Richmond Weekly Intelligencer, Volume 1, Number 22, Richmond, Wayne County, 12 June 1822 — Page 2
od to captain Behring (1741) a new expedition in these same latitudes. She sent w ith him the academicians, Gmeliiif Dclihdc la Craycrc, Midler, SicUtr Fisher, frtisihucojK Krcrcheniniroff', and others, and the first chart cf these countries which is known, was the result of their labors, published in 1G5G. Besides the strait
which bears the name of the thief of
this expedition, he descovered n great part of the islands which are found between the two continents.
Cape or mount St. Elins, which still
title of first occupation; and, in the last place, upon that which results from a peaceable and uncontested possession of more than half a ccn-
tuary; an epoch, consequently, sev
eral years anterior to that when the
United States took their place a-
mong independent nations. It is, moreover, evident that if the right to the possesion of a certain ex
tent of the IS oath-west coast of America, claimed by theU. States onlv
devole upon them in virtue of the
jects imposes upon rum. Pacific
means not having brought any allevi
ation to the Russian American Company, against foreign navigation in the waters which environ their establishments on he Northwest coast of America, the Imperial government
saw itself under the necessity of hav
ing recourse to the means of coer b J 1 :
cion, auu oi measuring uiv eiui
rording to the inveterate character
of the evil to which it wished to put ;i stop. Vet it is easy to discover,
treaty of Washington of the 22d of on examining closely the last regula
tions of the Russian American Lompanv, that no spirit of hostility had " . . 1 A f
bears this name upon all the charts, February, 1819, and I believe it
was o called by captain Behrine. would be dinicut to make good any who discovered it on the dav of the other title, this treaty could not con-
feast of this saint, and his second cap- fcr upon the American limits assign-;The most minute precautions have
lai Tel iricotT. pushed his dicover-jed to the Russian possessions uponjbeen taken in it to prevent abuses of
aav tiling to do with its formation.
tali
a- laras me 4'Jin degree el north ude.
liack, or (Kieh-erate use of the incontestible right, k found them at.'ice the Russian navigators, who
the same coast, becaue Spain hrrsell
had never pretended to a similar.
The first private expeditions, im- The imperial government in assign-
deriaken upon the North Coast ofii"g tor limits to the Russian posssesAmerica, go back as far as the vcaiy-ion on the Northwest coast of Ame1743, " jrica, on the side of Bchring's Strait, In 1703, the Russian cstabli-h-Jand on the other, the 6 1 t degree of merts had alreadv extended as far;nortli latitude, has only made a mod-
as the islai.d of Kod
ink.) In 1778. Cook
Oui.alashka, and si me Kuian in-'" ere the first to expl, re that part ofjthc notification, will expose them-cd on by penury and want. Many
si riptiois at Kodiak. Vancouver"0 American continent m 17-11, selves to seizure bv infringing upon iprrih for the lack of pod.
authority on the part of commander-
of Russian cruisers appointed for the execution of said regulation. At the same time, it has not been neglected to give all the timely publicity necessary to put those on their guard against whom the measure is aimed.
Its action, therefore, can only reach
the foreign vcssela, which, in spite of aiforded to the suffering people urg-
iu the Russian establishment in tlu vpushed their dise-verv as far as t!ie the line marked out in the regula-j France. A considerable war ap-
B.iy of ICmai. In tine, captains,"1 degree ot north latitude, fhe lion. The government Hatters itself pears to be on the point of breaking Mii, Purtleck, I .a IVvn.iise, una- Vt degree therefore, is no more that these cases will be very rare: out between the French and English
ldmouslv attest the ei-te: t e of Rus-!tna:i a a niean point
between the if all remain as at present not one. 'fishermen, by encroachments of the
sian establishments in these latitudes. (Russian establihment o( Aew Archil" the imperial government had.ja"P'l situate under the 67th degree, at the time, published the di-cover- a,1d the American colony at the ie- made bv the Russian navigator-. 'niouth of Columbia, which is found
after D'hria? and 7lhirtW.t viz:!ui der the 49ih degree of the samejira, from Behring's Strait to the 1 5th CA-VVm;? crtbrcuuiiof?. AVf-z7nif-ltitude. decree of north latitude, and on the
1 otigt, in the last place, to request you to consider, sir, that the Russian possession-!, in the Pacific Ocean, ex
tend on the Northwest coast of Amer-
latter on the shores of the former.
Tranquility is said to have been res
tored at Toulouse. .Many plots and conspiracies are spoken of as existing in France
but do not appear likely to amount
c?. P.rcufl rot;hairtj! LcztrtfU All these considerations united, opposite side of Asia ad the Nlandsjto much jut now. Gen. Berton is M ;rfi(V;.'u:.-;fjr, Lezcashtjjl A -! !s'iVe concurred in inspiring the im-adjacent from the same strait tojsupposed to have fled to Portugal.
:.',?. at.doti.ei, no one could retu-e pe-nal government, with an entire the 4oth degree. The extent of sea, Laicien Uonaparte has been orto Rusia the right of first discoverv conviction that, in the last arrange- 0f which these possessions from thejdored to leave Brussels, for having
i:or ei iil'l cn anv one denv hei "nems adopted ui itussia relative to limits, comprehends all the conditi- married his son to a daugnter ouo-
tnat oi nr-t cccunation. er possesions on the north coast, theimw u-iiirh .m nr. imn v nttnrhr.l tn'senti lionanarte. I he very name
M rc . r. when I. Joe Mar- legitimate r'mlit of no foreiirn nowerUAw a'kMpn fprmi-i' .mil the Ru-istri!;rs th leffitimates with terror.
t; zua- sent, in 1T3:, bv the court1'1''18 "een mlnnged. In this convic-Uian trovemnvMit mi"ht consequently
tion, the Emperor, my august Sov- judge itself authorised to cxercUe reiirn has judge that his good right,rUpon this sea the rifit of sov reigntv.
- and especially that of ent irely interdicting the entrance of foreigners.
cf Madrid to form an establishment in Vaao liver's l-!.i:.d, and to rejn -vr lore it; ,ers frvnither.ee, under
pretext that all that const belong-
tt.
anl obligation imposed bv Providence
upon turn to protect, with all his pow-
cd to Spain, he gave not the least the intereats of his subjects, sufdisturaiice to the Russian coloniesticicntly justified the measures last
taken by his Imperial Majesty in favor of the Russian American Compa-
ai.J navieaturs. Yet the Soanisl
gnven.ment was not ignorant of their
txitt i,ce: IjT this very Martinez had visited them the yenr before. Tao report which captain Malespi-
ija made ot the results ot this vovae.
The vienyafds about Bordeaux have su tie red much bv the frost, and
wines and brandies have advanced
in price.
Spa in. The French editors have
Rut it nreferred only assorting itsimaiiuhictured several accounts ot
essential rights witliout taking anvjmaacres in Spain -uh as the kil
advatance of localities. The Km-
peror, my .August Sovereign, sets a very high value upon the maintenance of the relations of amity and good understanding,' which have till now subsisted between the two coun-
nv, without its being necessary to
clothe them with the sanction of treaties. I shall be more succint, sir, in the
pp ve that the Spaniards very weIljcxP0:,tu-n of the motives which de- tries. The dispositions of his Imp.
kiit-w of the Ru-ian colonies; andjt,rr,nned the imperial government Majesty in this regard have never in this very report it is seen that tht to prohibit foreign voxels from ap-f;ii)od appearing at all times, when court of Madrid acknowledged that!Proat-'bitg the North West Coast ot1an occasion has presented itself in its possessions upon the coast of the1 America belonging to Russia, with- the political relations of the United Pacific ocean, ought not to extend to-'11 the distance of at least 100 ItalianiState with the Kuropcan powers: the north f Cape Blanc, taken frcmi111'-- This measure, howeverjand, surely, in the midst of a general the poiM.-.f Trinitv, situated ur.dcr!?1'v,rc it may at first view appear, peace, Russia does not think of aim-
the 4 2d degree SO' of north latitud.-.!1" iter all hut a measure ot proven-ing a blow at the maritime interest
When, in 17M the enqeror Paul11011' U is exclusively directed aI. granted to the precent Americai-anst the culpable enterprizes ot cemiKu it- first charter. h i;av e iti,rei adventurers, who, not con-
tie' ef l.ive pu. ion ef the North p-"1 Wltl exercising, upon the coat We-t f '.-ast of America, which be-jaboye mentioned, an illicit trade. Iv z d to Ru-ia, from the 55th de- P.r j11 dicial to the rights reserved en-en-" of north latitude to Behriri-j'sl1'1"1' to the Russian American com-
. i .....
IT -.1.1 . Itnnr .i.-k.n t I w , .. , ..I..
permiitfMi mem to ex-i: 'v uj'i' " smus, u
ling all the royal family and the as
sassination of many of the patriot leaders but the tranquillity of the kingdom was certainly improving, though all was not quiet. Cadiz ha been declared a free port. Portugal is going on regularly. The cortesare now chietlv interested about the condition of Brazil. Conciliatory measures are rccmnmmend-
VCTa am :rkinfflf). Viva nn Fn-
Slbh p.Vr), upon theVuthority CH RICHMOND LNTELLlcj
letters from L,ivcrpooJ, that wunin
the last four months three American
v essels have cleared out there, with careroes consisting principally of Brit
ish manufactures, cotton goods, and
bullion, ostensibly for Java, but real Iv for China.
The distress of the agriculturalist
continues: it is exceedingly severe
A person whose tenants owed him
800. offered to receive of them 400
as in full, and out of the whole of
them could not raise money enough
to pay one of his own debts of 50. Average price of wheat, Gth April. 15.v. CY. per quarter. A ship with specie, &c. valued at
170,000. from Jamaica to London, is
supposed to he lost at sea.
The action against the cavalry for
the massacre at Manchester in 1820,
has resulted in a verdict fur the dtftud-
ants as was expected. Ireland is yet disturbed and exe
cusions are frequent. The country
can hardly be quieted unless relief is
Wednesday, June 12,
Friend Lacey,
Please insert the f0jt ticket, and oblige
-ln CHry to pQrl.
lO.'A ConnrcsS9 JOHN' TEST. State Legislature, KOTIERT inn., HENRY HOOVER fc. F. MORRIS.
t' trait, lb
tend their discoveries to the outh.!mrni?n arm-' an nununition to the a d tn re to frm establishments J'atives in the Ru-ian pos s-inn in
pr.jvid. d hev did not encroach uponUmt'ricni exciting them, likewise,
of the United States, she who ha
constantly respected them in those dillicult circumstances in whicu Eu
rope has been seen to be placed in
et
1.
Russia and Turkn were not yet at s
A squib for small gam. Fellow Citizens:
I UK industry of son r
iicuieii in circulating n.jurir delamatory reports of Mr. Tfci the purpose ofedec ting a dl the public sentiment, relative V
o iiiqHJses on t duty, as his friend, andasafrit; the nnlilie in .
r , . tiuuiv.ue liim j
aspersions so lalse and unmanly to thwart an intended impositic the people, still more dangers more to be dreaded, than thei-
to be visited on the head of Mr 1
uy ineir circulation. I I understand, from incontv!
authority, that certain trentlenJ
this county say they have rlej
memseives 10 support 31 r. Ferri
a seat in the next Congress-"
presume they havJic quid pro at least, in expectancy. What
weight or obligation thiscontr?ic: impose on the public to him, 1 am ignorant of; but l'1 the people of this count v do net sider themselves the vassals of t gentlemen; and that they nil;
uiiuei nu mera i on:iganon, or day of election, to fulfil iAfVcc::.
Those gentlemen, fcaiiLg to
10 meir person:: l
have esor trd to defaration, i -i
succour; ana are now chcj: in the frontier sections of the ct
where .Mr. Test is unknown t
people, that he is violently cpj
to tiie Llective 1- ranchise. acd
he wants all ollicers of co trr
appointed without the voice c.
people. Ibis I pronounce to
gros falsehood; but where en-. ed, or by whom begotten I lube settled by its propagators. 1 been circulated in a manner avors strongly of preconcerts, rangement; if true, it is mat!-.
great importance, and should h
war.
Some nesrociatiniK were stillilishcd UI,UI1 t,ie hol! t0P!
i
aid to be iriier no :.:d it ua re- umiiS oi vYvr' lxS paper
ported that Anuria and Engl and'taU- ou'1 to bcar rcu.i dof hi
were to he mediators: but both par-!,UK'li opnenues; ar.u in i:
ties were preparing for battle. It appears to us that the divan will not
the latter times, and the in.Muer.ce .dl1"-P; ;it, i.-M any thing to
lt!f' terutory occupied by
p"V(T
others;
in everv manner to resistance and
revolt against the authorities there
This act, when made public. f?x-ll--tablished.
cit-d ;. claim on the part of other American government doubtc i i iM-, nt even on that of Ma- e8 recollects that the irregular con-
dr.d. which confirms that it did not!duct of these adventurers, the ma-
extend its pretensions to the COth degree. When the government of the United States treated with Spain for the region of a part of the North Wtt Coast, it was able to acquire by tne treaty of Wadiiniton. the riglit to all that belonged to the Spaniails north ofthe42d degree of latitude; but this treaty savs nothing positive concerning the northern
jority of whom was composed of
Arnei ican citizen:, has been the object of the most pressing remonstrances on -he part of Russia, to the Federal government, from the time that diplomatic missions were organized between the two countries. These remonstrances, reprated at dillerent times, remain constantlv without effect, and the inconveni
ence, to which they ought to brum
which the United States have been unable to avert. I have the honor to be, with high consideration, sir, your most obedient humble servei.t, PIKRRK DE POLFTICA. Washington, 2?,th Frb. Z22. To be cuncludtdin our next.)
i .1 : a .
boundry of this cession, became, Vv . increase, fact, Spain well knew that she could lc mPcr Government, res-
l" -uii mt iiiituuuinui im; vimerican Government, has always abstain
ed from attributing the ill success
of its remonstrances to any motives
than those that How, if I may be allowed the expression, from the very nature of the institutions which govern the national affairs of the Amer
ican Federation. But the high opinion which the Emperor' has al
ways entertained of the rectitude of)
the American government, cannot
exempt him from the care w hich his
not say, that the coat as far a the GOth degree belonged to her.
From this faithful exposition of
known facts, it is easy, sir, as appears to me, to draw the conclusion.
that the rights of Russia to the ex
tent of the iNorth West Coast, specified in the regulation of the Russian American Company, rest upon the three bases required by the general law of nations, and immemorial
usage among nauons: mai l, upon
the title: of tirst discovery; upon the sense of justice towards his own sub
Foreign News. By numerous arrivals, we have London dates as late as the evening of the 17th April. A summary notice of the chief things mentioned will be found below. Great Britain. Parliament re-assembled on the 17th April the 19th
was fixed on for the second reading the bill for opening the ports of the West India colonies; and tlie 22d assigned to take up the report of the agric ultural committee. The kings visit to Ireland cost 40,000. which was taken out of the
droits onneaumtraiiv.
It is calculated that the silver lead mine now at work at Cornwall, and others about to commence, will, in a few years, raise sufficient silv er for the use of the kingdom. At Sir Christopher Hawkins1 mine in the county, a plate of silver has been extracted which weighed nearly 400lbs. This mine produces two and
sometimes three such pieces a month.
iRuda, but lias determined that bos
tilities shall be commenced by that power, the forces of which were still concentrating on the frontier. The state of the road- had prevented the approaches of the artillery, which the Russians seem to be waiting for. Turkey. The Janissaries have behaved very disorderly on several occations; 150 were imprisoned at Con
stantinople arid 15 others put to death. 130,000 Asiatic troops are in the neighborhood of the capital,
on whom the sultan appears to place much reliance. The Turks arc furious for war with the Russians, and it is said that the sultan will himself lead the armies, aceompanied by the
famous standard of Mahomet; which,
being displayed, calls every follower
ot the prophet to arms. Many of the provinces are in a
state of fermentation; especially Bos
nia, hervia, Albania, and Loini.
The Turks continue the cruelties
on the Greeks, though some of the tales seem too horrible lor belief. At Kydonia they are said to have employed themselves in hanging and
shooting about 1000 children who
were too small for the ulave market:
and it is stated they had butchered 1200 persons attached to the monasteries of mount Athos, which caused the monks to take part in the struggle. The Turks have desolated Moldavia with fire they destroyed 5110 houses at Jassy on the night of tin OtU March. Ml. AY". ,
dregs of society he could rot fire
supporter. Is it so with 31r. 1
Who has ever heard this krrJ
him, until it was puffed in the i
tier of the county by a vvatcL-1
a tovorite candidate.
If those lovers of their coc
(who want honest men, as they in Congress.) know that he ad: to this aristocratical dochir.e, not, like true patriots, (t'orgt' personal feclinir in their fenv:
the public good.) arraign the il
before the public, through tw
dium of the public prints, titf might there vindicate the correc: of his politics, or deny the base :
dor injuriously circulated him? The fact is, no gcr.tlf: dare commit himself in this manner; and 1 aver that thes
mahly insinuations (wnicn more than their authors daret press at the hazard of defection?
in.-ite nlelv in their knOV.if
the deep conviction felt by tit lie, of Mr. Test's superior alw and the satellites of Mr. Fen thus calumniate Mr. Test, hvf
r..ni e.-itAj 1 1 tri- f- im rose
IIIUV.1I .7 V 11 7 V. J ' " " - I - the public, who know him, as 3
of abilities; or at least, as a cj
equal abilities with air. i est. for the sake of the crescent they, "we'll upheld the P(f convince the world that inabilities are superior, his p1; are not congenial with a ref11that in the sunshine of lihcrtvj full fruition of those rights wont;
. ',l.r A-t a ii i r f'i 1 1 r; lie IS beccl
1 . a 1 1.1 .InnV hi?!
uespoi; auu vvoum