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Urc'ivtd by the Pnciel Sclaoutr Efipi, Capt. Sttrr,
J$pm Bat'more, mrrivtd*i+*r paper-ta going to
‘ Congress of the Uniteii Stales. ^
IM SEN ATK— Fthninrq 22.
Commercial intercourse bill.
Tbe tail concerning commercial intercourse with
Grml*Britain and Franre waa read a thud Ume as
amended. m _ ^' '
Mr. Claymoved to recommit the bill, the vote*
on this motion were ns follow* :
YEAS—Messrs. Bradley, Brent, Campbell, Clay,
Ccttdit, German, MaUhewsoe.Metft*, Barker, Pop?,
Robinson, Bmater, Whiteside —13.
NAYS—a. Anderson, Bayard, Champlin.
Craw lord, Gaillard, Gilirmu, Goo ri b,
Gregg, lltllhlSH^ liorsey, Lambert, Leib, Lloyd,
Picketing, Read, Smith of Md. Smith of N.
'r*Mal i'rflefc20.
1 “%blll by ye1'* and nnvs as folio"'.
YEAnderson. Bayard, Brent,Camp
belly ChamjmnfCrawiorft, Franklin. G»lli»rd, Gil
. mail, Goodrich, Gregg, Hillimuee, Horary, Lamb
ert, L*tb, Lloyd, Matthewann, Meigs. Pirkfitng,
* Reod, Smith of Md. Smith of N. Y. Sumter, Tail,
Turner, Whiteside—26.
NAYS—Messrs. Bradley, Clay, Condii,German,
Parker, Pope, and Robinson—7
Baltimore, February 24.
LATEST FROM FRANCE.
* By the arrival at ibis port yesterday, of the
*rhV Pawn, captain Young, in 57 rays from St.
Sebastian*, the editor of the Amor.can has. re
ceived through a mercantile friend, Fans, Bordeaux
ond Bayonne paper*, bringing Faria dates to ti e
15ihnl December. We- have only room for the
following to day. More important articles on Mon
day.
One of nur papers is filled with the proceedings
of the Conservative senate, on the- application of
BvdtmpnrU for a divorce from the empress Jose
phine— Sire consents to the measure. Particulars
bn Monday.
■ ICt On the prospect of a speedy restoration of in
tercourse frith A met ica, cotton tell in France to a
very low pi ice.
the 12th of December the minister of the In
terior sifomitled his .repvrt nr e-tpote of the situati
on of the French empire to the legidative body ; to
wards the close of which he sketches the relations
of France with other nutions.
\\ h ,f concern* the United States more particu
larly is the following :
“ His excellency terminates his report by the ex
amination of the politic, 1 relation* of France with
foreign powers—The report announces that, peace
'frith Sweden will soon he signed ; th.it Holland e
qualty bruised bjjfFranfc and by England, will un
dergo some changes—that our relations xvitk the U
•Ue£ States of America are inly to he impended for
the tnuws0, and well immediately resume their natu
ral channel; (Mari he iid tun-lb)—that the part of
Poland added to the Grand Duchy of Warsaw, and
freed from the yoke of Austria is about in prosper
under the laws of the king id .Saxony ; that a tine
fncndUuu unites Russia to the French empire -
lastly,'^Pfct the kings, hIIics of France, will receive
*n increase' of territory, a tin that France herself, ac.
quires new sources n! prosperity, and new opening*
for her remtnerce by tlie means oi the countries in
* corporate with the empire.”
[N. B. This is extracted by our translator from
a summary of the Expose published in the French
papers.}
Paris, December 11.
The passage through Bayonne of the troops of
the firstdivision ol the a liny id resei ve was to cease
tb«4th or 5th of this month,(l^tc.) T o- destma
tioo of these troops is for Vitteru where their I,cud
quarters will be established. The marshal duke o|
l.ichoweu ktt Bayonne for Spain m the 1st of this
irionth (Dec.)
si? Davosne, Dee. 14.
A privet* Utter from Perpignad, dated the fti;
inM. states us follows :
Geiona is in i tir power sine* the 10th of this
month. \\ e do not yet know the artic les of copi,il
lation ; hut it appeal* that the garrison will re
main prisoners of war.
- Bay«\sf, Nov. 25.
F# several days past it has hero announced thal
liil 'majesty king Joseph will *0ou pass through
this c fly "on his way to Farit.
To-morrow, the troops forming the first dtvisior
of the army detuned for Spun, will t.fgin to arrive
They announce the arrival of more than lOO.OOC
men chining- from Germany, who will pass through
nur city and Perpignan. Every1 day 3, 4, or 500
men of the u-s.rve of t8(X>, 7, 8. \ 9, arrive in
•nr city. They arc armed hud equipped unimdi
Blely. Bayonne never ottered eueli u military ap
pearance. The troops will be received with joy by
our inhabitant*. Already every thing i* ready lor
ill* rnpption of oar August Emperor.
.Bucharest, November 26.
After the rapture of Ismael, the Russian troops
advanced to the right hank of the Danube, and for
med the blockade of holism*. The Russian fleet
Bas already bombarded that plare. The Asiatick
troops who aie in {lie army of the Grand Vizier de
•ert in great numbers, beiause on a< count of anci
ent rustoms, they only keep the field frmn the be
ginning of June to tile end of August. In the nctti
•l siluaUon of affair* the Grand Vizier has no other
•fejBjjlelte hut to risk a battle, or to retire to A
"n<! *®*r* entrench birpsrlf. It is vritli
a great deal of difficulty that he cam procure provi
sions for hia army at Ruttcburk by the means of the
Danube.
Wir leurn by letters from PetersburgtliBftha offi
cial continuation is received of the news of a com
plete yictoiy gained bv the Russians in Moldavia
over the Grand Vizier, in which tb« latter Lit 1G
' esnnan, ^Hfcorisrde, Arr.
/V S.lLEt-^.jioat,
Cargoes of CORW, 550 baring,
felt oMvbich has been rtfa thrp^jb the fan.; !
*•7* >“h£^R«idcy.
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BridgeTow*. (Barladct) Jan. 23.
EXPEDITION AGAINST GUADALOUiW:.^
We have no accounts whatever of any pro
: gress or ntoiffiient of the armament arranged for
Win service, Cud now in ifll probability actively cm*
ployed in the important enterprise—a few days
must, however, bring os sonnr particulars. In the
mean time we learn that llie enemy, taught by re
cent experience, how inadequate and inetlectiiHl his
numerous batteries and liyt efforts are to defend the
exterior cnalit* has evurmied the whole of Grami
Terre, aiid alUhe fortification* alnnj the sea shore
up to Basseterre (the capital), for which, it is said,
he is already prepared to enter into capitulation, in
tending to rest his whole delenre upon his position
at Matauhn extended along the heights ol Palmists,
and rendered very formidable by redoubts and en
trenchments, tt wr 11 as from its natural fastnesses.
It is probable that lie also retains Fort Matilda
(properly Fort St. Charles, its original name), which
15 a leguUr fortification of great strength and ex
tent, and impregnable to any attack that ran be
made upon it from the sea ; as it in n great mea
sure forms the key to liis present position, leading
directly to it over Morne Howell or llotifbnont,
woich is a very •(?<*{> Iliil, defended by a battery
that overlooks 1'oit St. Charles and even nun.
iTiands the town and Bay of Bossaterre. It however
is o! £nns;drrable importance tint the greater part
of ti e roast haS been-left open to the immediate
debark, t-on o) our troops, and ronsidcrtblc blood
so (I Will < oriS’ quently be spared bv the single ob
.I*'1 ^wtaini!)^ unresiRtnl possession of Gnttu]
i'-rre; the post *i Meur d’hpep, which hums the
pr.ncipal defence of Pmnt-a-}\ire, the capital of
lhai part of the island, being very formidable nip!
w.: l! construct! d lor heeding an enemy oft from the
*ea, towards which two sides of its works present
strong batteries. We h ave long been induced to be
lieve that General r.rnmif rested wit!, much confi
dence on succours from France lor Tns sole mainte
nance of the possession of the island ; and we are
suil HnMiretl that his pres»nt measures have been a
dopteu from a sanguine hope that by good foriune
and persevr renre pan of the* Toulon fleet, ot one oi
Other of the remaining shattered squadrons in some
other port of France, would at length find its way'
id his relief We could not but view it „s propiti
ous lonur naval glory, and adding to the brilliancy
ol th? campaign now pending in ibis country, that
some such squadron would make its appe.ran.e
here—Gen. Krn.of would then be taught, that the
larger the scale of difficulty, li e greater the palm o'
glory ; and he may already see in the dashing voter
prize of our smaller squadrons on the const ami ve
ry shores id the island he commands, what result
wo iid spring from the collision of our great naval
power with the best means of France for his rebel.
In alluding to our late naval enterprises agams*
the en'-iny at Gnadaloupe, 'We find tiu.t although w
have been well informed as to the dasbo.g giilGntry
and nrilliant successes that have invacubiy attended
them, considerable error has crept into the relation,
by ascribing the palm of merit wh-re it was nut so
i-.un-diatelv do'—thus we ii;»l. that m the affair
* tho dest.urtion ot t< - two frig ttes at Alice la*
| Barque, instead of tin Glair.*, Run in,*, Hazard,
no I’aliusb, bong directly opposed to the funny,
tae Oh.ire was only partially engaged, and tbc
Ringdove and Hazard, with the Ccsgnet and FK/.t
betn, employed in tw.ving the boats into the tnr
•our, wb.ie the Blonde and Thetis were those actu
ally in the front and brunt of the attack. The
Blon fi* was the leading sup, and so tenacious was
capt. \ . V. Ballard ot the honour of the fight, that
the Thetis having the i reez» and coining alongside,
rapt, Miller hailed to l.e permitted to pass her, but
was answered by rapt. Baliard, that “ where so
mm h glory hwaited, he could not yield bis preced
ence? am? with rivalled courage tiiey closely fnl
h>w-d, amidst a shower of shut from the enemy’s
bat tel ice and vessels, and with masterly judgment
pi,"red their thips to as to give every facility to the
glorious result that lidlowed, and winch has belore
been related.
C.ipt. Cameron it appears, Inst his life through
the mistake of our own party; f,jr having entered
one ut the batteries alter it was evacuated, by a mo
trary direction to that of the seamen, one of them
serin;1 lnm at the Hag start, and taking him lor a
Frenchman Horn his not being distinguished by uny
uniform, shot him on the spot. Lieut. Jenkins was
not on shore at all, but was killed on board the
Blonde by a shot from the shoie, being pieviously
twite wounded while actively employed in the (me.
part of the ship. We make this statement without
any view of detracting fioin the merits of any of
the party before named (nor do we see how it <an,
a» a proportionate degree attaches to all engaged on
the occasion), hut with the hope, while we shew a
willingness to give the applause where it i, best due,
that, sonrp ot our naval triends will on any luture
occasion enable us to crime at the real tacts, where
by their merits may be fairly slated.
SHIP NEB'S—Carhile Bay, Jan. 23.
Arrived this morning, his inej.' ty's schooner
Raptde, 25 days from llnlu .x, ami since our las!,
schooner IMigtnix from Trinidad, and an Arurrirm
brig, willi y00 barrels of hour, «c. 33 days irutn
the United Stst s."
The wreck of lie brig John Stanley, frnfti this is
land for North Carolina, was fallen in c iih oil the
223 Nov. in Ini, 33, 47, long. 75* JO, in a sinking
state, and the crew taken tiff. She had betr. upset,
dismasted, and otherwise injured, while lying io
the night before, in a heavy gala of wind.
Basseterre,*(St. Kilts,) Feb. 6, 1810.
ATTACK ON GUADALOUPE,
Two divisions of the troop* composing the Ex
pedition against Guudaloupc landed thrre yesterday
sen night, und their first operations, we understand,
were coinpielfly stwi cssful, the whole of that part
ol the isl ind railed Grandterre having been reduced
tvitnoui auy lm>* on our pan. W« learn however,
that in a subsequent attempt made by our uriny to
acquire possession of a stioug Tort, they sustained
a Considerable hiss tn men. But lie account adds,
that there was every j-robability of the speedy re
duction fit the whole island to his majesty* arms. It
will then ne mil of' the power of Buonaparte l»
hoaat, (as h* did respecting that to VYalcherrn) that
the genius of France conducted /<« expedition but
lh«re will be another proof that the genius of
Und renders it In vfj;n that he wish** for
tummercc, ,m3 culuhies.
♦
wKDX€§D^1KVENING, V
Guabalou
pe. This important island, the only
one that remained (St. Martin's and St. Eustatiaex
repted) of all th£ valuable possessions whirl,
France once held in the Western World, has fallen
under the power ot her rival.
Captain Rnberfsoit, who arrived here yesterday
in the brig Experiment from Saint Bartholomews,
whirl, place he left the 10th inst. informs ns that
previons to his departui#, g gentleman arrived from
Gnadhlnupe, who was in the Island when it rapitu
lated. There was little resistance made except at
one fort, which was defended very gallantly, and
was carried by storm, in which nearly ail the
French were killed. Tb» terms are nearly the same
as those granted to Martinique. Severulletteiscon
firm the above, andafter captain Robertson sailed,
he spoke a British government trig, who informed
him of the surrender of the island. A part of the
fmces were expected to leeward to reduce Saint
Martins and St. Eustaiia, which could make no re
sistance. 1! IIS in real zed the dream of Napoleon—
“ Ships, Colonies, and Commerce.”
learn from Captain Otis, who arrived this
morn;ug from Saint Bartnolomews, some fur
ther particulars of the attack and surrender o'
OnadaUipe. The French, as it was expected re
tired to the !• near Basseterre, where
(bey were slronjy entrenched. On Saturday
the 3d mst. toe B.ilish made it general attack
on all the Bren.- . ioie, and w-re repulsed with the
logs of 500 ron. On Sunday the 4th of Feb. the
British conir.vnd.tr directed another assault, having
order d los inn us to take the flints fiom their nms
kHs ami put the issue on the Bay,met. The French
received the second assault with equal bravery, and
th- British lo.t 3U0 mm in killed ; hut being over
hc.-r .. d, ■ (essali m of aims was requested and
pimit-d—after winch a cupiuUtmn was agreed up.
m, -:nd island surrendered on Sunday the 4th of
February. One Fiench regiment with the exccp
Mon ■ • ,,v* mm were kiiiect m the assault.
Captain F-rtytA in 13 flays from Porto Rico con
j lit ms the account of l he surrender of Guadjloupe.
MR. MACON’S BILL.
i The senate yesterday resumed the consideration
o* the hill respecting rommeiciul intercouise with
Great Brit-in and Fiance, and tor other purposes.
On motion of S. Smith (of Maryland) all the sec
tions, excepting the two hirst, and the twelfth, were
stricken out; thus ct’ t"i,nly only the provisions
woicii interdict the entrance into our ports and har
bouis op foreign aimed vessels, and those which re
pea! the non-mu rcourse law. The vote on str kny;
out stood, lfi-ayes—11 noes. It was ordered to be
engrossed for a Hurd reading
I/id. American, February 22.
This bill, which has caused so much agitation,
not only in Congress, but throughout the nation,
was yesterday taken up in the senate, and on mo
tion of gen. Smith, all the commercial restrictive
pari of u was struck out, leaving only the sections
which prohibit pnhlirk armed vessels irom entering
our waters, and the section repealing the old uon
intercoutse. The bill in that -tale was ordered to
a third reading, and will undoubtedly pass. We
congratulate our mercantile and sea faring brethren
»u this dawning day of commerce, after the long,
gloomy and distressing uiglit which it has passed
through. Alexandria Gaz, Feb. 22
We have further to congratulate our friends on
toe final passage of Mr. Macon’s hit! in the senate.
It was taken up in that body yesteiduv morning._
A motion was made to re commit the bill. The
question on this motion was taken and lost, 13 to
20. 1 he final question un the bill as amended, wus
taken yesterday, and carried, ayes 26, noes 7.
laid, February 23.
FURTHER—EXTRACT OF A LETTER.
“ Mouse of Rreiiesentati vf.s,
“ Saturday 3 u Clock, February ^4, 1810.
"This Mouse resumed Iberonsidtialien ul Mr.
Macon's bill, with Ihe amendments Irom the senate
—after some little debate a motion was made to
postpone the further consideration of it until Mon
day, which was carried in the affirmative, 6'3 to
ri2. From this small majority it is inferred that
the bill will positively pass on Monday next.”
VVe do most sincerely congratulate our country
men, upon the prospect of seringa discontinuance of
| all those self destroying remedies which our politi
j cal doctors have administered fnr the last two years,
until they hove brought the poor subject of their
experiments to dealb’s door. Now that nature will
be left to perform her functions, and those accursed
nostrums, the invention of pbilisophical quacks,
dashed from the lips of the patient, we shall have
the satisfaction of seeing daily instances of return
ing health and vigour.
To General Smith, whose commercial informati
on, oaght to have weight in the honourable body
of which he isu member, the country is indebted.
Indeed we cannot conceive how it was possible lor
a gentleman of the Generals mercantile mforroali
jn, not to know/ that the present system of non
intercourse was the tnAstirlju: ions to this; mint ry, rj|
P°y ««r awiQjljled u^i i).
Van tjjfifrm'Stowe MuCliih^o ou. hg}&pos.
rd il.e mischievous couqftuent^ s^hosl*e?tk>n»
of the Bill, which the Senate ^fa;;s wisely struck
ntit, in terms that must have carried conviction ip
every unprejudiced mind.
It is a consolation to those who foresaw and fore
told the cousequences-of those restrictive measurer,
fifttthat tijeir advocates are at length compelled ?lt
to abandon them. It required ntvgreat penetration
however to foresee what woiild happen ; mef
practical information, and whodeiived tbeir knc„
ledge from observation of farts and things as they
it Jly are, and who did not mistake tbeir wishes and
prejudices, for convictions, were at no loss, to per
ceive that a lew years vuf this fatal system would
j uui the commerce of the country.
Uie French ruler, conceived the grand project of ^
mining the commerce ol Great Britain, by restric
tive measures on his own, and that of all the poor
nations, who have fallen under his yoke. How
soon his object is likely to be accomplished, we
leave to his admirers and imitators in this country
to calculate.
ihe billowing are tlie Sections of Mr. Macon’s
lh/l, whirl, if main aiter it was amended by the Se
'uate.
Ser- )■ P'itj*act'd bu the senate and house of
representatives of the United States of America, i„
conf ess assembled. That from and «f,Vr the passa*e:
of this act, the en'ranre of the harbours and wa
t rs ot the LniterJ States and of the territories theie
«l he, and the same is hereby interdicted to all
punlick ships or vessels belonging to Gteat-Uritain
or I' ranre, excepting vessels only which may be
forced in by by distress or which are charged with
dcspoici.es, or business fiom the government t»
which they belong, and also packets having no
"~r-0 nnr rncr‘ l’•• nHize on board. And if any pub
"> c snip or vessel as aforesaid, not being included
1 “ < xernPtl0n abovernentioned, shall enter any
I. ...on, or waters within the jurisdiction of the U
o.U'O Stales, or ol the territories thereof, it shall bo
la -It lor the president of the United States, or
such other person as he si,all have empowered for
lieu purpose, to employ such part of the land and
naval lorccs or of the militia of the United States,
or ol the territories thereof, as be shall deem neces
scry to compel such ship or vessel to depart.
Sr\ '• ■l'"1 l,e il further enacted, Tuat it shall
not he U, ml for any citizen nr citizensuf the Unit
ed Stales or the territories thereof, nor for any per
son or persons residing or being in the same, to liavt
any intercourse with or afford any aid or supplies
many public ship or vessel as aforesaid, which
shall contrary to the provisions of this act, havern
tered any harbour or waters within the junsdictioo
oi the Lulled St Ites, or the territories thereof; and
it any person shall, contrary to the provisions of
this art, have any intercourse with such ship or
vessel, or shall afford any aid to such ship or vessel,
either m retiring the said vessel or in furnishing
her, her‘officers or crew, with supplies of any kind,
or >n any manner whatever ; or if any pilot or n
ther person shall assist in navigating or piloting
m<-;, ship or vessel, unless it be for the purpose of
carrying her h-yond the limits and jurisdiction of
the United Slat 5, every person so offending.shall
lorfeti ana puy p ;nm not less than one hundred dul
lais, nor exce»di«g ten thousand dollars ; and shall
also be imprisoned for a ter 11 nut less than on*
month nor more than on? year.
Sec. 11. Andlm it further enacted, That an act
entitled “ An act to amend and continue in fotce
certain parts ol the act, entitled an act to interdict
the commercial intercourse between the United
States and Great-Britain and France and their de.
pendencies, and for other purposes,” be, Rnd tie*
sa.n* is hereby repealed : Provided, that all penal
ties and forfeitures whirl) may have been incurred or
might have been recovered by virtue of the said act,
or of any provisions thireot, shall be recovered and
distributed in like manner as il the said act had
continued iu full force and virtue.
- "If:
Congress of the United. States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday, February 19.
PROPOSITIONS TO BELLIGERENTS, ke.
The following message was received from tli*
president of the United States :
To the home of Representatives of the U. States.
I transmit reports of tiie secretaries of state and
of the treasury, complying with your resolution of ’
the fifth inst.
JAMES MADISON,
February l~, 1810.
• DER*UTNETITOr St.VTJB,
February 14, 1816.
Agreeably to a resolution of the house of repre
sentatives, ni the 5th inslant, requesting the presi
dent ot the. United Slatt3 to cause to be laid before
that house copies ol the several communications
made to the governments «!' France and Great Bri
tain, in pursuance of the authorities vested by con
grass in the executive with respect to the several
orders and decrees of either violating the lawful
commerce and neutral rights of the United States,
except such parts as may, in his judgment, require
secrecy ; and also to communicate to the same
house such information as he may have received
touching the forgery of papers purporting to ba
those of the American vessels, the secretary of
state has the honour of laying before the president
the lollovving papers, viz.
1st. Extract of a letter from Mr. Smith, secreta
ry of state, to general Armstrong, minister pleni
potentiary of the U. States at Pahs, d^ed M-rch
i5th, isoy.
2d. Copy of a not- from Armstrong ta
count Champagny, minister M vxt«!pgr rehuonsat
Fans, dated 2yth Apr;!, 180S.
3d. Kxtr«r^a£gj| letter irm« Mr. Smith to Mr,
Pinkney, inini*i» plenipotentiary of tUU;
Slates;,
»t Loudon, dated March 25th, 1809.
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