Search, right of, ii. 322; as understood by Napoleon, v. 137, 145. Seaver, Ebenezer, member of Congress from Massachusetts, vi. 400. Sebastian, Judge, iii. 274; resigns, 293. Sedition Law (see Acts of Congress). Seminole Indians, vii. 217, 218. Semonville, Comte de, his official address, v. 382, 388; vi. 8. Senate (see Congress). “Serapis,” British 44-gun frigate, vii. 6. Sergeant, John, member of Congress from Pennsylvania, ix. 107; opposes bank, 118; sent to Europe, 131. Serurier, Jean Matthieu Philibert, succeeds Turreau as French minister at Washington, v. 345, 346; his first interview with Robert Smith, 346; reports the government decided to enforce non-intercourse against Great Britain, 347; his estimates of Gallatin and Robert Smith, vi. 46–50; the crisis of his fortune, 52; reports Monroe’s anger at Napoleon’s conduct, 51, 53, 54, 67; remonstrates at Barlow’s delay, 55; his letter of July 19, 1811, on the repeal of Napoleon’s decrees, 60; his report of Monroe’s and Madison’s remarks on Napoleon’s arrangements, July, 1811, 63, 64; his report of Madison’s warlike plans in November, 1811, 129, 130; his reports on Crillon and John Henry’s papers, 178–181; his report of Madison’s language on the French spoliations, 187; his report of Monroe’s language regarding the repeal of the French decrees, 188, 189, 194, 195; his report of Monroe’s remarks on the embargo and war, 200; remonstrates against suspension of the Non-importation Act, 205; his remarks on the failure of the loan, 208; his report of angry feeling against France, 217; his report of Monroe’s complaints in June, 1812, 231; his report of Monroe’s language about the occupation of East Florida, 241; his report of Monroe’s language about negotiation for peace, 415, 416; his report of Monroe’s military prospects, vii. 35, 36; his report of fears for the safety of Washington, in July, 1813, 56; his reports in 1813–1814, 391–395; his explanation of the abandonment of the restrictive system by Madison, 393–395; his report of the burning of Washington, viii. 145, 146. Shaler, Nathaniel, captain of privateer “Governor Tompkins,” vii. 327; his escape from a man-of-war, 328. “Shannon,” British frigate, vi. 368; chases “Constitution,” 370; stationed off Boston, vii. 281; captures the “Chesapeake,” 285–303. Sheaffe, Sir R. H., major-general of the British army in Canada, vi. 349, 351; his force in the district of Montreal, vii. 194, 195; Brock’s successor in Upper Canada, viii. 48. Sheffield, Earl of, his devotion to the British navigation laws, ii. 413; iv. 73.