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To the Senate and
House Of RehresentottDes.

rome oeVuEc ana
House Of Representatives
recommend to Congress, in confidence,
letter OF the Cd of December, from Go.
vernon Folch, of West Florida, to the Sec
rotary of State. and another of the same
date from the same TO John M'Kee.
1 recommend, in like manner, letter
from the British Charge d'Affaires to the
Secretary of STATE, with the answer of the
latter; although the letter cannot have been
written in consequence of any instruction
from the British government, founded on
the late order for taking possession of w.
Florida. well known to be claimed by the
u. States although no communication has
been made by that government to this, OF
any stipulation with Spain. contemplating an
interposition. which might so materially af
feet the u. States: and although no cali can
have been made by Spain, in the present
instance, for the fulflment of any such SUBJ
sisting engagement; yet the spirit and scope
of the, document, with the accredited source
from which it proceeds, required that it
should not be withheld from the considera-
ton of Congress.
Taking INTO view the tenor of these Sc
veral communications, the posture of tn ings
with which they are connected, the init
mate relation of the country adjoining the
u. States. eastward OF therivcr Pcrdido, to
their security, and the peculiar interest they
otherwise have in its destiny,
j recommend TO the consideration Of Con
gress the seasoBableness of a declaration,
that the u. States could not see, without sc :
rious inquietude, any part of a neighborng
territory, in which they have, in different
respects, so deep and just concern, pass
from the hands Of Spain into those Of any
other foreign power.
recommend to their consideration, also,
the expediency Of authorising the Execu
tive to take temporary possession of the said
territory, in pursuance of arrangements,
which may be desired by the Spanish au
thorities, and making provision for the go
vernment of the same, during such posses
sion.
JAMES MADISON.
January 3, 1911.
[tJ@ On receipt OF the above corfden-
nal declarations from the President, Con
gress went into secret conclave, and passed
the following .Hct and Deekaration.1
RESOLUTION OR DECLARATION.
Taking toto view the peculiar situate
on of Spain and Of her American Proyia-
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The inhabitants of Baton Rouge may e.
CURE to themselves many motives which " ~
in their conception Justify the determinatios,
they have adopted. but they cannot produce
even single one W. ich can make toierab.e
the tyrannical. illegal, and unjust obstinacy
with which they insist, that the other districts
or the province should subject themselves
to their vii! The United States which
profess the exercise of equity. cannot. ex-
empt themselves from taking part with the
party onJnstl. oppressed. 10 this belief, I
recur to its executive taro' the medium OF
your eXcellency ,supplicatng him kat he will
be pleased to send orders to the comman-
dant at fort Stoddart, that he should assist
with the troops which he has under his or
ders for tie purpose of forcing the party
under the command of Reuben Kenper to
retire within the districts of Baton Rouge,
in imating to him that if in future he should
repeat his incursions in the district of Mo-
billie and Pensacola, the troops Oh the United
States joined to the Spanish troops will be
forced to keep them back.
These districts have the more reason to
expect frnm the rectitude of the u States,
.he assistance which ask as the party which
kemSer comm. ands has been recruited. arm
ed and provisioned, within the limits Of heir
sovereignty. At the same time ii any pro-
position is accepted, orders may be given
authorizing some person to meet with me
tor regulating the evacuation the province
and what ought to precede il.
Iconclude, &c
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Mobile, I'd Dec. 1910.
Gov FoLeH TO MIR. SmiTas

Or,
j will not detain myself in giving to your
excelleDcy information relative to the letter
which Idirected to his excellency G oyernor
Holmes, being persuaded it will be in the
hands OF your excellency long before this I:
but l will add to its contents for your gov
eminent. that have decided on delivering
this province to the United States, under a n
equitable equalization, provided I do not re
ceiye snccour from the Havana or Vera
Cruz during the present month, or that his
excellency Marquis Somerueios ON whom I
depend, should not have opened directly a
ne gociatin on this point. The incompre-
hensible abandonment in which see myself.
and the afflicted situation to which this pro
vince sees itself reduced, not only authorize
me, but force me to have recourse to this
determination, the only one to save it from
that ruin which threatens 1.-THE United
States are also authorised to accept it, as
the disturbances which now afBict this pro
vince so near to them must increase every
day---they Cannot but have an influence
on their tranqu iity, an object which merits
the hrst care Of every government
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New -YoRK. June es.

.> - NET YORK, June 26 I
The United States frigates President.
Commodore Rodgers 5, and United States,
Commodore Decatur. are both at anchor
at the Watering Place. preparing for a
cruise, expecting orders daily to proceed
to sea.
The y. States brig Argus, 1t. Lawrence.
is at anchor at the same place, also prepar-
ing for a cruise.
We are authorised to state, chat there is
no foundation for the report, that the COM
mander OF the British frigate Melampus
has sent up challenge to Commodore Rod
gers. The Melampus, we are informed,
proceeded tor Halifax Immediately after
the capture pf the brig 1amaamaah.
The British sloop of war Sapphire,
which arrived off the Hook on Friday.
with dispatches from Bermuda, waits in
the offing, we are informed, for return des
patches.
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# pROCLANaTJow

WHEREAS, by communicate, from
the Secretary ofSiate for the United States
OF America, ! am informed that it has been
Inumated tothe President of the u, S. tbat
there IS Just cause to apprshend, that the
french Privateer called the Diligence.
now N the port of Philadelphia, is in dan
ger OF being burnt, or Otherwise des,rpvet.
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NORFOLK, June &c.

A decent looking young man, who SAYS
his name is w u l. inns, from Curr; =.
tuck County, Ntrth- Carolina, was yester-
day committed to the Borough jail, chare
ed with attempting to pass counterfeit notes.
The one we haveseen was Virginia note
of 8 100, of the Richmond bank-the SIP
natures tolerably well executed, but the
print and paper very bad.-Heraid.
The President of the United States has
appointed Mordecai N. Noah. Esq. of Phi.
iadeiphia, Consul for Riga. he second port of
commercial Importance in the Russian EN-
pire. Whatever may be the state of our for
eIgn relations, we are grat;fcd IN observing
tn to"r government manifest determination
to maintain a friendly intercourse with Rus
STA, by the appointment of so respectable a
citizen to represent us. and by continu.
ance ofthat good understanding which exists
at present between the two governments.
Russia is the only European Empire in the
present state of affairs that respectsour neu
trality and who isdisposed to give every fa-
cility and protection to our commerce.
W. Y. Pu6. .4duernser.
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SDoille8ttr.
BLOCKADE OF NEW YORK.
NEW YORK. June 23

capture OF me fdnidahDtdlh.
The pilot boat Thorne came up on Sa.
torday evening. with the passengers in
the brig Iamaahnsaas G. ,pt. Skiddy, which
sailed from this port OH Friday
The 7amaahmaah was in ballast. 8. was
bound to Bordeaux with about forty passen.
gers. She left Sandy Hook on FRIDAY a, 6
o'clock r. M. and at 8 was captured by H
b. M. ship Melampus, capt. Hawker the
Atalante sloop of war in company & or
dercd to Halifax.
In cap,. Skiddy's letter, he states that he
was captured within foe miles of the Hook
the passengers vary the distance from 9
to Is miles
BY writer's on the law of nations. dis.
lance oil a marine league Tor three miles)
from the shore is reckoned within the in
risdictional limits of a state or TERRITORY.
but not beyond. But the United States
say the distance ought to be three marine
leagues.
The Melampus and Atalante have been
several days cruising off Sandy Hook 8,
we much regret $he capture of the Tumaah-
naah. as it may lead to the IN friendiy sus-
ticion that they are cruising there for the
purpose OF ntercepting our vessels bound
in and out of port.
Extract of letter from capt. Skiddy.
master Of the brig Tamaahmaah, from n,
YORK, bound to Bordeaux, with passengers
only.
"OF Sandy boot, June %, 1911.
am sorry TO inform you, that 1 was chased
and boarded last evening after 7 O'Clock
by the British frgate Melampu., Can't. Ha,y.
ker. who is going 10 send me to Halfax. Thev
have taken all hands out of the brig, myseIfin.
cluded, except the mate. Capt. Hawker saws
he regrets that his orders oblige him to send in
all vessels bounds to france. II was very hazv
when 1 fell in with the frigate. and several sail
in sisht. did not distinguish what she was
/ ehtii it was 100 late 1 however tackled and
stood in. She fired several shot, and neared vs
as she had the breeze more in the ofinp and
the last shot went over US. I thought # i'm.
prudent to risk the lives of the passengers in
persIsting, particularly as we were losine. the
breeze, and the frigate kept it lonrer.-SVe
were taken within miles of the Hook"
Neithero the arrivals from New YORK.
announced in this afternoons paper. have
brought any late information. Capt. Pra,t
states, that he was spoke off the Canes of
Virginia, by the British f'igate Eurydice.
capt. Pigot. OF 80 guns, who stated, thar he
was IN search of the frigate President. COM
modore Rogers, and wished to know when
he would leave New Xork--if order. ner
maps, to repair as quickly as possible to-
wards Halifax, lest they might make ano-
Their mistake, aHd be Lille Befed
Savannah REF. June IL.
MARRIED,
On Thursday evening last, by the Rev.
Mr. Barry, Mr.. GEORGE F. COOKE, the ceIe.
brsted Comedian, to Mrs. v. NJ BENIN, daupb.
ter OF Mr.. James Dryden, keeper OF the TontIne
Coffee House.-N. r. Paser.
PHILADELPHIA, June Is.
PENNSYLVANIA, 49,
BY Simon Snyder, Governor of 6e
Commonwealth,
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CONFIDENTIAL.

TIE SECRET OUT AT LAST!
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MARRIED.,

MARRIED,
On Thursday evening last, by the Rev
Mr.. Barry, Mr.. GEORGE F. COOKE, the ceIe.
brsted Comedian, to Mrs. v. NJ BEsN, dauph.
ter Of Mr.. James Dryden. keeper of the Tontine
Coffee House.-N. r. Pasey.
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PHILADELPHIA, June 2s

PENNSYLVANIA, So.
by Simon Snyder, Governor of Ire
Commonwealth,
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JAMES MADISON.

hEoOLOIlON OK DEFAMATION.
Taking ioto view the peculiar situa,i-
on of Spain and of tler American Proyj1-
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COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT.

Letters have been received in TO wn from one
ofthe most respectable Bankers in Paris, whose
connexion with the Government enables him to
obtain the most correct Information, which posi-.
lively aver. that all the bong ,fde American pro-
perry now under restraint in France, seized since
the LIST Nov will be released as coon as Ii is as
certained that our Government have taken mea
sures as far as in them lies to cause their neu-
trail rights to be respected.
We know that at the last dates, American
produce had been cleared in every instance where
an investigation of the papers had taken place,
But colonial produce was held in enfrr5ot TO be
decided upon, which we presume is the sort of
articles alluded to---On the 5th of Aug. the
French government issued decree, declaring
that neutral should bring TO France only the
produce OF bis own soil or industry. In the case
! OF the Lydia, arrived at Bordeaux, the Ameri.
can produce on board was allowed to be dispo-
sed OF freely, and the colonial produce was pla
ced in entyesot until further orders. She was at
the last date ready to sail, with a homeward
cargo The proh ibition of importing certain arti.
cies is assumed by all nations & none enforce
1t more rgidly than the BRITISH. AS to the Sc
7aestrations so much hsrped by tie fedei al pa
pers, 1t IS very easy to explain them. By their
account the Success was sequestered. Now let
us see the effects of it.-Her papers were sent
to Paris, and it beng found there was no fraud,
she was liberated. Her fish, which cost dis. 9 (:
10, netted free of duty and of all charges IL dol
lars This was invested in brandy, wine, & ,lks.
winch give great profit so that tie effects .
MS pretended sequestration are a net 6roft of
four hundred per ccEt Such is the des,ie OF the
Emperor % avoid being imposed upon by Pre-.
tended Americans, that even vessels with ser
nits OF importation from America, for articles
generally prohibited, signed by him, and grsnt-
ed as special privileges to his own subjects, .4,
their papers sent to Paris for examination-
This too has been called segues1atioa Ba, II
we take the trouble to read TINS translation of
permits as published in the Palladium, some
time since, we shall see that il is AN express
condition in the permit itself, that the papers
Shalt, prior to the admission of the vessel, be
sent TO Paris for examination.
Upon the whole, it is perfectly clear, from the
last sdvices. that vessels which had gone accor-
ding to the then existing laws, have been admit
ted, after having stood that scrutiny which the
fa1 nassr is always willing to encDuu!er1
BoS Chor
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FROM THE AURORA.

EonImtyee with Franee.-We have re-
eeived several files of French ne ws-papers
and have read letters down to the ioth of
March. from Bordeaux. The papers exhi.
bit, IN the ordinary shipping news, the dai
~ entrance and the daily departure OF Ame.
rican vessels; and the advertisements of
vessels for freight, and passengers for the
u. >.
Yetin the letters we find information of
such restrictions on commerce, both on en-
trance and exit, as forms in itself an apoa
rent contradiction of the TRINA faeie eyi
dence OF the newspapers.
Z Some letters, however, which we have
seen, attribute the course pursued by the
French government to the want of confidence
IN the stability and good faith of the Anne
rican Government
How far the French Government are au.
thorised by the actual course of our pub-
lie measures, to entertain such doubts.
the public are as well able to determine
as we are. The following are extracts
OF letters from BourdeauS, Of the 18Th Fe-
5Fuary ~
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SDonesttc
BosToN, April 81.


The schooner Success, capt HuLEN, ar
rived at this port on Saturday last So days
from Rochelle. The rehorts in town. of
capt. H's rekortS from France. are as va.
~ious as mercantile and political speculate
on can make them.
lhe later and still more i1lEortdnt (as
Messrs. RusselI 6 Cutler have i'll by the
arrival at Philadelphia of two vessels from
France, bringing letters and papers later
than those by the above vessel--invoIve an
uncertainty, ifpossibe, in still greater doubt.
Yet it somehow or other so happens, that
in all this tumble OF doubt upon dloub, & I'M
certainty upon uncertainty, the papers of
this town "JuN Of notions" TO a proverb.
have made out "tzvo absolute eertafnHes"-
one totally irreconciIable with the other
Oue that Napoleon, VINO says, che love,
the Americans. loves their property still
better; and adhering TO The better purpose
OF his heart, retains their property--and in
TACT. has not repealed or modified his OBJ
nosious decrees-the other. that he has in
fact repealed or modified hese DEGREES in
our favor. Which of these opposite positi-
ons are true we know not, though we be-
lieve we do know as much on the subject
as any man in Boston aud upon this
knowledge boldly assert, that there is not
in the place any evidence, sufficient to au-
thorise man of common sense & common
honesty to assert that eithcr of the above
positions are true beyond a reasonable
doubt.
With commercial spectators. as such,
we have nothing 10 do but wish, whene-
YER in our power, to furnish the best posi-
bic data for fair and honest merchants to
make the ground oftheir calculations We
can readily imagine that those concerned in
the cargoes which have ARR cd in our ports
from France. might think it convenient tol
create anjmpressin by correspondence orl
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SCRAPS OF NFWS.

From. late French Pahers-The Canal
OF ot ouinth is actively navigated.--From
Aug ! to Dec. %, eighty-one large vessels
passed through it: The Journal pEmpire
says, = they write from Dorpt, in Russia.
that chemist has discovered the means
OF creasing blood by Gaiuanisn,." and that
he intends to publish an account of his pro-
cess. Severa! persons belonging to the 1st
corps of the army of Spain have been crea.
ted members of the legion Of honor /! Tai
eyrand, OF whom for some time past we
have heard no hing, lately attended the EN-
perors prlvy council. from the
Levant q Naples. are introduced into F. aooe
through Carniola, and over the Alps TO the
Khine-lhe French papers are said to con-
tam addresses from all par,s of France to
the Emperor, representing the great advan
tages derived f. ON the exclusion of British
manufactures. The archduke Ferdinand.
eldest brother of the Empress of France
has been appointed Primate of Hungary =.
ne Prince Viceroy of the kingdom OF Italy
mas ordered that all persons presented at
ms court shall appear dressed in silk uei-
.vefs--fhe decree has given great spur
to the manufacture of that article.
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eflsted that all the, circulating medium at
present IN the country was paper, it was
their duty to consider how far they ought to
Sountenance such extensive issues of paper
money. He thought il was their first duty
to narrsw, as far as might beshe circulation
oi paper.-Whether or not they had now
'Seached that period at which it would DC
proper to put an end to it altogether. and re
store the proper circulating medium, was
a Question on which he would not venture
to decide, but he Thought they ought to do
sometning toward putting a stop 20 the ex-
tension of the paper circulation. 1t was a
painful task 10 refuse solicited relief TO suf-
ferers who suffered not Tor the r own miscon-
duct, but for the impradence OF others 80
Feeling this, he would not take the sense of
the house I'm the sabject, but having made
these few observations which he had tho't
1t his duty to make, he still should give his
consent to the measure proposed. Doing
this he might not act strictly up to his duty,
as he though, the principle Of tendency ra :
ther 10 do harm than good; but under such
circumstances as the present, he had not re
solution enough to oppose that which afFor
ded any thing like chance OF alternating
thu distress of those who claimed their as
distance.
(TO be continued J
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BosToN. Apri! 81.
WAR OPERATIONS NEAR cADl.

ihe PUBIC has been apprized that an
expedition Consisting of English and Span-
1sh troops, and two or three battaiions of
ForluS1ess, had sailed from Cadiz for the
avo~ed purpose of attacking the rear of the
Srench line OF investments, and compel ing
1he'n t. raise The sisge of nat city he
u1nstish part o the force amounting 10 A.
blu 5000 were landed about the 26th Fe-
br1ary, near geziras but the Spaniards
beng unable then to land, were combelIed
20 return % Cadiz, and did NOT JOIN the En-
Stish until after The expiration of several
days. This unquestjonably gave the French
commander <VIcToR.) opportunity 10 pro-
Gu e reinforcememts and we mentioned on
Ebe ION, that Se6astiani had considera
Die body o, light troops and cavally, in the
vicinity OF Ronda, about 80 or 40 miles dis
cant, and which could fall on the right of
the expedition. Several accounts make II
Ger am, hat the expedition had encounter
ed ne French near Chclana Ia fe7y z,liLea
sEasf Of fhe Isle on (Which Cldiz sta,zda1
and hat the object of the expedition had
wholly failed.
An arrival 10 New York from Lisbon
give letter from Tavera lin Cadiz dau J
da'ed The Ion March, which saws, 81 have
see" 'wo Spanish Extra Gazeucs-A most
Oh, nate battle has taken plac, a Ch,clsna
neaf Cad'z I'VE remained victors A pri
va.e letter says, the principal weight o the
actl n tell on the British and Portuguese ::
che rmer ioosing 1900 men and having
go bURKE, ofthe goth Reg. badly wopnd{
ea we took he Er nch General RUFrIN.
I zvho 7vas zvc think nth Sebastian so
"A, the NV York account.
Mr. GREENE, of this town. from Alge-
2lfas, which ne left 43 days since, informs
OF report Current there. and credited that
battle had aiken place be ween The En-
gIish, Spanish and Portuguese troops. and
the French army beseging Cadiz THAT
OF ne combined torce, tn English consist
ed oi $500, the other not stated -tbe
FRENCH amounting to g OF 1000 THAT the
oattle commenced the Isl March. aud en-
oed me tnird. by the penetration of the re.
mains Of the allied army through their nm
posers to Cadiz--It was said. ar Alpeziras
that OF the Isl and Cd March, the Enplish
led the attacks and were warmly sup6ort
ed ny the SpanIards but that on the Sd
the Spaniards having been permitted to lead
IN the assault, were discounted and put tn
Iout by the French artillery, and in their
night threw the British lines into disorder ::
ana that the British. finding themselves sur
pounded, cut their way through TO Cadiz
with the loss of 1900 men, the 2Sth reyi
meDt from Gibraltar being entirely destroy
ed.-The French and Spanish loss had NOT
oeeH ascer'aineG.--The French loss was es.
fimated at 5000 men Mr. Greene under
stood, that par Of the Bi, tish troops pro-
ceeded from Gibraltar, and were Joined bv
the other parts ofthe expe dition at Algeai.
Tas. Our former accounts stated that the
expedition was to be joined BY troops from
jAigezirss, and the fling heard 81 Cad,1
ehc I'd March was conjec ured to have been
In the battle.
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ude. gives the population Of Fran &c before
the union of Rome. Holland. and the Han
tseatic cities SIS, $50 44S individuals. exclusive
OF the military and estimates these pro-
vinces as follows:
The Roman state, $4,000
Holland, 2,14i,088
Valais, 10000
The Hanseatic cities, & =
the mouth of the Elbe, }
sc.
Making the total of the French empire
90 millions of which population the follow
lag cities contain