The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. (Washington City [D.C.]), 1807-09-18 00:00:00

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER,
AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
VOL. VII.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. 1081.
FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1807.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
HAMBURGH, JULY 12.
This evening an Estafette arrived from Berlin to his excellency the French minister, M. de Bourienne, who brought the following treaty of Peace:
Conditions of Peace between his Majesty the Emperor of the French and King of Italy, and his Majesty the King of Prussia.
His Majesty the emperor of the French, and King of Italy, and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine; and his Majesty the King of Prussia animated with the same desire of putting an end to the calamities of war, have for that purpose, appointed Plenipotentiaries, namely:—On the part of his Majesty the Emperor of France and King of Italy, and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, M. C. Maurice Talleyrand, Prince of Benevento, his Great Chamberlain, and Minister for Foreign Affairs; and on that of his Majesty the King of Prussia, M. A. Marshall Count De Kalkreuth, knight of the Prussian Orders of the Red and Black Eagle, and Count Von Goltz, his Privy Councillor, Envoy Extraordinary, and Minister Plenipotentiary to his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, and the Knight of the Prussian Order of the Black Eagle, who after the exchange of their several full powers, have agreed on the following articles:
Art. 1. From the day of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, there shall be perfect peace and amity between his majesty the Emperor of the French and King of Italy, and his majesty the King of Prussia.
Art. 2. The part of the Duchy of Magdeburg, which lies on the right bank of the Elbe; the mark of Prugitz the Ukermark; and the Newmark of Brandenburg with exception of the circle of Kotibus in Lower Lusatia; the Duchy of Pomerania, Upper, Lower, and new Silesia, with the County of Glatz, the part of the District of Netz, which lies from the North of the road from Dresden to Schneidemuhl, and to the North of the line passing from Schneidemuhl, by Wallau, to the Vistula, and to the frontiers of the circle of Bromberg Pomerania, the Island of Nogat and the country on the right bank of the Vistula and the Nogat to the West of old Prussia, and the North of the circles of Culm and Ermland: finally, the Kingdom of Prussia, as it was on the 1st of January, 1772, shall be restored to his Majesty the King of Prussia, with the fortress of Spandau, Stettin, Custrin, Glogau, Breslau, Schweidnitz, Nells, Brieg, Cosel, and Glatz, and in general, all the places, citadels, castles and forts, of the above mentioned, shall be restored in the state in which they at present are. The town and citadel of Grudenz, with the villages of Neudorf, Parschnick, and Schwerkow, shall likewise be restored to his majesty the King of Prussia.
Art. 3. His majesty the king of Prussia acknowledges his majesty the King of Naples, Joseph Napoleon, and his majesty the King of Holland, Louis Napoleon.
Art. 4. His majesty the king of Prussia in like, acknowledges the Confederation of the Rhine and the present state of possession of the Sovereigns of which it is composed, and the titles which have been bestowed on them, either by the Act of Confederation, or by subsequent treaties. His said majesty likewise engages to acknowledge those Sovereigns who, in future, shall become members of the said Confederation, and the titles they may receive by the treaties of accession.
Art. 5. The present treaty of peace and amity shall be in common for his majesty the king of Naples, Joseph Napoleon; for his majesty the king of Holland; and for the Sovereigns of the Confederation of the Rhine, the allies of his majesty the emperor Napoleon.
Art. 6. His majesty the king of Prussia, in like manner, acknowledges his Imperial Highness Prince Jerome Napoleon, as king of Westphalia.
Art. 7. His majesty the king of Prussia cedes, in such right of property and sovereignty, to the Kings, Grand Dukes, Dukes and Princes, who shall be pointed out by his Majesty the Emperor of the French and King of Italy, all the duchies, margraviates, principalities, counties, and lordships, and in general all the territories and domains, and all territorial property of every kind, which his said majesty the king of Prussia possessed, no matter under what title between the Rhine and the Elbe, at the commencement of the present war.
Art. 8. The kingdom of Westphalia shall be formed of provinces ceded by his majesty the king of Prussia, and by other states, which are now in the power of his majesty the emperor Napoleon.
Art. 9. The arrangements which his majesty the emperor Napoleon will make respecting the countries marked out in the two preceding Articles, and the occupation of the said countries by the Sovereigns for whose advantage those arrangements will be made, shall be acknowledged by his Prussian Majesty, as if they had been settled by and formed a part of the present treaty.
Art. 10. His majesty the king of Prussia renounces, for himself his successors and cecendants, all rights, present
and to come, to which he would have the least pretensions. 1st. Over all the territories, without distinction, which are not contained in article 8. 2d. Over all the possessions of his majesty the king of Saxony, and of the House of Anhalt, which are situated on the right bank of the Elbe. On the other hand all the rights and pretensions to the possessions of his Prussian majesty, situated between the Rhine and the Elbe, except such as are settled by this treaty, shall be forever extinct.
Art. 11. All the negotiations and conventions, as well as treaties of alliance which would have been concluded, whether publicly or in secret, between the king of Prussia, and one of the Powers situated on the left bank of the Elbe, and which the present war would not have broken, will remain without effect, and be considered as null and void.
Art. 12. His majesty the king of Prussia cedes full property and sovereignty to his majesty the king of Saxony, the circle of Kotibus in Lower Lusatia.
Art. 13. His majesty the king of Prussia renounces forever all the provinces formerly belonging to the king of Poland, which at different periods had fallen under the dominion of Prussia, subsequent to the 1st of January, 1772, with the exceptions of Ermeland, and the country the West of Old Prussia, to the East of Pomerania, and the New Mark, to the North circle of the Kulm, and of a line which passes from the Vistula, by Walden to Schneidemuhl, & traced along the frontiers of the circle of Bromberg, and the road from Schneidemuhl to Dresden; which provinces, as well as the town and citadel of Grudenz, and the villages of Neudorf, Parschnick and Schwerkow, shall belong in future to his Majesty the king of Prussia, in entire property and sovereignty.
Art. 14. His majesty the king of Prussia renounces equally forever the possession of the town of Dantzic.
Art. 15. The provinces which his majesty the king of Prussia renounces, by Article 13, shall belong, with the exception of the territory stipulated in article 18, in entire property and sovereignty to his majesty the king of Saxony, under the title of the Duchy of Warsaw, and shall be governed according to a constitution, which shall assure the liberty and the privileges of the people of the said Duchy, & which will be compatible with the tranquility of the neighboring states.
Art. 16. To establish a communication between the Kingdom of Saxony and the Duchy of Warsaw, the free use of a military road will be granted to his majesty the king of Saxony through the states of his majesty the king of Prussia. This road, the number of troops which shall pass it at a time, and the different stages of their march, shall be regulated by a particular convention between the two Sovereigns under the mediation of France.
Art. 17. The navigation of the Netz and the canal of Bromberg, from Dresden to the Vistula, and vice versa, shall be free from custom-house duties.
Art. 18. To determine, and fix with all possible precision the natural frontiers between Russia and the dutchy of Warsaw: the territory between the actual frontiers of Russia from the Bug to the mouth of the Lasossa, and a line traced from the said mouth and along the valley of that river, the valley of the Bobra up to its mouth, the valley of the Narew from its source near the village of Mien, the arm of the Nurzeck, which takes its source near the village of Mein, the Nurzeck itself up to its mouth above Nurr; and lastly, the course of the valley of the Bug up to the present Russian frontiers; all these countries will be incorporated for ever with the Russian empire.
Art. 19. The city of Dantzic, with a territory of two miles in circumference, to be restored to its former independence under the protection of his majesty the king of Prussia and his majesty the king of Saxony; and to be governed when it ceased to be independent.
Art. 20. Neither his majesty the king of Prussia, nor his majesty the king of Saxony shall obstruct the navigation of the Vistula, by any prohibition, nor by any customs, duty, or imposts whatsoever.
Art. 21. The city, port, and territory of Dantzic shall be shut up, during the present maritime war, against the trade and navigation of Great Britain.
Art. 22. No individual of any rank or description whatsoever, whose property and abode are situated in such provinces as formerly belonged to the kingdom of Poland, or which the King of Prussia is herecforth to possess; and no individual of the Duchy of Warsaw, or residing within the territory incorporated with Russia, or possessing any landed property, rents, annuities, or any income whatsoever, shall either with regard to his prison, his estates, rents, annuities, and income,
nor with respect to his rank and dignities, be prosecuted on account of any part which he may have taken, either in a political or military point of view in the present war.
Art. 23. In the same manner, no individual, residing or possessing landed property in the countries which belonged to the king of Prussia, prior to the 1st of January 1772, (and which are restored to him by virtue of the preceding second article;) and in particular no individual of the Berlin civic guard, or of the gens d'armes, who have taken up arms in order to maintain public tranquility, shall be prosecuted in his person, his estates, rents, annuities, or income whatsoever, or in his rank or dignity, or in any manner whatsoever, on account of any part which he may have taken in the events of the present war, or be subjected to any inquiry.
Art. 24. The engagements, debts, or obligations, of any nature whatsoever, which his Majesty the king of Prussia may have contracted or concluded prior to the present war, as possessor of the countries, domains, estates and revenues which his Majesty cedes or renounces in the present treaty, shall be performed & ratified by the new possessor, without any exception or reservation whatsoever.
Art. 25. The funds and capital which belong to private or public persons, to religious, civil, or military associations in the countries belonging to the King of Prussia, which his Majesty renounces by the present treaty, whether the said capitals be vested in the Bank of Berlin, in the chest of the Marine Company, or in any other manner, shall neither be confiscated nor seized. The proprietors of the funds or capitals shall be at liberty to dispose of the same, and they are to continue to enjoy the interest thereof, whether such interest be already due, or may yet become due, at the periods stipulated in the conventions or bonds. The same shall be on the other side observed with regard to all fund and capitals which vested by any individuals or institutions whatsoever, in such countries as are ceded or renounced by his Prussian majesty, by virtue of the present treaty.
Art. 26. The archives which contain the titles of property, and in general all the papers, which relates to the countries, territories and dominions ceded by his Prussian majesty, as well as the maps and plans of the strong places, citadels, castles, and forts, situated in the above mentioned countries, are to be delivered up by commissioners of his said majesty within the period of three months next ensuing the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty, to the commissioners of his majesty the emperor Napoleon with regard to countries on the left banks of the Elbe, and to the commissioners of the Emperor of Russia, the king of Saxony, and of the city of Dantzic, with regard to all countries which their majesties and the city of Dantzic, are in future to possess by virtue of the present compact.
Art. 27. Until the day of the ratification of the future definitive treaty of peace between France and England, all the countries under the dominion of his majesty the king of Prussia, without any exception whatsoever, shall be shut against the trade and navigation of the English. No shipment to be made from any Prussian port for the British Isles or British colonies; nor shall any ship from England, or her colonies, be admitted into any Prussian port.
Art. 28. The necessary arrangements shall immediately be made to settle every point which relates to the manner and period of the surrender of the places which are to be restored to his majesty the king of Prussia and to the civil and military administration of the said countries.
Art. 29. The prisoners of war taken on both sides are to be returned in a mass as soon as circumstances shall admit.
Art. 30. The present treaty is to be ratified by his majesty the emperor of the French and the king of Prussia; and the ratification shall be exchanged at Koningsberg, by the undermentioned, within the term of six days next ensuing, or sooner if possible.
Done at Tilsit, the 9th of July, 1807. Signed, [L. S.] C. M. TALLEYRAND, Prince of Benevento. Signed, [L. S.] Count KALKREUTH, Field Marshal. Signed, [L. S.] Augustus Count GOLTZ. The ratifications of this treaty were exchanged at Koningsberg, the 12th July, 1807.
LONDON, August 6. Probable Hostilities with America. New York papers to the 4th of last month, and Halifax to the 15th of the
preceding, have arrived by the Princess Mary Packet. The intelligence is of great importance.
It appears that the inhabitants of New York are inflamed to the highest possible point, at the affair between his Majesty's ship Leopard, and the American frigate Chesapeake; that town meetings had been called in every part of that state, and particularly at Albany, where the most violent resolutions had been adopted. All communication with the shore and the British squadron had been intercepted; no pilots were suffered to go on board, and the watering parties were watched and driven to their boats.
It is stated in some of the letters, that in consequence of the distress occasioned by this prohibition, the English captains had been engaged in several bloody frays, and that they had landed and supplied themselves by main force, giving an estimated price to the first person who came forwards to receive it peaceably. It appears, in short, that the present conduct of the English captains and their crews is as temperate and moderate as that of the Americans is violent and outrageous.
With respect to the state, it seems that orders have been issued by the Secretary of War, commanding all the American officers to repair to Norfolk.
The order of Admiral Berkeley contains a narrative of circumstances which could not fail to try the patience of a British commander. It appears, that some British seamen had deserted from several vessels constituting the squadron off the Chesapeake; that they had entered on board the American frigate, and had openly paraded the streets of Norfolk, under the protection of the American flag; that the magistrates had refused to deliver them up; and that the captain of the American vessel had equally pertinaciously retained them. The order then concludes with commanding the British captains to require of the American captain of the Chesapeake, that the British captain should search his vessel for deserters; and if a similar demand should be made by the American, it is to be complied with, according to the usage and customs of civilized nations.
It is impossible to deny that Admiral Berkeley received a more than ordinary provocation, and that his order is conceived in very moderate terms. He allows the same liberty to the Americans which he claims for the British. He does not ground his right of search upon any assumed superiority of his country—he does not claim the sovereignty of the seas. In a word, his conduct appears to have been much more temperate than it had been previously considered even by his most strenuous advocates. Indeed from the known character of Admiral Berkeley we could anticipate no less.
It may be necessary to qualify the preceding account by an article of Intelligence which we have received from another source. It is stated in a letter of the first authority, that these commotions were almost solely confined to the populace, and that no state had officially, and by its magistrates, as yet in any way interposed or declared its opinion—with the single exception of the state of Virginia.
The resolutions of one of the town meetings of New York will be found in another part of our paper. They are conceived in very angry terms, but it must be remembered that they were adopted in the moment of irritation.
HALIFAX, Aug. 28. On Wednesday last a court martial was held on board his majesty's ship Belleisle, Rear Admiral Sir A. F. Cochrane, K. B. Capt. N. D. Cochrane, for the trial of John Wilson, alias Jenkins Ratford, (lately taken from the American frigate Chesapeake) on charges of desertion, mutiny and contempt.
PRESIDENT Rear Admiral Hon. Sir A. F. Cochrane, K. B.
Captains—F. Pickmore, W. Fahie, E. Hawker, J. B. Douglas, P. Beaver, N. D. Cochrane.
It clearly appeared on the trial, that the prisoner was born in London—was a volunteer in the service—had been some years in his majesty's ship Leopard, but last in the Halifax. That, on the 7th of March last, the ship being then in Hampton Roads, the prisoner was sent, with four other men, under a petty officer, in the jolly boat, to weigh a kedge anchor, when, taking advantage of the dusk of the evening, the men mutinied upon the officer, and some of them threatened to murder him, but the rest interfering, they desisted—and finding at Sowett's Point, the five made their escape. A few days after, the deserters were seen parading the streets of Norfolk, in triumph, under the American flag: One of them, H. Saunders, being accosted by Lord Townsend, asserted that he had no intention of deserting, but was compelled by the others—and would embrace the first opportunity to return. At that moment the prisoner, Jenkins Ratford, took the arm of Saunders, declaring that neither he nor any of the others should return to the ship; with a contemptuous ges-
ture asserted, that they were then in the Land of Liberty, and instantly dragged Saunders away: that the prisoner had entered on board the Chesapeake; had proceeded to sea in her; and had been found on board that ship, after the action, (by an officer of his majesty's ship Leopard) hid in the coal hole.
A variety of other circumstances were developed in the course of the evidence. The whole of which tended to prove, that although deserters from the American naval or military establishments had been readily given up by his majesty's ships on the station; yet, on the other hand, they had ever been refused by the Americans, when demanded by British officers.
Two men had entered on board his majesty's ship Chichester; who, being demanded by an American officer as deserters from their service, were instantly restored, notwithstanding they were confessedly Englishmen. But W. Philips, corporal of marines, John Mahoney, 37th regiment, and others, having deserted from the Chichester, and entered, with their uniforms on, into the American service, were positively refused to be given up to the British officer sent to demand them.
The evasion and duplicity of the American commodore, in denying that there were any deserters on board his ship, were strikingly contrasted with the humane and honorable conduct of Captain Humphreys; who, evidently demonstrated the greatest reluctance to pursue the steps, which the refusal of the American commodore rendered absolutely necessary.
After a full and patient hearing of the evidence, on both sides, the court withdrew for about half an hour; and, on its return, the Judge Advocate pronounced the sentence—Death!
The President addressed the unhappy criminal in a most pathetic and impressive style—lamenting much the depravity, which had induced him to desert the cause of his king and country in the present eventful moment; when the very existence of that country was threatened by inveterate and implacable enemies, on every quarter—and earnestly recommended him to occupy the remaining moments of his life in making his peace with the Almighty.
Application was then made to lieut. Sinclair, the American officer, at the rendezvous; but without effect.
September 1. The above sentence was carried into execution yesterday morning, at a quarter past nine o'clock, at the fore yard arm of his majesty's sloop of war Halifax—the ship he deserted from—he was one of the four deserters taken out of the American frigate Chesapeake.
Treasury Department of the United States, April 2d, 1807. Whereas the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, at a meeting held on the 23d day of March 1807, did resolve, that the sum remaining to complete the expenditure of the annual appropriation of eight millions of dollars, should among other purposes be applied to the reimbursement of the FOUR AND HALF PER CENT. STOCK, created in pursuance of an act of Congress, passed on the 3rd day of March 1795.
This is therefore to give notice, that the principal of the said Four and half per cent. Stock, will on surrender of the certificates be paid on the 1st day of October next ensuing the date hereof to the respective Stockholders or their lawful Representatives or Attorneys duly constituted and authorized, either at the Treasury or at the Loan Office as the case may be, where credits have been given for the amount of stock respectively held by them; & that the interest which may then be due on said stock, will also be paid to the respective Stockholders or their lawful Representatives or Attorneys duly constituted and authorized.
It is further made known for the information of the parties concerned, that no transfers of the said Four and half per cent. Stock, either from, or to the books of the Treasury, or from or to the books of a Commissioner of Loans, will be allowed after the first day of September ensuing, and the interest on all certificates of said stock, which shall not have been surrendered in pursuance of this Notification will cease and determine on the day preceding the day, hereby fixed for the reimbursement thereof.
ALBERT GALLATIN, Secretary of the Treasury. April 6—w1d30
Pursuant to an act of the General Assembly of Maryland passed at November session 1806 notice is hereby given to all persons holding Lots in the town of Cumberland, Allegany county, and on which ground rents are now due, that unless they come forward and discharge the same on or before the 1st day of January next, the said lots so standing charged with ground rent, and remaining unpaid on that day, will pass on the said 1st day of January be put up at public sale, and sold to the highest bidder, upon a credit of 60 days, as by the said act of Assembly, entitled "an act authorizing the collection of certain ground rents due on lots in the town of Cumberland in Allegany county" is directed. The sale to be held at John Ryuel's tavern in said town, and to commence at 10 o'clock in the forenoon. THOM S BRALL, of Saml. April 23—3d&8m27

A letter is received in this city, dated Richmond, 13th inst. by which it appears that the court had that day given an opinion in the case of Colonel Burr, that may be said to have put an end to the proceedings in this case. It goes to the exclusion of testimony, and of course to the acquittal of Burr, on the charge against him for a misprision of treason. The substance only of the opinion which is given above, that no testimony would be permitted to be adduced, is given in the letter.
After the opinion of the court was delivered several questions were addressed to the Chief Justice by the counsel for the U. States, as to the effect of that opinion, upon particular points. At length it was deemed the most eligible course to adjourn the court till the next day, in order that the counsel on both sides might be furnished with copies of the opinion, & be enabled to judge of its application to the evidence which might be offered, to prove any particular fact.
The Court adjourned till Tuesday at 10 o'clock.
NOTICE of the observations of Pacificus and other writers.
(CONTINUED.)
But, says Pacificus, since the treaty of 1794, "our complaints were I believe only these:"
"1st. Her enforcing her doctrine of the illegality of the colonial trade."
"2dly. Her impressments of her own seamen on board our merchant vessels, and as a necessary consequence, the taking our own occasionally, when destitute of protection."
"3dly. The killing of John Pierce."
"Gracious God! 'Only these!'—all we have to complain about is, the confinement of three thousand citizens on board of British ships, deprived of course of their liberty, exposed to the most barbarous treatment, and torn from their families and country; the right to a trade valued at forty millions, and the murder of a fellow citizen, not only not censured, but actually justified! Cold, indeed, must be that breast that feels not indignant at the attempt to gloss over such outrages, which in simple truth consist of murder and robbery; pursued on a large scale, and not merely tolerated, but directly authorized, and, in some respects, enjoined. Let it be observed, that in this specification, the illegal blockade of Britain, which cap the climax of her injustice, are cautiously overlooked. Why? Because it was felt to be impossible to prove even a colorable pretext for them."
In the same strain, Pacificus continues—
"It will be perceived, that I lay entirely out of the case the vexations often complained of, of having our vessels boarded, searched, and sometimes sent into port without just cause, because such things necessarily result from a state of war and the exercise of undoubted belligerent rights: Because the British admiralty courts are better than those of any other nation except our own:—because the marine officers of all nations often exercise these acts of individual injustice, and it is believed those of Great Britain less than any others, and it is not considered a cause even of complaint, if the government institutes fair tribunals for the trial of the causes which occur; and because every man acquainted with our own war knows, that no nation ever took in more neutrals for examination, nor made greater exertions for the condemnation of them than the Americans did."
"Who is there so blind as not to see that the enumerated reasons for these acts of injustice are the merest cobwebs of sophistry. The rights contended for by Britain are not undoubted. The British admiralty courts are not better than those of other nations. Those of Holland and Denmark and Sweden have never committed equal injustice. Great Britain has not instituted fair tribunals for the trial of alleged infractions of our neutral rights."
With regard to the infraction of our colonial trade, & the impressment of our seamen, committed by Britain, these topics have been so fully and ably discussed by Mr. Madison, in tracts which every man has read, that it would be a work of supererogation, in this place, to say a word about them, other than that the American who can attempt to impair the confidence of his country in the correctness of the ground taken by his government, and insisted upon through every successive administration, must have feelings or motives very different from those which influence the great body of the nation.
As to the case of Pierce, it, in truth, does not admit of apology—The facts which accompanied his murder may be distorted; but the principles arising out of the true facts cannot be disputed.
* Of this take the following proof: Extract from a circular, directed to the commanders in the Navy of the United States, from the Navy Department, signed Benjamin Stoddart, and dated December 29, 1798.
"It is the positive command of the President, that on no pretence whatever, you permit the public vessel of war under your command, to be detained or
rendered herself that justice we had refused, that being the only remedy left her; and this act of reprisal may not be either war on her part, or authorise war on ours. Is it, people of America, worth spending arguments on such unspeakable stuff? If Britain supposes that she will be suffered to make such reprisals with impunity, she deceives herself. Our government has in no instance taken a step towards her which has not been founded on justice; it may possibly in some instances (though none are known) have erred in point of fact. If the steps thus taken were all just, there could be no ground for reprisal; and if facts were at issue, how were they to be settled? At the cannon's mouth, says Pacificus. An English admiral, or commodore, or a mere captain, is to be placed on the same footing with the government of the U. States; authorised, unless the latter give up their conscientious belief in facts which it had taken pains to attest, and yield a principle, never before ceded by an independent nation, not merely to remonstrate;—not even to remonstrate in the first instance; but instantaneously to apply force! The point admits not of discussion. To argue it would imply, on the part of the American people, to whom these remarks are addressed, a want both of patriotism and of common sense."
The act was proved to have been committed within the jurisdiction of the U. States. Whithy ought, therefore, to have been delivered up to the U. States for the trial of a murder committed within the U. States. But if this was not done, from a doubt as to the correctness of the testimony that laid the crime within the jurisdiction of the U. States, the act was still criminal, was still a violation of our neutral rights, by preventing free ingress into and egress from our own ports, and was consequently a proper subject for censure and punishment by the British government; neither of which having been done, we have just reason to complain.
Pacificus proceeds—"From this short view of the subject, it is apparent, that although we have more occasion of collision with Great Britain, from her decided maritime superiority, than we can possibly have with any other nation, yet, that during a long war, in which she might be expected to be jealous of our unrivalled prosperity and increase, obtained almost wholly at her expense, she has given us but few causes of offence, and that all these like our former ones, she was ready to discuss and redress, to examine, and heal by a treaty of amity."
"That this was really her disposition we have the highest evidence, from Mr. Jefferson's positive assurances in his address to Congress, in 1806, and 1807—From Mr. Monroe's letter communicated to Congress, in which he declares that he is likely to settle all the points in dispute as favorably as could have been wished:—From the terms of the treaty itself which are known to have been highly advantageous to us, and very unpopular in England—and lastly from the expressions of good will, and the attentions paid to our ministers at the date of our last dispatches from Europe."
All the facts, here assumed, are untrue—the deductions, consequently, can be of no value. What are called the "few causes of offence," we have shown to have been extended to a length that violated the personal liberty of our citizens, and endangered their property to the annual amount of forty millions. Of the disposition to redress these wrongs we have no evidence but professions, accompanied, as far as we are apprised, with principles which the American nation will never submit to; with principles which acknowledge the right of Britain, in case we should not by all the means in our power resist certain commercial restrictions of her enemy, or, in other words, make war with her against that enemy, to withhold from us the benefits of the treaty, which is, however, understood to be silent on the important point of impressment. To say that a treaty, whatever may be its other provisions, clogged with such stipulation, is known to be highly advantageous to us, & to assign for reason that it is very unpopular in England, where its contents are probably less accurately known than in this country, as such an inuendo is truth and common sense, and such a libel on the government, that we shall suffer it to sink with its own gravity."
The second number of Pacificus is devoted to the enquiry, "whether the case of the Chesapeake, stripped of all former causes of irritation, be of itself a justifiable cause of war, let the circumstances be what they may?"
Having abundantly shown the absurdity of stripping this case of all former causes of irritation, we shall say no more of this, except that it is a point altogether of policy on our part. If we choose we may strip this case of those appendages. If, on the contrary, there be reason to think that the interests of the nation will be more consulted by uniting them both, having the clear right to do so, it will be the duty of the government to make the union.
The writer proceeds to assign a number of reasons for difference in forming a conclusion, though it will be seen in the sequel that when his purposes require a different course, the inferences he draws are made at the entire sacrifice of this virtue. These reasons consist in an alleged want of information, whether Berkeley's order was authorised by the British government, and if it were, whether some unknown circumstance might not have warranted it. On these points, it is not necessary to say much. If the order was unauthorised, it ought to be, and it is to be hoped that it will be disavowed, and just reparation made for the past and security given for the future by the British government. This done, there is an end of the matter. The justifiable cause of war is gone. With regard to the second point that implies that the outrage offered the Chesapeake might have been warranted by some unknown cause, it is boldly replied that no cause could have justified it. The apologists of Britain may make out their own table of facts, and still the difficulty will be found insurmountable. The right, by force, to take men on any pretext from a national vessel is an act of war. But says Pacificus, it may be presumed that the act was a reprisal on the part of Britain, or was, in other words, resorted to
searched, nor any of the officers or men belonging to her, to be taken from her, by the ships or vessels of any other nation, so long as you are in a capacity to repel such outrage on the honor of the American flag.
"If force should be exerted to compel your submission, you are to resist that force to the utmost of your power, and when, overpowered by superior force you are to strike your flag, and thus yield your vessel as well as your men—but never your men without your vessel."
render herself that justice we had refused, that being the only remedy left her; and this act of reprisal may not be either war on her part, or authorise war on ours. Is it, people of America, worth spending arguments on such unspeakable stuff? If Britain supposes that she will be suffered to make such reprisals with impunity, she deceives herself. Our government has in no instance taken a step towards her which has not been founded on justice; it may possibly in some instances (though none are known) have erred in point of fact. If the steps thus taken were all just, there could be no ground for reprisal; and if facts were at issue, how were they to be settled? At the cannon's mouth, says Pacificus. An English admiral, or commodore, or a mere captain, is to be placed on the same footing with the government of the U. States; authorised, unless the latter give up their conscientious belief in facts which it had taken pains to attest, and yield a principle, never before ceded by an independent nation, not merely to remonstrate;—not even to remonstrate in the first instance; but instantaneously to apply force! The point admits not of discussion. To argue it would imply, on the part of the American people, to whom these remarks are addressed, a want both of patriotism and of common sense."
The third number of Pacificus is occupied with an attempt to prove that one nation has, under the law of nations, a right to claim deserters from another. It is said that Grotius declares this right to exist. This is denied. Let the writer produce his authority. It is not being, in this case, produced, is evidence that it does not exist. Why, if such a right does exist under the law of nations, was it necessary, even in a qualified way, to provide by treaty stipulations for the very cases which such a principle would have more fully embraced; and why is a similar provision made in many other treaties? Even, did the right to reclaim deserters exist of old under the general principles of nation-law, the numerous provisions which have been since established by almost all the nations of the civilized world would go no small length to abrogate it. For it cannot be contended that the law of nations is immutabile. No law can, in truth, be immutabile. The lex scripta will, from time to time, receive different constructions from the varying circumstances of the times; and the lex non scripta does, from these very circumstances, constantly receive new modifications.
But it is contended that foreign vessels in our ports have a right to the protection of our laws, and that this protection implies a duty on our part to restore deserters, and particularly the native citizens of foreign powers; and we are told that Britain does not allow the expatriation of her subjects. It is true that foreign vessels, while within our jurisdiction, are to a certain extent under our protection; but this protection is the same with that afforded to individuals within our territory. Here then are concurrent rights, and both must be construed so as to do least injury to either. If a seaman could have left the British service at sea and come to the U. S. without subjecting himself to reclamation, it is not perceived that the case would be altered if the service was left while the British vessel was within the U. S. Take this case, which it is presumed applies to a very large part of British seamen. They are forcibly impressed in England. This act of force is illegal even in that country. They are retained by force. They make their escape and embark on board of a merchantman for the U. S. It will not be pretended that these men can be claimed. It will not be alleged, that if claimed, they would not have a right to the protection of our government. To maintain the contrary position, would be equivalent to saying that we could co-operate by force to sanction the illegal act of impressment committed in Britain, and fasten chains which even there were fixed contrary to law. Suppose the escape made on the high seas; would that alter the case? Continue the British national vessel into the harbors of the U. S. Is the original illegality of the impressment diminished by the continuity of the voyage and the protracted period of bondage? Can we, ought we to be called upon to sanction oppression, to be the instruments of British cruelty? No. The principle is clear. Those, who enter within the jurisdiction of another nation, must take care to observe its laws; and they must take the protection they want subject to this limitation. If a British sailor contracts debts he must pay them, and, however urgent the vessel to which he belongs may be for his services, he will be deprived of his personal liberty until they are paid. This is an inconvenience which the vessel knows when she seeks an asylum in the U. S. So with regard to the desertion of her seamen. She knows the broad principle of expatriation that prevails in the U. S. When she enters their ports, she knows the evil to which she is thereby exposed. Let her then keep her men on board, or send on shore those only in whose fidelity she can confide.
The immunities attached to a minister are urged as an argument for restoring deserters. But the argument deducible from this circumstance is directly the other way. The special provision that is made in this case implies that it does not exist generally in others. Who does not know that a minister stands upon ground directly the reverse of that of other men? Even debts cannot be recovered from him by coercing his person. Does a captain of a British ship of war, or his seamen claim this prerogative? Show this, and we may allow that there is some analogy between the cases.
So much with regard to the character of the British outrage offered the Chesapeake, and the enquiry whether that outrage would be a justifiable cause of war. Pacificus is of opinion that it would not be a justifiable cause of war. The nation are of a different opinion; & we consider the case as already settled by them. Whether it will really lead to war is another question. We may have a justifiable ground for war; and yet it may be our interest not to wage it. The best means of compelling our enemy to do us justice, which would at the same time be attended with the least injury to ourselves, ought unquestionably to be adopted. Whether war would have these effects, we have not, nor do we now undertake to decide. Nor has the nation decided this point. There is no doubt, if the conduct of the British government shall produce this enquiry, but that it will be conducted with temper and wisdom. All the habits and wishes of the American people are pacific. They have been accustomed, since the era of our independence, to make great sacrifices to maintain peace. They are ready still to make them. But they must be sacrifices that do not involve national degradation; not the sacrifices of fear, but of wisdom and patriotism.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Norfolk, Sept. 11.
DIED, This day, THOMAS NEWTON, Senior, Esquire, Collector of this port, an ancient and respectable citizen of this Borough. For upwards of forty years past, he had filled various public employments, the duties of which he discharged with the strictest honor and integrity.
TRIAL OF A. BURR.
ON THE INDICTMENT FOR A MISDEMEANOR.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9.
The jury were sworn, and consisted of the following individuals:
Ortis Payne, James Baughman, Obadiah Garthright, John Murphy, Wm. Bentley, Yeaman Smith, Carter B. Berkeley, Robert M'Kim, Robert Gordon, James Penn, Jesse Bowles, Thomas Lewis.
The clerk then rose to read the indictment, to which Mr. Batts objected. He said that it was the province of the attorney himself, to read his own indictment. Mr. Hay replied, that such was not the usual practice; and after a short conversation it was read by the clerk in the following terms:
Circuit Court of the United States for America, for the first Circuit and District of Virginia.
District of Virginia to wit:
The grand jury of the U. States of America, in and for the body of the district of Virginia, upon their oath, do present that Aaron Burr, late of the city of New York and district of New York, attorney at law, did, on the tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, within the jurisdiction of the U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, within the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, began a certain military expedition, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of a foreign prince, to wit: the dominions of the king of Spain; the said U. S. then and there being at peace with the said king of Spain, against the form of the statute, in such case made and provided, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, did set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the territory of a foreign prince, to wit: the territory of the king of Spain; the said U. S. then and there being at peace with the said king of Spain, against the form of the statute, in such case made and provided, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign state, to wit: the dominions of some foreign state, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign prince, to wit: the dominions of some foreign prince, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign state, to wit: the dominions of some foreign state, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign prince, to wit: the dominions of some foreign prince, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign state, to wit: the dominions of some foreign state, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign prince, to wit: the dominions of some foreign prince, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign state, to wit: the dominions of some foreign state, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign prince, to wit: the dominions of some foreign prince, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign state, to wit: the dominions of some foreign state, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign prince, to wit: the dominions of some foreign prince, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign state, to wit: the dominions of some foreign state, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign prince, to wit: the dominions of some foreign prince, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign state, to wit: the dominions of some foreign state, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign prince, to wit: the dominions of some foreign prince, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign state, to wit: the dominions of some foreign state, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign prince, to wit: the dominions of some foreign prince, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign state, to wit: the dominions of some foreign state, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign prince, to wit: the dominions of some foreign prince, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign state, to wit: the dominions of some foreign state, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign prince, to wit: the dominions of some foreign prince, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign state, to wit: the dominions of some foreign state, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign prince, to wit: the dominions of some foreign prince, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign state, to wit: the dominions of some foreign state, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign prince, to wit: the dominions of some foreign prince, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign state, to wit: the dominions of some foreign state, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign prince, to wit: the dominions of some foreign prince, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign state, to wit: the dominions of some foreign state, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign prince, to wit: the dominions of some foreign prince, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, set on foot a certain military enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of some foreign state, to wit: the dominions of some foreign state, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, and against the peace of the said U. S. and their dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their said oath, do, farther present, that the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the said tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and within the jurisdiction of the said U. S. to wit: at a certain island in the river Ohio, called Blennerhasset's Island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms,

purposes of justice on the charge of treason or misdemeanor, depending against Aaron Burr; they are in substance irrelevant to any issues which can arise out of the charge, and could contribute nothing towards his acquittal or conviction. The papers mentioned in the 1st and 3d paragraphs, as included in the letter, being separated therefrom and not in my possession, I am unable from memory to say what they were. I presume they are in the hands of the Attorney for the U. States. Given under my hand this 7th day of September, 1807.
TH: JEFFERSON.
Mr. Hay, observed, that in his own and in the President's executed copy from Gen. Wilkinson's letter there was not a variation of more than 10 or 15 words. The omitted passages, were indeed so manifestly improper to be submitted to the court.
Mr. Hay then rose to open the charge of the misdemeanor. May it please your honor and you gentlemen of the jury.
The defendant before you is charged with a violation of the law of Congress of the U. S. passed in the year 1791. As it originally stood, the existence of this law was limited to a short period; but experience having proved its salutary tendency, it is now made permanent. The defendant stands charged with violating the 5th section of this act; and no other. That section is in the following terms:
"If any person shall within the territory or jurisdiction of the U. S. begin or set on foot, or provide or prepare the means for any military expedition or enterprise to be carried on from thence against the territory or dominions of any foreign prince or state with whom the U. S. are at peace, every such person so offending, shall upon conviction, be adjudged guilty of a high misdemeanor, & shall suffer fine & imprisonment at the discretion of the court in which the conviction shall be had, so as that such fine shall not exceed three thousand dollars, nor the term of imprisonment be more than three years."
You will observe, gentlemen of the jury, that an offence against this law may be committed by beginning or setting on foot within the territories of the U. S. any military expedition or enterprise against the territory of any foreign prince or state with whom the U. S. are at peace. The law declares, that if a man begins or sets on foot, or provides or prepares means for any such offence, he shall be liable to punishment.
The indictment filed in this case contains seven counts; between which there is some slight difference. These it is incumbent on me to state:
The first count in the indictment charges the defendant with beginning a military expedition at Blannerhasset's island, to be carried on from thence against the dominions of the king of Spain, with whom the U. S. are in a state of peace.
The 2d. charges him with setting on foot a military expedition against the territory of the king of Spain.
The 3d. is the same as the last, except that the province of Mexico, is stated as the territory of the king of Spain against which the expedition is intended.
The 4th count charges the defendant with providing the means of a military expedition against the dominions of the king of Spain.
The 5th is the same as the 4th, except that Mexico is particularly mentioned as the province against which the expedition is intended.
The 6th is the same as the 4th, except that the foreign territory is said to be unknown.
The 7th charges him with setting on foot a military design against the dominions of a foreign state to the jurors unknown.
If the evidence produced proves him guilty on any count in this indictment, you must find him guilty. This is all that you are bound to say. The fine and imprisonment belong to the court. I shall trouble you with no remarks upon the enormity of this offence, nor upon the consequences which were likely to have resulted from this expedition, had it been carried into effect. The court will consider these circumstances, in estimating the fine and imprisonment. It is only your province to determine whether he is guilty or not of the facts charged in the indictment.
It is not necessary for me to enter fully into the evidence which will be exhibited before you. The case is shortly this: It is believed and it will be probably be proved to you, that the accused with several others had formed a scheme to dismember the Western from the Atlantic States, and that for this purpose preparations were actually made. But the design did not terminate with the separation. Their object was to make war upon the territories of the king of Spain. To effect this scheme, New Orleans was to be seized and Mexico was to be invaded both by land and sea. During that period and ever since that time, Spain and the United States have been in a state of peace. To accomplish this object, men, arms, and provisions were prepared. About 35 or 40 men assembled on Blannerhasset's island under the direction of the accused. It will be proved to you, that they left that place and descended the Ohio, on his apprehending them of the danger of an interruption from the civil, perhaps, the military authority. It will be proved to you, that after they had arrived at the mouth of Cumberland river, they were joined
by the accused, who took the command of all the force there assembled; that they descended the Mississippi to a considerable distance below Natchez, that at Bayou Pierre he received the first information that the first part of his project could not be accomplished; that he fell into the hands of the civil authority, from which he is said to have escaped, and that he was arrested and brought here.
I have only one additional remark for your consideration. The act of Congress is not intended to operate upon those who have accomplished their plans. Success is not necessary. It operates on those, who prepare and set on foot a military expedition. It is not necessary they advance far in the enterprise. If means are already accomplished and their destination is certain, it is sufficient. You, gentlemen of the jury, are to enquire, whether the accused did prepare these means with the view of making such an attack. If you conceive that such was his intention, you must pronounce him guilty.
Mr. Hay then called over the names of the witnesses on the part of the U. States.
Mr. John Graham was summoned to the book and was about to be sworn, when Mr. Burr requested the attorney for the prosecution to state the substance of Mr. Graham's testimony; and whether it related to the acts done on Blannerhasset's Island.
Mr. Hay observed, that he could give a very rough outline of Mr. Graham's evidence; as he had not frequently conversed with the witnesses on the subject. He believed however that Mr. G. would prove that the military expedition down the river was under the direction of the accused; that he had set on foot and provided means for the expedition; whose object was to invade the Spanish Territories, after the preliminary object of taking possession of N. Orleans had been accomplished.
Mr. Burr. It would save time, if gentlemen would state the contents of Mr. G's testimony, with more precision. It is within their knowledge, that Mr. Graham has never seen me but once; and then only for a few moments, at the town of Washington—and that he was not at the Island at the time when the military expedition is said to have been there nor any other which is excepted to be proved. We shall ask the court to confine the counsel for the prosecution to proving the facts first.
Mr. Graham was sworn, when Mr. Hay observed, that he hoped he was at liberty to bring out the evidence according to his own discretion; but that not having the advantage enjoyed by others of understanding the evidence, it was impossible for him to state the substance of each witness's testimony. He believed that Mr. Graham would prove the setting on foot a military expedition.
Mr. Burr. In the district of Virginia?
Mr. Hay. Yes; begun in the district of Virginia.
Mr. Burr conceived that the opposite counsel should either restrict themselves to the bringing out the evidence in the order which they proposed on former occasions, or that they should be called upon to prove first the fact laid in the indictment.
Mr. Wirt. Part of the fact laid in the indictment is the destination of this very enterprise.
Mr. Burr. (When we wished them on a former occasion to begin with the proof of the overt act, they urged that their course was the laid order of nature. Will the gentlemen then depart from it in the present instance? It is either right to pursue this course, which they themselves recommended, or to prove first the act laid in the indictment. Rather than disturb them in the course which we had supposed they had selected, we had made up our mind to submit to all its inconveniences. The gentlemen had surely better begin at the island itself; and after they have proved the existence of their military expedition, they may then search all the world over for stuff and nonsense enough to fill up the vacuum which they have imagined.
Mr. Hay then observed, that he would not waste the time of the court in useless disputation; that he would take the gentlemen at their word; and begin at the island, and then he would look out for other nonsense, as the gentleman called it, to fill up the chasm of his story.
Mr. Hay then called up Peter Taylor, (H. Blannerhasset's gardner) whose testimony we have already published in a more expanded form on the trial for treason. He stated that there were about 30 of the party who landed on the island; that Comfort Tyler, as he had understood, had had the direction of them, before they arrived there; that Blannerhasset and Love were the only persons whom he recollected that they had taken with them from the island; that he had seen a few arms; and also powder, bullets and provisions; he recited his interview with Dr. Bennet (whom Mr. Hay stated had departed from Richmond in spite of all his admonitions); he repeated in the most consistent manner Blannerhasset's communications to him—how they were going to take Mexico and make Burr its king; and his daughter to be his successor; as also his conversation with Aaron Burr at Lexington. He stated that he saw no appearance of any preparations to set
the land; that Blannerhasset, it was true, had originally held out the gift of a certain number of acres to every lively and orderly young man who would accompany him without their families or women; but that he had afterwards avowed the capture of Mexico as the object of these preparations.
After Peter Taylor had delivered his testimony, Morris B. Belknap was called in and sworn. The reader will recollect that Mr. Belknap was one of those witnesses who were examined on the trial for treason; but that his testimony on that occasion was confined to the overt act on the island, where he had not arrived before 8 or 9 o'clock on the night, on which the expedition had descended the river. His testimony was therefore necessarily short and perfectly distinct from the evidence which he gave on the present occasion.
Mr. Burr observed, that the gentlemen were about to depart from their usual method of introducing the evidence. They were now going from the island.
Some desultory conversation ensued, when Mr. Hay observed, that he wished to prove by Mr. Belknap that he had conveyed a letter from Aaron Burr to the party on the island, which had produced their precipitate departure. If he was not mistaken, this was at least one great point in Mr. Belknap's testimony, and it would necessarily prove how much the party on the island were under the direction and agency of the accused.
Mr. Burr observed that if they were to show his acts done without the district of Virginia, he should object to it; that he was willing that the whole of the testimony exhibited on the former case should be gone through; and to save the time of the court, that the whole of it might be read from the judge's notes; but now it seemed, they were proceeding to an examination of those acts which were done out of the district. He should also protest against the right, which gentlemen were about to assume, of bringing the acts and sayings of other people at any time and place, as evidence against himself.
Mr. Hay wished to prove by Mr. Belknap an act that was done, it is true, without the district of Virginia; but which was consummated in that district. He wished to prove that Mr. Burr had apprised the party in the island of his own apprehensions, that he had conveyed his dispatches by Mr. Belknap, and that they had produced the precipitate departure of his men.
Mr. Burr. I will permit the gentleman to go on with Mr. Belknap's testimony, although it is not right to produce it, because I am satisfied that Mr. B. is incapable of proving any such circumstances as they relate.
(To be continued.)
A recent publication after mentioning the refusal of the American government to ratify the late treaty, makes the following observations upon the subject: "The question will now be before the public, whether the terrors of the Non-Importation act, which takes place the 14th December, are sufficient to induce government to yield more than has already been yielded to this people. The question will be to put to the merchants, whether the naval force, the basis on which our constitution now rests, is to be sacrificed to the temporary convenience, for temporary it can only be, of our commerce. Every patriotic man will reply in the negative. Each will recollect that our naval force, now that continental Europe is at the feet of a merciless conqueror, is all that we can look to for support; and, thanks to that gracious Providence that has so often vouchsafed his protection to this envied island, it is a resource whence ample supplies may be justly expected. This is a period when an urgent appeal must be made to the feelings (to their interests will not be necessary) of every class of his majesty's subjects. This appeal will meet with a response worthy the inhabitants of a nation, which a firm and well grounded reliance on their ability to exert themselves effectually, enables them to make. Hence we have the strongest grounds to believe, that the attempts of the American government to obtain more favorable terms in consequence of the present state of Europe will be unavailing."
To America our conduct has been conciliating almost to meanness. She has menaced us by acts, holding out the penalty of death and plunder if they do such and such acts; she has passed non-importation laws; she has sent back a treaty which her negotiators had signed with this government; her press, her legislative assembly, have teemed with the most violent invectives against this country; and now that we evince a determination to pause in our career of forbearance and engage in war rather than submit to a system of insult, we are told that we are going to be guilty of a most ruinous folly; that we are going to throw away a fourth of our commerce. Even should that be the case, there is no man, we believe, who will not say that loss ought to be submitted to rather than sacrifice our national character, and suffer ourselves to be insulted with impunity. It may be worth while, however, to show that that might not be the effect of the war.
In the first place, as the external commerce of America constitutes more than one-tenth of her revenue, that source of supply would be nearly if not quite cut off by the war and Europe would not be able to procure any colonial produce but by English ships. The carrying trade of Great Britain would be increased, as the supplies to her colonies that are furnished in American vessels would then be carried in British vessels, and the indiscriminate issue of bounties to neutrals would be restricted. The building of British shipping which
has decreased since 1803, from 115,000 tons to 33,000 tons, would receive additional encouragement. Thousands of our seamen now provided with certificates of American citizenship, would return to our service from the inability to find employment under the American flag; and the capture of that property of the enemy which is now covered by the veil of neutrality, would reward the gallantry of our navy. But it may be said we should at one blow lose our present exports to America, which amount to seven millions per annum. If this loss were absolute it would be a most serious consideration; but it would in fact be only relative; the true question, as it has been said, is, "whether G. Britain shall lose those exports, or those to her W. India colonies, which amounts to six millions per annum, and which must cease if her colonies are ruined by the continuance of the present system. Besides British manufactures would still find their way to America through indirect channels; though, as Mr. Belknap has justly observed, with this difference, that she would then pay a Joe for a blanket from St. Thomas, or some other neutral port, which she now gets for a dollar direct from Great Britain."
London paper.
Respecting the affair of the Chesapeake, "the late ministers," says the London Courier, (a ministerial paper) "we see, in a long article they have published, deny that we had a right to search a ship bearing the flag and commission of the U. States; that in so doing, we violated the sovereignty of the U. S.—that the right exercised by capt. Humphreys, is not recognized by any writer of authority upon the law of nations, and that no civilian will venture, to defend his conduct."—"But," adds the Courier, "did not the Americans begin by committing an outrage against us, by refusing to deliver up his Britannic majesty's subjects?—Are the Americans to decoy away our seamen and thus diminish our means of acting against the enemy; and by putting them on board a ship bearing the flag and commission of the U. S. to protect these men, and withdraw them from their allegiance and duty to their sovereign? This is neither consistent with reason nor justice." "If it be said," adds the Courier, "that he should have applied to the American Government, and that upon their refusal to give them up, or upon their returning an unsatisfactory answer, he should have confined himself to the sending of an account of the transaction to his own government, we reply, that a case might happen when a ship or squadron sent upon a particular service, to a distant part, might, from desertion to neutral ships bearing the flag, and commissions of neutral powers, be wholly unable to execute that service." Only one anti-ministerial paper (the Morning Chronicle) was received here, by the Sally Anne; and that observes, "the conduct of the commander of the Leopard was entirely unwarrantable. He had no right to search a vessel bearing the flag and commission of the U. S. The facts as here stated, though true, would not effect the question of right; and, besides the facts themselves are directly disputed. We trust that ministers do not mean to insist upon so untenable a claim as that which has been enforced in this instance. For the error of the officer many apologies might be suggested, and we do not mean to insinuate that he has been guilty of anything beyond error of judgment; but for the government, were they to sanction his act no apology whatever could be conceived." Such appears to have been the opposite sentiments upon this affair in England. We would here remark, that the letters received and published in London were from Halifax; that the American newspaper accounts were those first published at the southward; and that both the letter and newspaper accounts, in several important particulars, are as ludicrously incorrect, as was the report which gained so much credence among certain folks here, that the British squadron in the Chesapeake had attacked and captured a "flock of cattle!" When the true and whole ground shall have been made known, and discussed in England, we are still of opinion, that due satisfaction will be given for the gross and unjustifiable manner in which the sovereignty of this country, has been violated, in the attack upon our national flag.
Boston Centinel.
LONDON, JULY 30.
Two Messages from his Majesty were delivered to Parliament yesterday, and a Copy of the treaty with Prussia was presented. The first Message informs Parliament that a "Treaty of friendship has been concluded with Sweden. By this treaty Sweden is bound to employ 18,000 men in Pomerania, instead of 14,000 employed before; the subsidy to be paid by this country to be in proportion to the force employed, according to the terms of the former treaty. The message also states, that advances have been made to the king of Prussia to the amount of £100,000, and that supplies of arms and military stores have also been furnished to his Prussian majesty to the amount of £200,000. The second message recommends the enabling his majesty to take all such measures as the exigencies of affairs may require, in order to counteract and defeat the intentions and plans of his enemies, to provide for the safety of his dominions, and to maintain the honor of his crown."
We are authorized to state that three Troops of Cavalry, of this Territory, have offered their services to the President of the U. S.
Natchez Herald.
The British frigate Jason, and the brig Columbia, went to sea on Wednesday. Five men deserted from the former on Tuesday evening. A Swedish seaman, who also had deserted from the Jason, was picked up by the ship Gazette, from Charleston, and brought to this port, after he had swam about two miles.
N. 2. D. Adv.
INDEPENDENT WASHINGTON VOLUNTEERS.
THE Members of the Independent Washington Volunteers, are requested to muster on the Parade Ground near the Centre Market, on Saturday the 19th inst. at 4 o'clock, P. M.
CHARLES JONES, Captain.
September 16—
THE TROOP OF COLUMBIAN DRAGOONS will meet on Saturday next on the usual parade ground at 4 o'clock in the V. I. g. Those in officers who have their uniforms, will appear completely equipped—the members who have not provided uniform will appear in undress. As it is intended to go into the consideration of bye laws, it is earnestly requested that every member will attend.
WM. BRENT, Captain.
Sept. 18.
BANK OF COLUMBIA, 2 Sept. 17th. 1807.
The President and Directors having this day declared a Dividend on the Capital stock in the Bank for the half year ending the 30th inst. at the rate of Eight per cent. per annum. The same will be paid to the stockholders or their representatives on Monday the 21st inst. or at any time thereafter.
WILLIAM WHANN, Cashier.
Sept. 18—w6r
This is to give notice, That the subscriber of Georgetown in the district of Columbia, hath obtained from the Orphan's Court of Washington county, and divers other said letters of administration on the personal estate of Christopher Richmond, late of the said county, deceased. All persons having claim against the said deceased, are hereby warned and required to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof to the subscriber on or before the 30th day of March next, or the may otherwise be excluded from all benefit of the said estate. Note. Standing indebted to the deceased are required to make immediate payment. All claims forwarded by mail must be post paid.
JO CAR ET ON.
Georgetown, September 15—taw4w
By the Orphans Court of Saint Mary's county—June Term 1807.
ORDERED that Joseph Edwards, administrator of Monroeville, late of St. Mary's county, deceased, give the notice required by law for creditors to exhibit their claim against the estate of the said deceased, and that the same be published once a week for six weeks, in the Washington Federalist and National Intelligencer. In testimony whereof I have set my hand this 21st day of June, A. D. 1807.
JAMES FORRESTER, Rep. Willis for Saint Mary's county.
This is to give notice, that the subscriber of St. Mary's county, hath obtained from the Orphan's court of St. Mary's County in Maryland letters of administration on the personal estate of Monroeville, late of the county aforesaid, deceased. All persons having claims against the said deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber, on or before the 30th day of December next, they may otherwise be excluded from all benefit of the said estate. Given under my hand this 21st day of June, 1807.
JOSEPH EDWARDS, admr.
Sept. 18—w6r
Montgomery county court, March term 1807.
PATRICK LYDDAN an insolvent debtor of Montgomery county having applied by petition in writing to Montgomery county court praying the benefit of an act of Assembly for the benefit of sundry insolvent debtors, passed at November term, one thousand eight hundred and five, and a schedule of his property, and a list of creditors on oath, as by the said act is required being annexed to his said petition; and the said Patrick Lyddan having proved to the satisfaction of the court, that he has resided in the State of Maryland, the two last years preceding the passage of the said act. It is thereupon adjudged and ordered that the said Patrick Lyddan appear before the said court at the court-house in said county on the first Monday of November next, then and there to produce to the said court the affidavit to writing of the creditors holding two-thirds of the amount of his debts, and to answer such interrogatories as may be proposed to him by his creditors; and that the said day be, and it is hereby appointed the time for said creditors to appear and recommend a trustee for their benefit, and the said Patrick Lyddan give notice to his creditors who reside out of the county of the passage of this order, by causing a copy of it to be inserted in the Washington Federalist four successive weeks previous to the day aforesaid; and that personal notice be served on all his creditors who reside in Montgomery county of the passage of the said order.
Test. UPTON BEALL, Clk. of Montgomery county court.
August 19—w4
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