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STATE INTELLIGENCEh
hr I.YhS and MQPSF.
SAVANNAH, March 4: 18^5.
NOTICE
TO the citizens oi Sa
vannah, and inhabitants
of the Sea Islands, White
Bluff, Little Ogechfe,
and Cherokee Hill dis
tricts. 7he subscriber
being appointed Tax
Collector for the coun
ty of Chatham, for Lift
year, one thousand eight
hundred and four, is
now ready to receive the
taxes at his Office, near:
Mr. P. Miller, and Mr. |
Gardner's new white
house now building, be
tween [efferfonand Bar
nard ftreer, South Broad
street, fronting thefouth
common. Office hours,
from 9 in the morning,
until two o’clock in the
afternoon, those that do
not avail thcmfclvcs of
this public notice, and
come forward and pay
their tax by the ft:ft of
June next will have ex
ecutions iftued against
them indiscriminately,
as the law direCfs.
PETER DfiVKAUX,
c. c. c.
‘tax Colie Hors Office, iHtb he bin
ary 180?. ts 52
Jthe Memorial of ne Inhabi
tants of the Mississippi Ter
nary.—CONCLUDED.
Therefore your Memorialifts,
refpertfully lblicit, that all the
proceedings had in the Land
Office eait of Pearl River, may
be transferee! to that weft of
Pearl River—and that the Com
iniflioners of the latter place
have the fame power and juris -
fllitlion, as tbit given to the
Comnniffioners for the - lands ly
ing east of laid River—-and that
an art may be palled explana
tory of the second iertion of tht
before mentioned aft, hv which
the time of fettleyient and occu
pancy of donation chums may
be extended to that day of the
year 1799. when the Territory
was finally evacuated by the
Spanifti troops.
Your Memorialifts take leave
furhtr to fugged, that many in
duurious and ufdut citizen*
claiming pre-emptions under
the third left ion of the aft be
fore alluded to, will find their
reiourfes inadequate to the pay
ment of the prices ftipulaicd,
and to the perfqrniance of the
tvrms required by that ad;
from whence it will probably,
rcfult, that the nioft valuable
trafts so lecured, will.he bought
up by speculators, and thole” of
interior quality revert to the IJ- ;
mted States, and an injurious!
depopulation enfur. We anx- 1
ioufiy hope the wife and liberal’
policy of the United States, n ay
be extended to this descriptor!
of claimants, in befto.ving on
them a donation of at iealt one
half of the quantity now permit
ted to be claimed as luch.
Your McmoriuliUs further
fuggell that the delay of survey
ing the lands of individuals, and
of the United States, oparetes as
a great grievance and retards the
population of this Territory.
Emigrants coming to fectle a
nrto'ig us cannot afeertnm what
Janas are vacant, and what are
private property, and thence,
being uiubie to accommodate
therr.f'v s, m ’ trend \ti: w.-iv 1
o the irmrr nfe trn cs if vacar
lands iii and <g govern
ment, where they can be procur
ed on the eafielt terms, and t<
which many of our citizens hav.
already removed on account o<
the uncertainties in the titles and
complicated grievances conceiv
ed to exsft in the mode of pro
cur ng lands in this territory.
And your memorialifts further
reprelcnt, that the city of Nat
chez, fnn is firua’ion, is sub
j. ft to an annal influx of p -upers
and diftrefted persons, whose ne
cessities cannot be relieved by
private charirv, or any legal regu
lations within the compass cr re
fi *• tees of chat city to effert. Tiie
wuule commerce of the western
countrv is brought ro that nlaft
as a market, or on its wav to
Orleans and the ifi mds. To the
great numberofboat nen & other
persons employed in >hmmmenfc
traffic, and indigc-i*t emigrants
from al noft every quar er, Nat
chez is either the p.rc of d-ftina
tion, or'the retting place in go
ingand returnee —Conltijimont
made up in more cli
mates, habi r s of intemperance
and irregular life, and civ- want
;of means ro furnilh irregu
lar fjbfiftence, render these per
to is peculiarly lubjeft to the dis
j eales prevalent in th s country.
I And individual benevolence and
> and humanity, however exten
live, is far inadequate to the re
lief of lo many objefts of want
and diltrels.
To effect an ex ten five objeft
of benevolence;the phyfi ians of
the city of Nu r chez, ge.uTioen
A medical science and resp, Cta
ole talents, impreff'ed with len
cimems of humanity, honorable
to their profelftpn and character
have proffered their protrlfionai
lervices gratis, to the ule of a
hotpiral establishment in that
city. And extensive fubfenp
tion are now on foot; fir the pur
pole of erefting a hofnital in that
place, for the relief of inch ob
jects of charity as are incapable
of procuring necessary medical
affiltance.
The relief which this indica
tion wil afford, is nor. to be con
firmed to any defeription of pei
lons that may seek it, but will
oe extended to the infirm and
diseased of every country and
’every defeription found amongit
us. But to carry uuo effeft lo
extensive an objeft ot brnevj
ltnce, is beyond the resources ot
this in ant community, without
the aid of the general govern
ment and ‘the wethrn ftaces,
1 whose citizens arc materially in
erefted in iis eftablilhmenc.
Your Memorialifts are, thereiorc
induced to ask of eongrefs, luch
liberal endowment, in lands or
otherwise, forthe use of the in
ftitution, as mav be commenfu
ratf- with its benevolent objects.
Your Memorialifts further
state, that the salaries of the!
Judges of this territory, area very 1
inadequate a compensation for!
for the arduous duties of their,
office ; and from the inereale of i
population, exter.fioh of com- j
merce, and confequtntly of con- j
trails, their duties are every uay!
augmenting.
The law sos a foreign govern
ment, lately withdrawn from us,
being of n-*ceflity intermingled
with our own, in the decilion
of many causes, and the impor
-1 ran*e of land laufes arising in
the territory, require for the pre
lervation of our rights, judges
of learning, ability af and great
indtiftry. The salaries now al
lowed those officers, in this ter
ritory, where every neccflary o‘
life bears the highetl price, is far
from adequate to their support,
lit by no means affords them that
independence contemplated by
the principles of our government
and lb tflcntially necessary to the
existence of a ufeful juJiciary.
Yotir inerrorialitts, therefore,
earnedly solicit, that the salaries
of the judges may be augmented
1 to a sum proportionate to the im-
Iportant duties of their ftacion.
And your Memorialifts as in
duty bound, &c,
•f-1 iyr: a :iro v.
!x S •• t~ or h.. < Mrni jtates.
r l . .O'-.*-
s x , I‘d j •
1 lie foi'ou’Mo nclf.i f c ft th* prctiilcat
ot ilit Li .tiled atntos, with the documents
referred to, were r-ad.
Ord-re,’, i'h it they be printed for the
use of the senate.
Aticjl, SAMUEL A- OTIS.
Secretary .
To the Srnnte of the United States.
According lo the er-rcfTed in
your rcfoiutiua of the 18thir.lt. 1 now
communicate a report of the secretary of
Hate, with docurrents rtlaiive to com
plaints againit arming the merchant thips
and vcffcU of the United States, and tlie
conduft of the captain* and crews of
such as have been armud.
T ! : JEFFERSON.
j January j’ld, i 804.
t
The secretary of dale, to whom the
I prelident of the Unite! States ha: been
j pleased to refer the refSliition of the Se-
J :iate,ol the fßth ini f ..iju.iUDg that there
ihay be laid before the senate hich do
! climcots an.J papers or otl er informati
j on, as tiie prelfdent (lioulil judge proper,
(relative to complaint” agitiiiit arining the
j merchant ftip* or vc'feh of the United
! State*, or i o.iduct ot captains and crews
; of luch as have ’'crn armed—has the ho-
I nor to annex hereto :
J lit, A c®py M a letter, addr-nTed to
the secretary ot state, by the envoy of
Great Britain, dated the 31st of Aug ult
la ft.
2d. A 1 extract of a letter to the fame
Ironi the iate charge d'affaires of France,
dated the 6th. May last, which was pre
ceded and followed by other letters and
conversions of the fame gentleman,
urging the fubjedt upon tiie attention of
| the .government. It has been aifo urged
Iby the pr*ji;iit minister . f France, 1 in
1 his interviews with tiie secretary of
j Hale.
Os the inclofures alluded to in the
aforefaid letter and extrait, the only au
thenticated ilateincnt relative to the con
duit of American private armed v^Tels,
! which has been received at this depart
ment is contained in the annexed letter,
from Mr George Barneweli of New—
York, and the document accompanying
l ft-
All which is refpeftfully submitted
JAMES MADISON.
Difiartmtti! of State,
Jan. 21 jl. 1805.
[nl I.]
Ms. Merav, to the Secretary of State.
Phifode'phia, dugufl 3 I JI, 1804.
I have received information refpetting
ftverai wffels;which have of hie been
armed in, and have failed from tiie dif
ferent poits of the K/.iited States, fome
loaded with articles contraband or war,
(gun-po"’ er is said to be the general ar
ticle) others with cargoes of innocent
goods, and .others again in ballast. Af
ter the diligent enquiry which it has
been my duty to make on lo important
n subject, I think that I can have the
honour of Hating to you with certainty,
that fevcral vessels of the above defeiption
which are mentioned to be fchr. rigged,
have failed lately from the port of Balii
j more w’.iiUt others of a larger lize, even
Ihipiof coiifiderao'e burthen, and com
pletely equipped for war, have failed
from the poit of Pltiladelph'a, bound to
the pols- ilions of his maj:lty,s enemies in
the East 4s. well 9 Welt-Indies. It is:
Lid that the abj-.dl of tome of tnefe equip
incuts is to force a trade with'.tie blacks,
in the iilaud of ot. Domingo, in which
attempt the public prints have Hated so
circumHantialiy, as to leave no doubt on
the lubjeft ; that two American veffeis
have been captured by French cruize rs
after nicking reliileuce , but 1 have strong
reason to believe, that the deilination of
others particularly from the port of Plii
ladelphia, has been with cargoes *f con
traband articles to the enemies’ poffellion 1
in the 17,I 7 , aft and Wcft-ludies. I.et their
destinations, however, he what they may,
it cannot, I conceive, but be couii Jcred
tiiat such arinaments, on the part of the
citizens of a neutral Hate, mult b: at
tended with consequences prejudicial to
abcUigevcnt power, and may therefore b<-;
fore be deemed rightly as offenfive, for j
which Vtafijn the law of nations ha.- j
itateJ one of the firH obligations ofneu- j
tralitytobe that of abftraining from all i
participation in warlike expeditions. ,
The armed vessels alluded to, may
become the property of the king’s en
emies ; either by capture at sea, or by
puvehafe in the ports to which they
are dsftined, and are thus in readiness to !
be converted immediately into inftiuments :
of hofti’ity againll his majclfty, whHlt in j
another point of view, they are calcula- ‘
ted to protect the vessels, when they are
loaded with contraband articles against
the search and detestation of a lawfully
commifQoned cruizer. when the latter
(hall happen to be of inferior force. In
deed I conceive that it may not be giving
too great an extent to the principle of the
law of nations, without attending to the
nature of the cargo to coniidertbe very
3rms, ammunition, and other implements
of war, with which such vessels are fur
nilhed, as contraband articles, when the
vessels have been equipped without the
authority of the nation to which they be
long,
1 undeffUnd fir, that the armaments ir,
question have, in faCf, taken place under
no commiS-m or authority whatever frorr.
the government of the United States. I
have theres.-re, thought it nry duty to
have the honor of making you acquainted
with the information that has reached me
oa tluJ lubjeft, aud, if the obfewatiuns
which l have L..k:n .. to m tLv ?
u*qp it iluuid be confo:arable to t
the Lutia.euts of lbs .•■Vnuric.r.i guv-nr.!
o J
.nen., I can fafel) tiuff to their jullice, as j
well as jealoufy of obleiving the
moHHrift neutrality in the prefeut war, to
take such mcafures as Hiall appear to
them the moil proper for fupprcfiiag the
illegable proceedings complained of on
the part of those individuals, citizens ot
the f/nitea States, who shall appear to be
concerned in them,
1 have the honor to be, with high rc
fpecland confr leration.
Sir, your molt obedt.
humble fervan',
(Siur.'d) ANT. MERRY.
The hen. jar s Madaijon ,
Secretry rj St ite.
[No. ll.]
ExtraS of a Setter from the Charge Cm
njfa rs of France , dated 7th May, iScy,
and addrejf. ! to the Secretary off ate.
[Tranflition. ]
The undesigned is informed In a
manner, which leaves him no room to
j doubt it, that the American merchant*.
I who purlue this commerce [pncu.iuy
I the commerce with St. Dimhtg'.'l nub
lie y a.m, 111 the ports of the United
■ States, vessels which are intended t > sup-
I port hv force a lraffle conttai v to ths
J law of nations, and to repel the efforts
i which the cnulers of the French Repub
lic are auih. 1 iftN to ni-ike in o-der to
prevent it. Thef. armaments have aifo
; for their obje ct to cover the conveyance
1 of munitions to the revolted of that < 0
i lony. The government of the United
J States cannot be lgnurant of these beds
i which are public : tlic couLquoneei
i thereof have already been raamfvftcd in
the Weft-Indies, where thr public pa-
I per* advise that there have been nftions
j between the French cruilcrs and Ai::e
, rican veffeb currying on this commerce.
; In considering the mutter rnertiv tm
j der the view of the law of uatiom, it is
I manifell that American citizens, under
! the very eyes of their government, carry
jon a private and piratical war against a
( power with which the United States arc
at peace. The undesigned would be
wanting in his duty if .he did not vindi
cate, under luch cir.-uni fiances, the
rights aud dignity of his government
which are openly injured, and if he did
not call the attention of Mr. Madison to
the difagrceable reflection which the
French government would have .1 right
to make, if the lilence of the local au
th >i ities, refpeifting ntfts of this nature,
■h’ltt 1 i hr imitated by tile government of
the United Stares.
ihe French government certainly
could not fit without a profound regret,
that after having given to tile failed
States the moll marked proofs of the
‘■lt-lire to place the good understanding
of the two nations upon the moil im
j moveable foundations, by abandoning
national interests which might have a
ventualty produced collisions, individual
inteu 11 il’. JulJ now be permitled to com
promit this good underHanuing. its
regret would lie Hill much greater, if,
when the dignity and the fafety of
France arc openly injuied in the United
States, by their cilizens, the American
[government mould preserve, ref peeling
these violations, a silence, which would
! appear to offer an excuse, and even 3 fort
of eacourafrcuieiit, to all the cxceffcs
which cupidity may attempt.—Crude,
that the peace ot the two nations cannot
but be ftrioufly compromitted by the
proceedings o's the individuals, and by
the reprifuls to which they must neces
fanly lead : this state of things would
infallibly tend to diininilh the amicable
disposition, which the two governments
wilh to cultivate.
[No. III.]
New- Tori, Sep. 6th , 1g0.4.
SIR,
The Sufferings of innocent individuals,
induce me to the liberty l now take of
lubmitting the following statement to
your conlidention,
In the month of June last, I dispatched
the (hip Hopewell, Preserved Siffon, mat
ter, and the brig Rockland, A
k'ins, mailer, with luff able cargoes, def
ined for Aux-Cayes, in the Island of
Hispaniola j the former armed for de
tencr, with twelve fix pound cannon,
and two twelve poundtrs, with final! arms
oce. &c. a crew of thirty-five in number,
bd’.dcg passengers ; the latter with eight
fix p.m: ders, arm, &c. and a crew of
twentyiiiiiumber.befidespafrengera Both
these vessels were regularly cleared at the
cuftoin house of this uiftrift, aud failed
on their intended voyage on the 17th of
June. Xu the prosecuting of which,
they were met with and captured by a
privateer belonging to individuals of the
Island of Guadeloupe, whither they were
carrie 1, and their crews put into close
confinement. 1 beg have to refer you to
the documents enclosed, for the perticu.
iars of the iituation in which those unfor
tunate men are piaced.
And have tiie honor to be, &c.
(Signed)
GEO. BARNEWALL.
James Madi/on, F.j>j.
[COPY.]
GEORGE BARNEWALL. Esq.
Si*,
No doubt ere this-you have heard ct
the capture of the liopewelland brig
Rocklar.d. Owing to S. W and S. S.
W. winds was obliged to go to the east-.
ward oi Beimuds in lat. 27, 38. long
ri, 57. On the 301 bof June at 3
A. M. saw a brig which appeared
to be dogging and at dy light
ihe bore down upon us, hoisted an
Englilh entign and fired a gun to leeward j
we w ere then under all the fail we j
■ , jut finding (heesmt up vritk
cs fad, we hoisted American colour*
r id tired a gun to leeward and shortened
tail—l hailed the Rockland and defirei
captain Akins to keep on our lee bow
and near ui, as I wished to speak the pri
vateer firft, and know what he was befor*
we attempted any thing—lhe was then
on our weather quarter—the Rockland
not keeping in her station dropping more
to leeward and nearly on our lee quarter
the privateer was then alraoft within hail
of ui, but immediately up helm aud run
•ft ,Hg fide the Rockland and commenced
firing under Englilh colours which was
returned from the brig—the privateer be
ing between us and the brig prevented iny
firing until 1 got in aiituation to tire clear
of the Rockland whicn was in lefsthan a
■mm-nt, when wc commenced firingto the
1 belt advantage we could—the Rockland
1 fired only one broadside and fome mul
j ketry when Ihe was boarded they only
j ‘ ft three men on board—(Leered off and
gave’ us a broadside and attepted to board
jo*, but wasrepulfed by our quarter gun
i p.iees and mulkctry—they then kept
clear of our pikes and played continually
’ with all their men with nothing but mus
, ketry, our men feeing their ihipmatcs fal
ling, moil of the landsmen quit tueir
i quarters ; the privateer feeing this at
■ tempted the second time to board US ‘m
cutting our nettings, and over powered
jus by numbers j was obliged to haul
| down our colours and quit the deck,
’ otherwise be cut to pieces—We had
i three killed, four badly, and two (lightly
(wounded; the firft who fell was poor
, Mr. Bird, he was Handing near me, lie
| eceived one ball through ins body and
one through his head, aud never fpokc a
word. I begged him fome time before
to go below and prepare his papers, he
said they were already prepared, and
would r.ot quit the deck, in cjnfequence
of which all his papers were found ;it
was not my intention to engage the pri
vateer unless I thought wc were lure of
getting clear, but tne Rockland com
mencing so quick, I couid not then
avoid it, but even had wc fuffere 1 them
to board us they would have made a
prize of us—the . paffengerj n board
were fufficient to condemn us, upwards
of 100 letters were found with them Hi
re&ed to different pans ol .Sr. iOor.ia
go, and among the passengers there were
two noted generals, who were well known
by the Frenchmen; & among Mr. BnN’j
papers were found instructions from Mr,
Lapeirc, pointing out the whole plan of
the voyage; many other letters were
found with Mr. Bird’s papers, -all of
which tended to condemn the (hip, which
they (hewed me at Point Petre, when I
was examined.
When they boarded us, nothing* fair
ed our lives but their thinking that we
were Engiifh, and alked us how we dare
engage under American colours, and did
not believe that we were Americans even
after we arrived. After the Rockland
was boarded, we engaged the privateer
close on board for forty minutes, when a.
black general, a passenger, found we
were captured, he ran below with a pis.
tol with an intention to blow the fhib up
and with much difficulty we prevented
it, he set all the cartridges on fire in the
cabin and lleerage, which were in pouch
tubs, and only my laying the magazine
scuttle over saved the ship and our lives
when he found he could not blow the
ship up, he put the pistol to his head and
blew his own brains out. The privateer
took out all the pallengcrs, officers, and
men, except myfelf, carpenter, two boys
and one of our men badly wounded.
The privateer continued with us until we
arrived in this port, which was on the
1 7 f h July, and where immediately put
altogether in a moft miserable prison, with
nothing to eat but linking beef and
coarle bread, and very Ihort even that ;
they will not fuffer me to fee auy Ame
ricans, nor have any communications
with any body, there is a schooner called
the Snake in the Grass, bought in New.
York, and fitted out at Salem, with five
guns, taken and brought here a few day*
before me ; one of the mates is allowed
to go out at time:, and this was the on
ly opportunity I had to write. They
fay that orders have gone to America,
that every vessel bound to St. Domingo,
if taken, finall be treated as pirates. God
knows what they mean to do with us.
1 beg you will do all in your power to
get our government to claim us.otherwifc
Ido not know what they may do; they
seem io be inveterate againll the Ameri
cans, and even told me every ship acd
captain’s names that were armed fro3
New-York.
Captain A kens had Iris mate killed and
one man, and several wounded himfelf
wounded and died at this place ou the
2 2d instant.
The schooner Snake in the Graf , wa
commanded by James Mansfi.ld, is also
in prison, with ad his men—the veffid
will he condemned, although they did
not fire a (hot. As no protelt can be
made here, 1 thought it bed to let tl>c
officers sign tins letter with me—ieveral
large privateers are getting ready to go
down in the Bite after the Americans j
the privateer that took us was the brig
Frebrifkey, captain Ant wan, *.vith ten
long French fixes, two twelve pound
caronades, one long eighteen pounder,
and a hundred and fifty men. The
French seem to be very inveterate againll
the yfmericans, and insult us as they pass
cße prison. that I can fay more it
to you to do wh.3t you can with
our government to claim us as Americans.
The manner in which I was when the
Frenchp rivateer engaged us uuder Eng.
Ifih colors will be a fufficient reaioß for
them to claim, us, /fli that I can-fey more i*