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-RALEIGHtXn JULY1, 1808.
No. 640;
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Jrom CorA- lajfr to the 4th6fMayy receiv
ed at the ojfict hfihi. Mercantile Advertiser
ly the llantonia
'' London, May 4. '.
The American ship, the tfsage, which has
jbeen so anxiously expected in this country
is at length arrived. She left L'Orient on the
23d ult. and reached Falmouth on Saturday
Jast, after experiencing baffling winds.and calm
vnather,ly which her passage was conside
rably: protracted. She contained tmly three
passengers,. Mr. Lewis, Mr. Mordam? and
Jlr. Nourse. The last mentioned gentleman is
r.ow stated to have Come to this country . sim
ply on mercantile affairs, and Mr, Lewis is
reported to be the bearer of the dispatches'
from (Jen. Armstrong to Mr. Pinckney.
These, it is obvious, are of the last importance,
and are likewise, we have reason to suppose,
efiucli a nature, as must either lead to direct
hostilities between France and America, or to
the unqualified submission & vassalage of the
latter country. Bonaparte it is said, declared
prior to the sailing of the Osage from New
Yoik, on the 27th of February, that the only
conditions oh, which he would continue at
peace with the United States were, thatthey
' should shut all their ports against British ship
pinj of every description,, and suspend "all
ia ercourse with England ; for that, in fact, he
vfoud have no neutral. To procure a relaxa
tion of these terms, appears to have beeu the
purpose for which the Osage was dispatched
to France. But in the various conferences
kid at Paris orTlhis subject, betwtcr. Gen.
Armstrong and ' the French government,
' we are assured that the minister ol Bonaparte
uniformly declared his master's determination
to be, in no wise to secede from the ultimatum
which he. had already transmitted to the Ame
rican President, which ultimatum was such as
we have just mentioned.
Wc are this -day enabled to lay before our
K-adcrs some furtheijwrjimlarerpectingthe
reception of Mr. Nourse in France. It was
villi the utmost difficulty that he could obtain
permission, after a Seks delay to land iir
France ; but he was not allowed to' proceed
to Paris ; and while he was on shere, though
he was not actually treated as a prisoner, yet
He was ; watched with-. the utmost . sus
picion, Mr. Lewis who was the bearer of
Vt i- .. r.. -
ine oispaicnes irom tne American govern
ment to Gen. Armstrong, Vas at first reluscd
leave to proceed to Paris ; but it was at length,
after repeated solicitations granted him.--There
can be very little doubt that the object
of this mission to France was to induce Bona
parte to relax from his determination to force
America to take & decided part in the war
between Great Britain and France a determi
nation which he 'otified tq the American go
vernment several months ago ; and it ap
pears equally clear, that that object has com
pletely failed. " Bonaparte has distinctly , de
clared that he will allow rfb "neutrals, and thaf
America', therefore, must shut her ports against"
British vessels, and put an end to ' all inter
course with this country, or to go to war with
1'rance. The mandate Mr. Jefierson must
now communicate to the Legislature and to
the people of America and they will have a
tery plain and sirupje question to decide up-'
0'v'?! whether or not they, will enterjnto,
Xwar with thTsbulry, withiout any just
cause, but merely in obedience to the orders
. -Bonaparte. However wll ,' disposed Mr.
Jefferson may be towards France, we think!
he will fin A-some difficulty in pursuading the
Kplejf America intoa war with this coun.
y If whe a the affair of the Chesapeake
happened, when there was a kind of momen
tary frenzy against this country, Fn America,
ywch wasiost artfully excited, and kept up,
if Mr. Jefferson then, with all his 'inclination'
,0 comply with the wishes of Bonaparte,
-not venture to pluuge intoaar with
l:s country, it appears very unlikely-that he
1 attempt' it now, when that : frenzy has
su ided, arid when the people of America
io consult their reason, rather than their
-sions upon so interesting a sub
Jefferson we have no doubt, hoped
"ylc would permit him to temporize a
'-H)njtr i but-intms hc has been disap-
waVinformed, beforehe left L'Orieht, that if
he attempted-to 4eturn to France after being
m an English port his vessel would be seized."
J,-When the Osage came away, Gen. Arm
"strong had not demanded his' passport ; he
had applied in vairi, for passports for several
American Who were anxious, under the pre
sent circumstances, to leave France.
Accounts were yesterd received from Ba
yoone, which, if trute, must remove, all doubt
as to the intentio ns of Bonaparte towards
America j they state that the French Pailer
issued a decree at Bayoiine on the - 1 5th ult.
ordering the seizure and condemnation of all
American vessels. . This statement does not
appear by any means improbable, though we
cannot vouch for the truth of it.
, May, 5. -
A letter was received yesterday by a gen
tleman or the first respccability from Heligo
land, which states; that accounts had reached
that island from fsjrn) of an action having ta
ken place in the Mediterranean, between the
British and French jfyMs, in AvhicTi.tbe latter
was so completely defeated, that ftot a single
ship escaped. ItVould afford us the most
sincere satisfactioiv to be able to confirm this
intelligence, but. we fear it is unfounded. The
last accounts from Paris stated, that the Koch
efort and Toulon squadrons had returned to
Toulon, and ithis circumstance is mentioned
from so many quarters,- that we have little
doubt of the fact. Our readers will find in the
'Hamfiririrh ivim-i's letters from - Venice and
Naples, which give rather a vague account of
the operations of the combined squadrons.
But the fact, we havevno doubt, will turn out
u be, that the united squadrons did go into
he Adriatic certainlv for some more impor
tant purpose liia. raising the blockade at Cor-,
fu ; bur receiving intelligence that the British
fieet was in pursuit eff them, they thought it
most prudent to make the best of their way
back to Toulon. "
The accounts from Denmark are of a curi
ous ad interesting nature : Bonapartt, has,
iFappears, all eudy fjegun to manifest some
sy mptoms of displeasure against his zealous
ally the King of Denmark. General Bernar
dotte has had frequent conferences with his
Danish majesty, in which he complained ve
ry bitterly that the Danish .mTlitary force was
not in a pndition not to undertake the inva
sion of Sweden, but that it was not even in a
stale to defe;. d Zealand from the English and
Swedes ; and indeed so convinced was Geft.'
Bernadotte, of this fact, that he made (as we
stated some time ago) a most precipitate re
treat from, Zealand, upon the first appearance
of a British force. That -General, it is stated,
lately represented in the strongest terms to
Bonaparte tiie impracticability of invading"
Sweden from Zealand ; but his C6rsican mas
ter replied, that he desired to have .no more
dispatches from him upon that subject, un
less they vere dated from Stockholm. " The
kingof D;nmark has already received a spe
cimen of the treatment he is to1 expect from
letter, which is dated St PetersbGrgh,,18th
AprilNO satesr that the Emperor has is
sued an ukase, forbiding any intercourse what
ever between his territories and any neutral
power until the conclusion of a general peace.
By the terms of this ukase rw ne but ships be
longing to those poweVi which are in actual
alliance with Russia are permitted to enter
.Russian ports.
. Admiral Lord Gambier left town this., day to
take comnland of the channel fleet, ,
Yesterday morning at two, o'clock, an Aus
trian messenger landed at Harwich, with dis
patches for our government; He came by
way of Holland, and was put on board a vessel
which sailecOroni Yarmouth some days since
with passei.ge.rs, none ofwhom however, with
the. exception of three women wereullcwtd
to land.
w ' Cork, May 10.
The London journals, which to the 5th inst.
have been received at this office since our last,
contain a great variety'of important information.
The Osage has at length arrived" in Eng
land, with Mr. Nourse, the American Mes
senger. After her arrival, it had transpired
that Bonaparte had declared to the American
Government, that the only conditions on w hich
he would continue at peace vrith the U-S.
Were, that they should bhul their ports a
gainst British ships of every description, and
interdict all intercourse, with Finland, for he
would, have . no neutrals, To obtain a relaxa
tion of these conditions' is said to have been
the purpose for which the" Osage was dis
patched to France. But all the tttorts of
General ArmstrongVto induce the compliance
of the Frei.ch. gnernmeist were in vain, Bo
naparte wo.uld not recede from what he nad
declared to be his ultimate determination. Jt
appears that the manner in which the Ame
rican mission wi.s received, was as insulting,
as the principle insisted on by France was in
jurious. Upon her &mal at L'Orient the'
Osage was seized, beauseslie.jiad been spo
ken by a British cruizer off that port, nid
she was not . released without repeated re
.presentations from GeneralArmstroiig. Mr.
Nourse, though in -bad health, was kttpt on
board for a w-eek .after his . arrival, and vhen
permitted to go on shore, would not be suffer
ed to proceed farther than L'Orient. In ah
the .conferences too, upon the subject, be
tween General Armstiong and the 1 rench
minister, the latter had been instructed to "as
.sumetlie niost hauglity dcpoi tmeiit. Many
of the Americans' in Fiance, alarmed at the
prospect of affairs, applied lor passports to
leave the country, .but were refused. tJpoii
thc wlwle, it would' seem as if B6haparte rt
lied s,o implicitly on t.he strength of his faction
in America, and on the popular clamor in
that country oiLaccount of the affair of the
Chesapeake, that he thought there was no
nee,d of affecting to cpneihate, and that, his
dictates must be obeyed on the other s?Je of
the Atlantic with the same submission as on
his imperial ally." The Spanif troops' which ie prolate comment oi Europe.. ' u e trust,
were lately quartered in Hamburgh, received -pcvCi, u.i i.c i? giusy ueceivea, anq mat
J
cratic rofiubScans- A I
in general ward
tect. JNIr.
tlrat. Jio-
""ed, and, he must now j-eluctantlv,, cdm
Micate to heeopje of America 'the" In-
u ' and menaces" he has received from his
Penal Ally. .When Bonaparte's determi
, 'ion, nor to allow an v neutrals, . was . com
Jatel Mr. Jtffersoneval months
w he tlid not cotnpiain pfit in a special m-s -f(
f ! Legislature, but as he could not
"'y together with the orders of B'ona-
nb8 al rl,ct'u' se 0 the measure of the
,zr$V by which Jhnteiests of Ahitrica
I tr- "t!, to 'will of a foreign usurp
r :ukf' 5acce' hoever, it apeavsHs not
ior the French ruler ; ne will admit
..nprQmiseand",Anerica - mirst either
4. nt to -range herself among the, vassal
iiu , "FraeVW-Hripsorortly ' assert ''her
rees extent-
ordei s to march to Altona, and quarter theni'
selves there, ' Thisordei', it appers, was giv
en withput any previous notification to the
Banish government, for the commandant at
Aitona declared that he had receTvecF' hbdi
rections upott: the subject. The Spanish
trdoj.s, however, entered Altona , by force,
and billitted themselves upon the inhabitants.
- : ... ',i..:r?:' ; - : May 8.
i-Jl he Brazil and East India Meets sailed from
Portsmouth yestefdy ; the latter will not touch
at the Cape; Lord Stanford, "Sir James
Gambier, and several officers, sailed in the
Brazil, fleet. , ;
The expedition which lately sailed from
the Downs, wilt ronUezvous at Yarmouth.;
The Mars, Admiral Keats, and the Audaci
ous, pwiih several transpoits, arrived there yes
terday. V '''.- '
An Qrder of Council will shoiily appear, for ;
the restoration of all Portuguese" property de
tained in tbis cDunfry, as belongs to Poitugues
subjects now within this realm, or who are
w ith their4awrH50vereign in the Brazils
. nctjy are p-- parie'a deer
The different porl
of Nej; as Avell as of Soult and Victor it is
now said, are to reinforce theWrmy of Pbnte
oryo. -... - - .. :
A Swedish ship which made her escape.
from tl Muros in Spain, is arrived "atPly
mouth.SrShe states that the-TPririce of Peace,
remained in a dungeon at Madrid, but that il
.was supposed he. would sodh be. brought to-'an.
ignominious Jfunishment. . .
- Mr. johnsinn, a King's ' Messenger, arrived
ori Thursday at Harwiclby express, and im
'medidtely proceeded on 'Board the Beaufoy
packet, captain Nonis for Gottenburgh,. which
InTmediately prepared to sc.t sail, )yitliout
vai tin gtp take a: mail on- board.. It is said
that MrT1 Johnson is the bearer of dispatcJies
of the greatest importance'. ii
y A letter was yesterday received by a re!'
spectable- house in the KussiaaUrade, wlilch
implies the complete acquiescence of the Rus-
- the; Obage sian eggrta in lbs- tUw q( -BonapartCt .Thi3
- . - ' - s ...... .
his insolence wjll be duly appreciated in Ame
noa. ' ' 1 "T: :.
Foreign Office May 4.
- The right Horn George Canning,1iis Ma
jetys Frinciple Secretary of State for foreign
affairs, has this ciayjiotified tqthe Ministers
of friend iy and neiural Powers resident -&t this
Court, that - hiVlajestyJiaiiidgedit expe
dient to establish the most ngoixus blockade
of the"? ports of Copetjdi-gen, and of all the
other ports in the island of Zealand ; and
that the same will be maintained and enforc
ed in1 the strictest manner, accordiiTe: to the
usages of war acknowledged and allowed ixi
similar cases. -'"
' ; Hhitekall, May 7.
". The' King has been .pleased, to constitute
and appoint the right lion. Henry Barroji Mut
grave, Sir Richard Bickerron, 'Bart. Vice
Admjral in the Whkie Squadron of his Ma
jesty's .fleet y William Johnstone Hope, and
Robert Ward, Esqi"s the "right hon. Henry
John Viscount Palmerston, James Bulfer, Esq.
and William Demett, Esq. .RearAdmiral of
. ......... - s,-
which have ptweededfromihVagejitslofuie
towns wnnwnom awedenis at wai. . Thft re
ported capture of the island of Bornholm is
premature. . - -. ; ; -- ';---,
Holstein H occttDied. nv Pi
it is not evident that- the traninnrtat;
any part of them into Zealand has been effefc
ed. .. . . - J ,
PRESIDENT'S ANSWER,
To the delegates of the democratic
oj the civ, of Philadelphia in
committee assembled.
pvvtll. 1V11UIV klLliCllX.' ID Whih
1 if rii ... "wivu uut . j
.lot has fallen, has imieed been fruitful of e- -vents"
whiclt-require vigilance and embarrass '
deliberation. That, durihe-snrh a n! Zr '
ciihculty and amidst the perals surrounding '
us, the public measures which hav .- - - (
sued should meet your approbation, h a source
ot great satisfaction..
" It was not expected, in thij age, that na
t.ons so honoi ably distinguished by their ad
vances in stiehce and civilization, would sud- '
dcnly cast'away the esteem they had merited
irom the wni'lfl. rin A r.
" 110m ine em
pire, oi morality, assume a character in his
tory, which all the tears of prosperity will
never wah from its pages. Bytdming this
delirium of wain ing powers,, the ocean havins?
become a field of lawless violence, a su$V
pennon of our navigation, for a time, was e
qually necessary to avoid contest, or enter It
With advantage. ...This measurwin indeed
produce sonie temiwrary Inconvenience but
promises lasting good, by promoting among
ourselves the establishment of manufactures"
hitherto, sought abroad, at the risk of the
collisions no longer regulated by the Urs of
reastiu or moral ty.
" It is-to be lamented.that any of ourciti- '
ens, not thinking with the mass'bf the nation
as to the principles-of our government or 6C
i,s administration, and seeing all proceed.,.,
ij'gs with -a prejudiced eye, should so rhTscon
ceive and misrepresent our situation as to en
courage oppression from -foreign nations.
Our expectation is that their . distempered
views will be understood by. ethers as they
are by ourselves. .But should war be the
roursof dissatisfied citizem find atonement
only fa the blood of our sounder brethren, we
mjstmeetitas an evil necessarily flowing
from that liberty of speaking and writing,
which guards our otheiTrbertics ; zni I have
entire confidence in the assurances that your
ardour -will- be animated in the conflict brought
oiiv by consideration of live necessity, honor,'
and justice of our cause. " v
Isiiicereiy tliank you, fellow citizehsr for
the concern you so' kindly express for my fu
ture happiness. It is a high an abundant ret.
ward for endeaversi be useful and I suppli
cate the care of providence over the well being i
of'.youi selves and our beloved country.
TH: JEFFERSON.
t a meeting of tiie GeorgetownVoiunteersV
held at the Union Tavern, on the evening
of Saturday, tlie 18th inst. the following re-
soiuuons were onerea ana adopted.
O i 1 11 J L- PI.;-n . . rt
The enemy arealunreparai
ts of the Baltic, and the cnpsTJ " ) v.uuAi,ss.uueis execuung
the Office of-High-Admiral of- the , United
Kingdonv of .Gret Britain and Ireland, and
the doniiniotr, island and tl'itories thereunto
belonging, . 7 " , "
This Gazette
:wise contains a Procla
mation for pardoning such seamen and mari
ners as have deserted," and shall return dnto
his Majesty's, service on or before the ' 31st
day of December next. . :
' The rumor of a revolution at Petersburg is
now regarded as totally unfounded.- . ,
The Baltic expedition sailed l,t Tuesday,
but in consequence! pf 1un.janfa.vorabIe change
in u'le vvnd, had madf but little f progress at
the date of the last, accounts. . - : :
-General Armfeldt, the Swedish officer,
commanding the army in' Norway has issued
a Proclamation, to the people of that country,
declaratory of the objects oi the invasion.
It is in spiriiarid expression very unlik those-
W'hereas', from a spirit of patriotism, and a
utsiit iu mm men aiu 10 . me government of t
theinxounti'V.-at a time when ir wm thn.flf. t
ed with external danger, the individuals am
posing the H Georgetown rtfarcr" 'associat
ed themselves into a military corps,, for the
purpose of acquiring the rudiments of military " '
krtowlcdgc; and having, in the prosecution of
this design, Iways so laudable, and more es
pecially so in times like the present,: and in a
government constituted like outs, incurred,
heaty expences, . consume9: iinuch'iimvnd'
bee:i otherwise subjected to great mconvenif
ence ; and whereas, notwithstanding those Sa
crifices, and this high evidence oj? public spirit,
they liave been treated, by the military depart
ment of the government of the nai ion, with a
contumely aiid disrespect, gratingtSTtticir feel."
ings, and mortifying to their pride, in refusing'' .
to commissioai officers, voJunTafily nominated
by. the compaoyin refusing to furnish them
Hwith artirs ftjohe purposof training, and ih all"
tmrvgs withholding that patronage which en-i
terprizes of this nature desen'e, and without :
which they can never prosper ; Theiefprp
' Resolved umnimow!yyVfsX the said military -
company, or association, known and distm
gushed by the' name of ths Georgetown Y-f - h
lunteei-Si sa far, asi may"be5fin '-the-power; ojT
the individuals comqSTngit to effect the sainr '
be, ande same isliereby dissbtyedand . a
ever hereafter declared to be extinct- '"
Kesolved unammjW,ty That the Fo"fu"
resolution be published in the Waihi1011
deraliiK 'z- . : . "'
: iviLL iw vjujj . . , .
T-.ther'coathouseJn':ItWgI".
monS ciiityt orftiieshiJ in August
next, 700 acres of Land, tr the taxesr uuc,
thercciv. for 1206 and 1807 -This land Ues
on Grear Juniper creek, nd was-'entered by,
John Fountain 11 1
' . T JOHN CRAWFORD,
June 28--JrlSheJ tf iWimsnz