Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-06-19
hole No. 68I.

my letter to you of the 30th January, (and 1
there is no improperly in the repetition, since !
u greater length of time has given a widerI
scope to the declaration,l that since my arri- l
val in September last, there has not been a /
single instance of the application OF the Ber-
lin and Milan DEGREES to an American vessel |
or cargo, and that | have not heard of their .
having been so applied, since the first of No.
vember, 1910 though many instances have
occurred within that period, in which they I
must have been so applied, had they been in |
vigor. (
1t is difficult TO conceive, probably impos. j
sible to procure, and certainly insulting to re-
quirc, a mass of evidence more positive than 4
this, or more conclusive to every unpreiuci- !
cei mind. M
~Gsignedl JOEL BARLOW.
Ertract of a letter from Mr.. Barioso to ts
Secretary Of State, dated
PARis, March Is, 1919.
(" have scarcely been able TO get an inter.
view with the Duke of Bassano for the last Is
days though he has appointed several. he
has disappointed me in most of them, and
am sure with reluctance. Last evening | OBJ.
tanned a short audience, in which he declared
that his great work Of this continent was now
finished, and he would be able after to-
morrow to devote himself very much to tho
treaty with the United States, till it should
be completed. And | left him rather with the
hope than the full expectation, that he will
have it in his power to keep his promises
mo. 81
Ertract Of a letter from Mr.. Barlou to the
Secretary Of State, dated
Paris, March l6, 1912.
Since | had the honor OF writing to Won
yesterday, the Moniteur has come out with
the SAnatus Consultum of which | spoke.
This | now enclose.
This despatch goes by a safe hand for
Bordeaux, there to be confided to some pas-
senger to go by one Of our fast sailing schoon-
ers. You will notice that the Minister. in
his report says nothing particular of the Uni
ted States, and nothing more precise than
heretofore of the revocation of the DEGREES.
This furnishes an additional motive for
using all efforts to get the treaty through, car
rying with it an unequivocal stipulation that
shall put the question to rest. Its Importance
is sufficient to warrant my OBTAINING the Hor-
net.
/" The emperor did not like the bill we
have seen before Congress for admitting
English goods contracted for before the non.
importation law went into operation.
" was questioned by the duke of Bassano
VII WIG niA VIZ q " dVof vi DOiIlI. Wnen
it first appeared, and ! gave such decided OK
plantations, as / thought at the time would re-
move all uneasiness. But l have since heard
that the emperor is not well satisfied. If con-
gress had applied its relieving hand to indi-
viduals cases only, and on personal petitions,
it would have excited no suspicion.
In consequence Of my repeated remon-
strances in cases of condemnation of Amcri-
can cargoes, on frivolous or false pretences, /
think the career is somewhat arrested, and
they show a disposition to revise the Judge
ments. The Betsey, the Ploughboy, and the
Ant, are ordered for revision. The Belisari-
us is in progress, and is likely to be liberated.
as you will learn by the correspondence l
now have the honor to enclose respecting the
case.n
NoTE-Mr. Barlow's of the 18th and 10th
of March, are both marked No. 9, by him.
Mr.. BARLOW TO THE DUKE OF BAssANo.
Enclosed in No 9, of the 10th march,
Copy Of a letter from Mr.. Barlou to The
Duke Of Bassano dated the 9th of FEB.
1919.
My Lord-I understand that the brig Bell
sarius, of New-Yorlz, Capt. Lockwood. and
her cargo is about to be confscated, after re-
port made to his Majesty, because this vessel
and her cargo are liable to the decree of Mi
ian, OF the 18th Dec. 1907.
As know positively that this American
vessel left New- York the l7M Of June, 1871.
seven months after the revocation of the de-
crees OF Milan and Berlin, laden with perupit-
ted articles, the produce Of tie coil of the
y. States, l am unable to account for this de-
clsion, without attributing it to an error Of
date committed in the report, in which Il e
possible that the year 1910 has been taken
for the year 1911.
take the liberty, therefore, to submit this
remark Tn your avcallanav ...oI - =