Norfolk gazette and publick ledger — Norfolk [Va.], 1810-05-09 00:00:00, page 2

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• made ib tba low gi«ads—
>r uselcM, and bad remained
ym*. wb*» a- company was
lion add completion.
-tl# second of May, the npersti
wer* begun. invitation* were,
tuf the United State*, and to
attrera of gimiauirr.1 a ad of the city,
r..£ nny of "pepPSa the ground. A
’clock,* eomervus concourse of the «i»
iKK^jp at
•eflM>led, the president of the Umt
He'
imily arrived on the spot previ
upon, near the Jersey Atenae. A
|i pitched and refreshments prodded.—
|3nf the canal having beru marked out by
robe, tbe engineer, the president of the U
ttes was arcoiapanie^|d>tfce ground by the
t aad direrti.rs of 4fca company, and having
i the spud* from tb« bands of Mr. Caldwell,
* the rampaay, he turned up the first
» to the andrrtaking was then drank
*tbe archtmatinniof all present, and a sod
dilg by the president of the company,
aynr of thocity, Mr. lames Cochran, the
> «f tbe work, followed with his plough,
itaesky tlx stoat horsee, aad rut a furrow ten m
«|pa wd*P‘b, and eighteen ia width, with agorot &
fapiditythat astonished all present. The work pro
ceedsfda.ad a numerou* concourse of ritisem retmrn'd
M4hf spot thd whole pf shores! of the day, Hcfrrtit
xntptxwere provided in great abundance, And a de
gree of cheerfulness and hilarity' prevailed which has
Sever beta exceeded on any similar occasion,
f . j,* T » " ATaf. ItU,
r "■" S'm- * AOTHEJiTICIC.
Xxtraft qf e kiitrjrom Paris, dated late in March.
“ I# ipht of g»k Armstrong's rtmnmtr.i tires,
BuoOapsrte lss*»d>. a.* seder «f Bir£th of March, i
fci the ssl* of the American properly in Spain and
N*plc(, M(J directing the proceeds to be n«piisiie<i
in> the publish cheat. I feat that a similar older
I Mot la Denmark.”
(C1RCV1..1R.)
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Comptroller's Office. April 2Jih, tStO.
(Extract.)
. ?,R»
It is at all times dciirieble to give every facility
*“’’1* sod commerce which is consistent with the
Sijf. of the revenue. With. tbit view, a con.
the most liberal which the collection law
war real,.and which indeed seems to militate
•gainst the fetter of the law, has been adopted for
the ooneenienre of the merchant with respect tode
bcutur**. The construction ellu.eii to is th.s; that
v,, thnngnt to the debenture commenced on the mm
Bapletieu of th« entry for the exportation of th» nier
HrctawAur, Bat this construction did not authorise
* the DELIVERY of tbedooenture until after theclcar
*nce gad departure of the* vessel. To entitle the
•spotter to the debenture, the low requires that the
good* shill be exported within twelve months af
ter importation. Yoo will not therefore, in any
csss, deliver the debenture until alter clearance sou
departure of the vessel; and that departure abouM
be prompt and without delay. Thtpiariice lately
^ndooted hr seme merrhsnis nf detaining their ve#
•sis in harhoor, and in some instance*, i*r a> roi ei
derable time, sites tbs expiration of the year aithm
which the exportation should bo made i» uni war
• ranted by low. It olbrde an opportunity 10 violate
l dhf low by rebinding the goods and disposing of
V ■ wb in the country, which there is too much rea
'®|«s*b^»* has been done in many instances.
Theso OvrNllhns and infractibn* of ihr Inw have in
fluenced this department to direct a rigorous exrco
tionoflts provisions relative to exportation* ofmer
ehaodiite under title to drawback. And 1 have to
ilifonMNM that it ia the luetrurtion of the secretary
ft WllfvSbsryi lUl m all cases which shall here
•ftor occur, ym\ are not to deliver a debenture un
r'is»Ail the vessel, in which the merchandise is abont to
fee exported for haaeflt of drawh^ek, shall have oh
Mined • clearance and departed from the port in
' ftsehes Months nflerthe importation nf the mer
, ^rhndNiUe, to bo rompnted from the date of the en
try of sorb merchandise.
G. DUVALL.
To tkefJolitctor the Port of
• • r
'.auk Boute of Rrprenrtatiott of lit U*it<J
m' Stetn.
1 tran*mrt to the House m report oi the Secret a.
47 of,.State complying with their resolution of tbs
30th of April.
Jam;:* Madison.
May 1, isio.
I# pnreoalee of the resolution of tbs house of re
presentatives qfyesterday (he secretary of state has
the hoooaf of transmitting to the President of -.he
States the accompanying papers marked
• HhoKeoHdnO '.lie be-n received, '.hat any :. iu
milriratioa has Uaw made to our m-nisiar at Lua
donon the part of the British government 110 an
Sriptr to any note presented by him in pursuance of
Sfrabtione given on the 23 November I8O9."
^H|aiHW'rshave ht«n given 10 the*' propositi
mwot Utrtures, made Ofi the pait of the United
State* talhe govrrnin»uis of Great Britain and
France, mperting any of the orders sod decrees af
fretiug neutral commerce, which have unt been
hetrataforoMtahich am not hsrewiilrtOtainuoirated.
vAll which Mftpeftft'ly sabmtUw'.
ft. SMITH.
\r»*rai Jrmoinmg to U.
T'- .... '
Pavia. Sflp. ^
y ,^^t'aMjppswir.a».T—
tlfMl ym base free edptyh of the President's
Hs accompanying Tby
• viewnf tht eaieting state «@§dng<!
he*,a»d particularly of the ground takvn in tWror
respnndeac* with the British minister. You‘ wiH
pcreeiv* that the debberalious of congress at their
preterit swing cannot but be embarrassed by the
painful consideration, that tbu two principal belli
gerents have buan for tom time alike regardless ol
•nir neutral right*, and that they manifest nu dis
poiitiob to relinquish in any degree, their unreason
able pretentions.
You «i!l »Wherewith rereive a ropy of » lettei
«<» Mr. Pinkney which will shew the light in which
M. Champagny’s letter is viewed by the President,
and at tbe same-tiinc the rottrte of proceeding pre
eciibed to nor minister in London, You will of
footse Understand if to be wishidtha1 vou should
ascertain the meaning of the French government at
to the condition nn which it hat hern proposed to
revoke the Berlin decree. On the principle which
seems to be assumed by M. Chi'npagnv, nothing
more ought to be required than a recal by Great
Britajn of her proclamation or illegal blockades
which are of a date prior tn that »f the Berlin de?
cree, or a formal declaration that they arc not now
in force. Should this be done and be followed bv
an anuuliuent of all the decrees nnd opdeis in rhro
nidogit dl order, and Great Britain should after
wards put in force oM or proclaim new blockades
contrary to thy law of nations, it wouH produce
question* between her and ihe United States which
the Ff-neh government is bound to leave to the U
nited States, at least until it shnll find it neressaiy
! bring'forward complaints of an acquiescence on
ottr |»art not consistent with the neutrality prn(ris«<i
f bv u &
\ wi« yourself, and if n*rees»ry yotr will lei
the Fren-h government understand that we do not
consider ourselves Sound to consent to the legality
of • blockade which may he eonformaMv t» the
definitions heretofore maintained hy toe U. State*
tend particularly to the definition-contained in tht
treaty of June and October, TSOI, hetweeir Great
Britain and Russia. However founded the aefimti
on of RI. Champaj-ny may he in reaeon- and general
utility, and consequenily however desirable to be
made the established law on the snhjecl of blnrlt
[ >l<lcs, a different practice has too lony prevailed a
mong ali nation*, Fr.mesas well as nth-rs, and is
too strongly authenticated hy the writers-of admit
ted authority to h« combatted hy the Unit'd Slat s.
If yon should receive from the Fn-m h govern
ment explanations proper to be communicated to
' Mr. Pinkney, you will not fail to transmit the same
to him without delay. And should thrv be such as
to make it important that Mr. Pinkney should im
mediately found theieon an-application to the Bii
tish government to prepare the way fora repeal of
the Berlin decree,, yon will he pleased to- hasten the
communication to- hrm by a •p*rial mctfcnp**r.—*
Whatever the explanations may he, you will of
course transmit them in this department, with such
other information as may be interesting. With
great lespert, &c.
(5'gned) R. SMITH.
Gen. John Armstrong-, hr. he. he.
(C)
Mr- Smith to Mb. Pinkney,
Department of State, Nm. H, 180^,
Sir,
From the melosed copy nf a letter from Mr.
Champagny to Gen. Armstrong, it appears that the
French government has taken a ground in relation
to the British violation of our neutral rights., not
the same with that heretolore taken, and which it
is proper you should be acquainted with. Yowwill
observe that the terms stating the condition on
which tbe Berliu decree will- |>e revoked are not free
from obscurity. They admit the construction how
ever, that it Great Britans will annul her iftrgal
blockades as distinct trwm her orders in council,
such as the blockade from the Elbe to Brest, he.
prior to the Berlin decree, and perhaps nf subse
quent dale, but still distinct front her orders in
council, that Frame will put an end to her Berlin
decree, 01 at least the illegal part of it. Whilst
therefore it becomes important to taka proper step*,
at will he done, through getr. Armstrong, to ascer
tain the real and precise meaning nf MriChampag
nyN letter, it is important also that your interpo
sition should he used to ascertain the actual state
of the British hlork ides distinct from the orders in
rnunril, whether merely on paper nr otherwise ille
gal, and whether prior or subsequent to tbe Berlin
decree, and to feel the pulse of the British govern
ment on the propriety of patting them ont of the
way in order to give force to our call on France to
prrparc the way for a repeal of tbe orders in coun
cil, hy hsr repeal of that decree.
in tne t*xf cation of tbis tank I r«*ly on th# judg
ment and delicacy by which I am pci sanded you
wiU b*(aided, and on your keeping in mind the de
sire «>f thin government to entangle itself as little
as possible in the question of priority in the violn
linn of onr neutral rights, and in rornmit itself at
little as possible la either belligerent as to therourse
to be takra with the other.
If it should be found that no illegal blockades
are now in force, and so declared by Great Britain,
or that the British government is ready to revoke
and withdraw all snrh as may not be consistent
with the definition of blockade in the Russian
treaty of June 1801, it will be desirable that you
lose no time in giving the information to gen. Arm
strong, and, whatever may be the result of yoer
enquiries, that you hasten a communication of it to
me.
Writing on short notice of the present convey
ance, 1 have only to add the assurance of my es
teem and great consideration, dee,
(Signed) R. SMITH.
- . <D>
Extract if « UKtr from gen. Armstrong to tie Se
cretary of State.
“ Pains, January 29,1810.
" I* conformity to the suggestions container! in
yonr Jotter «f the 1st December, I809. I enquired
whether if Great Britain revoked her blockades of
' • dale anterior to the det ree commonly called the
Berlin decree, hie majesty the einperear would con
to revoke the sad decree. To which the mi
(hat “Abenolo condition requited
ttspsailftistf
her blockades of France, stf^.^
„ ;* * •
sir* • •hilP'* . e>.
Extract of «Ititer from Mr. I^ktmey to Vu Stcr
Stmt. ' „
•%■ #lc M Los DO*, Feb. 28, 1810.
“ rleee received from grt. Ariiutiosg * letter
of which a ropy it rnrlo«d ; and have, in conse
quence, made a written anquiiy of lord Wellesley
(with whom I bad before communicated personally
on the subject) as to the inexistence of the block
ades to 'vhirli it alludes. 1 am not witbont hopes
that the reply to my enquiry will amount loaderla
ration (satisfying in substance the condition menti
oned in gen. Armstrong's letter) that these blockades
are not in force; and if it should, 1 will send imme
diate notice to gen. Armstrong.- I have prepared
au ofhpta) letter to you on this head, which with
such additions as circumstances may enable me to
make to it will be sent by the corvette” (the John
Adams.)
„ (F)
Copy of a letter from geo. Arvutrnng to Mr. Pink
tiey, Punt, Jm. 25, 1810.
Sir,
A letter from Mr. Secretary Smith of the 1st of
Deren>b*r iasl made it my duly to enquire of his
excellency the Dude til C-idore what were the con
dition* on which his mtj sty the emperour would
urnul his decree, roraiiioolv called the Berlin de
cree, and whether if Great Britain revoked her
him katli » of h date anterior to that decree, his ma
jesty would consent to revoke the said decree? To
these questions I have tins day received ihe follow
ing answer, which J has lea to convey lo-you by a
special messenger.
ANSWER.
“ The only roadition required for the revocation
by bis majesty the erop-nnir of the decree of Berlin
will be the previous revocation by the British go
v-rnmeut of her blockades of France, or part of
France (such as that from ilm Elbe to Brest, &c.)
ot a date anterior to that of ihe aforesaid decree.”
1 have the honour to-be, . dec.
JOHN ARMSTRONG.
AN ACT
Corner ruiug the commercial intercourse besweir the
United State* and Great Britain und France and
their dependencies, andfor other purpose*.
Re it enacted bp the Senate and Hnu»e of Repre
sent at ires of the United States of America, in Con
ge ett assembled, '1 ' »i from aud alter the passage of
Hits art, no British or French armed vessel shall
be permitted to enter the barbouis or waters under
the jnrisdietion of the United States ; but every
British and Fiencb armed vessel is hereby interdic
ted, except when they shall be forred in by distress,
by the dangers of the sea, nr wtv ti nrc-d with
despatches or business from their gov\ rsment, or
coming as a pul,In k paektl ire ihs conveyance of
letters; in which eases as weil as in all others,
'‘hen they shall be perm'tied to enter, the com
manding officer shall immediately report his vessel
to the collector of the district, staling the object or
causes of his entering the barboursor waters of the
United States ; and shall take such position there
in as shall be assigned him by such collector, and
shall conform himself, hisi vessel and crew, to such
regulations respecting health, repairs, supplies,
stay, intercourse, and departure, as shall be signi
fied to him by the said collector, under the autho
rity and directions nl the ptesident of the United
States, and not conforming thereto, shall be re
quired to depart from the Untied States.
Sec. 2. And be it further eieacted, That alT paei
fick intercourse with any interdicted foreign armed
vessels, the officers or crew thereof, is hereby for
bidden, and if any person shall afford any aid to
such armed vessel, either in repairing her, or in
furnishing her, her officers or crew with supplies of
any kind or in any manner whatsoever, or if any
pilot shall assist ib navigating the said armed ves
sel, contrary to thrs prohibition, unless for the
purpose id' carrying her beyond the limits and juris
diction of the Un.led States, the person or persons
so offending, shall be liable to be bound to their
good behaviour and shall moreover forfeit and pay
a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, to be re
covered upon indiclmenl or information, ta any
court of competent jurisdiction : one moiety, there
of to the treasury of the United States, and the o
ther moiety to the person who shall give informa
tion and prosecute the same to effect: Provided,
that if the prosecution shall be by p pnblick officer
the whole forfeiture shall accrue to the treasury of
the United States.
one. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the pe
nalties and forfeitures which may have been incur
red under the act entitled “ An act to interdict the
commercial intercourse between the United Stales
and Great Britain and France and their dependen
cies, and for other purposes,"last mentioned, and al
so all the penalties and forfeitures which may have
been incurred under the art laying an embargo on
all ships and vessels in the ports and harbours of the
United States, or under any of the several acts sup
plementary thereto, or to enforce the same, or un
der the acts to interdict the commercial intercourse
betwetn the United Stales and Great Britain and
Fiance and their dependencies, and for other pur
poses, shall he recovered and distributed, and may
be remitted in the mauner provided by the said arts
respectively, and in like manner as if the said acts
had continued in lull force and effect.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That in case
either Great Britain or France shall, before the
third day of March neat, so revoke iu modify her
edicts as that they shall cease to violate the neutral
commerce of the United States, which fact the Pre
dent of the United Slates shall declare by procla
mation, and if th* other nation shall not within
three months thereafter so revoke or modify her
edict* in like manner, then the third, fourth, fifth,
sixth, seventh eighth, ninth, tenth pod eighteenth
eertioot of the net, entitled “An act to interdict
the commercial inteicoucee between the United
States and Great Britain and Franco and their de
pendencies, and for other purposes," shall from and
after the expiration of three mouths bum the date of
lb* proclamation aforesaid, he revived and have full
force.nnd effect, so (aftM relates to the dominio
eMpwieo and dependencies, end to the artists
growth, pradure or mamiffrtw* of the- dominion*,
eotonus and dependencies of th* nation thee refusing
or negtetUng to revoke or modify her edicts in the
F V natio*
: 'n-*• V > ■ ' ■■- ( -■
>HN GAJLL
oftie Senate,
M., ,.„,<>.--*--P«..
Approves
JAMES MADISON.* ;*
Hox. Mr. Siroopv’s Circular to h» Coheti-"
TUEKTS. "
WtuhingtonCity, Jpril 28,181$
DEAR SlRt
At the commencement of tbe smsFod, we werw
presented by tbe President with a view of oar oati- -
onal concerns. • -
Jo our foreigu relation*, those with Engl ,or) hud'*
taken a sudden and unexpected turn. The foCrr(
p.ndence between the secretary of state and the
Britieh envoy, in the renewal of a negotiation from
wliich so much wai expected, whs conducted in *
manner which excited surprise as well as indiguutW*’
ou. In a view of the correspondence, I can on I*'
express my deep regiet, that so much warmth, and*
so rnach punctilio, should ha've been displayed bf?‘
two individuals, who by a want of common urba
nity, jeopaidiard the interests of their respective n#S
lions, and who appeared not to estimate the im
portance o( the trust reposed in them. The ropy
ture which had taken place in the negotiation, cn
wted unusual sensation >n the publtck mind, an& :
war with England it not a necessary result, appearwF
ed to he but too desirable to many of our Icdintf
charac ters. At this period, through the instrumen
tality ot Mr. Giles, we had submitted to us front,
the senate, a resolution speaking in reproarb&i and
a' uselul terms, of the conduct of the British minis.:
ter. In giving to this indecorous state paper, • ns
gstive vote, and disapproving of the policy of such
a measure, I was influenced, 1 trust, by correct views
of national honour and interest, and a due regard t»
the rights of a representative of the people. Why
should w» in our legislative rapacity, undertake le
hurl anathemas against an individu.il, who was ne
longer known as a functionary of bis government!'
Why Should we make a quarrel between two sensitive
individuals, an object of sufficient' magnitude, t«
call for an expression of legislative sentiment and
national resentment ? Besides 1 could not (as the re.
solution required) pledge the recurres of the nati
on for a support of measures, resting upon the faith'
of individuals .a the government, whose intrigue*
were covered with a veil too tnmsparent to deceive,
and whose rooted animosity towards England wa*
as notorious, as their devotion to France was wick
ed. Neither would I present obstacles to a negoti
ation, when the President had given fresh assunta.
cr.f of his desire to accommodate the niisunder
windings between the two governments; an event,
which f believed to be still practicable without re*
sorting to war ; the last and worst alternative of na
tions.
I trust J shall at nil times act like an American,
when the character of the chief magistrate of my
country shall be assailed by a foreign agent; and
le. I equal resentment against either Great Britain
or France for l)>e infliction ot wrongs unexampled
in histniy, because history has not witnessed an aer*V:c
like the present. But in the present distracted $t-tie
of Europe, whilst I view England as hostile to our
commercial prosperity alone, and France as theen -
my of our free institutions, aiming at universal
e inquest, I shall not with uplifted hands, invoke
the lightning o) Heaven against one, or manifest
much indulgence for the wrongs inflicted by the'
other. *
The late intelligence from Europe, so fsr as r*
* 'ten to England, affords room lor congratulation to
those whose objrft ts peace, and the enjoyment of
the fruns of honest industry. 1 he speech df tb*
king ot England breathes a spirit of conciliation Ihv
w rds nor nation, which courts a corresponding dis
position on the part of our government,' and al
though nothing is said of a minister being sent out
yet we entertain the hope, that our differences are in
a traiu of adjustment, which will restore that .bat-*
mony so anxiously desired, and in which both nati
ons are so deeply interested.
With trance, the other belligerent, opr relatione
remain unchanged ; and to the accumulated wrong*
alieady inflicted by that government on the com*
nierce of our country, recant and condemnation* of
American property have taken place in France,
Spain and Italy. To those injuries aggravated in
sult has been added. In a Inter addressed, by lha
trench minister to our amhassador at Paris, we are
called upon in unequivocal language, to makf *
common cause with France and her allies in their
opposition to England : and on this alternative de
pends the restoration of the property of which our
citizens have been despoiled ; and the liberation of
our seamen who are in confinement.
To meet any possible events growing out of our
situation, the president, by a message in January,
recommended the renewal of the law providing for *
detachment of 100,000 militia, and the enlistment
of 20,000 volunteers, to be ready at a moment’*
warning. A bill for the volunteers originated i*
the senate. By it* provisions, bounties on ealist*'
ment were to be given, and liberty to retain tha
arm* at tbe expiration of the lernffthis would have
created an expense of a million of dollars—Afte*
considerable debate that provision w%| expunged)
and ilie bill has not since been acted u^n,
J be bill for 100.000 militia which originated i*
the house of representatives, provided, that voluo
leers be received in lieu of drafts, who were to ha'
encamped certain days in each year; and gave au«
thority to the president to send them out of the li
mits of the United State* ; and involved an expens*
of about three millions of dollars. Considering, as
I do, the militia, as the great bulwark of our fra*,
docn, 1 could not, but with extreme jealousy, 'viav*
some of the features of this bill, embracing palpa
ble violations of tbe constitution, and encroach
ments on our state rights. Wild and visionary a*
the project may seem, an invasiou of Canada wa*
contemplated; and to indulge this fpirii for con
quest, tbe charter which was formeiWtht rtilleet
ed wisdom of our countiy, and whieff dg*-d our
political rights, was to b« invaded. As t<#Wifh*itti
Grent-Britum, I consider*! it * remote pd**f.ilit*,
*od would not continue Br harrass mo eitixewsby a
Mipetition of such vexatious call* as hod nedrly ««
nausted the patience of the country, ‘f was nvrreo
«r too well assured, tWt%beti eKwtfc*-w«*
9m T tear* wall aaeu —d -SV—■■ i #
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