The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
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• TRH COASTIM TRADE.
One would have ' thought that ,Congrem,
their four Embargo Lows, had done eriongfi towards
the annihilatiou of commerce, without the aid of
illegal executive influeuce ; but it appears Mr.
Jellersoa is not cuateut with the crippled and em-
barrassed state iu which No., 4 left the' comniug
trade, but has *cited upon a pretext furnished him,
by an arbitrary disgraceful provision of that Act,
to destroy it altogether.
By the Ilth Section of the Act. entitled, An Act
iu addition' to au Act entitled an Act supple-
mental to an Aet entitled on Act amendatory if
en Act emitted au Act laying an embargo, it is
provided, that whenever the Collector shall suspect
any vessel, ostensibly bound to a port of the United
States, of au intention to evade any of the pro.:
visiostwif the Embargo Laws, lie shall liavemii-
thorny to detain the name, unti the pleasure of
the President shall be known in the case.—
This, many were .if opinion, was reducing the
coasting trade to as great ri degree of dependence,
us the most determined enemies of all commerce
could desire, and it certainly armed the collectors
with as ample means of favouritism as they could
modestly wish. At the time the provision was
adopted in the house, its ',supporters ieemed &Shamed
of it, and 'utterly refused to assiAu any reason for
itsedoption.' But it aPpeers it does not go antic.
Merrily far to ratify Mr. Jefferson's hatred to com-
merce. Tir%ing advantage of the latitude of ex-
pression used in the section, he him instructed this
collector.of this port, and we presume of ail other.
ports, to dear out no vess7ds laden with provisions,
flaxseed, pot a-h, or natal stores, far any port
north, we believe, of North Carolina. Should any
of the three Southern States, of the territory 'or
Orleans, wiath to impart privisions, theNreveral 6o-
veinort'are instrncted:to issue permits to merchants
on uhoni they can depend, specifying thy quantity
and kind of provisions wanted, •&c. Ircircle thus
provided with a permit are to be permitted. to bike
in a cargo agreeably to its specifications and no
others. The consequence of these tustruetious is
(for we hear our Collector emisidem himrrlf bound
by thewT that a great quantity of flour and other
produce crow stored here, the property of farmers
as the u_pper country* of the.Potanc, and intended
for the iltiinore and more northern markets, must
here remain, exposed to the heat of a southern SuM-
mer. A vessel cannot even to permitted to clear
out for Alexitidria, though but right miles below
us. We wonder hOW long*entr"fniMers will believe
'that thf.ir preiptAity. dporids, 'as the demecrats
.Iliodfifrartsd.@e them,- cm the prostration tot emu,-
' 'eh* . 'The qaestion nos at issue; issimual
enoWbe de‘erturnecf.- • . ,
'lt has been usualteretofOre to publish the io-
istructioos of the treasury department to the COI-,
lectors ; bit it would appear as if in the present,
case'they were ashamed of their being known. So
far limn publishing them in the Newspapers, a
very rcxpeetable merchant of this place was re-
fused a copy for his owt.t:oveirtment, sari
country the in-
formation of some Ofhis friends interested
in their operation.

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(CIRCU LAR.)
Tic..msery Depart unit, Mayll,
Ste—l informed you, in'uiy letter of the 18th
ult. that the President taissidered a unusual ship-
ments," partieulerly flour and other provisions, of

lumber Mud naval atom, as sufficient eause for de-
teation vessel; pot mud pearl ashes,and flax-
eued,onght to bare been-addiai.to the .64s But he
has given it in charge to me to call your attention
still more forcibly to that ()West. As it was • the
great leading objectof the Legislature, in giving the
power of detention, he considers it his duty, iu the
execution of it, to give complete effect to the em-
bargo laws. He recommends, therefore, that. every
shipment of the above articles, for a place where
they cannot be wanted for consumption, should be
detained. He perceives no necessity at- present
for the t.•ansportation of Boar and sinii)ir.. articles
from ore port of the Chesapeake cud its waters, to
soother port on the waterneef the same bay.; or
fries any port whatever to portent the Chesapeake,
tielewrirenr Hudson, or to other places which ex-
port such articles. And in order to prevent the
inconvenience which the want of a sufficieet tap-•
ply might occasion in some states, he has written a
letter td the Governors of New Hampshire, Mao-
sachasetts,Soath Caroline, Georgia and Orleans, a
copy of which is, by his order, inclosed for your in- i
formation. • •
In order t6t he also may be euabled to j udge ef ,
the intoner in which the law and his austrectiobs
are caned. intif.effeet, you will be pleased to tram-
mit weekly to this department. a statement of the
vessels laden with articles of domestic produce,
which shall have•departed from the district daring
the week, shewiug..the species and quantities of ar-
ticles sod the port •of destination. Vessels not
masted, Air decked packets, sod ferry Moats, ves-
sels which give no bonds, and those employed in
carrying her wood, maisure,strines, and similar arti-
cles, steed not be inserted in the statement.
I any very• .espectfully, sr, your obedient servant,
(S gried) Ai.aeat GALLATIN.
To the f0i1...-ctur of

.;COPT
T. the Governors of Agleam, Georigia, South Caolens,
hlasesehtioettr sad riew-Hosorsire.

WASOINGTON, NAY 6, 1909.
The erasion, of the preceding. emboru.i lairs
wrist so far •towards defeating their. objeets, mid
chiefly by vessels clearing out coastwise. %hat Cu.,-
;re-is by their act of April tsth,lauthorised the ab-
solute detention of all vmvels bound coastwise.
with cmgOesexciting suspicions:of an intention to
es:ale-those laws. There being few tonal on our
sea coast that cannot be supplied wits flour from
their interior country, shipments of floor become
generally saspicimas and proper subject:, of de-
tent-w .

is one of the frw places nn onr aftitboarrl
which Deeds no supplies of flour by sea for its on n
coasi;:ipton. Tnat it may not suffer by the cau-
%oss se are obliged to me I retie' sit of your E.-
ceraincy, whenaver• you deem .it necessity th•ot
!our present or soy future sto•oks should he e“-
iarged. to take the trouble et gitibit your err -
/wow in ftb eur of any uteri:haat ha !okra you have
owitiagitat.dtirutael jaa ilia Coollect, of any pert,