Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 30, Vincennes, Knox County, 21 July 1810 — Page 2

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Hartford, Nlxmton, FJinhetb, Camden, c. h. Ind'nntown, (luniiiiikf. h-and '1 tills creek to North Well binie Va. From i-llix.brth to New Lebanon. From Wanenton by K unburn s bridge, Sill's H.iir, N'lh C. h. Tarboioil:h, (Jirnivillr, V.UnnTto,, nth, Woodllot k and Gmvunti'ti to Lake Landing on M Uta-mufk-et fYom Halifax by Enfield, Mount Prof. pfCt to rirboiough. From Hd-ib to Nafli c. h. From Halifcxby SiotUud neck, Hamilton, Wdliamllon, J.medown, Plymouth Sc Vlhmlton C. h. to St Upperuon. Fo n llaleigh ny Smithruld, Waytfboro' Knidon nd Newborn to Beufoit. From Kmgdon to Snow hill, Fiom F-ycttvillr by SipPon r. b. Duplin C b. k fouth W-lhingtou to Wilmington. From F ytttey die by EliZ loethtown to Wilmington. . Froii) Eli2 ibetbtown to Mtrcb ddle. IX TL XX ESS EE. From A'ingduii, Va. by Blountfville , R fviil, Rorfville. iVhitef.des, Been' Ihtiou, Rittledqr, Knoxville, Campbell, Meredith, Kindlon, Hartleys Alex uidcrs, White pUms, Cirtluge, D.xons fprings, Cairo, GdUtin, Hendrrfonville, NaOivdle, Franklin Sc Columbia to the Big fpiing. From Blountfvtlle by Jonelborotiqh, Gieenvill', Cheek's erofs roads and Dan dridije to Knoxvitle. ' . From Jonrfbough by Eliiabethtown to Alh c. h. N. C. , From the Warm fprings N. C. by Newpnit, Sevierville, Knoxville, Clinton and Chitwood toPuIafki, K. From Newport by Cheeks Crofs rods, Been's lUtion, Tazewell and Powell's valiry to Cumberland gap. . From Knoxville by M-yfdle, Telico, Amoy river, Vandown, Tukrytown, near the jun&ion of Koofe and T.lipoofe rivers, being the head of Alabama rivrr to Fort ioddert on the Mobile river M. T. From Carthage to Lebanon; From Cirtbikje to Fort Blount. From Nafhvdlebv Charlotte, Hirkrmn C. h. and Humphreys c. h. to Charlotte. From tfalhville by Springfield to Iluffelville, K. From Spnngfi-U by Portroy!, Cbrkf ille and Palmyra to Stewart c h. Sc from thence to Eddy villr in the flair of Ky. From Kincflon by Rhea c. h. Bledfoe C. ii. Wmeoton Sc 'rff-rfon to Naflnille. From Wayne c h. K. by Overton c. h. ind White p!in to White c. h. From Columbia by Shelby ville, Winchrflrr. Fyettville, Huntfwlle, M. T. and Puhflci to Columbia, From Bledfie- c. h. t Franklin c. h. C To be ccntinued.J

rnorx the national intelligencer.

BY THE JOHN ADAMS. London, February 1 9 1 Ii , 1810. Sir, 1 received on the 12th ind. by mr. Pow. el, whom I bad fmt lbme time before to France, a Irttrr from gen. Armftrong, of which a copv is enclofea ; and, k-epiu in virw the inflruclions contained in your lit trr to mc of the ll:h of November lad. I l;ave written to Lord Willefl-y, to enciuire whether -my. and if any, wlut n!.,ikdrsuf France, indituted by Great Britain during the prefen: wr, before the 10 of January, 1807, te underdnod hrre to be in force. A copy of my letter to lord WclUlL-y is cnclolrd. ?t is not improbable tint this o tTi i i a 1 rnqui't ud! produce a ot larat KMi, n anSsrr to it, tlt; nor.- of thole bloi L-df s art i:i fotrr ; and I llculJ pirlumc that fuch a d'lr-ii n w I ! br intiv-d n Fr-nue fuHii, i ly I i t v uu' tlir ofid.tion an-D-D fu- t. y- . A'tnlt'on. I !ri ' . ' 1 1 .iv ,ir tn.t th,s in -j ct Cruld lnvr h-rti b'-'i.b: hrL-rc tl.r It.ulh r5V rrnmnt 1" at'V ' rr (or r:i ! bn tbt i Iim b 3 1 1 1 v e t h o f ri i . 1 : on! J not, I t uik. b.. vr l-ro proper to b-vr j-p'ird t r 4 i r ti a X ioo rt" tl r b..i k d- if iii Ition, aI c hr. rr i: i; f r r I i 11 X'i-I '.- rr id rXif t-'-r-) or r-i iuv p - t ll i!, in :j l-ttrr to 1 WW l v, to f iilid rr. Amri.i, nimicti m my rr.ijuirv to -rUi I .! dr. I VC, bovvrr r, fupp ) f - itb- i,, h!p-r f,i,r (41IJ biv- attil i C-- Mo.rlv t. ,? , iU fxplaisi to 1 rt W 0-V . 'i i' fmn, t hr prnhtbtli ; v TTr.j-d'V '--. Ami, !r,,.i.; Intrr. tint a culaf4;iJ.i Ly ihu uvcrnuicnt, to the cl-

! feA bove mentioned, wcnld be followed f ' bv lhr rrfal tf tbr- Hilin rlrrr.

1 rannot, pr-rhaps, rypri to receive from !

lord Wrllrll-v at; anfwrr to mv letted, in l

time to IV nd a copy by thr John Adams now in the l) wnor at Portltnoutb ; but I will fr nd it by an eaily )jportunity, and will :akr care that gen. Armlliong llall be made aquinted with it without dfL. 1 hve

i t!ie honor to b, with rrit conlideration,

fir, your mull obedient huinhtr fervant. Wm. pinknky. P. S. March 2"i, 1 S 10. -Since the wri ting of tins Irttrr lord WrllHly h s fent

me the anlwcr (of thr 2 1 infl.)-of which a J

copy is now encloled. It ws not fatisfactory, and 1 pointed out its dffitienties to lord Welle fley in convetfation, and propo-

fed to him that 1 Ihould vrite him another letter rrqneflinfj explanations. He afiented

to this tourfe, nd 1 have written him the letter of the 7ih inlt. of which alfo a copy is rmlofed. His reply has been promifed very frtqu-ntly, but hat not yft been rereived. 1 have reafon to expect that it will be fulHcient ; but I cannot think of detaining the corvette any longer. The Britilh packet wilj furnilh me with an opportunity of forwarding it to you ; and I wdl tend m-, Lre with it to Paris, by the way of Marlaix. i have the honor to br.c. WM;piNKNEY. The Hon. R. Smithy if c. . (COPY.) ; FrtiH General Armstrong 't$ mr, Tlnkney . Pari 25 Janum-y 1810. Sir, A letter from Mr. Secetary Smith of the Ifl of December HI made it mv duty to

; erquire of his Excellency the Duke ol Cadore, what were the conditions on which his'Majclly thr Emperor would Biinul his : decree, commonly called thr Berlin decree ; j and whether, if Great - Britain revoked her ; blockades of a date anterior to that decree,

his Mjjefly would confent to revoke, the faid decree? To thefc qurflions I have this d:y received the following anfwer, which I hallen to convey to you by a fpe cul raclTenger. AlfSWKR. The only condition required for the revocation by his Majffly the Emperor of the decree of Bcr'in, will be a previous revocation by the Britilh government of her blockades of France or part of France (fuch as that from the Elbe to brcll, kc.) of a date anterior to that of the afore I'd id dedrcc." Iliave the honor to be, With very high re foe & Sec. Signed) JOHN ARMSTRONG. (COPY) Grtat Cumberland Tace. Ttbruarj 15 lb 10. Mr Lors, In purfuinr? of the intimation which I lud the honor to give to your Loidlhip a fevvbys to, I beg to trouble your Lo'dlhip wituan enquiry whether any ciU if any, what blockades of France inlh tuted by Gieat Brita.n during the prelVnt war, before the lit dy of Januaiy, 1807, are underilood by his Majelly's government to be in force. 1 am not able at p-efent to iprcily more than one of th" blockades to w hich this erquiry applies ; numtly that from the Elbe to Brell, declared in May, 180G, and afterwards limited and modified ; but 1 lh t J 1 be much obliged to your Lord!hii ior preiife information as to the whole 1 have the honor to be, With' the hiirh- tt t onfideratior, My Loid Y.'iir LorfMb.p's mof obedient Humble frrvant, (Sird) W?i. PINKNEY. Tli" molt tiohl The Maiq-jis Wellcfley, kc. &C. Foreign Gjx.jc, March 2, 1810. Si, 1 hive th honor to at knowledge therer t: : of v oLir ti.tr c f tie 1 3:b ult. wherein jou rcvj-ll to br informed whether t.y, r;; if any, wht tdtik-dr3 of Fr-ncr, in l!i'u:rO y it. U run timing the prriVn'

i wr, before thr h 0(!,y f J.iuiar), b07. j .rr Ufdrnhmd by bis nii-Uv'i of f uniriit

br in t i;tr? I b'.e now the honor to -r,'jiMt yon, tint ti e cofU. rivrr, ai d pof, fm n tbr riv-r 1 h to lUrlK hofh in c Inb , rt'r re not;5 "0 to br uodrr t br f It i it ti 'iis ot blorkuie, with trftiu modify tr o i ro th- lo b of NLy. 18CC ; a d that Tb-ir r-ftricops wnf ft'-r t d $ lompie liciiw.u in the order oiuUi)wilof the T.hul

Janiinry, 1807, which order it Hill in force. 1 hive the honor to be with great confideration, fir, your moll obedient huibble fcrvant. (Signed) . WELLESLEY. William Finkney, Fsq. (COl Y.) Greet Cumberland Palace, 7th Match, 1810. My Lord I have had tbr honor to receive your loidlliip's anfwer of the 2d inll. to my letter of the 15thclHl month, concerning

the blockadrs of Fraiirr inditutrd by Gr- at Britain during tht r lent war before the firilday of January, 180. I infer foin tht aiiler that thr bloi k side notified by G. B. ui M y 1806 from the Elhe to Brell, is not'itfelf in force, & that the reftriclions whic h it ellabliflied rt H altogether fn far as fuch rcllrictions exill at this time, upon an order or orders in council iflued fince the 1(1 day of Jan. 1807. I infer alfo either that no othfr blorkadr of France was inditutrd by G. B. during the period above mentioned, or that 'if any other was indituted during that prriod, it is not now in force. May I org your loidfliip to do me the honor to inform me ube ther thefe inf lences are correct, and if incnrreftn what r-fp?c"!s they are fo. I have the honor to be, with th bight Q conlideration, my lord, your loidOiip's mod obedient huniJble fcrvant, - (Signed) Wm, P'NKNEY. Mostrioble marquis IWlleslcy, &c. 8cr Extract of a 1-ttr-r from mr. Pinkny to mr. Smith, dated M irch 27. 1810 41 I have the honor to emhtie 'a copy of lord Wellefley's 'eply to my Irttrr of the 7b inll, rrlpeiitig the Britilh blo ktlrs of Vance before the Berlin drcrer- I do not think it of fuch a nature as to juOify an expectation that gen. Anndrong will he able to make any ufe of it at Pris; hut I Ihall neverthelrfs convey to him the fub

dance of it without delay

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Foreign Ojfice, March 26, 161(1- r SlR, 1 have the honor to at knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 7'h ind. requeding a further explanation of my letter of the 2d, concerning the blockades of j7. indituted by G. B. during the prrfmt war, before the fiift dy of January, 1807 The block .de notifird by G. Britain in May 1806, his never ben formally with, drawn; it cannot therefore be accmatly dated, that the redridtions which it edab-

lifhed, red altogether on the order of couu-

3JTf. That they Hiould he fnt to th cudom hotlle of tl-t p.lfe to be fold rhere. Tbe ininiller plr nipotentiary offers to hii rxcelleniy the alluranccs of his high con lideration. (Signed) JOHN ARMSTRONG. , General Armstrong to Mr Smith. Paris, I81 February y IB 10. Sin,- I wrote a few lines to you clleidajr atinmiiuing the rrceipt and tranfinifliou vf a ccpy of the duke of C'dore's note to ins of tlie I4ih inll. After much ferious refitcion 1 have thcught it be d to forbear all noti e at pit ft nt of the errors, as well c f facTt s nf an uu:ent. whiili U to he lound in tho introdudoiy pa it of tht note ; to t;tkr the minid- r t bis wonl ; to enter at once upon iv pmp f (I nryotiition, and for thij pur-

pofr, to 1 fT r to h m a pr y(? for renewing he convrntion t 18(0. This mcde will IinVe the dv4iitg .f tryii g the fn cerity i f the ov rtuirs indr l y himj and peilupl of orawiig ftom I 1111 t!i- p-rtifr terms on whic h his m Her w ill cconnnodate. Ifthffc be fuch as we mij. lit to ciept wr fhall have 4 treaty, in w hit h neithrr t ur rights nor OUT wrongR will be forgottrn ; if otheiwife there will br enough both of, time and ocCJifion, to do Jodie to their policy and our owiij by a' free examination of eah. I h .ve :he honor q bV, dr, with veiy gieat rrfprcl, your moft uldier.t and vny humble fervant. 1 ( Signed J , JOJJN ARMSTRONG. Ilsnorble Robert Smith. Extract of a letter to the fame from th fmr, I Oth March. 41 1 have at Ln.h received a verbal mrC f.r io anfwer to my note of the 2 Id u)t It w.s from thr mivider of foreign relations and in t lie following words: ' His ni.jefly hs" decided to fi ll the American property

Icizrd tn Spain, rut the money ariiibg therrftr m ll;.ll remain in the depr." Thil me(T-!gt Ins givrn nrc(iou to U lcttei irUJ me maiked No. 22." (Mo. 2.) taris Qth March, 1810 Sir, I bud yedeid'.y tbe h in r ol r teivihg a Veibrtl iiicirge from your excellent y, dating that his m J' dy had drcided thwt the American propeity fnzed in the ports of Spain flioulo be fold, but that the money a riling therrfrom Ihould remain in depot." On receiving this infoi motion two quef tions fuggrded themftlves Id. Whe ther this dcolion w. s, or was net, extended to

lliips, as w ll as to cargoes ? and 2d,

1 lift -1 . 1 ' . .. i- ,-

cl of the 7th of u.y, 1807 ; tl-y.are vv i.etuer tne money .ruirg uom u,r 4et comprehended under the more extend e re. xv,m'; nnht be m..de'under ,V would of driaions of th.t order. No other blot k. wol,,W l,ot br of the

..dr of thr n,;,t r,f Aar,. inHitntrd lH,,UM,g "'ROCiaWwO

hv G. Britain betwem the lGtlinf May,1 l'bc-gcn:h man charge! with the dilivery

1806, and the 7:h of Jmmry, 1807. x- Ul nur ' navmg ceen initructea cepting the hi Mkade or V'eoire, inditutrd . -to Wrr llr,p lunu u becms my on the 27th of Jxily, 1 806. whi, h i. d.Hiu Gl,ty to prelntt them to your excrfl-ncy, force 1 beg you to accept the afT.iran. es a,,drto "l,,t ft a f.dution'of ni. Nor is of his fonriilf-ratinn. with whirl, 1 !nv, tbr 11 ,cU H du' 0, Y Prt tf examine the

honor to be fir, your mod obedient humble fci vant. (Signed) WELLESLEY. Win. Pinknej) Esj. Sc.

ground on which bis mirdy has been plea.

It-cl to takr tins dc In n, which I undrrltHnd to be tint of repni d, fuggeftrri for the Mill time in thr note you did mc the honor to write to me on the 14'h ult. In the 4tli

pirr.p!i of this note it is fid,th2t ' his

T Tt T 1 1 A , .'I into

C, t I j.i i . e . , i mat ,ty totild nt h.ve ciIt uLted on the

d iy hd (by Or. Lon in the I'rittlhpatk

et) your letters of the 20th J-n. ind 16:h Feb. 1 havr only time to add that I am to fee lord Well-11 y tomorrow. 1 li4ve the honor to be with jrrt confuler tiou, fir, ,our mod obedient humble fr rvot. Wm. PINKNEY. The honbie. Robert Smith. Ufc.

me-jfures tiken by tl.e U. S. who, iMdin

no grounds of i.mpt'int -gaiud F"rance, havr t orr. pri fed he i in their acts of exi lufioa and fi.ice the nu-nth uf 'May ld h v- o ' hibitcd the entry into t! e4r p.uts of F. vef. fcls, by fnhjionr then to Confifc t on." It is 'rue liiat th- U. ttes havr i cc the

i 20th of My l?If forhiJden the eotjy of F

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v.opy ox icucrm.m gen. Armitrong to the viol, :i-n o! hi. bv:. Hut lo b t refthe duke of CiJore, d-ted IJAri. 21d p. dues thi; r fT :.d France ' WU lhere Frbruuy, 1810. i to us thr rir-l.t of rol ,tirr cor.merce lhr mir.ider plenipotertiiy of the U. w i-.hin our own p: rts ? ,,r will Hi- deny Sratrs has the honor to fu.mi: to his excel- th,t tl e law in qu-dion U a reflation l.nry the duke ot (..dore thr o-py t a mer-ly munu ip.i Fx .mioe i: both as to l,tt,r tnis indant receivru fr,m B yoi.ne, obj and rr-'..,lut doe, it mo.e than :d bees Lorn b.m an txpUnat.on of the fub.d Am-ricM n.s from -rWtr lVn tlic c.fcumdancesmrr tionrd in it. rnrfs fT Fiance. ,. T....7i. o't.. r

- I i.r um. ..-i viiij,,.i, UUUT tJdir OI the 5:h ind. i -r? ivrd t St. Serdi .!, bear, in an nid"i ftr thr immedi ,tr trH"j.M)it.iti. I1 io f'fl II VrlTrls. r,i II 1 1 1 f f OUrffrird A-m'-rit 4ii c aror k a: Bnnhur, to h'phcrd in the end'-rn hf-ufe th-tr Thi new n public at 5t. Sf Indian ; f ut ,, no: (0

41 vt. ttit thr 1 mr oider i.

coining u,:o thofe of tl U. Stye's? And

wny Mm pr rhimtio,, r ''0 avf)i, w anJ i. lolt ; to tfp. th.t l-wlrfsnrrs. which is ;rtUrd tobe a forrpdo,;fVqtirrof the L;rP:V jh''bcM.ntil.' If then iti cbj-ahe purely drfrj.five, vsh.t are its

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M Tl,,, ,Ltf r ' . r i ' v "...u. ;ru, npcratinr b b ly wit on "lit. I hu tWrlr C4rKJM are to b- fent tbr tr rri'ot v of thr T ! v:f . n n-.,.or.- u1(.,i, ,? i r r'-'Ji or tf.e L . Stitts, and pumfh rn ttijnnnr, whether tlr rrmmoilr r of uv ahk-1 - ir fr , t l.i r s '' ,r'r4CTOri,ot if. wh-tf rr cil uh.cb thfv Me trn.pofed my hve cone z-rs - f tl- f.i,' H r , i i c i i n ' , laic M.itr. or otl.rrs. And wlut from I tu-!i(b trmmerce, or trrm the n,0. thic bo .b- ,r r . l. nl nip 1, ii n! fh. iTt,.t.4 ... . '

l-iiiij ct eiiludii)jj at iliiic will