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- it- .. I . i ' . .. . ' K ! . j ; . '' ', ' 1 1 ' V i 1 ' ' j: . " . i. M A M f ;, (H KJ I. H "?' volume v. NEVBERN, N. C.; SATUEDAY, APRIL 13, .1822. NUMBER 2i2. ' i . - - ; vr3 AN-3 PU3LISHEO weekLit, bf the cu!vert from the building, and for raneari, in the year T&15; . ' . .partial repairs generally. , The jco.n-j.the'said Thomas P. Ctrodwi PASTEUP J WAis, 9 i , , : ? re- OONGKBSS. ' -- ! ' ! ' House or Representatives Monday, Murch 25. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. , ClacklEdge, from me com. pit eeon public buildings j made the follovrinj KCPOl IT accompanied by a ,;!J. w fiich was read and committed : Tut 1 1 1 h y have attentively examin-fj-t'se tiblic'buildirigsanjl upon ex j.(lii:,afi M find that the wojk on the v.uc building lids progrfssjHl, but j ls rit been brought ; to tliat'state of jirrkiii ti which calculated by tin- esti -nates of the last year, all how tver t: it was anticipated -lias been Jure, except covering wim copper, a s n iii p'ortioii of the roof, oVer ihe ii Li.iiv, and tiit? chimney, and some tarred decorations,' and 'some pan 0:1 ?'if west projection ; and one u,,,.t yUiint Oil the east jxrojtction. T!k.- iaii :e to coa,niVti the whole iv.r.. t:i:t w.is co.itenKlatel. is airi ih- uifi b uih architect, ro the general y. k ivhicfi prevailed 'ainon the v 1 .:him, and several .of - the princi- and that expiration1 of. bis term of' susnension win also di- from service: imJ hpfnrp I.;.- -l nilttee recommend an annronnatiori; n snm'p fim iiwthii m.n(i. r f,... ! ! t. . ? 1 r r T i " f f luc "uea ptaies; nor was anv terw ! ?f 200 lor intin- and construct.) ry, 1820, :at thejlavatia. "That the mission or leave of absence from the ?aiu ii?rMepniaining allegations tliat country given to Captain Barron at wv..u vufjiaiu vuuics uni I Ull, f UU" at'J Hug his suspensionbeing t Peniam- it further appears to the court that v.wU,'UIU: hmmj iu mi. i-joii, urnisn M'c suspension oi UaptaTn Barron ex Consul at jthat pl.ce, certain declara- j pi red on the Sth day of Februarv the President and government of the United States, hi?hlv improper and unbecoming an nifir.fr-nC ihf HmtA Sprrntarv tU V',.! i I states,) were communicated by tjie I. oi. them marked titivate, wliirh Jnvir Oeparfment to the said Capt J -duly received a!t the Aavy Denaif. --.. vuiiuii -Ajj.4ifiutm, aiio rtiiu copies oi wicii' f copies thereot deliveied to. him in I e" ' ttiese pioceedius if 3 or aniMjm half in advance. in the culvert,1 aijid for annual j pairs, wnicn, in aunition to me unex- pendej balance in the Prestdenrs house.' will make 3,300 the sum re quired. ! . I . The committee! would have been gratified if they could nave recommen ded the appropriation '.necessary to complete the south portico, but in consequence of the lare appropria- A 1 I Ml I '.f mT A'VfWIUUVa 1813, whilst he still remained' at Cd penhagen and that on 22d of Jul v. v.ciprdiii oarrou wrote to the tion which will be necessary to tarry on the centre building cf the capitol, they cannot at present recomniend f "siirh nn'irnnrlfii-n J "for tKf arp O tU opinion that it is mpre for the interest of tire public to brifi th capitol to that state of progress towards comple tion, which it is calculated to do, by the estimate for thepreseut year, than to complete the isoiith portico to the piesident,!i house, iwhich cm', in its (iresent state be 'protected from sus taining much injuryj; u.itil such time as the aooroDriaii va can be made r ' f . more conviste.jtlv with the public in terest than at present. I tie C'vrnuittee hive prepared a bill making the a')oe inennoned appro priations, which thejf have directed to be reported to the House. are annex- 18I9,soon after his return to the U. States. " i'lliat Captain Barron passed fef00! Baltimbffe in thf spring of That no answer was given by the Secretary of the Navyoo- said- letter nqr were any other communications tne year IS 19, where the said Good- I received by the A a vy Departiiwiitfrom ,win men was; nut whether Captain captain tfa 1 . s j , ii.in-.iaem.s, wnicfi ticca.iiou i-j ,n ucn iuu'i i ufjti.m and delay ; but l Mtf.i'i ; ia xi lioiss "in the month oi neiij1t r. the buildniE; was ttH'iedn i.iit. tlirtt stiite it now ap. "aj s, v inch is i.vi !tr snoit oi vvti.it was autiCiiicUed I: Lie al esti u ite. ; i expenditure has been kept whh- i) i i - a. ,j(:i i, iiori. auJ tiie work ht bt.f.i tx ecu led witii correctness an mi tiny. i ne c.miruutee have 1 t . ;oi uuNieu tiie woiri wlncu was t! i' m tiie Piesidei:ts house thei.ist sm.;;i a id tmd it-x cnted with much r.f..;jiess ; it is stati-d, howevVr,. by fit aichitect, that hk) will be lieces .- t.-v Mn.i Liu inu ii-wV -.. I r'ninii huil ivitK -it .r. ! . I c . .1 i . . . , y-: w,ui"yv jr- .nuitr jiereioiore, ai- uiai place, and with tlfc said Lewis ii' j. " it uwn maue. I nev navp hPpn A I ,vnn th:.f H . . . : . ... 1 1 1 1 1 r 1 - . ' J- ' n,i' v n,neses never Jv tiie committee s renort. it wi i itn.ii lit from the nub he tor no nil i 1 - 1 , . it "in j. ir.H j.ni viti nn k seen that the expendftuie on the Tt"ci son than an impression that a pub- thine resnectinV thf i : 1. 1 . 1 . , ! I; : -.1 . 1 . ' . .- ' C ' ' - oinaji in i it hi s uouse is not equal to the " ""o " uuout rue consent of (Jap i; yrnpii iti n, and thA tiiere remains u -.-x;ieo led, ttie sum of 1,100. The MHii.t! of the old eiecuhve olice has btrii rt:!i(J!eted. a;nl by the 'report til t.fC jtiiiiitif, or.i,l03 33 less tiian ti- taiiiii tie and ajipropi ia:?on. la c nii'ju.'iet; iiave ieceived from t :,f ui"!i let i the subjoined estimate ti ii;' co't i I ibrao4l materials, ne-' crvaiy to 'ii - t ute :he ivorl; cm the c -.Ait' Otiddmi:, tiie present year, and in tlie iaiprov iog and legulatlog tire I 'Y L'ro:ind roan'd l he capitol i tMti . .to lor the centre buil-f )" ; cj.lt uiateJ, with a view to fay. coinisniiee roou s, and to cMniifi( tl. .4-oe dome over the Ylilre lillii li.Ki 1 1 a . -...!. I I - - x... , me ui ivJiiciinas Whicn CASi OF CUPll BARROX. From the National liiteHienrer. The Proceediisoi'a Court of En quiry, held at the .v.;'. Yard, Brook- Cat) uarron saw tne said Uoodvvin, does not-appear to the Court by the testi mony; and it is stated by Captain Barron that he did, not. rrn .... i nai it appears to the Court. th;.r ? PVy V iJJiam Lewis was a m m of the stiictest lionor and inteVrity. and u uiucer oj (ustin-uished merit; and that the chaiactei of the said Good win for truth anoveracity was highly respectable, but that he was of a very ardent temper, which was particular ly manifested when excited by con- veisauun on political subjects. And the paid Lyon was" also a man of re spectable character. It farther appears to the Court, that Captain Barron did not, during his rsjuence ai rernambucco, in the year lyn, ew-Vork, u-)o?i C'aprain Jamks j five witfi Mr. Lyon, the British i iuios, of the United States' Vavy, Consul- there, as stated in said Good- ... n'.t, urjvt-ueeii recent i y puolistied, 3 Cr oui inai me said Uaptain iv-iur- a j i i h ) i i i v oi ine iavy Uepart- u"l,u" loueu a part ol the time in m.'nt. Hiey were uibt printed at this a;; tavern, .and the remainder of the oilice, A, we have onl just seen them. J"ne in a house which he rented joint The whole pamphlet makes Ml pa- . w,In Fernandez, wlio - was the ges. Prefixeti to it is this note : j supercargo of the vessel in which Captain barron went our to Braii as master; and that it appears to the ' Conrt bv trimnnv nf tn?.. o.w....ui...- 1 he following proceedings are pub- witnesses, who wer ;,Jjr.,.J.K. Mined at the request of Captain Bar- , co in the ear 181 1, and had frequent ron ; and this request Would have been conversations tviih the said Got- Iwin ' complied with at any time heretofore at that " Nduy Department March 25A, 1S22. Cap- said Goodwin's letter, to the Secretary iron, until his return t. h r t - , . . ' - w . . . . . w S!C united States in 18 IS. 11 Joes ot ap:ear to the Court, that ydpidin oarron made anv actual at tempt to return to the United Stales until the summer of the year Iil4, when, in pursuance of the advice m' tie honorable Henry Clay, one of the ministers of the Uirited Slates, then in Lurope to whom Capfaid Barron hud expressed las earnest desire to return to the United States, and serve in the; war wiih Lngland, he proceeded from Copenhagen to Gottenburg, and oh the ilthof June, in that vear." apnlied to Captain Samuel Angusyoi the Uni ted States corvette; John Adams' for a passage on board that vessel (a this country. , 'I'hat Captain A ngus expressed h i m selfwiiling to comply with tiie request, but irpffire-ii font i .1 . . . . yuj.i. uuiiuu iu ine rion orable John Quiucy Adams, and the honorable Jonathan Russell, -two of the ministeisi of' the United - States, (then about to embark on board said corvette for the Texel,) tot their opin- ...I; ' . i . .... :. H ion wneiner "tnis could be done !con sistently- with the character of the said ship tis a c.ii) tel. " . ' That Captain Barron stated to the said ministers that his motive hr wish ing to return to the United States at Uiat time, was ins earnest desire to ot ler his pi oessionaJ services to his country m tlie war in winch she was then engaged, and to claim employ- ..j me muikiii 10 winch, he iva entitled in the navy ; but that tiie said And it does not gppear that hp made application to any of the ministers, agents, or consuls, of theaJijited States in Europe, or to any other per sons, to obtain an advance ottheluntls necessary to enable him to return home. - .ior when he imported him self for service in 1813, did he ajiply to the Navy Department for funds, or at any subsequent peu'od of his ab sence, or make known his wants to 1 the Depaitment. tor conld any ap plication to such ministers, a ents or consuls, in their ollicial capacity, have been successful as they hail no spe cibl aiithotity to nifcke adyancts. Ihe Couit, i tit : . 11 i n i v k 1 vou'u "improper, until of the Aavv; nor. did thev hear from ! immsts Mi themselves compelled a unnl decision wasmde in his case, any other person or persons at that ! with reluctance,; to give it as I .istiiuit of hnqmry was comj)o- place any reports orrrumduKs of such j Meupinioh to Captain An ms ,ji;it T1 f Y"?1: te';,t rai)r- Eva,,s tl c.nvetulionS diaviog takeYi place be-! he cpH "ot. consistently 'with the v-aPl -lorris. The Jbdi;e Advocate . tween (Tatkt.'ii.i li-... .....i . . ; terms m' tiiP nrui ; ....... ., . . ft ri i a ' r t auusrtm I40ti, - t; , a ..passage ttw . '"""'t q. as are sta.ed in said , tw .... i.. --captain liar ron. In r(.nol,..; ', I - it nil iiii ir-a i ijiii hi ail i nis case h is been !kn imirli tUa in pic of discussion in the neu spap is, and st) often alluded to even by mr selvesj tiiar presed as ive nre I v ot'ier matter, we let I oui !v-s bound to make room for the eoifclusioiv of pr.veetiingsol the Court, which is as folly tt s ; 'I I r'dav. Jah y l ; 4', 'ism. PRKSKXTj C o.. in CI. .til. s St.'W:,U C... I r ! gaf evidence has been produced torfie ! wn'c" CatHain Airbus declined ro.n- Court, tending to prove the truth of the '' ",br,w,t Captain ;i;arron?s request iillegations contained in said letter a,,lJ iie reiu.n.-d uj Copehiiagen'.' , jAnd it further appears tq the. Court, ThaCCaptain Baf ron subsequently that Captain James Barton left theiaf ,ied n-v.' ietter to; Air. Russell,: at Uiiited Statess on or about the 6th tUv Client, during the s'ulnimer of .the Vear ' of A pril, I S 1 2, as master and super- j l bl4 cargo of the Brig Poitia, belonuhnMo Sae 11 reti'ewmg his resiflchl. L-a calclafd in the s,!.iiexl ei 'i V IvcUvr, nititc-iuU, viz. stone, btick and t r U,,t:KO,i Ls(l Advocate. v j. . 1 ri he minutes o .-i: 1" ff:n the -deliberation which the counimtee have ijiveu the subject. rt roaHiiend Uie dome to be built vo'j.1, a.:d the apprupnatibn thev f'M.e is l.-urtded on tiie estimaii fi.r :VJine oi at d.-script.oni 'J he com- f''' h.-.ve txamiru d tl f progress a li;is (mo . ....,. . j 'i ii raun uniff and 'crn,, tle ?rounj rouf)tj t()e ca "iron mat the labor ' ,:'f,s ,Ke done in these two K's of eijwnditure is not as morh ii.J Ive been performed by the r r j'liu.jiMis tvfiii.ii nave e m ade for ihIr . 1 ';lf Cd'ilmlttua . ( ......ran; moreover Of o- t.i It NIK!. nnnr...!..iirt... "11" IIIUl rr'J ;!tl!!e tWnmltjKI.. .. !.:i tt""la ' "lr, llllt lllfl tr fu , '?s':, aqnaniity of stones and D L i I I tVJ r jwl . t - i i m.M rr-i lilt- v'lfkiiftii r - AJMJIIir. Ill I i ! M I 1 iwf f i)lllilt.rr and the-evidence with t.' -Hccomp.i-nynig documents, were .p !,v tu Judge Advocate, and ti Ctmrt uro- cerued t) d. libeiate on jlhe case, and, aiier cuteiully considernig the testi mony, aret-d npon the loilowing STATKMKNT: The Court havini pre ceeded to ex amine iut, the u.i .teis , M . d in the uairdtU Pom tjie hnt)i cihle Secretin v of the K.tvy, dated the twentieth day oj Aiaicli, -one tilouaiid (lahl hundu ii land twenty-one, do report the follow ing statement theieof as )t appears to them : I i! It appears to the Court, that Can- tain James Ba, ron, was, by sentence tjf a im-t I k, ; . . . .. . . i.i.n.1111, ;ut jj ui" t.aie tiie ;sSr. .Armistead atid Kellvof Nor folk, and proceeded to L;on, where in s'udjbng inTthe bein- i. nig ol Aiav, rtquest or a nas- to the United States, in the cor vette Jonti Adams, then King at the Texel, and received a'li ansuer fVom Mr.' Russell, stating -his and Air. Ad- ,7 it. further appears tt) that:Captain Bairon had, duri,. ih war, the choice of 3 different routes by ' whichilie miiiht have returned to ti Um'fed States. The first was by wav of- Fn.d .n.i . by which route it does not appear," jrom the testimony, that any pa.tif'u' lar difficlties weie (exn-pr'at one pe- . nod) interposed to the passa-e ((f clli- ' Zens ol the United Mates, not In the M-rvKe ofthn.r ctMjutry. Bm seV, ral witnesses slate their imoresMon il.r a naval oflker, retinuinL- Imm l .m,,,. to lhi United Mates, if liavellmo u.i- der that avowed character. w.m.I.i tainly be liable to, detention and im prisonment; and, if travvlli,,., ... merchant, under fcome citctmisfaiirH. be exposed to mtir' H he second was from sf.rn.. r,.... the north of Europe,, j., America,, or neutral vessels. Jrdoes .lot appear that uny ol our ou it itit i chant VesspU escaped the vijlance of the . n'emy's ci uize.s, alter the .let laratioi, of wsr Was peneralfv ami . .i.i :..f i o ; fui't'vt Ktiovn in the noit h ol Liu ope, st as to ifee t titbit lit ti . C. .1 t i..... yujc iitini uie liallic or I'nl; north sea. i he only opportimii v mil uer itK? American Hag, of n-a o.,3.ouoiry oy that route, which has been brought to the untie ol the Com t is the piUboat CAampfatnwluch was' sent by certain merchants io ew- ork- tn inn. in r. . : . . . .. 7 " - ni.'i mauon to me : . . . i . . i i . .. . ' ( ' ," tJantc o jitc? declar of war, and in which one of the nesses, Bicliard Law, .esquire, u ed to the United States, in thi- ..n Vt'.S- UiMIl w il- hirn- iu the .iuuinn l,y 1S12, where the out- ; ams !esu e,tu give eflect to t apt. Bar- wrrd c;-!:o was disposed of, and thf I ton request, -hut that the British no- pioceeoa r. initP d by him to f.on.iou ' vfrument would not cohsent to permit avoiding to instructions 'froih the ow- 1 ai0' oiner 'persons than those attached i Sth day of February, one thousand tmems be m.le Ihis 'sf , "r 7' v,ce OI n,e u' llie v,.v--hk-, .he! ' ,,'";S: , Ji'Vi'e,Vl'.terSac laken of fl,i-c, """'r?'" Sald and an- i r i . --.up.ov i -"""-e h ue 8e ... ..'.VhO K.. .1... f I . I t-u " ,,,c ney r th t oil nexed to th-ir nroceedm iho a lelferfjom William ' LivU. F,n ,o do appropriation ol- 120,- i "T" "ti'"' -a4- u. 7"c' in addition to the nnev- ! " rou?ti, Lsq. dated iuceof the aonrnnriatlon I . cw oepiemoer, fi, 1 SI 7 , ecu!iv.,fo '::." ,ana a lelier fiom Mr. fl ho mas P. ---- ..lit, in uinr (Inn,;- .ir -. w the Secretary of the Aavy were writ ten by the persons whose signatures they, hear, and received by the per t.k,.;. ,. -"-:u in Drjnc me cen- NJ v.. 7 ,nai ate winch is pro . hie estimate. - k: . c,,annifi.H. h i L r . i j i ii .., urpi lunuhnea .. i .1 Sll'ii.. . . J a""3 lit WOUIIl I ll'V V rM H f 1 1 r t V r.rk d,.. V" -uth unrt;rrt t .u. n I ut"rdu' Mipposea io nave been lost ;VC Hn the. United States brig Epervier. calculated to nei-s, except a part of the ame which tta-i iiivevttd in a cargo ofifiuit, with which he saikd f()r &-i5 id urt: Miere ne arrived on Sd day of Juiv, I5i2; and from thence sailed to Co , 1, - 1 . . liman, vvnere tlie proceeds of ihe caiqo went into tiie hands oi the Dan ish iM-vernment. The vessel was sub q i tiy isold for tite suni' of ?50u dollars Veie retnitted bv.Cautain lr- ron to the owiiers, and 50'J doil JS re taijid by! him to pay his own expen ses nod those of the crew. That' the. news of the declaration of war by the United States against Great Britain reached Copenhagen some time, in the month ol July, 1S12) 'and that Capt; Barron was wholly dependant upon his labor and. exertions': as a ship master for his support and 'the maiu- tenance ot his family, being suspended irom nis pay and emoluments. 1 And it further appears to the Court, that no order or proclamation was is sued by the government of the United States in consequence of the declara tion of war, directing such officers of the navy as were absent from the country to return ; but a j 1 ocla.na tion was issued by -the Pj evident of . I IT . If. . . uie unueo oiates, on We l'jtj day of Juue, 1S12, announcing Ihe-ceclara-titm of war, and enjoining ondi mil itaiy and civil officers to be vigilant in the; execution 0 their duties. That no special order was sent by the Navy Department or given: to Capt: Barron inrecung nis return ; nor w ire any to the Legation" at Ghent, to embark on board m at shij). It does ot sppear by anv evidence produced to the Court, tiiat Captain J and the' first part of the year 181 1 1 n 17 colui.. j. I f 1 if If'iffiOi . 1 l - . ... I .. autipcqueni auernpi vu;',,-.'a,w" w,lu f.eguiar passports of 1812; which oppo,tuuitv was con noeniiidiy .made known to f 1 1 - licrv.in I.. 1, !. .1 i .... . ,w ,,,,,,. uoaj Mjjvcou- Mgn.-d; but was not publicly known at Uoenhageu.. nor ;.conMdeied safe opportunity at that season. And that the object tor which r:Hp.:ai ;ano,i proposed to embaik, mi-iu haveWn an objection to rtct .ving hjm on board of a neutral vesel. . . ihe third route, which cL;in Barr..n might have se 1 ct( d to lef,',, to the t inted States i'i,.t Y ....... i . en, dorii. tiie continuance of tiiowiir was to pioceed over land to some port in France, or elsewhere in the s.inih of Lurope, and tlipr. ;ol:.; .... .... . ' ""Mil CO) I1JJ jortunity of embarking m a letter of niaique, or jjrivaieer, or other vessel. l lie expenses oi such a Journey by land, according to fhe testiiiiony w liich has been pioduced to tlie Court, would have varied from J00 to dollar!., according to the period and the cir cumstances iu which it might be un dertakei, and the manner iu which it should be conducted. - Jf appears that, in the year 1812.: liar ron I'blb. niciuMve to return to the ignited States, but he j anU sufficient pecuniary means, might remained at Copenhagen until the f have proceedeti fr m Conenha-ii tn close of thi war! with Lowland, and ; France; exreiit lor the British "blork- did not .return to this country until 1 u'Je C passages between the' Island file latter part of the year 1818. ' eaJtiid, in which Copeidiapen That Captain Barron has -been'-' paici. islands,1 and the c- ntinent ; whith his half pay fjrom the bth day of I Vb- however, dose not appear to hav r.uary, lSl-, to the 28th wf 'February.'! fnVnred .any ' considerable obstacle tui, irora April, IM, to April, 1814, the communications were extremely efnbarrassed by the slate of thevar,& the movements of the different armies. After. April, 1814, there was no very serious obstacle to his proceeding from -Copenhagen to any pan of Fiance; but the difficulty of em'bai k ing in the pons bf that country for the United States was proportionally increased, for a short time, iu Conve-' quence of some of those ports beiin occupied by the Biitish, and othe.s exposed to their controul and close inspection. . and full pay and ra tions, from tne last-mentioned day, to the 2 1 st of January, 1821. That he drew on the accouiitant- of the ia vy, at Copenhagen, on the 29th of .November, 181, directing the said accountant to pay to the order cd iWrs: LlizabeJh Barronr or to that of Air. Wilton Hope, of Hampton, Virginia. any balancf his haif-pay thatmight be due at tiki t tune. ' 1; That it dos not appear to the Capt. Court at what rate of exchangeia bilf on the government of the U. States' could have been negotiated at Copen hagen during the late war ;, but that it appears from the evidence extreme-1 iv difficult, i( not impossjbfe, to have Hygoudieu 0111s on this eouutrv- ridT. :.'"S,de f 011 "er return ho, horn the Medite !,her orGers 8lve a'LiFa''a''l distinctly appear, fci 10 graduate and conitiuctj lCf Barron previous or subssquojS ta the 1 And, at all times before the peace of Paris, in May, IS 14, there was' very considerable difficulty in pro-. curing passports for American rid. i It further appears to the Court that P travel through that nan of Barron was; in embarrassed circum continent of Kurope, and many stances, arid in want of pecuiiHir' ' vexafi.ons.Knd interruptions irom the means while at Copenhagen ; but (the Touce of different countries and the precise exfent.of his embarrassments, movements bf troops; which latter and of his means, at difierent periods. ostade did not entirely cease after , me yuuiioeiuai peace. 1 IVo evideuce has been produced to r 1 1 1 r- 4-
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