The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-01-16 00:00:00, page 1

TUESDAY* JANUARY 1G, 1810.
[No. 78.
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n. r.
tobacco,.... 5 09
TLOUR—SUPERFINE, .... 6 75
1)0. FINE.6 H5
«ORV, PER DARStl.,.3 00
WHEAT,.1 17
BACON, PER LB.0 JO
THI5KEV, PER GALLON, ... 0 30
BAR IRON, PER TON.110 00
KEMP, PER ION. 270 00
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Lexington, (k.) Dec. 23.
JUjrtrart of a truer from a gentlemen at
Hi. J.oui/t, to hi/i friend in 1 .exinryon.
“St. Louis, November 30th, 1809.
“ Dear Sir,
“ Some few clays before my return
♦o St. Louis, IVIaj. Peter Cnouteau had ar
rived from liis .Missouri expedition. ThiB
gentleman possesses a very extensive influ
ence with the Indians of this country, found
ed on the openness, sincerity and justice
■with which he has ever treated them.
“ On the failure of all other expedients
for res ovine; the Mandane chief to his peo
pie, Muj. Chouteau was selected as the on
ly person, whose address, in the conduct of
rueh an entevprize, was esteemed preferable
In militaryequipment. The r. >uit lias am
ply justified the public expectation. 1 he
» hief and his familv were safely landed at
his village on tlie 24fh of September last,
after an absence of about three years.
“ The banks of the Missouri are inhabit- j
«*d !>y very muucioun and warlike nations of'
3ndien% and the appearance of military pre
]tiration will he always considered by those !
children of the forest as the signal for vio
lence, or as an invitation to the combat_,
iVlaj. Chouteau foresaw and foretold, from
■this coise, the embarrassments which a
■waited the expedition of Ensign Pryor in the
year 1307—observing, that if it were d*'er ‘
mine d to rely on the strength of the party, !
sind to open a passage with the sword, no I
• •ertain calculations could lie made; it might
jrcpiireoOQ men—10,000 might be found in
sunt event.
“ This river has become of hits a subject I
f»r so imir.h interesting curi 'sky, tli.tt I liuvc ,
rought frequent occasions oi "onversing with :
Hie Major, with respect to ♦)>♦* navigation,!
soil, cli nate, vegetable nndanim.il produc
tions, fee. I ‘•hall take r. more leisure nio- !
meat to com muni'ate vlie virions inf»rmati- I
».ns with which he has obligingly favt red
me, confining myscit ut this time to c otitf
notice of those facts which struck me as
new, and worthy of farther crquit v. Me!
informs me that the lluffdoe, which you!
k now to he innnmernb’e on tlvc banks and in j
»he neigh hoi hood of the river, might be n.atle j
n source of inexiiHustiole supply of fine wool 1
to our manufactories. This animal casts a •
rich fierce in the spring or in tlvc beginning!
«>f the summer, which the Indians at verv
cheap rates, might be induced to collect in I
vast quantities. It is vety probable that 1
parts only c: the Ilcffaioept duce v.ool suita
ble for the manufacture of Cloths. The
Major brought several specimens of various
degrees of fineness, tin: lvsf of which has
betn spun into very beautiful yarn hv Ma
« aine Chomei’u and knit into socks and
mittens—f.ct onr Atlantic friends beware,
lest this valuable staple supercede in time,
their tvoas’rci adoption rt t!. • Merinos.
“ Tite climate of the upper country is re
presented by the Major to be very sainbti
< ns : the soil i.s however poor and unproduc
tive, and contains everv wnere indicalior.s
« f Volcaniccrupti >ns. I* appears to be of n
pinion that the preciom m talv will hr, cv»
day, discovered—that they abound, in I.c
>iana, hits long been a well founded conjec
ture, and the relations of everv niiccr*»ivc!
explorer add strength to the opposition.”
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V.U i‘X t U tj l ♦
FKANCK.
Jiddrcsa r f ten m-.n1 rrrrnr highnrun tt
prince arch chancellor of ihr empire, id
lhr rovucrva'h'r senate mlUng of ihc 3a
«f iJciobcr, lho9.
f ;k:;ti.f.mev,
His imperial and r^ynl T"e‘.»**y, fn
I inrj in with a single guinct; the pi ys'jnt si
tuation of afTiir;, ii i\% jr orcrsssrv %- ider
*i I. vy of 30,000 men.—This is 'he puip rt
• f thr whirl) is to be submitted to
vwiT deliberation. and hy which thr n.--.v ie
vy is imposed upon the <M\:-.*es of the con
erription of the ' ca-s ot J. (jG. H OT, li'yH,
1KC0 ntal 1810. Your wisootn wiii nlrenuy
h ve discovered 'la; her -nt of this nr ramp -
mAnt. Aon will s >on be. assured lhat it is
the re Stilt k prudent fot » «ight and oi the
unceasing urix fv of Ins nujml.v for the
public interest. VVhntf-er. g-uweincn, n ay
be the issue of the m g ctatioi.s of Alteiilwrg,
tltere arc ‘••ring indications that the Kngiish,
otter having hr rt driven hack iro »* our ter
ritories, w ;|! epdeavof to prolong the war in
Ups in. 1 he ,tume> sis battalions which his
nnjtsty o;»;,n. d in turnt in that kingdom,
betd only h kept >p io their foil coot pic
bient, in ort.e • to !• (Tic n'l the attempts of
the enemy. If ttie |h; ■ce he rci'f'iAd |>C.
t't ft it France ami Attstrin, »• */>,) |>e imp .s
Mthie, v, itViont g; -at tncnn» en>ncr, to sud
denly- transport tot- hmve tr«# » t who will
have rmttpiert d it, fro n tre banks of the
J) ttMthi to those ot the < Jtlidahpiivir. This
t .-nt i > has m e-c ijm.l Mm |t:'crttal aiteu
t i» <t hn m - v ; ’I'd let u» be piirsnetVd,
•l.s' af;er sticii gi"" tts »r-j-ftions, he is de
ft-or, atid viMi f-islit .that the Conn- rites
sh.it.id receive lev i onv *>f the puhV.
p ate :dr a d gene, i «dmirn .on. Theft*
t ins geta'cni'-M, will V explained to yon
h . the ot aior» of ti»* council of state, and
more particularly in the report of the minis
ter of wax; which the emperor has ordered
him to communicate to you. The lerv re
quired is, moreover, much less than his ma
jesty could draw from the classes by which
it is to be supplied ; besides, it will he ren.
tiered as little burdensome as possible. In
this crisis the senate will he anxious, as on
I former occasions, to forward the intentions
of «ur august sovereign, for the honor and
glory of the French people.
Report made to Tiis majestv the emperor
and king, protector of the confederation of
the Rhine, by his excellency count de
Hunenbnvgh, (Clarke) minister ot war,
Sept. 1J, 1809.
Sikk — If the numerous victories of vo»ir
majesty, and tile extraordinary success nt
your armies, be at the same time th • work
notour genius, the result of the most scien
tific military combinations, of vour inherent
intrepidity, and of the courage of so many
brave men. these victories and successes are
no less owing to your admirable foresight.—
li. is this which has inspired your majesty
with the idea of assembling at first, in the
interior of the empire, whatever might be
• he complexion of affairs, the youth of
France who are successively called to serve
their country, and of making them constant
ly pay their contribution to the safety of the
s'ate, at the same time that they accustom
themselves to arms. ’Flic temporary dere
liction of this system would be productive ofj
sonic danger to the empire, and it would be
placing rather too great a teliance upon the |
future, however flattering appearances might j
be ?'t present, tosuflfer drfiots in the interior (
ot France to want the regular supply of re
cruits, whenever a pa-t of the young sol
diers who fill them should lie called into nc
tu d service. A short glance at the state of
y>ur majesty’s armies will be tficieht to
shew, that the levy, which I feel it my duty
to i>'-npose, is sufficient at present.—Master
ol Vienna, and of more than half the Austri
an monarchy your majesty is at ihe head of
the most formidablu army that France ever
had beyond the Rhine; and to judge of what
it is capable of c ffecting, it is oidv necessary
to mention, that it was hardly formed when
if conquered Austria, in the fields of Thoun,
of A hers1'err-, and of Eckmuhl. Whether
the negr.ciation of Altcnburgh terminate in !
peace, o” whether the war continue, vouri
majesty has in your depots troops enough, •
fit to take the field, to recruit vour army in ;
Germany. In the month of }■ unary, your j
majesty pursued the F.nglivh army in Gal'.i-I
cia. While you were engaged in it. your :
majestv was informed that the court of Vi
rniia intended to ItiMk its engagements.— I
1 hough such an event seemed to call the !
principal part of your forces into (Jermany,
your majesty nevertheless thought proper |
to leave your veteran arinv in Snath ; not
that the whole of that nrrnv was actually no
ct,2sary< to complete the subjugation of the
Span -.h rebels, but to deprive England of
the possibility of prolonging 'hat rebellion,
of which sheisthecau.se. Th^t power, see
ingin the new system established in Spain,
the presage of her o wn ruin, did not, howe
ver, despair of overturning it; and her el
forts upon this occasion have greatly sur
passed r.tl that we have seen her make upon I
similar occasions, (ieneral Moore had not {
been able to bring off from Galliciathe half
of his troops. The immense losses which
his army sustained, did not dissuade the
English government f»*nm sending a fresh
army, consisting of 40 000 men. to Lislion.
It penetrated to the centre cf Spain, and ral
1 cd round it t!ie various corps t'f insurgents,
l bs banks of the Alberche and the Tagus
witnessed their fi ght ami their confusion.
Compelled to retreat to the further side of
the river, and pursued at the point of the
bayonet, rhry totally evacuated Snain, and
the Portuguese saw them return in disorder
to their territory. • At toe same period, an
.‘.rmy c t ctjual.force suddenly made its ap
pearance at the entrance ot the Scheldt,
with t.\e intention of hurtling the dockyards
at Antwerp; there our enewies were cover
ed with confusion. At their approach,
1*lushing w?*s provided w’ h n mime r ais gnr
nsnn ; 3 :,ooo picked troops marched from
St. O.- cr, under the orders of the senator
gem ral Kanipon ; and eight detni-brigades
OI reserve, wnir.’i vere nt Honlcgrte, Lmi
va'm r.r.d Paris, proceeded post; to the
,, that '"ore menaced. These troops
>.-e or th-rmselv*s sufficient for tHe de
ter.ce o' An'wiCrp. Tsiut place, which is
covaned by a string rampart, and tha advan
c'd works which you” im-jesty caused to be!
ei.nstnic *d four years is still further!
proter»-4 hv extensive inundations; and on*
left *> uik. nt the Schcl It, the fort of La j
Tcte d‘- FI ti-dvn, winch is itjeli surrounded
by a . 1 lund ;tior nt 2 (*00 toises, securfca the i
0 imnMMiicst'u’M < i Autweru with i» >r forties-*
sea in the nor.h. The J iaglish expedPinr.;
was form' d upon the supposition, th at A nt
werp was only an open city, nhneas that !
I-otu-b r mi! i imt |,e taken hnr af'er a bmp
simro. Jndeoendint of tr of the line, i
y maj • vov, nt the first v'-m-iI, iso,|
t-'.O with -til gourc'H ready t.. March, rnd at !
ttieir d < ■•••'. r*;<j ns of your infantry, r.fh-i
c r> of f > • I |'b bm'aliion-t, and, v> ’o-an <Tc
r"rH J < > 1 i'nidi.i l.mr ranks a nmtiber of,
o!.| sold «:r.c Numerous detachments of ca •
■ '
(' ir/wcve < * ')•}' I at En^lisli wore hot i
are t!* t* . ' i i> : ic.h of fnice alone, could,
at iiii nit <v. not ire. assemble at any given
point f.i s'ptadions, rmp iS'.-.'l of menthat
ad wmcx ami in; ? of service, all equal
ly' » jtp. ii* iK.f ■ I, «']• -.! wi ll discip’ined and
firmed as those lirilvt* cuirassiers, who,
under V"ur n aje <*y’s orders, have b-no rht
j to so log i a'pitch the fd< ry r.,' the "rtm ,'1
[cavalry. And if hv cnc i intrtient, the tlis.
| position* t re Crihpf! jy vour nmiesty c’mis
; cd to f q ar, at :> <• t? no insf.iu, on llm
hanks of the rein V.t, and sr the rendezvous
t.f ill# r-sot-o nt Id :o »ud M i« si iicht, f„ur
different fit n; im,;.1! * ro-n nand of
jmnrslnl tee l’tince of Ponte Cor >. r.i d
tfinri'' dsi!!<» d.i'jes of Cm liaeo,, V..!in.
and Stria The sml ..-n rlevdnperticnt of
J such a for-e, and the -ttonal i >’i>uise whi# h
! continued t t rnoUip v ' / no ainer«t struck
j the enemy tivi'h «-■ iso .a tun. Their en
t*i p is«\ . ’ ail *c 1 upon fa!*e Hula, cor.a
1 plu * >v ta’ < . Fvi.ot e has witnessed the
real nation ul that v,n ch yoa: m /, v 's ye •
^ ■!* r- n t
j ii»*trat ion anticipated, when you pronounced
| that this expedition originated in ignorance
I j,'u inexperience; and when, spaiing of
French blood, and directing that a plan
merely defensive should be followed, you
wrote to me :_
We are happy to find the English crow
ding into the marshes of Zealand; let them
be merdy kept in check, and their army
Wll‘ *>e speedily destroyed by the had air,
nnd the epidemic fevers of that country.”—
VVhiht our troops were d stributed in com
ortable cantonments in the < iviroos of An
twerp, or stationed in that fortress, the Eng
lish army, encamped in the midst of marsh
cs, and destitute of water lit for drinking,
lost upwards of one third of its soldiers._
But the facility which the English have of
g'ing by sea from one quarter to another,
may lend us to expect that all that will have
esc..pod the di'asti• s of lliisexpedition, will
sent to reinforce their army in Portugal.
Sue, die various Pel.Is of battle in which
your armies have distinguished themselves,
are ton remote fi nm each other to admit of
yonr marching, without inconvenience tothe
■snld.er, one o{ vonr armies, from o: e scene
enaction to the otllf r; ant! vrur majesty, so
highly satisfied with the zeal of the troops
\oit com'Hand beyond the Danuta, is anxious
to spare, them from tht* fatigues of the war in
the French armies btyond
the 1 vrenecs, now consist of 300 battalions
Had 150 squadrons. It is ther- fire sufiiei
ent, without sending anv additional corps I
thither, to keep up r.t Mu i’r full esUblisment
those already there. Thirty thnusa l men,
coll-, eyed at Bayonne, afford the me: ns of ac
complishing this object, and of repulsing any
force which the English may cause to ad
vance. in this state ol things, 1 conceived
that it corresponded with your majesty’s
views to limit the levy, necessary at this j
moment, to the contingent indispensably is
fjuisite for replacing, ir>the battalions of the
interior, the draliu which are daily made I
from them.
1 no returns which will be laid before
>’our innj-sty will inform yon, lliat of the
conscription for the year; 11)06 7 8 ^ smd
10. there still remain more than 80.000.
who, though balloted, have not yet been
railed into actual service. This immense
reinforcement night march against your e
nemies, sltould that me.-iure be rendered
necessary by any imminent danger to the
Jtate.^ 1 propose to your majesty to callout
,r5*y jfi.OOO, and to declare all those classes
entirely free from any future call. By this
means, your-armies, sire, will he maintiin
rd at their present respectable establish
it'ent, and a considerable nuunher of your '■
so jeets will be definitively relcasr-.l from j
;'lft conscr.ptior. Vour majesty will also
Have at your disposal, the 25.000 men afford- I
:d by the class of 1811, upon whom I shall
:iot propose to your majesty to make any
'■i1.1, unless events should disappoint your
lopes and pacific intentions. Vour tfujes
v s ai m:e» are equally formidable from their j
lumbers as from their courage. Bat who
tnuld advise I ranee not to proportion her ef
:i.rts to those of her enemies? In giving
inch advice, the result of the most impru
ient seem tty, it would he necessary to for
£ct that Austria, veiy lately, had on font
’00,000 men; and that tooeate tbir. gigan
ic force, that power did not hesitate to ex
pose her population t-> almost total destruc
tion, and to attack the very bu^Is of her
prosperity.
we must equally former, Ehg’nnd ,
lias taken part in the continental w ->r, i.*v
landing, at rhe same moment, three different i
armies, on the coasts of Naples, Holland;
and Portugal. I he agitation of those who i
are jealous of 1 ranee, has ktan redoubled,
because they are conscious, that the present
crisis has forever fixed her greatness Their
Ctintts will he impotent, because France
has been enab’ed to resell the highest pin
uncle ot success and ot giory, without ma
king any of tnuse ruinous saoritic s which
destroy her enemies. In fact, not withstand
ing tlie successive calls, up to the present,
made upon the different classes of conscripts,
scarcely has one fourth of those who com
posed them, taken the field. In consider
ing the situation of your majesty’s armies,
and the results of the English expeditions,
can we, without a degree of satisfaction,
behold England, in imitation of Austria,
making rfTorts disproportionate to her means
and the wants of her navy? What can
site expect from this contest upon land, and
man toman with France, that shall not re
dound to her own injury ami di*.grace f_
Nre, the Ftench people will have to thank
your majesty for the inexpressible advantage
and glory ot a peace, conquered without
maritime expeditions, from an enemy, who,
l»v his situ .ion, thought himself fr/e from
attack. Every serious attempt upon the
continent, oti the part r.f the English, Is a
s**p towards a general peace. The English j
ministers, who preceded the member. of I
toe present government, a more able set. of j
men, than the latter, were well convince'1 '
of this truth, and to'k g od o*re not to com
mit the nafives in an unequal contest. Jt
did not escape their observation, that, to
rairv nn a long war, it was necessary that
it should press lightly upon the people who
had to suapart ■ —Within the last twelve
rm.mhs. the war r-s cost England more h’ ml
the 1 si * had previously shed front the pe
riod when s..^ broke the p'-ac.* r.f Amiens:
committed In the bai'd-s r.f Spain r.n;l For
ttignl, whence h«r dn‘r and i,. r infer, t
forbid her to recede, she will thin
tvles btcome, the tomb ol her bravest war
rior*. S'.rr w for tht ir loss, wi’l at length
produce. in the nfittds of the English people
a well founded abhorrence of »!mv riuci
men, whose amhidoa and frantic h it red dar
ed to pronounce the expression < t rf.rrnaf
-far. Jt will excite in that people, the with
lot a genet at peace, which every man of
K > a! seme in iy predict to lie »<■ ir at hand,
English persist i* a conlinintai con
test.
I am, with respect, ?<c.
The Minister at Valencia,
COUNT rp, HUf.NEBUttG.
T e*sfvrt ef f h.» Votjrrs of tb** I’rr.iect o** the
SeiU',,i» 1 nioultum, relative to the levy
'1 80,000 ( onsev*;.ts, on the classes of
"lO; , l i ,1 % lbod, 18y9 and 1810, by the
" ■ i.. - mmm ,-wTifc a—
Count fie f cssac, (Lncuce,) orator c-f the
Counci* of State
*' l lie euu!t’',d3 of France, obser'dnr 'hat
>«he levied thec'assefi “f 1809. and 1810, be
tore the perif'd in which fh**v were to be
railed into action, though*, without doubt,
tl'at we hud recourse to tiiat mode, bee
none °f the resources of former tears were
left to is. Ha# great was their mistake !
If the French government had adopted that
line of conduct, it was because it c old ne
ver he brought r-j think, that the English
government had determined v> wage perpe>
tual war with France; it was, because it
coubl never be brought tothink that the An
trian government, to which peace was so
mportunt, so necessary—that tha; govern
ment, to which a lihcM.ii atul unexjH' trd
| peace had been granted, had aright to cope
cguip with tile French armies, directed by
Napoleon the great, and electrified by his
presence. Oar Kuperor, therefore, calcu
lating upon a speedy and long peace, was
wi!Jiiif» io divide the wt ight of the war a
ntong several class'*?, in order that it might
pres- the* lighter upon r ich of them. He
was also desirous, that ‘.he French, who c in
stituted these two classes, and vb , accor
ding to the pr pt/cstima e of public duties,
might have been deprived of their share of
.military glory, should be furnished villi an
opportunity c;' acquiring it. Disr.ppointed
in his first expectations, the Enipcnr had
recourse to those supplies >.t men, which be
had, from principles of prudence, left in
reset re. Twice did be apply l'< r succours,
nud twice were the contingents, which lie
deemed necessary, furnished with rapidity.
Our moderation had tht" wn a veil over our
sttength, but our moderation is desirous now
of manifesting our strength. Let us put an
end to an ertrr. so fatal to our enemies, and
which mav become st'dl n ore disastrous to
them f When they sh -.ll be well acquainted
with our resources, they will, ro doubt, be
convinced, that a frank and solid peace is
the only part, the only post in whi-li they
can find safety. Jt belong* to weak govern
ments to seek for security in the conceal
ment of their weakness, and the rr;"'':Tn
tif.i of their strength. )t it the duty of;
France to make known to her friends and
enemies her tree situation ; thst situation is
»uch us to inspire the former with moreen
ergy, and to wars *he latter, that, in taking
up arms, they must expo'-e themselves to
certain loss. The following, senators, is the
precise state of the conscriptitmal force of
France, and 1 can pledge myself for its ac
luiauy ;
The class of 1*06, consisted of 423,GoO i
according to the lists of conscript ion.
That class oosipiuing 15 months, 42S.000
That of 1807, 352,000
lli08, 361.000
!«')». 368,000
1810, 362,000
Total, . 1,867,000
OCthese classes, until the present moment,
there hate been raised but 520,000 rrei\.
1806, 102.500
1807, 102,5 CO
1 f0«. 302,500
102 500
1810, 110,SOI
520.*' 0
I .mre consequently remains still at home,
aftht- five classes, 1 317,0CC men.”
The orator next proceeds to show the
great facility with which the new levy must
fie raised, leaving an immense number atill
1) ii..ul, and nig irs, that such resources will
he die most siic.acious means of reducing
the English to the necessity of demanding
a pecce, which, however necessity to
Trance, is indispensable to them, because
their very existence may, perhaps, depend
upon it.
LATEST 1'ROM SPAI.Y.
From the Salem Gazelle, Jan. 2.
The Ee'ie Savage, Captain Jones, from
Cadiz, the ’«'/> .\av. put into thin fiort on
Sunday, being bound to Boston. tVc did
not have an opportunity of seeing 'he cr.Ji
lain, li e understand he was but a short
time at the place ; and had but little oppor
tunity to obtain intell gence concerning the
public affairs of Spuin. A perron who con
versed with him informs us, th.tt it was n
mor.g the reports there, that Bonaparte had
arrived at Bayonne ; that a vtry powerful
force was on its way with him to Spain-_
that large re-inforcemtnts had arrived by
another route ; and dm' the Mum/uis Wei
leslry had gone to Madrid. We further
understand hat Captain Jones represents
the Patriot cause as very feebly supported
at AfadriJ, or tit the least ihe people divi
dedfor and against the French ? ' that the
fall if the country appeared inevitable_
that the Sup rime Junta, though rot dissol
ved, was reduced to three mrmb--r» i that
the Spanish sh ps sf soar in port were un
prepared for sea, and that the Spaniards
were determined, if the French got ponses
sion of Cadiz, that the English should not
carry away theirfleet.
Eos ton, January 1.
/rt’ved, ship Medford, Bernard, Cad?*,
I 5/2 day*. The Spanish fleet of 12 sail 0f the
line., and 8 or 2 frigates, were hauled up and
dismasted «• Cadi/, to winter. The mar
jfl"‘* of VVeliesley wm* to sail next drtr for
| Logland in a sloop of war. The M«.drord
| on the 4th Oct. off G;*««kv Llgjht, o.. her p s
kage from London for Cadiz.' hi hnl!a*t, fell
in with and v, ns fired upon by a French jw i
! vatc.tr, of !0 guns, the captain of wh'-ch, on
learning she w« from an F.nglish port, said
*he was a good prize, but while cv>».' H« r
naril was on board the privateer an English
bigger hove in sight, when his papevs vert
^*vc,i «l>« and he permitted to proceed on
his voyage. 1 he Frenchmen did not permit
themselves time to plunder the Medford,
but made all sail to get i f. The French
commander treated cant. H. with muchcivi
(’tv. The logger boanicd the Medford, rod
inform* d slit had proven cd the s-io-.e priva
teer Iroin capturing the’New -tiaien, but w;«
not nb.e to capture her, the Frerfchnien out
sailing him. Capt. 'tern»*-d lias despatches
for government, irom Mr. l.rving, our min
ister at to* r,||e.
By Mr, (1 lj. Forbes, who arrived from
Fanciers in the brig Mary. Shaw, at provj
rte,‘cc. ««> 4 f days, we received thefoMnwinr
M'ar i:i»* in »r tn at ion—-The ship Packet. Fish!
er, o- I’ltd ad. and Francis Henrietta. Wy
pr* °* K m n ; brig Felieitv, Boyd, of I’orts
; moiitfi, and star. Peace and Plenty. Filter.
. el Hererly, were at Marsei)lt*i on the 18th
ft t»». nft»*r a detention of nearly two years_
the two r-»t were loading and had special
permission to sail.
1 h** brig Sophia, Carman, of Haltimorr,
*r.ir. IIamiloKi, Bn m, of New Y'.rk. and a.
j Jk-.Ltin >rc schr. tne I'.utaw, all with coloni
, til prcxiuc.. had arrived at Naples in Sej)t*
| and were admitted to entry. A i di d : hi->
with pepper from Baltimore r.ud Tut's, of
wliich Mr. Ilammett (new coioul; wr.s su
percargo. r<jth -wen,l » her v«.-si' , had
i*Sv» nriiveJ, a »-l were nn U*r sar -sstr. rion.'
A new line . f JJouanier* hnd been foi-mei'l
nn the front era of paly and F* Mice, to pro -
vent the intr. duel ion of colonial produce_
H- erw order hnd also been issued, to prohi
int the tilt rod jctiun of tiny prize goods into
France, unless the vessel and cat go arrived
inor.cofher ports intucle, parts of cargoee’
would be liable to seizure and confiscation,
even brought in French vesseN with certifi
cnte-«—th’v rr .-asure was to prevent any col
lioon between ownew. of privateers and
holders of goods—several prizes arrived at
Ltt iica were rendered unsaleable thereby.
I he ship Augusta, Bound?, from Tunis to
Vip’es, valuably laden, was carried into
Naples and condemned.
Captain Hounds and the Supe-carjo had
taken a passage in the schooner Two Mar
gare's. t.a- London, which vessel was cap
tured about the 15 .h Oct. ofT Cape Bore, by
a French privateer, which had arrived at
rums. It was supposed she was retaken by*
the Captain, or otherwise would have arri
ved at one of the Barbary port3, to which
she was ordure 1.
Thu ship Mil wood, and brig Newton,
were the only free American vessels at Tu
nis on the 26th October.
The schooner Bald Esg'c, and brig Jane
Maria, and cargoes, pt iz s to the Fiench.
were there, : till waiting condemnations from
1 nuc e. At 1 chares was also a schooner
belonging to Bristol, (H. I.) Copt. I*eny»
and a SlaUitn'jre brig with colonial produce!
prizes to the French.
Rostov, January 2.
TROM SPAIN.
V-snpr^nv trrivprl in this port the s'vn Med
for l, r»nt. Rwrnird,from Cali? »v|ii :h he left the
Tift >1 November Sir Arthur WdleA-y »»<Wii$
brother the marquis, had arrived in Cxdiz and
wpre at the Tlie.tre the night b foi e be sailed.
1 '■ e dshi'(|<i'4 w is to depart tor it.norland the next
(lit'» and »ir Aitliurto I.iBbon, to resume the
command of his army in its neighborhood. There
'' 1 3'to transports at Disbon, waiting to curry
tbe British troop* to Eogl nnl Capt B. states-,
; ,a' ,!,o Spaniards now show « roldr.cas toyrwd*
die English and say, they sfau.t. have don ■ ken-r
wth'-ut them He preimr.es M, t m ,.j .vJI make
very liltl if any resistance to Ue French. Th*v
wr:e hauling up and dismantling thtir ships of
war 1
New York, January 6.
y c id'” irim an authen ic. source, that
e.jdit hundred and eighty si:-: American ves
sels cleared Irani the Custom H >use < t this A
port for foreign places, from the 15th of (
March, to the 3lst ot December, 1809. j
F.xtract */ a letter from Tunis, to a hou.i>
in chi a city, dated Oct. 18. 1809.
" Since mv last several rich cat-rues have
arrived principally from Baltimore* 3 haves I
S( nc lo Naples to encounter the English
without, and a precarious reception within,
one a brig from Ba’cimoie, with a cargo of
colonial produce worth 100 009 dollars, has
landed her cargo here to w a change, a&
every port in the Adriatic nod Levant is o
verstceked. What could l.eve inouced our
mere harts to havese.it* such a vast proper
ty here I cannot conceive, they mast have
been at a loss what to do with it, or led away
*»y Jackson •. fine account of the resource*
and trade of the Barbary poras They are to
tally ignrrant of the i'g>r with which the* /
French Decrees are enforced, if they hoped
to nnd-a market in France where colonial
produce even coming from Guadaloupu (’>n~ i
le»s in a 1 reach bottom,) and having 'he
h^st certific ates of origin would be gonfisofl
te(: for having touched At a neutral port, p
ven sho-dd ’ .ip vessel not have been boarf
*d by the British. In Ttidy some cargo
have been introduced, but under circurnstf ”*
ces of great risk. ** \
i nr: prices ‘here have Wien, and arc ' r , ,
mg so as to render that undertaking tr»-‘j ’’
z irdous for the prospect of gain. In Vp V
know not which wav totnrn, mil <rcn| dm. Li
willingly give up all my rime, -ml *1 | 1 l . -C
,th' hope of making to get out of this i „fem £1
iolr. S me of nur countrymen had ' 1
toar. the flag of the regencies could be use l
to advantage, but this is inexpedient in
[ n‘rF^/ y°',1 i,re nrithfr «• »ea ot
1 ,u‘ one who h is tried it. i, vr,'•
I-* your »>lace, whose t nterprizW rh-, '
tarter y.,u know; be sailed from here la“tr
h on htS arrival Ute i, 1
Wfls he pt»t in priym, jn whit !,'-'
Lr mJttc,A rcmatrrd bv l*,t accounts.-L
No confidence can he had in the Msors wh»»
must become your gen's in case* of thin
km.l. not merely brea tv* they might them-*’
s-h e, h'j di«pcs*<] to take advantage of you -t
■uH because their lives and property W
’ ; tnc oprif.iou.s disposal of the Bey*
Should he at any time take a liking to y Jr*1
• ■ *r? and cargo, standing in the name tf'
on* of Ins subjects, he would find a pretext
or seizing them, or would take them ath a
own pnire,
A transaction ha$ recently taken place he* .
which wi'l pet the MihjeCt. clearly brfnr ^
von IJ-idji Junes Ben Junes, a rich r»c« -’
has For m;tnv ^ ear, monopolised, ahv.nst r *
clo-.rely, the trade of Tunis, and w ,s c "
rreiht and wraith on the highest pjn‘ ,
tn high <avor at conyt, and bearing dmTn j{
■evr,‘,hat» fin “ nil the sm.d' fry of a v ‘
t-irer ,; none dire to undertake any *1
which might in the smallest degree
r«te rr; ainst his concerns; lie was« f v ’T'»1|
Min ..at the j'go of 7q yCf)rs. thrown day
Utlimgeon neck and hrets. his haute*,
vAsels, money, goods and papers *’ .
v. If is head cl.t-k, a‘ (’hv»
• * of Andre l’ ge was , '' «'*T
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