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this subject great as die desire is winch gene rally prevails lor the removal of the embargo, that the federalists would not venture to recommend that it Chould he withdrawn, without pro posing some measures of greater c nergv as a substitute. Some have Mr. Jefferson. I knew those surmises respecting Mr. Jefferson to be altogether desti tute of foundation. To have in the most indirect manner, suggested or countenanced a belief in them would I am persuaded thatintercOursc aCt, by whifh the public pinions on the subject of our foreign! ^ Jesire is which gene-ships of both Great Britain & France 1 clations at variance with those ot| FROM S would he excluded from the ports of the United States, the ostensible, ob stacle to making the reparation, ac knowledged to be due, was removed. 2. •Orders of Council. To he re- pealed simply on the ground of the indeed hinted at the propriety of atjnon-intercoursc act applying, in that have been direct falsehood. So far once declaring war against France ; event, exclusively to France, so long from having, even bv my silence, ac- butfew, however, of those who h*vejas her decrees violating the neu- quiesced in insinuations of that na- been most clamorous against the,tral rights of the U. S. continued in ture ; when Mr. Erskine, once, and embargo, have yet offered their opi* force. once only dropt a hint to that effect in- nions as to what course ought toj 3. Impressment of Seamen, to be timating a supposed hostility to Eng- tie pursued, although* all have de-entirely abandoned, America agree-jland, and that the President had not dared against the submis&ioti to the'ing to exclude from her navigation placed her conduct in a fair light be- rcstrictions upon their neutral rights.jseamen not citizens of the U. States, fore tne public, I immediately repel- W’htn the small number of those on the principle contained in the in-jled the charge, and, amongst other ob- who have pointed out the propriety structions of the 20th May, 1807 to servations, reminded him that the on- of going to war with France, alone,'Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney, which, ly time when the British government is considered, even of the federal,on account of the rupture of the ne- had, by the proposed equalization of party, I cannot believe that such a gotiations, were not, in that respect,'duties, made an approach of a libc- Salf.m, Julv 3. j OUTH OF SPAIN. Captain Colby, arrived at New- burvport, left Alicant the 22d April, and informs, that the French from Andalusia had advanced into Mur cia, had taken I.orca, and menaced Murcia and Carthagena. The Span ish army of the centre were to retire to Carthagena and Alicant, and not risk a battle. We hope they will hur THE JOUBSAI policy ol tile patriots. measure would succeed. All the leaders ol the democra tic party in Congress and out ot it, declare that they only propose the continuance of the •nibargo for a short time, & that if the voice of the people at large is for more active re sistance, that they shall he willing and ready to put forth' the strength of the country for that purpose.— These declarations are to be found in acted upon. Iral and conciliatory nature towards 4<* Colonial trade. The right to America, it was immediately met by the direct trade, viz, that carried di rectly from the colonics to tire belli gerents in Europe, to be waved by the United States : provided that the trade between the United States and the colonies, and that in colonial ar ticles between the United States and other countries was formally recog nised, according to the principles the speeches, some printed copies of contained in the same instructions. • ■ ■ ' ' ' “'5. Commercial relations. The par- whith I have sent herewith ; you will find, however, that In some of them a great stress is still laid upon the ef fects to he expected from the embar go in cocrchig the. belligerents, par ticularly Great Britain, to relax in her restrictions, from the distress and inconvenience which is likely to lie produced by the want of the pro duce of this country. This reliance upon such conse quences from the embargo is greatly, indeed almost entirely diminished in the opinions of most people, and I conceive that the only reason why the ruling party wish it to he conti nued arises from a hope that time might afford them an opportunity of better judging of the probable issue ‘of events in Europe, particularly of the success of failure of Donapaitc in Spain. It may be doubted whether the privations and inconveniences pro duced by the embargo in this coun try. will not compel the Congress to Hake some hostile measure^, in order to have a pretext for its removal, of so trifling a nature, however, as to leave it to the belligerents to over tial non-importation act of the Unit ed Slates, and the convoy and other extra duties of Great Britain to be repealed: and generally, every source of collision arising from that species of commercial warfare to cease by a mutual repeal of all discriminating luties, in conformity with the instruc tions to Messrs. Monroe and Pink ney before mentioned. The two na tions to place each other, in every other respect, on the footing of the most favoured nation. On this last point, my observations were general and equally applying to both countries. The system of res trictions which those of Great Britain had forced the United States to adopt being equally injurious to both. And Mr. Erskine is mistaken in supposing that I would have preferred, at first, measures of a more decided nature to the Embargo. Mr. Erskine appears, so far as can be inferred from the correspondence now published, to have supposed that in order to induce his government to take into consideration those proposi tions, and to adopt a conduct consis tent with just principles and with the look .hem, if they j>leasc, and to and ane „ t mterests of ,avc the ruling party Irom the Brite ' ni it „ absolutely ne- sity o going into war measures o cessarv to dissipate the prejudices -great expense and danger not only U ^ imbibe ||. And h is J tHbrts to their own popularity and power, ■ accordi , y 1o have b „„ in . 1 to the safety ot the ... i • . • . 1 • 7 onor ,CI P a - usct * m l, T ,n 8 to convince . (than of the sincere disposition of the of offering some remarks upon this! > ( .i. A [The two other papers not yet pub Fished shall appear in our next.] CMat. hit.J but perhaps, even u.<- „ used in t j to convince uifion. I propose to have the honor* 1 - - - , . . - , i f members of the American subject in tha; next number of my despatches. With the highest respect, I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most ob’t humble ser’vt. M. D. ERSKINE. adminis tration to adjust the differences be tween the two countries. Knowing the earnestness of his endeavours in promoting that object, the difficulties he had to encounter in his attempts to induce the British ministry to take a comprehensive and correct view of the subject, and the sanguine temper which he discovered throughout the whole transaction, I feel no disposi- the President who had expressly re commended the subject to Congress in his message ; and that the plan had been defeated by the clamor of that party in America, which was consi dered the best disposed towards Great Britain. That on that occasi on, a change took place in my man ned is very probable ; but Mr. Ers- kine has ascribed it to a source very different from that which occasion ed it. I had very’ lately been zea lously employed in repelling the charge ; a charge which I never could hear without indignation. Eight vearsofthe most intimate intercourse, during which not an act, nor hardly a thought respecting the foreign rala- tions of America was concealed, en able me confidently to say, that Mr. Jefferson never had in that respect iny other object in view but the pro tection of the l ights of the United States against every foreign aggressi on or injury from whatever nation it proceeded, and has, in every in stance, observed towards all the bel ligerents the most strict justice and the most scrupulous impartiality.— His character stands not in need of this defclaration: it is due to myself. The groundless accusations of fo reign bias and influence have been ge nerated solely by thevirulence of par ty spirit; and they were adopted a- broad as an apology or pretence for unprovoked aggressions. A just sense of the injuries received, and the most temperate efforts to obtain re dress constitute what has been called partiality. And it seems to have been forgotten that, from the time when Mr. Jefferson became President till the month of August, 1807, no actu al aggression on the neutral rights of America had been committed by France ; whilst, during the same pe riod, the nominal blockades of ene mies’ ports bv England, and the an nual actual blockades, as they may be called, of our own ; the renewal, contrary to express and mutual ex planations, of the depredations on the indirect colonial trade, the continued impressments of our seamen and the attack on the Chesapeake had actually taken place. During that period, the laws, the executive acts, the negoti ations of the American government WEDNESDAY August 8. The publisher of this paper found it necessary some time past to vi sit his native state—the superintend , dance of the Printing-Office in ti e mean w bile was committed to his bro ther. This, it seems, was consider- i ed a favorable opportunity to do me rass the French flanks, and cut ofFj an injury—and a silly Pedagogue, their supplies.—A partisan war is the w j K) n -ii^ht have been better employ-: ed with his ferule, was engaged (as I believe,) to calumniate me in the Louisville Gazette. It was . welL nown that 1 was then in Virginia, tnd that mv distance from home would preclude the possibility of my refuting the slander. My Brother, however, did reply to the wretched scribbler under the signature of Luna—There was no difficulty iti proving that the cb uge against me was not only false, but ridiculous- : - My interest was not less affected by the discontinuance of the mail Irom Louisville by Sandersville, than that of other printers; and there was not even the shadow of evi dence to induce' a belief, that I hatl interfered, in any wav, respecting the irrangement of the mails. I regret that u column of the Journal has been devoted to a subject so insigni ficant as the Louisville Pedagogue— he can expect from us no more fa vors of this kind. New ways he must attempt, his groveling name To raise aloft, and wing his flight to fame.” New-Ycrh, July 11 We learn by the schr. Weymouth, Capt. Howland, in 30 days from Teneriffc, that a few days before her departure, two Spanish and one Eng lish 74 with a transport ship having on board 800 F'rench prisoners, ar rived at Santa Cruz from Cadiz, which place they left about the 1st June. They stated, that the Mar quis de la Humana, with 80,000 troops were on their march in the rear of the F'rench army towards Cadiz ; and that the inhabitants of that place were in high spirits, and under no apprehensions of being o- bliged to surrender to the French. We further learn, that Seven Ca nary-Islands were immediately to be placed under the Vice Royalty of the Duke del Parque, who, with a num ber of troops, were hourly expected at Santa Cruz. It is further added by our infor mant, that so much were the inha bitants incensed against the F'rench prisoners at Port Oratavia, and the upper town, that they had embodied and threatened to massacre all they could find ; and that two respectable French inhabitants of the place had been put to death by the populate. About 100 of the regular troops came over from St. Crux and quelled the rioters. tion to cavil at the general coloring of could have been directed to that go Erom the National Intelligencer, Among the papei^ lately laid be fore the British parliament respect ing American affairs, is a despatch from Mr. Erskine to Mr. Canning, dated 4th December, 1808, which principally relates to a conversation between Mr., Erskmc and myself. This took place at my house and without any previous appointment: But as Mr. Erskine had during the preceding week .conversed with Mr. Madison on the same topicks, and the result had been communicated to me the day before by Mr. Madison, 1 was prepared f<*r the subject : and every sentiment I uttered was in perfect unison with those ol the Pre sident and of the Secretary .of State. What was meant by colonial trade has ah eady been explained by Mr. Krskiuc : but as his own share in' tUose conversations with se members ol the administration is, in his dispatches, altogether omitted ; and the conditions expected bv the United States from Great Britain are not distincly explained, it is pro- • per to state brie fly the general grounds vrhiiit were considered here as form a proper basis for an adjustment dis til t the language ascribed either to other members of the administration or to myself. But there is part of the des patch in which I cannot for a mo ment acquiesce. From casual expressions imperfect ly understood, and incorrectly stated, and from what he calls “ my manner and slight insinuations,” Mr. Erskine infers that I thought the President (Mr. Jefferson) had acted with partia lity towards France, and that I had attempted to contrast Mr. Madison’s sentiments in that respect with those of the President. That Mr. Erskine’s object was to use the change of Presidency as an argument to induce the British mi nistry to alter their measures towards America ; and that the opinions thus ascribed to me were his own, is sufti- ientlv obvious from the whole tenor •verii of his despatch. But the inference as i relates to me is totally erroneous : and Mr. Erskine must have mista ken mv assent to the existence of surmises of partiality in Mr. Jeffer son towards France, for an acquies cence in the truth of them. I might with truth have spoken ol Mr. Madison, not as feeling any pa uvular admiration for the Brilisi constitution and institutions, but having neither bias or enmity townr 1 France or England. But 1 ne ol differences, if a conciliatory position was found to exist on parted the British government. . Reparation for the attack on the ... _ ’ Chesapeake. T he President’s procia -could or did contrast his sentmui r^Ptrrit-u mevgu gin the proposed turn uu that respect; or us'enbt to him <. The French privateers carried in to New-Orleans, some time since, were all cleared, except one, who was bound in a recognisance to at Savannah.—Museum. Philadelphia, July 12. Yesterday arrived brig Saunders, Quail, from Cadjz, which hejeft th 29th May, and informs that the French are erecting batteries and advancing their works at Matagor da; but had not opened them when he sailed, neither had there been any renconter or sallie on either side for some time previous to his sailing. On the 17th and 25th of May two of the prison ships ran ashore in gales of wind, by which 6 or 700 French prisoners were released; the boats of the British Men of war attempted to board them, while drifting, and take out the prisoners, but the French men having got arms in their hands kept them off and killed 16 or 17 of the English ; Irom which it is suppo sed that the one on the 25th, having 4 or 500 prisoners taking the advan tage of the gale, had rose on their guards, seized their arms, cut the ca bles and let her drift on shore—the Frenchmen defended her till they were landed, when the British set her on fire. Raleigh, (n. c.) July 6. On Sunday the 1st inst. an attempt was made by the Criminals confined in the gaol in this city, to break appear Letters by the Packet, from En gland, state, that a frigate was soon to be sent out to America, to bring home Mr. J ackson, the British min ister—N. York Gazette. vernment alone from whom injuries through it. Captain Scott, the keep- had been received. But from thejer, on entering it had his suspicions a- ume when the rights ol the United; wakened by the prisoners standing be- States were invaded by both the bel-lfore the different windows to darken hgerents, every public measure has the room. On a very minute ex- equally embraced both ; the like ef-jamination, it was discovered, that forts, lounded on the same basis, have some of the ceiling plank had been uniformly, though without success,'sawn through, and on removing them been made to obtain redress from!(for thev were replaced and fitted so^ both : And the correspondence now!well as almost to escape detection) it published furnishes at least irrefra-jwas found that the timbers under FOR THE GEORGIA JOURNAL. A writer under the signature of Analizer in the last Argus, has en deavoured to affect the private and professional reputation of Major Clarke, by pitiful insinuations, and a specious statement of facts. The au thor of the following remarks will not disgrace himself bv replying in a correspondent style—He is incapa,- ble ot dealing in scurrility and per sonal abuse, and his onlv object now, is to give a short and plain ex planation of the material circumstan ces alluded to. In the first suit against the frac tion selling Commissioners, the clerk of the court in copying one of the o- riginals, omitted the word “sealed,” and the sheriff of Clarke or Ogle thorpe made an incomplete return against the securities on the other— a term was given them on account of it—these facts are known to Judge Early, Messrs. Fitch, Storrs, Skin ner, and other gentlemen who were present. But surely Major Clarke js not responsible for the omissions or errors ot other persons. At the last Superior court in Putnam, the demurrer as to the sustainability of the action came up for gable proofs of the earnest desire of Mr. Jefferson’s administration to ad jkist the differences with Great Bri tain, and of their disposition to re move, for that purpose, whatever might serve as the shadow of a pre tence for a denial of justice on her part. ALBERT GALLATIN. Washington, 21st April, 1810. them had been bored and sawed. A variety ot tools were found con cealed between the ceiling and the upper floor. The criminals have charged, but it is believed unjustly, one of the most meterial. witnesses who appeared against Owen, on his trial for the murder of Mr. Conway, with having furnished them with tb tools. Boston, July 3. FROM CANTON. By captain Dorr, from Canton, we learn, that the difference between the Chinese and the British had not been idjlisted, the latter declining to sur render the person who caused the •eath of a native, altho’it was belief d the laws of China would acqui dm. The government still refuser hop (or clearance) to the Britis. t ssels. They couid depart by force Inch it was expected they woulo o ; but this might prevent their he , '8 admitted again on future vova i5<*- 2 Journeymen Taylors Wanted immediately. JAMES R.'McCREADE Anguft tf GEORGIA, Baldwin Count if. M I1EKEAS Samuel Slaughter baa appli- to mr for letters ofadminiftration on the eftate of Sarah Slaughter, late of Hancock :ounty, dec’d. Tliefe are therefore to cite <nd a.lmonhli all and singular the kindred u»d creditors of faid deceafed, to be and •ppear at my office wiihia the time pre- ritied by law, and lliew raufe if any they a i, why faid letters lliould not be granted. 3ivtn under my hand this fid day of Au .ult, isto. FRED : IREEMAN, c. c. o. Au S“fl U 3:. r --- argument, and after two or three days discussi on, Judge Carnes sustained it, and directed a non-suit. In that action,i a general breach of the covenant was assigned—the following are the prin cipal reasons which induced that form of action—the authorities or books of practice, are conceived to be as strong in favour, as against it; the opinions ol professional gentlemen of high standing are divided upon the subject. But what weighed more than every thing else, was the fear ot assigning a special breach, or breaches, fearing that at the time ot trial, by the deaths removal, or other causes, witnesses to particular facts could not be obtained to prove those assigned. Under the assignment of a general breach, no danger of the kind could be apprehended, for should the state fail in the establish ment of one fact, they could easi^ succeed in another. It is believed that whenever the trial is had, there will lie found great force and propri ety in this calculation, and the poii* cy of a general assignment of the breach may be strongly illustrated. It should be recollected too, that the rules of evidence in common law tri als, essentially differ from those it*