Norfolk gazette and publick ledger — Norfolk [Va.], 1810-09-19 00:00:00, page 2

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THE PDfeLlGK LEDGER.
WE1>NS»1)aV EVENING. SEPT. IS.^Sjo.
Attract of a htttr from ffar»bnrg,ddted 20Ik M
'' . fyyto a.mrchwuw tbit
You mill' ba« beard enow tun* egejYof the
tajfture af the ship* Imogens, Georgia Planter,
i# flrfald, earned into Copenhagen by Danish
pneatfep, pud tfee Rodney into Calais % a Fr*nrb
pmratner, all waiting trial.* I am sorry to inform
you that the .brig Hibernia, capt. Bomb, bas also
been Captured, and earned into Chrtsliensand by a
',:ir^ia»iw^v ; ,u- r,v'^,V, *
.** There. are about fifty.American vessels detain*
•d in the different ports of Denmark — Several have
/been condemned in the firs; court, on the mo*t ri
diculous ground. Indeed, fiom whet I tew in Co
pea he gen, very few.can ssrapf: doe does riot know
who to epply to for Assistance ; merchants, judge*,
”vhi all.art suspected to be directly or indirectly in
terested .ta the privateers. The few that have been
■retested were obliged to pay some hundred dollar*
to the captors fortheir trouble, and the expenses
of vtbe court. * ( 5 ’
‘‘.TodoThta, they find yometrregoTsrityin the
papers, sueh as supercargoes names being on the
>bi)l-of lading and invoice, and not on tba roll of
etfUipa^e; or the Mediterranean past, dated 180S, in
ptyeeof 1810, or something equally frivolous.
, They are not ashamed to make supposition
•ltd Conjecture the basts of sentences; in fact, sus
picion is eojtdenination. Of late there is a com
mission named, wub the avowed object to ex a
min? ships papers; and if clear, they aie to go on,
frithnut examination of the court. Some comine
front Russia have -passed that Way, hot for my
, puft, I bSrve not much confidence j f believe it is a
* decoy fur about 100 American vessels now at Got
tenburg, bound up tha lialtuk, but1 afraid to pro
Restriction* on the trade in thf* quarter are
continually multiplying, the Danish government
»Jnftr abut tsl) tjieii ports in the North Sea to our flag,
, yet thi».ch(inf'e fas had veiy little effect oh prices at
A|foha, Sugar>.is the only article which leaves a
profit. The Russian par A are overstocked with
•very hind of produce. ]» tfce Prussian ports. Su
gar, Cottou, and Oiy Goods answer still, but To
ll«{«ei Rice, Indigo, Pepper and Coffee are low, tho*
better than m Demark. Tea is a drug all over
Ewifpwir :
asserted that France and
Grekt-flriuin equally canvass tbe commerce of the
^jqilod Stateo, and this tale is repealed again-and'
•gain in the demoeratuk papers, either without
•ny knowledge-of facta, or if knowing them, a to
' taVdisregard ot truth. When w« compare tbe rela
te* naval strength of France sad England, it would
sot much surprise ue.if the captures made by the
British should amomat to as much as those made by
France.- * -7 / ^7 \ - -7 ■
The Editor qf thia paper has, fort seven years
'post, Slid a situation iu the Office of the Marine
Insurance Company of Norfolk, which gives him
ib opportunity of being informed upon ibis subject,
front documents which cannot mislead; he has fur
the information of his readers, extracted from tbe
hooka a statement of. losaea sustained by captures
Of pmpajrty insured in that office, by all the bel
Ugerenta, from March 1804, to this lime, which
presents tho following .malty / 7 'y. £': ■?' • " :■>.*
. Jkmdunt Captursd by the French, - $538,185 7$
mroaaraa by cotnpro- ^ -
S. ^ 1M00 iO
J'%'1
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Da. fcy WBttr.cs ;
^yr ;«»• ®| wmsw •*• [’■■
..inttni* ■ , 5.S69 60
*jrehM> V*91 ^ -< / — ■»>■ n lw ' 91462.70
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* 9 r' *• • 201,723 06
‘opturtd fcy Spain acting 0*- * '
,■> [ ,'<*r 7,073 00
'JM|p*rti. ijdw ondtr detention and not f „ , A «,
determined) - 1 30,000 00
»:yv .■• $ $38,/9® 05
*'*8tQ0rf tba British, 53,610 00
K>-' Botlpvad ty hbUocb rarer *ed, 5,875 00
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. ri ■.•■’■ *$47^35 00
$*’#£•'-4 /• '.»» ... .
4n*n«»t recaptured from U» French ./
! *J? tb* %!“?h »«* Wored^,- s'j’ 49413 50
" %|KS(Wim MP lalwfi
5 ^4)*^.890 78
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fh*» it appeersthat there b*» h*en actually Wfc
^l^^j^lihclu^na^jP^WhiU bpdeir her 'attar,
th« wtrtfi 4 ; 208,796 0
;• ■ 80,000 0
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iw» Brfttia IibI M{^ra^%ft*r 4e4M0ng «*h
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WtfW«V iriwlivijpi^ie e«rV*rttity,,iriafa
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mi* t a incry tmurol fc*e«r<p, widow
P*«* the *M|lf *tory I'WiH l&v dcmncratick paper*
r« pttbli*h tfat^tittraehl^ if *r' ■? - *v'- .'4...''
The reader ia infdiwfed that three loase* are upon
American property only, for it weald bit| bren ui
eandid to have pot property invoied for account al
either of the belligerents. s ; >£ ■ ’V
’"ft * "».■ • ;• ■»" v- ^
i The commercial intercourse between the United
State* and Great Britain, it represented as benefit i
a), principally to t the latter, nr if npf to, to the
merchants of this country, and to no other class of
our citizens. Nothing but extreme ignorance, or
disregard ta ’truth, could hazard such assertions.
Tbe advantages which result to the merchant, are
precarious, indeed instead of advantages, he often
finds loss and sometimes ruin—If the aids, which
he receive* from British credit and capital enable
him to extend his business, it Is not'always certain
that his profits will increase—But the advantages
which arise to tbe farmer, planter, and also to the
moehanick are certain. To persons who have any
knowledge of commerce these remarks are unnrres
sary, hut there are aome who are not informed, to
whom we would address ourselves. It is not neces
sary to prove by argument that with more money
and the more bttveis in the matkM, better prires
are obtained. The capital of the London merchant
is employed, and to the extent employed increases
the capital or quantity of money for purchases here.
If a merchant withes to purchase five thousand bay
rels of flour or a thousand hogsheads of tobacco,
his own capital not being competent, he c|ra>vs for
one Dan or iwo iinras »i me amount on ms mer
chant in London. II he had not thii credit in Lon
don, he most restrict hit operations to bis own ca
pital. The farmer or planter immediately feelb
the effect in the demand for Iris produce, unless he
ran afford and it willing to trust the m-rrhanl until
hr ran receive the return! of hit adventure, hut
! prompt payment it much more congenial to hie
i -wishes, end often necessarylo hit wants. The il
: lustration hy the purchase of a single cargo, is suf
ficient, and applies to the purchase of a hundred.
| It is to be remembered, that it is of no cons*>
queue* to what part ol Europe the adventure is
hound, the aid of Loudon rapital is always furnish
ed, and products the effect of raising the produce
of this country. We speak of times as they have
! been, and before that host is kumani grnerit, the
tyrant of continental Europe, had broken all those
j ties by which society was connected, and trampled
| upon all those laws, which protected men in the
! acquisitions of industry and enterprise.—-The me
rhamrk is Lent tilted in the general extension of
.commerce.
Letters from Jamaica to the 14th of August,
speak of a hurricane in thatj-land about the 10tb
of that month, which bad list great damage.—
j Markets for floor very g4f&—not two handled bar
rels in Kingston—Price from 25 to 3S dollars per
barrel.
General Sarrazin.
At it Hm lifeii ffpori-d ih«i ticneral Sarrazin
proposes coming to this country, our readers will
feel some curiosity to know more of him than they
have yet seen. For their information we ropy from
a London print the following article, purporting to
have been written with the coin urrenee ol the gene
r.tl him*.* II.—AW. Jnttlbgtncer.
**, There are im>ny causes winch induced General
Sarrazin to quit the French service ; it is, however,
only necessary to state one—In 1798, the general
was a prisoner in England, and was exchanged as
a general of dtvison against m.-jar-grncral Sir 11.
Llurrard, an ensign and five soldiers. Since Ins
•'xehange he has served in Gel in: ny, in Italy, at
St. Domingo, and on the roast of France, 11* has
frequently applied to be employed as a general ol
division, m execution of the terms of the cartel,
which is an art of government hut in vain. He has
tendcrril his resignation but it was refused. Twelve
years after his exchange as a lieutenant general, he
remained a major general, and held that rank when
be quitted Boulogne to rdme to England ; while se
veral young men, who twelve years ago were lieu* i
lenanld and captains, are now geneials of division ;
and in fact, Gen. Sarra2io was in the situation ol
being commanded by those'very officers to whom he
had taught their exercise.",- f
“ With regard to what has been published by gen.
Vandamme, gen. Sarrazin thinks that routeoipt is
the only answer that ran be given to the extrava
gant euloginms, or to the violent accusations of
1793, and that all nations, even the English nation,:
care very little about him or gen. Vandamme ; but
when gen. Vandamme talks of the gratitude which
every frenchman owes to Bonaparte for the servi
ce* he has rendered France, it inay be proper to ob
serve, that gen. Vandamme hat received from bim
a fortune of above 10,00Ol. a yeat ; bat it it also
trae, that be pays most dearly for it, in the in or it
h< ations which be is constantly doomed to suffer.
Without adverting,to his dismission, a»r lot he ad
monition which he received when bis aid-de-camp
whs raising contribqfiont in Austria, Wr to the or
der which be received to quit the home of the May
or of Boulogne in.^4 h^urs, "which he had taken
possession of by main force, nor tp the refusal of
iionapirte to alight at his house whe p he had pre
a magnificent repast for b|ti at a great «x*
pajgd »
prwsr, although he and his suite passed under his
very windows in going from Dunkirk to Liflc, and
from Lisle to St. Omertr* r
“ Without adverting trt all these circumstances,
it is su®ciejnt to caU. to thefecolh-ction of gen.
VandRinme, tbe review of tbeSdtb of May, and io
remind him of (tie terms •* negligent,'* and *aigmr-.
>aat,“ which were tbeo applied to him' by Baona
P*fte. Qch. Vandhmme >nuet particularly recol
lect; that when he was defiling at the bead of hit
troops, he saluted Buonaparte with hie sabre, and
that the letter toned ’ hit head fcupi him with die
daitejsmwtk4 eVeo lookmgethiu*., G*tsral 1^'
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d*mm#, wilh alibis tstaltb, most wttb tbs spirit be]
possesses, have at that moment looked back with;
regret to the period of 1786, wh» n be teas '« root
moo soldier} end there can,he on doubt but that he.
would bail with pleasure the restoration of the fogi
timate sovereign of france.”
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rom Tint Uostojt C&stixzl.
Party Potty.—When ii is seen, that the bankrupt
cy of tfairty or forty English merchants out of Us
iBany thousands, and the failure of ten or twelve
not of seven hundred country banks, exullinglv fas
tened upon, and nrrmusty pronounced, for party.and
pitiful purposes, as undeniable evidence that the
kingdom whi<h even Buonaparte is obliged to con
ies* engrosses the greater part of the commerce and
wealth of t|ie world*—which owns all the colonics
ol tha world worth owning—-whose merchant ves
sels amount to two millions and an half of tons ;
and with whose miiimtactures the very armies ot
fiance are clothed—is on the very brink of th»
precipice of ruin, the de< Uration betrays a species'
■it ignorance and lolly, which neither merits coin
m-nt nor refutation; and is as insulting to the un
derstanding ol the American c.lieen, us it is m cha
racter f't the crooked party whirh makes it. Would
not ai> American reward with a smile of contempt
that European, who should hove had the holy to
proclaim last year, that the United States were on
the verge of destruction, because, forsooth, twenty
or thirty English brokers, as many speculating mer
chants, or a score of mispalt ulating bankers, were
compelled by their folly and impnyd-nre to shut up
shop and become bankrupts ? He certainly would—
\ndyet the same eventsarising from similar cau
cus, in England, are considered as prognostirks of
immediate dovvnfal. National prosperity is verv
little connected with aurh evidence of individual
misconduct. There is one fact which outweighs a
thousand idle party speculations—the government
stock of Oreat-Biitatn—though she is engaged in
an expensive war—is in as high credit $itb her
monied men, as the government stock of the Unit
ed States--tn peare with all the world—is with ours
-The British certificates which draw three per
rent, interest, readily command in the market from
fiS to 70 dollars for every hundred dollars slock ;
whereas one hundred dollars in American certifi
P. tes bec.rmg the same interest, will only edtiimand
sixty six dollarsl
•In a late expose Buonaparte says, “ France
shares the world with England, one taking the land
part and the other the sea.
BatTnieit, Sept. 14.
TIIE NET LEY.
For several days past, we hare put ourselves to
considerable trouble to obtain a lull and authentic k
account of the violence offered to his Bntannick
majesty's sloop of war Netley, which lately arrived
ui this port with despatches for Mr. Jarkson. It
has so hapn-ned, that we have been unable to ob
tain a complete and connected statement of the af
fair, from the desire of some to hush up the dis
graceful transaction; and the suspirious rustivenes*
betrayed by others, whose duty would rather
seem to dictate a thorough developsment of the col
lector s conduct, instead of a silent and passiveenn
nivance at a wrong and insult done the British gov
ernment.
The democratic account is embraced in tba fol
lowing paragraph from the Evening Post r
“ 11 having been ascertained, that among thesea
men on board the British brig Netley, now lying m
our uver, there was a native ol Maryland luvolun
taiily detained, the people of Fell’s Point frnnned
themselves to release him. All things being 10
read.ness, two gentlemen waited upon lieutenant
Jarksun last evening, and demanded the man. The
lieutenant made some hesitation as t« complying
with ike requisition, but was given to understand
ihut ouly one hour was allowed bun to deliberate.
— 1 tie sailor was sent on shore within the limited
tune, and the brig has since moved further down
the liver.’*
ne me imormeu mai tbe above account, with a
j lew additions, may be relied on. Mr. M'Cullocb,
j ill* collet-tor id the port, hating received informa
tion Irom a sailor on board the British sloop, that
[ bn was an Amencao rituen, and wished to be re
leas.-d, opened a correspondence with the British
! • "iisul «>n the subject. Not content with thisordi
! nary and peaceable mode of proceeding, he also
arote to tbs notsd James Bleys of the Point,
| who is well known in all quarters of the union
as the promoter of riots and leader of mobs.—
This over-grown bully, we understand, was re
quested by the collet tor to wait on the com
mander of the Netley, and demand the discharge
of the sailor. The application to the captain was
a broad hint to the whole Fell’s Point banditti.—
They understood the signal and rose in a body,
resolved to enforce the demand or “ to blow up"
the Netley. I wo or three doaen boats were procu
red and drawn up, for the purpose ot conveying to
the sloop a sutlirient number of brave volunteers,
who should board and carry her by storm. While
these dreadful preparations for battle and murder
wire making, the man was discharged and rarneon
shore—rendering the triumph of the Collector,
Uiaye and his mob complete.
That the teaman was discharged from the Bri
: tish sloop of war nnder a threat, it most obvious,
if the statement given be correct, for t|se mob was
“prepared* with boarding boats to back the de
mand of Buys, We are perfectly satisfied in oof
| minds, that they who were at the bottom of the bu
[ sinestand acted behind the curtain, expected, that
j the commander of the British sloop would resist,
that blood would consequently be shed, and the ci
ly id Baltimore, for the benefit of the democratic j
politics of the stale, would be amused with the se
cond act of the Pierce Tragedy. r*
This is the first iusianre, within our knowledge, j
of a mob's rtaiming and exercising the right ol
searching foreign vessels of war for impressed tea-j
tneo. This- " takes the rag utf -the bosh" so com
pletely, that we auppose we shall bear no more,
fiom the Democrats, about ibe Chesapeake busi
ness. Hovrfar the conductor the fonunjnder of
the Netley will bear a comparison to llUt of Com-'
mnfiore Barron, may hereafter appear; But We wit!
venture to tap, that out of the whole British navy
apt another capJMt!, raft .1* loaod, who,, without i*.
enactions to that effect, would permit his vessel to
be searched by a deputation from a mob, or release
a seaman under a threat. As tbs report goes, the
English officer, ha» ailtfered bin. naval character to
bo»Uuaed/w|h*s sxposed himselfV tiu antrnt
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rensttrg of Ms gdtewmwi, .
by o verj stniplt process, with the aid at ibe British
ooiimiI, be call cause tbt^ affair to Stand before tba
pablick ttpna its tri* merits. ijfe *b..aW inmgltm
that bis BripstioiVk majesty's^ interest is as oTurb
opposedtoti concealment ol farts in ibisootragepw
artaif, as in any oilier case entitled to publicity
wliirb can come under Ibe notice of an active and
vigilant consol. We state it as a fart, tbat tbe ran.
um uf tbe Netley bas declared, tbat admiral Corh
«ne peremptorily enjoined it ipon bim when bs
Ult the squadron, uul to do any act, or to pet out tb#
officers and men of $is ship id demean themselves
•n a manner which would give tbe least offence t»
the American government or people, or afford the
slightest pretext for dissatisfaction or Complaint.—.
It bas been suggested tbat under Ahm. order, lb*
captain considered himself bound t^pfrender tlio
seaman, and tbeteby avoid a contest, which' would
necessarily aggravate the existing difficulties |.<i
iween the countries, and further irritate the deluded
people against the British government.
At the peaceable surrender of the seaman, we do
most heartily rejoice, as we are fully convinced tt
.as an electioneering trick, and that those who
contrived it, and were anxious lhat blood should be
shed for party purposes, are disappointed in their
villainous purposes.' ■ ? - , ;
.... .. wiiii n o coRsicrratf*
on of the affair must produce in the minds of *!|
ii'ofkl citizens, are disgraceful to the gown men t of
this country, w hilst it furnishes anntheilfiemoiatlu
instance of the forbearance of English agents, and
the disposition of their government to make impor
lant'aarntire* for the preservation of peace with tb*
United States. It is a truth as apparent as the light
“f day, that Great Britain has submitted to inoia
wrongs and insults from America, than the peopl*
of England would have permitted a ministry to
biook from any other nation. It oprin knosri
ledge of this (act, that administration presumes f
whilst every base art, and every species of niisre
presentation and imposition is used, to make the
people believe, that England is our deadly foe, end if
seeking for a plausible exrose tocommeure hostili
ties, There *Te daily exhibitions of their rum-a
dictory and inconsistent conduct;. Even nnw, *he*
(he very outrageous proreeding which we notire,
look place, under the eye, and at-we suspect with the
advice of the secretary of stale, who was on the
spot, the same secretary has ’fofrmlated a report
through town, that a successor vS*Mr. J-irkson may
soon be expected in this country. Nay further,
that a treaty hag teen negotiated, and only wait*.
f >r the ratitv-aticn of this government. Possess
mg thie knowledge, wliy did not Mr. Secretary
Smith interpose his inflm-nce, i« prevent the muV
from taking the government into their own hands,
and jeopardizing the pear* and safety „f the coun
try I If true, it had the opposite effect.^. It rather
operated as an inducement to encourage the threat-*
ened contest, and thereby excited popular elafwur
.gainst a settlement of differences. He knows that
to keepalive irritation against England, is to pre*r
serve the places of democratick rulers.’ The' very
momenta treaty with England is ratified, he know*’
that the government will he administered by a dif
ferent set of men, men who ** prefer the publnV
good to public k favour." Whether a treaty h-s
been sent over by Mr. Pinkney or not, we still hold
the opinion, that no arrangement in good faith will
he made with England while democracy hag the as
cendancy. It is a truth, mortifying to goad citizen*
; »s it is reproachful to the rulers of their rountryg
j that their hostility to England and tubtervieary to
I France becomes more flagrant as the contempt and
t injustire of the latter is less disguised. Jg|iapoln>* i
baa about hia character all the quaTOe* of •
j robber and * villain, of a most accomplished
knave j but be may consult hig ingenuity in vain t#
inflict more palpable and insulting wounds upon th*
honour and interest of this country. Instead of
provoking resentment against him, England attrac t*
all our revenge. It is because administration
France, whilst tbry feel the most perlert confirf®*
j and security that England will not harm the Umte4
; States; that it is against her interest, even it he*
will was not opposed. In what a despicable %h|
must surb conduct place our country even in thr
; fyc> "f Napoleon 1 , .. fed. Rep.
We are credibly left
id, that the teaman, ale
tempted to be rescued from the Nelley, was obtain*
ed from a Frene b piiion in the Weat Indies by ex
change for a Freni hmnn j and that fortbia pnrposa
he had claimed the rights of a subject of Great. Bri
tain, and voluntarily entered her sen ice alter bis >«*
lease, , ,-’'r> „..4
Alter bis discharge, repeated attempts were made
by the democrats to induce him to give a false state
ment of the conduct at sea *»f the commander of thg
Netley towards an American captain, of a nature Id,
instigate the mob to attack her. The sailor, hose*
ever, was content with bis liberty, and refused to h#
i ■iiKmieneil a— *' tf.
i 'y- Mr- Barney’s account, by ber, has been givers,
| Capt.Turker, at Marblehead, by whom fnrtfcef
; accounts are given to-day, sailed the 2<>ili July*
i See Boston bead and Marine List, . Accounts at
; Boston from Oporto in Portugal to August 4;na
news from the uimies. ' *v
j CepU Grilling of the Reaper, at Philadelphia, raw
j ports that the Danes have shut their porta against
the American flag. • 'v " v" ;
By the Jane, from St. Petersburg, ere have a con*
firmation of the defeat of thq Turks at Siiisiria; 7 li
was supposed a peace would follow. The report of
a sequestration of American property in Swedisi
Pomerania and in Prussia had reached St. Peters
Uurgb. ’ •>. >'**> \,rir:..;Viv :
! April, wax captured by the ,French ship ffellnoa*
com. Dubarry, of 50 guns, tjb> Minerva of SSgunsf
j “n<1 ‘he Victor of 20 guns, off the south end of May
dagatear, and ordered for the Isle 9f Frsoce.—Ther]
took out all ber crew excepting nine, and pat thru
prise ipnsters and nineteen men an board. After
making several attempts to enter the Isle of FruorZ,
(from which they were prevented by the appear*
snee of ships supposed to be British) they bore aw«p>
for the Isle of Bourbon, and alter being 17 daya ia
possession of the mptm*; and in v** ef-Jloaibani
« slue *><"• U» ■‘t** «4 UMeFrewbm’en fehrinffc
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