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7- . Deposition of Captain Wm.,E. Villiams, letter ?r r nnOfinWftf Williim SimmOnscfcsVletter-SH-Vou witf-of-oatcs understand .iUto-.be-wmied 5Sf?.-v -w' . 1j jii,-' in-.i.p- , Jihat. oit? fthotrid rasteilattK the'meaiuiuK or the French goveriimerik astojhe condiiiri . oih. which it harbeeri "proposed to revoke the , Berlin -'.decree. Qn f tfiV principle which seems., to, be assumed 6y M- Champagny,' nothing mote ought Ho be re quired than & recall by G. 'Britaiivof her prbcfa nutiort or illegal bkx kides which are of date prt of to tllat of the Berlin decree, or a forrpal decla raTSotultof ifieyate noFidw'tn frfe.Shoritinri1s be gone and foirowed bjMUv piipulment of all the decrees and orders in chronological order, and XI. Britain should afterwards put jn Jorce old or pro claim new blockades contrary to the law of nati Letter from John Simmons Esq, inclosing ex iracuA-BCP.; r' -'V'. -V Letter froui'GenWUltinson ao.lJdniel Uarn, i Themmittee think -proper also to submit .the following hapeM relating .to tobacco Ttndr o- ther commercial transactions in j.n;n vchcii Wilkinson was concerned 'fron the month of Vl in the yfc-at 1 78, to the "Wnth of c ; ia the year 17,90, to wi r -.. v ' Gen,.Vilkinson s acconnt cerrent TwUh-Qark and : Ree iff the : hand : rittng ; PfzPhiiip Nound, -dated the 8th Aug 1783,. o.JZ7.-V Philip NolndV account .forTsales1 of f tobacco daied September, '8J , ' l'7?tf,fNo. W'f'x y Rees, dated May - V 178 continea in :,tne acne rreptii goverpmenvHii twiaiiu. uii wc uo oi niWd..;'v ' " i . " consiuer oi iselve8: 0'jUfa ta corniest tne legauiy '"caunt'-ftnok. ' . Wilkinson's lettir to-Ciark:& ReJdated'May ptaf b"iockadhicli may be conform 20th 1790 No 3d ' :f ' i I clcfiiii tiohs heretofore , maitvainecl by , ' Wilkinson's letter to iJlarlc and Kees, dated "Ju June the 2d,, 179U, No. Slo . . . -' . . ''"rifraiumdn'Sj'andTDun ficcovmt'curreW vith -ClarkaodRef8; dated AwgviatdlTSQ, ahd 5th ; St jitembej 1780V wuh?Vjkin5on's prder and No- 'landireceiptioV;;ba1arice,;Np.;32 ; IViiJp Koiand's declaration - dated - September . io, 7so. : v..;,v v: . vfv; rK ' ?4T r Vilkin3on'H. Accountable receipt, No. 4. ;. i;. - - '.Article ofagf e'em.enlljeVweenWilkinsbn and - ?'BunnanlCiatk''sen.' - ' ' ';. LeUe.r from Gen,: Wilkinson . to Daniel Clark, v ,reUlivctothcriuin,Tale, No- 2.. .. , . J '. .'iatlli: t'h''-l'ast:;. pi-e'ccding.'- stateinent .Jhe 7 com miweei bee - leave to remark, trom an ex- ;antinawon of the' sentence vof the - military court pns, the'Ofti hopes thaiihjrLXlykjjiy cruirywjll amonni to a iiccprauon ibaiihiviuK iuuii iw.-tuv. ditior jij.Mond qvGeft. ArmslrongW letter) that these blocksdes are not in hxU l yrftj if it vhoultf, I willNsend immediately' notice, to G-neral Arm- srbng 1 havepi-epaied an olftcial l.-ttet.to you on thU'htatl, which 'vuth soch' addition jtscir funiitances may enal-lc we to in-ilvO.' wiH be fitut by the coivcue" (the Jbo -yUms..) r it. would produce quevtiuns between hep and i Utite4 Suites ' whyhahV French government- Copy of a" letter frw (in Armstrong to Mr. " ' Pinkney, Paiis Jan. 25 lato r V A letter from ?tr. Secreiary Smith of the 1st of December last mide'u my duty to enquire ot his excellency, the uuiiewf Cadre what were the i3xUnd to leav$ to the U States, Vt least, until cQndiiipns76n.'; which; his maresty the.jLmperor shVll findhit ieceBsai y to bring forward com-l would anaul his decree commonly.cailed the Her- not con- tin decree, ana w net iter u u. Britain vevoKea ner pUints "of an accimtscertce ort our part sisten .with'the '-neutrality : professed by ua. You will yonrselt and it necessary you win let mable- to the the-United States i"khd pariidula'rly to the definition coiUain- ed iiithe treaty ot June and 0ctp:er,; i SOI,; be 'tween G? Britain aniVR Vsiaf;. Mowfever foil rid ed the dtfinition of JM. ChaDipagrrC may be Vn rea"so'rr'on';e'ifhl uriiity, and consequently ho ever (leiii'able to be made the established law on the, subject of blockades," "a c,iffer;rit practice'has too long prevailed' .among' all natiuns, France as iell as others, and. is too strongly au henticated by the writers of admitted ''authority" to be combatle J by the U. StatKS T If you should receive from the Freitdi govern ment explanations jn-opcr to be -communicated t5 MrV Piniwicy, you will not fail t( JLrihsmitlTie same, to him without delay. ' And should thty be blockades of a date anterior 'to that- decree hu majesty wotild-consent to revpke the said decree I To Ihse oiiestioni " I 'have-this, day iretived the following answer, which I hasteti to Convey to you by a "special messenger, a, v V, " The only 'condition required - for - the revoci- tioh by his majtsty the Emptroi: of the, decree, of j lierilll ,W1U e ine prtviou icvouunuu uy ; wtr; po fish government., of. ha rtjckades. othaiicer part ot trance; (svich a-. tu.i irom tiie JUoep Brest, 8cc.) ot a date anterior to that ot the a tore- said decree.'.' 1 have the honor to beScc; 6cc; JOHN-' AUMStROKli ' such as to mtike it ( important that Mr. Pinkney vf epeuiryv'or;ifred : the tequest f Wilkinsoh, should immediutely lound thereoan appnea V ndo Which Col. purbeck was Presidentit "a ) lion to the British government to prepare thc-way Dears lhat tlve tobacco transactions. of ; Cerie-i for. the 1 repeal of the Berlin decree, you will be jral Wilkinson at NewOilgansrin lt9infU790 i phased ttf hHsten the communication to him by a cortititutedva material pan of - that enquiry, and i s,eci.it i meeipeiv Whatever the xplanations that a copy of an accduutciiti-ent wMlaid before the j way be, jou wrilot, course transmit them to tins )V MlJUl lUIVlil) uv um: (iiuuii ai "J j'ii' aid court by Gin-'AViliJhsoii and designated by Jjo. d Revcrat letters -accompanying said account supposed by the court to be- in the hand w riting of Philip Noland the agent of gene- :r'"MJVlkws6n. . - .. .v,'' ',;.: '.. The committee conceiving that the papers col lected by .said courtwould aid them In their inves tig;ation, made application for these papers to the Secretary V.f war, but were uhabj to obtain them, they, having been taken from the office" by gen. Wilki'tson, 'as ppeais froin the' deposition of John Smith, chief clerk in the war pllice. The 'bmniitteethen directed a subnina to gen. Wil -kioson, requireing him to sc-nd or produce all the - papers . Whir h ' had been used or. collected, by - the said .coart, irijjbedience to which . general ilk'msori. sentitp the committee a packet 'of' pa -. per'which dicLupt contain either"lbe account. and be interestihi " iWith irreat respect, !cc. (rM-net)) ' R. SMITH. :- 0. ( ) -',.;;--'v":-L'::. Mr, Smith to Mr. Pinknet. 1 , Dejianmrht of State, . November 1 1, 189- . StR,' - , ! .; - . From the enclosied copy of a letter frpjti Mr. Champagny to gen Armstrong, it appears that the French government has uken a ground: in relatiofr to the British violation of , our neOtraf rights, not the same with that hefetofore taken, and which it is proper you should be acquainted with. You will observe that the terms stating the condition on which the B-rlin decree "will" be re letters referred to in the sentence of the court, or 1 voked are not frefrom oiscurity ; Xhey ad m?v the construction nowever, tnat u o. umain win annul herillegal blockades ;s distinct from her Orders mcouncil, such as' the blockade front the hererewith exhibited withv thosef l-! to Brest, fcc. prror to the Berlin decree, ana perhaps bt subseqaent date, but still distmct liora her orders in coriiiatrthatFrance will put an end tlit defence pf gen. Wilkinson, not have the com jnittee been able to procure them, and consc quently have not had it in theiFpower to compare the accounts resolution of tvhich were laid'befor the m'Hitaty court of enqui pt-v 1W th- fni-i hpr f'liici nation, refer to VV alter Jones's deposition. marked I. v.-'-: w lo. Bf 1,11 dror.at the Part of beojnifuttee -Wini.i AV. f.n. m.tliphticatinir the oabefs to i take proper steps, as wdl be done thfp' gen. Arm- which he specially refers,' marked D W" C. strotiao ascertain the real & precise meaning of .-; ; ') -,-.. ' ..; ; ,7 , ; ;j Mr. Champ.igny's tetter, it ts important also mat tti miefirceriM shpulrl IwTused to ascertain th- " t iraUmit to the hnuEe a reoort of the secre- slate of the British block idcs dis inct from the orders m council, wnemer merely on paper or otherwise illegal, and whether prior or subsequent to the Berlin decree, and to feel.the'i?lulse of the British government ion the propriety of putting thenvout of the way in order to give" force to Our In pursuance of the resolution of , the house of call on France to prepare the way for a repeal, of Representatives rof yesterefhy the-. secretary of ! the' ordersin counif. by her repeal rf4hat decree, tstatrf has the honor of .transmitting t6 Xhe , PresUi In the eiecuiiptt of this task I rely on the judg- denLOi the U, S. the accompanying papers mark; I ment ahd ,detkacy b. which, I am persuadeuV you ed M B. C. D. E. F. 5 , ' ; . wjH he guided, and on your keeping in mind the ;" No information has been received, that any desire of this government to entangle-ltself as lit , tommunication has been made to bur minister at -. tie as passible in the question pf priority in the ut)don brr the , part ot the tinusn . government : violation ot our neutral ngius, annjo epmnuut- gerem usio 'jaryoFState complying Ayith" their ' the 30th of April.' - i;7r ' ; - v - v ; ' JAMES MADISON. ; May 1, 1810. v : 4 K: I '0t v".,-;ti4y answer; toany note presented by him in pur-: self as little astpossible to either belli v ' su the 3d of Nov. Ithe course tp be taken wi.th the other. 7li7-7 :.:'"' i noO .-. '.'-':;"' ; ''. -:" :--:'; - Tf jr slvmld be found that no-illece It) ::-. ' .f"r;-v . rv.- 7' 'It'':,-V ..:i".':.. rjJ, .i i.' i7.j t.. ::l;'7 illegal; blockades No answerBjhftie.be en given on the ; pfoposj; are now in force, and so declared by G.Britainrpr fins or overtures.' made 'on the part of ihc .Untied that .the Britistf'gpvernmem is ready to revoke, and Stages, tp ,the govefrimeht '.'pJ;(i'eat-''Brita',,?nd j-withdraw all stitn; as may no be copsistent with France, respoo-'ing any of .the orrfersknd decrees the defiivition "of blockade in the Russian treaty of . affecting;, neutral cornmerce,'! which have hot. been heretofore ''or "which,: ace ",'hot, herewith com. municated. All which is respectfully , sabiruttell? -'1 ' ' - - , 7. ,- -R. SMITH. Department of State, May l, 1810V Extracf-9f ' -a Jette from -GifrM&if-wg$L - "7 ; . ',; . i 7 Chamiagny." ' '' ' - 7-:'- Pa a is, Sept.j, 8, 1809.7" 7 '( I, blioie li'onor ; of -receiving your , excellent " cy's letter of the 22d of Augtisflast, ln'txpositloh i the principles adopteU hy nis maesiywitn re-, irairfttd mfeatral commerce. 1 shall hasten to trahsmitru copjr of this riote-tay-governmem 7:7.ur-jr; ;'y r;"(B.-- '-.:- '-'.: .-:7--- i The Srtretary of jitnte to Gen. Armstrong.; ' ' . ' -'.;; DEPARTMENT. OK STATE, . .' ' r-r:: : - ,v . December lf 809. . iir:': ' "7;7"J'"f.- -7? 7-77J '.v Enced you have five copies of ; the . Presi dent's message and of its acompanying docu men9. 7They will aflVrcl you a:view of the ev "iStinz tte of ;thinfri;;i 'A. JunCijtaopitrwITtoc! desirable that Jyou' Jose no time in- gtvjng.tne infor matibrTlo. General Arm strong, "and whatever may be" thertesult your enquiries, that you hasten a communication of it to me. 7 7;7; v --'.- :'7"?- - -7-.-N-- : .- . 7 ; ., .- Writing On short notice of th- present convey ance2Vhaye.vpnlytp'al.'J. the ayirancc of my ts teem-ahd ratw ' VrtSigncd ' I V ' Pv. &MITII.T ,"--W7:7",'7; 7 Extract of a letter frm (irneral Armstrong to the .--?'' ;; r Sccreuiy of Stave... , . ;' ' ' V7;-' 77 ,-" . ; .? Vanny Jan. 23, 1 8 10. . vvi-In confo?Tiity to the supgestraiv chained in your iettetiofheat becemberiS09rI enquired whether if G Sritajn re Vjdh?r Iriockadci-pf a date anterioittot Berlin decree,; nis majesty the Lmperor' woul ! Conse n' to re vpke the said decreeH77ra which tht minister ,answWd'7.iiliai-;:' the only; condition re quired fer. the revocation by his ?triajssty, of the decree o'' Ikrlin-; will be a previous rerpcauoa; by the Briti sh averuinenLaf her Wockirs of l;rance, "(kuch as thaf from Elbe to Brest, 8c.j of date 1 vVtiohiof.fci.u Ealon,..tcry tiriit wJ'S fcCf or on the point oneuf so, m u. ways made. to the minister who ihW .11 with'the t.ibhsw. What H.e ple3fcW we know - notMjObsiblv a sivii, .u-. i1' 56(09 stipulated for ransoming tbe,J torn,we wonuer mat Jeii-rson 1 , , 1 seqret articles 01 tlie treaty n t t0 liiv theiwiCi-nd chiWi,r6f HamttCBunj-f' that restoration was Jtubuciy biiini!it( we wmder that presents' have bem tended to he made to a vt andam,. mount, ana tnai nr, Jttieiaon alhu 5 It was all i'lght.enotign.ihiitovki; spirited and dr-tcrnuued, conct Ki ' utility ; and had ityAew thwaitp; would have ;,renuereupermancnt vantages; anl savejtHhe riittcessitj 'of u; expenses fot pvestiUs to maintain j'. all ingbt, we say, that general Edton & iigiected,.anoine sty, cunning Lear be tt foiv his'iervives rendered to-Jeflcrion."-- Um I KUM THE COXTJ ' THE' DIE IS CAST Tit rai-f iJ i lcr(i"r f.mh a m -ri'aiiti( mhU. 7.: .: "-' ' ::'7:.!77 rt ANT W fc.Kl', MAhtMiT.. Thtf$mfierQ7' ha$ ' ordered ait 4f 7j cargoes dftatrtj at At. itebaHtiant, ariifa. of Xfiamvo; ' iransmrteu to. Haiiomit U and the-firotcfedt fitoced in'Jti PrmitTrtJ Similar nieustrre-u is apprc-nsnded, vtiiii rii'iu'Italy wi h re si cual A n uioan pi. laiocu ir.ere i Vli 111 vW. CM; tended td h? ipfortuna'e ca-got detaiiW . ' C H A R LESTO Nylay 1. -... t"7 The French privateer schooner JUf 7vTfdHf7ic Hu L trrf qt - mis pofis) arjitou uown ujiu -in -ivas.r - A --i n-a 1 ' t fr in tlitf tiiiiniit c Ik crowded the bar ana came ro anchor ort the -norm:-. . , ; . . . :- .. , -7w - i channel. esteittay a recruit i awsvt ,30 men., . . , - , ;7 was 6ent dowii her on board a fisluMf;: sma and one of theuUiran's kUnd packet-bouts, a-nd ( vorao.'i oecision. wmii. we presume she is nov cimiplctety rtady,to re 7 J , i j . , . .i . -, :. .K-i': fl hmfieror to release the Jmertcan pnM or ifitr zor,.uet arise u i neic iiiai pc ii".pust:s uiS r " and we cmnot luokfe . is know how : tf r 1 Mr ito'fe- n pnfitrM fief'pluhdiarand it is here that she Jias receivcnl- crttiiplete out, fit in every tTiinglVeceSsavy to enable her to con'imie , nerxii-preaauoiis on , nrencan commerce. If gratituUe were inherent in the composition of a" , French piivaUersman, we should at lea.&t hope that the vessels belonging to this port, from which she has been ushe red forth with such encreased energies, would be i xempt . ?d by her' from plunder ; but we' fear that :e ven our ywn ships ( Jiere being a number ready for sea) may be . sutlerers, and that like the. tabled adder, she will sting the hand that has so kindly nurtured her. . . ' . ' May 8. . v . . Tfie schooner Dalthiny capt. Acwobth, from KLey Sale, was brought to about 8 o'clock Thurs: day morning, off the north .bar, by M)eliieneh privateer I & Revanche dit OK, and while she was in the net of laying to, the Frenchmen ran under hfr stem Ec poured a vollt'y of musquelry intoherj while all the officers, p..sengers and crew, of the Di''hin were upon rkek, & the vessels within half pisiol shot of each other : Fortunately one shot only took ; effect, which pierced and broke the arm of Mr. l-elhn, a passenger on board. Ahtr Committing this unprovoked and wanton attack upon a defenceless- vessel they told coptain7 Ac Worth to go about his business. The jfolphih belors tothTs twefily days oil her present voyafre ; she was perfectly well known to thqJTicers of the pri vateer, they having been frequently, oh board her, while ihe vessels lay near to each other at Gads den's wharf, belore the Ddfihin balled on hei" pre- sent voyage. -';:' ..'' . . ... ,7, From th InuEBUKHESf neilica 7-': Why has Tobias Lear been suffered ' to. expend suh needless sums of money in Barbary ?. Why has he received such a salary ? Why was he ap pointed to that office ? - ; . t, . . Perhaps an answer . to the lasi question will suf fice for the whole. Zt Mr- .JeiTersoii once wrote a false, calumniating and detestable letterto Mazzei, in which the VVashintbn adjiiinisiration wasgms: ly abused, and VV ashington himself. General Washington jWipti to Jefferson tp know whether Uiat letter, generallylscribed ', to him, was real ly his. Jefferson was said to have written an aa s'weiff full oTthean apology ah After this affair,, this, calumniator pf Va6hing ton . was glad Jo avoid his presence ; though his money wasV hgt withheld - from Gallender, who could be paid for his .blasphemous abuse of the areat vand good.. When Jefferson- came into of fice, Tobias Lear, who had long been the private secretary of Washington, and appare oecame apparently a democrat and Ib it possible that the American rotH will contirio'ea minister at the" com tut NJ after fliis list act of robbery, which capsa max of the plundering and bum'ing sjstesf is in uself nothing more nor less than aaw tion or w au ? Time will determine iM noleon is or is not our kine. I) lie ltadrf T' . - - i . ' . formal declaration ot war, what more b have done to injure us, than he has noi a ' ; 1 7 -,,: . " . eananlki . F.BOir ANSTEfiDAM, MiF On th'e 24th of February lastAhe ship: Alexandria, was brought in here by Ik ti French privateer ; her r.argp tobcw--ctxdi of which were to &e afifir$mltiti mini ct the interest of the Dutch dHA mtnts from Mr. Gallatin.-Secretly of 4! States', Treasury, in-prorf-of.which wtrt! ed, but no respect paid to them- Extract of a Utter, dated 'Jmyrdm) ' '."renved a; J'hilacHHttii " We haje nouced the tiominjtioo of i French mitusur to the U States. '."-. "-It is sai l a treaty Tef ween the Frenci. ror and our Ring, was concluded. the W-' That, Holland will rem;lii a kidomi'; iotTeml8r'vnUatra roriditions s" hothintr more i"kn"oWw ieCt. 'His Ivinr will return ta his state, ken ijito f4or, and appointedto office 1 tbnfled that judge" Washington tan ; account fo? it;. .:The letter to Washington from Jefferson ind Mhe copy ot the letver "Jmn Washington no JcTTersoh, werfe TtojuaJitfbund among Gen. Hash ingtori't id5tr, after his decease. ; Tobias :.lair had access toihem.,tThe "man who could be. giiil- ty of "writing such a ..letter tpMastei as J fferson wrote ; .'and who ubserj.iently ' on detection as Torced ,to confession ol irilt, and profession.cl i etnof se ; wonld no ' doubt be ' anxious, at" any price, tohaye proofs forever concealed from" the world ; and Eear . well urrdcrstood how to butter his brttfo. "-." Jefferson to be sure did not expect that Mazzei would publish his letter ; W vanity induced the publications - "Mlyxi liad resided aeveraryeaiskj " :7.V-''- 7:v :7 . marriage feasts ; of his brother arc w. time our decrees prolnbmng tne wm. m, J-iran vssaU into our D irts, remain : workine On the ether hand, our od f cinariW hwFrenrh corsailS, that cap vessel they can. laV hold of on aF shprei i ' which are every one conotum" . .. ' : r:.:t. mini.irT 'AS.it is saia ine unuu p,' r'nded 'an arraiimeht wiih Wr.T'!"1 amDassaaortat tne court ui VZ . Iv horie France and Great BrTtain mt their orders that affect your Heuirwir howeveiv. sorry 'to' feiftark, that ,.1 treated and considered as theHffJ urn used by the -English wrwii' -(heir trade with the ' continent, o! w yr kind of ColoMial prince can be will bear heavy upon tne fl'u"'V , Toniungen." . . ,.'..'... ,v 7Uir:l-ip'v,7, , tj is said that i;oiunei iv.-r h Iclivert- rhertran nronertv m reianu"" . . . u for that law. A! W to reqVieit anU . topass" the new "Banking sencme - It ntly Inderal, -tnttK -;ve .peeth bccl was ni-on ta . r -'ii:n tir i o ia uT inviif.iintr fiitiiiijjai I. r 3.1 nb, nijutrfiii, r 1 . . -ffir. I . ' 1 . . ...k ti (11 his partner or 'himself, pr ,yn ly comffgttt'mav became nA c-iVrnAif uilis of Excbab the- W isdom ot congress ..vajj.k -y? and threcrilohps to'P ;xf : .. .. . - h mm U - NOrthenr.Conlpdtracyj- f1'-.-- , P''f - L KI-MTTrtl' flfWIMII V "J . if. mi-nt to the COIlSIUUUOlin - i i. for retcivii'K' from Mr. Ficy, just before eluciioa.-. - 1 . . 1 .L