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To issue ft Warrant to the oftLert df
the navy to search American vessels 8c
to seize the persons of those suspect
ed to be Englishmen ; to fabricate at
St. James’ a cause for the capture of
neutral vessels ; to order the officers of
the navy, willing to obey where
prize money is the bounty,) to govern
themselves accordingly ; and to com- '
\ plete this solemn mockery of every
that is just, honorable ft: sacred ;'
to “ instruct the conscience” of the
judge in admiralty to make this fabri
cated cause of capture the “ rule” of
bis judgment in condemnation.—These
are the modern innovations of England
which exhibit at once the essence
and scope of her cabinet orders in coun
cil.
I cannot better eXpreBs my ideas on
this subject, than in the language of
our ablest civilians and most accom
plished diplomatist*. 'I hose who
weigh arguments only in the scale of
party, or judge of their preponderance
l>y the comparative respectability of
< names, will find at least enough from
the pen of Rufus King to balance a
gainst the crudities of col. Pickering.
In his unanswerable reply to Stephens’
“War in Disguise,” the vade inecum
of the advocates for modern Britain,
Mr King says—.
“ It has in the strong and pointed
. terms of Sir William Scott, been judg
ed that the text of the king’s instruc.
i* lions is the rule of the prize court.”
. Again he says in the same argu
, inent—
44 The prize courts therefore spoke
to neutrals, (by their decrees) this cl.*ar
and distinct language. We acknowl
edge that by the law of nations you are
entitled to the prohibited commerce,
and should not hesiia'e to restore your
captured property-.-but we are hound
by7 the text ol the king's instructions.
A,. _1. .c.
...1 ——* ‘Tryi **“'■*
restore, as we did during the A
merican war ; and as soon and as far
as the instructions may be withdrawn,
so soon and so far, we will conform
our decrees to the law c f nations.**
These innovations upon the principles
of the British constitution and of the
law or nations, do hot violate the
rights of Englishmen any further than
their reputation is concerned. To con
v fiscate the property of a British sub
* ject, requires a joint act of the king,
the house of lords, and the commons :
to confiscate the property, or seize the
person of a neutral, under the opera*
tien of this new machinery of state, re
quires only the act oi the crow-n*
These innovations are therefore the
ground of high and solemn charges
from all Other nations, p^rticula ly A
. rnerica, whose rights thry do violate.
With these glaring facts btfore us,
traced to their sources, and properly
understood in their bear’:ng3 and ope
ration—it is impossible for an ho heat,
intelligent Ameiican to palliate these
charges. They have become too no.
torious for the denial of England’s
most obdurate advocates. No inge
nuity of man can g v to 3uch shame
ful dereliction of principles, any pos
sible colouring of justice.
THE VOLUNTEER,
xtract of a letter from the Mississippi
Territory, dated Oci. 3.
M You wilb Letore this, have heard an
account of cti official kind issued by the
conventionalists, in W< st Florida of their
taking the fort of Htton Rouge—this,
thoitllh it WAS CJ?nPC-tC.-| hv m ni/ inn,,..
to have excited a lively sensation here, t»
ntong the friends of the United States,
from an apprehensi'n thit some foreign
power may be at the bottom of it- there
is no doubt but what has appeared in some
papers published at Orleans and ai Natch.
’ t6j from • very suspicious sourfce'
*wil is notoriooi, that there are lour pa
pers at Orleans and Ntrches, all bcloug*
rnij in fact, or influenced by pecuniarv
means, by -me of Burr’s treasurers —and
his adherents are endeavoring to make he
most of it Put you will ask, what has
l cor goverrment b*n n doing? They bav*
L rot looked on indiffci en.ly, though it has
b«n difTicult to know 1iow to act while
“there was an appearance of order and pea
ceable conduct, but aim e the late allairs,
c I. Covington^ has marched to the iron.’
t »r, on the Sam ult. with two troops oi
dragoons, to repress any acts of any enti.
sens of ours, who might be disposed to »»,.
teifere, and governor Holmes has order
ed a regiment of militia to be In readiness
\ to march at a short notice—how* this bu*
. i 8,!;l's* will close, i cannot pietend to an*
i ticipaie—out you shall hear it mere is a.
^ n> thing worth notice.
Vineyard Loitery
No iv Drawing.
fiusr imy's drawing.
NO. F429*«sPrise of 2,000 dollars.
^ ? J47y do 300 do
l do 100 do
9186 »
131/32 5 Ao V) do
19 )'
2744 C do 20 do
COU ^
sa. And loO prites ef gS,
. • Scl'l by G. and K. Waite to a gentlcnso in
N. York
t Sold by G. and R. Waite to different persons
hr Philadelphia. ^
Wasktng^ox City, Nov. 2.
BY THE
President fifths Uni'eJ Siatea.
nA PPwsL A MAT JO ,V.
HE REAS by the fourth section
of the act of Congress, passed
on the first day of May, 1810, entitled
*4 An act concerning the commercial
intercourse between the United States
and Great Britain and France and their
dependencies, and for other purposes,”
itaia provided “that in case either
Gmat Britain or France shall before
themhird of March next, so revoke or
modify her edicts as that they shall
cease to violate the neutral commerce
of the United States, which fact the
President of the United States shall
declare by proclamation, and if the
other nation shall not within three
months thereafter so revoke or modify
her edicts in ltke manner, then the
third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh,
eighth, ninth, tenth and eighteenth sec
tions of the act entitled “An act to
interdict the commercial intercourse
between the United States and Great
Britain and France and their depen
dencies, and for other purposes,” shall,
from and after the expiration of three
i months from the date of the proclama
tion aforesaid, be revived and have full
force and effect, so far as relates to
the dominions, colonies and dependen
cies, and to the articles the growth, pro
dime or manufacture ol the domi
nions, colonies and dependencies of
the nation thus refusing or neglecting
to revoke or modify her edicts in the
manner aforesaid. And the restric
tions imposed by this act shall from
the date of such proclamation, cease
and be discontinued in relation to the
nation revoking or modifying her de
crees in the manner aforesaid
And whereas it has been officially
made known to this government that
M/I 1 r to f I? .L . __
---— * — . nil. UWU
tral commerce of the United' S ates
have been so revoked as to cease to
have effect, on the first of the present
month; Now therefore, I, James
Madison, President of the United
States, do hereby proclaim that the
said edicts of France have been so re
voked as that they ceased on the said
first day of the present month to vio
late the neutral commerce of the Un -
ted States ; and that from the da»e of
j these presents all the restrictions im
posed by the aforesaid act shall cease
and be discontinued in relation to
France and her dependencies.
In testimony whereof I have caus
ed the seal of the United States
to be hereunto affixed, and sign
ed the same with my hand atth
(*■• s.) city of Washington* this second
day of November, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight
.hundred and ten, and of the in
depend-nceof the United States
the thirty-fifth.
JAMES MADISON.
By the P esident,
B*J>MH H, Secretary of State.
(CIRCULAR.)
TutASUll Y Dk? rtmkht,
Noveoner 2d, 1810
Sir, ,v ., f
Von will herewith receive a copy of
the Proclamation aof the President of the
United States, anti uncing tiie revocation
of the edicts of-France which violated
tiie neutral commerce of the United State?
and that the restrictions^ imposed by the
Act of May 1st last, accordingly cease
from this day 4n relation to France.
French armt<J vessels may therefore be
I admitted into the harbors and waters of
the Unit'd States! any thing in that law to
the contrary Rottmi.siandmg.
ii aiso follows mat it threat Britain shall
not, on the 2d day of February n xt nave
revoked or modified in like manner her
edicts violating the neutral commerce of
Hie United Staes the 3dy 4th, 5th, 6th,
7th, 8ih, yth, lOih, and 18th sections or
fhc ^ Act to interdict the commercial in
terc^Ape between the United States and
Britain and France and their de*
pendencies, aud lor other purposes,” shall,
in conformity with the *ct first ab-ve. i
mentioned, be revived and have full force !
j and eft ct, go far as relates ,to Great Bri.
; tain and her dependencies, from and afj
ter the 2d day of February next. Unless
therefore you shall beiorc that day be ol-|
ficially notified by this department of such]
revocation or incdificftlion, you will, froirn
and alter the said day carry in*o effect
the above mentioned sections, which pro*'
i hibit both the entrance of British vesselsl
of every description into ihe harbors and!
water* of the United Status, and the ini.
portaiinu into the United States of any
articles the growth^, produce or manufac.
j sure yt the dominion*, coionie* and de
I peridii^jc* of Great Britain, aud of uuy
| arrn^pr* whstr vet brought from the said
I dominion-*, colonies and dependencies.
1 am, respeclfu.ly,
bn-,
Yout obedient servant,
ALBbK 1* GALLATIN,
i The Collector of the Customs
for the disti ict of
I %
Government yesirrday received des*
patches from Gen. Armstrong, our mm*
istcr in France, which we understand
afford official information of the late
clbngiff attitude by that nation;
s. ine Store of the tub 1C. ib !
1^1 «r at the brad of Jonki* wharf, s pw*ace
of GOODS marked W. 1),— Wirrsnton /
J»NkS. k Co.
Rickmewrfj Nov. 3d, 1*10. 3r,
■ II ll .1 H ^,1^,
©ttgmia Kraus.
TIT RICH M O N D,
TUESDAY, Notkmd-rr 6, 1810.
Subscribers to this Paper in
Cumberland county are respectfully J
informed that their accounts are made
out, and placed in the hands of Mr. E.i
VV. Trent lor collection. They will
oblige the Printer by settling with Mr.
I'reut as soon as may be convenient.
—-*-The accounts for Prince Edward
will shortly be forwarded to Mr. Ed
ward Booker, to whom gentlemen in
that county will please make pay
ment.
THE PROCLAMATION*
The President of the United States
has issued his proclamation for an un
restrained intercourse with Prance, in
con^eqUjkirce of the repeal of the Bcr
lin'^d jfylilan decrees. This promp
titude and frankness exhibits tow irds
France the same amicable disposition
that our national executive evinced to.
wards Great Britain in the arrange
ment made with Mr Erskide. We
sincerely hope that the Emperor of the
French will not display in this instance
the same species of perfidy that Can
ning and his coadjutors did in 1809.
And we have some warrantee that he
will not It the Circumstance of the ab
roga ion of the decrees having taken
place by an immediate communication
from the French minister of foreign
aflairs at Paris to the American min
ister resident there ; so that there can
not be pleaded a disobedience of in
structions.
Under this Proclamation we begin to
have a pretty clear view of our ditficul
ties being brought to a period ; or, at
least, to a certainty ; fi.r if France be
I sepoys, & we believe she is, England
canh<%.choose but to adhere to or aban
don her unjuit s stein. If bhe'adhtrr,
then we are at issue, and can directly
oppose her outrages : if she ab ndons,
then there is an end of all obstacles to
our tra Je. But in abandoning her srs
tem, Great Britain must relinquish her
practice of blockading with paper, be
cause the existence of those blockades
is incompatible with the requisitions
of Congress contained in the act of
the first of Mav last. This will ap
pefr «n reference to the ajt itself,
which Requires as a preliminary, a re
vocation or modification of the belli
gerent edicts, so that they vl shall cea^e
to violate the nrerfralcommerce of the
United States.” And this cessation
of violation cannot occur whilst the
paper-blockadet prevail.
In this aspect of things it becomes
the duty of every good citizen of the
United States to corroborate the poli
cy Of the executive by a cheerful c mn
teoance ol measures which bear on
the face of hem all the features of fair
ness, of impartiality, honor, and hon„
esty. Eet every little captious feeL
ing be subdued, and once more let re
publicans rally, en masse, in support of
our indisputable national rghts.
If Fiance sticks to her promise of
repeal, what will the tones 3ay to it ?
If she does not, will the federal prints
Sind a3 many apologies for the French
as they did for the British in the case
offtikErskine 1
Will the Federalists he sorry that
our trade is restored with the whole
Continent of Europe ? Would they
not rather our Tobacco a of a certain
kind, our Codfish, and our Cotton*
should lay on hand for ten yearn, than
that free intercourse should be restore
ed with the French Empire; or the
British be disturbed in their unrighte,
ous proceedings i The columns and
’he croakings of the federal prims will
soon answer the question.
The merchants formerly thought
they were the only folks in the world
that knew any thing about commerce.
Sad experience, and the seizure and
confiscation of their property, soon
convinced them that a thing or two
was known '4tt head-quarters on the
subject—and the merchants n w, by
their camion, admit that government
in its embargo admonitions was
right* The commercial men, like in
dividuals of most other pursuit* in
life, loo frequently mistake practical
knowledge for a knowledge of princi
ple. On the contrary, it is generally
true, that an acquaintance with Ini i
ness in the practical detail, precludes
the knowledge of those great princi
ples upon which the whole business
depends.
By the ship Lucius arrived at New
York from Liverpool accounts are re
ceived to the 27th Sept. No news of
implftancc. Wheat 14 to Us. ster
ling. Flour had fallen a little, in con
sequence of the crop turning out better
than was expected—price 58 to 02s*
Nbw York, November 1. t
VERY LATE FRO-ti FRANCE.
Captain Richards In 30 days from St Sibss*
ttans, inf ‘rms that the American vessels and
cargoes, ondfcr sequestration at Bayoune had
VI befen a Id.
' **f rit-p Sally, Scottj sailed from Bayonne,
for Borne u«■, about the middle of September
to 'ake on bOard Gen. Armstrong, who had left
I'uii.
1 be American schr. Spertcer, who was to sail
from Belonue, in 2 or 3 days for Philadelphia,
w* «* ^or General Arni'.totig, and a
j Frenpiruon^rij to reside at Charleston.
About JO 000 Frrncli troops had recently pas
t std through St. Sebastians for Spain.
Two or three American vessels'had arrived
!** Bordeadv, and would be a lowed te sell their
cargoes on paying the new duty
It was rumoured at Paris that after the new
du y had been paid on the A nerican sequestered
proper'y at Uaytane, the r.e t proceeds woald
be given up to the owners None of the vessels
had Keen released. The ship —. Smith, was
to sail from Su Jean de Lua lor Philadelphia
in 5 or 0 days
Further accounts from Frances
Yeste.day arrived at this po t, the schr. Spen.
cer Motfa tj in 3i days from Bayoune, with a
cargo of dry goodr, brandy and Wine bound
to Philadelphia.
In -his schr. cante psssemger Mr. Tarvis,
with dispa'ches Irom ow Minister in France,
for gove.nmen .
Oaiiti Modal, and his passengers, inform us
tha- Genera! Arms rong left Paris on the 12th
of September, for B rde&ux, where he arrived
ou °* September, and :t was said, he
woutkAfclk'k on board the slnp Sally, Scott
abobt%ki Ah of October. Mr. Jonathan Rus'
sel. >f Ptoyidence. was left a> charge des af* I
fairc* iTTTnc abs nee of Gen, Artnstiong J!| |
the American seques-ered property at Bayenne j
itad been sol.l^ and it was rumoured that after
deducing 50 per cent, and the expences from j
t e amount of sies—the balance was to be re.
• tored to the lawful owners. On the 12th of
Sept Gcnetal A'matrong received a dispatch
from the Uucde C adore, 'he substance of which
was said to oe an assurance that the Emperor
would vestjfe all the American sequestered pro
perty as soon as the American government
won d restore all the French property sequester*
ed under the N n Intercourse Act.
About tOO,OCX) troops had teccntly marched
I Mr Alexander M’Rea^ of Virginia, bn been
*Pi>oin;«d A« erican Cornu’, General for France,
in the place of David Baiiy Warden.
I Cni Bu,r wa» at Faria at ihe latest dates from
that plate.
MeWo Sa’e —Of tho 250 Merino Sheep ad
; veitftedfor saieye terday oy M. Danham, I says
i ihe New York Mercantile Advertiser, of last
, Wednesday,) only 35 Rams and 6 Buses were
i«oid.
Highest Rsm, 250 dolls.— Lowest 0 dolls.
- do Ewe, 140 do—do 60 do Is.
Average of Ram», 121 —Do. of Ewes, 138, 66.
Two at empis wet again made on Tuesday
evening ihe 16th instant, to wrapt the city of
Charleston in dames.
HOME MANUFACTURES.
•\ _
rn four towns of Ulster county, in
the state of New York, it appear^ by,
th£ tonsils, that there have been man
ufactured 148,855 yards of cloth in the
present year.
“ A PENNY SAVED’S A PENNY
GO J.”
We have learnc the secret, and that
too dearly, that the quantity of our
exports consumed in England is ex.
ceed^igly small. We pay handsome
ly for English brokerage ; and what
<lo these b okers tell us ? “This ar
ticle is brisk, because there’s a de
mand forte—-in France! That is un
saleable, because there is no expert
vent to the continent. These tobac
coes lie heavily on our hands, because
J France will not permit us to convey
them to her port9.” Seeing, indeed
feeling, that we thus pay an extrava
gant price to English commission mer
chants, who acknowledge that they
cannot serve us,---why do not our go
vernment and merchants cease to sub
•nit to British orders in council, and
trade directly with France and other
continental powers l
Not ihiee days ago, some gentlemen
were purchasing gome commodities to
be shipped to England ; it was obser
ved,The duties on these will sink
yout^ profits to a cypher.” Oh ! no,
it was replied, we intend to export
them in Britith vessels.
As honor has been discarded, per
haps it is intended to let profit go and
keep it company.-But we pay too
dearly for oar whistle. Balt. Whig.
Pennsylvania.—The following com
plete our returns of the Congressional e
iection from this state.
Mr. Findley is re-elected, as will be
seen by the following return;
Fi dtv, Kiikpatrick.
Westmoreland county 1333 1072
Somerset do 77 2 179
Indiana do 244 1*1
Armstrong do 2 05 271
Cambria do 181 64
Total 2733 1737
Mr.Crawford is re-elected, as the fol
lowing return wiil shew ;
Y*rk Adams Total
Crawford, Rcj/ub. 2053 279 2132
Carat, Fed, 1126 6*4 1790
The following gentkmrn compose tin
delegation from this state to the 12 h Con
gress ;—
Win. Anderson, David Bard, Robt.
Brown, Wm. Crawford, Win. Find
ley, Wrrtt W>(lrunny R, Davit, y oteph
l^fever, y. M Hyncinan* Aron Lyle,
yamen 'Mtlnor% IVm. I'iprr, Adam
Seybcrt, John Smilie, George Smitii
Abner Lacock, Robert Whitehill, fo
nalhan Robect*— Seventeen Republi
cans, one Federalist. Those in Itoi
:a are ucw me tube s.
No» 6939, which drew the capital
pri^e of 10,000 dollars, :o the Univer
salist Church Lottery cm Thursd.t.
was, about a fortnight ago, go..1
k” f _Ta>lor,jun. to a joungman in
l^ty* who had lately been unfortu
~ hit pecuniary yilY.rs.
Philad. paper.
•mlffe ■pondent informs us, aa\ s
the Raleigh Register) tltut iltsrrincjc
Hastings, a man versed in mechan
ic and well known in this state, is a
candidate for Bonaparte** premium of
1,000,000 of francs, and has* sent on
to the institute at Paris, models of his
machinery—so that John I'redcrirk
Heinle ol Augsburgh, will not obtain
the boon until it is decided which of
the two machines is be3t lor spiumug
flax.
Norfolk, October 31.
ft is With the sincerest sorrow we
have to announce the death of Ccmmo*
dore SAMUEL BARRON. In the
enjoyment oj perfect health, he wag'
seised whitest dinner on Sunday, with
a fit of appoplexy, and exp red at one
o’clock on Monday morning.
The death of this grear and good
man will long be deplored by those
£^°4l^ave society and
frienllihip.
Port of Richmond.
ENTEKID.
Schr; 3 Friends, Wheaton, Philad,
Ship. Eliza, Crandell, do*
Symatrv. Mor.on, New York*
Schr. Helen, Pearson, Philadelphia.
Saint Peter, Hall, Baltimore.
Cordelia, Gage, Bos on.
Magnolia, Gray, Norfolk.
Independence, Barker, N. Y.
Mary Ann, Wood, do.
Molly, Scull, do.
George, Clarke, do.
Sloop Example, Watson, do.
Cleanthea, Boyd, Norfolk.
CLEARED.
Sloop 3 Sisters, Steelman, Philad.
Dolphin, Endicok, do.
Mary Aun Clargiinc, Giddinr*,
N-w-Londoiu
Example, Watson, Philad.
Julia, Cleaver, New York.
Colodon, Wagham, doe
v Clinton, Dissaswa;., do.
JT Mary, 1 olmao, do.
. ^ t jn c.¥ir
tour^ot nearly t> 000 milesj wi h Map* and pistes,
by Chii>iian Sehu tz, 2vo'i in 1 — A tteariteca
tb* diseases a; d management of .-hcep, by Sir
Geo. S. Mackenzie, Bart. — A Report of a Case
of the Journe man Shoemakers of the city of
M*w-Yorkj by Wm Samp»ons» A Discourse
* ivered before the N. Yo.k *listo,nal Society.
°y P S. Miller, I) D.=*A new and improved
edition ©f Walker’s School Dictionary_A I'reih
supply of Hentng re Munfojd'a Repoits, lie.
November 6, 1810. ©aw
LANDS FOR SALE.
A GREFABLE to the last will and tc-s.
x. tament of Drury Woo->, dec'd. will he
sold, to the highest bidder, ou Thursday
the 6th Decembe*-next, on the premise*
the TRACT OF LAND, whereon hie
detfedent lately 1 veil, in Henrioi cotui'y,
#hd lying about three m les from the ciiy
if Richmond, on the road leading from toe
jaid^fcity tdthe Meadow Bridges, and
TOinin^Tl^f'L'ind of D ivicl Cicptoi, Jc‘tf ■
BiaClUuj^, John Burch and o hers, 8rl M
continuing by a late sui v y, sry#nty t»r.| 9
Acres, it is presumed unuec. ssaiy to jive
a part.cul r descript on o! the Lands, oa
it is expec ed those inclined to purchse
will view the premises be ore the (lav of
*;de, which will be ihewn to *ny prison
wishing to yew the pr ini'-es by Robert
j Kendr ek livn g m the Lands. The t-rms of
j sale will be one half the purchase mon»y
i in six months, t..e other half in twelve
months, the purchaser to give bonds wi»h
approved security lor the purchase money
w.th a deed ot trust on the Lands if re
quired, to
Wm. Burton,
&. > Ex’ers.
G ervas Storrs, )
November $ili, 1810. (w id «.)
fcN f Jgfc jy§*j£ l /-< i-r U