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for their surrender, he was informed that .
it cmild n 't be d ue and was referred to the j
writ n answer* (riven by the secretary of
strife on ft previous application in another |
vase, for the principles upon >wch the stir- i
render of Brttish deserters was refused. It j
wa.- remarked to Mr. Erskine at the same .
time, hot!) by the secretary of ihe navy and :
the secretary of state, that although the ,
government could not deliver up deserters, i
i; was so far from countenancing desertion j
trttrt general orders had been issued to our j
naval commander!; not to permit any British j
desetrters to be recruited for the American j
service. Ttheyalso informed Mr. Erskine '¦
a few Jays after, that they had sufficient
reason for believing that the seattien in ques-
»iou were native citizens of the United
States ; this fo-ing the result of an inquiry f
hy c iptan Rarron, in pursuance of orders
ir>>m tl e secretary of the navy. On this
point Mr. Erskine expressed no opinion.
Thi« «as nit asked, because his opinion
co :d loim no part of the ground on which
(;i overnment proceeded ; and it was not
ofle ed, because it appears to have been his
practice, and to have been held as his duty
also, to d i no more than to transmit without
FEDERAL GAZETTE.
THURSDAY, JCLYM.
remarks, whatever documents or informati-
on relative to facts, be might judge proper to
be for aided to the British admirals on dif-
ferent stations. In this case he accordingly
merely stated for the infonnati n of the
British naval commander, that the result of
the inquiry mack by captain Barron bad sa-
tisfied our government that the seamen for
For wh se surrender be had applied were
citizens and ,natives of the United Statas.
* This answer was written Jan. 7, 1807.
It was produced by an application for the
surrender to their allegiance of certain Bri-
tish seamen, who having united with Ame-
rican seanjen left on boad a vessel ordered
10 Halifax as a piiac, brought her into the
United States, and ¦ ere charged with mu-
tiny, piracy, and an attempt to murder their
officers. The ans .er stated, that not only
no prerogative f if the purpose In question is
vested in the executive of the United Stales,
but that neither the law nor the practice of
nations imposes on them an obligation to
provide for the surrender of fugitives from
the jurisdiction of other power'. The obli-
gation can result only from special and mu-
tual stipulations, which do n t exht bet wen
the United Stales and Great Britain, and
¦which, indeed, as limited in the expired ar-
ticles of the treaty of 1791., do not compre-
hend' fttiy other offences than those of actual
murder and forgery.
t The informifiou reported by captain
Ban on, was as follows :
ll>tll'iom Wart pressed from on board the
brig Neptune, captain Crafts, by the British
frigate Mclampds, in the bay of Biscay, and
ha; served on board the said frigate fifteen
month*. William Ware is a native Ame-
rican, bom on Pipe Creek, Frederick c un-
ty, state of Maryland, at firuce's mills, and
served his time at said mills. He also lived
at Eliicott's mills, near Baltimore, and drove
, a .vaggon several years between Haeerstown
ajtd Baltimore. He also served 18 months
'¦n board the United States frigate Chesa-
peake, under the commatd of commodore
Morris and captain James uarron. He is an
Indian-looking man.
uanirt M irti/2 was pressed at the name
time and p!a~e. He is a native of West-
Port, in Mass ibhu»etts, about 30 miles to the
IMS wird of Newport, R I.—served his time
out of New York, with captain Marrowby,
3 1 the Ca!ed.;,,id, refers to Mr. Benjamin
J'r.v's merchant, and Mr. Benj nnin Coree,
of West-Port. He is a colored man,
n Struchn, born on the Eastern Shore
ol Maryland, fttieen-Ann's county, between
OntrevillS and ftaeen'a Town, refers to
Mr. John Price and —— Pratt, Esquire, on
ent Island, who knew his relations—
S'tr cim -ailed in the brig Martha Bland, cap-
tin Wevitt, from Norfolk to Dublin, and
from thence to Liverpool. He there left the
bag and shipped on board an English Qui
iieamail. He was pressed on board the Me-
lamptvS off Cape Pinistere, to better his si
tmvtion he consented to enter, being deter-
mined to make his escapia when opportunity
offered. He served on board the frigate two
; ta's. He is a white man, about 5 feet 7
igh.
William. Ware and John Strachn have
protections—Daniel Martin says be lost his
after leaving the frigate.
J"kn Lit U, alias Francis, and Ambrose
Watts, esc.ipod from the Melampus at the
same time, known to the above persons to
be Americans, but have not been entered by
my recruiting- officer.
William Ware, Daniel Martin, and John
Strachn state, that some time in February
last, there was an entertainment on board
the Melampus, lying then in Hampton
Roads - that while the officers, &c. were en-
gaged, and all the ship's boats, except the
captain's gig, being hoisted in—Themselves
and the two other men mentioned, availing
themselves of a moment to seize the gig
and rw of—that as soon as they had got
into the boat they were hailed to know
"f
J20 qi\ casks,-)
5 ¦ lia.f (nils lor very choice Lisbon
J8 hall pipes J v INK.
16 pipi's J
T pipes Sp-j.s
3 bales Cor¦.S.^^^^^^^^^
ftlOIAS CHASE, Auct:
Brandy,.
he' general Cn/er of ISaltiiftor*.
County Court, in cases isf insolventdebtors, iviiC
be sold By publH auction, at i'-'c Store of Coie<
and J. Bonsai, rfiict'rs, No 1T4, ifaltim<;re-
Streetl in the City of Baltimore, On iVionilar
the Vith day of September next, at ten o'clock
i ihefor&ioon,
ALL the right of Walter Musclielt, being
an e»tnte during- his life in 011c undivided 4
WILLIAM GWYNNA Tntstees,
iSUvfiW
In
Sc
e oy . -.ue'uoiL
On WEDJJJS-SsPAY,
The >t'i Auir is;, at .> o' I cfc in the afternoon
w 11 be so d at the pre,ims*s, agreeably, to
te.uis who will (ii 01 be 01:1 e i:n> wti,
¦\ o.-i . 1 'M-ll an-sij ;.l t/.o-li'iv B C
Dvvs ng H use, sil a ¦' on -iulo r
11 -.. ¦¦{ o.v occupied by . .'.
Benoii ge, who will (five possession$ue firgi
oi ftept. ruber n \t
THOMAS CHASE, Auct'r
Jj.lv 0.
'i O be Sold,
A quantity.oJ Cafwiifge Boxes.
A so,
ShouHer Belts, Tin U Wooden Cans In-
quire ol F D&LAVU tTE.'at J. is. jauffi'et's
No -12, ... rib G»y-street.
A i eachcr VVanteJ.
A riertleman, capable of teUfhing the Erx»
so language. Grograpfiy, and Arithmetic*
hrinir go id recommendations, will
n ,1 Ivant.sg'Ous sitiiatiun, by apply-
•g at Hi is Office.
J"iy 3t'-._
aid can
¦e-ir of ;
i'p;;ii!ets-, .\c.
Gold and Sllvei-Kpaulet,, Silver Cord »n*
Bind
ing, just received and (or sr.le by
KIDD Sc OWEN.
!v v-i________________ d4t|)
The United Baltimore Rangers'
\v requested 0 meet oh the green in front
Jul) 30;
eo4t.
li;
i'j7 a
iavaaa Sugar.
boxes White, ; Havau.i Sugfir of very
______ ^V'i. i Supenoi quality,
Now IhU in^ from jii ho; r.t tin tin;; VCtl-ess
an 1 for sa .¦ bv TrtUMAS 'i'a.N AN I
Jalvdi .'o;;;
of theSecond Presbyterian (Rev Mr.Gk-ndv'%%
irch, on FRIDAY, the 31st, at bo'clocte
¦
prer.isfly,^witl,;,ut srms It ;s hoped the mem-
bn-s wih be puncttl .1 in their attendance
x' n r- iJOH3* *'Clttttfi, Cotdn.
N. B Gendemei, wishing to j .in diis corps*
July oO *m
ill t.l
ase ittrnd.
id!
-TJ .........- ....."*¦' s,,-n*,,'io »»o,i.
Schippenbiel, by H^hberg and Barte
They have strong advanced guards
rally effected their escape to land, namely,
Se'.vall's Point -that they then carefully
hauled up the boat on the beach, rolled up
t'nt! coat, and placed that and the oars in
tiie boat, gave three cheers and moved up
"oimtry.
This report is in a train, we learn, to be
/orrnally verified in every material circum-
starvoo, by a recurrence to the sources of
. evidence pointed oat by the seamen respect
hely. [Intelligencer.]
A Drummer &. Fifer wanted.
The Patriotic Guards waat a good Drum-
foil Fifer immediately ; they will either
the month or year ; they
¦will give them liberal pay and handsome uni-
forms By order, . • *
C. P. WHITE, Sec'ry
J J 29. U4i
_________________fcnthor then speaks
negociations for peace which are be-
lieved to be carrying on, and of the hopes
which are entertained of them ; and then
complains bitterly of the exaggerated reports
which are circulated in tlie Prussian army
relative to rhe demands of the emperor Na-
poleon. " However good (says he) may be
the spirit which annua es this little army,
whatever fortitude it has displayed in suffer-
ing continual fatigues, it is not the less cer.-
i.iin that they sustain them only in the hope
of seeing their country speedily' restored to
peace : for that enthusiasm with which they
formerly attacked the French, and those
sanguine hopes which they once cherished,
have long si:>ce disappeared ; they have va-
nished like smoke."
Tlie following is said to be the exact poii
tion of the Russian and Prussian army :
The Prussians form the ri{-;ht wing of the
allied array ; its right goes as tai as Fris-
chaff, a; d its left extends to Worditt The
Passarge separates it from the French irmy :
thatri.o being shallow Prussian deserters
frequently cross it and join the French, at
my. According to their accounts, the
Prussian army is by far too much extended,
Considering its number. The Russians oc
copy the line which goesftom Wormditt to
Sartertsteirr,
g advanced guards posted
before their wings and cenlre. General Pla-
tow, command, r oi the Cossaci, commands
the left wing, and reconnoitres as far as Or-
telsbourg. A corps of the Russian army de-
tached from the main body, is posted be-
tween Bialystock and the Rug.
The country occupied by the Russians is
completely devasated, and in many villages
there remains not a single inhabitant —That
occupied by the Prussians is used much bet-
ter. This is owing to the different discip-
line of the two armies. The Cossacs plun-
der their friends with ns little mercy as they
do their enemies.
The communication between the French
and the Russian, and Prussian head quarters
is very frequent ; and it is generally believ-
ed that negociations for the re establish-
ment of peace are carrying on, with consi-
derable prospect of success—The Prussians
appear to hope for it with the utmost anxie-
ty.
Paris, June 0.
The last letters from Italy announce, that
a corps of Montenegrins, together with a
number of the inhabitants of Catlaro, had
made an attempt on the 2d May, to take
possession of the village of TtiUnia, in
Turkish Albania, but the governor who had
received some reinforcements from general
Launston, had totally defeated - the insur-
gents, who left three nwndied dead upon
the field of.battle
A letter from a respectable gentleman
at Washington to bis friend in this city,
states, that an order had been issued to re-
lease the British midshipaian and four sea-
men lately taken near Lynnhaven-bay.
{Phllad. Register.-]
We are informed, by a frentleman who
arrived in the stage last night, from Norfolk,
that the seizure of the officers and seamen by
our cavalry, had greatly incensed the Bii-
tish commanders—that tiiey bad in return
taken five American citizens out of a coast-
ing vessel, and that the commodore of the
squadron declared he would capture every
American vessel going in or out, until
the British prisoners were restored.
Gen Ma1 hews had conceived it prudent.
from the aspect of affairs, not to discharge
the military, agreeably to the orders of the
executive—but intended to retain them un-
til a messenger c mid be dispatched to
Richmond, [Petersburg Rcp>tb.~\
Extract of a letter from a British tffi'cer, to
a gentleman in Nnv-York, datca Jidv 14,
1&07.
'•I applied on my arrival here to vice-
admir.d lord Berkeley for leave of absence
oa my private affairs for two months, which
ue iea lily granted. I had good interest
xvitli him, the lit. Rev. Dr. Ingliss, the bishop
of this province, a.skeu it as a favor. 1 had
taken my passage and put my baggage on
board an American ship that had been sent
in here by one of our sloops of war, bvit was
released immediately by the court of admi-
ralty. While waiting a change of wind the
Columbine sloop of war, Lord Townsend, ar-
rived, and brought the account of that dis-
tressing affair at Norfolk;. The admiral sent
his secretary to say, " that from the accounts
he had received from the United States it
would be highly improper in him to suffer
any British Officer to go to any part of the J
United States ; also added he had no sort of
doubt of an immediate rupture between the
two countries." I pray Heaven to prevent
it, as it will materially injure the trade of
the two finest countries on earth. The com-
merce of England and America covers the
ocean ; then why go to war ? Every thing
here is in the most active state of preparati
On ; in the king's dock-yards all the bands
work double tides, and every thing that can
float is getting ready for sea. A number of
furnaces for heating red hot balls have been
shipped for the squadron in.the Chesapeake,
and 111 shoit, there are as active preparations
on foot as if the war was actual]}' declared.
I heard a report this morning at the admiral's
that there is an account of a small vessel
having arrived at Windsor, about 50 miles
frOrii hence, from one of the outhern ports
of the U. S. that says, an embargo tvas ac-
tually laid on by t'iie ( ftktXnittd
jBuliuai and tjootltme,
No. t34, IJowly's wharf,
H.lV jar sate,
30 pipes 1st proof Holland Gin,
X f rlo Corsica '*'. inn.
25 qr. Jo. Aiai:ig-a do.
10 hit' do. C .taloiiiu do.
S pipes L. P. Madeira do.
400 1 exes Mould Candies,
5 1 do •iKTin iceti do.
SO do Dipt do.
1.); do. Wlu.e y
lot do ihkite Codfish,
'25 tierces Fresh Rice,
l.i puncheons 4th proof country Rum,
1 JO bbls Fat Mru.kera!,
,2 cissks Win i Oil,
5) bags B".'g;d Sugar,
3J0 do Allui ,
10 bbis. Frankincense,
3) tons clean K"s.i;. Hemp,
75 cases fresh Salad od, 3. flasks each,
50 kegs Fie !. Raisins,
15 elies s soorh ii;,' Tea,
l!u bbls 1' .-k, in excellent order,
.5 bags Pimento,
20 boxes Cotton ami Wool Cards.
Also,
40 bides and cases Madras tmd Calcutta
Goods, consisting of Charc&nies, I sppei
Cambays, Munii a Ginghams, Rurakall ditto
St Thomas ditto, Nic.uiees V'ei tipubiv, Cu!-
d lore olues, Sooty Komall, and real Mr.-
dias H'dk'fs, Beerboom Currahs, >.c &? t.c.
July 30 d(it-eo6t
This Day is Published,
Price 37 I -2 (ents,
The New Hungarian Broad
Sword Exercise.
With the Drill, Mo'ions, Words of Com
mand, he. dedicated to die Volunteer Ca-
valry of the United States. To be had at the
stores of Messrs. Conrad, Lucas & Co Messrs
Cole and I. Bonsai, Messrs. Dobbin & Mur-
pfu, Market-street, Messrs Cullender and
Wells. No. 11, South-street, and at the Print
ing Office ot S. Barnes, Feil's-Po nt.
The Baltimore Hepublican
Draymen Volunteers, are requested to attencl.
on Friday Evening Next, precisely at five
o'clock., in tlie Park, near the Gate- . Tunc-,
tual attendance is requested, as the commit-
tee will then r port their opinion as to the-
uniform. All persons desirous of joining thi*
association areinvitgd to attend-
GEORGE HOW'/UtD, Captain.
July 30
V.o
pos'- o
Columbian Volunteers,
¦¦ are requested to assemble for the pur>t
f drill, with arms at your usual place
¦ •f parade near the Human Cathedral, ors
S iturdriv Evening next, at 6 o'clock Punc-
tual attendance is r. quested, as the roll will bes
culled at half p-.st fi o'clock, precisely, aiwit
the absent .es fined,
£h order,
J. "WILSON, Soc'ry.
Those Gentlemen wbu have been electect
members and not yet si |
