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..Jiilosophers have arisen, who seem independence of its territory,
*o have left scarcely'any thing to be ‘ l “■ ~ r 1
discovered hereafter. For many a-
„ cs astronomers had vibrated from
one absurdity to another, which were
dl at length swallowed up in the
vortices of Descartes ; a greater ab-
rdity than all the rest. Newton
npeared; recalled the mind from its “England has placed France in
devious eccentric track} gave it a a state of blockade. The Emperor
projectile impulse, and taught it to'has, in his decree of Berlin, declared
* r . iw, trnthL The the British Islands in a st&te of block-
of truth* The the British Islands in a state ofblock
world has not since produced aade.
vfive in the orbit
ty The RulTun army of Mohlavh
has y lined fame artvsirage* over the Turk
400,000 men are find to remain in Auftr
until a general peace. The port of Ant
weip ii to be confiderably enlarged. A'.'.
ditionaare to be made to the fortification!
at Offend. Moravia has been evacuated by
the French, and occupied by the Auftrians.
——The cfanng of the porta of Sweeden
was publicly announced in handbills at
Stockholm, dated ts'h October. John Q.
Adams and family have arrived at E'fineur.
It appears that in addition to his million to
Kuflia, he is charged with a fper.lt 1 million
to Copenhagen but not in the Jacksonian
1 he first ol these regulations ftyi e , Inconsequence of the peace between
are
the property of eyery neutral. A
state may transfer itself to another
state ; it may destroy the archives
of its independence, and pass from
Prince to Prince, but the right of so
vereignty is indivisible and unalien
able ; no one can renounce it.
v nll .|nn • but a thousand humble forbid neutral vessels to proceed to Sweden and Rulfia, the price of tea at Co
’ . . . >n .— > I-....! ! penhagen fuddcnly fell from 21 to 17
marks. The national guards of Paris have
been difeharged and their places fupplied
by the tVoops of the line of the city garri,
fan. Mr. Adair, the Englifh miiufter at
followers have arisen, who have car-, France \ the second prohibit their cn
r ied the science of astronomy beyond tering English harbors*
the utmost limits, which eVen his “ England has by her orders of
setherial genius could reach. • These council of the 11th of November,
ov.imriles are sufficient to establish; 1807, levied an impost on neutral Conftantindple, has demanded of the Oito-
tht position, that the first step tn the ships, and obliged them to enter itsj m;,n porte a r « pafTagc to thc B. ck Sra
for England and her allies, which has been
refufed him, in consequence of which Mr.
A. was preparing to leave Confiantinople.
Vfollow.
I (To be Concluded in our next.)
letter of the Minister of Foreign Af
fairs of France, M. Champagny,
to'‘General Armstrong, Minister
of the U. States at Paris.
“ ALTENBURG, Allg...22—SlR.
His Majesty understanding that you
are about to dispatch a ship to the
U. States, commands me to make
kndwn to you the unalterable prin
ciples' which have and will regulate
his' conduct in the great question
respecting neutrals
« France admits the principle,
that the flag protects trade. The
trading vessel which carries the li
cense of its government, may be con
sidered as a moving colony : to in
still such a vessel by search, pursuit,
or any act of arbitrary power, is a
, violation of the fundamental law ot
is an attack upon
ror has decreed, that all such ships be
denationalized, which had entered
English ports or submitted to be
searched.
“ In order to ward off the incon
veniences with which this state of
things threatened her commerce, A
merica laid an embargo in all her
harbors ; and although France had
done nothing more than used the
right of retaliation, its wants, and
those of its colonies, suffered much
from this measure ; yet did the Em
peror magnanimously connive at the
proceeding, in order rather to endure
the privation of commerce than to ac
knowledge the authority of the usur
per of the seas.
“ The embargo was raised, and a
system of non-intercourse was substi
luted for it. The powers on the
continent, in alliance with England,
having the same object in view
made a common cause with her, that
they might derive the same advan
•The harbours of Holland,
Congte#.
House of Representatives.
Friday December 1.
NAVIGATION LAWS.
from time to time theiropinion there -
Mr. Macon said he wished early
to call the attention of the Hotise to
two motions, the subject of which
he deemed to be very important.
The first of them had been formerly
submitted to the House by a gentle
man from Georgia- (Mr. Early) but
never acted on, and afterwards by a
gentleman from South Carolina (Mr.
D. R. Williams) ; the other had been
presented by Mr. Macon himself at
the last session but at so late a period
that it had not been acted on. It ap
peared to Mr. Macon that these mo-
combined with one submitted
The following resolutions were
then offered by Mr. Troup, from
Georgia, and ordered to be printed
and to lie on the tabic for the inspec
tion of the members.
Resolved, That it is expedient to
authorise the President by law, to
instruct the commanders of the arm
ed vessels of the United States to
stop and bring into the ports ot the
same, all ships or vessels with their
cargoes, the property of the subjects
of the king of Great Britain, or ot
the Emperor of France, bound to
ports other than those within the do
minions or colonies of either.
Resolved', That it is expedient fur^
therto authorise bylaw the detenti-
of all ships or vessels with their
cargoes, the property of the subjects
of the King of Great Britain, until
the duties to be regulated and ascer
tained by law-, shall be first, levied
and collected upon the goods and
merchandise whereof the said ships
or vessels shall be laden of tariff
therein prescribed, and until the said
ships rr vessels shall have received
due licence to depart.
Resolved, That it is expedient
further to authorize by law the de
tention of all ships and vessels with
the property of the subjects of the
Emperor of the French, brought
within the ports of the United States,
there to abide the final decision or
order of Government in relation to
the same.
Resolved, That an ad valorem du
ty of be levied and collected,
on all goods, wares and merchandize
of British produce or manufacture
Resolved, That it is expedient fur
ther to authorize the President on
ted Stfites do hereby solemnly pledger
thediselvr — -*■ - » — • ^
es to the American pto 4 le
and ’to the world to stand by Sc su <-
/ort he '*i*ecutive Government in
its refusal/! to receive any further
ommuniefrions from the said Fran
cis James Jackson, and to call into
action the Whole force of the nation
if it should become necessary in
consequence of the conduct of tho
Executive government in this res
pect, to repel such insults and to as
sert and to maintain th* rights, the
honor, and the interests of the U*
nited States*
THE JOURNAL.
TUESDAY, December 26*
The Editor of the JourUal haft
beCn politely favoured with a letter
om New-Orleans of the 20th No
vember, which states, that William
Brown, Collector of the pottof New-
Orleans has absconded, St taken with
him about one hutidredandfifty thou
sand dollars—.that Government had
sent in pursuit of him ; but It was
thought he would not be overtaken*
as he had departed in one of the fast
est sailing Felucca's of that place*
A letter from Liverpool, dated
October 20th, received by the Her
cules, arrived at New-York, says,
“ We have just received intelligence*
that the Spanish government have
ordered the British troops and ves*
sels to depart from their territory
and harbours immediately. No re a*
son is assigned for this measure.
taares.-
eolonization, and
the government of the same. The
seas belong to every nation, withoutj of ' the EUjei of the yVeser, „f Italy,
exception: they are the common p”o-j an d of Spain, were to enjoy those
, ptrty and the domain ot a h man *jbenefits from which France was to
kind.. . . be excluded ; and the one and the
“ Consistently with this doctrine, were |, c opened or closed
Merchant vessels belonging to indi-j t0 commerce as circumstances ren-
, vjcluals may pass by inheritance tou cre q expedient, so as France was
persons who never exposed them-,b ere f t Q f it.
selves to be made prisoners ot war.j ** Thus, sir, in point of principle,
Ih all her conquests, France has con-, p rance Recognizes the freedom of
sulered sacred private property, c ^ c ",neutral commerce, and the indepen-
. posited in the warehouses ol ti lf jj d enceofthe maritime powers ; which
vanquished state, and such have had ls j le respected up to the moment
- the complete disposal ol matters °f\ v hen the maritime tyranny of Eng-
trade ; and at this moment convoys j ai ^ respects nothing, and the
by land of merchandize, and especi-^arbitrary proceedings oi its govera-
ally cottons, are passing through the inent compelled her to adopt mea-
French army and Austria, to procetd sures retaliation, to which she re-
«to the destination commerce directs.| snrrp ., w ‘ th rt .. T ,, t . Let England
of Fiance, anti
^different “times‘by"a gentleman Payment of the duties authorised to
If France had seized the monopoly revo ]- e } u
of the seas, she would have aecmmi-'p... U(C ..
laud in her territory all the products'
rff the earth, and she would have oh-!
tained immeasurable wealth.
“ Undoubtebiy, if England had
blockade
,1
I dockv
Of th
11th
lan
No'
■tree will
cal iier declaration oi
^ . England. Let
h r Cabinet Orders
>7, and the Mi-
e spire, ol itself. The
ivnen c will then re
cte freedom, and he
m the harbors of
atul protection. But
from Connecticut (Mr. Dana) would
form something like a system. The
object of the first motion he was a
bout to submit wtis to prohibit any
foreign vessel from coming from a-
ny port or place to which the ves
sels of the United States could not
go. Gentlemen would at once ob
serve that there were many places
whence vessels came to this country,
to which we connot go, and would
perceive the extent of the motion.
The other motion related to the sea-
letter vessels only. Mr. Macon said
lie wished to put them out of the na
tion, and to have no vessels belong
ing to the United states which were
not perfectly American. He would
have our vessels wholly American,
or they should not at all partake ot
the character of American vessels.
After declaring that he consider
ed his motions as calculated for per
manent regulations, Mr. Macon sub
mitted the following resolutions:
be levied and collected on the goods
laden on board vessels the property
of the subjects of the king of Great-
Britain, forthwith to grant a licence
to such vessels to depart and to pro
ceed to the port of original destina
tion without further hindrance or
molestation.
SENATE.
Tuesday, December 5.
Mr. Giles from the committee ap
pointed on the first inst. reported in
part the following resolution ; which
was read the first time and passed
to the second reading :
Resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled,
That the expressions contained in
the official letter of Francis James
Jackson, Minister Plenipotentiary
of his Britannic Majesty near thi
United States, dated the 23d ofOc
tober, 1 309, and addressed to Mr
jSmith, Secretary of State, conveying
Resolved^ That the Committee of ide » cS'Cuti™ govern-
ment of the United States had
New- Orleans, Nov* 9k
Arrived the French schooner of
War La Franchise, Lt. Chivalier*
captured by the United States’ gutt
vessel, No 65, Lieut Commandant
Dexter, for a breach of the 3d sec
tion of the non-intercourse law, pas*
sed March 1st, 1809. La Franchise
is said to have a cargo of indigo anti
specie, taken from on board two
Spanish schooners.
tiie dominion of land, which she ha.v American Coi
Required on the ocean, her acquisiti-L. over ; t . CO(ll -
6ns wOuld have beeen equally ynor- assUn . cl 0 p a ,.,
tnous. Sue would as in the tiinesj p rante 1; tvout
of barbarism, have sold the conrpu*r-|; t h elon ’ gs to ; h e U. States to attain
ed and distributed them as sl.»yts; lhif5 ] ia p pv object bv their firmness.
throughout v her land. The avarice| Can a ‘ n ; Uton> resolved to remain
ol trade would have absorbed everyby ee ^ hesitate between certain iao-
thing, and th Government of an en-j men j ai .y interests, and the great cause
lightened tuition, which lias broughtLf maintaining her independence,
ijftts ot civilization to perfection, [ jer ], 0 nor* her sovereignty, and her
irimld hAVe givcli the earliest instan •
uignity :
(Signed)
“ M. CHAMPAGNY.”
EOREI&N.
A i ton A, Oilober 27.
Extradl of A letter from Pari», dated Odo
her IS.
ii We are afsured that the Emperor will
ces of the return of the savage ages
That government is fully impressed
‘with the injustice of its naval code.
'But what has that government to do
with justice, which only inquires for
profit ?
" When France shall have esta
blished her naval power, which, with
the extent of her coasts and her po
pulation, will be soon accomplished,
i "then will the Emperor reduce these
> Principles to practice, and apply his
'• irv:»ftdate to render it universal. 1 he
light, or father the usurpation oi
blockading rivers and coasts by pro-
dlamation, is palpably contrary to rea
son and equity. A fight cannot pos-
1 sibly spring irom the will ot an inte-
tested, party, but must always be
founded on the natural relation oi
jthin». Aplace is not properly blocka-
W^rutiUss it be besieged by land and .
Water. It is blockaded to prevent the Fmme and Tre te are to be he.d by the
water, ai is uiutN.iui.u t . i.lprenchand Auftrian troopaconjointly until
^introduction of assistance, by whici.
the surrender of the place might be
protracted ; and then we have only
the right to prevent neutral ships
from entering thfc port when the
a nluce is thus circumstanced, and the
possession of it is matter of doubi
between the besiegers and besieged.
On this is grounded the right to pre
vent neutrals from entering the
place.
“ The sovereignty St independence
• Of iU •flag, like , the sovereignty and
Commerce and manufactures be in
structed to enquire into the expedi
ency of prohibiting the entry of any
vessel into the United States from
anv port or place to which a vessel
of the United States is not admitted
by permanent regulation of the go
vernment owning such port or place
by treaty.
Resolved,
commerce and manufactures be in
structccl to enquire into the expedi
ency of authorising the registering a-
new of vessels built in the United
States, which are owned in whole by
citizens of the U. States, any dis
ability incurred by such vessel to
contrary notwithstanding, and
knowledge that the arrangement late
ly made by Mr. Erskine, his prede
cessor, on behalf of his government,
with the Government of the United
States, was entered into without
competent powers on the part of Mr,
Erskine for that purpose, were high
ly indecorous anti insolent; that the
rh,« X
November, 1809, after he w r as ap
prized hv the asseveration of the Se
cretary of State that the Executive
government had no such knowledge,
and that if it had possessed such
knowledge such an arrangement
would not have been entered into
on the part of the United States, and
after also being officially apprised
DUELLING.
A Duel took place yesterday he* .
tween Mr. John G. Jackson of Vir
ginia, and Mr. —— Pearson of North
Carolina, both of whom are mem-*'
ber* of the Hou?e of representative!*
in consequence of a difference which-
arose between them during the late
extra session of Congress, whilst the
subject relative to Myranda’s me&
(who have since effected their es* ;
cape from their confinement in Car*
thagena) was under consideration*
They exchanged two fires—Mr.
Jackson received the second ball of
his antagonist in or near the hip bone*
It is supposed it will prove mortal*
Mr. Pearson is in no way injured so
far as we have been informed* .Mr^
Howard of Kentucky acted as Mr*
Jackson’s second, and Mr* Steven
son of Virginia as Mr. Pearson’s.
On Tuesday last Ml*. PeytOd
Smith, son of Gen. John Smith of
Frederick county, Virginia* was kil
led in a Duel by Mr. Joseph Holinea
of Winchester in the satfie state*
(Spirit of *76.)
Doctor Wilson,
Respectfully informs his friend# that
he has removed to the house occu
pied by the late Governor Irwin*
where his usual attention will be
paid to their calls*
December 26* d—-tf
pait far Spain and Portugal. The cattle of
Marrac, near Bayonne, U already fitted up
for ihe reception of the Emperor. ’
•i It is (aid that the guards, a part of whom
have besn -on their march lince the 13ih of
October, with the corps of M»rlhal Ou
dinot, Marmont and the dukt of Abrantes,
will go to Spain
Extraft of a letter from Drefden.of the 13th
October
Auflria cedes Gallicia, France, Triefte,
and Iltria, which are to be annexed to the
kingdom of Italy. Some letters fay that
the conctufion of peace with England.
B ivaria extend* her dominions as far a«
Linti.
The grand duke of Wurtihurg will be
declared favereign of Tyrol and the coun-
try of Saltzburg.
Bivaria in compenfation, wilt obtain a
part of Wirtzburg.
It is olso faidibat tbefron'iers of the
Dutchy of Warsaw will extend to the 8aan.
Peace between France and Auftria wa?
figned on the t4th OCIober. Bonaparte left
S hoenbrunn on the 15:h. The fortificati
ons which farrouiid Vienna arc to be entire
me
also into the expediency of forbid-
ing by law sea-letters or anv custom, suc y l intimation was inadmissi-
•• we areaisurcu me uiupciu* llolls ^ documents jeing grantee . was gt ;jj mo re insolent and af-
remain at the cattle of Fountainbleau until! > essels not registerci oi icense [fronting ; and that in refusing to re-
the middle of December, whence will de-cording to law or not owned by ci- ^.^ f urther communications
ttens of the Umted State, wth.na: from c ucnce of AeK
limited time a ter t e parsing o sue lj ou t ra g eoils a nd premeditated insults,
1 ,t , • , . . the Executive government has mani-
Mr. Newton having seconded these fested a just J d to its own dij?ni .
motions, Mr. Macon moved to reler
them to the committee of commerce
and manufactures*
Monday, December 4.
This day was principally taken up
with the presentation and reference
of petitions.
Mr. Sawyer introduced the fol
lowing resolution with so me prefa
tory remarks, which was agreed to
arid ordered to be printed.
Resolved, That a standing com
mittee be appointed, to be called the
committee of manufactures j whose
duty it shall be to take into consider
ation all such petitions, matters and
tilings touching the manufactures, as
shall be presented or shall or may
:ome in question, and be referred to
them by the House, and to report
just regard to its own dign
ty and honor as well as to the cha
racter and interest of the American
people.
That the letter signed Francis Jas.
Jackson, headed “ Circular,” dated
the 13th November, 1809, and pubr
lished and circulated through the
country, is a still more direct and
•aggravated insult and affront to the
American people and their govern
ment, as it is evidently an insidious
attempt to excite their resentments
and distrusts against their own go
vernment by appealing to them thro*
false or fallacious disguises, against
some of its acts ; and to excite re
sentments and divisions amongst the
people themselves which can only be
dishonourable to their own charac
ters and ruinous to their owrt inter
ests j and the Congress of the Uni
For Sale,
Fresh Philadelphia Poftei*j
Playing Cards,
Snuff,
Tumblers, and
50,000 American Sugars, b^Sfc
quality* .
PETER MENARD.
December 26* fr-**tf
Bank Bills or Silver*
will be given irt exchange for
STATE TROOP
Bounty Warrants^
at the Usual market price*
Enquire at this Office*
December 26. 8—tf
Administrator’s Sale.
On Wednesday, 7th February, 1810*
will be sold, at Thomas Reid’s mill
in Putnam County,
All the Property,
real and personal of the estate of Jd*
seph Reid, deceased*
Thomas Reid, Adm.
December 26.