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Pd of having such a bins towards Fr nice ;
x»ml remarked, that Mr. Madison was known
tube an admirer of the British Constitution,
to be generally well disposed towards the
nation, and to be entirely free from any en
mitv to its general prosperity. He appeal
ed to mr, whether 1 had not observed that
be frequently spoke with approbation of its
institutions, its energy untl spirit, and that
hi* was thoroughly well versed in its hisu>_
I'V. literature and arts
These observations he made at that time
for cite pu pose ol contrasting the senti..
ments ot Mr. Madison with those of iht
p tsideht, as he knew * hat I must haveob
M.’\rd, that Air. Jefleiv>n never spoke
wrh approbation of any thing«hnt was ilri
tistt, and al-voys took, op French topics in
1m conversation, and always praised the |
peop.e anti country of France, and never!
lost an opportunity of showing h s dislike
to Great Britain.
At the close of mv interview with Mr Gal
latin, lie said in a familiar way, *• You see.
®"'» w5 co,^ld *>et le a treaty in my private
room in two hours, which might p maps be
found to he ns lasting as if it was bound up
in all the formalities cf a regular system ;
and might be found as recipmc dli useful as
u 1.eaty consisting of twenty_I<hh* articles,
in which the intricate points of intercourse
noglubein vain attempted to be t. c-mcil
, to the opposite and, perhaps, jealous
views of selfJnterest of uic respective couu
tries.
, I have taken the liberty of detailing to you
the •jbsiHnce of this unofficial conversation
Vn.h Mr Gallatin, in order to explain to
you the grounds upon which I have formed
my opinion, that the menibet's of the present
government, who, it is expected, will he
lorg also to the next, would hr desirous of
retding the differences ot the United States
with Great Bntain, to enable them to tx
tr,Cilt® c 'Untry and ’hcmselves from
tlie dmculkj in which they are involved ;
lor it >s now, I believe, determined that
inr. Gallatin will accep his present office
under M Madison, which was at one
time doubted. Toe character of Mr Gal
la in must be well known to you. to be held
in the g-eatest respect in this country for
his unrivalled talents as a financier and as
a statesman. 1 here cannot, I think, be any
reasonable doubt entertained, that he is
heartily opposed to French aggrandizement,
and to the usurpations of H uaparte. Hr
was -.n enthusiast <n favor ot the French rc
volution, in tlie early period of it bur has
long since abandoned the favorable opinions
lie had entertained respecting it, and has
vir a •■'il the p> ogress of France towattls uni
^ti'* dominion with jealousy and regret.
H -v far the good will of this g vernment
and country towa ds Gteat Britain may be
worih, in the estimation ot liis majesty’s go„
verninont, the sacrifice of the orders in coun
cii, and ot the impression which they might
be expected to make on France, it w.»uld
be presumptuous in me to venture t.i ealeu
1;. c; but l am thoroughly persuaded, that
at that PHicfe it might be obtained.
\ e,,deav,nv lt by the most strict
ar.d diligent enquiries into the views and
sti eng It u! the federal party, to ascertain to
what extent they would be willing and able
to t tsist the measures of the party in power,
and how lar they' could carry the opinions
ot this country along ith them, in tlieir at !
tempts to remove the embargo, without re.
Curving to hostilities against bothG. Bntain
a;i<t France,
Upon a mature consideration of this sub
ject,. I am persuaded .hat great a* the de_
sire is which generally prevails for the re
in ova l of the embargo, that the federalists
Vi aid net venture to recommend that it
should be withdrawn, without proposing
boine measures of greater energy as a subs'i_
tute. Some have indeed hinted at the pro..
5nitty of at once declaring war against
?ranee ; but few, however, of those who
have been most clamourous against the ein..
Largo, have ye. offered their opinions as to
wha' course ought to be pursued, although
all have declared against .he submission to
tlie restrictions upon their neutral lights,
..Whan the smuil number ot those who have
pointed out the propriety of going to war
with France, ah tie is considered, even of
the fedcial party, I cantin' believe that
such a measure would ucs-ed
All the leaders of tlie democratic party
in congress and our ,f it, d dare ha. ill y
onlv propose me coiuinuance ol the embar
, g ior a short time, and tliar if the voice
ot the people at large, is for more act.ve
kesistaiicr.. that hey shall he willing and
Ttady to pui forth the s rengtli of he coun
tiy lor that purpose i'hese d" carat tons
are o be found in the speeches, some print.
ed copies of which I have sent herewith g
you will find, however, tha in some ot them
a great st>ess is still laid upon the effects to
bi expected from the embargo in c rroing
the belligerents, particulai ly Gteat Bntain,
to relax in her restrictions, fio.n the dis
Hess and inconvenience which is likely to tie
produced by the want of the produce of this
country
i ms reliance upon such Conseq lenccs from
the embargo, is greatly, indeed al.oust en
tirely dimmish At in the opinions of most
people, and I conceive that me only reason
why the ruling party wish it to be continu
ed, arises from a hope that time migli af
ford them an Opportunity of belter judging
of the probable issue **f events in Europe,
particularly of the success or failure of Bo
oapartc in Spain.
It may be doubted whether the privations
and inconveniences produced by the embar.
go in this country, will not compel the Con
gitsslo take some hostile measures, in or
der to have a pretext for its removal of so
ti fling a nature, however, as ro leave it to
ll > belligerents to overiook them, if they
plea f. and to sa\e the ruling party from
the nfcecsiiy ot going into war measures of
gi e>*. expence and dinger not only to their
©wo popularity and power, but, perhaps,
even to the safely of me Union, I propose
to nave the honor of offering some remarks
' upon this subject in the next number of my
liiKvitche* 7
With me highest respect,
2 have the honor to be,
S r.
Your most obedient, humble serv’t,
D. M EUSKINE.
(No. 10.)
Diifuiichfrom thr Honorable David Era
kmr itj .Mr HeeTe' arj Canning, dated
Wuahtng on, 16/A Aiarch, USU&—received
Huh *4fu ll.
biH,
Since the arrival In the Delaware river
on the 10 h inkt of the A uteri* an despatch
vesfctl he Union from England and Fiance,
2 had am iotuview with the President
Q! div.i ) and the Societarjr of State
O*1 ilcbul buiiti*) who e*jn f.-ssed their
sentiments to me very freely relative to the 1
intelligence wtuch was brought by that ves
sel
The President observed, that the altera
lion in his majesty's Outers in Council by
‘he recen Older which had been comnlTkni_
cated by you to Mr. Pinkney, suspending
tlte operation of the acts ns to any duties
mi exportation granted by the said acts as
tar as relates to articles being the growth,
produce, or munutactiire <>t any country be.
mg in amity with his majesty.” £cc. did not
in fact remove the objections entertained by
'lie U. S. against the orders in council in
any degree worthy af notice. That they
still violated the neulrarrighrsof thisrottn.
try. as they made it necessary for Ameri
can ships to passthrough England, which
was not only tut infringement of the inde..
pendence ot the United States, but wasc nt
pletely destructive of their commerce, since
nit Am rican vessels were prohibited from
going to the continent after they had been
lott ed to touch itt England.
iu- remarked also upon the circumstance
ot K-jstia and Denmark being comprehend,
cd m the operation of the ordeis in council,
which he said was assuming n new punci
pie, as ihe orders had been hitherto rested
upon tile ground of a right of retaliation,
whereas Russia and Denmark have never
issued any decree violating neutral rights.
He complained severely of this, and went
over the same arguments upon these points
which he had m&de use of while he was Se.
jcreiary of State, and seemed to be greatly
disappointed and vexed that no change in
the relations «>r the U. S. with the beliige
rents, seemed likely to take place before the
meeting of the new Congress in May next,
as he foresees the serious difficulties & em.
barrasauien s in which the U. S. will be
then involved in determining upon the course
of conduct which it will be expedient to pur
sue, as it is universally thought that the non
.intercourse law cannot last longer than the
next session of Congress. & it will become ne
cessury at that time either to abandon all i.
dea of resistance, or to determine to adopt
measures of hostility against both beliige
rents, which could not be carried in the last
Congress, and therefore are still less likely
to be adopted in the new which will con
sist ot a larger number of members averse
to such a desperate and unavailing course.
The Sucre ary of State (Mr. R -bert Smith)
repeated the sentiments which ne had often
expressed to me, when Secretary of the Na
vy °l t'egret that his Majesty's government
seemed not to believe that the U S would
resist the decrees of France. He thinks the
correspondence between the American mi.
nister at Puis, (General Armstrong) and
the r rench governuient, prove the determi
nation ot this government, not to submit to
them.
He declared to me also that he knows that
war would have been instantly declared a
gaiost F ranee, upon G. Britain’s relaxing her
oiders. which he said were issued before the
•i ^ an oppor.unity of ascertaining die
illegal interpretation which France meant to
put upon her decrees; be added, that he was
convinced even now measures of actual hostil
itv would be adop.ed against France, whth
out hesitation, ah uld G B rel .x in her or
dors so as io afford the U. S. an opportuni
ty of doing so with honor ; but that it would
be impossible that they should single out
Fiance as an opponent, while G. B. con
ti *' y to her own declarations, enforced her
oiiieis before an acquiescence on the part
ot the U S in the French decrees had been
proved
He acknowledged that it m got be l fRcult to
hi ing oo a state of actual hostility between this
country and Great Britain, upon toe g vunds of a
ny subsisting difference, out that he was desirous
Ui. t an amicable ur.d i slanding should prevail be
tween the two countries, which the pr. sent state
ot their relations woul 1 entirely pr vent
He added, that i.e win afraid ;he irritations
wiu.-h w.-re likely to he produced by capture u
del majesty’s orders in ^'iiiucii, •nij'iu le id
to serious ooiiscqu n wnicr. he s od I,.’ sh >u! 1
deprecate, as he was u i wll ig .o , vli Un < ■
S ates thrown into m .ili'w»,-e winch he t.iuu,;h;
already loo poweih.i for the interest of the world
He uni not pretend to eiawriajii any partiality to
o.irds England, oui o iis de ed t .-t the interest
01 tee U used St ie» thus me at tlic present
ni'.m ni -vii* that .1 Great B tun
‘ .sentiments, expressed tome by Mr.
rtob .( Smith, aie, j j> neve, very sincere. I
Uav !j un ranch a q ia.nted v\ith him, and cannot
1 In .k, •<- in i.aken i Uie opinion which 1 have
ior i, d ot liia d sposition and feelings upon that
all i t
i> hi tin President and Secretary of State, tre,
I understand, much offended at »he appointment
ot dun..rat 15 ik> y to a high command, pending
t.ie tu-r.ous , on.pl .mi preferred against him hy
the Urmed Slates ; tliey have not mentioned tin
Mi'»p cl lo me, as no antlienlic account of the fact
ius yet been received ; hut I expect to hoar
strong n prest illation ujion the subject, should it
prove to he >vcIt founded
As 1 have already had the honor to convey to.
> >n iny sentiments upon the subject of the non
uilerceurse law, in several preced ng numbers of
i y dcuput hcf, as also upon the general aspect of
-ILn s m this country, 1 will not trouble you with
u y tui tner remarks, b.n beg leave to refer you to
the enclosed extract from ipy No 12, which was
sent in his majesty’s packet with the mail of last
tlont.Ii, as ,t contains my opinions upon those to
pics, which are unchanged
This dispatch, as also my No’s 14 and 15, will
In carried to England in the American dispatch
vessel Pacific, which will sail from hence in a few
days with a messenger, Lieut Kiad : Another
•.essel is going at the same tiime to France, with
a messenger and dispatches Mr Coles, the pri
vate secretary ot the L>ie president, is lo be the
beater of them
(Inclosure referred to in No. 10.)
Washington. 15th Feb 1809
As the ruling party perceive that it would
not be in their power to carry the Eastern stale
along with them in a war with Groat Britain,
on the grounds of any subsisting differences be*
tween the two countries, they hope that use Ire
quent captures of the vessel* belonging m the
Eastern stales, which are likely to take place
in consequence of Ins majesty’s orders in conn
cil continuing in operation, m.«y excite irritation
in the minds of the pe/rple of these states, and
lead them to take a part in the next congress
in any measures which might be pointed against
Great Britain.
1 continue to he firmly persuaded that Mr.
Madison, who has now been pronounced to be
the n. vt president, would moat willingly seixe
the fi.st opportunity of recommending to the
next c digress to assert their ,»r utral right against
Frs.ice, s'lOiiid ins majesty deem it'to be just
or expedient to ca ise his orders in council to
be withdrawn in consequence of a determinaii
on being evinced by th<- U States not to submit
l<« tho aggressions of Fiance. AnJ I conceive
tual it i* notai all improbable that he might au
thorise Mr. Finkney to makes communication
to you to tnat effect, a* lie hit frequently in con*
leiotinN "aid to in*", tout no hesitation w >ulJ
be felt in this country ol entering up^n hostilities
wiih France, if she did not rrxal her decree*,
!>ut he always added, that it whs impossible the
If. blatc& cou.d take such a #tc'> vbUc hi* m«
iesty’s otdcn were in fomj. becaiue tLcirjus
Station could only be attempted upon the
<<untU that the United States had acquieso-d
m the decrees of France, which he uniformly
contends has never been the ease
It is evident to me that he will be supported
in this sentiment by his own party in Congress
jr|d in the country generally ho far as top "even'
In* feeling hiniaelf compelled to single out France
«s an enriny, while his niajvsty’s ordrs ill
council continued in f*rce ; but-1 am perfectly
confident that it would he impossible that they
■ouid bring on a war with tvigluid, tinless it
should he occasioned, as I have before mention
ed, by an iiritalion produced in the minds of
the people of the fcaatern states, by the fishes
which might Ik- sustained by them in their ships
and commerce by raptures under It is majesty's
orders.
1 lie weight >nd influence nf the E istern states
has been sufficient to force the ruling party to
abandon their fivorite system of E ubargo, and
that too without the “ painful alternative” of
President Jefferson of war being substituted ;
but l doubt extremely how far they could coin
pel the Congress and President into a war with
[ Fiance, uulc-s the U. Stales could be called up*
on to assert its u utral rights by the temporary
removal of his majesty's orders in council tu
give them that opportunity.
It appears by tiie result of the state of the voles
for President and Vice Picsident which was de
clared in the Senate yesterday, that Mr. Madi
son had 122 votes out of 175, and that dl the
votes, except three in the Southern and Wes
tern sutes, were in Ins favor, besides Pennsyl
vania; *nd that two-thirds of the votes of the
state of New York were given to him. He
bad aUo ull ih f »tcs fVeitnoonl* but that vas in
consequence of the votes being given by the legis*
lature of that state, which happened to be de
mocratic ; besides having nine out of twelve
votes of the State of Maryland.
1 his vast majority would enable the l’resi
dent elect and his party to resist the solicitation
ot the four Eastern states, should they urge the
next Congress to single out France as an enemy,
because ttie same power wiuefi has proved m
competent to enforce an illegal, oppressive and
ruinous l» w, would still be sufficient to withstand
a requisition to wage a war, which, however
just, would not be likely to be attended with a
*»>' profit or advantage
It is true that a noil intercourse law may be
considered by the Eastern States as very objec
tionable, but as it would be rather a nominal pro*
hibitiun than a rigorous enforcement, a resistance
to it would be less likely to be made, and of less
importance if it should t»kr place
The ultimate consequences of such differences
and jealousies arising bet ween the EaMern and
Southern States, would inevitably lend to a dis
solution of the union, which has been for some
time talked ol, and has of late, as 1 have heard,
been seriously contemplated by many of the lea
ding people in the Eastern division
I will not however trouble you with any ob*
setvatious upon that important topical present,
but confine myself to tiie const quinces of the
measures about to be adopted in Congress, affec
ting tus m.-jesty’s interest
W halever may be the motives of the Congress
for ttie passing a lion-intercourse law with Eng
land -slid France, I conceive that great advanta
ges may be re ped from it by England, as she
b is die command of the seas, and can procure
through neutrals any of the produce of tins coun
try) besides Hie inm-M.se quantity winch will be
brought direct to Great Britain, under various
pretences ; whereas France will obtain but little,
U a great expence and risk, and will only g t
ttiathulein consequence of the high price m
their in irkets.
fliis measure will operate in so partial and
discouraging a manner, upon tbe Eastern states,
which are commercial, that it would not be sub
nutted to very long, and its effects in preventing
tiie introduction ot Uriusli manufactures Would
>e trifling as they would be smuggled into the
country witu the greatest facility, since the peo
pic who alone could interfere with tffect, would
enc mrage alien a traffic between nis Majesty ’s
dominions in C.mada, and the adjacent territo
ries ot the U S and in various other ways.
Another advantage arising to Great Britain
trom the non intercourse law would be, that the
interdiction of ships of war from entering the
ports of the United Stales would be general, in
, -toad of being directed solely against his M jes
| ty » snips. The non importation law would be
a‘.-o general, and the consequence wools be,
t at Ins ‘Majesty's subjects would get a great
qiunt ty of goods into the United States, but
rrmch subjects could not introduce any.
Should his M -jesty deem it proper to consider
the non intercourse law m the ligm of a muni i
pal regulation, which the United Siuies had a
i .ght to establish, and not as a measure of hostili
ty, I am pcrsiiude-d that it would not be in the
nower of any party in this country, even if they
Wished it, to bring on a war with Great Britain.
(Signed)
D. M.ERSKINE.
FnOM THE NATIONAL INTELLICENCKK.
Amongst the papers lately laid before the
British Parliament respecting American af_
tans, is a dispatch from Mr. Erskine to Mr.
Canning, dated 4-li December, 1808, which
principally relates to a conversation be
tween Mr Erskine and myself, . his took
place at my house, and without any previ
ous appointment: lint as Mr. Erskine had,
preceding week, conversed with
Mr. Madison on the same topics, and the re
sul: had been communicated to me the day
before bv Mr Madison ; I was prepared for
the subject, and every sentiment I uttered
was in perfect unison with those of the pre
sident and of the Secretary of State. What
was meant by colonial trade, has already
been explained by Mr. Erskine; bat as his
own share in those conversations with seve
ral members of the administration is, in his
dispatches, altogether omitted ; and the
conditions expected by the United States
irom f,ieat Britain are not distmc lv ex_
plained, it is proper to state briefly the ge~
neral grounds which were considered here
as forming a proper basis for an adjustment
ot differences, if a conciliatory disposition
was found to exist on the part of the liiitish
government.
1. Reparation fur the attack on the
Lnenafieake-I'he president’s proclama
lion merging in the proposed non_inter
coui>e act, by which the public ships of
both threat Britain and France would be cx
eluded from the ports of the United States,
the ostensible obstacle to making the repa
ration, acknowledged to be due, was remov
ed.
I. Orders of Council. To be repealed
simply on the ground of the non inter course
act applying, in that evt-nt, exclusively to
r ranee, so long as her decrees vioating the
neutral rights of the United States coiuimi
ed in force.
3. Imfire sum cut of Seamen. To be en
tirely anandoned, America agreeing to ex
elude from ber navigation seamen not citi"
zens of the United States, on the principle
contained in the instructions of »he 20tlt
May, 1807, to Messrs, M onroe aud Pink
ney, which, or. account of ihc rupture of the
negotiations, were not, in that respect, acted
upon.
4 Colonial Trade. The right to the di
reel trade, viz: that carried directly from
the colonies to the belligerents in Europe,
to be waved by the t). States: provided, i
that the trade between the U S. and the l
colonies, and that in colonial articles be.. J
tween the United States and other couii
tries was formally recognised, according to I
the principles contained in the same instruc
lions
S. Commercial Relatione. The partial
non importation act of the United States
and the convoy and other extra duties of G
Britain to be repealed ; and generally eve
ry source of collision arising from that spe
cies of commercial warfare, to cease by a
mutual repeal of all discriminating duties,
in conformity with the instructions to Messrs
Monroe and Pinkney before mentioned,
j I'he two nations to place each other, in eve
ry other respect, on the footing of the most
favored nation.
On this last point, mv observations were
! general and equally applying to both coun_
tries. The system of restrictions which
i those of Great Britain had forced the Uni..
I ted States to adopt, being equally injurious
to both And Mr Erskine is mistaken in
supposing, that I would have preferred,
at first, measures of a more decided nature
to the embargo.
Mr Erskine appears, so far as can he
inferred from the correspondence now pub
jislied, to have supposed that, in order to
induce his government intake into cmi_
sideratioit those propositions, and to adopt
a conduct consistent wi»li just principles and
with the great Sc permanent interests of G.
Britain, it was absolutely necessary to dis
sipare the prejudices they had imbibed:
And his efforts seem accordingly to have
been principally used in trying to convince
them of the sincere disposition of the meni.
bers of the American administration to ad
just the differences between die two coun.
tries. Knowing the earnestness of his en
de ivors in promoting that object, the diffi_
cullies he had to encounter io his attempts
to induce the British ministry to take a
comprehensive and correct view of the sub
ject, and the sanguine temper which he dis..
covered throughout the whole transaction,
I feel no disposition to cavil at the general i
coloring ot the language ascribed either to
the other members ot t >e administration nr to
mysel". But there is part of the despatch in
winch I cannot fora moment acquiesce.
From casual expressions impel fectlv un
derstoou, and incorrectly stated, and front
what lie calls ** my manner and slight insin I
nations,” Mr. Erskine infers that 1 thought ;
that the president (Me Jefferson) had acied
with partiality towards France, and hat I
had attempted to contrast Mr. Madison’s sen
timents in that respect with those ot the Pie
sident.
i hat Mr. Erskine’s object was to use the
change of Presidency as an argument to in_
duce the British ministry to alter their mea
sures towards America ; and that the opinions
thus ascribed to me were his own,is sufficient
ly obvious from th whole tenor of his des
patch. But the inference as it relates to me is
totally erroneous: & Mr.Erskine mus' have
mistaken my assent to the existence of stir
mi«,es of partiality in Mr J ffLrson towards
France, for an acquiescence in the truth of
them.
I might with truth have sp. ken of Mr.
; Madison, not as feeling any particular ad"
[ 'ideation for the Hri.ish cons'itution and in
stittrious, but as having neither bias or enm«
tv towards France 01 England. But I never
could or did contrast his sentiments in that
respect, or ascribe to him opinions *>'i die 1
subject of our foreign relations at nrnnc-.
.with those of Mr J liars m.
I l knew those surmises respecting Mr. Jef - i
j ferson to be altogether destitute of founna'.i
t on To have, in the most indirec manner,
! suggesedor countenanced a beiir 1' m ihem,
j would have been direct falsehood. So far
| from having, even by niy silence, acquiesced
| in insinuations of that nature; When Mr.
| Erskine. once, arid once oniy dropt a hint ;o
that effect, intimating a supposed hostility to
England, and that the President bad not
placed her conduct in a fair light before the
public. I immediately repelled the charge,
and, amongst other obse vtiions, reminded
him that the only time when the it. - ish gov
ernment had, by the proposed tqu ilisati n
of duties, made an approach of a 1 neral and :
conciliatory nature towards America, it was
immediately met by the President who had
expressly recommended the subject toCou_
gress in his message ; and that the plan had
been defeated by the clamor vhnt party in
America, which was considered the best dis
posed towards G. Britain. That, on that oc
casion. a ch uige took place io my manner is
very probable ; but Mr Erskine hasascrib
e.l it to a source very different from that
which occasioned it. I bad very lately been
Zealously employed in tepelling the charge ;
a charge which I never couid hear without j
indignation. Eight years of the most inti
mate intercourse, during which not ail act,
nor hardly a thought respecting the foreign
relations of America was concealed euabie
me confidently to say, that iYI.-, Jrff-Tson ne
vet had in that, respect any oiher object in
view, but the protection of the rights; of lhe
United States against every foreign aggres
sion or injury from whatever nation it’ pro
ceeded, and has. in every ins'mice, observ
ed towards all the belligerents the most strict
justice and the most scrupulous impartiality.
His character stands tint in need of this de
ciaration : it is due to myself.
1 he groundless accusations of foreign bias
and influence have been generated solely bv
the virulence of party spirit ; and they were
adopted abroad as an ap»U>gv or pretence for
unprovoked aggressions. A just sense of the
injuries received, and the most temperate
efforts to obtain redress, constitute what has
been called partiality. And it seems to have
been forgotten that, from the time when Mr
Jefferson became President till die month of
August, 1807, no actual aggression on the
neutral rights of America had been commit
ted by France ; whilst during the same pe
i iod, the nominal blockades of enemies*
ports by England, and the annual actual
blockades, as they may be called, of our own ;
the renewal, contrary to express and mutual
explanations, of the depredations on the in
direct colonial trade, the Continued impress
ments of our seamen and the attack on the
Chesapeake, had actually taken place.
During that period, the laws, the execu
tive acts, the negotiations of the American
government could have been d.rected to that
government alone from whom injuries had
been received. But from the time when
the rights of the U. bta’cs were invaded by
>oth ttie lielligerents, every public measure
has equally embraced both ; the like efforts,
founded no the same basis, have uniformly,
though v, j bout success, been made to ob
tain redress from b-th : And the Correspon
deuce now published furnishes at least irre
lr.'gable proofs of the earnest desire of Mr.
J ffrrsou’s administration to adjust the dif.
tere.aces with G. Biitam, and of their di.
position to remove, tor that purpose, wliate
vc** serve as the shadow of a pretence
lur a denial of justice on her part.
ALB .HT GALLATIN.
W ashingion, 2ls< .l/iril Id 10. .
IVe are informed that the sloofi of War
Hornet will sail from AVw York between
hr 25th iz“ he last of • his month, for Prance
and J'.nglund ; and that her commander will
take charge oj mercantile utnf oilier lettero
for Kurofie—Nat. Int.
7he Se retary of the Treasury left the
ci'ij yesterday on a visit to the state of JVi
1 ork.
I he Secretary ol War also left this citu
yesterday for the .Yon hwurd.—lb.
NouroLK, Julv 18
AnnivKo—Ship Anacreon, l’-u-Vs 46
days no... 'Lo.d.n-ballast-William
Dickson —Sh.p ic 'ky Lett there, ships P„
cnahnotas, lo.npk'iis, of this port, just ar
rived from Cadiz ; Medford, Bernard, of
Boston, from this po t, was carried in hv a
llrrssh cruiz r, but cleared ; barque El
ward Hole for New Y.» k. tobail in J days;
buy Venus, tor ditto, in 4 days ; and many
other Ameiican vessels, ch telly bound, lo the
Nonli ..t Europe*Spam and Portugal.
^ N bomb ke.ch Vesuvius, captaiu
Hr itl. trout ilavaiuiu, went up ti»e Bay vea
terday ' *
They. S. sloop of war Wasp, anchor
ed in Iiauiptuu Loads on Monday i.ioruii.jr
last.
- duly 20.
rht JPednesday evening, sailed from.
Hampton . ones the U. S. brig Hornet
ain "vs* Jor Acw York ; from
thence she proceeds immediately until des
patches for Europe. There are various
conjectures af^nt-some will hove it,hat
the is sent for the purpose of bringing home
our Minister ( Mr. Pinknty Jfrom London ;
of.iers, that she is destined for Prance.
J he British packet sailed a few days ago
Jf'ftn Acw York direct for England ! t
There is something ominous in these move
merits.-- Herald.
Jl letter from the hon. Pdul Hamilton, at
II ashing/on to a gentleman in Savannah
dated June 21 says ;—• It may be a sa'is
Jaction to you. and other good men of your
ci y, to be informed that Commodore Deca
tur, is now under sailing orders with a
Squadron oj our ships, to cruise from Hump
ion Bonds southwardly, which will tend ' I
hope, to rid cur coast of the Privateers
wlvch have been infesting it for some nine
past.”—Phil. Pap.
.A Eir York. July is.
Mr. Jackson, he Jit'inah min
ister, his lady and family left this city on
Saturday last, on a 'our through the nor Ji
eru parts of ’his B ute ; and tntendi ,g to
view the falls of Aiagara before his return.
A gentleman a N. w York writes that
S' neral \rn.strong w: s so severely indispos
ed in April l ist a' Pa. is, as to cause 'itsdis
missr g lie ship up m which he had en
g'g d o return with his family to the
Ui.i id Stales. The vessel was the Sal
ly. but ever, she lias not arrived in any
port of the U. S whence we should be dis
]) •*ied to infee. that the rumor of gen. Arm
s rong’s indisposition was only c-mjectural.—
Hurora.
r f
BOSTON. July 13.
2?~ 'i ac‘- of a letter from the Hivunna. of
June 23, to the Spanish Consul in this
town.
I lately wrote you and inclosed a ropy of
the new order* .-educing toe duties on import#
and *'KO')'ts, and -nforring the firmer orders re*
inning Consularcertifi ales as requisite to ad
mit f e vessel .nil different ahipin nts 1 ouii
g tulate you sincerely on the favorable effect#
ot tiies two orders, so far as regtrds the inter
e l ot our countrymen ; and hope that the lte
gen.y will not find it necessary again to shackle
the trade of this growing and valuable island,
which, with a liber d policy, would be worth
m >:*e to the crown of Spain than the province uf
Mexico.
It was yesterday reported that a British schoo
r..-i ot 12 guns, cruizing N K of Cape Cod, for
a 1 eucii bigger, is the officers said, hud detain
ed an iovy ird >ound ship Oil Tuesday ; and an
outward bound ship a few days before.
A PRIVATES ON OUR COAST.
„ , Prom the C. Hvuic hooks.
>ir John Wilson, pilot informs us, Hist nj^
Tu-sday last t!»jj same schooner which brought
to tiie snip lire Horse, brought to an. Ameri
can ship, which appeared to be bound into Bos
ton, about four leagues to the North of Cape Cod
light. The ship immediately took in her steer
mg sails and handed down her color?, and steer- «
ed away to the N E. by the wind That the pi
lot boat Regulator boarded the privateer, who
informed, tint they bad taken a French mer
chant ship a few days previous, loaded wi«h cot
ton and tobacco I'lie privateer mounted 1C »
gnus, and bad a sharp stern ; hut few men were
on deck, being mostly, as the pilot thought be
low. The priv ateer also informed I U site wa»
in search of a French lugger, which they were ,
informed was on George’s Bank; but suppns 4
that the lugger bad steered toward* Portland,
anJ the privateer was. lien n search of her.” *
moke op rue piuvatbeh.
A l<*»irr received hy Mr. Gilbert, at the Et.
change Cofli-e House, yester I .y, «rom Ids . or
respondent in Salem, nays : “ Captain W.H cm,
who art ived-here tins day, informs that on Wed
nesday, a t noon, in sight of Cape Anne, hr was
boarded from a sm..ll English privateer and trea
ted with pivility. An American ship Wa* in
company, concerning which Captain W m de
enquiries of the l>oarding officer, but'recetved on- J
ly evasive answers He afterwards hailed her,
ind receiv. d no ans wer : but a passenger step.
p< d ovei the side, and chalk <1 “ Taken,” >s
perceived through a glass. Sim appeared to bp
aliout 300 tons, had a red bottom, varnished
sides, woman head, air ports between the in on
chains ; could not read her name, which appear,
ed to be a lung one; men, women andcluldren
passengers Captain W supp mes a prize mas
ter was on board, to car- v her to Halifax.” •
An official advert is; m nt was inserted in the
II ivanna papers, J me 24, that the French priva
teers Fraiictnse, intrepide, Dur.de lonOb-llo,
Petite, Chance, and Leptine, with their plunder,
vers detained at New Orleans, and that an in
ventory of their plunder was received at the 111
vanna, to the end that any loser, might reclaim
the same The privateers Guillaume, illoss-im
•ml Superior, are also mentioned as detain d ,
<t New Orleans Our accounts from N Orleans,
.re later than those at the Havanna, and say afl
he privatc-rs ln.d pot tones
The once famous Asiatic N.bob, paid
< ld, who bro iglit l|*om tiie E.ist Indies ho nine
■I little less than a m'dion sterling, di< d lately
at Fans, ui tery uiuqjem cifyuuisUnccs !