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flows one broad, gutter.-! p T.riplc. of vrhick •
tle others seem to lie hut •> so many rorol- i
lattes and c.rplar.-.-tions. Fi tre is not one ol j
tl’uso branches. v>Y It rut! .rises the st tznrc I
of vessel’- be ted fit” of to ri.c Engll- h Isles ;
nor docs the 1..1 Ji i-fimsterof mati;;e, 3a
his letter to Geirf ml krnv ‘ mg, caitntenanec
in the slightest degree, this uv.w-1 inference
ftoin the usual definition of the right ci’ block
ade.
Here then is the ambiguity. In. the first
article is employed r tern-, v.-filch, according
to the established interpre t ion of language
r.nd to Talleyrand’s ova report, would justify
the most exorbitant encroach.! tents upon our
trade. But the other at licit s, which are
seemingly put forth as only inferences Irons
the first, do not in the slightest degree coun
tenance these encroachments. Why this am
biguity ? Was itto prompt the French cruisers
to make depredations upon all vessels trad
ing with England—and then the government
was either to confirm or disavow them, ac
cording as circumstances which should af
terwards arise, v ould make the one or the
other course most politic—We i me not so ex
alted an opinon of the cabinets of Europe, as
■wholly to acquit the French government of
such a design.
As to Deeres’ letter to Con. Armstrong,
it would have given us much more satisfac
tion, had lie not referred the ultimate deci
sion of our doubts to Mon. Talleyrand, and
thus hung up the question, for some other
construction to be given, as the convenience of
Hie French government might choose todictate.
COLONEL BURR.
f v ,
.Natchez, February 10.
On Monday 2d inst. an adjourned session of
flt< Supreme Court of the Mississippi Territo
ry was held in the tow nos Washington, to j
which Aaron Burr was recognized'to appear k j
answer such Bill of Indictment as might then i
and there he exhibited against him. Colonel j
Burr appeared on the day mentioned in bis j
recognizance, attended by his counsel. U iiliam !
B. Shields and Lyman Harding, Esq’s. Agree
ably to a venire facta* issued by Hon. Thomas
Kodncy.and Peter 11. Bruin, a jury oi seventy
two ft ee-hoidet s appeared in court, and on the
day following twenty-three of their number
were selected by the Court as a C rand Inquest.
The- Hon. Thomas Rodney then delivered to
them a comprehensive ami impressive charge,
?.ud the Court was adjourned till ten o’clock
the succeeding day—at which time Mr. Poin
dexter, the attorney-general, moved the court
to discharge the Cl rand Jury. He stated, that
ab.c.r examining the depositions submitted, he
did not discover any testimony which, brought
the offence;; charged against col. Burr, within
the jurisdiction of the Courts of the Mississip
pi territory; that tire Supreme Court of the
M ississippi Territory was not a court of ori
ginal jurisdiction, either criminal or civil, and
could take cognizance only of points reserved
at the trial in the respective Circuit Courts,
w.iere all criminal prosecutions must originate,
according to the statutes of the Territory. He
further observed, that in order to secure the
public salety, the Territorial Judges ought im
mediately’ to Convey the accused to a tribunal
competent to try and punish him (if guilty of
the charges ailedged against him) which
they might legally do, and thereby ef
fectually prevent the contemplated military ex
pedition against Mexico, and maintain inviolate
the laws and constitutions of the United States.
He therefore hoped, that inasmuch as the at
torney prosecuting for the United States had
no bills for the consideration of the grand jury,
that they would be discharged.
Col. Burr made several observations against
the rnoti ,>. and remarked, that if the Attorney-
Genera! had no business for the grand jury,
hr had, and that therefore they ought not to be
r!t .missed. On this motion the Court was
divided. Judge Bruin declared himself oppo
sed to discharging the Grand Jury, unless Col.
Bu r was also instantly discharged from his*
recognizance.
i he Attorney General then withdrew and
the grand jury were directed to retire to their
Toom, who in the course of the day returned
with sundry presentments, w hich are given at
large in this day’s .Messenger. We deem it
unnecessary to remark that the ;c presentments
were not founded on any bill exhibited to the
grand jury, and that being negative, they met
no farther attention than a mere perusal.
On Wednesday evening, the grand jury
were discharge t, and col. Burr demanded a re- I
lease from 1 is recognizance—this the court re
fused. He did not appear in court on Thurs
day morning, as was expected, and in a day or
two. it was reduced to a certainty, that he had
made his escape.
[(On which governor A iliiams issued a pro
olamarion, offering a reward of two thousand
dollars for him, and lie was apprehended by
major Pei kins, and lieut. Gaines, commanding
at Fort Stoddcrt, Tombigbee.”
We understand that his excellence govern
or W iliiams, intended to seize on the person
of col. Burr, the moment he was discharged by
the j udicial authority.
Jl a supreme ee-tr*, held far the Mkdsdppi Ter
ritoru, at Hi Town of Washington, on ‘X ues
d'ithe 3d of February ISO 7.
1 he grand jury of the Mississippi Territo
ry. on a one investigation of- the evidence
b •fore them, arc of that Aaron
Be it has not been -realty of any crime or mit
? gainst tir laws of the'United States
<bc*r ‘ aril’ y* or gh'cn any jus occa
smo ; vr aJ a r:n or >• gtii- tude to th’ good pco-
J- of this Territory.
The grand jury present as a gricvrrtcc, the
i lute military expedition, unnecessarily as they
| conceive, fitted cut against the person and pro-
I petty of said Aaron Burr, where nu resistance
had been made to the oidinury civil authority.
The grand jury also present :r highly dero
gatory to tite dignity of tins gov ernment, the ar
il -slice (so railed) concluded between the se
cretary. acting as governor, and the said Aaron
Bair.
1 ire grand jury also present as a grievance,
and; ;ructive of personal liberty, the late milita
ry arrests, made without warrant, and as they
conceive, without oil.or lawful authority ; and
titer do seriously regret that so much cause
should be given to the enemies of our glorious
constitution, to rejoice i:t such measures being
adopted in a neighbouring Territory, as, if
sanctioned by the executive of our country,
must sap the vitals of our political existence,
and crumble the glorious fabric, in the dust.
Philander Smith, Foreman.
Extract of a letter from o gentleman of respecta
bility, to his friend in Charleston, dated
Chester Court-House, (S. C.) March 15.
“Col Burr, under a guard of eight men,
passed through this place for Washington City,
yesterday. l.t appears from governor Williams’
proclamation, that col. Burr had entered into
recognizance, himself in the sum of ft 3000,
and tw o securities in the like sum, to appear
at the Federal Court, in the Mississippi terri
tory to answer to certain charges which were
to be preferred against him ; that he had failed
to appear at the Court, agreeably to his recog
nizance, and fled, intending to go to the Spani
ards at Pensacola; but was fortunately taken in
disguise, by one of the officers commanding a
station on the Mobile river, and sent by him
immediately for the Federal City.
“ When passing my piazza, which fronts
j on the street', he jumped from his horse, and
i begged the protection of some young men,
j who vcrc standing before it; enquired for a
j rnagis.ralc—when urged and threatened by the
guard, to remount, he refused, declaring he
j would rather be put to death, than go on ; hut
was forced on his horse, and hurried away.
“ The guard do not speak to him, or suffer
j him to be spoken to; he has attempted to
bribe them, but I suppose this will not do.
Mr. Burr's dress which he had on, is the same
as when lie w a#laken—very eoorse homespun,
i,n old hat, great coat, with a tin cup by liis
side j and rode on a bear-skin.”
——•; ©; -nm-
THE TREATY.
Richmond, March 13.
It is iiq longer doubted, that the British trea
ty has been rejected by the President, and upon
two most solid objects ;—That it was perfectly
silent on the impressment cf our seamen; and
that it contains only the conditional ratification
oft ic British government; the condition being
that we shall resist w hatever encroachments
may be attempted upon our neutral rights by
the late decree of France.
It appears, that the President has made no
secret of this opposition, or oi the source from
which it proceeds. And indeed, this conduct
stands justified by two very obvious advantages:
Ist. That our merchants should be prepared
for the execution oi the non-importation act.
i hey knew that the suspension of this act con
tinues till the 31st of June, and that its further
suspension till the 14th <# December, lies
w ithin the breast of the President. It is pro
per there.lore, that our merchants should begin
to calculate the possibility of an event, which
the adoption of the treaty would have dis
pelled.
2d. The French government should not be
suffered for a moment to suspect, it is our
(lisjtosition to make a common cause with
Cxt - eat-Britain against her. They should know
in the most positive nr.itner, that so far as
there is any thing on the face of the treaty
which looks like this co-opcration, it has receiv
ed the most decided opposition of our govern
ment.
The present is a most delicate crisis for the
U. .States. It is not only their interest to keep
aloof from the present contentions of Europe,
but to impress this idea upon the belligerent
powers.. We should avoid the appearence of
every thing which may produce any unfound
ed suspicion of our attachments or partialities.
\\ e should beware, how we furnish France
wit it any specious pretexts to carry the execution
of her blockading decree, farther than site does
at present; for no power has more frequently
employed pre. for the gratification of her
own desires.
Let us then cordially admit, that whatever
were (lie other advantages, which the treaty se
cured to us, it was for our real interest that it
should he most promptly and peremptorily re
jected by our administration.
It ri our interest to have no treaty, which
shall not most explicitly guarantee the rights of
our seamen.
Or which shall prepare the smallest possible
means for a gradual and conclusive co-operation
with Great-Britain, or which shall produce the
slightest suspicion of such an event.
What then ? I.ct us wait for a sight of the
dispatches of our commissioners, before we
pretend to understand what are the relations in
.which we now stand to Great-Britain ; how
far it was proper, why, and in what form our
roinnus: toners have submitted it to the eye of
our government. ;
Was the ease of impressed seamen excluded
fro.;i the treaty itself, that it might He reserved
for future discussion, and afterwards introdn
erf! under supplementary artk Ic ?
Or was it firs” introduced into the body of the
treaty itself, stad this article afterward* struck
out by the British cabinet, with a positive assu
rance that we need not at any time expect
such a arorablc provision ?
What was the precise tenor of the memo
randum annexed by the British cabinet in re
gard to the French decree ?
\\ as the treaty, clogged by this insuperable
difficulty, approved by our commissioners ; or
did they simply send it to this country to con
sult the w ishes of our own cabinet, ami perhaps
merely to inform them of the prevailing dispo
sition of the British government ?
It is said that some weeks since, the Presi
dent sent new explanations to our commission
ers, most positively instructing them to enter
into no treaty with Great-Britain which did not
most explicitly secure the rights of our sea
men.
It was impossible for him at that time to
have given any instructions or. the blockading
decree of F ranee ; of course no instructions
could have been sent upon this subject.
It is most probable that these instructions
did not reach our commissioners before the
27th ofDccembcr— Enquirer.
Savannah,
TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 180.*.
A passenger in the Ann-Janc, arrived at
Philadelphia from Bordeaux, informs, that Bo
naparte was about assembling an army of
1,000,000 men— 6oo,ooo of whom lie meant
to leave in his rear, while he marched at the
head of 400,000 to Russia, to settle his accounts
with the emperor Alexander.
It is reported, and in such a manner as en
titles it to our belief, that on receipt of the pro
clamation declaring Great-Britain blockaded,
Mr. Madison requested Gen. Turreau to in
form him how it was intended that proclamation
was to act as to this country, and that the Gen
eral’s answer was that the U. States w ere to he
exonerated from its operation.-— Alex. Expos.
On Friday morning a duel was fought on
the western margin of the Mississippi, oppo
site this city, between the honorable Cowles
Mead, and captain Robert Sample, of ‘W il
kinson County. The first fire was exchanged
without doing mischief, but at the discharge,
of the second, Mr. Mead received a wound in
his right thigh, of which we are happy to sav
he is last recovering. —Mississippi Alessen , r,
February 10,
APPOINTMENTS.
Mebiwether Lewis, Governor of Upper
Louisiana.
Thomas Todd, of Kentucky, Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States, for the
new circuit recently established.
W.isnnrctfoy, Jpthrci. K.
We discharge the painful duty of announc
ing the death of ABRAHAM BALDWIN,
a member of the Senate of the United Slates,
from Georgia.
He died on the morning of the 4th inst.
We expect, in a subsequent paper, to be able
to give a sketch of Mr. B’s character.
ARRANGEMENT OP THE iXNEX’.r..
Pall-bearers—General Sumter, General S. Smith,
Dr Logan, Mr.Tracy, Mr. Gilman, Mr. turner
Chaplains of the two Houles
Phtsk.aNS—Dr. Weems ami ] >/. Jones
Mourners —Me fir 5. Milled?. and Early
V ice-Preiideiit and Secretary, preceded by ti. _ Ser
geant of the Senate
Member* of the Senate
Speaker and Clerk of the House of Representatives,
preceded by the Serjeant _t Arms
Members of the House of Repr. (entatives
Heads of Departments
Foreign Minillers
Mayors and Citizens of Washington and Georgetown
The (''literal to proceed this morning, pre
cisely at ten o’clock in the forenoon, from the
house of Mrs. Hamilton, Capitol-Ilill, to li.e
burying ground at Rock-Creek Church.
Married, in Bulloch county, on the lliih inst
Mr. Jehu Lveuitt, jr. to Miss Mary J >. ns.
Prices Current—Augusta, March ’.l.
Cotton 1i to 1 cents.
Tobacco 8 5 5 3
Flour North' n. Superfine ft li to 12
Corn for sa!e ?
On board the fehoener Potltr, juli arrived from
Edenton, Nortb-Caroiina.
ALSO,
1 trunk coarse Shoes St several empty Trunks.
Apply on boarJ.at Smith raid Boutko's wharf, to
N. SMITH.
March 24, <j£.
Wanted Immediately,
BY the year, two Negro Men and one Boy.. for
which liberal wages will be given. ..ALSO...To
contract for one hundred cords of Pine Wood, deliver
able at my brick yard on the Ogeechee road, near this
city. DAVID POLOCK.
March 24. l
Wants a Situation
IN a store or compting house, a young man, who can
produce good recommendations. A line addrclTed
to C D. and left with the printers, will be duly attend
ed to .
March 24. fa 25
Bills of Lading,
For sale a*. tics ofil.u.
PORT OF SAVANNAH?
ARRIVED.
Ship Nab by. Rider, Grenada
Schr. Polly, Smith, Georgetown
Mary & Francis, Drummond, Jamaica
lnduftry, Brown, Chai iettuu.
Sloop Nancy, Gorham, ditto
Delight, Cooper, ditto
CLEARED.
Ship Eleanor, Ives, Charleftoti
Favorite, Mackie, Jamaica
Juno, Toby, Liverpool.
The brig Pilgrim, Smith has arrived at New-York
from hence— 23 days pa age.
The schooner Harriet, Weft, arrived at Charleftoo
on Thursday last, from this port.
011 Tuelday last, capt. Rudolph, (arrived at Charles
ton) (poke a schooner 40 days from Jamaica, bound to
Savannah.
The sloop Mahalu, Prior, from Savannah for Phila
delphia, has put into Norfolk in distress, having Hit
her rudder and ftiftained other damages.
Capt. White of the Britiih Packet, arrived at New-
York, from Falmouth, v. as boarded on his pajTage by
tile Britiih (hip of war Minerva, by the captain of
which be was informed, that three French frigates bad
Pipped out of Brest for the Welt-Imlies. Three days
afterwards, cant. \V law the frigates.
Tlie snow Alba, capt. Nye, and schooner Swift, capt.
•G in, from this port, have arrived at Jamaica. The
latter was to fail on the 15th inftnnt. Capt. Swift was
Hoarded on the 20th Feb. oil Turk’s Utaiui, by a French
privateer, of 6 guns and <>o men, and robbed of all his
apart, rigging, ihn t-cahle, mam-ihert, downhalls, oars,
end all his provisions, except enqugh to last three days.
Capt. S. was likewise robbed of bis cloatiis, and his
mate of Ins watch.
‘1 iie For, V. hitnev, on her palVage from Wilmington
to kingiton, was ooardetl by r a hiencb felucca priva
teer—the crew of which broke open (vt letters, and
plundered her of cabin-stores and every other article
they could take away. The privateerfmen were in j<>
milerable a Hate that they commenced devouring feint
ed their plunder immediately, and with such avidity,
that it appeared they had been previoully in a ilate of
starvation.
The Britiih frigate Circe, capt. Piget, iias captured
and lent into Tortola, a V‘ ry y luable fliip of 700 tons,
from Cadiz bound to Vera Cruz, with quickfiiver, ami
supposed to be worth from <iO to 70,0001. iferling.
Capt. Allen, of the (hip Monk, was boarded by ‘ha
Britiih (loop of war Bermuda, (lis. hours from New-
York, for Bermuda) Capt.A. was ordered onboard
the (loop of war with his papers, where they were
itrirtly examined, andbimlcll treated in a very rough
manner and released. During the time capt. A. wasort
board tiie Hoop of war, the oliicers that were sent 01*
board the Monk broke open capt. Alien’s df Ik, and
robbed him of twenty doul.'loons. Capt. A. further in
forms, that the Bermuda had ill tow the fliip Destiny„
from Campuuchy for New-York, which (he had cap
tured and ordered for Bermuda.
AUCTION.
POSTPONED <>:. ACCOUNT or THE WEATHER,
TO-MORROW tin: Milt instant,
(If a fair day)
Will be sold on Bolton’s (late Cltnfs) wharfs
without reserve,
40 lthds. vfcry prime MOLASSES
15 ditto Ist quality Muscovado Sugar
36 puncheons superior Boston Rum.
JUST LANDING.
Immediately after y on Burroughs Cf Sturgcs *
wharf,
20 puncheons Boston RUM.
Oondiiions, all sums over 300 dollars, notcsi
v.elh approved endorsers at 60 days.
Sale to commence at 1 1 o’clock.
S. 1L STACKHOUSE, Auct’r.
Match 24 26
AUCTION.
Valuable Lands.
OJ\ X I'ESI) A I, ‘th Apr nr el, will he sold a£
the Lei rt-/fosse, ( if not disposed of before
then at pri vate sate,)
Nine hundred acres of Land, old survey, in Camdeit
Co..uty, in two trails on the fojth fide of little Satell*.
river, hounding on (aid river to the north, and known
• Blub, oppoflte to Clark’s creek, original grant
dated 171>7.
J ive hundred acres on the head ol Clover creek,
Camden county,granted in 17(57. The above trail*
contain a coufider.ihle quantity of prime Cotton Land,
Terms made known by applying at my store, Market
T uare, where pints of the land may he icon.
NORMAN JcFLhOD, Auct’r.
March 24 26
BILLS ON
New- York and Boston,
At a shot l sight, for sale ry
S UMUEL l: CHARLES HOWARD.
March 24. 26.
S. and C. Howard,
OFFER FOR SALE,
■The Ct.rgo of the Ship .Vacnr, from Grenada 7
bring
fid Puncheons Tweet flavored RUM, and
JO Jlhds. MOLASSES.
—A L S O
The Cargo of the Schooner A'lxrtr ’df F/txxcrl)
from Jamaica , being
Logwood and Fustic.
March 24. 2d
For Liverpool,
The excellent, new Ship
aathe greatest part of her ca.-g ready
to go on board...will fail (17 the 15rft April. For
Freight of SCO bales of cotton, apply to the matter ,a
board, or to
SAMUEL & CHARLES HOWARD.
March 24 26
Bill s on New-York,
At a fi.ort fight, for (ale By
* Jsonus U William
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