Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1808-03-04

WITH MI. Rosr. I;is impossible 10
form any correct opinion il; bu. ! de not
think We shall have war; at any rate the
result will not be known for 3 or 4
months, during which term the embargo
will continue. Mr.. Lewis and Mr.:
Nourse, leave this tomorrow for N.
York, the one bearer Of dispatches for
France and the other for England. The
report yesterday was, that the n~egociati.
on was broken off but it is conrradicted
o-day ; so that reliance ought not to be
placed upon any of them.
The W gentlemen above mentioned
passed through Baltimoreyesterday.
GEORGETOWM, February ~, 1908.
Two messages were yesterday trans
mitted BY the Presidentlto the House Of
Representatives, which we're received
with closed doors-Oue it is said room
mended the raising Of 5000 regulars,
and that "a 1000 volunteers should be &C.
cepted by the United States, and en-
bodied, or employed in actual service
for 8 months in the year, to be paid and
clothed during that time-and also ad.
vised the renewal Of the law relating I
100000 militia, which will shortly ex-
pire.
The other accompanied dispatches
from. Mess. Pinckney and Armstrong
The latter states his having had COM
muuications with Mons. Compeiguy, on
the subjectof the blockading decrtes Of
France-to his remoustrancesie was r. .
piled, that it wa4 the Emperor's deter
mination to have the DEGREES rigidly en-
foreed-Mr. Pintknes has also remon-
,trated against the several orders Of
Council but was informed Nv Mr..
Canning, that they would in no respect
be relaxed-To hts enquiry whether Mr..
Rose was, prior 10 his departure, in
strncted as to the Issuing Of the Sc o-lers,
it was said that he was not-that he was
sent on a special mission, and not invest
ed with general powers of negotiation
But that Mr.. Erskine was furnished
with ample powers. and that to him 90.
pies Of the orders and full Instructions
would be transmittsd-The al owe men
toned messages, &c. were read in the
Senate with open DOORS
n spirited article in a late Lond2a ty!nr
on the recent British crders, concludes
in the FOLLOWING feYmS:
These orders we take it, Gre as good
as a declaration Of trar against america !
and their effect 1DiN be- inStrado 81 rsdIc.
ing the tone, and GRIPPING tie means 81
one enemy, to give Us another. Ne shall
then haze tofght with all the w2rM fer
commerce, aUithowt a soul to buy an arti.
Gle from US, and whilst rve rule the sea,
there will not be an inch If coast free to
receive bale efOw camnad.ties.
LONDON, Drcember %.
The expedition und<, Sir Charles Ca.
ton and General Spencer, sailed on Sun
day from Portsmouth jar the 'ceasf q
Portugal
Private accounts from the Hague, efso
late a date as Friday last. state the ar
'ivaI Of NJ. TdHey'dnd at that place ;
and that hing Louis was about ta~*et oul
for Paris. II is naf improbable thol
Louis may be t~rdnsbhanted to Portugal,
and that Holland 1viH be Incorporated
Nth tie French embi1e.
~- THE 9EWc A. ,he T.,.L;.h
government VIII most likely fall, its ter.
r~itories will pr obably be divided between
the empires Of France, Russia and Aus
trta. In such case, tits presumable that
the restoration Of the Jews to the Holy
Land, will take place under the auspices
Of the French emperor. His attention to
that unfortunate people during the last
year, and his promises of good Offices in
their behalf in future, indicate his inten.
ton of collecting and r.sorting them ;
and by thus actingthe part, acquiringth