Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-06-06
MR.. .sARLoW 10 III DUKE OF sAssANo.
Com of letter .froalNr. Barloqv to the Duke
Of Bassano, dafss March IL, 1912. q

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Of the United States lis the honor t. tralsiiiit
here enclosed, to his Scellency the Duke OF
Bassano, minister of aeign relations copies
of the protests Of Thomas Holden mas'et =,
the American brig Oily Of New York' ana
Stephen Bayard, maser Of the American snip
Telegraph of NewlYdk, by which MS eHcei-
lency will learn that hese vessels have oeeh
met with at sea, byiisimperial and royal ma,
iesty's ships, the Nsddsa, captain Kaoel' anu
the Ngmph, captainPa who, after haVlnsl
plundered them Of apart ofthelr cargoes, sc
stroyed the remaindr by burning the shiPs
It is painful taskto the undersigned. to3C
obliged SO frequently to call the attenuoio'
his exceIlency to stah lawless depredatshs'
It appears to him, tat in the whole cataiguo
of oltrages on the prt of the crulzers ~
beligerents Of whiclIthe y. States hayaSa a~a
great and just reasas to complain th 10 49,,
none more vexatiols and reprehensiie '''"''
this. So: !.
justified? win il be alledged ths 9'ne ae-
struction of these. vessels was neessaiy IA
order to prevent their carrying intop'&ttol' ~
the enemy, and thereby endanger ne s"ie H.
monla h. moor defence Afr boarding
these peaceful traders, they migt easliy nave
laid their course south, when ney INTENDED
to 90 north They could even ave 'l'"1lilal'l-
ed their assumed character OF BRUSH SniPS'
uader which it seems they bean the 1oilliie-
sion of these fragrant acts, ar mus nave p.
,sated all information Of aelr cruising III
those attitudes.
But il appears that pIdder and not safety
was the object for which they have thus dis
graced the imperial flag. For his exceilency
viii probably have leapt from Brest' where
the frieates entered, tbt the twenty boxes o.
snices, and other articles taken from the le-
leeraph, were smugded on shore, and 1t Is
sa5d. we're sold for tHs benefit of the equlpaSe
Of the Medusa c,1-
Thus is the property of citizens OF the "
States seized, condemned and sold by othcers
in the imperial nay, who became at once cap
tors, Judges and renders of the property OF
EnnoEepdiDp neutals. Such disgraceiui vlo-
atoms of every principle on which nations
consent to live in peace, ought never to &c
unpunished and surely in this case they VIII
not. :,
The undersigned, therefore, most earnestly
calls on his excellency, the Ministerol ForelgI
Relations, as the the official guardian OF puoii'
right, to Law statement Of this outrage before
ais majesty in such point OF view as slial
produce a speedy compensation to the captains
Holden and Bavardoe the losses they have
|Es..sra,neu-; and his majesty will doubtless
take measures to avenge the dignity and sig
nalize the Justice of his government by pun
isbinq such crime in manner to prevent
It's repetition.
Thslvaluation of the Dolly and her cargo
and of'the Telegraph and her cargo, is here
with enclosed; the delay in obtaining these
valuations has retarded for some weeks tho
presentation ofthis letter: and the undersign
ed cannot but indulge the hope that his ex'
celIency will now give as early attenlor
to tie whole of the case, as Its importance
minifestly demands.
The undersigned begs his excellency, &c
(Signed) J. BARLOW.
TEnclosed in No. g, of 10th March.
Translation ofa letter from the Duke Of Ras'
Sane TO Mr.. Barlow, dated Paris, l5tA
March, 1912.
S1R--I have had the honor of informing
you that the case of the ship Belsarius was
terminated, and that had advised the Minis
ter Of Commerce of the intentions OF his ma
iesty
Ii having been ascertained on the first exa'
ninaion of this affair, that the owner (ic fou'
comfy of great part of the cargo was not
proven and this irregularity, as well as the
insuficiency of the papers on board, being
forma! contravention Of the rules OF navigation
generally adopted and established, at all times,
the decision to which this point OF the cargo
might be liable had at first extended beyond
it. But ON circumstantial report which
had the honor of presenting to the emperor
his majesty who likes to carry into the exa'
,nination Of all the affairs on which you address
me friendly dispositions, has ordered that the