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TREATY WITH SWEDEN.
The following Abstract presents a correct awl con
densed outline of the provisions of ihe Treaty between
this country and Sweden. We hope it will prove!
acceptable to our readers, for whose convenience and
accommodation we have arranged it.— Charleston Time*.
Art. Ist. It is agreed, that the two countries,
respectively, in relation to their commercial in
tercourse, shall be placed upon the same footing
of reciprocal liberty—and, that there s -all he
given to the merchants find traders of each the
same security and protection, in the lawful pfos
ecVon of their business. M
/*t. 2d. No other, or higher duties be
imputed on the importation into either dpuntry,
resptmively of articles, the growth, pi ofluce or
mamilat lurc of the other, than those to jfrhich the
same ancles would lie subjected in etch of the
two counties, respectively, if they were the
growth, produce or manufacture of any other.
The same fjirovision is made for articles of ex
portation! so, that in each of countries,
respectively*he articles which jFall he exported
to the other, ifcnnot he chaigi and with other
impost, highi'Acr other, than fltose to wnich the
same would bemsubjected, if #x ported to any o
thcr country. w\o’ prohibition to be imposed
upon the importation or edjportatiftn of articles,
the grow th, prothfee-#f either
country, respectively, tha*loes not extend equal
ly to all other nations. Swedish
ships importing in& States articles of*
the growth, procluc* cm manufacture of Styedvn
or Norway, or exp<*Upg from tiie United Shtds
articles of indigenoJp>i owth, produce or manu
facture, are to pay JR other, or highef, duties
than would be vessels similar
ly occupied —\vJt n/cr versa of American
v, sscis similar circumstances.
The provisions m] this article are also extended
to the Swcdishjrolony of fct. Barthelemy, as well
in what reladp to the fights and advantages
which the vesMlsofthe United States shall enjoy
in its ports, -amu relation to those which the ves -
els of the djony shall enjoy in the ports of the
United Sy*s, provid’ and the owners are inhabit
ants of StJßarthelemy, and thedfc establishedtuul
naturalized , and that their vefyls are of the
same character.
Art. 3d. T’his article having excepted
to and finally rejected, there can Mho necessity
for setting it forth.
Art. 4th. The same obscrvatioflkpplies to
Mw, as it was also rejected.
Art. stn. This article relates to thmright of
eaVli government localizing and emnloj\g con
suls or other < ommercial agents in the
of the other—their liability to punishment— the
exemption of their archives from examination,
and the other etcetera usually appertaining to
their appointment.
Art. 6th. Tne same observation is applicable
to this, as to articles 3d and 4th.
Al t 7th. The citizens or subjects of either
power, when arriving on the coast of the other,
who are not willing to enter into port, or, having
entered into port, are desirous of prosecuting
their voyage, are permitted so to do, without be
ing subject to render an account of their cargo,
or to pay any other duties than those imposed on
the Vessels of the count) y similarly circumstanc
ed. An officer of the customs has a right to be
on board to prevent all illicit intercourse, and to
see tnat they conform to the local navigation
laws.
Art. Bth. The vessels of each power,entering
into the ports of the other, are permitted to dis
charge any portion of their cargo, and to proceed
to any port within the same country, or to those
ot any other, without paying any other duties
than upon that part which shall have been al
ready landed. It is understood however, that
Hie duties payable on the vessel itself, are to be
Bvaid at the first port at which she breaks bulk,
‘i.'ltl that no such duties are to be again detuund-
the inhabitants oi the country lie sub
""'rpT-BL.-i 1() hirthcr duties similarly circumstanced.
-hb. The c itizens or subjects of cither
l|ipPi> shall enjoy in the ports of the other all the
Hp t r ‘for their vessels as lor themselves, asThosc
e most favored nations in the same port,
j
Ma’ danger of being, or which have been actually
il.e duly ot the government in
rendering them assistance — passports which are
to be gra, ted to the passengers and
the restoration of the property if
a year and a datvupon payment qT.tfrose costs
and ciiarges and ailjTHl^catiom^'^nuW^cvconfor
mably to the laws and of me imitations,
respectively, w c luTH** yr of
either country ttfould pay,s
ed.
Art. 11th. All vessels arriving direct from the
polls, ol either power, and furnished with a
clean bill ot health, arc to be admitted to enter
and discharge their cargoes; subject to no
an tine but what is sufficient to admit of the visit
of the health officer of the port in which they ar
ri\e —except in cases where manifest symptoms
of malignant diseases are apparent in the person
of anyMjj the passengers or crew. „ £
Art. 12th* The treaty between the
lent of the United States and his majesty the
hking of Sweden, concluded at Paris, in the year
is recognised and wing
xcefiting the 20th and 24th arnfcw, 4s
■ y articles, \ 2,
o
1 place.
f either power,
blockaded at
ncA subject to
iteujtpch ports
of such
an entry into such ports of the enemy, shall be j
liable to seizure anti condemnation.
Art. 14th. Tne treaty is to continue in force
for eight years from the exchange of the ratifi
cation. —■
OUR RELATIONS WITH SPAIN.
The following is an abstract of the answer of the Secre
tary of state, to the late proposition of the Spanish
minister.
The answer of Mr. Adams is dated Oct. 31.
lie says that the right of the United States to the
river Mississippi, and all the waters flowing into
it; and to all the territories watered by them, is
established beyond the power of further contro
versy. In reply to the first proposition, he says,
that any proceedings upon it is rendered unneces
sary, by tiie determination of the government to
restore Pensacola, and the forts of St. Mark’s
and the Barancas; and entirely useless, from the
nature of the second proposition. With respect
to the second proposition he insists, that the late
grants ol land made in the Floridas must be can
celled, unless some other fund is provided for
satisfying the claims of our citizens on the Span
ish government.
On the question of boundary, he proposes as
a substitute for that offered by the Spanish min
ister, and assures him tiiat t is to be considered
as a final offer on the part of the United States,
the following, viz. beginning at the mouth of the
Sabine river, and following the course of the
river to 32. N. tat.: thence due north to the
northerly part of the 33 deg. N. and until it strikes
the Red River; tiiencc by that river to its source
in the. Snow Mountoins, 31 25 N. and 106 15 W.;
to the summit of tiie mountains, and fol
lowing the chain of mountains to 41 N. and fol
lowing the 41st parallel of lat. to the Pacific
ocean. He consents, on condition that ail grants
of lands made in Florida, since 1802, siiail bean
nulled, to the proposal ol renouncing mutually
all claims by the citizens or subjects of either
country, against the government of the other;
limiting it, however, on the part of citizens of the
United Slates, to claims provided for by the con
vention oi IBu2, —and all other claims which
oave yet been submitted to the department of
state, or the American minister in Spain—claims
on account of tne suspension of the light of depo
site at Ncw-()i leans, in 1802,and all other claims
which iiave yet been submitted to the depart
ment of state, or the American minister in Spain.
Ihe United States undertake to exonerate
Spain from these claims, and to make satisfaction
for them to the amount of five million ofdollais.
fine other propositions are in substance agreed
to, except a requisition of further provisions to
enforce the observance of the treaty of 1795,
which is declared inadmissible.
Tne Spanish minister in reply, November 16,
insists on an ind nii-ity foi the damage sustained
by the governmei t ind by the subjects of Spain,
It' 'in the invasion ol Florida. In reference to the
2d proposition, he consents that all grants of
lands in I* lorida, made since the 24th of January
last siiail be cancelled, the conditions of said
grants not having been fulfilled by the grantees.
On the subject of boundary, he agrees to take
the Sabine, instead of the Marmenta, provided
the line proposed by Mr. Adams, as far as the
Red R iver, snail continue due north to the Mis
souri, and thence follow this river to its source,
leaving the boundary thence to the Pacific unde
termined. The modification proposed to the 4th
article, he accedes to, on condition of its being
made reciprocal. He insists on some further
provision to prevent violations of the treaty ol
179 5, by thy armament of the
Spanish “tradWn the ports of thy, United States,
but agree# to t^B.other modifications of his pro
positions. *’ H * \
No report lias yet been made in either house
of congress, on the subject of the Seminole
war, nor on the subject of the Bank of.tiic U
uiled States; two topics on which, the first par
ticularly, much interest is excited.
If we are not misinformed, the military com
mittee of the house of representatives, who have
the first of these subjects under consideration,
find some diflu ultv in agreeing on the report;
and, whatever it may be, it will not fail to be op
posed by a formidable minority of the committee.
This report, we learn, may be expected to day.
What is to be the nature of the report of the
Bank committee, we have not heard; but we
should not be surprized if in that committee also
there should be variant opinions. This report is
looked for during the present week. —National
Intelligencer, Jan. 12.
UNITED STATES’ FORTIFICATIONS.
The National Intelligencer contains a report
from the war ch partmeqj. relative to the army and
fortifications of the United Slates.
By this report it appears that the work con
templated for Old Point Comfort,
to mount 250 cannon, and upon
Rip l||n shoal to mount 250 These
works to cost
The at Patch, in Dela
ware Bay, to to cost 8300,
000.—
“To complepKv the this pass, it will
[ be occupy with shoals ol’
the Delaware and.New-’Jfc&kv shored,
the whole, two steam be
i^uisite.”
“.Yew York Harbor. —The only work now
progressing in that harbor, is a castellated tower,
building at the Narrows, upon Hendrick’s Reef,
it will mount 96 cannon, and will cost 8275,000;
it is more than half finished, and can be complet
ed in the year 1819. The other positions which
must of necessity he occupied, to complete the
defence of New-York, are, Ist Sanday Hook,
2d Staten Island, 3d west end of Long Island,
4th Brooklyn Heights, and sth Frog Point, near
the Sound.”
Lake Champlain.— The works to be erected ‘
are at Rouse’s Point and Island Points. Tnese
works being contemplated to withstand a seige,
will mount nearly 300 pieces of cannon.
The government have given orders to suspend
the works at Rouse’s Point, untill the line be
tween the U. States and Lower Canada shall be
completed
From the Albany Argus. ■
OUR RESOURCES.
A St. Louis paper mentions, that survey
ors liave gone out to run the lines of the
Indian cession of 1816, lying between the
waters of the lakes and the Mississippi, and also
to run the lines of a cession, forty miles in width,
stretching from, the Illinois to lake Michigan,
between which points an important thoroughfare
has long been established, by French settlers on
the lakes and on the Mississippi, though not gen
erally known. It is presumed to be the inten
tion of government to have this tract settled.
The waters of the Plein, emptying into the Illi
nois, and of the Chicago, emptying into lake
Michigan, take their rise in the same flat; both
streams are without falls, rapids or shallows, as
is also the Illinois; and when the streams are
high, the flat becomes a pond and boats of ten or
a dozen tons pass from one to the other without
difficulty. In dry seasons, they are unloaded,
placed on vehicles, and drawn by oxen over a
■ portage of a few miles.
| What a magnificent spectacle does the con
struction of our interior country present ! What
livelv anticipations of our future population,
commerce and wealth, does it not awaken! An
; internal water communication, stretching for
more than 3000 miles thro’ a fertile continent,
its banks every where covered with a thick and
busv population, and studded with towns and vi 1 -
hires; receiving in its course tributary streams
of wealth, from the remotest parts on the right
hand and on the left; and its commerce accumu
lating, with the waters of the great rivers which
; form its extremities, until, having collected up
j on its main artery the wealth of states, and the
products of the labors of it shall pour
its congregated treasures, through its two great
avenues, upon the bosom of the astonished At
lantic—forming at once the prolific source of a
nation’s wealth, and the strongest ligament of its
union. —.
From Philadelphia Papers.
O^PUONATTON.
\ statement has anpeared in the National In
telligencer, and has been rcmiblished in the
newsnaners, generally, purporting to be extract
ed from a report from the treasuarv department,
vespertine the state and condition of the bank of
the t T . States, op the 30th of September last.
The statement of debts due to the bank of U.
States, is introduced with the following remarks:
“The amount of debts due from banks pav
“ing specie to the bank, and several branches,
“an- 1 the notes of banks naving specie, on hand,
“after deducting therefrom the afnounts due by
“the bank and its branches to the said banks, re
spectively, is thus stated:
“At Philadelphia R 1,745,375 73.”
From this statement, a belief prevails, that the
state hanks of this citv were indebted that amount
to the bank of the U. States, on the 30th of Sep
tember last.—To counteract this impression,
and to give the public correct information on the
subject, the undersigned cashiers of the City
Banks, and of the bank of the Northern Liber
ties, met at the Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank,
on the 2d of January, 1819, and reported the
balances of the accounts of their respective insti
tutions, with U. States, as they stood
on the 30th of September last, from which it ap
peared, that taking the several debits against the
bank of the U. States, and giving it the several
credits to which it was entitled with the banks
aforesaid, the bank of the U. States, on that dav,
was collectively indebted to them in the sum cf
§49,829 14.
Henry Drinker , Samvel Wilcox^
Elisha Chauncey , J. Williams ,
Quint in Campbell , IK .Waudeville,
Henry A'nhl, Thos. Wilson.
Philadelphia, Jan. 2d, 1819.
l r O ra Editors who have re-published the state
ment from the National Intelligencer, will please
to insert the above in their respective papers.
The Democratic Press , as a “communication,”
says— we are authorised to say, that the state
ment alluded to in the publication of the cashiers
of the state banks in the city of Philadelphia and
Northern Liberties, daterl 2d inst, not having
been furnished by the hank of U. States to the
treasury department, is incorrect..
January 5,1819.
The National Intelligencer , of Thursday last,
on publishing the proceeding statement, says—
“ Lest it should be supposed, the error, if any,
rests on our shoulders, we transcribe from the
report, verbatim, all that relates to the amount
of debts due the bank of the U. States, at Phila
delphia, as follows:
To the bank of the I T . States, viz:
In London, Paris and Amster
dam, § 1,530,576 04
For the funded debt,
part of the capital, 7,430,926 60
For bills discounted, 8,834,089 62
From sundry banks,
(paying specie,)
82,079,485 77
For notes of sundry banks do.
on hand, 455,284 57
2,534,770 34
Deduct am’nt.
due sundery
banks, (pay
ing specie)
789,394 61
1,745,375 73
f
Debts due bank of the U. States,
at Philadelphia. 819,540,967 99
Having done thus much justice to the Phila
delphia slate banks and to ourselves, we will only
add, in justice to the bank of the U. States, that
it is very obvious that the “amount due flora
sundry banks” at Philadelphia, does not mean
banks in Philadelphia, but includes ail other
banks owing balances to the bank at Philadel
phia. There is therefore, no incompatibility
whatever between the statement of the bank of
the U. States, and the above statement of the.
Philadelphia banks.” _
[ Now, as the U. States bank was really in
debted to the Philadelphia banks, collectively,
there seems to be no way of reconciling the up
i parently discording statements, but in l lining
tnat by the amount due at Philadelphia it was
I meant to include the sums deposited in rev i
■ of the state banks, but passed to the credit ol the
U. States on the books of the mother bank, in
that city, (which show an amount of about
880,000 dollars,) and the notes of some “specie
paying ” banks yet on hand, which the U.
States, bank received when it first commenced
its operations: for it is believed that the bank
of the U. States at Philadelphia, has not receiv
ed the notes of any of the state banks, except
those in that city, and in Nevv-York and Boston,
See. which there is no sort of difficulty in pass
; ing off, in the present state of the trade of tne
country. But, great is the mystery of banking:
the initiated, only, can tell us how it is—if they
p lease. — Wiles ’ H < gis t r r.
From the National Intelligencer.
Ms srs Gales if Seaton —lu your daily pa
per of this date, you mention, that according to
a statement in the Boston papers, no less than
fifty vessels cleared fiom that port during the iast
year for ports beyond the Cape of Good Hope;
and you add, “thus have the vaults of our banks
been cleared.” I do not mean to examine the
question in political economy, respecting the free
circulation, and unrestrained importation at and e x
portation of the precious metals, though I c an
not help saying that I disagree with what seems
to be your opinion on this subject.
My single purpose is to state a fact, which
leads to this conclusion, that, if comm uce be left
to itself, it will correct its own mistake: more
than one half the tonnage of the United States
employed in the trade beyond the Cape of Good
Hope, during the last year, was employed in
bringing home East India cotton wooi; not for
our own manufactures, (for except for car,die
wicks, little of the East India cotton i.s used it’
this country) but for those of Europe, whither it
has been sent. This branch of trade, by being
over-done, or from some other cause, will prove
to have been a losing one. During 1818 as
much as fifty thousand bales of East India cotton
wool, or about seventeen millions pounds, and
which cost two millions of dollars weie import
ed into the United States—on this cotton wool
there will be a loss of 30 per cent.
The consequence is an obvious one; for this
year, and to a considerable extent in future years,
this branch of trade will he discontinued, and
specie will not be sent out of the country to carry
it on. A. B.
January 11, 1819.
FROM ENGLAND.
New-York, January 4.
The arrival of the Manhattan puts the editors of the
Gazette in possession of E iglish papers and Lloy I’*
List, to the 19th of November.
It was rumored on the con’ nent, but contradicted in
the Paris papers, that England is going to exchange
Hanover for Belgium, ceding he former territory to
Prussia.
M. e’e Talleyrand has returned to Paris, and resumed
his functions as gran 1 chamberlain to h s majesty.
The articles of a treaty lately made between the
French and English governments, guarantees to French
ships trading from Bourbon and their establishments at
Madagascar, the same rights and privileges as are grant
ed to English vessels carving on a similar commerce.
A grand expedition is stilt spoken of, as intending
soon to sail from Spain for South America.
An order in council has been issued, prohibiting the
exportation from England, of gunpowder, arms or am
munition to Africa, the West-Indies, or any part of the
continent of America, except with permission— to con
tinue for six months from the 30th November.
It is said, that one part of the contents of the late des
patches from St. Helena, relates tft attempts made to
corrupt some of the troops there. By a law in Eng
land, it is made capital to rescue, or attempt to rescue
Bonaparte in his confinement.
Sir Gregor MacGregor was in London on the 14th
November, and was immed ; ately to proceed to Deal.
It was said he would embark on board es one of the two
ships, forming part of his expedition against New Gren
ada, and sail from the river for the Downs. Other ac
counts sav that he had sailed.
Mr. Ogilvie continued to deliver his orations in Eng
land; which were attended to with profound attention,
and decided approbation from numerous audiences.
The British parliament was further prorogued to the
29th December.
A royal ordinance has been published, convoking the
assembly of the chamber of peers, and the chamber
of deputies, on the 30th November.
Our London papers mention the death of sir Samuel
Romilly, who, having lost his wife, made way with hi n
self in a fit of despair. Sir Samuel is said to have an
nually netted from his profession, from 16,000 to
/,17,000 sterling.
An article from Stockholm says, that Mr. Bussell, the
American ambassador, left Stockholm on the 23d of Oc
tober, on his return to the United States. Mr. Hughes
remains as charge d’affairs.
About 5000 French women, of all ages and descrip
tions followed the English army to Calais. A young,
interesting and well educated female, was discovered
in male attire, 01^ ship board, having followed a private
soldier. She was not allowed to continue her route,
but was ordered to be sent back to her connections,
who were respectable. When the account left Calais
she was in a state of delirium
The allied p wers have extended the time from 9
18 mon'hs, France to pay the contributions due them.
The Musquito, sloop of war, arrived in England Nov.
7, with dispatches from St. Helena. Sailed Sept. 29.
\s the captain went express to I.ondon, and no inter
course was allowed with the vessel for 24 hours—many
extraordinary reports were circulated. [We have later
accounts in the U. S. from St. Helena.
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
By the brig Manufacturer, arrived yesterday, (says
the Charleston City Gazette of the 18th instant) in 35
days from London, we have received London papers to
the 27th November, ten days later than our last ac
counts. T*hey contain no news of particular importance,
- Lo’ ddx, November 94.
” market remains in the same dull state