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PUBLISHED WEEKLY, ON THURS
DAY MORNING, BY UEOR J<i W.
WHEELER & JAkEB CLARKU, A C
THEIR PRiNTINGI yFFICE.IN a HE
SOUTH-WEST (Lower) ROOM OF
THE OLD STATE- HO (J &K-—--AT
THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM—
ONE W ADVANCE.
i f ■ n Y Tif-*~ , rT ,v rr ■w*n> j *
war department!
T ...‘x act of congress of the 26th of Apri‘,
5616, having’ provided that where any mi
-Bit *ry land warrants, shall be lost or g
fttroyed, upon due proof thereof to the
faetioa of the secretary of war, a p item
ohall issue in the same manner an if the
warrant was prodused ; and when the a arm*
proof shall be prodne and, that any soldier of
the regular army has lost his discharge and
aeriiSeate 6f faithful service, trie gee vet art
of war shall cause papers to be furnished
Such soldiery, as will entitle him to tits land
warrant and patent. To enable all persons
comprehended by the provisions of the said
act, to avail themselves cf the relief intend*
ted to be granted, the secretary for the de
r vtmeut df war has directed, that in ease
6'. military land warrant#, wlueh
lost or destroyed, the party sbnll upowooili
in wriiiug, state the tame, place and tnaunCr
of so h 1or?j or destruction, the date and
Bomber of the warrant, and ihe Company and
fegiinent to which the soldier flanged at. the
time es bis discharge j and also the state,
county and tow:?ahip in which he resides.—-
The oath mast bo made before an officer
duly qualified to administer it, and the offi
flual character and signature of such officer
aiiist be certified by the clerk of the county,
the mayor of the city or by sOeh other offi er
s is required by the laws and usages of the
atate where it is made. Every application
will be advertized ode month in the papers
of the state where the applicant resuTs,
before any decision will be made in the case
by the secretary of the department. Evi
dence in corroboration of that of the party,
will be required, where it is not satisfactorily
shewn to be out of bis power to produce it.
In the easte of lost DISCHARGES, the
deposition, in addition to the time, place and
manner of the loss or destruction of the
DISCHARGE, must set forth the time and
place of enlistment, the eoaipauy and regi
ment to which the soldier belong ’d at (he
time of his discharge—the date of the dis
charge, and rank and name of the officer
who signed it: it must also state whether
the discharge contained the certificate of
faithful service required by low, or the words
HONORABLY DISCHARGED,” or
words of that import. The deposition of a
disinterested witness, as to the service and
discharge of the applicant, is required in
corroboration of his own testimony. Where
this is not produced, the reason of its non
production must be satisfactorily stated.—
The testimony must be authenticated in the
manner prescribed in the case of lost war
rants. Where the precise dates or numbers
cannot be stated, they may be stated to the
best of the recollection of the witnesses,
whose credibility the magistrate, who takes
the evidence, must certify in the usual form.
July 39, 1816.
CAUTION.
All persons are hereby forwar
‘Aed, from purchasing or other
wise trading for a promissory note
given by the subscriber, to Wil
liam Teel, for the sum of two hun
dred dollars —payable the 25th
Decembernext,—as the saidnote
was fraudulently obtained, and I
am determined not to pay it.
N. CURREY.
August 6, 1816.
AD MIN ISTR ATOR* S SALE.
WILL BE SOLD,
On Thursday the sth. Septem
ber next, at the late residence of
Milben Fulford, dec.
All the personal property of
said deceased,
Consisting of
Horses, Cattle, Hogs, House
hold and Kitchen Furniture, —a
Still, &c.
JOHN WATKINS,
Administrator, in behalf of wife.
July 20,1816.
Louisville, thuas and ar, September s, iei o.
SPANISH AFFAIRS.
DOCUMENTS, respecting the seizure and
detention .f Mr. Meade.
No I.
Consulate of the U. States.
James Leaod ir Cathcart, Consul of the U.
States at Cadiz, to his Excellency the
Marqui3 de Castilldoritie, captain gener
al and commander in chief of the province
of Andalusia and governor of Cadiz.
Cadiz, May 14, 1816.
SIR—On my return to this ei:.y on the
14 U instant, I learnt the roost extraordinary
i dbnnation that Mr. hkbttFti Me-fde, a ei
t zmi of the United States, awd pro-on:,u*
thereof, in my abaeace, should have been
required by H, Vt, to pjy a certain sum of
money, or to give such security as sHou >)
be approved by the royal consulate o* th
city, for the eveutu&l payment thereof, and
in defect of both, to nave Lis person secured
—and the said consulate not approving of |
the security of said Mr.’ Meads, your Ex j
celloney bad ordered biro to ha confined tv j
the Cnstle of St. Catalina, where he eqn
tinoesto bo held, under charge off a military
guard. It is not possible for me sir, to ex
press my surprize at this outrage, after Lav
ing seen by the most undeniable documents,
presented to sne by Mr. Meade, that 11.. C.
M. had by his own royal sign manual, ac-;
knowledged the amount in question to ha
considered as deposited in the royal treasu
ry, and that Under date of 14th August last
year, a royal order to your Excellency 7 *
predecessor was coitiuauriiea.ted in the fol
lowing words to wit:—HU majesty has
bt*e pleased to order by the royal decree,
under Jiis own signature—the! in the mean
time, and dntil the necessary funds shall b;*
forthcoming to realizethia deposit, it is h"*
majesty’s d* sire that the governor or skJ?-
delegale of the royal revenue, Cadiz, shall
suspend all further proceedings against Mr.
Meade, end that the process bo returned to
the Cons:jo, to h* there recorded and held
in view for the execution of the final sen
tence that m y issue an appeal.” It seems
incredible, that while this affair should be
depending uoder an appeal befegre the su
preme Consejo of the war, that such an order
as that now complained of, should have
been issued in virtue of seeret proceedings
held in the department of state, and that,
without any decision h&vin.r been had upon
the subject in the Corny o Supremo, and that i
the pretext alledged by the person demand
ing the money, which produced this order,
should be that Mr. Meade was about run
ning away from this city $ and that therefore
it became necessary to secure his person—
Your Excellency must see what little ioun
dation there can be for such an assertion,
and even admitting it to be true, it. must ap.
pear no less extraordinary, that a citizen
of the United States should be arrested for
the payment of a sum of money which his
majesty himself acknowledges to have in his
possession. The case is certainly one of the
most extraordinary that is to be found in he
history of Europe ; and I in my official ca
pacity, as consul of the United States of
America, and acknowledged us such by his
U. M. being especially charged by my own
government, to watch over and protect the
citizens of my nation, beg leave to inform
your excellency in the most respectful man
ner, that l do most solemnly protest against
the arrest and imprisonment oi Mr. Richard
Meade, a citizen of the United States, who
when so arrested, charged with, and dis
charging the duties of my consular office in
this city—-and also, as being altogether con
trary to the fth and 20th articles of the
treaty of commerce, existing between the
United States ami his H. C. majesty. The
aforesaid Mr. Richard Mead is actually
confined in an apartment which has hereto
fore been used as a dungeon, with a centry
constantly in view'; and all this merely be
cause he would not submit to the payment
of a sum of money acknowledged by his
majesty to be within his control: 1 cannot
therefore, do Hss than declare to your ex
cellency, that as this act must be viewed by j
my government with mar ked dissatisfaction
I must be permitted ‘ ’ * of my
official character,
extent, to demand the * er.
chard Meule ♦, and iu cafje yo..
should not ouider yourself fin*,
to do so, in consequence of his
ing taken place by a superior orue.
I understand run# thus: “ JChnt in
should not pay or secure the a maud 90 * r ta
person was tuba secured, I comef7*Vard n
without hesitation -1 pledge both my paid*
and private character to be responsible to j *
Mr. Mead’s persou, ihat he may be permit ‘ a
ltd to return to hi* own dwelling house’ •
praying at the same time that your exec
isney will be pleased *0 -draut hiro'ye
pa-’port, that be may, with lib family, go j
> ‘?A(lr:d, and there represent the peculiar j
h lopb-Mp of his ease to his Ca? belie moj. sty, i
and defend hid rights under the auspices of
the envoy extraordinary and minister pleni
potentiary of ety u-tiou; and ui the event
that your excellency *hli not consider your
self sufficiently authorised to grant the tie
- ess&ry p .flsport for Madrid, I r* quest he
may be permitted under my own iexpansibi
lity,- to remain in hi?* own house, umii ii
can receive an answer from court, us ‘•veil
j be expected information of the arrival cf
h minister plenipotentiary of the United
Syuea. lame Iso to solicit your t. xielkecv,
ski t yba miry be pleased to order, th&r au
.heutieated copies of the royal order, awl of
every proceeding consequent thereon, ks well
as the official letter to the governor of the
•sie, where Mr. Mftida is confined, may be
furnished me, us also of this letter whirb 1
declare i be my formal proifst, and of ‘he •
d-wite© which yonr excwileucy may thick
proper to tssne thereon, thut I may forward :
the whole to Madrid by a courier extraordi- i
nary, for ibe information of tho aforesaid
ihudiifcr plenipotei;t£hry of the Umtedfetaiesj
wh i as shot Ely expected iherc.
{Signed as usual)
No. 11.
A ijivev of the captain general of Andalusia,
dated Cadis, .Ac < UJ. 1816.
St a—-The impnsoata&nl of Mr. Richard
Maid, took place in virtue of a de,-ret* of
tht riiya! laul suprcmecouu.il of war, with
the advice and consent of Lis majesty 5
whieh ordered, that If the amount required
w> na? iminerfiiiteiy deposited in the trea
sury f she consaludii, or secured to the tail
satisfacitouTif that mfuiMl, bis urrest should
t he place 5 and that he was sot able to meet
e ither, you appear to be Very fully informed
uL)U<, &'i l observe by vom adkiJ letter cf
the iJtli hzstaut, (•(?!!! Moli'g u >3UM of rtv.-
sot'ing aitogether unueecstury, undertakiuz
to piove that I sivvu'id not have ordered !Vlrl
Mean’s itnprboument, as bciu . tforitrary !
treaties uud the justice t-f histuusc, ail
which miy bg represented in u mure and orous
manner to the supreme uu; hority, widi whom
] t.ie tlarree of Lis arrest originated, uud not
i roc, who atu a mere exe-vuliv* 5 nor
jctiii i eimcuiva tlua I am anil J ay ;. t to far
| nub you with tiro official copi.es oi the pro
’ cotdiogs ycu requir *, the sutae having beer#
blready f lruis? t*d to Mr. It. Meade, as the
pa-fr m..st imurodiaUdy concerned. This
I tribunal is very far from aggravating t‘,<
lease of Mr. Meade, but on the contrary,,
; fed every disposition to grab*. 'm every
1 facility m the;r powor, co:;s?.sieiu with (fie
l'liiiifui extcitrioii of their erdess, \vhi*l,
so -bid his being parroitti-d to return to hiss
own bouse, and k.u> fi h-s granting • puss
port to proceed la Madrid ;> but if you will
become responsible for Mr. Me.de to the
full extent, I wiil an (Knit the same to the
tribunal of tin* cousuiade. anti if considered*
hy them ns satisfactory, 1 will be enabled
to decree acaoruiiigiy a iu joatice may be
jigtit.
No, HI.
James Leander Cathcart, E§q Consul of
the United States at Cadiz, to his excel
lency the captain general nuA governor of
Cadiz, in reply to the foregoing.
Consulate of the LI States. ?
_ Cadiz, May IT \
SIR—In reply to your exedferny’s letter
of the I6ih inst. concerning the iroprNon
inetit of Mr. Richard Meade, a citizen of
the United States, I must be permitted to
represent to your excellency, that in uddi
tioa to the instruction which I have from
my government, it has always been, aud is
my wish to treat the constituted, authorities
near which I reside, with that decorum and
respect which are due ; trot your excellency
must not be apprized that, as a represents -
live of ray nation, I must remonstrate with
that energy that is becoming the present
case,whef I see a citizen of the United
States, and one of j! most respectable cha
racters, treated like a criminal, and held,
to ihi* tine, confined in a dungeon, with a
eentine? qi view, who will not permit Him to
walk f . distance of ten paces from the
do* |s prison. \V ; n suD.h conduct is
so a citizen of the uoituu I represent
be wanting in duty to my go*ero
d to myself, if 1 did not use my
ideavors to ascertain the cause and
the ofiiiiul documents, from which
ascertain, whether this individual
1 guilty of a crime that would
.toh t atmeut 5 and particularly
e. * original paper* that the ease
nat-- e, and actually
v,r -ml tribunal, 1
’ to ycur ex
iurse of pro
s gem lorn no,
fusing to pay
*, whieh he
j jad already and. * >: i-d i;yd;-- the orders of
j the compciant t. Liur#':;, in tht- treusurv ot
I Lis niajesiy, ;* fertac i r aud solcroi ly at
} knowledged tindor the *-:gn manue, oi his
’ majesty liniseif, with Id; fu.-ji sty’s injoue
; t#‘#u that taobica should be roiiected from
[ nther sources, for the express purpose of
.reimbursing tha same in the royal treasury,,
; I have requested of your ex elltncy to ba
fut iMhed with tue proceedings, had in eon
‘ scqacuee of the lest royal order, wl iefi.
■ t ,awnndeil the arrest of Mr. Meade's p r
s< Your tXceileo*y replies that you aia
not obliged io furnish rne with them beeausd
they hud been furnished Mr. Meade. A#
the representative of my nation, I fcave to
I account to the envoy extraordinary cud feu
-1 ister plenipotentiary 01 aiy government
I to • ny occurrence that happens within th©
i limits of my jutisdiHion regarding the citi
zens of my n? lion, ami in like manner to
the government of rov country : and anxious
1 of discharging my duty with that preeiai a
i which an affair so extraordinary nod of so
j macb publicity demands, involving no les®
; than the liberty of an \ meric an citizen, and
! the rights of nay country, it heron es ray tu
j dispensible duty to repeat mv request, that
j your cxeeiteuty wiii be pleased to order the
’ notary having charge of ibis business, to
furaish me with I'utfaen tier ted copies ©ftha
s id regal order, end ail others p;o eet‘irt.6,
such as they**.iiay beset this date, including
the orders lb ihe governor of the castic of
! Sama'L'atftiioa, where Mr. A!cede is field
a expense of whi h I will p
i i observe that your excellency eahnot f**n
: descend to my request of permitting Mr.
i Mead a to return ?o fcic own house, and imth
i less to granting biro a passport for Madrid ;
1 and 3 on ate pleased (6 add, that if 1 would
! become Ins security to fbe full extent of my
responsibility, yon would fey the*ame befiora
..he tribunal ofthe consufade, and if Approved
you would give the ntu essA.ry oiders. 1 hive
offered aud 1 repeat my offer again to ycur
ex efurorty, that l cm iedy to pledge ray
responsibility in its fullest extent aril, mot -
ing fur the person of Mr. Meade, being ail
the roya! order requires, making tnystlf hu
sweral.de, as well in my public us in my pri
vote capacity that he ‘R.aH ttot absent fiun~
self from this city before the tetmktvlion of
Liu affair ix question,
(Siuiexl as mml)
No. lv.
-tinder of the Captain General to Mr.
Cathcart.
Cadiz* May 20th, l?!5
SIR—-la cc nsequfence of your i< iter of
the iTilt inttlHut, ! have issued my order, an
•ex raplifi a?ion of which you will ;s! here
with for your information:
“ Cadiz , May VQtk. 1816.
jHis excelfeuey the eaplaiu genera’ of
Andalusia, civil and railirary goviri-or of
this city, having seen aud examined th&
proceedings, as well # 3 the fast official k\>
rcr iVoin the consul of the United Slates,
j Feiative to the case oi Mr. Richard Meade*
| bus been pleased to order and does hereby
orttaiythnt a ropy of t!*e Ust pararrrAp); c?
said official letter be laid before (he tribu
nal < f the c onsukido of this city, that under
the fail know led-;e they possess of the re{,-
intion taken by the royal and supreme cmn-*
cil of war, \v?ii h direct* ‘h A the security
to be admitted from Air. R: hard M ade,
shall be to their entire satisfaction : will
please to signify whether they approve that
now off-red by tho aforesaid l ot.stii ; 3 well
in hi#* public os in his private capacity* and
upon tiieir answer being obtained, further
order will be taken as respt fs the ins*ruc
tions given to the governor of the esfei’e us
San'a Cat-iliua, as weil as the prop T t y
of furnishing trie notarial copies of the
proceedings so slrotgly insisted upon—ine-ii*
time he will be biindeo a copy of this obi,;
accompanied by an official iei<e:, that ?o
may be so far iufoitnad fur his govern:),on:.
Thus decreed aud adopted it!) the ku>r -
ledge and approbation, of the auditor of u ..>•
—and sigueii by hi* excellency the go crax
—also,
LINCRKS and
RODRIGUEZ PELAEZ.
This is a true c ipy from the origin: in
record, in obedien c to the orders i tfao
royal and supreme council of w tr to dtmend
and obittiu front Richard Meade 1 ceii.i
security by this eouri, now t-CHites 1 , lb-’
head notary of the and partment of -tar
this city $ and io proof thereof, h* **- :,/ u .i
my hani tfm2CLh of May JSib.
(Sigodd)
JOSEF RODRIGUEZ PELALZ.
No. V.
Letter from Juan Antonio de SaveHo, gov
ernor of the Cistte of Saeta Cutalitu, to
bis ex’y theeapt. gen. g<. ofttediz
Castle of Santa Catalina Mmj *B. 1-B*6,
Most Exoxllknt ISm —Do t de fi-ud
Mei.de waa conducted to this ia.icis us
j_VoL. I.