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The death of Commodore Samuel Barron,
V> - Rt»a<mi>r*d in the paper* «f yesterday, while it in
:V -. JictS priyate soirows that time only can alleviate.
Invites publish regret in the'lots of an officer of dig
J'-m\i nified end useful character, that cannot fail U» be
I *. ^thndld'throiigiumi tbi'hiiioo, ’■ /; V
uonjuioaote Barron commenced his course under
the suspires of a Father, who had l;een ever respec
■ lableinpri vale life, and who eudeared himself in his
Gauntry, in the war of the Revolution, by all those
•ft* that distinguish the patriot and the man. liar
■■ wing been bred to Nautical employment, be was se
lected by the slate of Virginia to command the first
forces, which she'formed against the enemy on the
#btrr, find bn'several occasions he evinced a tirru
aess and courage, that confirmed the confidence and
esteem of his cnentryv ’ t 1
.Under tha protection and guidance of such a par
ent, Commodore Barron alters receiving a liberal
education, Concluded at the University of William,
■nd Mary, took his station in the .little squadron' of
his native state, and remained m it until it was dis
banded at the conclusion oi the war.—On two oc
casions that culled lor tlie valour of this infant uh
’ey, they taught the enemy, that though uniditihed
i# strength, they hgd equals in courage and skill, on
that very element in which tbty had been thought
rivalled.; ' . ''\'j >,,'5
n honourable termination of our struggles
d, and while the states of America
housed and unprepaied to institute a
iistiet!u! n4vy, C'>initio(]ore Iwrron always prompt
si ^o^exvreisa hi* relative obligations in publirk or
life, quickly decided on bis rouise. He filled
pV C respectable cnnimand in private service for se
^ *lw*ys esteemed and admired.
'i- ^ first moment that called for the nerve of the
i nation to. be exerted against tlie invaders of our
•i'A ’, rights, be was Chosen and readily sacrificed bis pri
bXV*fteetfiolomenfsto command the brig Augusta,
which the patriotic inhabitants of Norfolk fitted out
foe the defence, of their roast, during the depredati
ons ofthe French in the year ’98—Hi# conduct
here, as on every other occasiou, was marked with
jt>dgm«at pnd discretion. .v; .>5
• ’f his epoch imposed on the government 'the
j^afcviout, propriety of fostering a Navy—Com-*.
*> mpdore Bari on .had then a rank conferred on
p -bioi that be has occupied ever since in the service.
- He companded a squadron in the West-Indies in
ify. tbajear 18QIJ while those seas were infested by
cruisers that annoyed oar commere. By his vigU.
lance and
inAhis- service, he' contracted; a
,,state of
that •watf' not remedied in many
While yet unrecoyered, in obedience to the
' of his country, he “assumed the command iu
the Mediterranean, as successor to the gallant Pre
Llje—and, shtin'suffering keenly with severe indis
,pO§45^:|&f tb# whul* period 6f hi* absence, he re
"lurneddjo his chantry, after having conducted a trea
i/.with |be enemy on the Barb,try roast, that has
y been highly approved of liy. his government. In
:i *.’!d(hi« transaction, he has exhibited the happiest tes*
fimomes of ilje correctness of his judgment, tbs'
U ' |Wr«pi<'uity of hi$ mind, and the neatness and e|e»
J^S^I^e.prrbii/W'ntiDg^.IIispublitk letters on this
J tutjfert have been commended Us excellent speci
* ipislispf good composition. ,
-native dignity of, Jdsperson was most dp>
- ^ propfsstejy sustained by a rftstmcV iti way s eleva ted,
ItW*hls; jj‘''firm, but tnojhrt 'inti unassuming.—
\ , fJiS cohdUt^t, for lbs whole of his Jil«, was without
If" . blemish.—He was I,doted where he was known.—
. His damper, eve* serene, seemed to lead bin to cul»
tivatt Uni best passions of the human mind.—He
•A \ ««0Mait§jNi «sod*vhfes.<, ' * - * .
One wbo lwaw-him in all lhe vicissitudes of sick
' »“ss and of health, tenders this humble tribute to
*,-’i'-:-l»is mtSWo'y.';
» impaled to testify, that alike
oiR^n *ud sorrow, as in the brighter
mbnsntts o'r bpalth and of joy, he possessed an e
foi^pof soul and a souudirm of head and
s
unaffected regard* esteem an
(&V* • •£'
N<k ember 4 ^ 1810. .V;*
~/tutral Commrre^-rOut dimmer,, t.c editors havi
^length received their cue, and u*» come out bold.
ijMHi rieulral. cummerce. We hav<
3 d»^d th*^tka^nkisi.the NatlohaffHteliigencer ot
'ifn- ttoa'twh'^ee t (from w Inch unr readers will perceiw
goverOnsent is iwt to be **tiaflcd triftfC:
->; Brjfstd, h-t bn (t? ebHt.tsi fill* 'She may repeal
*»‘U|iot suffice :Shi
*ghtnf «,«*&* as prar tised
stnce thedkwd, but that stUl «.»tA» i
Amerieuoseartijn on board
■ £?.'*** *&*' f>M&r they vtolmitanly or Sy
^fOJftpeWi^. bttt that I* o«>t ntungb t, §im must' r*
P^I^^;|dd‘irotbt<»f;'g«*eriuugW.',«d»ite»hjWis-.
*WJ**»|. uud.i&bmit. t.» tfc
if assmiiiteia’w, or.we can
l» t^JWd wtcfsuh
Dwac,wbo seas fewda^
■’ J-Sr* • ;4: w ¥ * 7. - ^ j.
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w«i «• *9Ki»g Britain andit for#r
promprdecl*rmtiOT» ofctWn*
tit, U^ow trendtug back kusUpi.^tn bn paper oV
yesterday, he^grlarn he cannot find any thing m
Marquis Welt^fty’* latter oo which to hang a hope.
Tha latter of the DuczkTfadofe isnll ••Mlisfaelory;
and dear.” No snunKon of dissimulation or in
trtgue can attach to 4 letter exhibiting such gene
rous dispositions, But that of Wellesley contains
a duo lit j it seemf as if the British government
were not certain “ that the emperor would fulfil his
engagement, iy actually carrying into effect the re
peal of the French decrees.” This is an iusolt to
the honour^bf the gentroui emperor, which, by his
toad-eaters in this country^ can never be forgiven.
If any one should give it as bis opinion that, in this
»ffafr, the English government has acted with pro
per caution, he would immediately be stigmatized
with the epithets of British agent and old tory.—
But let what will be thought, said or sung on the
subject at the present moment, we are very much
mistaken if even the most violent democrats 8re
Out satisfied before the year comes about thalOreat
Britain has proceeded with propriety.
in national as in private affairs, we must calm
late from anions more than from declarations. Bo
naparte had lately seiz'd American property to the
amount of millions,, without even a shadow of right
or even an excuse. Me had nut the cover of ail un
just decree to justify the seizure. This property he
still holds in his possession in violation of all law
and every idea of the rights of nations and humani
ty, This unprecedented seizure could not have beeB
overlooked by the American government. As much
as they wish to he on friendly terms with the Great
Emperor they would have been obliged, at least, to
issue a prodain itiun against him on this occasion.
This the Emperor knew, and this the English go
vernment knew. Now, all at once, with this stolen
property in bis hands, and which by his owu letter
we are to infer he meant to retain, he comes out
with a most friendly letter and derlares that his un
lawful decrees shall be revoked on the 1st of Novem
ber next. “ It being undeistood, &c.” Now this
kind of understanding, it seems the British did not
' perfectly understand ; and having wailed a twelve
month niter the promulgation of the Berlin decree
before they issued their orders in council, they have
concluded to wait until the operation of the decree
should cease, before they rescind those orders. And
this is the height of their offending at this.time.
—We would ask every candid man, if the British
government has not le.tson for suspicion? did not
the whole business look too much like a deception ?
why does not the magnanimous emperour he just
■before he is so uncommonly generous? Why did be
not restore the stolen pYoperty belore he issued his
Vague letter of revocation of bis decrees ?
These are questions which must naturally arise.
And though our government might be willing to
accept of the Due de CadoiVs kind letter as a setoff'
for millions of property of which our citizens have
been robbed; it appears that the British did not set
such a high value on French professions.
" N.Y. Ev. Post.
Y From the Connecticut Courant.
REPEAL of the BERLIN Sc MILAN DECREES.
Bonaparte, it seems, “loves the Americans, their
“ prosperity and commerce entei into the views of
“ his policy.” Our aggrandizement, our indepen
dence, and our liberty, have all at once, become the
chief objects of hi* regard ; and therefore he hits
declared that his Berlin and Milan decrees are revo
ked, and will rease to be in force, after the first of
November next, on certain conditions. Let the
people of the United States, beware how they trust
to the professions of this military despot. Let
them reflect on what has been the consequence of
trusting to such professions and declarations, to all
the nations in Europe, to whom they have been
made. Professions of this kind have been but the
prtludejo their destruction, and the governments
which have trusted in them have been the victimsmf
their own credulity.
J h* king of Spam was always called hi* great
and good ally ; the prosperity of the Spanish nation
seemed to be the Chief object of his care,and French
armies were marched into that country, professedly
to protect the Spanish monarch, but alas! the
whole was a mere “ trick of state," to get ppssessu
ou of his crown and kingdom. The facts stated to
the world by Don Pedro Cavellos, who was an eye
witness toth» infamous scenes which passed at Ma
drid and Bayonne, must damn this usurper “ to e
verlapting fame," and convince credulity itself that
no confidence is to be placed in his professions.
llmiaparle gave the most solemn assurances to
the unfortunate Ferdinand the 7th, that if be would
leave In* kingdom and repair to Bayonne, his per
son should there lie safe, and that he should return
within three days and be acknowledged by him as
king of Spain. The sequel is too well known—im
mediately made a prisoner, every infernal art was
made use ol io induce or compel Ferdinand to sign
an art, reding bis crown and kingdom to the ty
rant. Alter every other attempt bad failed, Bona
parte became enraged, and Cavellos, says, that in a
private conference, Bonaparte told Ferdinand, at
last. “ you have only to Choose b'etween cession
and death." Thus situated, he signed the fatal act
ot renunciation.
And what has been his conduct towards his bro
thsr Louis, the laid king of Holland ? Louis hint
s'-It has lately, in his address to the legislative bo
dy in Holland, informed the world, that no reliance
was to be placed on the most solemn engagements
and assunners of his brother ; that he disre
gards treaties, and that after having, on the ifilb
ot June last, given hnn-assurances, that his troops
should Hot take possession of Amsterdam, he not
withstanding, on the U£Hh of the same month,
ordered his armies to enter and take possession
of that city. * V. J :;j. ' .:‘V'V. ”... :>■
But, ** liis majesty loves' the Americans !* Indeed!
How long ,ltyin we been -the object of bis efiectiopsf
Has' .be heretofore proved his love by his actions?
Was it manifested by dir ecting his mmister of ms-!
1 W, to declare to us, in December 1806,- that the !
I Bwlin decree was not to include Americans, and in
.* months aftet wards, when his ports were
niled with our ships, by making a new declaration,
that as in the decree, there was no exception in fs
of the Americans, he 'should make pope, apd
hy *«»*iog and condemning our vessels and pro
P«rtjr for violating ihia decreuf Was it mauifested
b«en, oh the 24th November 1907, be told us, in
Europe lb A* war against Great Britain,-and tin*
before be knew of tiit British Iftders in council?
For «* Champagny, in jt letter of that dale, to
G$o. Armstrong, (nod which weeran answer to hts*
y?tbe 12lh of November, complaining of the lei
sures and condlaiaaliiHi* under the Berlin decree,)
»*y»—“ All the difficulties,' which have given
riae to yojir reclamations, sir, would be remo
“ Ved, with ease, if the government of the United
“ Slates, after Complaining in vain of the injustice
/‘ and violations of England, took with the whole
“ continent, the part of guaranteeing itself there
Or did it appear, by Cbampagny’s celebrated
letter of the 15lb of January, 1803, „ wiilten
after he had a knowledge of the orders in coun
cil, in which he declares us to be in a stale of
war, and associated with the continent of Eu
rope, against Great Britain, and to have been in
this situation from the llih of November pre
reding 1
Was his love manifested by horning American
J ships on the high seas, and imprisoning American
seamen ? Or was it made more manifest, in Febru
ary 1808, when “in a council of administration,
“ it was proposed to modify the opeialion of the
“ decree of November 180b', and December 1807,
“ he became indignant, and declared - that these de.
“ crees should suffer no change, end that the Ame
“ ricans should be compelled to take the positive
“ character of either allies or enemies T’
Wes it proved by the applause which he bestow
ed upon the embargo, and his indignation at its re
moval, and at the non-intercourse, its substitute ?
or has lie lately given the most striking proofs of
bis affection, by seizing and condemning millions
of our property merely because we had exercised
anactol sovereignty, in adopting a municipal re
gulation ? These are some of the proofs which Bo
naparte hits given of his hive towards the Ameri
cans, and he who flatters himself that we are here
after to have proofs of a different kind, knows little
of the character of Napoleon, or the extent of bis
ambitious views.
The Berlin and Milan decrees may indeed be done
away, but lie has not yet abandoned his scheme of
destroying Great-Britain, by what is railed the con
tinental system, the object of which is the destruc
tion of British commerce. This object he will con
stantly keep in view; the means of accomplishing
it may vary with circumstances. Buonaparte has
long since determined, that the Americans should
join him in effecting this object—and, if in conse
quence of the removal of these decrees,, the govern
ment of the United States do not take such steps,
as must necessarily bring them into collision with
Great-Britairt, depend upon it, Napoleon will adopt
measures against ibis country more rigorous if pos
sible, than any he has yet adopted. lie will no
longer make use of his Berlin and Milan decrees as
pretexts for making war upon us ; but, in all proba
bility he, will at once seize all our property and all
our seamen within his reach, because we have not
supported by force of arms the same principle*
with regard to neutral rights and the freedom of the
seas, which he has adopted ; or in other words, be*
cause we have not declared war against Great Bri
tain.
ThaDiike de Cadore, in his late affectionate letter,
say? :c'*‘ In short, the roagregs engages to oppose
“ such of the belligeicnt powers as shall refuse to
“ recognize the rights of neutrals. In this new
“ stale ot things, I uni authorised to declare to you,
“ that the decrees of Berlin and Milan are revoked,
“ and that from the first of November they will
“ cease tube in force ; it being understood, that in
*’ consequence of Ibis declaration, the Bullish shall
“ revoke their orders in council, and renounce the
“ new principles of blockade, which they have ut
“ tempted to establish ; or that the United States,
“ c(»[f arm ably to the act which you have just com
“ tnunicated, shall cause their rights to be respected
“ by the English.” Bonapaite, therefore, affects to
consider the United States as pledged to go to war
against Great Britain, in case she refuses to recog
nize the rights of neutrals, and dues not, in addition
to revoking her orders in council, also renounce her
new principles »f blockade.
What Bonaparte’s pretended principles respecting
neutral rights, and blockade are, M. Champagne?
has informed us, in bis letter to gen. Armstrong, of
August 22, 1809, be saj s, “ Mis majesty commands
“ me to make known to you the unalterable princi
“ plea, which have and will regulate bis conduct,
in the great question respecting neutral rights.”
“ France admits the principle, that the flag pro
“ tects trade. The trading vessel, which carries
" the license of' its government, may be considered
“ as a moving colony: to insult such a vessel, by
“ search, pursuit, or any art of arbitrary power, is
“ a violation of the fundamental law of roloniza
“ tion, and is an attack upon the government of
“ the same.” And in the same letter speaking of
blockades, he says, “ a place is not properly block
“ aded unless it be besieged by land and water.”
These are the principles, in support of which we*
must join in the war against Great-Britain, or fall
under the displeasure of the Corsicau tyrant. It
needs not the gift of prophecy, to predict, that un
less the government of the United States take a de
cisive step against Great-Biitain, that in a short
I time millions of our property if within his grasp,
will be again seized and condemned in the different
| ports ip Europe, and hundreds of our fellow-citizens
be again immured in French prisons. Let not the
American merchant suppose that much of bis pro
perty already seized is to he restored ; a few vessels
as a mere shew, may be released, but the great
mass of property will 6e retained. Neither let him
vainly imagine that hereafter there is to be a free,
uninteirupted trade to Eoglaudund to the continent.
Buonaparte vrill compel us to give up one or the
othrr; a few yesselsMay at first. be suffered, to re
turn, but this will only be a hire to decoy others to
certain destruction.
A
* ^ . Richmond, October so.
, . D«n--On Thosday evening last, in the thirty,
eighth year of his age. Mr. John BUosser,* of the
house <>} Prosser and Moncure. y. fo> Pat.
y On Sunday .evening last departed this hfe, Col
£pwauDCaiti|titr.TOw, of this city, . v. !
' Seldom has society been deprived of • member
rwhnse loss was mo re sincerely or more e* tensive -
ly deplored.
*i Tb*s genUenwnVlife has ezbibited «ne ourmer.
ntpted course of honour, of virtue* end «f uteful
-> 1 ? *.> y ''' < >
At l^oroaMpcenjeiit wf tbatwer which *eve
tade^deice to bis aounjry, be eat*v«rtate the A
:x.
. * - .*.■ ^ > ‘ flv >* ■»/*■■. " 1 V .v* * ■'
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.jit’'
r nwjf'tvi .. ..s ._w ^ _ __ ^
wtrti
*& <Ms, and »M privationto*
thatillotiriAus bund of real patriots. • • 1
■ A(f an officer uf artillery, in which corps be held
tW cpmittiinoo of lieutenant colonel, be attained
well mri ited distinction; audio that arduous tin.
peigo on which in a great measure depended tl>e li
berty of the southern states j bis services as afield,
officer, and as a quarter master general, attracted
the attention of general Greeny who mentioned him
to congress in terms of high approbation. •» '\ .
Soon after the restoration ol peace he waseleottSj
into the legislature ol the Union, in which body its*
continued until the adoption of the present cyMtilh,
lion after which be was appointed, by the 6
sidentof the United States, both Marshal aiidSttr
pervisor for the district of Virginif. On the divi*^
sion of those offices, he chose to retain that of lias'
Supervisor, which be held until it was discontinued,.
The temperate firmness ol his character, the sound !
discretion of bis conduct, at all times conspicuous,
weie particularly valuable in counteracting the e.y*
ertions and checking the progress of that discontent
with which the laws imposing internal taxes, weif'
received in many parts ot Virginia. ’>• .1.' •*;' '&•
Ilis services being no longer necessary to the go*
vernment of the Union, he became eligible to city
offices, the most useful of wbi.-h he has been its the
course of filling. Let the deep, the solemn, the
universal gloom with which bis death uVerspiead*
the city, attest the manner in which he has tilled
them. . > v. •>. • '' * .f-v
1 hrough 4)! tht stations to whirl* he hai
ri.lled, he has manifested derided talents, unwearied
assiduity, anti principles which could never he sus-?
per ted.
To these valuable Irvit* at a publiek man, culotflp
Carrmglon sddjd the most estimable qualities whiefc
adorn private and domestirk life. The commanding
dignity of his character was sweetened .with agen
th nesa of temper and a benevolence of heart width
rendered him most dear to those with whom he wa*>
in habits of inter-ourse. The stern inflexible ihfeeT
grity of bis principles, which scanned with sever!*1
ty his own conduct, .could view with compassion
the foibles, if nut the vices, of human frailty. ^ i
Never did there exist a more ardent and sincere j
Iriend, a kinder relation, or a more affectionate and
lender husband.
Long, very long will those who stooj&fius coo# '
nected with him, feel and lament his loss.—[ti.
New York. Oct. 27/^,
At twelve 0clock on Sa'urday night the
inst. the Powder Manufactory belonging to McfSfs.-f'
Tilden, Avery & Patterson, of New Lebanon, in v
this state, was blown np. Two Of the buildings ?
tliedryuig and glasing houses, containing abont fc
ion and a half of powder, most of which was uhfi-..
nished, were totally destroyed, and the other build- -
ings materially injured. The loss of the proprie^i
tors.is a severe one. No pains Sr expense had bee**
spared to render the works complete, and hy their
exertions and industry they had acquired the know-/
ledge of manufacturing powder far superior to most -?
of that in the United Slates, and very little iuferior
to any imported. r , J J
Whether the fire was communicated by tba
hand of a foreign or a domestirk incendiary, or .
otherwise, is impossible to state with certainty. .■>:
—The proprietors had taken every precaution'
in the construction of their works to guard a-'
gainst fire, and at the time of the explosion they
can conceive of no possible way in which the fii#
| ‘•ould have originated, within the buildings._
j lie that as it may, the loss is much lo be re-.,
gretted. The manufactory bid fair tu be of great »
national utility ; it was the only establishment of,,
ti-e kind in Ibis state, and as such a peculiar interest
was felt for its prosperity. The ardor of the enter- L
prising owners is somewhat damped by the misfor- f /
tune. They, however, have delerminrd tnifel mltf.
immediately, and it is hoped that every facility will It
be tendered to aid them in tbeir laudable exertion*. ...
[Mtr.Adt. "•>*£■*
From the London Coitritr, received at the Office o/ i
the Vubtick Ledger by the Ship Cos cord, CopK}
Stoker, from London. . V A'.
^ - London, Svptcmb*rff.v
Orders were received on Monday at Plymouth** *
fit out all the men oi war that were in a state offor*'2
| wardness, with all possible despatch. The utmost
j activity of course prevails at that port. ~
j The following is the substance of a letter we «*i V
| ceived this morning from HeligolandThe French *
have now an army oieixty thoutaud men in Pirnt- 9
sian Poland; and it is generally thought, tf theeu*.
psror of Russia doss not awake from his lethargy,' ‘
and make active use of bis time, that Buonaparte’%
will be at St. Petersburg!) in less than six months.
It is not supposed that the Danes will interpose aor
resistance or opposition; they have for somelinM
past been successful in privateering.und that seems Itf
be all they at present think about* - •>
With respect to the number of French troops ae^'
tually in Prussian Poland, the numhsr, we have f.
no doubt is grcatlo exaggerated—But it certain, w* :
understand, that a French and Saxon force is pro>
ceeding to that quarter, and that it has given ri*a'r
to much appreheusion in the Russiah cabinet, which
is said to be particularly anxious to terminate tbd '
war with Turkey in order to rerat it* force, & Stati-M
on it on its Polish frouiieis. Whether Buonaparta
will, or will not, be at Petersburg!! in the tima 1
mentioned, is a question which, of coarse; tef cam. :
not answer. But since the election of Bernadoijri:
we have no doubt that Buonaparte will seise «|) thav'
northern coast of Germany, and giving Finland ^
back to Sweden, we shall not at all be surprised to
hear hnn declare that the whole roast of the gofpH '
of Fiulaud belongs naturally to France, and Sweden.;1
A GottenbuTgh mail arrived this morning, fbd a ^
hag of letters from Heligoland. Tha foliowiiSgi#.'
the only intelligence of guy importance brought by
*1- The king pf Denmark i» very sulky at not
Ing chosen ip succeed tlie crown of Sweden, tfe*
Wusj^ry silly ,tu expect rt—and the Parisians laugh
at him for being rnyUtfU;*
- . “ daiSRo, Au*i ss. >
■ *}t*pE,r!**• ruction of the proposirL
nttaof hit Danish msjestyPjgave that mouorrh ao>'
irtuch umbrags that hs positively forbadhtbe «iuk*’
of Holstein Augnateuburg from accepting the no. V'
mmatioq of rfbwn prince in the event of his being1
rbMea; Mnd it is mentioned in some letter* from
that thsdnka was for *odm_pWsT
•vx'-i -\v v.: ./-fed —•