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&i> a letter f» im
Joh* IVStchell, esq. agen
fjr American' prilancr
of war at Halifax, to the
Src.-vtary of the (later
dated Cth Dec, iH I 2
“ 1 cover von a copy or*
a ccrrefpondencc which)
took place irt consequence!
of different applications,
I received either by letter
or periorally, </pom perfpm
d Stained on board im Bri
tannic majeUy’s /hips of war 1
in this place. !
** I formerly menti
oned to you that the ad- j
miral had allured me, thv .
he would difeharge alii
the citizens of the United
States who were in the
fleet, and a&ua’.iy did dis
charge (everyl. This indu
ced me to think I should he
correct, and in the pet feel
line of my duty., in tending
him a 11ft of the applicants
to me, and requeuing an.
cnquiiy to be made, and
difeharges granted to all
who were citizens of the
United States ; I therefore
covered hnn a lid of the
name* now enclosed to you,
which produced Iris letter
to me of the same date, (id
December 1812.)
** I read it with surprise
beraufe some of the men
had informed me theirl
captains had refuted to
report them to the admiral.
Now, if no one here was or
is allowed, to do it, their
lltuatian is hopelcfs;
“ It is not my place, sir,
to reason with you on this
business. Pr»of ®f nativity,
in his fird letter, is a drong
expression j, and how few
who a; c in pofiefllon of it,
and how many who cannot
obtain it !
The f.cond paragraph,
2d letter, prevents
ring and ! h-ive
ignt to
o V 1 ■ :
**!. HL
-SlLr '
, m
were pi case A j
several Americans who had I
been in his Britannic M
> fervicc, others who afe now
on board tlia Centurion
and St.nifa have requefttd
of nre to procure their dis
charge, and to be lent
home.
Will you Hr htve tht
good net's to direct an in
quiry, and order the relcafe
61 Inch as are citizens ot
the United .Vr.ites ?
Besides the enclosed iiil
/am told there are other
whole names / 1 not.
I hive the honor tc b*.
Ur.'
John Mifcbc/l, Agentocc,
gCopycfa let-rr from a d. <
m : ial *r, J. B. Wartrr .
to Job 1 Mitchell, p ; .q.
for* American pri
loners of war at Halifax
dated. /
Dec. 1. 18 1 2.
Sir,
I have tVe horror to ac
knowledge the receipt of
| yous letter of this date, rc
! tpedrnglome men therein
mentioned, on buard his M.
(hips under my command,
(aid to he citizens.of the U.
States, and in reply, begg
1 to acquaint you that when
! ever I have received repre-
I lenrntions from the captains
! of his majesty’s (hips of any
part of their erewfc being
citixcos of America, with
lufncient proof of their na
tivity, I have directed their
discharge from the fer
vicc. „
I m«ft observe to yon,
that I cannot permit the,
interference of any applica
tions from men belonging
-to, his majesty’s fliips, hut
through tiieir commanding
chi, -crs ; t and in your de
partment, of prisoners of
war only, I (hall at all times
be moll happy -*to receive
your communications'.—l
have the honor to be &c.
J‘ B, Warren. ,
1
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Copy of a latter from John
Mitchell esq. agent for j
American prisoners of *
war at Halifax, to ad
tiiiral sir John J 3. War- '
ren dated' > 'li ft
• Dec. <>»• 4. ..
Sir,
I had yefleritay the‘hfHW-.
or to receive jfouc letter,
dated the 1(t inftf and ob
serve that you cannot permit
the interference of any ap
plication from men on board
of his Br’tanntc majeAyY
fliips of war* but through
their commanding Offi
cer*.
Desirous of conforming,
as far as poflible, to esta
blished regulations, permit
me the honor to enquire of
your excellency, if by your
letter I am to underhand,
that I am to receive the
applications of feameh de
claring them ft Ives" citizens
®f the United Stales who
are on board of hUrmajeAy’s
fliips of vrir , and coirmui
hicalf the fame to yon ?
/t this is the meaning, I
(hall ijjbfl certainly conform
though / mall liment the
regulation. 1 have the ho
nor to be fee ' ' - -. 1
John Mitchell.jigent See
t 4 »
Copy of a letter from the
admiral sir-J. B. Warren
to John Mitchell efq.
agent ter the American
of war at Hali
fax, dated • :/
December 4;
Sir^
In reply to your letter,
dated yeflerdav, / have to
icquaiot you, that whenever
m addvels i*> made relative
11 men onboard his irtajes
v’fc (hips it mull be bv rhe
:.«<mmartdcr& oJ luch vcJfels
lirect.
I cannot permit any ap
dicstion b ' other persons
n time of v .ir, bur in the
■bove mode.
It will alway 3 afford me
j plcafurc to attend to your
; withes in any refpeit rela
tive to thn lituation or ex
change of prifoncrs, or to
alford any ' aid, or relief in
my. power* • I have the hon
or to be Sex: r
* - J. B. Warren .
From Commodore Rogers
to the secretary of the
N*vy,.‘" : .
United States' Frigate Pre
sident, *•
Ballon, Jan. 14, 1813. •
Sir,
Herewith you will re
ceive two nusder books of
; his 'B* itunnic majefly’s vef
fe'ls Molclle and Sappho,
| found on Board the Britilh
packet Swallow.
As the Briti'V'have al
.?vays> denied that they de.
* .tamed on board their Ihips
of'war American citizens,
knowing them to be Inch,
I lend yon the enclolcd as
a public document of their 1
own, to prove how illy h*„h
an alfcrlion, accords with
( ■ . •- ■ .. .
' their practice:
It will appear by these
* two rnufter books, that (o
late as August lad, about
j an eighth part of the Mosel
lc.and Sappho’s crews were
j Americans ; consequently,
j if there is only a quarter
j part of that proportion on
: board their other veffcls ;
■ „that they have an infinitely
greater number of Amcri
cafos in their service than
• 1 toy „ A men can has yet had
•j anyjdia of: ; %
Any further comment of
j qnine on this fubjedt, I con
| sider . unnecessary j as the
enclosed document (peak
but too plainly for them
ielycs. 1 have the honor to
t be, &C,
Rodgers.
! The hon.
Paul Hamilton, Secretary
of the Navy,
The meffige and Ducu
| ments were read and refer- 4
j Tea do the committee of Fo
reign Relations ; and the
Houle adjourned;
CONGRESS,
IN SANATE,
Jan. i 3.
2~azsi Claims.
The benate relumed the
confide! at ion of the bill
I to carry into effctt t the re
port made to congrcfs in
Feb. 1803* by the lecretary
of ltate; secretary of the
treasury, and attorney gen- |
leral otthe U. S., commis
| fioners, £ec. (recommend
ing a com prom ile of the
■ ; Yazoo claims ;) and the
1 bill wax • further amend.
1 eijr. —; .
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On the quf dion to en
gcols the bill for a third
reading there were
’ | For. the bill Me firs. I
: | Bayrd, Bibb, Bradley, Brent
■ ; Cults, Goodrich, Horley,
• Howell, Hunter, Lambert, •
• Pope, Pofey, Rohinfan,
'.Smith of N. Y. Taylor,
■ Varnum 16. ; .
» ' the bill Messrs.
: Andefjn, Campbell of Oiiio
Craw fold, Franklin, Gail
lard,'Le«b, M'gri. , r'cvj,
l tit, .Turner, V*oiihi. g
ton-*4i.. .
Jan. 19.
The bill to carry into
effedt the report of the
commilTioners appointed un
der a former adt in relation
to the Y r azoo claims, was
■ read a third time and palled
as follows.
Yeas—Me firs. Bayard,'
Bradley, Dana, German,
Goodrich, Horsey, Howdl,
Hunter, Lambert, Pope,
Pofey, Robertlbn, Smith
of Md. Smith of N. Y.
Taylor, Varnum — l6.
Nays—MelTrs. Campbell
of Ten. Crawfard, Franklin,
Leib, Magrudcr, Reed,
Tait, Turner, Worthing
ton — 9.
Jan. 26.
Mr. Tait prelcnted a bill
to revive and continue in
force “ An a£t declaring
the consent of Congrcfs to
an adt of the ttate of Geor
gia, pa fled the lath of Dec.
1 ? >4, eilabiilhing the fees:
of the harbor and heath ;
officers of the ports of Sa
vannah, St. Mary's in Geor
gia : which'was read and
passed to a second reading.
House of Representatives.
Jan. 20.
Taxoo Claims .
The bill from the senate
to carry into effect the rt- (
port of James Madison,!
then secretary of state, Al. i
bert Gallatin secretary of
the treasury, and Levi Lin- I
chon. ; attorney General of
the United States, commis- |
sioners* 6cc. in the year!
1803, (recommending at
equitable compromise with
the Yazoo claimants) was 1
read a first time.
Mr Poindexter moved a
second reading and commit
ment of the'bill—the usual
course given to bills.
Mr Troup moved to re
ject the bill—-a motion j
,which in this stage of the
business t?kcs precedence,
of any other motion.
Mr Troup grounded his
motion on the original fraud
of the Yazoo speculation as;
of a nature foi bidding that
the house should consider
any proposition arising from
• 1
Mr Wright spoke againt
the rejection and in favour
of a settlement ol these
claims and explained the *
reason why he who had
before op*posed a comprom
ise, was now opposed to a ]
rejection of the bill.
Mr Seybert opposed the ;
rejeotion in order to give a
fair opportunity to examine
the mr its of the bill.
Mr. King Hated the dif
ficult nature of this qoellion
and his wilh to obtain time
I to investigate it. He there
' fore moved to pollporte
• the further consideration of
the lub'edl to Monday.
Mr. Archer, Mr. Wid
gery, Mr. Goldlb trough,
and Mr. Mitchill supported
) the pollyoncmcnt on the
; fame grounds as thole on
1 which it was eropofed by
Mr. King.
I
%
’ : Neifvd pppolei ~u .
- bee*uf r he ,v 4e
a ixioui without hesitation
to rejett the Dill.
! , *' ir: a ° v(l “nvi Mr. pci n .
i.iOextcr oppoled the tejee
‘‘"l* 0,1 th * “>««* t>f ,h e
bill:
i r * Troop r ai \i ft few
; w<)rds in re piy to Mr. Poia
, dexter ; and the question
on the rejettinn of the
wa» then taken and decided
as follows. .
For rejettion rr
Against it
So the bill was not re
jetted: ?
| Mr. Poindexter then ‘
moved a reference of the
b. 11 to a lelett cownriittee
j view to th*examina
tion of its details, and to
propolc amendments, which
it appeared to him the bill
required. . 1
A motion was made to
refer the bill to the coin,
mittee on public lands. -
Mr. Tallrnadge moved
• *o refer the hiiF. tV the com- v ,
mittee of the whole. * > -
Alter f>uie d/scfuflion oa
thele motions* it was deci
ded to refer the bill to the
committee on public landsV
New York, Jan. 23.
Blockade of New Torn re
sumed.
Last evening the pilot
boat Uly(Tes cafne up from
i .Sandy Hook,*and the pilots •'
informed us, that all yefter.
day, three fhipi of war and
a Ichoonct wort within 16 ;
miles of bandy Hook, which
they supposed to be thcfqua
dron under the cotntpand
of Sir John B, Warren.. '
The lhip Protettioa bound
to Norfolk, to load for For*
tugal return-cd last evening
in copfcquence of the block
ade at Sandy Hook, and an- '
•bored at Staten Island.
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A Lisbon Gazatteo of
November the 18th states,
that accounts had been re- 1
ccived in that city from Pi. j
! vas and Badajoz that the
*S'p J nifh Generals,El 0 and I
Virtias entered Madrid on.
the Bth with 16,000 men.
The fame papers ftatei
that popular tumults had ta- |
ken place in Tulon, and 6. I
ther cities in France, con- J
netted with the general
which bad been* fpm.cd at j
Paris. '
] , Two thousand Snglifo I
troops had just disembarked I
at Lisbon.
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By the la'e accotfnti Iroff 1 I
J Lagaira, it appear that on ibe j
’ 9th of December lall, A!e^* n - |
der Scon J£!q. who piefcntru * ■
donation of piovificm 10 inc I
diftrelied inhabitant* ol rac *'
cat, from out morerntnen •'j I
june 181 a, ha. o,c - I
away from thence by lC
polic fpandh wonaiehlfls, * f 9 I
have recently conquered 1 c I
Patriots of thfat Province, |
I t’rtr wrh ail U
Out of li%e vtfi-l* that C
cd our donation, four vert - I
uint-d lor near Ux *'*'”*'J I
she Ufetper., during vhtek t
they have been neatly d«lt' . V
jby int wortr? of thole [«"» , I
1 viere obliged to be iaC " ' Cc f „ *
II a
| ur-der their batrrte- ‘ \
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