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Where \s, by the second section of an .act of Congress of the 6th of May
last entitled “ An act in addition to tile act.conccrning navigation, and also to
authorise the appointment of Deputy Collectors,” it is provided, Tlwt, m the
event of the signature of any treaty or convention concerning the navigation or
commerce between the Uhited States, and Fiance, the President of the United
' States, if he should deem the same expedient, may suspend, by Proclamation,
until the end of the next session of Congress, tin-operation of the act, entitled
« An act to impose a new tonnage duty on French shins and vessels, and lor
other purposes-” ami, also, to suspend, as aforesaid, all other duties on I rcnch
Vessels, or the goods imported in the same, which may exceed the duties on A-
Inerican vessel?, and on similar goods imported in the same : And whereas a
convention of navigation and commerce between the United States ol America
and his Majesty tlm King of France and Navarre, has tins day been duly sign
ed by John' Quincy Adams, Secretary of State, on the part of the I ruled Sfat -s,
and bv the Bgron Hyde de Neuvilh;, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister 1 lem-
JSSI* France, on the part of Ills Most Christian Majesty, which con
tention is in the words following :•
, .... OEIGJifiU
Convention de Navigation ft dc Com
merce cntre Sa Majeste Ic Rot dc
France cl dc Navarre ct les Etats
• Unis (PArneriqiic.
Sa Majeste le Roi do Franco et do
Navarre ct los Etgts Unis d’Amerique
desirant regkr los rolalinus do Naviga
tion' ot de Commerce outre lours nations
respective* par une'Convciition tempo
fmig rociproqo.cmont avantagou.seot sa
tisfaisante, et arjiver ainsi a un arrange
ment plus etondu ot durable, ont rCs
pectivcinontdonno leurs plclrts ponvoirs,
sy voir : Sa Majeste Tros Cnrotienne
an Baron Hyde de Ncuv’dle, Chevalier
de I’Ordre Royal ot Mililairc. do St.
Louis, .Commandeur do la Logidn
dllonneur, Grand Croix do I’Ordre
Royal American d’lsabello la Catho-
Jique, son Envoyc Extraordinaire ct
Ministro plonipotontiairo pres los Etats
Unis; etlo President dos Etats Unis, a
John Quincy Adams, lour Secretaire
d’Etat; lesqucls, apres avoir ochaugc
lours Plenis pouvoirs, sons convenus
dca articles suivans.
article 1.- .
l.es prodints naturels ou manufac
tures des Etats Unis Importes en France
sur batimens des Etats Unis 1 paycront
• un Droit additionol qui n’excsdera point
♦ingt iroucs par tonneau de marclmn
dise, en' sus des Droits payes sur los
rpemos produits naturels on manufac
tures des Etats Unis quand jls »ont im
bortes par nuvires Francais.
*• . /
ARTICLE 2.
Los produits npturels on manufac
tures dc France iraportes aux Etats Unis
sur batimens Francais paycront un
droit additionel qui n’excedera point
trois dollars soixantequinze cents par
tonneau de merchandise en sus lies dro
its payes sur les memes produits naturels
ou manufactures do Franco, quuml ils
sont importes par navircs des Etats U
tm.
ARTICLE 3.
Aucun droit differentiel ne sera love
sur les produits du sol et dc I’indus-
trio de France qui seront importes par
navires Francais dans les ports des E
tats Unis pour transit ou re-exporta
tion :
11 en sera de memo dans les ports do
France pour los produits du sol et de
Fimlustric dc PUnion qui seront im
portes pour transit ou re-exportation
par navires des Etats Unis.
ARTICLE 4.
Les quantites suivantes seront con
sideroes coniine formant le tonneau de
merchandise pour chacun des articles
ci-apros specifies;
Vins —quatre baniquesde 61 gallons
ctißque, ou 244 gallons do 2d 1 pouces
cubes, (mesure Amcricajne.)
Eaux de vie et tous autres liquides,
.344 gallons.
Soierics, et toutes autres morchondi
*es secljes, ainsi quo tous auucs aiticles
generalemem sounds au mesurage, qua
rante deux pieds cubes, mesure Fran
calsc, en France; et cinquante pieds
cubes, me:ore Amerkuine, aux Etuts
tlnis.
Cotons—So4 lb. avoir-dupoids, o«
4163 kilog.
Tabacs —iGOO lb. avoir-dupoids ou
725 kilog.
Potasse ct Pcrlasse—224o lb. avoir
dupoids ou I<<l6 kilog.
Riz—l6ou lb. avoir-dupoids ou 720
kilog. ,
Et pour tous los articles non-speci
fics et qui se pesent, 2240 lb. avuir-du
poids, ou 10X6 kilogrammes.
article 5.
Les droits de tonnage, dc phare, de
pilotage, droits de port, courtage et tous
autres droits sur la navigation etrangore
en sus de ceux payes respectivement par
)a navigation uationale dans los deux
nayes, autres, que ceux specifies dans
las aiticles 1 et 2 de la presente conven
tion, n’excederont pas en France, pour
les batimens des Etat Unis, cinq francs,
per tonneau d’apres le registre Ameri
cain du batiment, ni, pour les batimens
Francais aux Elat Unis, quatre-vingt
quatorae cents par tonneau d'apres le
Fraincais des batiment.
article 6.
Les parties contiactantcs desirant
favotiser motuelkypujemr commerce,
i
ORIGINAL.
Convention of Navigation and Com
merce between the United States
of America and His Majesty the
King of France and Navarre.
The United Slates of America and
His Majesty the. King of France and
Navarre, being desirous of settling the
relations of navigation and commerce
between their respective nations, by a
temporary convention reciprocally be
neficial and satisfactory, & thereby of
leading to a more permanent & compre
hensive arrangement, have respective
ly furnished their full powers in man
ner following, that is to say: The
President of the United States to John
Quincy Adams, their Secretary of
State; and His most Christian Majes
ty to the Karon Hyde de Neuville,
Knight of the Royal and Military Or
der of St. Louis, Commander of the
legion of Honor, .Grand Cross of the
Royal American Order of Isabella the
Catholic, His Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary near the
United States; .who, after exchanging
their full powers, have agreed on the
following articles;
article 1.
. Articles of the growth, produce, or
manufacture of the United States, im
ported into France in vessels of the U
nited States, shall pay an additional
duty, not exceeding twenty francs per
ton of 'merchandise, over-and above
the duties paid on the like articles, also
of the growth, produce, or manufac
ture of the United States, when im
ported In French vessels.
- article 2.
'Articles of the growth, produce,
or manufacture of France imported into
the United States in French vessels,
shall pay an additional duty, not ex
ceeding three dollars and seventy-five
cents per ton of merchandise, over ami
above the duties collected upon the like
articles, also of the growth, produce,
or manufacture of France, when im
ported in vessels of the United States.
article 3.
No discriminating duty shall he levied
upon the productions of the soil or in
dustry of France, imported in F rench
bottoms into the ports of the United
States for transit or re-exportation.
Nor shall any such duties be le
vied upon the productions of (he soil
or industry of the United States, im
ported in vessels of (he United States
into the ports of F'rance for transit or
re-exportation.
article 4.
The following quantities shall be con
sidered as forming the ton of merchan
dise for each of the articles herein
after specified:
Wines-—four 61 gallon hogsheads,
or 244 gallons of 231 cubic inches,
American measure.
Brandies, and all other liquids, 244
gallons.
Silks, and all other dry goods, and
all other articles usually subject to mea
surement, forty-two cubic feet French,
in France, and fifty cubic feet
American measure, in the United
States.
Cotton—Bo4 lb. avoirdupois, or 30*3
kilog.
Tobacco—l6oo lb. avoirdupois, or
725 kilog.
Ashes—pot and pearl, 2240 lb.
avoirdupois or 1016 kilog.
Rice—l6oo lb. avoirdupois, or 725
kilog.,
And for all weighable articles not
specified, 22401 b. avoirdupois, or 1016
kilogrammes.
' article 5.
The duties of tonnage, light-money,
pilotage, port charges, brokerage, and
all other duties upon foreign shipping
over & above those paid by the national
shipping in the two countries respective
ly,other than those specified in articles 1
& 2 of the present convention, shall not
exceed, in France, for vessels of (he
U. States, five francs per ton of the ves
sel’s American register; nor for vessels
of France, in the United States, nine
ty-four cents per ton of the vessel’s
French passport.
ARTICLE 6.
The contracting parties, wishing to
favour their mutual commerce by afford
cn dtmnant dans lours ports (outc assist
ance necessairealeurs batimens respect
ifij, sont convenues, que les Consuls et
Vice Consuls pourront faire arrcter les
matelots faisant partie des equipages des
batihichs de lours natioiis reapcctives qiii
auraieSt deserte des dits batimens pour
les renvoyer et faire transporter bors
du pays. Auquel effet les (Jits Consuls
et Vice Consuls s'addressertmt aux tri
bitnaux, Juges et OfficLers; compctens,
et leur feront, par ccrit, la dpmande des
dits desertcurs, en justifiant parl’exhi
bilion des registres du bailment du role
jt'equipage ou autres
que ccs hoinmes faisaient pdrtie des dit?
equipages. Et sur cette demsmde ainsi
justified sauf toutefois la preuve con
traire, ne pourra etre rolu
see, et il sora donue toute aide ct assist
ance aux dits Consuls et Vice Consuls
pour la recherche, saisie et arrestation
des susdits desertcurs, lesqucls seront
memo detenus et gardes dans les pri
sons du pays, a lour .requisition, et a
L leurs frais, jusqu ace qui ’ls ayent trouye
. occasion de les renvoyer. Mais s’ils
n’etaient renvoyes dans le dclai d« trois
[ mois a compter du jour de leur arret,
. iis seront elargis, ct ne pourront plus
etfc arretes pour la memo cause.
'
> ARTICLE 7-
• La presente Convention tempomire
aura son plein effet pendant deux mis a
parlor du ter Octohre prochain, et mtme
aprcsl’expiration de ce terme, clle sera
i maintenue jusqu ala .conclusion d’un
Traite definitif, ou jusqu'a;ce quel unc
des parties ait declare a I’autre sou in
tention d’y renoncer, laqucllc declara
’ tion devra etre I’aite au moins six mois
. d'avance.
Et dans le cas ou la presente Conven
tion viendrait a continuer, sans cette
declaration par I’une ou I’autrc partie,
les droits extraordinaries specifies dans
' les 1 et 2 articles, seront, a I’expiration
des elites deux annees, diihinuees de part
et d’autre d’un quart de leur montant,
et successivement d'un quart du dit mon
tant d’annee en annee, aussi longteins
qu’ aucune, des parties n’auva declare
son intention d’y renoncer, ainsi qu il
est dit cidessus.
ARTICLE S.
La presente Convention sera ratiliee
de part et cl’ autre, ct les ratifications se
ront cchangces, dans I’espace d’une an
nee a compter do ce jour, ou plutot si
faire se pent. Mais I’execulion de la
dite Convention commencera dans les
deux Pays le premier Octohre proclaim,
ct aura son effet, dans le cas meme de
non ratification, pour tous batimens
partis bona fide pour les ports delaine
, ou I’autre Nation, dans la confiance
. qu’ello etait en vigtieur.
En (hi cle qvldl, les Plefiipotenti
aires respectiis put signe la pre
sente Convention, et y ont ap
pose leurs sceaux, en la ville tie
I Washington ce 24me jour de
Jnin de Van de Notre Seigneur,
1 1822.
G. HYDE DE NEUVILLE. (l. s.)
1 JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, (l. s.)
. ARTICLE SEPAUK.
Les droits extraordinaires loves de
[ part et d’autre jusqu’a ce jour, en vertu
del’acte du Congres du 15 Mai, 1820,
et de I’ordonnance du 2(3 Juillet, dc la
[ meme imnee ct autres la conlirmant, <jni
. n’ont point doja ete remliourses, seront
, restitues.
I Signe et scello com me ci dessus ce
24me Jour de Juin, 1822.
G. HYDE DE NEU VILLE, (I. s.)
[ JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, (l. s.)
• }
. ARTICLE SRI’ARE.
Il est convenue que les droits extraor
dinnircs,specifics dans les I et 2 articles
de cette Convention, no seront leves que
. sur I’excedant cle la valeur de la marchan
dise importer, sur la .valtßir do la mer
chandise exportee par le meme batiment
dans le meme voyage : En sortc que si
la valeur des articles expoftes egale ou
surpasse cello des articles importes par
le meme batiment (exceppmt toutefois
I les articles importes pour jrausit ou re
exportation,) aucun droit extraordinaire
j no sera love ; et, si les articles exportes
sont infericurs cn valeur a ceux' im
portos, les Droits-extraordinalres ne so
, rout leves que sur le montant de la dii
j ferenco de leur valeur. , Cot article
toutefois n'aura d’elfef que dans le cas
I do ratification de part ct d’autre, ct seu
lement deux mois apres Pechangc dos
, ratifications. Mais le refus do ratificr
cot arlirle, d’un ou d’autre part, n’affec
tcra et n'allaiblira en rien la ratification
ou In validite des articles prcccdens de
, cette conventK n.
Signe et scolle commo ci-dessus ce
24me Jour de Jniii, 1822.;
G. H V D E D E NEUVILLE, (l. s.)
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, (l. s.)
Now, therefore, be it ,known, that I, James Monroe, President of the U* <
nited States, in pursuance of the authority aforesaid, do hereby suspend, from 1
and after the first day of October next, until the end of the next session of Con- 1
gross, the operation of the ’act aforesaid, entitled u An act to impose a new <
tonnage duty on French ships and vessels and for other purposes,” and also all s
other duties <m French vessels, and the goods,-being the growth; produce, and 1
manufacture of France, imported in the same, which may exceed to the duties '<■
on American vessels, and on similar goods imported irt the same, saving only the <
discriminating duties payable on French vessels and op articles the growth, pro- 1
duce and manufacture of Fiance, imported in the same, stipulated by the said, 5
convention to be paid. ■ 1
In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the United States to be t
afiixed to these presents, and signed the same with my hand. t
Done at Washington, the 24th day of June, in the year of our f
.Pol'd one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, and of the e
Independence of the United States the forty-sixth.
JAMES MONROE. c
Ry the President: • c
■ JOHN QWNOY ADAMS, Secretary of State. | h
ing in their ports every necessary assist
ance to their respective vessels, have a
grecd that the Consuls and Vice Con- ,
suls may cause to be arrested the sail
ors, being part of the crews of the,
vessels of their respective nations, who 1
shall have deserted from the said ves- i
sels, in order to send them back, and 1
transport them out of the country. lor <
which jmrpose the said Consuls and 1
Vice Consuls shall address themselves •
to the Courts, Judges, and Officers ■'
competent, and shall demand the said
deserters in writing—proving, by an 1
exhibition of the registers of the ves- f
sel, or ship’s roll, or other official do- i
cuments, that those men were part of the 1
said crews; and on this demand, so 1
proved, (saving, however, where the 1
contrary is proved,) the delivery shall
not be refused : and there snail <
he given all aid and assistance to the I
said Consuls and Vice Consuls, for the i
search, seizure, and arrest, of the said i
deserters, who shall even be detained, i
and kept in the prisons of the country, i
at their request and expense, until i
they shall have found an opportunity of i
sending them back. Hut, if they be . i
not sent back within three months, i
to be counted from the day of their ai- I
rest, they shall be jet at liberty, and i
shall be no more arrested for the same 1
cause. 1
article 7*
The present temporary Convention
shall be in force for two years from the i
first day of October next, and even «f- i
ter the * expiration of that term, until ;
the conclusion of a definitive Treaty, <
or until one of the parties snail have
declared its intention to renounce it ;
which declaration shall be made at least
six months before hand. 1
And, in case the present arrange
ment should remain without such dc- '
duration of its discontinuance by ei
ther party, the extra duties specified in
the Ist and 2d articles, shall, from the
expiration of the said two years, he i
on both sides diminished by one-fourth
of their whole amount, & afterwards by
one-fourth of the said amount from
year to year, so long as neither party
shall have declared the intention of
renouncing it, as above stated.
ARTICLE 8.
The present Convention shall be ra
tified i n both sides, and the ratifica
tions shall be exchanged, within one
year from the date hereof, or sooner,
if possible. Hut the execution of the
said Convention shall commence in
both countries on the first of October
next, and shall be effective, even in
case of non-ratification, for all such
vessels as may have sailed, bona fide,
for the ports of either nation, in the
confidence of its being in force.
In faith whereof, the respective
Plenipotentiaries have signed
the present Convention, and
have thereto affixed their seals,
at the city of Washington, this
24th day of June, A, 1). 1822.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, (l. s.)
G. HYDE DE NEUVILLE. (l. s)
SEPARATE ARTICLE.
The extra duties levied on either
side before the present day, by virtue
of the act of Congress of the 15th
May, 1820, and of the ordinance of
the 26th July, of the same year, and
others confirmative thereof, and which
have not already been paid back, shall
be refunded.
Signed and sealed as above, this
24th clay of June, 1822.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, (l. s.)
G. HYDE DE NEUVILLE, (l. s)
SEPARATE ARTICLE.
It is agreed that the extra duties, spe
cified in the first and second articles of
this Convention, shall be levied only
upon the excess of value of the mer
chandise imported, over the value of
the merchandise exported in the same
vessel upon the same voyage: So that
if the value of the articles exported
shall equal or exceed that of the articles
imported in the same vessel (not in
cluding, however, articles imported for
transit or re-xportation) no such extra
duties shall be levied; and if the arti
cles exported are less in value than
those imported, the extra duties shall
bo levied only upon the amount of the
difference of their value. This article, *
however, shall take effect only in case
of ratification on both sides; and not
until, two months after the exchange
of the ratifications. But the refusal (
to ratify this article, on either side, ,
shall in no wise affect or impair the ra- ]
Plication or the validity of the preced
ing articles of this convention. ,
Signed and sealed as above, this j
24th day of June, 1822. ,
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, (l. s.) ,
G. HYDE DE NEUVILLE, (l. $) ,
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YTURBIDE, s EMI , KROR OF MEXICO
As the appointment of Augustin Y tur- •
bide to the supreme executive authority
in Mexico, places him in a station to
wards which all eyes will be directed,
curiosity may be perhaps gratified even ,
with some imperfect sketches _olJus In- .
ography ; . and it may probably allbrd
some pleasure in its setjoel. •
Augustin Yturbide-j-Wfis born at Yn
ladolidj in Mexico, uWut the year 17 90,
for we find him in 1810 a lieutenant in
the army. 1 iis father, who still lives in
his 84th at Valadolid, was Joseph Joa
chim Yturbide a native ot Biscay, in
Spain, who passed from Europe in
17(13, at the age of 23 years to Mexico,
and married a creole lady of considera
ble lortune in that city, of whom Aa- •
gustin is the offspring ; and who was ed
ucated at the collegiate seminary of his
native city. He attended v. ith his la
ther to the employments .of an agric;.l
- life, by which his coits).-tuShm «<;S
framedtobaidiuess, antshi;- La. sis wore
formed to military exercises in the mili
tia of his province, composed principal
ly of cavalry; from a pen with which
the American people are familiar, we
have obtained some ol the chut traits
of the character of the generalissimo of
Mexico.
Voting Yturbide was distinguished
among ins contemporaries ol the same
age, as the leader of all youthful enter
prizos, excelling in athletic exercises ;
arid equally distinguished in taming the
wild horse, as in extending his mind to
the promotion and improvement of a
grieulture, which formed the occupation
of his father.
lie was a lieutenant in 1810; but
there was so much disorder and such
want of system in the revolutionary
corps, that ho deemed it useless to com
mit himself under such a state ol disor
ganization. Jle left his native province
for the capital of Mexico: but his hi.lo
ry in the interval- between this period
and when w'c find him at the head of a
division, and attacked, by Morales, at
the village of Marabatio, we have riot
means to ascertain. The defence which
he made cn that occasion with a handful
of troops, very much distinguished him,
made him known to the government,
led him to the rank of colonel, and he
was thenceforward usually in the com-,
mand of a brigade, from the opinion
that had been conceived of Ills inuepidi
ty and enterprise.
The talents which he had displayed,
and the confidence he had obtained, ex
cited jealousies, arid subjected him to
the influence ,of base, intriguer.s, of infe
rior qualifications,, such as arc found in
all armies in all countries, for every
where tjte man who possesses more than
ordinary faculties or virtues, must al
ways calculate .upon being feared and
hated; he was deprived of the com
mand of Bahia; the injustice was en
dured without complaint; he repaired
to the neighborhood of the capital and
occupied himself on a handsome planta
tion ; where his character was too much
distinguished to be long obscure. From
his farm he was invited to take com
mand of an army destined for the south,
by which we understand, that force
which he marched to Acapulco in 1819
-—2o—The minute circumstances of
his understanding with the then Viceroy
Apodoca, are not so well ascertained,as
to authorize any specification ; but on
this march it appears that-he matured
those plans, which he had conceived,
for the total emancipation and indepen
dence of Mexico—which produced the
memorable plan of Igualu of which e
quality ol’rights for all persons, Indians,
Mulattos, and Negroes, as well as whites,
is the main characteristic;*! feature:
and upon tins .comprehensive ’plan
which united all interests, and promised
protection to all; to the soldiery pro
motion, to the priests their authority 0-
ver souls, to the titled their titles, to the
merchant bounties, to the planters com
merce, and to the various classes of la
borers, liberty; all were consulted,
named and respected, and all interests
were reconciled.
Augustin Yturbide is full 5 feet 10.
inches high, erect, well proportioned &
/all formed, rather athletic than light;
combining the muscular force of Hercu
les with the elegant contour of Apollo ;
his motion is manly and graceful—easy
and unaffected ; his complexion a light
brunette, and his visage a fine turned
oval, animated by a playful, speaking
hazel eye, indicative of quickness and a
warm heart ;’in his manner more per
suasive than imperative, neither presum
ing nor assuming too much, he insensi
bly brings those up to his level with
whom he converses, and never fails to
excite great attachment. Ills military
operations are .characterised by vigil
ance, patience, and perseverance*; and
when he strikes', it is with the decision
of thunder ; in the most criiicle and ha
zardous situations he is composed, col
lected, and smiling at danger—the fears
and jealousies natural to a people, em
erging from despotism to independence,
have ascribed to’him a sinister ambition,
incompatible with free government,
Jet he has very recently, as above no
ticed, publicly repeated his detennina- j
tion, to terminate his political career, by
following the example of our great ex- 1
emplar Washington. !
These are the principal features of j
character, which .we have been able tp ,
collect—they are no doubt imperfect; I;
but they are beyond doubt correct. 1 1
PE?M THE BALTlMtfan m M
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■ Extract of a letter dated I
“MEXICO. M* I
- “ Tins will be presented to vi H
meritorious follower of Mina Col M
burn, of the lmperat«ri;U smi ce 'J
dest young man in Lull confident!
.the powers here, beloved by ,h e jj
iipd it great.-lavoiita 4*f the pp.j I
gent, and Generalissimo Vturbi ft |
goes to the United i* lt es to . JU ’|
equip and man certain, vessels o fl
for the service ol' this V oAernm 'i
am convinced that all hi s c ‘
and engagements. will be s ,
fulfilled, tin - all hough the tTreasu
at preset#a!W empty, (he emi
bounds im resources which from i
tiruticn of fiscal knowledge, the J
which we have not known how ijL
- into operation, and from a want oft!
ledge ol practical politics, all thij,
lie nleasure.-i are sluggish and»
But these diilicchies will soon
bel’me tin* tmeju .and uccuto
which is now on the
rluut sighted politicians,’ sons ciJ
cantile cupidity who come h%
scrape the precious metals fret
earth, finding themselves utterly j,
pointed, iiuiuediately contract tfiel
jaundice ;.ud behold every tiding i ISI
array, the noul, clean ami wills
streets of this metropolis, all ct-mti
into filth and.mud ; ihe troops,)®
pensively dressed, all ragged aifo
loot and a counter revolution at hm
introduce a state of anarchy andi
the country in blood. Sad distort*
human intellect! sad perversion oft
dour and morality."'' ’ >
“ Yub recollect the prediction,
anticipations of die disinfected
dawn of qur Revolution—prediti,
never fulfilled and anticipation *,
out fruition. .A few weeks sinte It
bide, a man whose equal hairaj
been seen on earth, would be sitij
with nothing short of the imperiall
deni, and this was to desolate then
country by civil strife, yet this Hu
thirty-eight years, whose express!*
uign, playful countenance, auinum
a fine hazle eye, bespeaks a heart*
out guile and teeming with humaj
declared in my presence and toseJ
persons three evenings since, thl
should clase his public career by fj
iug the example of our incomparal
lustrious Washington. Our own
ous Revolution was not atchievedtj
out strife and bloodshed. No oa
forget King’s Mountain, where!
conquered and Campbell ran awa;
credit; now can it be expected th;
diversified population of seven 01
millions should be exempt from
jects of collision,, but the good 1
the good temper, the virtue and pi
'.ism', of the controuling, mtelligeiti
of the community, and ihe pacifiit
per arid natufnl . subordination I
great mass of the people, will sent
tinguish any popular,or unlieensmo
motion which may be excited by
discontented and the ambitious.— 4 ,#
etjudice.” *
From the Baltimoie Telegraph
Y\ r t
Tlie nl-irm of fire was raised abrat
past four o’clock yesterday afternoon,
proved a trie, and in the result a lune
hie one. It originated in the lumber
of Messrs. Kirby & Clark, in the res
McEUkrry’s wharf, and spread with i
pidity, altogether uncontrolaMe by the
most exertions of the fire and enginem
(which Were rendered with theiru
alacrity and spir t,) until it haddcitm
sevkstkex cfthe brick warehouse!*
dwelling fronting on Jt’Efdeny’s win
Two < r thr;e houses were alaodesW
on the south-side of Prad street H*
t.d i iss of buildings large and srm>ll,wt
thirty.—The l »ss of property indepun
of the buildings was very consider!
An immense number of citizen* assenjß
with prompt’tude, to aid in extingul»|
the flames. Ev< ry attempt however,'!
the beginning, must have been manirj
mmaling; and the littleness and $
ness of human power were never M
coinj fetid. and impressively eviaetdrt
in this appalling and disheartening f
when the dest o’, ing clement,, with*
sist bfe f r.e consumed the avails «i
dusky, and seemed to mock at hums
terfi f jnce.
Every thing was done, we b' fe ve,
was -peaedcab'e, to pfesjtre the prop
I! *t feu- re could net have been a w**
, ropi'ioua scene for exertion.
comniei’.cemei t the wind blow a (s*l*'
he S»"th Eist—lt occasionaly rcel
but Til held strong, for sevipl h°
The ti 1 e commenced in alimbtrri
vary asta its origin, fid **
fire spp mg up in two different pb ce!
is r t onal y concluded to be
an incendiary. Theie are other !tfo
circumstances, which support thisbjtc®
jet tore. The second building
reached was a turpentine distilled *
to thi-i t!ie immense piles of l*.i(i'i )tr P,
ed near so many warehouses, anFJf 1
rial less t/irni one hundred thoira rid*®-
worth were burnt ,• and whjo ew » ( ;t
the nncoiitmlable fiercenesrsof th*
We deeply sympathise with th®’ l *.
’mdut-trious and respectable aufl’erer*
flilow-cit zens, we know, «*fl N
soon tiling more tfian sympathv. '
can rrioTi fcpciblv r *.mind us of’at
t ;n"r *, which man holds o*iyvt
terrestrial, than to find him i* l t
ing Llessoti with compel "*'•*■,
industry and comfort, and before nf!
sun rises, gazing on the ramscft.'at*
was essential to ttie support ot b l 3 C ’
and the bringing forward Ins ch | *'“ rc 'T
life ?• - * p |L
Some lives were reported to cv®
lost. It is certain several P er^, |, H
inji red. among lliem, J»r ■
Kenm.nl, who fell from the f*! o '' j
was very severely hurt, ami “U.m j
enteit iined of hi* recovery. |
also fell ami had his thigh br*-’*’ • .
most shocking manner.