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t. .re t: , at i C3 f f t:..s !; c.v.wv.::fd Ar.d it w .'.I 'tn we must pay fo.rl-.areto scUthatun But, says ths gentle nan fix-m ? mar no trade to Spain and I'orti ts. tr tv u.I '. -r.s cf!i rtic I. Lct m hat tax !avs. We cause oreat Britain permits u. .r. jwoyu observed that he hod not said we could trade there because Great Britain permitted it. I it ir the grnt'.rmrm did nt say that, (said Mr. S.) but hi my inference lie said we night. trade there. "I deny it. I begthr gen tleman to recollect what passed some time Po between Lord llawkebbury and Mr Kiug, and see what Ytliance ;eaa b placed- on the pro. wises cf British Minister. On a represen tation made by Mr. Kingon the subject of the c oloniU trade Lord Hawkesbury agreed that provided the vessel carrying produce from the colonies should, go to the United States and ? m . . . ft to capture. hat was tne consequence r vine year afterwards private instructions were given to tne urn is u cruizxrs ia u iuia tcucu ''and every atom of this prudence was swept ' from the ocean. 1 If this the manner in which ministerial promises bare heretofore been ful 'filled,whatreliarice can be placed on them now? - Bv letters from mv r correspondents I learn - that three merchants engaged in the American ..trade had waited on xur. A,anonur ro see wne- " the? American vessels miehs trade to Spain -and Portugal f - Yes .Mr Canning' answered. they' mi eht trade ' in the produce of, their own . country But the king is authorised to Vary 'these laws and give permission to. trade with any country when he pleases, r Has he given any-sucn permission to irauc wun opsin t ixo. Is thsn the mere conversation of M r.' Canning -a, sufficient security I Nov.V Is it any thing like ns binding as that formerly "officially given to 'Mr. K ing, and which was violated I .Certainly 1 not. Cau this then be a safe, trade ? No, sir j rny informant, who was one of the merchants ' ' - i .. . , . w - - . - . i who wa tea uptn mr. canning, says, ? mat ' should France, now warring with Spain over run any part of the country, and, our vessels afterwards attempt to" enter, no? having heard - of it, they would; be good pri2e.' I am not learned In the law. but I will ask this question 'i, if kiV a-. VV'mlM nut A Rrlfi.U inIn- in this case be obliged to abide by the law- in- stead of the-conversation ot Mr Canmner S He certainly wpuld,rand would give oiir.' min ' ister in this ease precisely the answer which ' the- French; council of prites cave General . Armstrong, that the opinion of art individual . . 11. ' . i .I-.1? . . . of a positive law .'-r- f- Thegentlemanlastuptoldusthat American . fiour -was selling at 4Ts a barrel in Encland - I tie (wnt rmin KOnwa tnat lirttir earri(rl there "and not returned for re-exportton, cannot be removed 'Flour ' In that situation has been f ly ma 1 0 or 1 2 months in London, could not be eioorted.and is somewhat iniured bV ao-e. ha. viocbeen locked up in the stores of England. , ivtipout a possioiiiiy oi exporting u ; ana is this that sells at that price. ;r--l.-. ' " The honorable gentleman last "up has said that the exports ot the United States to Spam 4 J. 1 T- 1 AA Jlt ' Tl " inu ruriusru wrrs w taiuiuiu ot uoitars. l n J, gentleman's argumetts werel appKed to Spain ' and Portugal, r. The Exports to Spain ind Por- immense exports to La Vera Cruz, amounted to something near this 6um.-; uut let us rake ' the gentleman on his own' ground ancl see what ' we could carry pn of this trade in.ourWf;V t 55 product if the embargo were removed. The whole exports of the United States in the pro- i uuce oi j;ne. iana ine year enaing in Actooer, , t . , a ,Jience .h the Dev. who. zfutl H th rr I r!T cf i , t . . (tanJ here t-he rtr resestitive cl t.-.e I ;' ...-W r, the ol '.-rJ n . , .. - 1 c '.jver t. act i.i t'ich a marif r i 1 . , . My Jcr.tn. i Ji arconipir.v Ua - . . . . . , , 5 i ,r rum. i rem i.n' rcc tc irm u -' i .. , r l ... . myself to jon heart f nn . Vh.7e tie cop.ul Ul Ixen s r, UJ , 1 touWi lll lTotkwiihtheother.Uvcs,cam;rgacha;ncf l,XlMt wtUiS&Ami&Ji.t. " these interdict as a r ght of Great Bnum hi we li, Thpn. Wfc . V " she may not chu to mterd.ct a n W dr. lcrlr,menUeoed; he asUd me, ' .ssJSutt fetU.S. ' . being omn.peunt, .ad sole the rrcsrwe of the consuls, if 1 did not in . ofAmerica. Wmvrcn. rean a. wt were told by the a Jp, moneys I answered him as I rrr . Connecticut have seen 1 "KJ donTthe d,y before ; . to which he made i.-. ? ! - ffbVSSiSi ri-VnVc"' the ,ame replynd I reajained m daily - " f. . ' . . . . i it,v. rectatton of exptriencme the effect of this re. - t - '!?-!S- seas, could ana uyu ro exiiuuc n itowj-- lize the trade of the woild to ncrseiu - i bis pamphlet goes critically nt an examination of the subject says that by a stroke of policy she can cut os off from our extensive trade: that she has the power, aod having the power, she ought to do itVt .' ' ' v Mr. S. concluded" by saying that he had not meant to take up so much time of the bouse j he had meant merely to state bis ideal of the situation in which we were placed by the edicts of the two, belligerents. ; He wished to place it in fcuqh a point of view that gentlemen might be led to-adopt such measures as might, best secure the interests of the1, country,. Mr. S. said Ms own private interests pressed so'heavy en hi mind, that he eoulJ scarcely trus him self to decide. - lie had therefore submitted those Ideas to rfntlemen whose feelings were not thus affected, that if they micht think pro. per with the honorable gentleman to takeJoff tne emoargo, nc piigmjpw wimincm, nw, that some other measure v might be adepted which would lead to the security of our peace and honor.' ' fusal t whivh is dictated by a sense of sluty.and a coavtction-that the ionor of my couetry ac- mands such conduct from me. I make, no .1 i r .:...-: comments on tne unpieasamncsa vi nuy on t my gvernmeot and my country wi.1 con sider it; and do what is right respecting It. . ; As it is very Uiciy the cruirrrs. wiucn atr now fitting out will have orders to capture A merican vessels, I have written to our cwnsul at Alicant by tliis opportunity, whith is unex pected jind the only one likely ta occur soon. tcr convey notice to. all the consuls ct the v. States in this s to uwi our merchant ves els against the evil wnich may occur. A copy of m letter fo hlni I haveoow the !ionor to enclose.- In consequence of the barbarous out- M STATE TAPERS! i jfCot LEAKVLFrTERs"?" i Cf the- th end lltt of March; 1808. v I have the honor to1 enclose triplicate of mr respects to you oi the 4tit oi January, ana duplicate of that ot the 9ttt tost, and tne snce. dule of mv account with the IT. States.' S"mc4- forwardine: the first of these Lliave heard no- a.' - . WW - - 1 . . thing respecting the u. a. excepting Dy a ieuer from Mr. Montgomery, our consul in Alicant, that art embargo had been laid eg all vessels In the ports of the y. 5. : , 5,, ... . v It is with retn-et I have to inform you that our affairs here wear a different, aspect from what they did when I had last the honor oi writing to you. ' Wn the. 16th Jnst the JLey sent me a message bv imv drotrerman that 1 should pay immediately -16,000'" dollars for 1. L -. - 1 .j. eignt OI tne suajccis 01 mis regrnty, eaiu 10 have) been destroyed on board the American schr. Mary Ann, captured some time since by me of "his frigates, as mentioned in my former letters. .1 returned for answer that I. had noi yet received any authentic advice of this busi pess, and could therefore say nothing about iu fne Dey. then, sent me word that he would wait, the arrival of the cqnrier from Alicant, by which I might receive some information.' But on the 24th (the courier hot having yet arrived) the drogerman informed me that theDey had sent for him ,ad ordef cd hint to tell me that if-1 did not pay jhe moneys before night should be sent to prison in t hams. - r I 'ord--red hint to return immediately to the Dey, and say, that I could not pay the money without the order of ray" government as it wa an affair out of the usual course of our busi ness here, and that I was ready to meet the 1 80, were 48,699(5.92 dollars of tvhi.ch theKvcnt, 1 He brought me I word thaCtthe. Dey .- . ' . . .. - i a ' , II . ..1 I - J. ...L'." RU11AL CLCONOMY. - Thefrrt of Arts. ourc of Domtrie e. ' VAdn wflli Lad d nairoa ot tae Stu. A MJW PROCESS IN MAKING JiUTTI Wmmumaitedfor t.hs Star by Dr. George Zuch: ", . . lV4dL$birwslh Aw. County, . At a friend's," in tlie country, a few eventojs 1 . I was' entertained with Uio espcriracnt of mk -(as.it ww ealicd)a icund (f butter tut if a ft'rj , mittc.. t '. v 'J v ! . r 4 1 r i he process was iouows -t. iJounuuriuy r. . . (kAi 2 awk am .. . . rage which has been committed on the jJanish qaintity)ofconvnon btitteristone beaten quae v , consul, and threatened to be put in execution and as touch salt added to it as wia season the a. .; against me,, the consuls hare been brought to UonJ pound to be made from nCk.-Aue reflect on their nrecarioua aitoation here i nd r;u-uitity of new milki slighUv wrmed, "is then U i I trust that In a few day there wilt be a com pact entered into among us, -that we will' use our nest endeavors to enforce tnat ariiciewnicn exists in all the treaties between this regency and christian powers, securing the person and family of the consul from violence and Out- rage, in consequence 01 any thing he may ao in me exercise 01 ni oiaciai iuuuuus.- . .uu to the butter- The whole U put hito a cenvcaiv : vessel tor churning, or tvtber tor umng ; w h ii performed bv a brisk ' continued rotatory vvu n with a spoon or other Instrument, for 1 1 or 20 1,.. mrtta,by which time (or fcvenin' iO.Bunutcs):.s miik wiif become cwirely iiKrporatcd wita tl s butter : -i ; Vs-rM ' v". i S-f.Vv; ,5 s'-r -". 1 have made no experiment dctemiinj vhc' thcr the process is facilitated by the muriate cf sod; ; I hope tach ne will bind himself hot to do any J common sJt but appi-ehend Uiat k is tot ; frc;a acj,as a public agent,: while any one is held in 1 having :frequeatly obsenxd the ;sam kind of butter or threatened with, durance vile Our respective governments, , I trust,5 will sanction such a measure, and give orders to iheir'conuls accordingly. 1 Notwithstanding all I have stated, it is po- prodyced, under certam citcumsuiiices, in the ordi nary wcy of cburtuog mmot go t Know, irom fr rience, what effect h has in correcting tiie randi ty of old butter t but am persuaded that it rnut it, ofull others, the best and cheapest corrective. It Li obvious, from the coinnoVtfiooof this butter. fWe that the Dey may hot proceed to txtretni-j tlvat it is less adapted tocuimary purposes thai tl.;t ties towards me or commit hostilities on our I which abounds more wtthcU t but it is of a pie.-s : commerce and citizens,'1 until I hear from my taste,isbctter sailed tothe stomach sof convwesct 1 government oo the subject,' But I have tho 1 it my duty to guard as much as possible against the evil, by giving notice to our vessels which may oe in mis sea, as weu as mose m xne , av lantic p for at present there .is nothing to pre vent their cruizers from passing the Straits. 1 he camp is expected to march in a lew and children muy be indulged init mcae freely t... x la the ordinary kind. f Vvi 'iliadeeborpughjfan 94, 1 80i Sh ' -'v "' J., Tathe Tertken of the Umitd State. s . permit'me through the medium of a r.evr paper, to 'give yen a few hints respectirc the days against Tunis; and their crui2ersre said culture of Indian Corn. Although the oc!e to be intended for that quarter but diere is no hxpt recommended , may; be. .toastred yery Hrmht hut some of them w 11 tm t in fverv 1 impenect,et c mavrer 'ffaee me part of this sea, and probably go into lhe" ,At- lantic.'?i';' rr-;" itJ'X ' .With sentiments of the highest respect 'and most sincere, attachment, ,.- - h I have the hopof to be,' sir, your most faith- ful and obedient, servant,' -TOBIAS LEA1V The Hon. James Madisok, Secretary of State of th United Sutes of America, attention ct farmers roorr able than myself, and,' by their experiments, brings the' art of husbandry .to great perfttioiW'Tl hjve leenphvinced fwm. experieate : as well as philosophy that plant ing corn at the"distance b four feet, with four or fiye-'kenlt'itt'. !a hill, and thHt?s'"g the tafih abcut it in hoeipg time, are equally ab sufcl. Planting the seed at 0 great a distance is wrong on. Several actuals. 'a?: h. ' I$t. :Corn is a plant that requires both iBois- ture and neat j out not a heat so intense as me i.r . . 1 ...... wasiungren ; g -. ; f?M-ivz,.mmi: m,-, .r :tt I meridian suriin summef ften prodbces- j (Triplicate) ri Mt Match iUitQS.M Anv man f .n .i'l al'ou. J . , ST ' A ---.a7 t .m W - 1 1- .1. . I. . . . fl I .t ' ' . v ; ,. otar-n, copy 01 wnas .;aa me nonour ot lhat in moist'wanit weather, torn always vev writing to you on the 28th inst. with rts en. Uctates the fastekti Thi extreme heat of tne V i1trfMtirtn tft Snain rd. 1.1 R1 1.1 i AnHira i'ln Portugal 829,313 dollars."-1 agree with the rrftt1ntan. that' if the embartra was tiff, we o . :-- : - . ... ; -o - . t "7 ,v: might carry-on a very lucrative trade wttn the " Snanish colonies and the Brazils: if we had the mi1 erials to carry it on. They do not want our flour, but articles which can now no longer ' be got,' good imported from Germany, and . nankeens and cotton goods from India. - But . these are not the produce of our country, to which the gentleman alluded J and I - say that : uii cjtpuris oi uur uatucin; pruuuee iu uie co tobies and islands of Spain, Cuba alone ex- - eepted, are very small.. G. Britain will not let us goto Germany get German goods, 'and therefore we cannot-carry them as wt were accustomed to do.'- But perhaps we shall v? be told we may carry British goods. ' What does the gendeman say as a merchanLto payinc i double freight,, duty and insurance, 'and dien 1 . com peunff with England in the sale of her own ' manufactures.' i"We fiave dohe it.heretofore. ' VnAMitaa sf 2 -.Tt-iri i rs waa vrtnf Jksi fi-Am s-V rvt trade,' .Confine the. trade then to ppaia and Portugal, Uuppcsing it to be ireev and it will r" : not amount to two and a half millions, altoge- ther" We.are to say-to Great-Britain, if you will giveus the. boon of golrig to Spain and Portuffal,' ( ad perhaps this is but an tgnm fdU , itus to leadus to her prize courts) we will sub- .,mit to your tribute elsewhere.:.: iAiss The English orders had told' us we might ., trade as usual with the West-India islands r but now, believini, no doubts that this Govern t f xoent has hot strength or energy id itself to maintain any syst-n"" long; what has she done I , Proclaimed i blockade; on the . remaining isl - ands ot France, so that we are cow confined to British islands clone. : We are - restricted from trading there bv blockaJfl, and what se cmity have we thst if the embargo be taken off 'mm, for I wish U oil j no man suffers more from it In proportion to his capital than I dp j ty.; would see me next day at noon on the subject. He accordiagiy sent for me at noon on the 25th. When T entered the palace I met Mr. Ulrick the Danish consul, who was descending from an audience of the Dey. He was seized by, a Chauxl who carried him through the streets in the most indignant manner to jthe slave prison, where lie wajr loaded with' an enormous cpain, mc reason assignea tor wnica was, that he had been called upon for his bien nial presents which he - declared he could, not make without having time given mm, as . the vessel containing it, ' and annuities for the re trencyrhad been taken by .the English.--.mht On meeting. Uie Dey, he demanded from me immediate payment for the prisoners be fore mentioned,- together : with an additional two thousand dollars for the boy said to have been carried in the schooner to'Naples. I told him with firmness that I could not pay it with out the orders of my government, as it was ari extraordinary case i :1 and requested time to write and receive an answer i but was answer ed,' that if it wa hot paid immediately, I knew, what the consequence would be;. I rcplU ed, that let the consequence, be what it might, I should not pay iu . , I was then ordered to leave his presence'.' On descending to the area of .the pajace; Iwhere ,the JJanish , consul hacl been seizsd, I expected the same compliment which.be had met with, and. was prepared. xox it, but finding no one to molest nxeI leu the palace aod' returned to my own house, where I supposed the orders , would be sent to have me arrested : but the day passed without my hearing any thing morjii of, the matter 'ln the. evening I taut the Freftch and Swedish cbn&uls (the others being a the gardens) .and, we a greed to send for the" other coosuJa the follow ing morning, to concert measures for the hbe- ration of the Dane"' At noon we met et the closUresV accompanies this. The vessel which took the aforesaid leltcr, did not saiT until the 3 Yesterday ',,1. sent my .'drogejman to the pa- ace; to know mate intentions, respecting the business 'mentioned in my last j ;n" sun has a tcndeijcy' to,ahd will rarify; and ex hide both tho moisture' and thcka!ts or nitrous particlesi which jn a degrtei deprives the plants of;th Dewwhat were his,ulti- COrn;. about three; iitx distant: and the hill in: is, (if he hoseto. declare them) tn? rows about twenty inches,withtwb kmit .rU 1x11 1 '."tTt .U .t,Vi!iV' nf and to request thatl, Wight, be: allowed three Ueed. and each oUnt Its share of heat fni isture,. i'lhc ground will be. so shaded & months to receive the orders of my gorernment The answer brought was, that if I paid the money in the course ot the cay, we scouid stand as we were before but if I did not he should pursue his own measures, As I was yet uncertain whether his threats would be put in execution against me per- 1 1 . : ; r. . sonauy, or agauisc our conuncrcc, i remamea nxed in my first resolutioi..' This morning thejtwo fiigktes which had been preparing some days past, made the signal for sailing, and a formal message was sent. to inform me, that they had Orders to capture' Ameri can vessels, (the threatrot personal violence to me havmg had ho effect,) I thought it a duty which-1 owed to my government and to my country, to pre vent if possilile the calamity which mirjht fall on mf moisture. - 1 he cround will fore' the. drought of summer comes rn,ktKAt neither the extreme Tteat of the - day, nof jih , nhtfcTnis'lod corn planted "in 'riie.olciway :ii'ifMi - As I generally sow ahdplant Wy grounu st; ternately, -U find by experience,; that my ti -v.. cessive crop;as well as my corn are much larg er than they were when I used the former mode;:VV':;-f'-5.ti'v- Against hilling cprnl'tliink several reasons may be offered v-fi , i ,..- t'i 8t Nature lalways directs right with' regard citizens and their property ;T therefore sent to in-1 to; th.) placing of vegetable roots.4;If yba' draw over them a new layer of earth, youde- yon "give them id moisture, ana a new climate. about your torn, fritrates had frot nnder wav i and thk innm, i. U 1 1 keeps the stalk tender within the hill, V J! t paid to-morrow, which I shall obtain by bills on John j poly bent by a storm, ahole is Itft'iathe Gavino, Esq.; our consul in Gibraltar, to whom'' 1 1 W the hill on the' windward istde of the' ehilf Mva KiTTe etk Iho KAnMtMt srvi kfiLff ti I hm1i . .i..l .1. ' a ' " I . 1 o-'- w .v. v r v-. vi uiu v. - .t.j unu mi; um wiitiie in mc uubi anu i the storm is ouick vege uion.and sends forth its roots to a gteat s- tance,from us stalk; Ifyoti plough bet therfows you will cut the fine roots of me co; ! .. i . . t .... . - . . 1 . form the, Dey, that if he should recal his orders rvm tfiaHei Vflooalc K fx fhau .iiTaJ kiJ I uum u.ui- .w.vio, ""V" "j oucM, mttKc no j range the Order of nature!' " I ;";rvv Ti ' j C ? "iainerent degteel or heat an tvrvreSr t hilt thnt I rnncMrjd i a a MnnMk .1 I O . . , ' mMrimLMut ,uh .hn,,M .v, i. 1 for, them- tt wett; ftomm&tfr-' - -'Tho hfHprHiraa 'r.roii. - fti iu' I Second,' if you make a hill w-luOBl uiobojuc uc ms-.ucs nave gone out, ana I vents thecorn from. rising after finf0 over'i .Third, corn is a plant of njciy. w. n vessel cxuvuch TO s-li i.l a low flava , .r i Alicant, bv i hich I shall Writ to our lontil. -.nL ti-avening tJie positire adice$ 6r oujr vessels tiot to ieav uic uuram wucn uier may oe r out, at the same ume, uvecung uiem lo ue Btricttyr On ' Iheir guard;:;t,?:4y:;-ti'v.;v I havei'this" day,' had' an opporranltv of wrhJsw & which t greatly injures it. This you will dis cover' by the corn' wiltinar whpn votf bIoukH it in tfie middle nf a u A Tripoli, (the first which .has occun-ed for more tlvsuil .' Frani the forctotntf consideration -and others thro wnflSl arhtrH T haA 4nnnA. J . J a t 1 w- ' ..- . . . i vs v w tnuitu wiuwi s jiTB fUtiUTpu same route has passed'. 5 i'iuntuJ country In the best, and, indeed only, manner in my tt? 8,011 a lc" Untt; hieing, in order to r T pewar. AVhile I could believe that the' consequence vcnt exaltation to stir gtody the v, he! oi ruiustog u roase una unjust payment would fall I 4b oi ine earui. upon mo personally. Danish consul's house, with'-our-'respeettvo jupromopenonaiiyi i was reaay to meet it j but! the eypom of. America chUSyd , r drogei rhen, and proceeded to the palace.wliere 4w;v.roy,wttntrwc4 the ngricultural part of the sotyery, it u
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