying (without any funds éx
- cept some arrearages of thelaft year’s tax)
_ali the current expencesand many outstand
ing debts of the county, has nearly remun
~ crated the publie for the sums formerly de
_tained by him, so that probably there will
be but a small balance -due from bim cx
clufiveof the interelt on these sums. © -
. As fgmewhat connected with the subject,
_ it may not be improper to slate that on the
-22 d of April 1802,an ezccutiod wastaken
~outof the Clerk’s office ona judgment ren
dered in May 1802, in favour of the Com- '
s-monwealth @, Dayid Deming, for 1000 dols
“'debt’ and 27 dobs 76.ctscoft, This money
. Mr Bidwell as connty ;t»reafm-er.éyﬂ enti--
" tled to reccive for the use of the Common:
‘wealth. * The execution was sent by Mr.
‘Bidwell to his friend Mr. Judson who re
* ceived the maney, and it is fair to presume,
paid it over to Mr. Bidwell. “T'his exceution
gas never béen reiurned. In Mdy 4crm
1807, the Commonwealth re cmrcdwdf
~ ment against Ecnjamin Kéﬁ%fm‘ 500 dols..
- debr, and 15 dols, 23°cts, cost, An‘execu-.
- tion which iffired o this judgment has been
- returned fatisfied, Mr Bidwell's reccipts for
. the money being endorsed on the back. "No.
, #art of cither of Aefe fams Kave ever been
credited by Mr. Bidwell to ‘the Common-'
- wealth, as will appear by an infpe@ion of
" the copics of his agcounts.
e e————
e Ry g et oe d v R(. "* >’ VIR el LR
. MR. BIDWELL.—Some dozen
© yearsago, when Mr. Bidwell was a
ST RE g R e e e ey R T Il S eD, S T
ﬂ“’ndMs?”k;ﬁM%“
“of Treasures for the County of Berk
. shire, and began a gradual peculation
upon the public monies= From the
B e-»= 9’ a,;‘;"f"fﬁi - i«?s
| Ratement of the Committee appomt-
,’ *, \P i ; 42 ' Jﬁ v, " yf“-.f , %;f % gg';'j j
D witle Inthat onice, 1L applals tuds
PN e i tby (o evaltais’
o e R L b *_.f‘”’?“.‘,;;?.,;:;, ; S
- and interlinzatiops i the books in the
Secretary’s offict. . It is_very forw.
~nate that the 4'5;,,<;;;; »aere in fach a
slate as 1o renddr ‘cra-mination. prac
_ticable, Had they been dwrat,the frand
~¢ould not have been detefled. One
thing ought forever to be remember
ed—that Skinner and Bidwellt were
both originally fideralis. [n the
glorions days of federal toryifm,
‘they mounted cockades as huge as
. the mos subservient of his majeliy’s
{ycophants, and were much carefled
- by the fedetal party. - Baot the politi.
~cal-current setting in againlt federal.
ism, thelz men undoubtedly thought
~that their fature intereft’ required a
charvse aith the tide. Sueh men
~ou; Lt always to be Rridtly ferutinized
—and f{hould give convincing proof
~of their disinterestedness, before they
ar@confidedin: . '
. We will oply oblerve uipon this fub
jedt, that while' we regret the degen
e!acyhnmans}a!u:c,\v’ve are glad
that the" fraudulent condu& of Mr.
- Bidwell is exposed. That the repub
licans; being assured of his perfd ;
will tarft bim oo longér,and conileinn
himwneqgnivocaily: The concué@ of
Mr. B. while in the office of Attorney
General, has not been liable to cen
sure. It was while he was a federal
#2, that he {werved from the paths of
sreitude. . - o
In conteniplating this affair, there
is on= fubjedt of consolation ; which is,
that the public aill lsfe nothing —as Mr.
Bidwell’s property and bondsmen are
A{ufficient to pay the deficiency ffty
times.. By the conftru&ion of our re
publican conftitutions,(thofe constitu
tions) which many federalifis detest)
the defalcation of a public officer, is
not a robbery of the people. The
Jursties which every man who holds a
_reiponfible Ration is obliged to give,
f:cuye the rusLic from less. Thus the
_ Btate loft nothing by Skioner, nor will
it lose any thing by Bidwell. - The
éndotfers are accountable.
It would be well for those mién who
live in"houfes of glass, to be cautious
'~ how far they attempt te implicate a
avhole party,” for a crime committed
by an mdividual, at a time when he
- made one of their own number ! And
’L it wotld also be wife in the repubhi
_caps, not to traft their ¢anfe in the
bands of fedeéralilts, ugtil rhey had
given e¥idence that something more
than the mere hope 'of gain had influ
enced them 'ip quitting the ranks
of federalifm. a |
The federalifts {uy they knew per.
fe@ly well, more than twenty years
agothat Mr B was not a man of in
tegrity. The républicans never fufl
peéted it 3 if they had, they would not
shave received him. Ifthe federalifts
kaew this,Gov.Gore mult have known
’ it 5 404 in fziling to deprive &im of
| _his office; Gov. Gore failed in a pub
1} lic duty. Republicans never contin
{ ue men 18 office, after they have been
| proved to be perfidious : Federalifis
' sometimes do | for aftera cloe was
i discovered to Burr’s perfidy, and the
. republicans had resigned biay on that
| account, the federalilts voted for, and
| endeavored to make him President of
i the United Stwies ¥ = . Chron.
How comes it that some wha sym
pathize {5 warmly with the Spaniard,
in their ftrugzle for independence,
yet reprobate all attempts of the Jrifh
tothrow off 2 fireign yoke ;—that
while they dub the former Patrints
for their excitions, they ffigmatize the
latter as Rebels for their eff irts in the
fame cause ! Arenot the Jrifb as en:
lightened, as gznerous, as brave; ‘as
the Spomiardi 2 Are pot the Britilh as
oppreflive, as rapacious, as cruel as
theFrench >~~Can. Spain fuffer more
under an Empzror of France, than
Jreland has done many centuries un.
der Kingr of England 2 Are the out
rages of the French soldiery in Spain,
more atrocious than the hangings,
burniogs, torteres, robberies, ravages
and rapes of the Britifb soldiery in
Ireland - Mu® not & solution of our
queltion be foand in a dlind devotion o
England 2 Becaule -itis ker interest
that Spain fiould be independent of
Traoce, Federalilts with her foccefs—
~ becayfe it is her interest for Jrelandto
be kept in a_flate of abje@ enslave.
-ment, Federaliffs rejoice in her depres
sion— Republicans desire the indepen
detice of every nation—and if they
~bave viewed with indiﬂferencc:t%g con
tel in Spain, it is becaofe it seemed
~probable that if the Spaniards fu¢*
ceeded in repelling the embraces of
‘the French they would throw them.
selves into the arms oF the Brititi—
and even should they become indepen
dent of both, they’do_not appear to
contéemplate any amelioration of their
debased conditjon, but ta_ prefer fob
_Mitting again to their'eld tyrants, and
buggiog their ancient chains. =lt
Heems, indeed, 2 mmﬂtufglﬁfm
choice of maflers—whether ths country
{hall be under contronl'of the Britilh
or?“*em&*dtﬁbarﬂtihﬁiigv gov
- etned by a Bourdon o a Borlaparte.
ﬁrdmm&d‘femwwm
Brfk. - Had ‘the Spaniards tenoug.
<0 the delpailn uadr which they
Baye groaned § W‘ﬁ‘&%
ﬁgi:ts &5 wen as well ag their indepen-
Cence as a pation,& declared for a free
-and rational government, there is not
@ Republicar in America who wenld.
not bave devoutly prayed for their
fuccels. Can Federalifis fay as much
‘with regard o Jreland ? If they can
not, there mult be some lurking par
tiality or’ prejodice ‘in their hearts
which they ought te expel or subdue:
Unreasonable attachment to cne na
tion, and urjult antipathy to another,
are equally. impioper and dangerous,
and ought aliketo be discarded and
discountenanced. We ought to feel
no aff=&ion for any nation Sut Amer
ica, no aversion to.any People but her
enemics. kLT ren T rue Amer.
A Picture of the Times;
New York, 1&i0.
The naticn is degraded and impov
erished beyend redemption,out charac
ter is loft forever; the embargo has
done it a4ll, the cursed anti-commercial
spirit has destroyed us, said my neigh
bor Croaxer, rhe conntry is ruinzd.
- I desired Croaker to accompany
fie in my survey of the Rate of the
nation, and with me to draw an
otitline of a pifture of the conntry.
Itook him through the-fireets and
the fuburby of New York. In every
part we beheld Rores ereing, houses
building, Rreets opening and paving,
improvements and repairs of every
kind progrefling, . ornament, elegance
and [plendor increasing, the city be
coming a magazine of wares and
merchandize, chateaus, country feats
rising in every diredtion around it,
and the whole iflind affoming the ap
pearance of a highly cultivated gar.
den. Yet; the country is ruined; said
Croaker.. g G
I extended m¥ view to the interior.
We perceived on the shores of the
river,docks and -stores multiplying,
villages growing, new towns marked
out, roads working, . vefl. # building,
and every where in¢reafing marks of
population and . profperty. Yet;
the country is ruined, said Croaker. '
- We proceedé®in our examination.
We behield manufa@ories ere@ed, the
breed and culture of cattle, sheep,
hemp, flix, fruit-trees, grain, and
vepetables, fßudied and improved, the
sorest difappeariig, and farms #and
cottages taking its place, turppikes
and canals running into evelry part of
the state, land bought by the acre
“and fold by the foot, and agriculiuré
and domestic commeree and improve:
ments enriching the individual and
benchiting the commumity. Yet 2he
Country is ruined, said Crozker. =~ =
- We perused the alts of the lafl leg
ifliture.. By them we found various
public infitutions adopted, here a
bank, there a° manufaéturing society,
here an insurance company, there a
mining, slate, coals .or paiat as
sociation ; bere a tornpike bridge, or
aquedaé&t company, there a village or
a religious or bsneyoleﬁt 'focieti,~ or
an institution for improvement in the
arts and sciences, incorporated ; hére.
a new county or town erefled, there
new and additional civil or military ar:.
rangements adopted ; here a college,
endowed, academies supported, and
‘¢charities founded, and there our crim
‘inal code and general fyflem of laws.
ameliorated. Yet the country ir ruined,
faye Croaker: 4 o' s o
We took a colleQive view of evi
dences of our country’s rnig. Tive
“hundred new houses in New York,
new countigs, tq;wdlg, villages, manu
fa@ures; turnpikes, ‘banks, immente
companies religious and benevolent
inftitations; bridges, aqueduds, mills,
and -other improvements, with /the
price‘of land, Rock, funds, and pro-.
‘perty of every kind rising in value in
-every part of the'Qate. If these in.
- dicate #he ruin of the country, if it is in
~this way we are degraded, impoveriffy
“ed and loss forever—why, then, /o let
us perish, fay 1. Columbian.
- Cgypfum or Plaifter of IMaris. -
Extras? of a letter to the Editor dated,
« - “Leyox, Aug. 4 18i0.
. -Tlately informed-yxu that gypfom
-had been 'difcovered .in Sullivan.
I now fend you a sample of the pur.
est which bas been found. The
~greateft part of this valuable article
difeovered, is of the. grey kind but
~there are veins of the . ‘tranfparent,
fuach as is herewith sent:: 3
I'went-and examined the- quarry, in
~company with the proprietory Jaceb
Pawgick, Esq. Such-experiments have
been made' by 4 number “of geod
judges, that there rem @
ticleof doubt on my mind, that this
5 cqual, if not aliogether foperior, to
any imiported E?!‘M‘ﬂwwmﬁg
is ineshanfiible, but a few rods south
-of the Seneea turnpike, and obtained
’g&g;gmfw
gl sy Rt i o
atis Tobferbery a 8 well AE wotr Putin:
try, by giving this dccoust o ’%\,
_portant discovery publicity, throngh
iS e R s B
o dvalle Rfurn digur
oo o A Panalleh Case, -, -
L WASwell acquainted with two
geadeaien B @ diftan: town, who
‘happened 1o o%n a fithing f{chooner
between them ; they were repyred
~moral men of fleady bagisy, belonging
to one society, 4td if they hag gy
predominant: vice, it was inordinare
loveof money; though veither of thep
fzemed deflined by nature, to Cifcover
longitude. - Those twa gentlemen
formed ideas of gaining great profits.
by fending theirveflelon a foreipn voy-.
age, among their arangements, it wag”
agrée¢ Mr. B. thould find the pork for
the veflzls flores, and Mr. D. ike beef ;
‘when the fchnoner was nearly ready
for sea, the Captain come to Mr D,
and with some emotion.informed him,
that Mr. B had sent the pork on
board, but it was {o bad, that neither
himfelf nor crew could eat it - and
observed, it was treating Mr. D. very
ill, as he was to supply the beef, My,
D. with his' tifual gravity, paused a 2
while, then clapping his hand on the
captain’s {houlder, whispered, « spate
gourfelf easy, Jay. nothing capraisiy fay
nothitg 3 I’Hl match bim W Dear {7
~ The treatment of our diplomati¢
agents in Prance aud Ergland, is very
similar to ibat received by he cap
tain from his owners, for if we frip
their communications of all pundtili
ous compliments and tedious protrac.
ted verbosity, that means nothing,
what will remain 2
- As when in{word and buckler fight 4
- % dll blows do pn the Target light, '
“ So wheu mén argue, the greatest pare
- * Of the contest, fallson terms of Art ;
™ But then the Fustian ftuffis spent, ‘
‘ Then they faii to the atgument.”
- This remains-~The Englith minifler
declares, that -the - King - his mafier
wilhes well to America, and pities us
under the fufferings we experience
from France; and thanks we have.
fuflicient. cause to make 2n dpen de
claration of war against that nation,
for their barbarous condu@ towards
us.but make yourfelf easy, and fay nothing,
the King aviil match them 5 for we shall
blockade all the French coast, take all
neutrals, bound 1o neutral ports, ex
cept they purchase a /Jicenzz in Eng
land, and caprute all peutral fithing; .
veflcls, The French Emperor pro-.
feffes 2 regard for America, but is
astonished, that we do not declare war
againtt a failhlefi nation, that illegal
ly captures our property, and that im
prefles: and marders our seamen, but
to. console as be {ays,make yourfelf easy,
Jay nothing, Il match them by confifca
ting «11-American fiips and cargoes,’
found in Franee or in theports of my"
allles ; ‘and entirely annihilate the
commerce of England to' the contin
et of Europe, under the deceptive
appearance of a neutral flag.
g o s JOSEPHUS.
Revolution in Buenos Ayres.
; On Wedaefday arrived here the brig Ve
s, Capt. Tunifon, from Buenos Ayres.
Mr. Nathan Cook, the Supercargo, iforms
vs; that a 2 Revolution had taken place there,
similar to that in Carraccas: the authori=
ties emanatingfrom the Supreme Junta of
Oid Spain had been put down and a new
provisional gevernment set wp with pro
feffed layalty to Ferdidand VI, and to con= '
tinue only till his restoration to his throne,
‘but actnally, no doubt, with'a view to com
plete a permanent independence.. Mr,
Cook wasin confidential relations with some
of the leaders. who informed him they
contemplated a goveroment as nearly like
~that of the United States as the genius and
habits of the people wowld admit of, but
were aware that those were not such as to
‘enable them to ¢njoy the fame degree of
political freedom with us.—TFhus; while the
ambition of Bonaparte {and the vnjuft po
licy of" Great Britain] s overturning the
cef*ablifiments 4nd shutting up the "usual
channels of commerce, in Europe, new flatcs
are rising, and new paths t¢ commerce open
ing in the western world. * . : ‘
Mr.‘Cook has favored us with minutes he
made of the revolutionary events while be
was at Buenos Ayres, from which we have
taken the following extradts : - Salem Gaz.
* On Tuesday morning the 1 sth of May,
the tong expe&@ed explosion burst forth. A °
dcputation - fram the several military com
matdants waited on the Viceroy, andde
manded categorically his intentions, ia the
event of a confirmation of the intelligence .
from Burope; by a veflel jull drrivedat
“ Mounte Video, anncuncing the aQual re~
moval of the old Supreme Junta, the ap<
- pointment of a provisional one, the fucceflea
" of the Freneh, and their approach towards
- Cadiz, and the preparatory arfangements to
- remove the feat of government to the island
of Leon. Two hours were given for a re- ©
ply . However, there was nothing decisive
till Satorday the 19th, when-the post from
. ‘Monte Video brought .a confirmation of
' ‘the above particiilars. A second deputa. .
tion then waited on-the Vicercy, and de
~ manded an immediate and public declara
~_tion of his intentions, which he' promised
~ to make. " Sunday morning the Cabildo fo
tified the Vieeroy that it was indispensable
that he fhonld réfign his command, as the
- authority from which it E!’OC&C,;@’ no ‘” :
;?&Eto them o {cflion, ﬁtﬁc%ﬁ
_iflued a proclamation to the people. of the
‘viceroyalty ; in which he took 2 cur ;,a:':
view of the difaflraus cvents in Spain. ang
ziac efforss mﬁ‘\}sw\n&m confidefice, |
| Scc. &c. This: addvels did mot fatisfy the.
~ long as he could, Several of the commin.
' dants entered thepalace in the e g Je
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', Ok promic of ikt themb inehg
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