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Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-04-13

with transmitted, marked A; in addition to
which, would refer you for further lnforma,
ton on this subject, 10 the 9th volume OF
In the spring of 1906, Mr.. Monroe was COM
missioned, jointly with Mr.. Pinkney, to enter
upon negotiation with the. Government Of
Great Britain, for the purpose OF etfectlng an
"amcable adjustment of all points In question
between the two Countries notice OF winch
was given him by communication from this
Department of the Esd April, 1906. Mr.. Mon
roe was engaged in the negotiation, under
this Joint commission, during the remainder OF
the year 1906, and up to the 22d Oct, 1907, as
appears by reference to the instructions TO
him and Mr.. Pinkney, from May 1905, to July
1907, In the 9th volume OF VANS State Pa
rs. from 2s6 to 2so; and also from their
letters to this Department, on the subjects OF
that negotiation, which may be found In the
same volume, 29o to s55, and 1913 to 4l9.
Pending the negotiation on the subject en-
braced in the joint commission, MIR. Monroe
was separately charged with negotiation on
the subject of the attack on = the Chesapeake.
The instructions TO him, the correspondence
between him and the British Cabinet, and his
communications to this Department, on that
subject, embracing the period between the 9th
July and the 18th October 1907, are found in
Waits State Papers, volume 9th, p. g. to !23,
to which beg leave to refer you
There is added to the manuscript, herewith
transmitted, an extract from the letter of MIR.
Monroe to this Department, announcing his
arrival at Norfolk on his return from his Mis-
sions in England, being the 18th of Dec 1907.
1t appears by letter from MIR. Madison to
Mr.. Pinkney, of the Esd Dec. 1907, that MIR.
Monroe arrived at the City Of Washington on
the 22d of that month.
l am with great respect, Sir,
Four obedient servant,
H. CLAY.
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for which, payment, in all cases, was sought tor
through your interference, which created vast
accumulation of correspondence with the dill
ferent departments Of the French Government
and with the sea port towns, the last OF which,
Of course, was heavy contingent expense for
hostage About the middle of this year. 1885,
nv brother had long and dangerous illness,
and avail myself of this occasion to acknow-
ledge once more nv obligations to you and your
family, for the attentions and assistance that
were afforded him during very long Sickness
in the house which was hired BY you for the Le'
CATION; at this time was employed IN the o.-
siness of your mission, and thus remained LII
your family until your return from Holland
From my intimacy with all the gentlemen oe-
fore named, and from actual employment part
of the time. must of course have been VIII
ness 70 the arduous duties which devolved up
on YOU. and the consequent labor to the persons
EMPLOYED by you, and do most unhesi'aung-
" declare nv opinion, that the contingent ex-
nenses of your mission, for that year, were un-
usually heavy. .,
do not know whether any thing nave
written can be useful; but you will be pleased to
receive it as an effort on my part, however Tee
BILE, in aid of your just claim; and as an evil
dence of the great respect have Tor your pub
lie services at the time alluded 10, as we'll as
those of more recent occurrence.
have the honor TO be, very respectfully, your
obedient servant, NJ. GELSTON.
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Mr.. Monroe TO Lord Mulgrave.

OlSt JULY iooo'
"Mr. Monroe presents his compliments to
Lord Mulgraye, and requests the honor OF an
interview with his Lordship, on the subjects
that were depending between their governments
at the time of Mr. Monroe's departure, last au-
tumn for Spain, and postponed, at the instance
of Lord Harrowby, until his return
"These subjects will be found in commune
cation to Lord narrowly Of the l5th Septem-
Der last, which contains project OF Conven-
ton 10 define certain neutral rights, to discrimi-
nate between American and British seameh,
and to protect the former from impressment;
and also to establish, by modification OF the
Convention entered into by Lord Hawkesoury
and Mr.. King. on the 18th OF May, 1908, IN the
manner proposed, and for the reasons stated In
that Communication, the boundary between
the Territories of His Majesty and those OF the
United States, on their Northwestern frontier
The two FIRST mentioned of these topics have
been a cause of much irritation and complaint
on the part of the United States, which cannot
be otherwise than increased by the principles
which appear TO have been adopted in some late
decisions of the Court Of Admiralty, relative TO
the commerce of the United States, with the
Colonies of the enemies of Great Britain, and
with the parent country, in the productions oil
such Colonies MIR. Monroe Is persuaded that
i, is of great importance to both countries to ar
range these points between them, and tatters
himself that it will be easy to do Ii on terms
that will be equally safe and satisfactory to both
parties
"Dover-steeet, July 3lst, 1905"
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Extract of a letter from the same TO Tie same, ddisd

LONDON, Dec. 90, 1905.
81 called, on my arrival at Downing street,
to see Lord Mulgrave, who, as was informed,
was at Bath, with Mr.. Pitt, as he had been more
than fortnight l asked the yong man in the
office, who is charged in the absence of Mr..
Hammond with the American business, if Lord
Mulgrave had prepared an answer for me; to
which he replied in the negative. In converse
ton, he gave me reason to infer that no decision
had been made upon the subject requested
him to inform his Lordship that | had come to
town.to see him on that business, and should
remain sometime in the hope Of hearing from
him, which was DESTROYS Of doing at this time,
as the Congress was sitting, and several oppor-
tunties offered to bear my dispatches to our
Government. He promised to do so immedi-
ately, and assured me that if he received his
Lordships instructions 10 make any communi-
cations to me, that l should hear from him
without delay. Four days were more than SUI
fcient for the correspondence between them:
whereas, twice that time has elapsed without
my hearing any thing on the subject, so that
conclude, that no change has taken place in the
disposition of the Cabinet on it. The business
is in the regular train between the Government
and myself 1t appears to me, that have done
every thing that it was proper TO do, and
must attend an answer, which, if much longer
withheld, cannot be considered otherwise than
as decision of the Government to support the
present measures till some stronger motive
presents itself"
To be continued.
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His Excellency JAMES MONROE.
Washington, September 81, 1924.

Washington, September 81, 1924.
SIR: have just learned with surprise, that
YOU had been refused the Il believe usual al
iowance made for your expences TO return from
Paris to the United States, more especially as
it mus, have been we'll known in the y. States,
the difficulty, at the end Of 1896 and commence
ment of l7e7, to procure convenient convey
ance for you and family. Having resided all
of 1895 and 1897 in Paris, except OCCASIONALLY
on the seaboard, and in constant correspondence
with nersous established in the different ports
in France, well recollect the difficulty attend,
ing our commerce about the end OF 1896, and
so will every American who was then In faris,
or any of the French ports, and, consequently
the difficulty for you to procure vessel caicu-
lated to accommodate you and family, with pas
sage home. Any declaration OF mine to that
effect is a, your service. lament to hear OF
the indisposi,ion of Mrs Monroe, and wishing
her speedy recovery, and health to you,
l am, very respectfully, sir,
Your obedient servant,
JOHN MITCHELL.
JAMES MONROE, Esq
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Boston, 18th September, 1924.

Boston, 18th September, 1894.
Sir: have been recently informed, 10 my
great surprise, that no allowance has ever been
made 10 YOU for your detention in France, after
YOU had your audience Of leave OF the french
Directory in the winter of 1867.
You will probably recollect that then resid-
ed in Paris, and was extensively concerned III
maratime commerce: was therefore deeply IN
terested in knowing all its movements. On re-
CURING to nv correspondence | find that, ow-
ing to the British and French restrictions on
our shipping, at that period, there were but few
American vessels in the French ports, end
freights for such were extremely high. AS
had the honor of your acquaintance, knew the
difficulty you had in procuring suitable YES
sci to take your family home, and recollect that
YOU were detained several months in conse-
ouence. also recollect that all the citizens OF
the United States, who were then IN Parls'
without distinction Of party, felt deep regret
at your leaving France, as most OF them had ex.
perienced your kind attentions, and witnessed
your unremitted exertions to promote the well
fare of our country
If my testimony to any of the abovemention-
ed facts can be useful to you, have the goodness
10 inform me, and be assured that 1t would al
ford me great satisfaction to have an opportu-
nifty OF rendering you an acceptable service, and
of proving the high respect and esteem with
which am ever
Your most obedient and devoted servant,
JOSEPH RUSSELL.
Hon. JAMES MoNRoE,
President of the United States.
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B.
Ney London, September 81, 1926.


SIR: have understood that no allowance has
ever been made for the expenses you incurred
in consequence of your detention in France al
ter your recall in the winter of 1896 and =
NV business was Of such a nature, at the period
Of your detention, as to require my presence IN
many of the seaports, for which have album
dant vouchers I could not but observe how
few Of the American flags were to be seen to
what had been accustomed. The reason as
signed by the merchants fol the great diminu-
ton, was owing to the various obstacles thrown
in the way Of commerce by Great Britain and
France. Irecollect frequently hearing mention
made of the serious difficulty you labored under
TO find suitable vessel to carry your family TO
the. United States at that Indictment season.
My motive for wiring you this letter, with,
out any apology, is to offer you any proofs oil
the fac, of those difficulties may have in my
possession, should they be required.
am, with the most profound respect, sir,
Your obedent servant,
OIL, Err CHAMPLAIN.
His Excellency JAMES MONROE.
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MoNrEsANo, October 10, lS

Dear Sir: Shortly after your late retirement
from Washington, was favored by you with a
copy-of the report of the Committee on your
Message 70 Congress, respecting your private
transactions, which have read with great In
terest and attention. Having been during the
whole of your two Missions TO France, as prl,
to your private and public conduct, as | pre-
sumo, any other Individual whatever, will, IN
compliance with your request, proceed to state,
in relation TO both, and on the special subjects
of your inquiries, the most prominent facts
which remain still strong within my recollec-
ton and firm belief.
OF the hundred, nay hundreds, of our Coun-
trymen claiming and suffering by the delay, or
denial, of.justice on the part OF the French Go
verument, when arrived with you in Paris, in
1894, all now living, doubt not, would re-
member with me, that your predecessor, MIR
Morris, had, from his imputed hostility to the
French Revolution, incurred so much the dis.
pleasure of that Government, as to induce him
to live very much secluded, generally In the
country, and 10 attend to little else OF public
concerns, than TO granting passports, WHICH
were not much respected oy the French autho-
rites In this state ofthings, we found our nu-
merous suffering fellow citizens, vainly Deepen
ding on their own exertions for redress, or on
those of private agents with little or no effect.
When it fell 10 your more fortunate lot to be
favorablv received. by the revolutionary Govern
ment of France, as Mr. MorriS's successor,
those Americans, claimants, no less than my
self, must remember the extraordinary mass
and press upon you, not only OF their appllca-
tions, but of those from most OF the CONNER
cial ports Of the United States and OF Europe,
which compelled you to employ other persons
in aid of your Secretary, until the Consular es-
tablishment went into operation, and then, and
during several years afterwards, the Consul
(mysel0 was under the necessity OF employing
from three to five assistants. Nor can any
man, an eyewitness, in those days OF the French
Revolution, of the numerous forms, difficulties,
and various committees and authorities, which
YOU as the Minister, and myself the Consul,
had TO accommodate to and transact business
with, forget, how essential it was, in the adj
vancement Of the Just rights, safety, and Pecu-
mary claims Of our countrymen, to open our
houses, and to bestow all personal attentions In
our power, to a continued succession and round
Of men, possessing power, or ettice, or lhtu-
ence 1t is but justice to you to declare, also,
that throughout all those revolutionary scenes
and trials, know no Foreign Minister, or Con-
sui, so constantly at his post, and so incessant-
" and successfully laboring with the french
Government, to redress the wrongs, and 10 pro-
mote the lawful interests Of the great mass OF
American citizens then in France, and else
where, appealing to her Government for JUS
tice.
With every sentiment of respect and friend
ship, l remain, dear Sir,
FULWAR SKIPWITH.
Mr.. MONROE.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Mr.. MONROE.


Washington, January 81 1926.
SAMUEL D. INeHAM, Esq.
OF the House Of Representatives, U. States.
SIR: In answer TO your letter OF the 25th inst
containing an application to this Department
for Conformation respecting the circumstances
of Mr.. Monroe's detention in England in 1905
s and 7" have the honor to state, that II APP
pears. from the records in this office, that he
returned to London, from his special mission
to Madrid, OH the Esd Of July, 1905; that, soon
after his arrival, he renewed the negotiation
with the British Government, which was
pending at the time of his departure for Spain
in the autumn of the preceding year, on the
subjects of Convention 10 define certain neu'
trail rights, the protection from impressment
of American seanen, and the Northwestern
boundary between Great Britain and the Uni
ted States. The first OF these topics appears
to have engaged the special attention OF Mr.
Monroe, in consequence OF the then tate de'
cisions of the British Courts OF Admiralty, re-
latiye to the commerce of the United States
with the colonies of the enemies OF Great Bril-
tain, and with the parent country, In the. pro
ductions of such colonies" connected with the
increasing frequency of the seizure OF Am erl'
can vessels, on the principles asserted IN those
decisions. These subjects occupied his atten'
ton until the spring OF 1906.
! Extracts from the correspondence between
this Department and MIR. Monroe, and between
him and TIN British Government, tending 10
show the reasons Of his detention in England
during the period aforementioned are here
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u,
Ne,c- York, 18th November, 1926.

NelC-Y York, 18th November, 1925.
SIR: am informed by MIR. Lee, that might
nossibly communicate to you some circumstan-
ees which could be useful relating to the occur
rences connected with your FIRST embassy to
France. Iarrived at Paris, and had the honor
to be presented to you, in the latter part of the
year I7es, or in the beginning of the year fol-
iow;no At that time, Mr.. Provost, the Secre-
sarv Of Legation, Mr. Purviance, OF Baltimore
..rj INV deceased brother, were all employed
and assiduously engaged in the business Of
YOUR mission. There were then great numbers
Of our citizens in Paris having claims on the
French Government, some tor contracts MADE
by its agents in this country, others Tor proper
~ sold at differen, sea-ports in France, TO per-
sons also employed by the same Government
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Extract of a letter from Mfr. Monroe to Mr.. Ma.
LONDON, August 9Th, 1870.

LONDON, august 9Th, 1905.
Con the day of my return here, one of our
vessels, the Enoch, under circumstances pre-
cisely similar to those in the case of the Auro.
ra, was condemned by the Admiralty. Several
others have since been brought in on the same
principle, whose cases are now before the Court
4 have taken the subject up in connection with
the other topics that were depending before
set out fol Spain. send you copy of my let
ter to Lord Mulgrave, and Of his answer to it..
beg to assure you, that shall push this bust
ness with promptitude and decision, to some re-
suit, to place before the President correct
view of the policy of this Government towards
the United States"
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A Silver Goblet Lost.

II OST on the road somewhere between Georgetown
IL and Woodlawn, SILVER GOBLET, lined WIN
gold, having crest Of an Eagles head. The finder
will be satisfactorily rewarded leaving the same al
the Gazette Office april 1o-st
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Extract of a letter from Mr. Madison to Mr.. Mon

Extract ola letter from Mr. Madison to Mr.. Mon
March 6, 1905.
"The representations Of the British Minis
try in meeting you effectually on the subjects
proposed in your project for Convention, be-
tray repugnance to some OF them, and a sPl-
rit of evasion inauspicious 10 satisfactory re-
suit Still your conduct was prudent in wink
ing at this dilatory policy, and keeping the way
open for fair and friendly experiment, on your
return from Madrid, which it is presumed,
I 4 ill have taken place before this will reach
London. The experience of every day, shews
more and more, the obligation on both sides, to
enter seriously, on the means of guarding the
harmony of the two countries against the IAN
gers with which il is threatened by persever-
ance of Great Britain in her irregularities on
the high seas, and particularly in the impress
ment from American vessels"
The remainder Of this letter is occupied
with instructions on various topics connected
with the general object suggested in the close
of the fore going extract, and which seem, evl-
IDENTIFY to contemplate the continuance OF Mr..
Monroe at London. after his return from Spain,
as appears by an extract from it in Waits
State Papers, vol. 6, p. us to i79.
Extract of letter from the same TO the same.
9prI II, 1905.
In this letter after referring to sundry papers
accompanying it, relative to the case OF the brig
Aurora and cargo, condemned by the Court OF
Vice Admiralty at Newfoundland, having been
taken on her voyage from Charleston, S. c. to
Barcelona, with cargo originally shipped
from Havana: and after giving instructions at
length, on the principles involved in the case,
MIR. Madison says:
SeThe Presiden, has thought it proper that
YOU should be furnished with such view OF
the subject as isl here sketched, that you may
make the use of it best suited to the occasion.
If the trial of the Aurora on appeal should not
be over, it is questionable whether the Govern
ment will interfere with its Courts. Should
he trial be over, and the sentence OF the Vice
Admiralty Court at St. Johns, have been con-
frmed, You are to loseno time in presenting to
the British Government a representation cor
responding with the scope of these observa-
tions; and in urging that redress in the case,
which is equally due to private justice, to the
reasonable expectation of the United States, &
to that confidence and harmony which ought
to be cherished between the two nations"
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they were contending for their existence, &c.
told him that was detained here by that 3D.
siness alone, and should have sailed, long since,
for the United States, had his Government
placed our affairs on such footing as to have
enabled me-"
"Captain Tomkins will not sail till Februa-
ry, so that there is no prospect Of an immedi-
ate passage in his vessel -
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JAMES MONROE.

Documents attached to the Report made by the
Select Committee to whom had been refer
red the Claim Of Jsmes Monroe, late Presi-
dent of the United States.
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Salt AhOat.

1HMM BUSHELS Isle of May Salt aAoat, which
AVSSwill be sold unusually low, if taken from
on board, between this and the 18th inst. by
apr8 LINDSAYa HILL.
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Note from, Mr.. Monroe 10 Lord liuLgraue.

Mr.. Monroe presents his compliments to
Lord Mulgrave, and has the honor to Inform
his Lordship, that, having the permission ofthe
President, he proposes TO sail TO the United
States this autumn, and, as the favorable season
is far advanced, it will be necessary for him, in
case he does, to depart at no distant day. MIR.
Monroe would be much gratfe6 to see the in
teresting concerns Of the two powers adjusted,
and placed On solid aud satisfactory footing,
before he sails, to accomplish which, his Gov
ernment has failed in nothing that was due to
the just, the friendly, and conciliatory policy,
which animates 1t. Such an adjustment, how
ever, has and will depend on the views and dis
position of his Majesty's Government. In COM
municating the above circumstance, Mr.. Mon
roe has the honor to add, that he is, and will
continue to be, prepared while he remains in
England, to enter on that business, whenever
Lord Mulgrave may be SO disposed, and that
the time of his departure, however interesting
on other considerations, will also be made sub
servent to that very important object
GREAT CUMBERLAND PLACE, H.,
October 10Th. 1905.
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Extract Of a letter from the same to the same.

AUGUST ZUtII, IoOo.
81 had an interview with Lord Mulgraye
yesterday, on the late seizure Of our vessels,
which, I am sorry to observe, presented the
prospect Of less favorable result than had
anticipated from the preceding one. He assert
ed the principle, in the fullest extent, that neu-
trail Power had no right to commerce with the
Colonies of an enemy in time of war, which it
had not in time of peace; and that every extern
sion oft in the former State, beyond the limit
Of the latter, was due to the concession Of Great
Britain, not to the right of the neutral Power
denied the principle in equal extent, and in
sisted that Great Britain had no more right in
war, to interfere with, or control, the commerce
of neutral Power with the Colonies of an enc.
my, than she had in peace"