The constitutionalist — Exeter, N.H., 1810-12-17 00:00:00, page 2

NEW FRENCH DUTIES.
HAMBURG, OCT. 12.
Mr. Eudel, Director of Customs,
has communicated to our Senate an
Imperial French Decree, bearing date
Foutainbleau, Oct. 2, 1810, enacting,
that all sorts of colonial produce which
shall henceforth enter the Duchy of
Mecklenburg, the Province of Lauen
burg, the Hanse-Towns, and all the
countries situated between the sea and
the line of the French customs from
Rhus on the Rhine to the Baltic, are
subjected to uncommon duties specifi
ed in the annexed tariff, whether
' imported with licenses, or procured
from prizes, confiscation, or seizure.
Raw sugars pay 300 francs per quintal,
Cocoa 2000, Brazil, Cayenne, Surri
nam and Demerara gotten, 800, &c. &c.
The same tariff has been introduced
in the Duchy of Mecklenburg, by an
edict of the reigning Duke, of the 6th
of this month.—Correspondent Oct.
10.
HAMBURG, OCT. 12.
A discharge of the cannon, yester
terday, at 7 o'clock in the morning,
announced the arrival of His Royal
Highness the Prince of Sweden, within
our walls. His R. 11. alighted at the
house of Senator Schulte, and reciev
cd the felicitations of the authorities
of this town. The prince has in suite
the Chamberlain Count Moiner, two
French Colonels, his Aid-de-Camps.—
Supplement to the Abeilla du Nord,
Oct. 18.;
GENEVA, SEPT. 23.
Her Majesty, the Queen of Hol
land, set out to day for Paris. The
Empress Josephine is to go to Neuf.
chatel. All the French troops at pres,
ent here were this morning reviewed ; a
part of these troops afterwards march
ed for Spain.—Same paper.
a view to a more enlarged ^cultivation^
and diffusion, of the advantages of such
Institutions, by providing professor
ships for all the necessary branches of
military instruction, and by the estab,
lishment of an additional Academy,
at the Seat of Government or else,
where. The means by which war, as
well for defence, as for offence, are
now carried oh, render these schools of
the more scientific operations an indis
pensable part of every adequate system.
Even among nations whose large stand
ing armies and frequent wars afford ev
ery other opportunity of instruction,
these establishments are found to be in
dispensable, for the due attainment of
the branches of military science, which
require a regular course of study and
experiment.—ln a Government, hap
pilyfo without the other opportunities,
Seminaries, where the elementary prin
ciples of the art of war can be taught
without actual war and without the
expense of extensive and standing arm
ies, have the precious advantage of
uniting an essential preparation against
external danger with a scrupulous re
gard to internal safety. In no other
way, probably, ran a provision, of e
qual efficacy for the public defence, be
made at so little expense, or more con
sistently with the public liberty.
The receipts into the Treasury
during the year ending on the 30th
September last (and amounting to
more than eight millions anda half of
dollars) have exceeded the current ex
penses of the Government, including
the interest on the public debt. For
the purpose of reimbursing at the end
of theyear $ 3,750,000 of the principle,
a loan, as authorised by law, had been
negociated to that amount; but has
since been reduced to 2,750,000 dol.
Jars ; the reduction being permit
ted by the state of the Treasury ;
in which there will be a balance, re
maining at the end of the year, estima
ted at 2,000,000 dollars. For the
probable receipts of the next year, and
other details, I refer to statements
which will be transmitted from the
Treasury and which will enable you to
judge what further provisions may be
necessary for the ensuing years.
Reserving for future occasions, in the
course of the Session, whatever other
communications may claim your atten
tion I close the present, by expressing
my reliance,under the blessing of Divine
Providence on the judgment and pat
riotism which will guide your measures,
at a period particularly calling for uni.
for the welfare of our country, and by
assuring you of the fidelity and alacri
ty with which my co-operation will be
afforded. JAMES MADISON.
[The documents accompanying the
President's Message, as far as they
have been published in the National
Intelligencer, consist of a Letter from
the Secretary of State to Governor,
Claiborne, enclosing the President's
Proclamation for taking possession of
the Floridas; and the Declaration of
the Independence of West-Florida.]
Con. Mirror.
Foreign Intelligence.
Princess Amelia continues to be af
flicted with a malady, that will proba
bly terminate her existence in a few
days.
EXETER,
MONDAY, December 17, 1810.
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The President's Message
This day fills a large portion of our
columns. Were we not desirous of
gratifying a reasonable curiosity, we
should fear we were insulting our read
ers, by offering them so long and so
disgusting a detail—a detail, no doubt,
cunningly laboured, but, we are sure,
embracing nothing to the purpose.
Could Mr. Madison, in this case, have
consulted his own inclinations merely,
he would, unquestionably, have been
wholly silent as to our foreign relations;
and would to God he had been, for to
notice them in such a manner, is only
to make fresh incision upon the alrea
dy too much wounded sensibilities of
the nation. One would suppose that
the least a chief magistrate could do,
after having been so instrumental in
plunging the whole body politick into
distress, would be to recommend some
method of escape; but this, it seems,
was beneath so great a character as our
illustrious President,who is notorious
ly enslaved by the opinions of the dom
ioant party, and, through the medium
of his devotedness to that party, by his
partially to the cause and policy of
France. On so important an occasion
as the convention of Congress, some
thing, Mr. Madison well knew, was
demanded by custom, and, in attempt
ing to give us that something, he has
left every possible wish ungratified;
but, let it be remembered, that he has
not greatly disappointed the expects.
Extract of a letter from Gibraltar,
dated 29th Sept.—" I think that the
French affairs are daily declining in
Spain : the immense desertion must ru
in an army. In a few months wehave
had upwards of 5000 of the finest Ger
man deserters enlisted for our army,
passing through this place alone ;
and Col. R , who arrived here
from Carthagena, a few day ago, told
me that 21 officers and 700 men had
come over from the French the night
before he sailed."
His majesty has been pleased to
confer the most honorable Order of
-a— Q _ CT —. j V .- sCT rcrai (field mar
shal) Beresford.
Captain Mellish, one of lord Wel
lington's aids-de-camp, had been sent
with a flag of truce to the French head
quarters, on amessage respecting some
prisoners. On his arrival at Leyria,
Massena invited him to dinner, and
treated him with great attention and
respect.
A Paris paper, not the Monituer, has
been received of the 15th. It con
tains no intelligence from Portugal.
There is a most extraordinary decree
in it, issued by Bonaparte, relative to
servants, both male and female. They
are to be registered, to receive a card
of inscription, stating whom they serve.
No person is to be permitted to hire
any domestic who is not provided with
this card of inscription. The object
of this abominable decree is to extend
further the horrible system of espion
age, and to make every servant a spy,
if necessary, upon his master. Like
Macbeth, Bonaparte may say,
“ There's not a one ofthem, but in his house
66 1 keep a servant fee'd."
It was said yesterday evening that a
Monitcur had been received, contain
ing an account of the battle of Busaco ;
that Massena claimed the victory, as
serting that he had gained it by the bay
onet, his troops advancing at the pas
de charge, and driving us from our po
sitions ; that he had forced us to re
treat with the greatest precipitation to
Lisbon, pursued I'epee dans les renes;
that he had taken a large quantity of
provisions & ammunition, and that our
loss amounted to 7000 men.—That
Massena would claim the victory was
to be expected—but we, who know
the real fact,and have received the offi
cial details, can smile at his boast of
having killed and wounded 7000 of our
troops, taken stores and provisions,
and forced us to retreat with precipi
tation.
Count St. Lea (Louis Bonaparte,)
last Tuesday left Toplitz, with his re
retinue, for Gratz, to pay a visit to
his Majesty the Emperor of Austria.
—Same paper.
FRbNTIERS OP BOHEMIA, OCT. 8.
LONDON, OCT. 27.
Rome was a republick for seven
hundred years, but Rome strove for
conquest and we strive for gain.—
Rome encouraged her great men,
and we are anxious to exterminate
them. Rome grew from little to great,
and we dwindle from great to little,
and ten to one, we shall come out of
the little end of the horn. It is hard
ly probable that, as a nation we shall
obtain that for which we never make a
single struggle. Glory, as we have be
fore raid, is not our object. The A
merican people are determined to have,
wealth, whatever privations it brings
alovg with it; accordingly we have
been at the expense of millions for
tribute, and scarcely a cent for defence.
Without forces, ships, or revenue, we
get tallow on our ribs like the oxen,
we make honey like the bees, we car
ry fleeces like the sheep, and we build
nests like the birds, not for ourselves,
but for others -for Bonaparte.*
No wonder Napoleon assured his be
loved subjects in this country that the
interests of the American people enter
ed into the views of his policy ; no
doubt he will continue his affections to
ward us, so long as we continue with
him in opposition to G. Britain and
our own happiness. It is a fact not to
be controverted, and of which time
will convince the most hardened demo
crat, that from our " hostility to that
nation, have flowed all the pernicious
measures that have nearly surrendered
our freedom to France."
The ten years that decided the fate of
Troy, could not have been more gloomy
than the last ten of democracy. To
be sure, much, during that time, may
have been added to our wealth but
nothing to our national honor. The
means we might command for retalia
tion are vast, and yet we have tamely
submitted to the vilest indignities. For
the sake of conciliating France, to
whom we owe nothing but everlasting
detestation, and who could do us little
injury, were we to pursue our true in
terests, government has lost its energy,
the people have been robbed of their
property and their hopes, and the na
tionat large contracted a galling load of
infamy. " But what avails federal
truth ?" If every "star in the firma
ment'' bore a lesson of wisdom and
of warning, the democrats would shut
their eyes rather than look upon it.
They have no idea of any principles.
We not only seem to choose our own
destiny, but to control it. By our
extravagance, we render every thing
impossible but our degradation."
" It may please God, in the course
of his providence, to train our nation
by misfortune, and to fit it for great
ness by some ages of adversity; but if
we should be left to train ourselves, we
must be abject and base."
' * Fisher Ames.
.tions qf the more , discerning of the fed,
era! party. The movements, discover
ed in the Message before us, with re
gard to our domestick concerns, are
likewise very suspicious. That pros
perity and security regarding our coun,
try, of whose existence Mr. Madison
wishes to persuade us, are false and
ideal. Had he told us that the nation
were on the very brink of a precipice,
and just prepared to take the fatal
leap, he would have come nearer the
truth. Mr. Madison proposes a Na
tional University; so far is well ; but
let Mr. Madison's or any other man's
professions be ever so fair, we cannot
but look with an eye of suspicion upon
any such proposal. Party spirit should
never profane the temple of science;
but from what light we can have upon
the subject, such an establishment is
intended merely for political purposes.
We have neither time nor inclination
to enlarge as we ought, upon the vari
ous and inadmissible features of the
President's Message; that we hope
each of our readers will do for himself
—they demand a strict investigation.
The nature of the times, in which we
happen to live, is such, that we cannot
be too much upon our guard against
political imposition.
passed at the next session of Parliament,
making it felony to be engaged in
the traffic. By a late decision of the
Privy Council, " the trade cannot be
considered as having a legitimate exist
ence" ; and accordingly the British na
vy will be employed in capturing every
Swedish, Danish, American or English,
vessel, which may be found under their
own, or any other flag, engaged in the
traffic. Encouragement is held to in
formers, & the “ African Society,"
with immense funds has commen
ced an extensive correspondence all
over the world, to put an effectual ter
mination to the most indelible disgrace
of civilized man.
Robert Kornegay, publickly offers,
by advertisement in a Carolina, paper,
a reward of. one hundred dollars to any
person that will kill his runaway ne
gro, or fifty dollars to any one that
will secure him. God preserve the
New-Englanders from the abominable
principles of a slave holder.
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Massachusetts Reports
THIS day published and for sale by
Charles Norris $ Co. Exeter,
and E. Little & Co. Newburyport,
Reports of Cases argued
and determined in the Supreme Judi
cial Court of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts —Vol. s—Containing
the Cases from the beginning of the
yert 1809, to the end of October term
in Barnstable in the same year.—By
Dudley Atkins Tyng, Esq. Counsellor
at Law. Dec. 17.
—By the present abolition act, the
British government agree to pay thir
ty pounds sterling a head, for each
black man captured, twenty pounds
for every woman, and ten pounds for
every child; and they give the slaves
their liberty. A bill is expected to be
Since the Aboliton act, in Great
Britain, the Ministerialists,Foxites,and
Burdites, in short, every discription
of parties, have united in one general
shout of execration against this trade.
Mr. Madison considers the condem
nation of 30 millions of American pro
perty in France as " one of the grounds
°fjust complaint," yet " unadjusted."
Amiable man! And how does this un
adjusted difficulty arise? Oh, the an
swer is ready enough. It is only " a
misapplication of the principles of re
prisal, and a misconstruction of the law
of the United States." It is natural
to expect that a robber will shelter
conscience under a misinterpretation
of law, but that the party robbed
should be the apologist of the robber,
is almost without a parrellel. Napo
leon resorts to pretence to retain our
property ; and the President of the
U. S. whose duty urges him to reseut
the injury, brings forward in his pub
lic Message, his excuses for the atroc
ity !! Bos. Gaz.
It is said at the treaty of peace in
1783. when Britain relinquished the
Floridas to Spain, she guaranteed
them to her in their then extent; and
it is supposed that in the treaty of ali
ance which now exists between Spain
and Britain the latter guarantees the
integrity of the former as to its Amer
ican as well as European possessions.
itid.
When Spain and France were allies,
our Administration asked France if she
would interfere if we took a part of
the Floridas, and were told she would.
Now Spain and England are allies our
Administration make no such applica
tion to the latter, but issue their orders
for the expedition.— ibid.
It appears, by the president's Mes
sage, that he has issued orders for tak
ing possession of so much of West-
Florida, as he and Mr Jefferson have
claimed as a part of Louisana, accord
ing to their Construction of the treaty
of purchase. Spain has declared that
this was never ceded or sold in the
disposal of Louisiana; and, in 1805,the
United States were on the eve of a war
in the support of their opinion and
claim, which was probably prevented
by theappelling declaration of France,
" If you go to war with Spain France
can neither doubt nor hesitate—she
must take part with Spain! It would
have displayed more spirit to have en
forced our pretentions then, than to
profit of a moment of Spanish calamity.
It is impossible to calculate the conse
quences.—ibid.
We learn, from.au authentic source,
that the Spanish Minister has despatch,
ed a cutter to Cadiz, to communicate
to the Regency and Cortes governing
Spain, information of the measure the
Executive of the United States has taken
with regard to a part of West Florida.
This fact merits the very serious con
sideration of Merchants engaged in
commerce to Spanish ports. — Pallad.
State of the Slave Trade.
FLORIDA.
ABSCONDED on Tuesday, the
4th day of December, inst.—An
indented apprentice, by the name of
JOSEPH DANIELS, about 14 years
of age, who has a fresh ruddy counten
ance, and short brown hair—had on a
brown jacket, black waistcoat and
pantaloons, blue stockings and calf
skin shoes. Said apprentice was bound
to the subscriber by the Selectmen of
Epping, as a pauper. All persons are
hereby forbidden to harbour or trust
said Joseph Daniels on my account in
any matter whatever, as I shall not
pay anydebt by him contracted. Any
person who will return said Appren
tice to me in Deerfield, shall receive
TEN CENTS, including the whole of
his or their trouble and expenses.
JOSIAH TILTON, jun.
Deerfield, Dec, 8, 1810..
Yellow or Black Oak
BARK.
CASH and a fair price, will be giv
en for a few cords of the above
article, by
TIIOMAS H. BURNTON,
Water-Street, Exeter, N. H.
Dec. 17,
CT Journeyman Printer
Wanted at the Office of the Constitu
tionalist. A good workman of steady
habits will meet with good encoup^-
ment.
A FARM, in Newmarket, (N.H.)
lately owned by Gen. James
Hill, containing about 100 acres, with
a large commodious DWELLING
HOUSE, two Barns, a Stable, three
Sheds, a Store, and Corn-House, and
an excellent Cider-House and Mill, all
in good repair.
Said Farm consists of Pastering, Til
lage, Mowing and Orcharding, with a
bout six acres of Salt-Marsh—lying ora
the Great Bay in Piscataqua River,
and adjoining the Farm, which is
pleasantly situated on the main road
leading from Boston to Portland, j
through Exeter and Durham, within a
few rods of the Meeting House, about
five miles from Exeter, and twelve from
Portsmouth, and has lately been occu
pied as a Public House, for which its
situation and conveniences are unques
tionably the best calculated in the town
of Newmarket. ALSO,
A DWELLING HOUSE now oc
cupied by Major Daniel Hill, situated
at New fields landing—an excellent sit
uation for a trader, or any kind of
mechanical business.
The terms of payment will be made
easy for the purchaser, and may be
known by applying to
JOHN ROGERS.
Exeter, Dec. 17, 1810. (ep6w)
CONGRESS.
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We would apologise to our readers
for taking up so much of to-day's pa
per in advertising ; but we hope to be
excused, as they do not often have the
like grounds for complaint.
II 's beautiful Patriotick Odefin
bur next.
COMMUNICATED.
MARRIED] —ln this town, by
the Rev. W. F. Rowland, Nathan
Rohy, Esq aged 52, to the blooming
Miss Esther Sleeper, aged 67, both of
Hampton-Falls.
A' Hymen's altar, they have came.
Now in a blooming time ;
Like Sarah —may she embrace a son,
That is both sweet and kind.
May Heaven protect this happy pair—
And crown them with its grace ;
Mat, they indulge sweet comfort here,
And run the Christian race.
Mr. Dawson moved the usual ap
pointment of a committee to join a
committee of the senate, to wait on
president and inform him of their rea(fo
iness to receive any communication.
The clerk gave notice of the appoint
ment of such committee on the part of
the house.
It was resolved that the daily hour of
meeting of the house be at 11 o'clock.
The Clerk returned from the senate
and informed the house that the body
had not formed a quorum. [One
inember only wanting.]
Mr. Smilie moved the usual resolu
tion for the clerk's furnishing the mem
bers with such newspapers as they may
wish, not exceeding the expencs of three
daily papers.
At 1 o'clock the house adjournd.
At 12 o'clock the speaker took his
seat and called the house to order.
The clerk called over the names of the
members, when it appeared there was
a quorum.
Valuable Real Estate,
FOR SALE
TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MONDAY, Dec. 3.