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NO. XXIX ] 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.