Norfolk gazette and publick ledger — Norfolk [Va.], 1810-02-16 00:00:00, page 2

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THE WBLICK, LEDGER.
SATtHUMY MOKNIN0. FKH. 1J, ll
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Akotuu vexatioob Decrce.— Yesterday ar
rived here the hrig dMi Cupi. Pcfctland, from Ton
aittgehi which piece the left the 28th December ;
•be brings no papers or verbal .ntelli^enre whatever,
except that the bat»<sh government had ittOrd a
Decree for theswesre of all property imported tor
the last »<x monthly The object of ihe decree (says
• letter which we have seen) is “ with a view that
• strii (examination inay take place as to its or pin
tad nntra,itg.M—The same letur further aods
“ the prevailing opinion is that the properly which
“ is neutral wi|! remain secure, these measures be
,f ing only against property which has bren smug
“ gled in from England, Let the event he what
u it will, I feel very uneasy at our present situati
“ an." The letter from which these extracts are
taken, ia dated the 6tb of December, and no resto
ration bad taken^are when rapt. Pnusland sailed.
There is no doubt but a very considerable amount
of property hits teen carried to Tunn:ngen and too
Other Danish ports from England direct, and that
with the knowledge and ronuivanre of the Danish,
or rather of Buonaparte’s government, whose offi
cers had a good understanding with the importers ;
, as Sheridan says in his School Ur Scandal, “ there
fellows have not honesty enough to be faithful to
their own villainies.”
The injury which the merchants of nur country
will sustain by this iniquitous decree, will be great.
There are two obj cts which the decrie professes
to hoye in view ; the origin and the neutrality.— ‘
The neutrality is perhaps easier to prove than the j
origin, except e* to Aroenran produce, but it is e
vidrot, that olhtr proofs than those earned with
•jjtoperty will be nquired from this country.—
swill consume much time, meanwhile ,» few
snore million:, of American property will go into
Suoiwtflnc's . xrl^equer, where it will remain as a
ktrid^^ «tc an
rily tor ulir good behaviour, and lurnish
his parlizai.i with another argument in favour ol
our avoiding 'is displeasure ami cultivating his
friendship. t' be 'should be phased with (1111 future
conduct, and we join him m •* assertjn;. maritime
rights, and the Itnerty ef r e seas” it is probable
that our merchants n.av : e compensated for his
numerous spoliations on tlo ir property, in the old
way, that is be will sell us » territory, which does
not belong l« him, who li has no boundaries, which
We do net want, and for three times as much as be
acknowledges to br due to tis. This will he calleo
a good bargain by some, and cover our rulers with
immortal honour.
Mahhied—On Tuesday evening last hy the
Rrv. ft. Grids'!/, the. Rev. Thomas Hume, to
iVl8« RuTII STElGEIt, both nt this borough.
Extract iif a letter from a rctvectnhle lhmse in
Fngfonit hi another in Baltimore, dated
“ Liverpool llth mo. 25, 180,9,
f “ We have now to advise, that the board ol Trade
■fiUtr many limes debating the important su'uje* t
hive eonfirmed tht-ir first resolution by determining
thst American produce being actually imported and
landed at Ltshnn nr Cadiz, the island of Madeira,
the western Islands, Anvlis Island or the Ilavanna
cannot be imported into the ports of the United
llngdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, except in
the same vessel which actual!) brought it from tin*
pmtnl the United States of America, which vessel
mav change her flag, and in British vessels by li
cence.”
Extract from Gov. Tompkins Speech to the Legisla.
tore of Nem York.
“ The nations of Europe have persevered, during
• the past year, in their sanguinary struggle, VitV
increased animosity. Whole distriits ot counti.
ham heen desolated ; kingdoms subjugated, am.
hosts of innocent subjects sacrificed. These oc
currences pnRtnt a mournful picture of the rapac.
ty and ambition of prncis, whilst they adord a
tponitoty 1m*^ to the Ainenran people. Thesilu
•tfon of ihMBited States has been, in the mean
time, cuntp^Wively hsppy and inviable ; for it
hath pleased the Great Disposer of events to ordain
peace in our borders, and to crown our year with
goodness.
The prosperity of the nation, however, has not
t o uninterrupted. Cotuici ted *$ the United States
, by tntnimrrial intercourse. with other n (lions,
cuuldi not avoid feelin. ih- shads o| "the enut-nd
powers. At an early periudWwHs tVar-d, that
Ofr commerce would ctctx at, n^e inatrrU impidi
ments from a widely extende 1 loreipn war ; aim
more especially, as one ol the great belligerents
controlled the destinies of the European c.mun nf,
•M the Other possessed IhtUme ns of dotmnceriBg
■pop the ocean. But their ptofi ssious ol respect
foriph fights «if Ott ers, rod their avowed homage
!• the authority of the jaw of nation*, forbade us to
■fijicipate thJfee gigantic strides which have over
leaped the |M|d prinriples of public law, which
rVwstitUtet^Hf harriers between the caprice, the a
yarife or th^Jft'anny of a hetfcgen nt, end the rights
and indepcnd 'bre of a neutral. It would he painful
to dwell uwg)every aggression, injustice, violence
»nd insuh,«whtch we Ii.ivewitiirs6ed and expuienc
for several past yearjfc’be interdiction ofneu
tr'il commerce front a pilot the whole of the ur
ritfiriea hei!i;er»nt by a declaration nfhlork
■toiehjbllBjR'er withiait • rapacity therefor; the
impositions a tux or tranait July ,n n'tiiral roni
me train the ports of one power to legalize it* I fans
opsttento tbeBdv*rs«g»ower ; the violent arrest,
frnns oor public sod (WSMle veseejg, of f|hm«n, ul
most without regard i<» the piece of their nativity ;
* |l»e JtebiliqtotTjsofml property toseizfln&eondein* I
notion by one party in roneequepce of search by 1
the other of ships trsosperftr.g it, and the total
if woweics wiUi «ua l»t Jligtr -
*nt%y f*« other, wiltiout blrfrkade of toy descrip
• nil, «>• amongst the promilrnt usurpations *hjft
’!8vc *ai i il» * <i Mgeb of oor property, enshtyed ma
nv <>f our riMjflv insulted our snver< igflVas
almost p/nsc r lUWTiemral commerce irmn (hWan.
Some nutml vnuli have been seize!), rubber], hi
destroy-*], or condemned upon fnvulous and provo I
king pretexts, not even justified by the arbitrary
and ruinous restrictions above mentioned—and one
of our publirk armed ships has been insultingly at
tacker*, several of her crew killed, and others taken
lurctbly away ; an act acknowledged by the nation,
whose officer rnmmitted it, to be wholly unwar
rantable, but which still remains unatoned.
The constant evidences ofadisirt on our part to
maintain a strict St impartial neutrality—the earn
est and able appeals for redress by our rulers to the
honour and juslice of the belligerents, and oor con
tinual remonstrances against their incessant and un
provoked en- roaehments upon neutral commerce,
have all been disregarded or evaded. No re.vocati
on or mutual relaxation of the offensive decrees of
France lias been obtained. ' With Greal-Brilain an
arrangement has been uflected in April last, which
at the same time it evinced the impartial and pari
•i'-k intentions of our administration, and a return
n" sense of good faith and upright conduct in the
cabinet nl St. Jrnrs’s, diffused a lively satisfaction
through the nation, and presaged speedy restorati
on ol good understanding and harmony between the
two conntries. But our hopes were blast'd, em
llie wise and pitrinlick intention of our ruiers bat
H'd bv m unsxperted disavowal of the agreement
and an unqualified refusal to tulfil its stipulation
on the part ol KtijJand.
“ Since the retail of the minister who negotiat
ed the ur* in; env oi, nothing has occurred to bright
en the prospect of cri honnonrable adjustment, o
our difierenres. On toe contrary, instead ol eviri
cing an amicable disposition by substituting other
aceepta’ le terms of aceoiuinodalion in lien of the
disavowed arrangement. Ih.e new minister has per
sisi'd in impeaci.il j> ibe vencitv ..four admins
•ration wbi n a .tn'f ol lespect for themselves,
mal lor Hie dwoity *»t tite nation tfiev repretcnl,
fo i .de them to brook. I ney adopted towards him
on t.'iat hc* ision, the most moderate and luast irrita
ting course of luMtmeni; a coms>-demanded l.y his
uepo Inv nl, ami meriting l he approbation and sup
port ol every Amei c.in, who feels anxious to pro
s' eve the honour nd independente of his country.
I he no m-oluiHis duty ot deciding upon the at
titude wliirh the U. States shall assume in the pie
s'nt emergency, is delegated to intelligent and vir
tuous agent’. In their wisdom we m iy solely i on
li ie ; and it becomes us to place a firm reliance in
their patriotick exertions to devise such measures
as may f>e best calculated to promote peace aim
prosperity, or to provide for the security of our
common country in the event of war. For all the
efforts ot human wisdom directed by the puiest vir
tue in our rulers, may prove unavailing without that
union, confidence and support which the genius of
our government, the spirit of patriotism and the
dictates ol reason, nature and Christianity impose
%pon the members of the community. Iftbemein
b"r and the h-ad be united and act in roncr.i t, no fo
reign power can endanger the life and safety of the
pul tl< al body.”
[in a lew days we hope to lay before our readers
the Answer ol the Lt gislature to this Address.]
[Ed. Led.
From tub Bortov Gazette.
Titnnt trd Balances due In the United States.
We nave at lust received the report of Mr. I)n
vnl, the comptroller of the treasury, stating the
balances appearing in he due to the United States
which report, some how or other, reached the de
mocrats several weeks since.
Could it ho that there was a design to raise a lm*
and cry to cover the real rief Ications of Brown and
Clark, two democratic officers, who, within 6’ weeks
have nude wav »< it!) nearly 200.000 dollar- ?
1 nere ere some interesting observations whii h
occur tn .» upon these papers, and which we sub
mit to the public.
1st. Mr. Duval apologises for letting so many
hundred, and such enormous balances remain doe,
und ensued for, t.e< ause the parties were not known,
' od their situations and esideme not ascertained.
I his will nut apply to col. Pickenug or Mr. Gore
that could not he the reason id neglecting local!
hem to account.
2 ilv. Much less could it be pretended that any
friendship lor these gentlemen, prouui eel the for
bearance—He are to learn the real cause in thelbirei
remark.
3d!y. It appears hy the report itself, on the face
of it, that neither col. Pickering or Mr. Gore are
de* tois to the U. Stales one shilling.
Air. Duval, the comptroller of our treasury, ex
pressly states that he has subjoined remarks to each
■uncle, explaining the reasons why the accounts are
not sc'tth d, and the actual situation of them.
Helind mat Mr. Gore’s person id charge is stated
to he on account of salary, the other charge was
merely official, in which he was coupled with Mr.
Jetlerson’s favourite minister Mr. Pinkney. It ap
pears moreover, that rol. Pickering did actually
exhibit his accounts, and that they were satisfacto
ry also appears, because whenever any accounts
are not so, the fact is noticed by Mr. Duval and the
only reason assigned in the cue* of col. P. is, that
(he appropriation was not made by law, though the
money has been satisfactorily pioved to have been
paid t y rol. Pu kering, for the use and bene til of
the United States to their foreign ministers and a
gtnts.
Whet shall we say then to the honour and ho
nesty of a certain officer ol the U. States in boston,
w ho first received this tepoTt and spread the rumour
ot the balance against Mr. Gore, and purposely o
m.tied to mention that the money was stated to
have hren paid no account of salary, and that col.
1’irkeriug is staled also to have delivered in his ac
counts, against which, t.olbmg but a merely formal
objection#* raised ?
but we thaok the honourable and fair friends of
^k^J^rciim^tratirn, for provoking thi9 enquiry, as
lll** led us to examine this subject to the founda
tion, «#d we shall give the deficient accounts and
•Harmons jraUe under the present administration,
^h Mr. Duval’s remarks. We shall keep nothing
wfr. Gore has been mentioned as having received
£3,222 dollars on account of sslaryF It was less
ihgubi*due—but bis colleague, Ur, Ptnkaejr, Mr.
Jeffiprion’i minister, is 42,177 flitflari,
a* salary, and a further sumHf 55,646 dulldrs, as
missioner under the tejUui
man III fill II 11 ■ I Iineiav » Uj - »- -I:-. - ' 1 I ... J LI.
■tide, besides his
s
iarifwi of the 40,j>*3, pilhflC. Gore and
w.,«. . ---—-J Ojaj
irrs, which they never touched, but which wen|
to pay the Clerks, Assessors, Stationary, and other]
expenses of the Board.
It it not to be doubted, that Mr. Pinkney can
honourably discharge Himself, but be stands rharg
ed,in his private name, with nearly twice as much
as Mr. Core.
We shall now give a list of democratic balances;
many of whirh are real losses—the remarks added,
are those of Mr. Duval, our Comptroller—not our
own.
John Beckley, clerk of the house of Representa
tives ~ -
S 5,336
Judgment against executors.
Isaac Briggs surveyor of southern lands
9i967
No account rendered.
Republic of France, for refugees of St.
Domingo—a bebt of honour
13,000
Not repaid.
Gustavos Sroti.Hiid others, commission
ers for the citv ot Washington
100,000
A t s lend' red—voarlu-rs wanted.
James Monro.?, on account ot toretgu in
tercourse
81,55 j
No account rendered.
Charles Pinkney, minister at Madrid
66,117
Informal accounts rendered with
out vou^h^rs.
William Smith, minister at Lisbon
34,964
On account ot salary, no account
rendered.
Jn.irph Donahliun, Jun. relative toBar
bjiy powers
490,139
X" settlement—no account.
Ivlnom i Randolph, late secretary of state
28,735
In judgment.
Thompson .). Skinner, marshal—This
gentleman owes the United States
6.000 dollars—he was not in olfic*
mote than 2 years
4,512
Arcount adjusted—further act’s
remain to be settled.
James Sterett
5,207
I" paymaster, New Orleans.
Charles Wright, Lieutenant
13,706
In suit.
Sol. Ellis, Contractor
12.370
In suit.
Ths. Wilson, do. in 1803,
19,135
In suit.
I. R. Barney, Captain
6,818
In suit.
S. C. Vance, Captain
5.192
In suit.
John Wade, Captain
5 90S
In suit.
Benjamin Price, C.ipia o
3.192
In suit.
Isaac Craig, Contractor
3,700
In suit.
Caleb Lownes, rnntiartor tor copper holts
and spikes,
2,000
To suit.
I. T. Morgan, sitpeiintend at of wood
cutters, Georgia,
14,S3,
No settlement.
Jacob Marks and others, agents for sup
plytng i;opper,
13,532
In suit.
N’. J. Roonvelt, for supplying ropper,
30.000
Sint ororrcd.
Degen, Purviance, & Co.
79.094
In suit.
John Lamb, collec tor
26.000
Judgment.
Sundry collectors to the southward of
New-York, as per Mr. Duval’s icturn,
413,000
Allot which are in suit, judgment,
«r desperate.
Joseph Wilkinson, Detroit,
2,000
Punctual released—Sureties naid
the bond,
Davut l)u nr .in, Michilimachimac ah- 32,575
si ended—two thousand dollars only
will Oe seruivd.
f.irre air a multitude uf other rases reported to
congress, which we shall not rite. One or two
rrilidiKs will he useful. Three qu.irtets of all the
nominal balances against lederalists are stated by Mr.
Duval to he merely suspended on aceouul of foitn,
the money being really one to the individual, thn'
lor some leason, unimportant to thepubluk, the
arcounis r tnnol be closed. On the other band,
the bdhitires due-ir.nn the democrats, are nearly all
in suit or judgment.
One oilier remark we rould make is, that the
balances due, and the embezzlements of public mo
ney, are three lourths of them by citizens of the
southern slates.
In some cases, as in Mirhilimachic and Detroit,
it is hrlieved that the amount embezzled must be
the whole amount leceived.
One thing must appear very extraordinary—that
such vast sums should have b. en advanced la De
gen. Purviante & Co. who once stood indebted
105 000 dollars, when it is well known our navy
agents formerly were gen. rally in advance to the
United Stales — this we know was the case usually
with Messrs. S. Higginson & Co. iu this town.—
llow happened it that surli vast sums were produc
ed t« Idiy copper bolts, ot which it should seem no
part was furnished ?
How happens it that officers who owe balances
have absconded for the sum of 30,000 dollars,
should only have given boud fur 2,000 dollars ?
Here is a defect somewhere—either in not taking suf
ficient bonds or in nut compelling an earlier settle
ment.
It must be remembered, moreover, that Mr.
Duval’s report does not contain the heaviest delin
quencies— only such cases where there is an account
on the tieiuury booh. The immense defalcation of
Edw’d Livingston—of llruwn, Clark, and others,
which amount to 300,000 dollars, are not reported,
because they are not yet ascertained at the treasu
ry'
Mr. Donaldson, at Tunis nr Tripoli, must have
a most excellent rhance. The dtu-umeuts in such
rases must be loose ; but be, it'seems, has sent no
account and no voucher lor about half a million of
dollars. This sum would pay off the whole state
debt of Mosauhusetts.
The preceding is truly an important document,
and deserves the serious attention ot the people of
America*- -The summary of these dei&atioos may
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be thus arranged—First we will dc Stirt thehal.iu-eg
appearing nJK'inst;Mes$r&,gM»nroe, Pinkney’ Scott,
jknd Dona^lpji,., VRkft have no doubt accounts ••
||ainst their rtilpeclive sums; and come at thosa
which are ascertained—via, -
Absconded owing 32,575 dollars of which 2000
wil1 M recovered, $ 30,575
JudgsIext obtained for
In Suit lor ;
189,206
Suit ordered for
30,00#
“ In SUIT, JUDGMENT and DESK**™*,*
say Mr. Duval from sundry default
ers to the teuthwura of New York,
(of rourse excluding the Tory-hind
of New England, and embracing
the mostpalriutick part of the Uni
on) either too numerous to be spe
cified, or not particularized from
motives best known to Mr. Duval,
413,00#
To which may be added, since this ac
count was made up, Brown the Col
lector of New-York, and Clark, one
ol Mr. Jefferson’s Collectors in Mas
sachusetts,
500,00#
$ 922,870
A very neat amount, nearly one million of dol
lars, taken out oi our now exhausted Treasury, by
exclusive patriots ! All this comes from Mr. Jeffer
son’s system of bestowing offices on professional
patriots. 11 the amount of dejideation ascertained,
is on* millions of dollars, what must be the amount
not ascertained, and the amount of peculation t
[From the Baltimore Federal Republican 1
n n n J
TS.e following paper is entitled, from thtimpog,
taiKe of us contents, to a serious perusal and lb*
most profound pondeiing. We shall rfnly add that
it comes from a person whose pen has never da- '
ceived us.
TO THE PEOPLE. 1
Suppose, in the first place, Mr. Onis, the ambas
sador Irom bp tin to the United States, lully autho
rtstpJ to otter our government eight million in lieuof
the losses wh^h our merchants have sustained by
captures. *
Suppose in the n-jt p’are, Mr. Oni, empowered
m settle the disputed limit, of Louisiana to our sa-'
tislartion.
And, 3dly—Suppose the president, Mr. Madison,
though well assured that Mr. Onis possesses tbasrl
poweis and is ready to enter into the necessary sti
pulations, yet persisting in his determination rot to <
receive Inn in apy character, under which the said
otters e„u|ci be carried into eft'ert.
Should those suppositions prove realities, bow in
the name ol our country shall we account for tba
ndurt of our president on this ocrasion > Mr Oni, •
is the representative of anuion legitimately strug
gling for liberty & independence, against an invad
er w hose cla.m consists in his legions and cannon.
U "i the musing tu receive this minister he justified
the ground ol usage or policy ? It can he justified •
on neither ground. Why then has he been refused?
lus passible I may heieafter assign the true rea
son.
Admitting, in the mean time, European Spain to
f- ll unternealh the power of Buonaparte, will not .
tiie sound and gallant part of the Spanish nation,
protected by the fleet of Great Britain, steer direct! ■
iy to south America, and there erect a foroiidahl,
empire, stretching over rirh provinces and vast do
miins beyond the reach of this conqueror to mo- '
hst? Can it be presumed that the founders of this
empire wiil be disposed to consider us friends, thnsn
who Ireateu them us a degraded and subjugated peo
P e ■ ' 1 -v hnvp favours to tyrant in the way Ififo
trade, (and there will be many and important one,
in their gut) it will not be on the United States,
tl,ey wjl! bestow them. On the other band, should!
tne patriotic k Spaniards maintain Ihentselvss ip
Europe m Spain, r;in we experflhey will forget the
treatment ol their minister, and the rejection of
their offers, .'.hen we shall in turn, endeavour to oh- •
tmn wb.it v.-e have su decidedly rejected ? a trad*
with South America isof more importance tv the
, d Mate*’ than ,he friendship of fiounaportr,
and more to be desired than bis enmity is to be
drcai.rd. 1 his trade Buonaparte has neither mean,
nor power to controul.
Take another view „f this subject—Look ove«
the imports an I experts of the United States in at
time of peace the most favourable to our trade, and
>ou w,11 find that the rnmnurce of ,he U|)itwj
ates with I ranee and the other nations of the En
ropean continent formed but the least p ,rf of their
amount. Were the United States therefore ta b*
forever shut out from all trade with France and Hh.
European continent, and to enjoy a free trade witii
Spanish America and the rest of the world, thel®
would be more than remunerated for the deprivat.V
* • .: 'olI,’WS present as well ,s future in
, 's.ts imphaiically announces that the U. State,
s ould endeavour to stand well with the Spanish
patim.s and with that power which, without any
“n T ! 'T ^ 'S able ^ reglatk -
on alone, to deprive u, of a share the comm.rce
of the largest and richest portion of the world. 1
-omeuf you, I well know, have been deceived by
misrepresentations respecting England. Consult I
pray you, those records which cannot err; they will
shew you that her commerce, surmounting all the
obstruction, opposed to it by Buonaparte! has tn
cicased and is increasing; that her t£j&mre from .
trade has augmented every year in theftST ratio •
i:'her p'0(jle a[e industrious, her manufacture,
o.iri* ling , her distant possession, rapidiy im
proving; and her means to secure a continuance of
,ht. *•
i urn now your eyes upn„ France and your n»a
beloved country ; heboid both pining andWithering
under the saute pcsttlernus system of restrictions.
r MZ? ‘heq d0t% Mr- *Mll adhere, t*
!■ ranee? i be power of Buonaparte i- every day di
minishing. Much ol it, at the present moment,
rests upon opinion, and opinion must soon yield to
lacts. It has already in a de»r« guHutted to this
imperious teacher. It is only wiffSn the gloomy
atmosphere of hit court, and the atinnspheie of bis
gmtrals and the gr„t dignatyief 0f fai, , ration,