The constitutionalist — Exeter, N.H., 1810-10-01 00:00:00, page 3

•which determined the Americans to
impose the embargo, and which inspir
ed them with the noble resolution of
interdicting themselves the use of the
sea, rather than submit to the laws of
those who wish to become its tyrants.
The act of the Ist of March removed
the embargo, and substituted for it a
measure [the Non- Intercourse act]
which must have been particularly in
jurious to the interests of France.
That act, with which the Emperor
was not aquainted for a considerable
time after^ interdicted' to American
-vessels the commerce of France, while
it authorised a trade with Spain, Na
ples, and Holland, that is to say, with
countries under French influence, arid
denounced confisication against all
French vessels that should enter the
ports of America. Reprisal was a
matter of right, and commanded by
the dignity of France, a circumstance
upon which it was impossible to make
any compromise. The sequestration
of all the American vessels in France
was the necessary result of the measure
taken by Congress.
" At present the Congress treads
@ack its steps. It revokes the act of
the Ist of March. The ports of
America are open to French commerce,
and France is no longer interdicted to
the Americans. In short, the Con
gress engages to oppose such of the
belligerent powers as shall refuse to
recognize the rights of neutrals. In
this new stage of things, I am author
ized to declare to you, Sir, that the
decrees of Berlin and Milan are revok
ed, and that from the Ist of Novem
ber they will cease to be in force, it be
ing understood that in consequence of
this declaration the English shall re
voke their Orders in Council, and re
nounce the ne% principles of block
ade which they have attempted to es
tablishppr, that the United States,
conformably to the act which you
have just communicated, shall cause
their rights to be respected, by the En
glish. It is with the most particular
satisfaction that I inform you of this
resolution of the Emperor. His Ma
jesty loves the Americans. Their
prosperity and their commerce enter
into the views of his policy. The in
dependence of America is one of the
principle titles of the glory of France.
Since that epoch, the Emperor has
felt a pleasure in aggrandizing theUnit
cd States; and in all circumstances,
whatever can contribute to the inde
pendence, the prosperity, and the lib
erty of the Americans, will be regard
ed by the Emperor as conformably to
the interests of his empire."
Art. VII. No vessel comingdirect
ly from England, or the ,English col
onies, or which has been there since the
publication of the present decree, shall
be admitted into any port.
Art. VIII Any vessel which, by
means of a false declaration, shall vi.
©late the above regulations, shall be
seized, and the vessel and cargo con
fiscated, as if it were English property.
Art. IX. Our Prize Courtat Paris,
is authorised to pronounce final judg
ment in all suits which may arise in our
Empire, or in the countries occupied,
Art. IV. All warehouses,merchan
dize, and property of any kind what
ever, belonging to a subject of Eng
land, shall be-declared lawful prize.
Art. V. All trading in English
merchandize is prohibited ; and every
such article belonging to England, or
coming from her colonies, or of her
manufacture, is declaired lawful prize.
Art. VI. Half of the produce re
sulting from the confiscation of the
merchandize and property declared to
be lawful prize by the proceeding ar
ticles, shall be applied to indemnify
the merchants for jhelosseswhich they
have sustained by the captures of mer
chant vessels made by English crui
sers.
General Embargo laid by the United
States on all their vessels, because that
measure, if it had been prejudicial to
France, contained at least, nothing of
fensive to her honour. It has caused
her to lose her colonies of Gaudaloupe,
Martinique, and Cayenne. The Em
peror did not complain of it.' lie
made this sacrifice to the principle
Art. 11. All trade and correspond
ence with the British Islands are pro
hibited. In consequence all letters and
packets addressed to England, or to
an Englishman, or written in English,
sh,all not be transmitted by the Post-
Office, but shall be seized.
Art. 111. Every subject of England,
of whatever degree or condition, who
shall be found in any of the countries
occupied by our troops, or those of
our allies, shall be made a Prisoner of
War.
BERLIN and MILAN DECREES.
The following are the Articles of
these—famous Decrees, viz :—(now
revoked.)
BERLIN DECREE OF 1806.
Article I. The British Islands
ARE DECLARED IN A STATE OF Block
ade.
by the French limy, id consequence
of the present Decree.—Our Prize
Court at Milan, is authorised to pro.
nounce final judgment in such cases,
as may arise within the compass of
our kingdom of Italy.
NAPOLEON.
Milan Decree—passed Dec. 17, 1807.
" Art. I. Every ship, to whatever
nation it may belong, that shall have
submitted to be searched by an English
ship, or to a voyage to England, or that
shall have paid any tax to the English
Government, is thereby, and for that
alone, declared to be denationalized,
to have forfeited the protection of its
King, arid to have become English
property.,
" 11. whether the ships thus dena
tionalized by the arbitrary measures of
the English Government, enter our
ports, or the ports of our allies, or
whether they fall into the hands of
our ships of war, or of our privateers
they are declared to be good and law
ful prizes.
" 111. The British Islands are de
clared to be in a state of blockade,
both by land arid sea. Every ship, of
whatever nation, or whatsoever the
nature of its cargo so may be, that
sails from the ports of England, or
tlose of the English Colonies, and of
the countries occupied by the English
troops, and proceeding to England, or
to the English Colonies, or to the
countries occupied by English troops,
is good and lawful prize, as contrary
to the present Decree, and may be cap
tured by our ships of war, or our pri
vateers, and adjudged to the captor."
Copy of a letter from a gentleman of
this town, to the owners of the
ship Union, dated Tonningen, July
16, 1810.,
"Since my last respetts to you
announcing the seizure of that part of
the Union, freight and cargo, which by
compromise fell to the rightful own
ers, I have for a short time been sheer.
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RHODE ISLAND.
PROVIDENCE, SEPT. 21.
, The following letter was received in
this town, a few days since, from a
gentleman of great talents and res
pectability, now resident in France,
Whose political sentiments 'have ever
leaned towards that immaculate na
tion.
LONDON, AUG. 20. If Bonaparte
revoke his Decrees, our Orders conse
quent upon those Decrees will be re
voked also; but if he suppose that we
shall abandon any part of the old mari
time Law, he will find himself complete
ly mistaken. He has said, that from
and after the first of November his
Decrees are revoked, and our Govern
ment, taking notice that the enemy has
announced his Decrees to be no longer
in force from and after the Ist Nov.
may notify, that from the Ist Nov.
our Orders in Council, adopted in con
sequence of those Decrees, will cease.
Courier.
A few days before the Emeline sail
ed, the sch. Bon Adventure, captain
Cotterel, arrived at Bayonne, in a
short passage from New-York, was
seized for the moment, under suspicion
of being American property.
The Capt. said he brought out let
ters from the Americans sequestted.
When they pressed him for them he
refused to deliver them, and told a
great many stories, and would give
them no information. The letters
were all sent to Paris to amuse the Po
lice. He made a very unfavourable
report for the American interest, stat
ing how ill he had been treated in New
York, said his vessel had been seized,
and he obliged to give bonds to the
Collector of the Customs.* Came
home passengers in the Emeline, 7 A
merican captains whose vessels had
been sequestered and sold. Capt. K,
brings despatches from Mr. Armstrong,
to our government, and also from the
French governm^p t, to Gen. Turreau.
* Napoleon must be very angry for such
a return for his kindness to Americans in
French ports !
On Saturday a Cabinet Council was
held at the Foreign Office. The sub
ject of deliberation was supposed to re
late to Bonaparte's late decree. — ibid.
Captain Parsons, 30 days from
Liverpool, has brought Despatches
from the American Minister, to the
Secretary of State.
Capt. P..informs us, that Cotton
was selling in Liverpool at 14 pence;
Flour 68 shillings, and Wheat 16 shil
lings.
Latest from France —Arrived this
forenoon, the brig Emeline, capt.
Kimm, in 44 days from St. Jean de
Luce.
18, ^ W&
NEW-YORK.
NEW-YORK, SEPT. 19.
ed with the hope that this compromise
.would be carried into effect. There
was a ministerial report in favoul of
all compromised cases, submitted to
the Emperor; and Mr. Warden, at
Paris, and Messrs. Bonvarlet, at Dun
kirk, trrote me with much confidence,
that it would be confirmed.' There
was something in it however, which
approached too near to justice to ap
pear credible to me.
I received a letter from Gen. Arm
strong of the 30th ult. in which he
says, " a ministerial reportin favour
of compromised cases has been made
some time ago ; but it does notappear
that the report has been adopted by
the Emperor. It may be well to make
,upyoUr mind for a total loss." His
apprehensions were well founded, for
his next letter of the sth inst. brought
me the final issue of this unfortunate
business. He therein says, " the A
merica and the Union were condemn
ed under the decree of the 23d of
March, by the new Commissions Os
Commerce, over which the Emperor
himself presides." Notwithstanding I
have been so long witness of the sys^
tem of plunderwhich has been adopt
ed, yet I must avowthat I felt a mo
mentary shock, that even by the Na
poleon code, a vessel taken on the
high seas and forced by a French pri
vateer into aFrench port, should be con
demned for arriving there; The seasori
of the year, and the rate of the cx
chnge, has made' the charges very
heavy."
Capt. Young, late of brig Fleetwood,
of Ipswich,arrived here on Wednesday.
The Fleetwood Was on her passage
home from Cagliara, (a neutral port,)
laden with salt. On the 26th June,
Cape de Gat E. N. E. 12 leagues dis
tant, was captured by a French priva
teer of 4 guns and 30 men, who at
tempted to take her to Malaga, but an
English frigate heaving in sight, the
Frenchmen ordered her for Almeria a
'bay near Cape de Gat, where she got
in the 27th, on the 29th took out the
people, and marched them 62 miles, to
Grenade, where they were imprisoned
several days, and allowed only bread
and water to subsist on, but they Were
eventually released, and got to Malaga.
Capt. Y. and his mate were allowed
to stay in the brig, when she got un
der way for Malaga ; but on the 2d
July, the English again approaching,
the privateersmen ordered the brig to
run ashore, which was done at a place ,
about 3 leagues E. of Malaga, and the
capt. and mate Ordered out at the point
of the bayonet, without securing any
thing excepta small trunk and write
ing desk ; when the English boats ap
proached and set fire to the brig to
prevent her from falling into the hands
of their enemy.
We are requested to mention the
conduct of our Consul at Gibraltar,
Mr. Gavino. Capt. Y. and his crew
arrived at Gibraltar in a truely distress
ed condition, after having been depriv
ed of his vessel and every thing on
board, except a few clothes—he ap
plied to Mr. Gavino for clothing and
other necessaries for his seamen or
means to purchase them; but in a
most haughty and imperious manner
was refused, saying “ he did not keep
a slop-shop," audit was in vain. Capt.
Y. renewed his request, and demon
strated against this breach of hospi
tality, he was denied any aid of con
sequence except payment for a few
days board for himself. But they for
tunately found friends, who were ready
and willing to afford help in time of
need.
One of the letters from New-York
announcing the revoking news, adds,
" Many here are at a loss to account
for Bonaparte's conduct. After the
experience the world has had of his
contempt for every principle of honor
and good faith, it would not be illibe*
ral to say, his last order may be but &
toasted cheese for some new-invented
prize-trap. It is wise to be cautious.
Quidquid idest, timeo Demaos ts do.
naferCTteg—(knfc
Violent Tornado —Friday night
last very considerable damage was sus
tained in Newbury by a severe gust of
wind accompanied by a copious short
er of rain. A barn of Mr. David Ord
way, was blown to atoms; and the bay,
grain, &c. scattered to the winds ; his
loss is but little short of 1000 dollars.
A valuable wood lot of Mr. Joseph
Newell, was almost levelled with,the
ground ; orchards, fences, fields of
corn; were in several places entirely
demolished. It went in veins, and for
tunately was not very extensive.
In Bradford, the house and bard of
a Mr. Hardy were removed to the
distance of 25 rods, and the contents
scattered a mile distant—Mr. H.his
wife and 4 small children, were in the
house ; one child was killed, and its
mother's life is despaired of.
MORE FRENCH VILLAINY.
MASSACHUSETTS.
NEWBURYPORT, SEPT. 18.
The person who th rough you addres
ses your readers, had for some time
wished to. have the means of knowing
Mr. Wrifford's mode of instructing
his pupils in the art of writing. His
curiosity has been gratified. The re
sult is,his full Conviction of the Superior
excellence of this mode. He has con
fidence in the rapid improvement of
scholars of moderate talents, under
Mr. Wrifford or Mr. Rand, and in the
solid foundation which either of them
can Jay for future excellence in the at
tentive and ingenious. Mr. Wrifford
has by much.study analysed our best
formed letters. On such analysis his
system is founded. An artist of genius,
it is well known, sees and ean shew to
others in the subject of his study, things
that escape general and superficial ob
servation. In the common defective
mode in which writing is taught; the
learner is often absurdly set to work
to copy faulty examples. And if that
is not the case, still much time is con
sumed in labouring to follow a bad
model in the Pupil's mind. A correct
idea of good letters may be soon at
tained on Mr. Wrifford's plan. And
it will be the Pupil's fault, if hedo not
fix them in memory, so as to influence
his future practice, until he can per
form well, rather mechanically, than
by recollecting his rules. The writer
of this article thinks the observations
republished here from the Newbury
Port Herald, are just ; and that one
who has improved an art of great and
common utility, and facilitated the
means of acquiring it, deserves well
of his country, and may modestly lay
claim to some patronage from the
favourers of the Art, and lovers of the
common good : especially if he askno
encouragement for which he does not
offer a fair equivalent. The honour
able testimonies in favour of Mr. W.
should, it would seem, at least excite
enquiry, and that probably would
produce co^rictiop, as it did m the
—Near one of the sources of Lick
ing river in Kentucky^there is a great
seperation of Phlogiston ga§ from
something in the interior strata of the
earth, in a greater quantity than is
known perhaps in any other part
of the known world.
EXETER,
MONDAY, OCTOBER i, 1816.
We give, as mentioned in different
pipers, the number of young gentle
men graduated at the late Commence
ments of some of the neighbouring U
nlversities and Colleges.
At Harvard University, graduated 63
„ Bowdoin University, 12
„ Dartmouth University, 20
„ Yale College, 42
„ Brown University, 28
~ Burlington College, 17
is discharged through the atmosphere.
It bubbles incessantly through the
muddy pool, about two rods in diame
ter. The gas readily takes flame on
burning gunpowder in it, or by the ap
proach of any blazing body. — 6 —The
column of it is- so great, that a man who
approached near enough to snap a pis
tol in it which he held in his hand was
suddenly enveloped in the flames and
sorely singed before he tould make
his escape.— —When set on fire it
burns with remarkable splendor and
vehemence not only for hours, but
days and weeks in succession, mount
ing to the height often or 12 feet or
more. The relater cf this was one of
a party that visited the place in an ex
cursion thro' the woods. He discov
ered after the inflammable air had been
on fire for six or eight hours, the
water of the pond was heated to an
uncommon degree and emitted copious
exhalations, and the ebullition at the
spot through which the air ascended
was more vehement.
It was judged that if the flame had
continued the water would have been
made to boil and all have been evapor
ated and the surrounding space would
have been heated and dried. And
lastly, there was reason to suppose
that the succulent and carbonic matter
in the bottom of the pond would have
been put into a State of combustion.
——From the crater at theplace thro'
which the gas rose, and the evacua
tion of the surrounding ground, it ap
peared as if this had really happened on
some former occasion ; and for fear
the like might occur again the gentle
men of the party extinguished the
flame. When -once in a blaze there
seems to be no end to its burning,
but a storm of wind and rain may put
an end to it.
Mr. Printer,
FROM TIIE TENNESSEE REPOSITORY.
Surprising extraction of Inflama
ble Air.
Spontaneous tribute to merit.
Total, 182
very respectable persons who have 4s'
commended him.
Portsmouth, July 16, 1810.
Erata.— In our last, under head P^^
delpliia Repertory, line 15th, for " tho' the
offspring," read " tho' less the offspring."
In the original communication, line 2d.
from the bottom, instead of Poreus, read
Proteus.
HAVE received an invoice of sun
dry kinds of LEATHER— viz.
Soal Leather,
Grain Upper Leather,
Chaise Top do.
Harness do.
Hog Skins,
Black Morocco Skins,
Black and red roan Skins.
The above will be Sold by the bundle
at the Manufactory prices—for Cash,
it is warrnated to be of a superior qual
ity to any manufactured in the United
States. In October they, will receive
a complete assortment of all kinds of
Leather, Chaise Carpets, Laces, &c.
They also keep constantly for sale,
a general assortment of
vEuropean and India
GOODS,,
which will be sold by wholesale or re
tail at the lowest Cash prices.
Newburyport, Sept. 26.
Mr. Wrifford
Respectfully gives notice
that he proposes to give instruct
tions in the ART OF WRITING in
this place, assisted by Mr. Rand—to
commence on TUESDAY next, at 7
o'clock, P. M. , ;
Specimens of improvement made by -'
others, and all reasonable documents
in testimony of the utility of his in
structions will be offered in abundance,
a few of which may be seen at the Ex
eter Book Store. For further partic
ulars, inquire of Mr. Rand, at Judge
Rogers' near the Academy.
N. B. Ladies will be attended ia
small parties at any part of the town.
Sept. 29.
STRAYED or stolen from the en
closure of the Subscriber on the
night of the 20th of this instant a Bay
MARE, with- dark Mane and Tail,,
Trot all, and was fire years old last
June. Whoever will secure said Mare,
so that the owner may obtain her,
shall be well rewarded and all charges
paid.
ABRAHAM SANBORN, faz
Kingston, Sept. 24, 1810.
ON Tuesday the 2d of October
next, unless previously dispos
ed of at private sale r
Will be sold at Public Auction,
at the pasture near the house of the
'subscriber, Sixty MERINOS of the
flocks purchased and shipped by Wr te
Jarvis, Esq. American. Consul at Li •
bon—and are of that breed which is
in. the highest estimation for their wool
of any in Spain—as appears by the
certificates of the Marquis de la Ro
mana and the Junta of BadajoZ, which.
accompany them.
The sale will commence at 10 o'clock
a.m.—For further particulars respect
dug the same, apply to
JACOB LITTLE.
Bellville—Newburyi
Sept. 24.
TO be sold, a FARM, in Newmar
ket, containing about 103 acres
more or less, with agood DWELLING
HOUSE well finished & in complete
repair, &.a BARN.—Said Farm con
sists of Wood Land, Pasturing, Til
lage, Mowing, & Orcharding, &will
be divided into three lots, No.l, 2, &3,
& sold without reserve, to the highest
bidder. Sale to be on the premises on
the 10th day of October next, at 2
o'clock, P. M.
Lot No. 1, will include the House,
Barn, & Orchard, with an excellent
Well of Water, is very pleasantly sit
uated on the road leading from Exe
ter to Durham, about 100 rods from
Newmarket Meetinghouse, 5 miles
from Exeter;' and twelve from Ports
mouth, and will contain from 3 to 6
Acres as may be convenient. Lots No
2, & 3, will contain the residue, of
said Farm, divided as equally as may
be convenient, and extend from Lot
No 1, to Exeter River.
Conditions of sale, which will be
liberal, made known at the time and
place of sale. .-
Sept. 15, 1810.
PEABODY & KENT,
No. 3, Cornhill, Newburyport,
AGENTS for the Hampshire Leath
er Manufactory,
Full Blooded Merino
SHEEP.
Public Auction.