Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1811-02-08

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occurred since the list of Nov. TO which
the Berlin or Milan DEGREES could be ap'
Piled, and if they be applied TO this case
it will be difficult for France to show one
solitary instance of their having been prac.
tically revoked. As to delay on the part
of the United States, there has been none
No official information of the letter Of
Your excellency of the 5th of August, left
France for the United States, owing to
| circumstances which it was not in the pow.
er of general Armstrong to controul, un.
til the 29th of September, and TO this mo-
ment | have not learnt that such official In.
| formation has been there received.
| might indeed have learnt it, aud been able
now to have communicated to your excel
lency, the measures on which the presi-
dent has decided in consequence of it, had
not the frigate the Essex despatched by
him, been put under quarantine, on her
arrival at L'Orient, for the want of a bill
of health, and the messenger thereby de-
tanned since the 4th of this month.
l will not undertake to decide whether
a bill of health ought, in courtesy, to be
expected of a frigate of a friendly power,
coming in the winfer season from a place
not known to have been lately afflicted with
any malignan. disease /; but surely the de-
lay which this exaction occasions, cannot
be imputed to a want of due diligence on
the part of the American government.
1t is from this view of the subject that /
am thoroughly convinced, that the appli-
cation of the Berlin or Milan decree, by
the director of the customs at Bordeaux,
to the New Orleans packet, win not be ap-
proved by his majesty, but that prompt
and efficient measures will be taken to cor.
rect a procedure, which, if persisted in,
might produce a state of things which it is
the obvious interest of both nations to a.
void.
l pray your excellency to be assured of
my most distinguished consideration, &c.
(Signed)
JONATHAN RUSSELL.
Copy Of a letter from Chr. Meyer to Mr..
Smith, Secretary ofState.
UNITED STATES CONSULATE.
Bordeaux, Dec. 6, 1910.
have the honor to enclose a copy Of
Mr.. Cathalan's letter to me, received this
morning, concerning the recapture of the
schooner Grace Ann Greene, of New.
York, Daniel Greene, master, who brought
her into the port of Marseilles, having two
British officers and seven sailors ON board,
and they only being six men, amongst
which number two boys.
The brig Newt orleans Packet, ofNew-
York, with a cargo of provisions and three
hundred bags of cocoa on board, bound to
the Mediterranean for a market, went to
Gibraltar, where after lying some time,
came to this port where she has been sc.
questered.
The schooner Friendship, of and from
Baltimore, capt. Snow, with a cargo of
coffee and Campeache, is arrived FIVE DAYS
ago in this river. Whatever the issue
may be of these two vessels, I shall have
the honor to inform you of.
Iremsin, very respectfully, Sir, your
most obedient humble servant.
(Signed) CHR. MEYER.
10 the Secretary of State
efme U. States of America, Washington.
Copy eta letter from Chr. Meyer to mr..
Smith, Secretary ofState.
UNITED STATES CONSULATE,
Bordeaux, Dec. IA, 1910.
SIR-Annexed is a triplicate of my res
poets to you of the 9th instant, the brig
Osmin and the ship Commodore Rogers,
by which the original and duplicate went,
having not got to sea yet.
The brig New. Orleans Packet, of New
York, captain Harris, mentioned 10 my
former letter, has since been seized by
the collector, and her cargo has been pu,
IN the imperial custom house.
The schooner Friendship, of and from
Baltimore, captain Snow, has been seques.
tered.