The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-08-09

strain the defendants. who are also Of the
state of New-Ycrk. from constructing or u
sing Steam Boats ON the waters OF the Hue.
: son, ON the ground OF their having an exclu :.
sive right to the navigation OF that river by
Steam, under two patents obtaine d from tn e
U. -, and IN virtue of several laws of this
State.
! The arguments commenced on Wednes .
day last and closed yesterday. Messrs.
Harrison. Riggs, Hoffman. Colden, and
I GARDENER, were Counsel tor the complai
nants, and Messrs. Van Vcchten, Pend!eton,
David b Ogden. Wells and Stockton, OF
New-Jersey, Of the de endants. The area-
ment was conducted with great ability on
both sides. -.
/ I've questions were made
I LIST. Whe,her the Circuit Court of the u
nited States for this district. as a court of
equity, had jurisdiction of case of this ma
ture between citizens of the same state D.
And if il had.
Cd Whether the complainants were enti-
tied t. an INJUNCTION
Judge Livingston, this morning, after
stating his reasons, declared II 10 be his
opinion. that as no &C, of Congress had con-
ferred On the Circuit Court Of the Un,ted
States equitable Jurisdiction by original
bill in Cases of this nature between ciiizeus
! of the same state, the Circuit Court OF this
District cosId not take cosnizance of tina
Cause. and therefore refused writ Of in-
junction.
Oh the other point, whether if the court
possessed jurisdiction. it could or ought to
afford the relief applied for, it was thought
Improper TO express any opinion. nor was
any gwen or limited ATT Post
BosToN, July 81.
THE BERLIN &c MILAN DEGREES.
Those who are wilfully, or ignorantiy in;
crednlous on his subject, still insist til at the .
DEGREES are not repealed in relation. to n
merican commerce., and call for proof of the
tact. ln addition TO the declaration OF the
French Emperor. AID our own diplomatic a
gents. We give the following aaarier of/act
US froof IN hoinf
Th, schr .ddUemnre, capt. John Collier,
jr. from Elarbiehe ad, laden with fish, bound
Tor Namz. arrived off Bclisie the latter par
OF Dec. iaste-where, Sir Hohe Pot,ham, in
Inc wigate Eme rald came in and fled at
! tie Adventure under the Battery at Betusle.
| where, she was az anchor. and cbIged capt.
Collier to go Oh board the Emerald, iron,
which he was suffered to depart and pro-
coed to NantS. The Adventure was So oil. .
v'nusly under the operation of the DEGREES.
had they existed, AID uadel he ewes d
| French governmental officers, thai tue fact
could neither be concealed nor denied Bu.
the Captain was informed by Counsel that
he 1uas in no danger, for. he DEGREES acre
retealea--Ihe .ddventure has accordineiv
liberty TO defarf qufh afuH cargo-and qvas
| eEnected TO sail in three gueeks from the 8th
Of May-fhe dcte ot ihe ieHer from which
7ve take these nn2neSHona6ke facts.
! Patriot
| The u. States, it is said, will send out 900.
900 dollars IN srEcIn, by the frigate Consttu~
T. IN, to pay the Interes, on the debt due IN Hol-
land Individuals, 1t is also said, will send spe-
cit by The same vessel. The confiscation of A
mercsn property in Holland has left nothing TO
be drawn for ~ nils OF exchange, and therefore
spTcie IS sent Government oace sent u cargo
Which, was st,z ID !-PalaGiun,
One would imagine, from such paragraphs
as the above. that the writer's of them we're
/ afraid tina, the United States should too scru-
pulousy fulfil their. engagements In the
present derangcd state of commerce, il is
no iol the United States TO- trust to coutin..
! gencles and chance for the payment OF the
public debt. A remittance, therefore, is
made in specie 20 pay the interest due in
Hollands We notice the above paragraph,
| uOWSSeF, 10 COntrauiCl the assertion Con-
tanned in the last sentence of il. Goycrn-
ment never :" sent cargo 70 Holland,'' OF
any where else, - which " as Sc lied" Co
vernment made contract, last SIMMER we
believe, with C ;taln me chants in this coun-
try, 10 furnish them with funds here, which
they were TO replace at Amsterdam by the
proceeds of certain produce or merch andize
which they proposed sending to the CONT
nent. The vessel (or vesses) was cleared
ont FOX Tonningen, but went to Amster dan,,
and was there seised for contravening the
municipal regulations which forbad the I'M
poItation OF Certain articles. We heard of
the transaction at the time and it was we'll
understood. that it was entirely all individu-
al speculation, those coDce rned having no
document from any one Connected with the
administration, except, perhaps, d certi-
iica'e ot the Americanisth CT the proberty.
After such experience in contracts with the
merchants, II was not to be expected that
The government would again take the risque
OF delay and disappointment, aud je opardize
It's credit, by similar mode OF remittance.
/ II il, therefore, doubtless, that the remit
tancc is madein speci.-.Nat Int
ETtraet Of letter from Caht. I'm. p.
! Coffin Of tie schooner PauHnc, (armed