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, effectual system, and" of the'presftrt of ihe
i existing circumstances, ittwai grcpljr to beT
lamented he bad not aniicipatcd tlWe "times"
s -Yet even alter UL VhU . ekpendilure, the
Atfcnft coast wascertainly not'proteove'd as
v become a nationprofessing the fealinga of
-bravery and hooor,-and -boasting annually of
7 i it great and accumulating wealth-The'
' Yexatlobsj tapVyifesi! seitures, and murder
, committed 1y the subjects of foreign "sover
eigns vrithia the United State, were en
' eoura'eed 1y their -total Impunity. And a
sheet of paper containing a proclamation was
' 7adbytheav iritb4rttle other1 concern than
' they perused any thing else -in print; Mr.
iaaVd -he. was entirely persuaded 'Uat
-iomtthhv'gWr.eroiRhtbe done and ought to
be done to enforce respect to onr laws within
'ourundisputed limits', and at arty rate he was
"convinced ofthe propriety of making a strong
J experiment forxhetmrpose. 1 7 t
' Mr.'M.then took a survey oHhei coast
. -'-from .North to-South, and asked whether it
- was not expedient to do something more" for
theurUy otthc Capital, ana otnerjwme
Urdu's ports of Massachusetts ? Did the capa
cious but defenceless harbor of Newport de
- ati ve to be left in it present condition I At
io.Neir,York,; Which ..mikhl'.be called 'the
7 heart of the uoidn. it would be Junkind and
: unnatural if be did not -experience, the kcen-i'est'stu5inty;,',for-,
j,ts, safetyr? Considerable
V indetd. hud been done towards its defence
. out of the a'piyraoriatiduior the yea and put
of .the Exectiv& anticipation. Of this; he
I thought jit becoming .in him to make a pub-
lie acknovviedameni;.i-But much more re-
.1.' " ' i7.'. L' 11' . Hi:k.J , ntiil . lltil
. ould require the aid of additional apprppna
ttoiis. the 'harbor of New.York an Jjje
the Cheaatieake were the . Ta
v . . yoritc places, of . rendezvous to piratical and j
7: hostile ficets7 They wero peceliarly exposed j
, " lo their aenresAiona and insults; and were !
Arortny crnnwC'-"powriHirisc9
" , son, he meaht to express from the openness
. J ; oi their. jporU' and their- contiguiiy to; .ilia I
, oceun, the cquuj. claim ,they had, especially
after the'rtcsnt transactions in their ref ptc-
tivj I'neigMiQi'hooda, jnot to the fkvoiitism or
partililitjs but to tweutil justice and lo thu
, . .-.'itg -arm jof it .iiaiiun. j. Though N.
- Carolina. sniq;ll lie considered as Sdfe behind
; licrwh ials and beaches, was far otherwise
wn:i nee siitefiSUVj; on the soutn.. ror
. . Xhddtton pt.f Rented; itself ,io his eye as re
"'q'uifiiii- TurthVr succor. Iwin goeinme,nt-i
Y!;? satw remck appliod to Cuorcia. For !
aripliaa to unortii
wuik nt Sttvannali had' nut recovered
. ,,fi;m the ruinous stale to which thcy were re-
i.ced byUi.eiorni' of 1 60 i, and St. Marys,
, no that the African slave trade was prchibi-
vKd, vinild deserve farther reparation as well
. fur t lie ptirpose,pf exqlu'dini the ships, iof
enemies as ot those yno .iVt.i(.e aiercoanuiae '
cl men. . ...
.Tru.cingthe shore along to (the mouths of
the AJiiSis ippi.JielAhfW wak and vulncija-
We paint at Orleanj and whether that. rc.
Ripn was considered at the seat, of do.mc.stic
feurls r the ntair.lv of oreijjn agresionT,it ;
undoubtedly required more stable and ener
getic support. ,, , ,
Althjuch proposition had .a neculiar
reference to the .Atlantic boundary where our
tci ritofylay cbntijjuQus to the preftndetl do
main of the British as lord's of the aess. he i
did not wi-h to.be i.n!c,rsrpod as confioinir
uyt lueas pi proiecnoii 10 xcat quarter ot the
.Union. He feltjhat as a statesman and. a
Senator, all and everyjiaft of the nation was
r.e,hvilied to th,e protection care of the tpveiHi-
nenti.and..h.sta;es of hc AVVstantl the
Nor;l.tjere as proper oi'tj.t of i care and
, defence s ipoie. of the East, and the'South.
. U eijy.ger.tlf man wuld propose a tla'n for
. inc,rt,avng Jhe securi'y of the inland fron
tier., where danger 'was JfVbe apprehended
irom tne savae-jeirana thtir turopeau con
nection, he would eive .lt bi liearty aid and
, co-operation. , AVliethcr the post near Natch
ex or at Natcluto'chei, the Chickssaw Bluffs
n or Msstac, St. oui or Aftami, Detrbit or
...'in-niiiiiiiMWiu; .aiocxi in Kta 01 repairs or
reiniorceraents, he, was ready to vote the ne-
cesiary appropriations. .. The warlike and
murtlerdiis biou were artually at war with
. us "oh. the. .Missouri,;. at!. a state of, torn mo
tion scarcely less than a war had long existed
in the MichiRan. , AVhaievcr was necessarr
, fir teaching Indians to dread our displeasure
"and. forrbending' the' stubborn will of Insur.
reins io,ine yoaeot ne iars should receive
' from hin all the countenance he, could give.
. To Vermont aod the whole counter bordtrinir
on Canada, he wpuld tote ordiunee and arms.
, 10 soma persoa the.posture of our affair
' may appear less serious than the? did to him.
lie was no alarmist -but the prostration of
j- our dommtrce, be murderer of our citjxens,
the violation of bur sovereignty, and the
' postponement p reparation, were each of
them solemn matters. They demanded
aomethlog more than that, psisive and, for
r bearing temper, f,hich, our nation Jjad
, tfivpo proofs .almost -witliour a jJparaUel-'
There Wis a period of extreme endurance t'
and that period was now tome. .The people
who enjoyed libetty held it upon this express
condition, tfcai they stvouU maintain it,a
painst all who should attempt lo wrest it
from them or aver) to encroach upon it.
To spend our breath in. enquiries, whether
- kinr, in Europe Is mad or in his, senses, it
aa.ldle as the prsting. of the -Aihenisn,
; whether Philip of Msccdou was alck or was
(- dead. While they we're.'-t'alklflg- abput jt,
. their independsnce wis destroyed. ' Iet js
be active, and neither be, surprised in our
altcp, nor iii a rersrie that is no bcttcr.tlicn
1
it wguld be euy to expatiate at great length. M
fhe only diflkulty i feebain condensing my II
remarks. :, cur inaacms vi;iuvuuuii,ii
1 t? . 3 -M..lIMAliAit a n
it would not be diSicult.for aiiy one, posea-
sing powers pf- apeech Smaller evep than
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nunc, louisc&urse 10 you lor uouni . ,
i; : Mr. ROBINSON adroeated the raotvn 1
J the motion l
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Ultl
warm and .decided terms i when
- was put and carried, turn con.
That the part Of the President's message
which relates to the defence of our ca port.
toWns and harbors, and tbe furtheV provi
sions to be made for. their aecuritytbe refer.;
red to a select committee, witn leave 10 re
port by bill or otherwise 1 and commitleft
was, accordinly appointed, consisting . of
Messrs. Mitchill, Adams, Sumter, Milledge
and Robinson. ; . - ' . ,
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. lDthe Senate . of the United States . on
Tuesday, November 24, Mr. Adamsjirom
committee appointed on a part of the Presi
; dent's message, reported to the Senate a bill
lor the preservation of peace and roainten
anccof the authority oftbe ynited Statef
in tne ports, harbors, an waters under taeir
jurisdiction, which received a firtt reading
-7- The bill is Very loke and contains numer
ous important details. .7 The outlines are asl!
follow V;::'!.;'.V ' ";T&r tfc'7.V, ',.-
,It authorises the President to permit or in-!
terdict, at his discretion, the entrance of our
harbors to all armed . vessels belonging to a
foreign- power, and by force to repel and
move them from the same, except in cer
tain specified case, in which cases the said
vessels are to conform to rules prescribed tyj
the bxscutive.
It further, in consequence of the late coti
duct!'' of the. British, prohibits the entrance
of any British armed vessel into the harboraj
or waters of the United States, except when
driven in by stress of weather; or when char.
red with dispatches 1 provided that whenever
reparation' shall be made, to the satisfaction
ot the frestdeni, Tor the outrages committed
r -Un WHiinnftt anVMrpiamtv- if .lull Iih
lawful for the, I'rebident to rcmov tW luterw
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On such vessel refusincr to denarf. Kn
shall be idecud Jo have made a hostile in
vasion of the territoy of the United States',
and shall be proceeded agint as an anemy,
and may be seized, and brought in and for
feited, and shall accrue wholly to the cap
tors ' .. ,rr - 'V -1
All pacific intercourse with such vessel is
lorDuiiien. . "7 - ': ' -.
1 no rrtsiaent is authorized to ose the
land lorces and militia to stite such vessel.
lie is alto empowered to refuse arfmr5r,n
J to any vessel beloQing to the subjects of. the
J nation whose armed teasel shall so remain
in the harbors or the U. States. ,v ;
7..I1 empowers any person or persona to bum,
. am or acsirof any unci, vessel, for which
bounty of dollars is offered on each gu
oaa'tdvesseL , ' 7 . 7
h authorises the President, to carry th
act into effect, to fit ou,t all the armed vesie
pf the United Slates. ' '
. ; SENATE UnFFeDSTATES,
, DactHaa, 1.
I he bill reported by Mr. Adams For tit
preservation of peace and maintenance I
the authority of the United States, int :
ports, (harbors, and waters Under their jar
tlicliori,". alter undergoing a slight meu
ment, was ordered to a third reading w ithc t
a diviMon. , The question was taken oil StvJ
ingout the 3tU section, which inverdicis tfc
entrance of all' Britishi armed, vessels .iiL
the ports and waters of the U: S. and vei
the. President with power to take off the nl
bibhiorj whenever, in his opinion; dud reA,:
ration shall be made, and lost. Yeas w
Ways 26.
LONDON GAZE TE, October 17. ,
BY THE KING A PROCLAMATION,
', ' For retailing and prohibiting Secmen ftof 1 ' .
:-- serving- Joreign Princes and Statu. '
-GEORGE R. " '
.;V.hcreas it liaili been rrprefented ukto
os, mat great number ot mariners knd
fea-farng men, our natural-born fubiehi.
have been enticed to enter jotb ;hejcnice J
or rorcign Mates, and are now tctuMly
ferving as well on board jhe fhips of' ivat
belonging to jhe faid For.tigo States u
on board the merchant veflela be'onelnl to
jthelr fubjedi, notwiihdanding our former
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lruviamaiion recalling inem, contrary to
the djuty and allegiance which oof Taid
fuhjecls owe opto us, and to the great
dls. fervice of tWir nstive1 country ; we
hive, therefore, thupght it necessary, ' at
ihe prefent moment, when, ourjejngdom
is : menaced and, endangered, and whet
the maritime fichu. : on which hi rower
and great nefs do mainly depend, are dif-
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puted and called , in oueition, to piiblifli,
by ana with the advice of, our Privy CouAk
rl.t' W a m. i .
eti, tms our Koyai Proclamation
VVe do hereby flrictlv charce' and com
maod all mailers of fhips, pilots, cnarincf,
(hip.vrrighti, and other feafarinc men.
being our natural-born fubiects 'who msv
bare been enticed into the pay or fertlce.
01 any roreign ataie, or do lerva la ny
fofelgn fliip or tclTel. that, forthwith.
Ihef and every onoof tbem do-faccord-
log to their bounden duty and allegiance,
ana in-connacration) that their native
ceuntry 'nith need of all theif fcrvicci,)
withdraw lhcmfelves, and' depart from.
and quit fuch foreign Servicer, and da
return home lo their native country - or
da cjjter on board fu?hof our, Clips of
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war as bef roay cnance 10
either .011 the high leas,; or m any, riverl,
waters, havens, toads, ports, or piaces .
wbatfoever or wherefoevejv; t
'And, for the better . execution of the
purpofes of thii our Royal Proclamation,
igte no autnorue inu vuiuuiuu u v.,
maftcr , ; aod 6ii
ipi and veSeli ot
-V.'of U- od ev
and others, commanding ' our
or rwarto wop ana Taaxc
every fuch perfon or pr:
fiis (being our natural-born fubjefls) as
till l endeavor 0 traoipuri vi cmc itiwiu-
feles into the fervice of any Foreign
Stie, contrary to the intent and command
oflhia our Royal Proclamatiori and to
fele upon, take, and bring away aU ;fuch
pelbns as aforefaid, who (hall be found
to e employed or terving in any foreign
m chant fh in or veflel as aforefaid :
bu we do ftnclly enjoin all fuch our cap--tai
s, mafters, and bthersjriht-ihy do
pemit no man to go on board fuch fhips
ani Veffels belonzinz to ftates, at amity
i'wuh WS, . for the -purpofo of fo feiting
pon taking, and bfingtng away lucn
perfons as aforefaid, for- whole dilcreet
TanJ
orderly demeanor the laid captains
cannot anfwer and 4hat they do take ef
pecial care that : no'ttnnecelTary ioJence
be done or offered jo- the veflcl, or' to the
remainder of the crew, from out of which
fuch perfons fhall betaken. 7
: And in cafe of their receiving informa
tion of any iuch perfon or perfons being
employed, or ferving on board of any
fliip of war belonging to fuch foreign flate,
bring a (late at amity wiih uswe do au
thorife and command our captains, maf.
ten, and others, commanding our fhips
of war. to reouire of the captain or
commander of fuch foreign fhip of war,
th9t.be. do forthwttn reieair and aucnarge
fuch perfon or petfons, being our natu
ral born lubje'ct or Tubjcil"; and it fuch
releale and dilcharge (hall be retuled, then
.'to tranfmJ infcrmation: of fuch'refufal
to the commander in chief of the fquad
ton: under whoie orders fuch captain or
commander fhall be then feeing ; which
information the" faid commander' in Chit
isljereby flriclly direcled and enjoined to
tranfmit, ith the leait poflible delay, to
our Minifter refidingatthe feat of govern
ment of 'that (late to which the faid for
eign fhip'.of war fhall belong, or 10 our
Lrtd Hgh Admiral, or Lords Commis-;
jiontrs or the Admiralty for the time be
ing, in order that we, being apprifed of
.fuch proceeding, may forthwith dirrftthe
netefbry flcps to be taken for obtaining
red .-eis from the government to which
fuch foreign (hip of war fhall belong, for
the injury doie to os by the unwarranted
detention' of our natural-born fubjclts in
the fervice of a foreign Jlate. - ; 7 f
And whersas it has further been rrpre
Tented onto us, (hat divers mariners- arid:
fcafaring men, our naruraUborn fubjedj
have been induce.! to accept letters of nat
uralisation; or certificates of cititenfhip,
from foreign flairs, and have been taught
to believe that, by fnch tetters or certifi
cates, they arc discharged from that duty
of a'leiiince which, as our natural-born
fubjefl)', they owe to us ; now we do
hereby warn all Tuth mariners, fcafaring
men, and others, our natural-born fub.
jefts, that no fuch Utters of tjaturalixa
tion, or certificates of citizenfirip, do,
or can," in any manner, dived our natural-born
iubieQs of the allegiance, or in
any degree alter the duty which they owe
M M. lU.I. I . .H C. . 1 C..M.II.M . . . la
IV ua tutu i.niui uviiit'ui uui, 111
cqnfideration of the error into Which fuch
mariners and feafating men as aforefaid
may have been leer, we do hereby publiia
and declare our tree pardon to an iucd
bur fubjecls, , who repenting of the delu
Gon under which, they have afled, (hall
immediaielyi upon knowledge of this our
KoyaliProcIamation, withdraw tlcmfelves
'from foreign fervice, and retofn to their
-aliglance to us .and we dd declare, that
all fuch our fubjects, who fhall cooiinue
in the .fervice of foreign 'dates, in difre-
gard and contempt of this our Royal Pro
clamation, will not only Incur our iuft
dlfplcafurerbefrate limbic itr be proceeded
a gal oil tor fuch contempt and fhall be pro
ceeded againft accordingly ; & we do hereby
declare, that if any fuch mailers of (bips,
pilots, mariners, Isamen, Oup-wrights,
or other fcafaring mea (being our nam-
lai-born fubjects) lhsll betaken in aoy
flreign fervice by the Algerines, or other
Barbary powers and carried into flavery,
they fhall not be reclaimed by us as fub
I: iefis of Great Britain
r nnv woaoiunncr nutiiy, mai an men
four Tubjecls as aforesaid, who have volun
tarily eniJred, t fiiall enter. pf.v.qluptr
(rlly continue?' toTerve on board of any
(hips of war'VfJiiging to any foreign
(late at enmity with 01, are and will be
'guilty of high treafon j And we do by
' this our Royal proclamation declare, that
they fhall be nunilhed with the utmofl
feverity of the law
Given at our Court at the Queen's
Palace, the fixteenih day of October,
;. : one tboufand eight hundred and fe
ten, and )a the forty. feventh year of
our reign.- . v -Uo'd
fare the King. .
7 WILMINGTON, ;
TUESDAY,- DECEMBER -15, 180ST
On the S 8 th November Mr. Clay produi
ced in the bouse of Representatives, a peti
tion from sundry merchants of Philadelphia
tradine to Eneland, for a repeal ot the Non
Importation act. r On motion to refer the pe
titioo to a committee, a warm debate ensued,
after which it waa negatived by large ma,
jority. . ,. 7 Petersburg paper. ,
.CaAHtXSTOJr, Dec. 3.
i In coming through the Dowhsv capt. M'' ..
Lachlan wasboared by several British crui
aers, and treated with politeness..!
October 30, in Jat. 34 15 long. 19 wax
boarded by the British lugger Alarm, capt.
Wilkins, who informed, that a tew days be- L
fore, he had fallen in with the Portuguese j
fleet, fronjLisbori for the Brazils, having on
board the Queen, Prince Regent, and most
ot the .Nubility attached to the Conrt ef
Portugal. ;k Lisbon had been taken possession
of by the French troops when fhey sailed.
The fleet consisted' of 33 soil, 17 of which
; were ships of the line, convoyed by the Brj
tish. . (7 ''.. ' '- ' "' '
fyTSmED ' ; . ' I ' ;
I On the 22d Nov. near' Millidgeville in"
. Georgia,! Robert Nixon, Esq. of this Coun
ty, aged 5T years. ("' .
1 On the 6th instant after a lingering illness,
Mrs. Mildred Davis, wife of George Davis
Esq. of Brunswick county, aped 34.
;co beautiful fs death xvhen trrxrd if'-
' v virtue." '
7 TORT. OFWILMINGTON
. Enterxo . --- "
Dec, lOr A, Schooner Three Friend! Charleston,
, Itth, Brig PerscverencCf Rogers Guadaloupe
" Sloop George,-Cutjield, ' ' 7 1 ' Charleston
' " - . &.EARXD. ..7.J- : -'
-Dee. 9th, Sch'r Venus, Oliver, Jv. Turk
At Public Auction,
WILL be fold on ihe aidicft. a quan- 1
tjty of fquare Pitch Pine Timber,
lying on Point petre plantation, alfo lome
pieces at Brunfw'ick.and Smithvillc, the
whole will be fold as it now lays j and at
the rifque of the purchafcr from the day
of faje. Payment at dd and 90 days in
notes payable and negoctable at the Bank
-of-CspcFear,
' The number of pieces will be afcor
tained at'the daf of fale
JOHN MITCHELL, rr f,r
DONALDSON MacMILLAN, & Co.
' -".rijtb Dec. 1807. -
""AKENup and committed o-t he jail
X in this county a negro fellow, who
fays his name is Sampfon, and that he (
belonged to (he crta'cof General Beibury, '
and was hired by Mr. MacDonaM to
'Thomas Elliot,, and run away from -denton
during the lift fummer. , Me is a
, ft wit black tcllmv, and fceaks good Eng
lilh ; he was taken from-on board the
fchooner Hiram from Jamaica. '
Theowner can get hita upon paying,'
cofts and charges.
' ; H; WRIGHT, jailor.
Wilmington, December 15.
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Notice.
IT being neceflary that the fubferiber
fhoulil finifli the colleclion of taxes for
the year t.86, to enable himjo fettle with
the county Treafurer and wardens of the
poor who are prefling upon him for a let
tlemcnt, and a great number haying fail,
ed to pay their taxes notwithftanding the
year 1807 is nearly out. ' AVherchy it be
comes a duty to deftraio and exact pay
menu; rr-- -
Notice is hereby eiven,
' 1 'lift 1 on tne 12th day ot January,.
I will advcrtife for fale all lands'on'.
the tax lift,' on which the taxes may be -
a " a a '
unpaid on tnat day. -
As many tince ihe 'imelog'ving In
have removed Trom the county or (old theTt'
lands, it is perhaps neceflary to mention.
that the purchaiers cf fuch lands are lia
ble for the taxes due thereon. -'
I Wm.NUTT, Shff.
Dec. t5. . ' '
The Tax till in cafe of' my ab fence
from Town will always be left with Mr.
Wlllkings, who is as alio Mr. Henry .
Wright authoilied to receive and give 1
difcharges. , '
- ,
NOTICE.
!TX7ILL be fld, at the plantation of
' YV James Moorehead, Efq late of
Bladen county, on the firfl day of Janua
ry, 1808, on a credit of fix months, a
valuable and numerous flock of Horfci,
Cattle, Hogs, and Sheep, feveral yoke
of Oien, fifiv or fixty fat Ilcgr, a large
quantity of Forage, and ,fundry other
thiogs ulcful to Planicrs.
HINTON JAMES, ?F .
J. WRIGHT. JL' ;
Dtsden County, ill Dec. 1807. 571 4
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