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' RALEIGH, N. C PUBLISHED (weekLy) BY WILLIAM BOYL N.
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Vol. 15.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1810.
county,
Ttnnrarc, third circuit V SnfA
r, TV.... tfllfV. '
William T. Lewis, Complainant,
VS. , '''..""
i-liam Graves,' David graves Peyton raves,
Lbn Graves,' Mary Swanson, William Swari
, ,n and Ann his wife, Joseph Terrel, William
M'Questcn and Susannah his wife, Henry Ter
1 1 i . x. j. m Maiicv Fercuson, Defendants
,-rce of this court, vesting in him the titje to
j hundred ai. forty acres of land, part of a 2560
re tract, m Jackson county, granted to Francis
raves : Which part of 640 acres the said Francis
,aves sold to William Terrel, but before mak-
.rh rr.nvevance, died ; Whereby the said
f O U m ' 1 "
From the NoJllk Public Ledger,
THE PROCLAMATION. :
In a late number of our paper, we expressed
an opinion, Miat . without some other, and wore
satisfactory assurances from the French govern
ment, than were contained in . the Duke de Ca
dare's letter to General Armstrong, that the Pre
sident, would not issue a proclamation, such as
substance, to an offer to it of the alternative be- " to violate," Sec and do say that at the date of
tween the treaty, and a war with: 'France, since the French minister's letter, and subsequent there
if our government refused to give the satisfaction to, France continued " to violate the neutral right
whichlhey desired, the treaty would be lost : and " of the United States,' as contemplated by the
if such satisfaction was given and the treaty con-j, law of May last We bad thought that a deten
eluded, arid France should persist to execute her! tion of.the property sequestered under the Milan,
since appeared hTthe iwallhTglnTeTCi
other papers, usually employed in defending, and
sometimes in dictating, the measures of admin
istration, it is evident that upon the letter above
mentioned, the Proclamation has . been"i$sued.
The opinion which we bad formed, was found
what we considered a fair and candid
, .J...1 ,ia slpvworl in his hfiiQ anr . eu u jiiji wnai wt
ie complainant, by virtue ot an execution against
e property of the said William Terrel and heirs
said 640 acres of land, became the purchaser,
d claims title. - .
It anpearineto the satisfaction of the court that
Is defendants are not inhabitants of this state, it
therefore ordered, that the said defendants ap-
Lar at fhe next term of this court, to be held at
e Court House iu Carthage, on the fourth Mon-
y in March next, and answer the bill at the said
Implainants. Otherwise the same wm be taken,
oconfesso, against the said cietenuants. it is
rther ordered that a copy of ihis order be twice
Lblished in the Minerva, printed at Raleigh, in
state of North Carolina, and twice in the
partial Review, printed in Nashville, in this
or, circumstances, stated in the French minister's
letter, and to the existing state of things.
The words of the act, are.." that in case ei
" ther Great Britain or France, shall before the
" third of March next, so revoke, or modify her
" edicts, as that they shall cease 10 violate the neu
" tral commerce of the United States, which fact,
" the President of the United States shall declare
" by Proclamation."
The Duke de Cadore's letter, says J" In this
" new state of things, 1 am to declare to you,
"sir, that the decrees of Berlin and Milan are
" revoked, and that from the first of November,
" they will cease to be in force, it being understood,
" that in consequence of that tfeclarationr the
m; uQ 'j " English shall revoke their orders in council, and
:, and that the last publication be made two ,, . . , r li i j
V ..,(.. nLn.nffW ,n, .t I" renounce their, new principles of blockade,
ths previous to the next term of this coirt. . . . . ,...,-j ..ur..u J
" WHICH llicy iiavc ciiucdvuuicu caiauiisu, vr.
previous
A Cciy, Teste. .
ROBERT ALLEN, elk. .
Smith circuit court of equity.
CHEAP GOODS,
(FOR CASH )
Sou thy Bond .
T AS just received from New York and Peters
J. burg a large and handsome Assortment of
. v ALL AND FANCY GOODS
Iso, Glass and Queen's- Ware ; .Cutlery and
ardware . large assortment 'of Shoes ; Coffee,
eas and Chocolate ; Loaf and Brown Sugar ;
ahish & common Segars ; Cherry Wine, Rum,
ye Whiskey, Peach and Apple Brandy, &c. &c.
A the above assortment he offers for sale on
e most reasonable terms for CASH, or on a
port credit to punctual customers. .
Kalcigh, November 13, 1810.
Now offered for Sale,
16,500 Acres of Land,
In sundry surveys, all adjoining, situate on both
fes of Lumber river, above and below the town
Lumberfon, including fourteen separate Plan
titihs ; on the-whole of which are between 7 arid
W acres of cleared ground, and upwards of 5000
'each and Apple 1 rees, and most of the plaAta
wis improved, with comfortable. Buildings
mong which-is that handsome and well-known
atitation, "Elyswnf, whereon I now live, includ
ijthe Saddle tree Milfs, which work tw a saws:'
FO run Of Stones, and a cotton mnrhine. all in
inpieie orocr; ana a merchant null and rice
achine now erecting.
lhe'salubtity or the" place," the" situation and
lality ot the lands, the immense qiantitv of tim
kr they abound with, the convenience of biineinjt
to the mills by water, the quantity oMumkr
Pnually made, and the convenience of getting it
f market FronUhe mills, all - combine to make
m far the most desirable pioperty in this part o
i '
. . ry . ALSO,
Lots in the town of Lumberton, four of which
improved with comfortable buildingsv and si
'ate in the most eligible parts of the town. To
FeTnoTe'mTnute description of the above pre
fises Lpresume would be unnecessary as a'pur-
pa?er would ot course wish (o view them. The
Adit ions of the sale will lie", one tenth part of the
h,..wv. mUin,j pam in au.ance. . a credit wji
given, it required, any number of vears not ex
PRBing twelve for the balance; on havine. un
fjuoiea security anti tlie interest paid up annually
. f n f f T- Tl
- - 'J. Kill JUI'.N.
ooeson county, N. C. Sep
itmber 17, 1810. .
3 m,
tor
. BOOK BINDING.
SAMUEL COMBS & Co.
AV h established a Book Bindrrt in the
ni part- of - tht- M inef va Offic-eVwhere? r;
yian lately kept his B -ok storce
oamukl ' CoMbs' has conducted a Bindery
Messrs. iSnmrvn fo Ponrad f Pftpt-stinrtr
"o is emboldened to sav that he is-,a complete
" "wer of the Bus ness. The Merchants of Ra
andthe(jpning towns, can be fumfshed
' nger!, journals and Day-Books, made o"
i, thick paper of any size.: Clerks of Courts
"WKS Wtll'.hl i'f.hnhnA in ..U. int ,lur.kU
".ys, on theshorfestntJticer The prices for al!
""ntt work will be as In ns n P.frshii rcr nnr
"wiond. Gentlemen enminer fr the (!nnrf and
General Assembly, will afford opportunities
;r -orders from a distance. , Orders forrebitiding
1 Oooks, &c. received bv D. M'Rae. Esq. Post.
iUsir, Fayetteville. i - , .
" that the United States, conformably to the act
" aforesaid, alluding to the act of May lasff shall
" cause her rights to respected.'
We understand, by this letter, that the revoca
tion of the Berlin and Milan decrets on the first
bf November, are conditional, and not unquali
fied. The conditions are" three: First That
England shall revoke her Orders in Council. Se-
ondly That she shall renounce' her new princi
ples of blockade; or, failing to do both, the Unit-
ed States shallsuse htr rights to be. respected.
The first condition will be attended with no difficul
ty tho' it is not less a condition to be performed,
before the Milan and Berlin decrees are to be re
voked. - The second condition is liable to much
difficulty.- England must renounce her new sys
tem of blockade Who is to judge whether what
she may do in this respect, is a renunciation of
her principle, or not? Shall the trench govern
ment judge, or shall the United states 11 It
was intended that the United States should judge,
the French government should have left her to
perform her own duties ; but, assuredly, the
French government does reserve Jo itself the
ight of judging, and if England tros not con-
brm to the Napoleon code, it will be considered,
that this condition is broken ; and, there fore,, thai
the decrees, are not to be fwoked; unlen the U-
nited States cause her rights to.be respected
whicfi is the third condition. 1 .
Having given the law ah attehwve;,' and, we
rust, a candid consideration, we were not able
to discover in the letter ot the Uuko de ta
dore, any'tUincr more than the promise- of a
ccniiti onal revocation ' of the Berlin and Milan
decrees, and not a positive revocation, contem
." platedjby Jhe Jaw. On.ljMate Vriiiedat-es
" shall cause her right to be re8fiected."r There ?is
something insulting in-this expression, because
it goes to dictate in what manpei, and upon what
occasion, the United States shall cause her rights
to be respected. Calling to our recollection, the
extreme sensibility, which was discovered by our
government, upon an occasion analagous to the
one under consideration, we had not calculated
upon the forbearance which is now exhibited, un
der circumstances infinitely more calculated to
wound the pride and dignity of-the nation, than
the one which we are about to notice. We must
solicit the patience of our readers, while we di
gress, from the subject, in order to present the
case to which we allude. - -
It wilh be recollected, that in' the year 1806,
Messrs'. Monroe and Pinkney on the part of the
United "States, and Lords Holland and Auckland
on the part of Great Britain, concluded a treaty,
dated the 31st of -December. On the 21st of
November of the same year,' Bonaparte issued .his.
much noted Berlin decree, but which was not
known when the treaty was agreed upon- When
it came to be finally executed by the parties, the
British govenment made a. reservation, which is
contained in a note of the British commissioners
appended to the treaty. The note' itself is too
long to be here inserted, indeed it will be in the
recollection of most persons, and is of Teady re
ference This" note, in substance, exprejssed an
expectation that the American gbverrimdnt would
resist the pretensions of France contained in the
Berlin decree, or. UiaVxthe British government re
"seryed to itself the right of retaliating on France.
We shall now see in what manner the United
States, resented this proposition, or insult, as it
was by many considered. 'We shall "first hear
what Messrs., Monroe and Pinkney said, when
the subjeelf was first started by the 13ritish com-missionersf-.';'i;.
ivf- fiT-:'.:
k We repBed in very explicit terms to the Bri
tish commissioners lafwe considered their pro.
position altogether Inadmissible oa outjjart, and
not- likely to accomplish, if we could agree to it,
the object which,- they contemplated, by it : that
such" a proposition .'to our gayemment, .under the
circumstances attendintr it, wouia amount, in
decree, according; to the construction' givetrof 'it
i' ' ' " f 1 1 v . i t . .1,' . -i
nere, war seemcu 10 dc mveruaoie : vnai u u
should happen that our government should ap
prove the treaty, it was not to be presumed that
it would make any sacrifice, or stipulate any
tMngoTxgntainedr inrthrinstraruetu, especially
so very important an act . as that alluded to, as
the condition on which it was to be obtained ;
that the arrangement of our differences and o
ther concerns' vvi h Gieat Britain wasan affair
which rested on its own ground, and had no con
nection with our relations with France ; that his
majesty's. government ought to suppose that the
United States would not fail in any case to sup
port with becoming dignity their rights with ary
power, and that it must be sensible that it would
be more at liberty to enter into suitable friendly
explanations with the government "of France, on
the subject of a decree in question, after the ad
justment of their differences with Great. Britain,
than while they existed, as it likewise must be,
that the prospect of obtaining satisfactory expla
nations on that point, of Francejwould be better
while they acted under Their own impulse as an
independent and friendly power, than it would be
in case they entered into an engagement of the
kind proposed with her adversary." .
f Vide Monroe end Pinkney 'a letter to Mr. Madi
son of 3d January, 1807.
Hear what Mr. Madison himselt says, in stat
ing his objections to this treaty, and the note ap
pended :
" No treaty caTTbe sanctioned by the United
States under theVlternative presented by the de
Berlin, and other decrees, was a violation of our
neutral rights, and that the aggressions continued
is long as the property was retained, or'cornpen- v
sation withheld that the sale . of American pro-
petty subsequent to the duke de Cadore's letter
wasbhitiorrT)fwiTTeTJtfafTtg1ifs. These pitST"
positions appeared to us so clear that we did not
expect to hear them controverted. 7 We shall
Mortify our opinion by an authority which will not
be questioned by the National Intelligencer "until
it assumes a tone of independence not often found
in its columns.
We must again trespass upon the patience of
our readers, wiih a short narrative as necessary
to introduce the authority which we have to offer.
It will be remembered that a considerable diffi
culty wasmade by Mr. Rose respecting the Pro
clamation of the President, interdicting the ships
of war of his nation the entrance of our Waters.
He urged that "nhe Proclamation wa6 a hostile
" measure, and that a discontinuance of it was
" due to a discontinuance of the aggression which
" led to it." Mr. Madison answered this objec-tion-He
first insisted that the Proclamation had
not been issued in consequence of the affair of the
Chesapeake, but for many causes, -of which, that1,
aggression, he admitted was the most prominent.
But as if aware-that this ground could not in point
of fact be very well supported, Mr. Madison added
what follows : ,
." Had the proclamation been founded on th
single aggression committed on the Chesapeake,
and were it admitted that the discontinuance of
that aggression merely, gave a claim to the dis
continuance of the proclamation, the claim would
claratory note on the subject of the French decree ;
of November 21. It is hoped that the occasion !be defeated by the incontestible fact, that that ag
which produced it will have vanished, and that ! grcssion ban not been discontinued It has never
it would not be renewed in connection with a fu- ceased to exist ; and is in existence at this moment.
ture signature on the pari, of Great Britain. Need I remind you, Sir, that the seizure and as
The utmost allowable in- such a case would be ajportation of the. seamen belonging to the crew of
candid declaration that in signing or ratify ing the 1 the Chesapeake, entered into the very essence of
treaty, it was understood on the part of Great I that aggression, 'that (with an exception of the .
Britain, that nothing therein contained would be victim to a trial forbidden by the most solemn
a bar to any measures which, if no such treaty considerations, and greatly aggravating the guilt
existed, would be lawful as a retaliation against 'of its author) the seamen in question are still re
the measures of an enemy. And with such &tained, arid consequently that the aggression, if in
declaration, it would be proper, on the part, of1 no other respects, is by that act alone continued
the United States ; to combine, an "equivalent
protest against its being understoodfHhal either
tee trenty or the British declaration would dero
gate from any rights, or immunities, against the
effect of such. retaliating measures, which would
lawfully appertain to them, as a neutral nation,
in case no such treaty or declaration existed."
Vide Madison's letter to Monroe and 'Pinkney,
oK20i May, 1807. J
Madison's
letter to Mr. Jtpsc, dated
and in free ?J"
Vtde Mr.
March 5, 1808")
Now as advocating our construction of the law,
can w: not say that the original aggression by vio
lating our neutral rights has not been discontinu
ed ? if has never ceased to exist f and is in exis
tence at thismoment ? Need we remind Mr. MadU
son, that the seqiestiation and sale of American
Vvi vt -... . .nni-hnfM,l Kir ths TTnitorl ' ucccfls anrl thpir r.arorp tinrlpr-thr( irrrpps will
1 U Vltaijf , van UO 3lllWWWliCV.I UJ uil, vnuvw r.'.. O - '
States under the alterriatie,, . Sec Then we : part and continuaf on of the original violation of
would ask how the President 6an consider the .our neutral rights, that it was the most subst anti
lierliri and Milan decrees as revoked, when that 'ally injurious to our interests, and that by those
,revocation is presented under the alternative that acts, and still retaining the property, the original
the. United States shall cause their rights to De aggression is commuca ana in jorcs as mis very
other words, go to war with moment r
We have already extended this article greatly
beyond what we had intended, and shall therefore
conclude for the present.
From the Political and Commercial Register.
respectedf-or, in other words, go
England The British cozrimissjoners jisked no
more, than that we would resist the operation of
the Berlin decree, which we did, admit, if per
sisted in hy France, would be a violation of our
neutral rights, or permit England to retaliate on
FranceT" Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney," declared
the proposition amounted to an " altei native be
tween the treaty, and a war with 44 France." And
what, we ask, is the proposition ot the Duke de
Cadore, but an alternative between the revoca
tion of the Berlin decreesj and a war with Eng
land ?
...Why St may be asked were the UnitediStates
not permitted to discuss with Great Britain the
principles ..of blockade r Certainly as Messrs.
Monroe arid Pinkney said in the case we have ciu
ed the prospect of obtaining satisfactory explana
tinson that part of Great Britain would be bet
ter while the United States acted under their own
impulse, as an independent and friendly power,
than to be forced into demands upon Great Bri
tain, by conditions prescribed by France.
From what as been said, we think that the
Berlin and Milan decrees are not revoked, ex
cept upon conditions, to the performance of which
the United States are not," nor" ought riot' to be
pledged, not being parties. Ingenuity may torture
the meaning of the French minister's letter into
any shape, but the plain meaning of it, is, that
unless Great Britain docs certain things, .the Uni
ted States must engage to adopt certain measures
of hostility against her. If the United States
ought togive this assurance in the present case,
were they not bound to pursue the same course
upoff the occasion we" have cited ? National dignity
and duties are always the same, they do not change
with the nation with whom. we.are treating...
; But we , coritend, that . the French decrees are
not even conditionally repealed, froth any thing
which is before" the public, and that the duke de
Cadore's letter.does not promise; their'revacation
on the first of November. In a late number of
the National Ihtelligencer, we notice this remark.
' A feeble, staTTd has indeed, been made by
" some warm partizans, who have contended, that
" so lone as the French coYernment, retained iheJ
sequestered property of cur merchants, she e-vin-"
ced an indisposition to cease ta violate theheu
" tral commerce of the United States " We will
not .'undertake to say, to whom this paragraph
alludes, but we will go much further than to say,
that France has " evinced an indisposition to cease
LUCIEN BONAPARTE.
When the information reached this country
that Lucierr Bonaparte had placed himself and
'his treasure under the protection . of the British;
government at Malta, we deemed it an improba
ble, story.. But the following extract, which has
been comjrnunicated to us by a respectable '.gentle-..:,
man, leaves no doubt ihat he embarked on board
the ship Hercules, ostensibly-bound to Philadel
phia, and under the P,retenee of coming hither.
But we think,with pur correspondent, tliat as three
months have elapsed since the Hercules is said to
have sailed from Naples, and no Lucien Bona
naparte has arrived here, unless incog, that he
secretly engaged with the captain to land him at
Catliz or Gibraltar, whence he proceeded to Mai
ta, preferring the safeguard, of an "enemy, to t the
love and protection of his imperial brother.
, Private correspondence of the Register.
Extract of' a letter from an American -gentlemaji
at Naples to his friend here, dated 12th7klig,
1810. . ' ' '
.1 last wrote you per ship Fraricis, capt. Haskiil,
a vesselwhich left this in June last, and on "board
of. which were many of our unfortunate country
men who had lost ajl Their property by the villainy
and perfidy of the Neapolitan government.. I i re
formed you, by her, of (the situation of my busi.
ness, and -cf the, numerous and -incredible bard-
ships, and disappointments 1, have ""met with, j '
the transactions of last vc agey Since then, they
have been increased by some hew infernal decrees
of the Corsican tyrant ; but I hope soon to hav
every difficulty set aside, and be able to hasten
my way home. Should I succeed in saving some
of Ihis property,-it will be a miracle, worth r3cofd
ing. My vessel has been given up, and ims bef il
so far repaired as o be able to leave thi? infernal .
hole of tyranny and'" oppression' J onl wit an
order froYn Paris for the pay mehr of c)e fun b.
of the proceeds ot my cargo, as agieed with by
the capiois and approved by r the tmpcror. I
wish, my dear sir, I had some of the' hot headed , t
democrats of our country, now here-, under the
Jack screws ot th? emperor. I'll engage we. she U '
be able to scrtvi aUihe love they bear thtir deny