Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-03-18
BATON UG L.
sAruppAy. March Ia, 1919.

Of The fight Of search end the right ol visit
we find The follow ing IN The New Orleans
Bulletin Of Monday.~-That paper says i-="li
. speech of Mr.. Gushing. delivered IN the
House of Representatives on The "sth nit
we ind the sutioined passage. It demons
s~tratrs the utter Iailaty Of the distinction at
tempted 10 BIO drawn by The british Govern
rnptll, aud by some presses and politicians III
this country, between ,ist and se1'ths'
"Atthn,,e,, The language 81 air Robert Peel.
especially q portion vi his fFteel. WIS some
what ]ottertIre, il was puesiLle that he might,
in sfeakine OF this right oi visitation, have
had in ia mind such a form Of Welt es Is as
e.nrrieed IN the eeast Of the United Htetes
Ly American armed vessels pl .hose uf foreign
uatin1e sailing in our waters bat that wps q
Visitation under the sanction IT The laws of
the ttntad EtateF-laws Of q ptuniripn cha
tlptpr, and enacted 10 secure Tie collection of
il,e revenues If thiR government. This WaR
n municipal right, not o right existing utideF
The law Of uations, s4pcl, n right did not rs-
ist, al ntdinr "a ar William Scott. 'ulN the
,,t,art r9priatrt rarts Of The ureau.' J 10 right
,( v%iAttaiisa for which SIR Robert Peel innani
10 rvntrtt. must. h, Wpvcr, have heen sotrie-
thing djFe rent from thls, And what, then,
vas Il | Was It What he assittned II to be p!
,ia a visit for the ptrpnse. solely, ct verifying
tie fity oi1 4 yeesnl At ser, h ascertain wliet1-
se tho vessel had y tight to sail under It To
test this Mr. G.. would put q case. suppose
a british cruiser tnet a vessel nj sea. with The
American flag NJ her masthead, and had re-.
SOFT to suspect that The vessel wns not IL rea-
lly mn American the commander went on
ln,rd and challenged the Ear-=hoW was It's
legitimacy la be verified The master Of he
vessel would exhibit his register, o. a roll n
a'egaipuge, to chow she was trttlf an AfBefi-
can petpel. But Mi &. wnujl ash if a vesanl
iniult for %pilrrUssE ui fraud hoist o jalse flag.
might che no, also exhibit iaIse and simulated
papers, Had THE never been done | OF Nas
Il not Cuntfion IN The late war the question
~ almost every case where n vessel had been
brought IN for Adjudication wtR the single
question Of the authenticity OF her papers, il
must be utterly n,igbtury and vain 10 heck be-
hind he fav of vessei II the visitef might not
look behind her papers also, 10 tha persons nn
hoard her and to The nationality II her crew.
~. cruiser had u FIGHT io gu behind The iiar,
rho must have a right 10 pp behind the p1perR
also. Now. he would ask, what dtHtirrtion
could le shown between the right NJ esatnin-
ing behind both flap' and papers and tho right
Of pearrhi He could pee none, could ma.
CINE none. Either THE assumed right Of vi
citation was . uullity, or I, was The right 81
search"
with due regard for The greater experience
of our friends Of the Bulletia IN matters per-
timing TO commerce, we renhot agree that
there IL anything akin 10 n demonstration III
the above paragraph. The sum and substance
of the extract appears simply to be, that Mr.
Gushing Hlrpopes Sif n. Peel means search
when he says visit, and, at all esehtP, that vi
ptt may be abused and tortured into search. If
parties be so disposed. Peel defined In the
moot explicit language what he Wishes under
etood TO he the nature of a Welt, and tha, de-
finitien corresponds about az well with the
view above taken, az "angry war; does with
"sullen peace"
We wtsh Mr.. Gushing or the Bulletin. or
pome others learned in this matter, would in
stfnet he III what avail our tfuieefB--the Eng
1ish, French and other cruisers. will be IN ar
resting the alaee trade, when II hecomee TN.
~,iersteod that none OF them can visit any other
vessels than those carrying their own flag !
Or lie il also 10 he stipulated that the slavefs
VI each nation shall carry the tiag Of its own
country for the special accommodation of
said cruisers Perhaps 90 and in case the
ripht Of visit is denied, this would be very
viee provision,
People talk ar If this right Of visit were all
III favor If England If 10 reciprocity eS-
ls,el We do not so understand II, We
yield no rights TO others not accorded TO us
by then,
u The bill to form three new parlehes
in the county Of Natchi,oehes, has become a
law. they are called, Sabine, Boasier and de
Soto. The motion 10 permit the Recorder of
Mortgages in New Orleans TO employ a de-
putty has also passed inte a law.
GtAnntours,-Thc destruction of pointe.
Attire by an earthquake on the 9Th ult, is
taily confirmed by recent arrivals at N. Or
lcans. A latter from = passenger who arrived
Oh the 18Th Inst. Ia published in the Courier,
The writer, with his family escaped, he knows
not how, We copy tho following translation
Of his letter!
On The 9Th Of February, about half past 10
o'clock, a highttal earthquake threw down all
tho houses ard walls IN the town of pointe-A.
ritrp.-After a terrible minute Of mortal anSt.
ETY., the trembling of the earth ceased, and
then arose on all sides the most heart.rendlng
cries. For a moment, a cloid of dust made il
impossible to distinguish objects; but in a
short time the wind dispersed the dust, and
the eyes OF the few survivors fell on heaps of
bodies horribly mutilated some still alive,
and others quite deal,
A stupor for a moment seemed to p~aralyxe
the tongues and the limbs Of those who had
escaped unhurt-they looked at each other
Ike Enthusiastically, cries broke forth, "My
child y "ms father y "my wife !" and then
all were in molten, in search Of Those they
he'd most dear.
No longer could any streets be traced, for
oil were filled up by the ruins of the houses,
of which none remained standing hat a few
wood. After a long and painful search
the heaps OF ruins, a few persons were
taken out alive.
The questions asked. while this was going
on, were truly heart.rending: shave YOU
seen nay mother I" "Shc has been crushed to
"Tiase you not met my chiIdren3"
They were teund under the ruins" "Oh
tel me, what has become of my wife !" "She
has been dashed to pieces"
Others stopped close to the spot where late
iy stood Their dwellings-with their hands