Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1811-08-09
The French DEGREES not revoked.

Notwithstanding all that has been said In
the National IntelIigencer and other demo
cratic papers, we have never yielded mo-
ment to the BELIEF, that the Berlin and Milan
DEGREES are revoked. On this subject one fact
Is worth a volume of speculation
1t 49, then, fact, that the Emperor OF
France has repeatedly declared to the officers
OF his realm and to The officers of our once in
dependent republic, that the DEGREES in ques-
ton are still in force, and that they form a
part of the law Of France.
1t is fact, that the late order of release
embraced part, and only part of the A
merican vessels which entered France subse-
quent to the I'd OF November last, and which
sailed for that country under the faith OF the
presidents proclamation.
1t is a fact that no vessel, sequestrated in
France prior to the Cd of November last, has
been liberated
1t is fact, that the release of American
vessels, which entered France after the Cd
of November, but which contravened the
DEGREES by sailing from, or touching at a
British port, has been thus far peremptorily
refused
OF these facts, every day furnishes incon-
testible evidence. To the testimony which we
have SO often given to our readers, we have
now 10 duu Tie lOlloWlDS-
From the AURORA, July 90.
We have received letters from Bordeaux of
the dates between the 18th May, and nth
June inclusive, from which we make the fol-
lowing extracts:
The thip Ann which lately arrived here en-
tered as French ship, though she had no
French license, but it is supposed she had
double set of papers. She was admitted to
enter on the Cd May, with other vessels men
toned in the annexed abstract had she
French license, she would have been admitted
X days after her arrival
The schooner Henry, of and from Balti-
more to St. Sebastians, burthen 81 l-2 tons
capt. Jacobs, with cargo of 60 hogsheads of
tobacco, put into this river on the 2Sth of
Dec 1909, in distress the vessel and cargo
were then seized by the custom house, and
tobacco sold by an imperial decree of the
18th April 1911, this schooner and the pro-
ceeds OF the cargo have been ordered to be
restored to the owners, or their agents here,
on condition ofexporting silk goods for the a.
mount. The decree states that the property
Is restored IN consequence of the magnanimous
and benevolent conduct of capt. Jacobs, in
having assisted in August 1909, $50 French
passengers in distress, flying from assassna.
ton in the Island of Cuba.
Among the vessels not yet May ~ admit
ted, are
! The New Orleans Packet, of NewY York.
which arrived on the l4th of November from
G .oratar, where part of her cargo had been
sold.
The shooner Friendship, of and from Bal
timore, which arrived the 9Th December
1910, with coffee, she had cleared out for
Gottenburg.
The following is list of American cargoes
admitted on condition of exporting French
merchandise to the amount two thirds of
which to be silk goods.
WANT Of room prevents our inserting this
list at full length. 1t consists of2l vessels, 5
ofwhich have French licenses and others
both French and English hcensesI
BORDEAUX, June Sth
believe | mentioned to you in my last.
that by special decree of his majesty all the
American vessels, which have arrived here
since the second of November last, are restor
ed on paying the whole dntiss and Oh export