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“ Part of the army of gvn. Regnier ha* embarked
on bonrd the lleet at Toulon.
“ Oi deis have been iflued to the camp* along the
coast, that no officer or ioldier llull, under any circum
stance, be more than one days march from hu corps
and to hold them!elves in rcuduicis for fervice at an
hour’s notice.
A report has been brought by the Lifboti Mail, that
Mr. hr ere was daily expected t«» take Ins puflagu for
England in confequencv of an approaching war with
tins country.—The Prince oi Peace in aniwer to fome
complaint of Mr. Frere,refpe&iugthe words afetibed
by the Moniteur to that Prince, it laid to have tephed,'
that if he wilhed luli slat?, ion it would be given by
60,000 Spaniards, that lbould he lent to join the army
destined lor the invafion of Eugiaiul.
A letter from Peterfburg ol the 25th April, fays,
** Count Woronzo, our minister at the court of iaio
don, is recalled, to fill a place in our ministry. The
next courier from England is expe&ed to brit.g an an
fwer, which will be immediately followed by a decla
ration of war against France. Louis XVIII. will be
acKiiowledged King of France by ali the members of
the Coalition, and ali conquests but iu his name will
be renounced.
The Rufiian army on the frontiers of Podolia ha*
been conliderably reinforced ; and on the 7th May,or
dyi* were iflued to the troops to hold theinlelves in
readineli to march.
Ey the last accounts from Hamburgh, it vras the
general opinion there that a Continental war would
ipvedily take place, and that Rullia will Uiorf.ly declare
licrfclf. The Rulfiau troops, it is laid, are ready to a«if
■—J.nd the fleet at Sebs;topeiis is in a complete state of
equipment.—A letter from Lemberg abb states, that
great numbers of Ruiiian troops ire ailetnbling on the
frontiers of Poland. Other letters fay, that two more
Rullian frigates have palled the Dardanelles for the
beven-fflands.
It is laid that the news of Mr. Pitt’; appointment! a*
created general fatisfad'tion in Ireland amongst the ca
tholics, who in conlequenct expect "‘a fpeedv redrefs of
their grievances and an emancipation fi om die bon
d-ge of the penal statutes.’’
rr_c.
The French prircesnnd Frinceflesare tobeaddreiled
by the title of their imperial liiglincffes; and the filters '
of the emperor are to enjoy the fame dignity. The
great officers of tile empire are to receive the title of
their ferene liighnels, and they as well a* tlie princes,
are to be addrefled “ Monfiegneur."
Captain Cantilo from India, via Egypt and I.ifbon,
left Lord Mellon, with hit fleet, off Toulon, on the 23d
April, all well.
Purls, May 20—The organi-. Senatns Confultum
was proclaimed by the Emperor Bonaparte and
will be pubhfhed in Paris to-morrow (Sunday)at noon.
His imperial majefty ha* nominated to the dignity
of grand eledfor, his imperial highnefs Prince Joftph
Bonaparte ; to that of Constable, his imperial highnefs
Prince Louis Bonaparte ; to that of arcli-chanccllor 6f
the empire, the cunful Cambaceres; and to that of
areh-uxafurer, the conlul Lebrun.
FRENCH PREPARATIONS.
The following intelligence was communicated by
capt. W. Cooke, a palfenger in the Tamerlane, arri
ved at Boston from Amsterdam.
Capt. C. left Boulogne, the 20ch April.—At that
rime they there lying in the harbor, infide the pier
heads, 500 gun brigs and fchoonrrs; OOO finances
rowing 32 oars, and carrying 50 men ; 300 hoys and
batteaux plats, and feveral prams. The latter have
three keels, two decks ; and carrying 20 24 pounders
and 50 horfes. The line of encampment extended
from Boulogne three leagues to the fotithward. It
was laid to contain 150,000 men, and new recruits
were daily arriving. A few days previous to my
leaving Boulogne, the admiral of the fleet, and two I
' Generals were recalled to Paris, and others fent to
take their stations. This created confiderahle alarm, !
which was heightened by an attempt to fire the fleet
in Boulogne Bafon, on the night of the 15th April.
In conleqnence of which the city gates were elofed, the
play houic doors and all public places guarded, and e
vsry pci fun in them examined. Thole who did not |
give a good account of themfelves were committed to ;
prifon. No stranger was allowed to remain more titan j
24 hours in the city, let hiibufinefshe ever fo urgent, |
if not in the public fervice. The harbours making at
Anibletufe, Etaples, and Vermareaux, employed each
two thoufimd men, every tide, night and day ; but :
were not in a fituation to take more than 200 fmall :
boats in. There generally lay in good weather before
Boulogne and Anibletufe, 25 or 30 fail of English men
of war at anchor. None of the French fhips lay in
Boulogne Road. Every easterly wind, fmall fleets
ventured along fliore from the eastward toward Bo
lougne, but lo clofe to the fhore a* to be covered by
the batteries and flying artillery. Notwithstanding
which the enemy frequently fuccteded in driving them
afliore or into forne port.
In Calais harbour there lay about 70 flat boats, and
forty feven were building and two prams.
The inhabitants had quartered on them 1000 chaf
fturs, 500 huflars, and 500 Italian foldiers, under the
Command of general Vandain. No stranger was al
lowed to vifit the quays or ramparts fionting the fea.
All look outs on private houfes were lealed up that no
figmil might be given to the enemy that lay before the
harbour at anchor.
BALTIMORE, July 23.
LATEST FROM FRANCE.
The editors of the American were lad even
ing favored by a refpe&able mercantile friend
with French papers, received by the Henrietta,
arrived yefterday in 48 days from Bordeaux,
containing Haris dates to May 27, and Bordeaux
to June 1. The latebour at which they were
received, prevented us from having more than
the following prominent article tranflated :
IMPERIAL DECREE,
Bearing regulations on the mode of pr.-Ambition
to the acceptation of the people of the pro
pofition announced in article 1 A of the or
ganic fenatus confultc, of the 26th Floreal,
12th year.
NAPOLF.ON by the jp-src of God, .nr.ri by
the conftitutions of the republic, emperor of
the French, upon the report of the minirters and
council of ftate, of the 28ih Floreal, year 19—
Ordains the regulation, the tenor of which fol
lows :
Art. 1. There fhall be open to the records of
all the admi !«. ions and of all the municipali
ties to the offices of all the tribunals, to ill the
juflices of the peace, and to all the notaries—
remitters, upon which a 1 the French are called
uponto fubferibe their votes on the following
proportion: s
“ Do the people defire that the Imperial dig
nity fhall b-- hereditary in the direct, natural, le
gitimate and adoptive defendants of Napoleon
Bonaparte, and in the d’l-eft, natural and legiti
mate defeendantf* of Jcncphand Lewis Bonapar
te, as regulated bv the organic fenatus confulte
u'i thcflPth Floreal, yrar la.”
Art. 2. The rc miters fhall he open ic days.
Art. 2. Immediately after the expiration of
the time given for voting, each depofitarv of
fegiftcr fiiail be cluftd, and faid regiftcr fhall be
certified, and then din/led and forwarded in
the Con life of the two following days to the may
or of each municipality ; and within the fpacc
of 24 hours, the latter fiiall forwanl the fame
to the under pn fe,‘l of his diftriift, with a note
certified hv him, and which lhall lie comforma
Llc to model, in prefe ;t regulation, under No. 1.
Art. 4. Twenty one days after the publicati
on of the prefent regulation, the under-prcfe£t
lhall traiifmlt to the prefeift all the reg liters of(
ftis diftrilt, with a note by him certified, and;
which fhall he conformable to model No. 2. }
Art. Twenty five days after the publication [
ojf the prelent regulation, each prefect lhall for*
ward to the n unifier of the interior, all the re
mitters of his department, with a general note by
him certified, and which thall be conformable
to nu»dcl No. u.
Art. 5. The prefects are authorifed to put in
extraordinary rcmiititiou, the gem* d’armes, for
the quick tranfnuflioo of the regifters of the le
ictal municipalities and the order.- relative to the
execution of the pixlcnt regulation.
Ait. 7. The miniflers arc chaigcd with the
execution oft he preieut regulation, which fhall
be printed in the bulletin of the lavs.
(Signed) NAPOLEON.
By the emperor.
The feeretary of ftate,
(Signed) H. B. Marat.
Letters ffom Vienna of the 91(1 of April mention .
that the note which the Minifter of the Elector of Br
emen has prefented to the Imperial Court, refpt&ing
tlie arreit of the French Enugrarti on the Ele<8nr*s ter
ritory, partic j'arly the feizure of the Duke of Englii
en, has given occalion to a conference of ftate, the re
fuit of which is not very favourable to the French ir
tereft. The Auftrian amiy now cor.fifta of 411,988
effective men.
Captain Barnard, from Leghorn, informs u«, that
the day before his departure (the 17th of May) all
Britifh fubjetSs refidenr in that, city, were arrelTd :
and thrown into prilon by order of Bonaparte.
(Ar. T. Mtr. AJv. j
vv no i
The Iftaad of K'T.irtinique, when captain Richards
left it, was clofcly blockaded by 12 or .4 iirutfu fliips ,
of war, and an attack was hourly npetled To join
in an expedition of this nature, a c thiderable reinforce
ment of troops had embarked from Antigua.
[iV. 2". Merc. Adv.
By Capt. Randiet, of the Julia-Ann, from St.
Domingo, we learn that Port-a-PIate had been
taken by the French anti retaken by the bri
gands, who were hourly expected to make an
attack on the city. £/£.
Capt. Clark, of the fch’r Sukey 5: Tolly, ar
rived at the Lazaretto, brings information of
the defeat of the Haytian army, near St. Do
mingo, by the French and Spaniards, with the
lofs of 2000 men. £ Phil. True Amer.
Domestic Intcttigenee.
From yhf N. Y. Morning Chronicle.
STATEMENT.
The gentleman (Mr. W. T. Van Nefa) who
accompanied Col. Burr to the field in the late
unfortunate contefl, comes forward reluct
antly with a ftatement on the fubjedt, at a
moment when any publication of the kind may
expofe his principal to judicial embarraffinent,
perhaps to very fciious hazard.
In the following narrative he difclaims the
molt diflant idea of injuring the memory of the
deceafed, for whom, while living, he entertained
fentiments of high refpedt,and for whole melan
choly exit he, as alfo his principal, feels parti
cular regret. The talk devolved on him by the
duties of his fituation fhall be difeharged with
fidelity, but with every delicacy thecircumflan
ces of the cafe can claim.
On the afternoon of the 17lh June laft, I re
ceived a note from Col. Burr, requeuing ine to
eall on him the following morning. Upon my
arrival he obferved that it had of late been fre
quently Hated to him that Gen. Hamilton had
at different times and upon various occafions
ufed language and exprefied opinions highly in
jurious to his reputation ; that he had for fome
time felt the neccflity of calling on Gen. Hamil
ton for fome explanation of his conduct, but that
the Hatements which had been made to him
did not appear fufiiciently authentic to juflify
the meafure—that a newfpaper had, however,
been recently put into his hand, in which he per
ceived a letter figned Ch. D. Cooper, contain
ing fomething which he thought demanded im
mediate inveftigation. Urged by thefe circuin
flnnccs, and juftified by the evident opinion of
his friends, he had determined to write to Gen.
Hamilton a note upon the fubjedt, which he re
quested me to deliver. I alfented to his requelt,
and on my return to the city which was at 11
o’clock the fame morning, 1 delivered to Gen.
Hamilton the note which I received from Col.
Burr for that purpofe, and of which the follow
ing is a copy.
\_liere follows No. T. of the former publication.
General Hamilton read the note of Mr. Burr,
and the printtd letter of Mr. Cooper, to which
it refers, and remarked that they required fome
eonfideration, *nd that in the courfe of the day
he would fend an anfwer to my office. At half
fiaft ten o’clock, Gen. Hamilton called at my
loufe, and faid that a variety of engagements
would demand his attention during the whole
of that day and the next, but that on Wednes
day, the 20th inft. lie would furniih me with
fuch anfwer to Col. Burr’s letter, as he fliould
deem molt fuitable and compatible with his feel*
ings.
In the evening of Wednelday the 20th, while
I was from home, the following letter addreffed
to Col. Burr, was left at my houfc, under cover
to me.
[Here follozut Xc. //.]
On the morning oF Tuefday the 21 ft, I deli
vered to Col. Burr the above letter, and in the
evening was fumiftied with the following letter
to Gen. Hamilton, which 1 delivered to him at
1 a o’clock on Friday, the 22(1 inft.
T Hrre N/>. ffT 1
Gen. Hamilton perufed it, and faid it was fuch
a letter as he had hoped not to have received ;
(hat it contained feveral offenlive expreftions,
and feemrd to ciofe the door to all further repiy
—that he 1 a.l hoped the anfwer he had returned
to Col. Burr’s firft letter would have given ad if- j
ferent direction to the controverfy—that he j
thought Mr. Burr would have perceived that!
there was a difficulty in his making a more fpe- j
cine reply, and would have defired him to Hate i
what had fallen from him, that might have gi-1
ven rife to the interference of Dr. Cooper. He !
would have done this frankly ; and he believed I
it would not have been found to exceed the li-1
mill juftifnble among political opponents*—If;
Mr. Burr fhculd bedifpofed to give a difF.veiit j
complexion to the difeuflion, he was willing to j
confider thelaft letter not delivered; but if that
communication was not withdrawn be could]
nuke no reply, and Mr. Burr mull purfue fuch
courfe as he Ihould deem mud proper.
At the requtft of Oeu. Hamilton, I replied
that I would detail ihefe ideas to Col. Burr: but i
added that id his iirfl letter he had introduced
the idea (if it was a coiTfft one) that he could ;
recoiled the ufe of no term that would itiftify .
the atfertion made by I)r. Cooper, it Would in J
my opinion have opened a door for acconuno- I
dation. Gen. Hamilton t- «'i repeated the fame ,
objections to this meafure w hich were Bated in ;
fubftanceln his firft letter to Col. Burr.
When I was about leaving him, he obftrved j
that if I prtferredit, he would commit his refn
fal to writing, I replied that if be had refolved
nof to aflfwer Col. Burr’s letter, tbit f could
report that to him verbally, without giving him
the trouble of writing it. lie again repeated hi* |
determination not to anfwer—and that Col.
Burr n.uft purfue fuch comic as he lhculd deem
moft proper. ,
In the afternoon of this day, I reported to
Col. Burr at his houfe out of town, the anfwer
and determination of Gen. Hamilton a>ul pre
mifed to call on him again in the evening, to
learn his further withes. I was detained in tow n
however this evening, by lbme private buiinefs,
and did not call on Col. Burr until the follow
ing morning, Saturday the 23d in It. I then re
ceived from him a letter for Gen, Hamilton,
w hich is numbered bet, as will prefentlv be
expl lined, never was delivered, the fubftance of
it will be found in No. 12.
When I returned w ith this letter to the city,
which was about 9 o’clock in the afternoon of
the fame day, I fent a note to Gen. Hamilton’s
and alfo to his houfe, dcliring to know when it
would be convenient fur him to receive a com
munication. The feivant as he informed me,
received for anfwer at both places that Gen. Ha
milton hud gone to his country feat. I then
wrote the note, of which No. 5, is a copy, and
fent it out to him in the country.
[Here follows Xo. IV. of the former flntement.^
To this 1 received for anfwer, No c, which
follows :
No. VI.
Grange, June 23, 1SCH.
9, •
I was in town to-day till half paft one. I
thank you for the delicacy which dictated your
note to me. If it is indifpcnfible the communi
cation lliould be marie before Monday morning,
1 tnuft receive it here. Hut I lhotild think this
cannot be important. On Monday by nine o’
clock I (hall be in town at my houfe in Cedar
ftreet, No. 52, where I fhould be glad to fee you.
An additional reafon for preferring this is, that 1
am unwilling to occafiwn to you trouble.
With efteem, 1 am lir,
Your obedient fen-ant,
A. HAMILTON.
To-, Efq.
At nine o’clock, on Monday, the 25th inft.
I Called on Gen. Hamilton, at his houfe in Cc- ;
dar-ftreet, to prefer,t the letter No. 4, already!
alluded to, and with inftniltions for a verbal!
communication, of which the following notes |
No. 7, handed me by Mr. Burr, were tube the
balls. The fubftance of which though in terms ;
as much foftened as r.y in ft ructions would per
mit, was accordingly communicated to Gen.
Hamilton.
No. VII.
A. B. far from conceiving that rtvalfiiip au
thorifes a latitude not otherwife jullifiable, al- \
ways feels greater delicacy in fu'ch cafes, and
would think it meannefs to fpcak of a rival but
in terms of refpeft ; tp do juft ice to his mtrits ;
to be lilent of his foibles. Such has invariably
been his conduit towards Jay, Adams and Ha- !
mil ton ; the only three who can be fuppofed 1
to have flood in that relation to him.
That he has‘too much reafon to believe that
in regard to Mr. Hamilton, there ha6 been no I
reciprocity ; for feveral years his name has been
lent to the fuppori of Lafe (landers. He has ne
ver had the generality, the magnanimity, or the
candor to contradict ordifavow. A. R. forbtars •
to particularife, as it could only tend to pro
duce new irritations ; but having made great
facrifices for the fake of harmony, having extv
cifed forbearance till it approached a hutnilia- i
tion, he has feen no tftect produced by fuch
conduct but a repetition of injury. He is obli
ged to conclude, that there is on the pail of
Mr. Hamilton, a fettled and implacable malevo- 1
lence ; that he will never ceafe in his conduit .
toward Mr. B. to violate thofe courtefies of life,
and that hence he has no altefnat ivp Kijf ptp(.
nour.ee thefe things to the world, which, con
fiftent with Mr. B’s ideas of propriety, can be
done in no other way than that which he has
adopted. He is incapable of revenge, (till lefa is'
lit capable of imitating the conddlt of Mr. Ha
milton, by committing fecret depredations on
his fame and character ; but thefe things muft
have an end.
Before I delivered the written communication
with which I was charged, gen. Hamilton faid
that he had prepared a written reply to colonel !
Burr’s letter of the 21ft, which he had left with I
Mr. ***and wiflied me to receive ; I anfwtred
that the communication I had to make him was ■
predicated upon the idea that he wouid make
no reply to col. Burr’s letter of the 21ft inftant,
and that I had fo underfloor! him in our conver
fation of the 22d—general Hamilton (aid that he
believed before I left him, he had profit-red a
written reply. I obferved that when he an
fwered verbally, he had offered to put that »r- J
fujal in writing, but that if he had now prepar
ed a written reply, I would receive it with plea- 1
fure. I accordingly called on Mr. *** on the ‘
fame day, Monday, June 25, between one and
two o’clock, P. M. and dated to him the relult
of my recent interview with gen. Hamilton, and
the reference lie had marie to him.
I then received from Mr. *** the letter No. I
8, which follows. j
\_llerc V. of the formerJtntemenU\
The letter was unfeakd, but I did not read it
in his prefence ; after tome converfation rela
tive to what general Hamilton would fay on the
fubjed of the prefent cantroverfy, during which
Mr. *** rzad from a paper his ideas on the fub
jeft, he left inc frit the purpofe of feeing and
confuting Mr. Hamilton, taking the paper with
him. In about an hour he called at my hotife,
I informed him that I had Ihewn to col. Barr
the letter be had given me from gen. Hamilton,
that in his opinion it amounted to nothing moie !
than the verbal reply, I had already reported,
that it left the bitfinefB precifcljr what it th.n
was ; that Mr. Burr had very explicitly Hated !
the injimivx he had received and tiie reparation
he demanded, and that he did not think it pro- j
per to lie aSked now for further explanation.
Towards the conclufion of the converfation, I
informed hint that col. Burr required a general
difavowal of any intention on the part of general
iiainliton, in his various converfations to convey
exprelfions derogatory to the honor of Mr. Burr.
Mr. **'•* replied that he believed gen. Hamilton
would have no objections to make fuch decla
ration, and left me for the purpofe of confuting
him, requeuing me to call in the courfe of the
afternoon for ananfwer. I called on him ac
cordingly about 6 o’clock ; he then obferved
that gen. Hamilton declined making fuch a dif
avowal as I had Hated in our lafi converfation ;
that he, Mr.*** did not then perceive the whole
force and extent of it; and presented me with
tlic following paper, No. ?), which I tranfmit
ted in the evening to Mr. Burr.
[//, re No. Vll. of the former fatement.^
The following day (Tucfday 2C June) as ear
ly as was convenient, I had an interview with
col. Burr, who informed me that he considered
ge n. Hamilton's proportion a mere evallon, that
evinced a delire to leave the injurious imprefflon
which had arifen from tlie converfations of ge
neral Hamilton in full force. That when he had
undertaken to imreftigate an injury his honor
had fuHoined, it wottid be unworthy of him not
to make that investigation complete. He gave
me further intb uCtious which arc fubflantially
contained in the following letter to Mr. *** No.
10.
[Here No. VtU. offormer fate meat.
In the evening of the fame day, I received
from him the following sofwer.
[Hire Ao. IX. qjjvr-'rrJ?~U J
! trarlhiitted this to col. Burr, anti after a c- n- '
ference with him, in which 1 received his fur- j
tl.ei luftrudions, and that "o mifunderll Hiding !
might arife from verba! cor,.nu>nication. J cot.- .
niitud to writing the remarks contained in Mo.'
1C, which follow?. t
[Hrre Aro. X. « f forrrcr f!(t fervent.'',
1 handed .his to M.. * at i*j (/clock on ;
Wedntftlay the 18th ii.tl.ant. After he had pc- *
Tufcd it according !<» nr, ii.ftrudioirs, 1 Jt'fiver- ;
ed the n:efia£c,u iiich it is unnccellary to repeat. '
The n quell it contained was acceded t -; after *
which Mr. remarked, that the court w.s •
then tilting, in which gen., iha^iton had‘much i
bufn.efs to tranl.id, ami . Si; feme !
private arrangements to nud^^PVicS w odd i c> j
dcr feme delay unavoidable. 1 acceded to Sis I
win, and Mr. *** fa id he would c;Wl on nic I
again in the courfe of t'e day <.r the following :
morning, to confer further relative to time and !
place.
Thurfday, June ‘asth, to o’clock, P. M. Mr. :
v** called on me with a paper, wiiicli heffid
contained feme remarks on the letter I had yef- '
terday anfwered him. ] replied, that if the pa
per he offered contained a definite and fpecihc i
propdfition for, an accommodation, I would J
vvitli p'.eafure receive it and ftibir.it it to the cct
tidcration of my principal, if not, that 1 ufjfl
decline taking it, as Mr. Burr conceived the
corrcipondciice completely terminated by tW
acceptance of the invitation contained in t*
mef!age I had yelterday delivered. Mr. *■+*■ rc
pl:ed, that *he paper did slot contain any propo
rtion of the kind 1 alluded to, but remarks on
my lafl letter ; ! of courfe declined it.
Mi. *** then took leave, and faid thathe wbuld
call again in z day or two, to al range time and
place. Ai
Tuefday, July 3, I again faw Mr. ***, and
after a few fubfequent interviews, the time when
llie parties were to meet was ultimately fixed
for the morning of the 11th July inft.
Toe occurrences of that interview will ap
peal from the following ftatement, No. la,
which has been drawn up and mutually agreed
to by the icconds of the parties.
No. XIII.
Col. Burr arrived tirft on the ground, as had
been previoufiy agreed ; when general Hamilton •
arrived, the parties exchanged falutations, and
the ffeconds proceeded to make their arrange
ments. They meafured the diftauce, ten full
paces, and call lots for the choice of pofition, aa
alfoto determine by whom the word lhouid be
given, Loth of which fell to the fecond of Ger..
Hamilton. They then proceeded to load the
piftols in each others prelence, after which the
parties took their Rations. The gentleman ;
who was to give the vvold, then explained to the
parties the rules which were to govern t!ic#i in
firing, which were as follows: “The parties
being placed at their Rations—the fecond who
gives the word lhall alk them whether they are
ready ; being anfwcred in the affirmative, he
lhall fay “pretext,” after this the parties lhall
prefent and fire when they plcafc—If oik fires
before the other the oppofite fecond lhall fay
our, two, three, lire*--and he lhall then fire or
lofe his lire." He then alked if they were pre
pared, bong anfwercd in the affirmative,he gave
the word, prefent, as had been agreed on, a;ui
both parties took aim, and fired in fucccliion,
tlie intervening time is not exprcflld, as the fc
coniTs do not precifely agree «n that point._
The fire of colonel Burr took effect, and general
Hamilton almoft inllantly fell, col. BuVnthen \
advanced towards general Hamilton, with a!
manner and gefture that appeared to gen. Ha
milton’s friend to be exprtflivc of regret, but
without fptakmg, aimed about and withdrew,
being urged from the field by his friend, as
been fubfequently Rated, with a view t«fl^H|
vent his being recognized by the furgtfo^^^^
bargemen, who were then approachingf^C^
further communication took place between the
principals, and the barge that carried col. Burr
immediately returned to the city. Wc con
ceive it proper to add that the conduct of the
parties in this interview was perfectly proper as
fuited the occafioiu
The following article from the Gentleman
Vvho attended Gen. Hamilton, in the late much
regretted occurrence, is confidcred an intcreft
ing fuppleincnt to the documents already fur
nillied.
STATEMENT.
The ftatement containing the fafts that led to
the interview between Gen. Hamilton and Col.
Burr, publiflied in the Evening Poll on Monday
laft, ftudioully avoided mentioning any particu
lars of what pad at the place of meeting. This
was dictated by fuitahlc confiderations at the
time, and with the intention, that whatever it
might be deemed proper to lay before the pub
lic inould be made the fubjcCt of a future com
munication. The following is therefore now
fubmitted.
In the interviews that have fince taken place
between the gentlemen that were prefent, they
have not been able to agree in two important
faifts that palLed there—for which rcafons no
thing was faid on thofe fubjefts in the paper
lately publilhed as to other particulars in which
they were agreed.
vr« d ..._rr.j r * • • . • .1
* * • vo^ivuvu a twii HUV lil l I J<1L I
Gtn. Hamilton did not fire firfl—and that he did *
not fire at all at Col. Burr. Mr. V. N. feemed
equally confident in opinion that Gen. H. did
fire firft—and of courfe that it inufl have been at!
his antagonift.
Gen. Hamilton's friend thinks it to be a fa
cred duty which he owes to the memory of that1
exalted man, to his country and his friends, to ,
publifh to the world fuch fadts and circiuimaii
cc‘3 as have produced a decilive conviction in his !
ow'n mind, that he cannot have been miftaken in .
t!ie belief be has formed on thole points—
lit. Bcfides the’ teftimoniesof Biibop Moore,1
and the paper containing an exprefs declaration,
under Gen. Hamilton’s own hand, inclofed to'
his friend in a packet not to be delivered but in 1
the event of his death, and which have already j
been publifhed—General Hamilton informed
Mr. P. at lead ten days previous to the affair,
that he had doubts whether he would not re
ceive and not return Mr. Burr’s firft fire. Mr.
P. re i non ft rated againft this determination, and
urged many confiderations againft it, as danger
ous to himfclf and not ncccftary in the particu
lar calc, when every ground of accommodation,
not humiliating had been propofed and rejected,
lie faid he would not decide lightly, but take
time to deliberate fully. It was incidentally
mentioned again at their occaftonal fiibfeqnent
con ver fat ions, and on the evening preceding the
time of the appointed interview, he informed
Mr. P. he had made up his tnind not to (real Co/.
Hirr the Jirfi time, hut to receive his fire, ami fire
in the air, Mr. P. again urged him upon this
fubjeeft, and repeated his former arguments. His
final anfwer was in terms that made an imprefb
on on Mr. P’s mind which can ntverbe effaced.
* My friend, it is tlie effect of a religious
scruple, and docs not admit of reafoning; it
is utelefs to fay more on the fubjcCt, as my pur
pofc is indefinitely fixed.”
£ I. His lift words before he was wounded af
ford a proof that thin purpofe had not changed.
When he received hi.s piftol, after having taken
his pofltion, he was afkcdif hr would have, the
h nr fpring fet ?—Hi* anfwef was, " not this
time#”
S.l. After he wsvavoui !d xnd hi {. •
hoar, the irlt tvotds he uttei ! ;V.r ivn «f.
»"g th^tjowtr of lpeech, wtfr, i*d<kc vu.
!t il to*i gentleman pivfcnr w!,o t.. ‘ vs til
lecr.cmbcrslt} “ PmHlt to* 4nr. vs i..j; ttucm
i'tf. 'eot C.)'.Durrtbt j. If
it!.. This detenniuat' m had been co:n*:v.ini
V'* •: by Mr. r. t > Ibrl gentleman that ifcoriuftg
K fore tr y I.-': the i i:>.
r.lli. The pi**< It :.* hat! beer. ufid bvCvn.
Hamilton, laying lovf.-owr tl •: nti-eir Kpp.ii::tits
•n the e. fie which was op . • g.,>**• •.» I>T<ti
tome ;i:m in thr host, -r- ■ % r the iv~r.tr:; tt.oic
hold of it to out it i- 'o ‘lie cafe. Gen. Hindi,
ton obllrving this, f .id—'“l„jerc*,re tftrt.tpis
_ • : • an . ..'■ , r"
"3 his is iilo riii.emlH.ied by the guit.V man ,a.u
ded to. . .
Tbi, flu-ws that he Watt r*-d firfiMe nfbvvr.g
!»rtd, ;.t .ill. It he i...d fin d previous to ixi\ V
mgthe wound, he vetn:-'*' have rtyr.eir.Hrai it,
and tl*ftxh>re have known lh.4t the piftol tui:M
ru.i go oil ; hit.' i: rji- r.rnL it Sl'iiJt .1,• vr i • :u
the efied of a,, ii.voiui.tar> exertion of the muf
’1 n n * 1-^Uj^fcir.id, i.1 which he
■ bjvn eonfclVet having wd.
. **• - f> Ihrdg a convkii • it.t
if r.^t
have t^*rtBpWment;on, (all his anxiety Ik'iiij
alive for tilT'i!- ct of the fiiu fire, and having no
reafon to believe the frit ud of Col. flurr v. as i.ot
fincere in-flie contrary opinion,’ he dGci mined
to go to the fpot where the atlu.r t. ok plnce, to
fee if he codlj not dilcovtr forne *r. es of the
cou:feofJfc| ball from General Hamilton’s *> f
tol. He Clok a friend with him the day alter
General Hamilton died, and after forr.e exami
nation they fortunately found what they were
m fir arch of.
i ncy aicertuned that the ball pare d through
the limb of a cedar tree^at an elevation v>f
nb'.iit twelve tcct and JVhaif, perpendicular
nc*n the ground,, Wetivecnthirteen and fourtt th
brt from tk^mnitc on wuiicn General II milieu)
fi'Jod, and about four feet wide uf the direct
line between him and Col. Burr, cn^the right
fide; be having fallen on the left.* The part of
tlie limb through which the bail pa Aid was cut
°<r and brought to this city, and fa now in Mr.
Chin ch’s poJitfiiou.
No Inferences arrgfpointed out as refultr-.g
from thefe f.idts, nor will any comi'mnls !e
made. They are left to the candid Judgment
and feelings of the public.
To the abov e we re requcl^d to fiilyoin the
following communication Iren, the ft lend L(
Col. Durr.
COMM UNICA TIO N.
The friend of Col. Burr laments the differ
ence of opinion that exift.v between him ami the
gentleman who attended gcnwr.l Hamilton in
rite !at«* mtiauel ol) af’a.r. lie, hovvevir, de
Amis enterinjPhito any cVuilmn) on the iubieCt
i,r<-fent, cotihdering this a wry improper ffto
ment :or that piap-.-fc. Nothing calculated to
iiTcreafe the agitation that prevails can add to
ti e fame of thedeeeafed, for whom he k.v.^cvcr
entertained and exprclled a high degree ofivf
ptcft.—bftd the event proved fatal » j his friend,
inftead of the gentleman who has fallen, the
writer would have been carncft iit protectinggc
iuiaI Hamilton from any ir*|uri ms r. ful*—in
the a dual poP ure of affairs, he is equally defi
rous towave every difculfrtn, through a relpecl
to hi;; memory, and ado to the feelings of L;»
friends,
- . %
-V Co+rcEHon.—It is a -.reed by the genfl/meJl
who attended General Hamilton and Colonel
Burr, in the late ar/'orturruc affair, that tin; do
cument No. 18, in the ftatement which appear- #
ed in the Morning Chronicle of Tuefday,(houid ’
l»e corrected in'the following manner t
In the interview between'General Hamilton
and Colonel Burr, both panics agreeable to the •
word of command prefenteH s tiiisterm thould '
therefore be employed as more comd than the
expreffion “ took aim,” ii.K rted in document
No. 18, of the ftatement publillicd in the Morn
mg Cl.rcmclc of Tticfday# ^ f'nt^*/1
Gen. Hamilton was in the <8ih year of hi*
age, and haslert Mrs. Hamilton with eight chil
dren, tour boy» and four girls—the voungeftaa
infant.
From the Mediterranean*
.Capt. Daggett, arrived yefterday from Mari
tulles, informs, that while he lay in that port,
capt. Jackfon arrived there from Medina, and
acquainted him that he had fcen a letter fromMr.
Gibbs of Palermo, which mentioned that the
T uni funs had formally declared War again ft
the United States on the 16th of March ; and
that they had fent out a confiderablc force a
gainft American velfels. The lame letter adde*
that the Neapolitans had fent a number of Ihip*
againft the Tuniliar. privateers.
Capt. D. further adds, that an Italian veflel,
which arrived at Marfeilles on the 81ft of April,
brought intelligence of the fitting out of feverai
Tunifian fiiip3, and that the American Conful
had quitted that Regency. [Mer. sUv.
■Cixiru'.r vj „ ;ent- j-om j,i shr.enran Upset at Trif oii,
to Lis friettut in tbit city, ti.Ud-itb Af./rth.
*' On the 7th uh. we received a'vifit from the Mr*
nister of Foreign Affairs, who informed capt. Bain*
bridge that the Baihaw had grunted us a parole, which
however was partial, and re*ri«fted us from the privi
lege we most wilhed, that of vifiting the different Cou
luis at their lioutes, hut allowed its to go Any whciiv
elfe —He gave orders that We fliould bs admitted to his
gardens ar.d hi. com try palaces and feveral officers of
rank alio invited us to theirs. We were Hnnrjtw J-_
prived on the 17th, this indulgence of walking about
the town and adjacknt country ; from the following
caufc. On the night of the 16th, between 11 and \U,
■we were awakened hy the report of a cannon, and on
opening our windows, beheld the frigate Philadelphia
in flame*, which raged with great fury, and front the
progrefs they had made flic mud have bevu on firo
fome time, I never beheld a more grand or awful
fce.u-—the frigate in the centre of the harbour, biasing
from Item to Hern, and to the very tep, of her mails,
ail her ports fo diftin&ly leen, tiiar tfo-y might be count
ed—the cannon roaring from the cattle ard adjacent
batteries. Before we left the window, her tables had
burnt off, file drifted out of fight—which I imagine
must have been at kail an hour from the time trfou*
lirfi feeing her.
Who were the incendiaries we did no* know, but
readily conje&ureJ, and agreed that they deserved
great credit.
Mr. NifTtui, the Paiiith Conful, is really o»tr friend
and bis attentions have been fo uuremitted, that wc tan
never repay the fervices he has rendered,
1’. S. I h id almost forgot to mention the fupplies
the Commodore has lent us, which corifill ol every lie
cefLry.
Extra'' of a Utter from a gentleman in l.ijlon,
to his friend in Philadt /tibia, dated liny 1 j-,
1804.
'* The owrlofed kftcr for you, came hy the
Packet which arrived two days ago. It brought
an account of the re-capture of Gone, the cap
ture of Curacoa, and the further defeat of Scir
riin’s army in India, and what is of infinitely
more importance than all, the certainty of a
fperdy change of minifters at home. A charge
of meafiirea I do flat look for—a ceffation of
hoftilities, I fltouid regard a« an evil of the gn at
eft magnitude ; all I want is more hrmnefn in the
profiled; ion of the war which I confider as neccf