The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-01-15 00:00:00

• ere at peace with her, is considered sea pirate. This
yaistaorilinsry provision ,of the treaty mast have
escaped the attentiott of that power in oar Govern-
ment which makes treaties, or it would have been rob
, . jested, as tell for its cruelty as because it is an Act
of Legislation to define and punish piracies, and noto
power confided to the treaty-making setbority. To
eitii
sefhothing mono of that law, however, Mr. R. ob.
served that. be d. seed it 'tapestry topcoats/4*o •
Bens of thii U. rota* from punishment, dee only 1.1
piracy, vibes teasid\with Comniimions in their hands.
'from any Gocarameniat war with Spain. Be wished
le set °art:blank at perfect liberty to lecerse;citi•
sees of what Dodds rhey chose,, on sink tarns as
. that nation shoeld prescribe. It week' llPPeire 1111)".
Orrf, Yrom'irbet be had's.* 'Mr. 11.. 'remarked, that
- there sail not that iteutrittify alts oar conduct lower&
. - the two parties, le the twat betwtess Spode IA her
Colonies, which we allroiem.' In dela.respect the
• parties were certainly not *Ns
'the siege footing;
since a chisets of tile United *Ws is the employ of
Spain agaiostitse Colonies Is not coneidexe d es s
pirate, bet. *egged is tbA servir's of tbe.oofooles
••against Spain, he is. He did blot. kuselithah.tizilfect
would batiladuced his to have brounbt•theqiiittion
• before the noose, bat tepid* deep inipeeeslow he Celt,
of the justice and propriety of adoptiog thapilociPte,
abstracted from the eastingistate of thine Bat it
was the more necessary toredesothe prim:44 to Le.
gustation, bermese of the ateetion in which the tient
' -of it has placed as its regacf.ts foreign stations.
. The roetion of Mr. ilitbortatu was' adopted wkle-
- snit oppositiony'aird Ofthett ailikiion.
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•
A privets" hitter from Wialtiestots 4 lho 1214 ell..
Rivas in tonScterit aerosol the cisesiou dile Fioridat
io.the Vatted States. . • . ,
• Ncw Ynnx, Dec. 117.—The following is eh es-'
,Aract of a letter fiom Washiogton, dated the 14th
•- . ;inst. :---64 It is stated here with apperenteethenticity,
—the*. the British Minister, -Mr. 'Begot, Imo, by cow.
r.jseesi of his Government, -entered a protest against
our coming into possession of the Floridas, by per
' abase, or otherwise. i• state what I hear, not what
1 brow. Such ioterferenci can inirdly be expected.
I ;1;44 The United States Meat Coeit, for the third
, iciriteit, commenced a Special Stall/so, at Philadel-
• -Ode, tie Mouday last. • The Coed hes been specially
• cameened for the trial of a number of British Officers,
who stand committed on a charge of Misdemeanour,
• iwiiolating the neutral relations of the' United States
• with the Spanish Colonies In South America ; and for
• she trial of certain persons ow charges of obstructing
the Deputy .lifershals in the eseastion of process for
militia flues, Oudot. sesstencosof Courts-Martial, and
for 'obstructing the Officers of the Calcites of this
. podia the dilatory/ of their official duties."
Mt IN 01111017:10 MS COSIMITUTIOS. "-The Leg's.
lative vf South Carolina has conclurred in an mash&
anent to the Constitutihu of the United States, sop
gusted by the Legislator*, of Kentucky, which re-
quires that no Congress, boteafter, shall make any
• law, fining the compensation of its &Umbers, which
shall (sheeting until after the election of a new Con•
gross.
.• Doe Gum—The following paragraph we copy
from the Aurora. We glee it without comment :
••r Whit tersilers the intrigues of Don Onis most as-
tonishing to every thinking 'mind is, the humble
• etaaderd of his intellect, and the abuse which he has
. constantly cast upon the United Staten, We have a
letter of his before es at the moment we are writing,
in which he describes Congress as a clamorous mob
in a tavern ; and the country requiting only a few
thousand Spaniards, entiliritish.ships, to divide the
States into threg petty Republics; but we shall give
-a translation of the letter it large in a future Paper."
Uri NG
.111 AmeoTus.—A Paper printed at St.
-Louis, in the Missouri territory (America), an-
•nounces, " that living mammoths bare lately been
oesln Wear the Rocky Mountains."
MI LLEDG"Er ILL It (G NO it G I A), Dsc 2.—The march-
ing of troops to the frontier, and the other hostile,
preparations that are making, give to the approach.
log conflict with the Seminole Indians, all the pomp
end ponder or war. Within a few days. several com-
panies have passed through here, on their way to the
place of rendezvous. "l'he detachment from this
State, amounting to nearly 1000 men, assembled ati
Fort has kins yesterday, and will resume their march
in a day or two: 500 friendly Creeks, headed by
their distinguished warrior, hl4lntosh, hive espoused
ear cause, and are hastening with alacrity to the Wan
of battle. General Gaines has with him at Fort'
Scott, 700 regulars. The whole, when suited, will
be a formidable force in 'lndian warfare. On the
other hand the strength of the Seminoles has beets
also considerably increased by reinforcements; ell the
disaffected Creeks and Cherokees, and they are net
a few, having gone to their assistance. A bloody
conflict may therefore be expected, if the Indians de-
termine Usti?* us battle in an open and spirited man-
ner; bet if they seek refuge in the impenetrable
swamps and ether biding places with whickthe coon-
try they inhabit 'abounds, or if the progress of our
arms should be checked by an usiwillingness in the
Commanding General to enter the Spanish territory,
the chastisement these savages merit, and whit* other-
wise awaits them, may probably be averted. _

ftirasixemmimilL—w •
Tax MEDIATION oil SPANISH. AFFAIRS.

It is endeistood that the preliminary Conferences
In the. Mediation between Spain and South America,
have oemesenced at Paris. We bare, of late. had
bequest occasion to call the attention of our Read-
ers to this subject, in which it was for a long time
expected Ministers would not have interfered, from
various reasons, aud because, at this late boor, no
mediation can be effectual. It however seems cer-
tain that they have at length been induced, not to
commence, but to join in afresh medistion,as if they
wore unaware of what was passing in America, bad
mistaken the character of a seven years' straggle, and
forgotten the resale of their three int *attempts to
mediate. What these attempts were, sled how they
tesminated, it is important that the British Public
should resnembtor.
The kit mediation was proposed to the Spaniards
early inJuly,lBlo,at the solicitation of tire Deputies
tont over here by the Supreme Junta of Veneaeela.
The terms of this mediation, and the answers of the
Marquis Wellesley,then Minister, we hare already
noticed. The British Goterament laid the propeials