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rf l.cr crri^r nt the waters cd.je. Nofnr tiivi i; <>ct >.! it could ho discovered. lie tn^cu t w vuty «iid thir.y of the ship’s crew i;. her lops hud on tiu* deck. wvie affected 1;> the shock, Min e severely and others tni co lives ! at. The frigate re c< iveti little < r no injury. Captain Jones, in the iViActch H i, v as about 100 yards a s’.ei u of the United Str.’es, and on observing the lighting descend her mainmast, inune diaieiv h.oe all his topsail aback, fearing th*’fire might make its way to her maga zine.—hv- Pctl. LA i EsT FROM COMMODORE DECA TUB’S SQUADRON. May 28. The packrt sloop Cordelia, capt. Taber, arrived here this morning from New Lon doh. Capt T. informs ns that on Thursday afternoon, about 2 o’clocJL off Blown’* Hill, he passed tin squadron urder command nt Commodore Decatnr^ieaftiig out, SO miles to t lie west waul ot Montau'R’oint ; ibat the wind wu» N. L at tlie iiure»; and tliat he entertains not the smallest doubt but thry would clear tlie point the same evening. 1 he Steam Boat, arrived this morning J from Albany, brings no news from the Nor thern army. May 29. The following undo- sc meat was made on the Wegister ot the bwedi-h brig Gustava, Captain f-jobt rg, who armed here on the 24th instant, from Gotitnbuig:— “ Warned ot the on ckaue ot ail the A merican pons, from the Mississippi to New Vork, Doth inclusive. “ THO’i bL\DRN CAPEL, Capt." H. M. ship i-.t Hogue, ) at sea, May 22, IS 13- 5 PuiLAORLPHlA, May 26. The United State!*’ irigate United States, Com Decatur, and Macedonian, Captain Jones, with the Hornet, Capt. Biddle, went through Hurl Gate, ycsteiduy, and were immediately to put to sea. We do not ex pect to be many days without hearing ct heir having fallen in with the enemy. A very bfisk trade exists between Block island, the Btitieh kt:»f ion on our coast, and the neighboring main. Hitherto it was the practice of the people of this island to send ar ticles ot niai keung and small supplies, such as eggs, cluese, buiter, ae. to the towns ol the continent j but they now impm-t large qu.inli ti* s Such are the changii in the commercial naorld / We trust some means may be adopted to check tins infamous tratHc. Hut it is an at" fair of great oitficulty. The islanders pay for tin supplies iii hngitsh guineas and Bank Jh>inland token .. Weekly Jicgtihr. Tne Jftvi Tori Columbian tells us that thr Vali*nt. and Acauu U eiy s< izt*d a -clioon- r. target^at which tiny made ouv U» null rs Mailed from \tnod ai>d placed her fired 4iX) alia , her eiKA* limes ! A v!.»»«• l under Nexj London, a noatr:, potato**, Her (‘untiiiatiwii is Sevsrui c«»imon Were spiked uii Su market hi f r u>e Briiith, ihoug adjikCmi are »uih rmg i country was tier cursed wiTHh»o«<!rrny traitors as we have; and, unlorlun.de.i, t«e law u. treason is such that it is aimosl imnosaibic to convict an individual of this most hideous ot Crimes. lb. Tun IM*>» p.ut The capture and safe arrt IvhI of a Brituk vessel, v i ha quail'd) ot wheat, Irotii Bn mu da for h -UJuK, at M. hiss, Ma»*achuttttt, is hailed us a **season-hlc supply tor the starving Inhabitants of the eastward"—a .d the entry of the ship At..doc at Btxu/>ort ^tt. I ) from the Cheoaptale, with Hour, is accounted “good news tor house-keepers. * The safe arrival of this vessel is said to have reduct d the price <>l Hour at Boston two dollar* anil a half pi r barn 1 rcl. Those are among die strange events of » these wonderful rimes.—/A. OLE JNB ES1IU3L1S ABLE vi ENT eon SAL - -f. fjMylong and cnntinAl ill Rlalth, will pel nie to r«diM|Ui9h njy present pursuits therefore ofleirfor Sale,[the Priming Offi Bsubhihmentaf the T & 1‘elcrth'n r TfitHlier”crr. This cstablismtyijU is Wlje of thy olds (l have no hesitatryjp in s iyhig^>- <- ofJ : and vs In able in the Stjfe O' Virginia—he sub scriptii n list t 'Me paper iiy ^*dv augmenting The advertising custom isexTnsive, and liighli lucrative. At haps f» w situ: means of a s JJfiy >> d genteel support. Tin patronage iCRi'.til to the ]>a|)er, is not fleeting and unrrrttqHr-for more than twenty seven y; »n it lifts roiitii usd to lend its cheering in fluence, and to reward fsn.pl \ reward) the x^al and Industry o* the various proprietors. At no time since the existence of the establishment, has this patron: gr flowed more wa. inly than ;.t the present period. 1 he Printing Office is abundantly supplied with i very requisite materi 1—has hlwats had and w i I, ro doubt, retain (under proper mr.n sgement) a fit l share of employment in the va rious brsmhes. The pi n c he establishment and other ps- ti who m;>y eontin in CHti s sale is be made to iiisttr full period for w to uo .... !• aasHiid, that, ictfd^to ajrs.rgenfcnt will n m I s diking lh« Lh thew 'W:,w 1»cter»b»irfc, V*. June 1 t, 1H13. tfj ' I lit editor* of flir Virjrini«(|^,i«. Nor. folk I lei aid, National IntHb|c*wOTr, Unit init.r* An'fiic.'f f «i Hoitlon I’atrii t, air tolicMrrl t< p vc tiit- aln ve a It w ina< rtiniia m tlicit reaptc tive paper*. A. ( .< U (<i>i Nfen» ir 3o H*k» Pepper, ('.iinponder, "I In |’< riat, I tP.aI, fre II) *011, and | litiia. \ourj( IIv«on J Grtt n ai.d H l/iie C Loat Siijrar. Coniac lln.ndy. & latch m Inara 1 do^fcarh. India 1 olicitis. N»i k> ri.a. Al-o in i: voice of Pot nod I^rll Huaaia Qn.lla, he. tor a. « In 1 1H,.V A*b June a, it>!3. ftJ IU JUU and of choice qua Tprr. kbi t KR. 4tp Ho £ VIRGINIA ARGUS. RICHMOND: THURSDAY.Junk 3. 1813. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. The Measa^pf the president of the United State* ot the ZSili Ma\v at the opening of the ir*t session ol the tnirtventn Gongress, is * sta. e paper, peculiar for the beauty of it* jtvle *,ul tl,e perspicuity of its expression. U’e cu RT*tuhtc Mr Madison ami tlj*; nation on It ivuijf at I ait succeeded in freeing the public mmd trom the tiresome detail of perverted fact* and the tedious rtpetition of* exploded ar^u inmts. The war, in that respect, |,j> neeii e mmently uitful. I lie political atmosphere has been cleansed by it of all those log* and mists witti which your Erskinea, Hoses, .ia< k. Kalis and Fosters, endeavored to obstruct the tine American intellect from perceiving inter esttn^ objects in their proper tight. i he *b rogation ot the oruers ui cmnu-il, tlie und ina. bh consequence of the opinions written huine t»y >ir los « r that war Would take place, ha* v-. ry materially operateu to simplify the lan guage ol the executive message That abro. gatiou, «hi. h in itself, waB.a very artful trick oi policy in tin; ilritiah cabinet, had not, how. ev. r, the eflcct e^pecteo in. L ulon. Our ru. Icts had s igaci'y enougTrTr tu.»ccrii, that, to i\ hnquisf* the war. when not even one oi it* object* was rntinlj obtained, would have been evince an instability a.together unbecoming their char.ici.«rs an.I station. Ami it tiie or* d i» i.i council hud been r scimled, witn a tie bmuuuii uuiuiL'v never wuuiu be revived* unu with a promise of'aV.mpensalion lor spoli.ut <»!»» under them, it is obvious that to have yield td un sue* term*, would have been to sanction the prasner o! impressing our st amen, winch, in the estimation ol nme ofour best and wise»t men, is a much greater cause of war, as affect *!llSP*Ho*al Itbtny, tiiun tile orders in council it *> t, the refute, in a true strain of policy, that the President decided locoimnue tne con test on tiie score of impressment, seeing that the subject <d the orders in council vv.^a onlj i reduced to the degree wiiicii brought our dit- I terences buck to the point of negociation, whilst nothing at all was admitted or proposed in re iation to the abandonment of the impress. 1 he controversy being, nevertheless, thus fur narrowed, the President sfrLecs with great strength, and in a phraseology m>t to be misun derstood by p-ri sons acquainted W^h the law of naiions, on the pi me.pie ami reasoning ■ p* plie d !e .u the truth of liidi] .e*lui.i co, cc.niug impressment. In tlie follow ing p issugh.-, which i* not les* just than it is luminous, we rciug« niae one ot Ur Madison's happ.rst cltbru:— “The llritish cabinet also must b«l sens.bit “ that, with reap 'd to the important question “ «t impressment, on which tlie war so essen “t^l “ ti“i i persons or property on board neutral vrs “ sels mi the high seas, is not a belligerent “ right d< rived from tlie law of nations; and " it is obvious, tliai no visit or search, or use " '*• force, for any purpose, on board the »rs “ sels of one 'ncic|>cnd .nt power, oil the high *' M il5i can, tn war or pea«,r, be sanctioned by “ the laws or authority of another powe;.” In this pa5i:.ge we have two distinct and ir refutable pro posit ion* i 1st. That a search for, or seizure of, Hri tiah persons or property on board neutral ves sels on tlie i h na*, l* not a belligerent riglit derived from the law of jm ions. I his is incontcstible ; for .he right of search is only adm.tied bv the taw of nations for ih« purpose ot ascertaining whether the neutral v g el has on board Contraband of war or enr. toy's property. 'I hus, the search is allowed, no. to usortAin whether, fur example. Jiritith pi rcmns or property are on bo trd, but whether the ship is conveying to the enemy of G. Bri tain articles contraband of war or the proper ty of subjrr a or citizens of the nauo.t in hostiht) with In r. As tills pn ten-ion to search for British per -on« or property is not permitted by thf law o' nations, the question is, can it l>e right^tl'y enforced ‘>y any st.uuti or order >n couik il oi lireat Britain herself/ Here Mr. Madison's »< c< nd pri position applies—he says— 21 It is olivio is.Ji.it iiju visit-or search, or use of forci, ‘or any on bdkrtl the vt-s sels of one milep n eftf poWr, oifcthe high svai, Can, in w^r or p< aedkbe mAi ctum"J hy the laws or authority of aiiotlAr povvlr. \ This, also, is mcontcwible The lawof na. tions ii formed by thj cmi.*< r.t of natioS*, bj immemorial usage, ana by genial treatte*-. I no oilier wuj c..n it fir lormrl. No o/iciiai.oi can abolish or alter the law . fSaiiohs/ JFcan t ot even affect lliem by legislation :■ the legis * at ion o? one. nation l>eing niert4£$nuuicip..', binding solely on its own stil.jccts or citizens si d having uo force r.r autfioritv beyond in own particular jurisdiction. The reason of ..I Ins is evident Independent nations have m superior ; si.d, therefore, unless tfiey com oi tn certuiu regulations tl /y can have no law ap plicatde to the whole $.7'©ne nat.on to s.-i Self up to legislate, by act of parluin I* Kl/ bit nriK.w ••• m .... . s or hy an order *pr anothei nstiu is an act i f uvtirpsvifWptrfiifh the nation who ’ ’ ‘ I-'w,,l " "iv/|| ||IC ll^lliMI W||(l um< peiuienor is tliu* impair It muy jtturly venge, and which every nation is interested renressinsr. In lltix doctrine Mr. Madison is very decided ly supported by the highest Mritinlt mu liority -no .ess than lh.it of the rigid h.umr. ble 8.V Willi*m Scott and S r John Ni.hol', who, in a poper dr.i« n tip and tsansmitted to J-.ltn Jay, Kaq. Am. ricau minister in lxmdon, on tli- 10th ot September, 1794, tty’inctly slate, that " b\ ** court* of admiralty, acting according to the Lux of twtiont, anil particular treat it*, all “ captures at sea have immemorhdly he njudg “ e‘l of .n every t ountry ot Eur fye ; anti that " any 0,htr method >f tri,^ ot/ould Is manifest b unjuot, aboard, andVmfirqetiMh/c” 1’he s-me reasonable doc rinV P'-'kailA in 1753, and Was sanctioned by SiMirolryB^c, then judge ol the English t.rorof$trv‘^nur*, Hr. I’aul, his Britannic Majesty's advocate general, Sir Dudley Ride~, Knv£ft>ii attorney general, and by tin- celt hrated IotR Mansftcd In :ruth, a comt of admiralty is a court of nationt / the law of nations only can prevail in it ; and .hat .aw is not derivable Iroin the declarations or acts of any particular nation. S.r William Scott, in later times, (about a year or two a Kfi) fhen pressed on this head, anti r. minded that the court in which he presided was a court ciOiMSively under the law of nations, admitted the ffeC', anti, in icferenee to the orders in council, s.id he uoulJ not fir name that the or ders w. re contrary to the law of nations This, nevertheless, w as a miserable quibble » for however tireat Britain may be authorised to issue, r.ffher own accord, directions lor the o pern, ions of her own ships of wsr under the law of Italians, she can Imvo no possible right to pronnilgata orders iflknii'cil declaratory of wh .1 reK"l#t'r''i* the lasTTof nitons allows. It aj'pt ars, then, that the !/w of nations does •ot sanction the sr-rch oj neutral vessels for tiritish (h isoos or pTopt Av , sml that Ci. Bri iin cannot autlitXriitoM* W^*rch by her own '"*• M hence, then, dot « flht derives preten .•■n for the viol nee which HMli .* in this re ps rtt xtrets* d » • m.y •.eooll.cted, from the ^uaunoatovy duct Arm issued under Uia auspi cWlordCaatlereagh, *t the instigation of Mr' Canning’, since the commencement of the Amc i ican war, that the British ministry relv for sup port of the pretension oj^lie principle of alle giance ami the right Of search for enemy goods and contraband of war. The right of search they alledge, fojf such goods and con traband cannot be disjned; and if, in the ac tual exercise of this r&hc a British born sub ject is n-rAml»ul k..tu_l._:_i_i l __ ** freognized, he'may be seized and borne . viiiuc ot his alii*gjanjw. This argument /, . 6. I Ilia UI^MIIIUIV lainy the{/uenitn .• if admits, in terms, that ■ le^t Britain possesses no right whatever to 'isit neutral sliips lor the purpose of impress nient. Having no right to enter for this object, the pretension to enforce the practice as mci. dent to a right of anotln r kind is preposterous. It is a known maxim o' law, that where a man hath no direct legal authority to do a thing, he cannot do it by indirect au liority The enter mg ttu- vessel is to search for merchandize, and not for men—and merchandize, too, not be 1" gmg to subj. c'a of Great Itri sin, hut to those ><t her enemy. The right 01 seaich, being a be I J'gcrent right, begins and ends with »ar, anil re Ukcs not to person# or articles of the party searching, bu entirely to snides, &c. belong. mir tn t .... ... _ i • i e .» ^ mg to the lee or proceeilin^in aid of the toe. i‘ui, to meet the advefsar^ftthi* argument on -—. if till-* OI . Ill U lus own assumed groim<l,1etlii trace the pr.c t!Ce on the just ificat nn aliedged. G. Britain - belligerent,has a right to search tmer'Cun, iteutrai vess. Is for enemy gJkiah,ml coi.trab-.ml \i*X r ',W. ,s* riSl,t l° fa* g'joved under the law of nation# ? UelernngTto I. n per »d *j,r S^'°B and sir John N*h h o I to Mr. J..y in 17.,4, we find it tin re su ,, . * tlie slnp, or ^,,1,. can by the captor, tln-re must „ •c *, judicial«|>roceeding, where. ,, \n both. partiet may heard -, ami con „ ‘*e",rV*l“"‘ lit re upon as prjLe, in a • omt ni i, ' ' n!ra yi»Ju*iRi’g by tlmjXifaif nation* and inane* I lie v den<»iMo aVmu t or omlern „ W‘ '* or “ I'b ’Ut, costa or qkiicigcH, mils., in . hr,t ",s ■‘"C'.come meflJy .m the sli |> . Via the paper* onboard^ ami the exam m tion, on o.itli, of the in inter and otln r , principal officers: 1) there d<> not appear ,, °m 'henc<, jji und to condeti n, aa enemy’s ^property, «»r contrabanateoiHls going to the cm ,uy there must he Ihi actjuitta , units* • Jrom the alorcstid -viUc ice, die property s.ia.l appear so donbiTOUifatft is reasonable ‘ o go »"t<> ‘tirtht-r prnot tneiycof lt'a seizure V- without probable cause, the captor is adju Led t . p.,y costs and d onag *«.’* Now, u the right •a seise Ihitish subjects is d> rived from the right to search for cm my fc. Contraband goods, it ought to lollow the same rn.e, and the n.or* so, ns, according to a philo sopoical and jus max m am down in th hooks, tht iawf.tvciha >nan‘*ptr* n btjorr hi pate*., tion. find ygt«xamin ition ? (nth it no regular j i ! cia rase ot unpri ssment die.___^ proceeding u here both pl:t !V* call be heard,Tin papei s on hoard the iientra^], ideiiti ting the cia tiz nsbipot the person seiahd are disregarded, »"d where nidividu.i ante ?eizcd w itliout pro b»ble < aitsc, and i-vct agaitisP'vviAence, the wru. g-docr is liable neitiier to coats nor da. mages. A British officer is, at onee, accuser, jmLe and sheriff In the c ase of enemy** good or contraband, there is no cond mnation with out a form d tria1: in trie case of impressment seizure snd condemnation are aynonimous. Thus, it is seen, the argument of the British minnn-y defeats itscltt The claim resolves tsrll into a i ight, which is no’, a right of itself, btt which, living <lei i\e.| from another right. Iihs neither in us origin, operation, or con^l qu< nces, one single point ofn semblance to tS right to whicii it is asserted to be incident! This is a right with a vt-ng. snee !! It is a per** I'ect cameleon, of an indescribable complexion, assuming different hoe. at different times. Will n im saiu iu»i mi m j.jiy » service is so ex credinglv urgwiil that if c mnot be delayed for the hearing o: proofs} tt’tfy rnAy not the same co aider*tit n weigh in btyidfur the merchant vess 1, hich, by the s< ini?^ of her hand!, die taking of American, by pe**yAe, is subjected to delay and peril Iran a ■nnnouiion of her compl men: 01 acumen I I lie Wet is, the ene «J Caiiiio' main sin the ground he has taken in defence of tile p -.dice ot inpressmriu, It is * m»k, d and arbitrary assumpio. of u Itoriti, supported by no previous usage, by no law of nations, and by no general treaties Indeed, t ven therein ol searcb h.r contraband is not of such very ancient establishment 1. was not a right in the days ot queen Elizabeth. “ After the peace of Vcrvins (says Va ,e , “ quoting Grot ins, queen F.iisabcth contin ling “the war wni» Np in, dfsiml tie king ot “ France to allow that ah F ench ships on “ their voyage to ftpmn rfcy ug »e rch.d, in “ order to d'scov r wbviheAtnry did nut se “ cretly carry mnitary »<>*$./hut this wa.i “ refused, as an ioj^»v *«» fwJfe^mid u fiivora M ble occasion to pimtjpc^ \m4 at a much la ter period it w .s agreed between France and tire at Britain that tree ships should m.ke free goods. I hi* manifestly up,tears uy the XVIltii article of the treaty of Utretdit, conciud* it on ti c 11 tli of April/ 1713, being that ar ick, as wr presume, which has b en so lr.qm.nly, of laie, adverted to by the French state papers. Thin article We shall here insert, as goin; to shew that wen as t .e I'lviiclt emperor con sti ties the law iA nations, jus principles are, in effect, what were, on* hurtu/ed yeate ago, so* lenmly recognize t<Miv yeaty between queen Anne and Louis XlV.h^a circumstance which certain.y does not eiitfeid -lie nWtimc maxims of Napoleon to the reproach of being modern innovation*. AOI '% Extrsc from a treaty of fyivigation and Tom merce between the mbst st rlne and most potani princess Atm.-, by$ihr Grace of God, queen of Great Jl8tain, Fiance and Ireland, and the most serene and ni«Jt potent prince Lewis XtV thffmost Christian Kings con cold, d at Utrrtcht the llih dgv, of April, 1713. H pnrt&d from tlie copy, published by tne quecuWspctial command, t ** Ait. XVII. It shall be lawful for all and "singular llitfJflbjcctB of the queen rtf Great “ Britain, aiWof the must Christian king, to “sail with their ships all manner of li “ bcrly and security, no lifuiktion ban.’ in :Je, “ who are the firopritiorNb/ tha^mcrchandizet " laden thermit, from any j%t to the places ol “ those who are now, or »ntdl be at enmity “ hereafter witli (In queen ot Great Britain, or “ tlie m >st Christian king t it sKSTl likewise be “ lawftd for the subjects and inhabitants afore “ said, to sail with the ships and merchandize! “a orementio ed, and to trade with the same “ liberty and a cunty ftom the places, tairti “ »nd liavensof those who are snemies ol both, “ or of either party, without any opposition oi “ disturbances whatsoever, not only directly from “the places of the enemy aforementioned tc “ ueutrtl places, buiMso, from one place be “ longing t* an cntmyWto another place belonging “ *•> an enemy, whttliemJjuy be under the juris " diction of thu san^e |Wiih.e,or under several “ And it is now WfmTated crrifcerniitg ships an< 1 goods, that free eh,pt shall ctleo gtoe a free■ | " dom to geode, and thatc^ery thing shall b. “ deemed to be free >ndlsmm, winch slial “ ** found on board the ijifTk belonging to ttu “subjects of either of th* coni, derates, at " though the whole laditjK an any part thereat " »houtd appertain r$*the enrihi/s of either • “ their majettiee, contraband goods being «i ways excepted, on the discovery whercu “ matters shall b« managed accruing to U» ‘‘sense of the subsequent srtides. Ft it als< “ agreed in like manner, tbi.t the tame liberty be extended to per tone vrho are on board a fret *' thu effect, that although they be “ enemies to both, or either party, they are not lobe eaten out oj thut free ehip, unless they “ arc soldiers, and in actual scmcc of the enc “ rnies.” I Ilia treaty of Utretcht is of the more autlio* nty, and deserves greater credit, from the cause* ot the war which it concluded. The jciiict objects cif that war were, the securing the Dutch, then a flourishing commercial peoph-, by a barrier, against the encroachments of France, and the preventing the union of the crown* ot Spain and France on the head ofanv 9 c individual of the family ot Uoui'Imio All j the great powers of Europe were parties to tin war and tile peace. Tile outcry was as loud at I tiiat day, against Louis XlVth on the seme ol univertal domination a* it is now against B>.na parte : And, indeed, there were several cir cumstanci s ol that period similar to those of tut- pi- sent time. The duke of M rlhorougli had been, preccning lit peace, plating a g.one in Lie lower countries winch lord Wellington is noy mimhkmg in Spain and Portugal! and t ie r« igning cabals of St J«nn-s are at present rjtiite .is profligate as the whigs and t<»ri- * Wo.e u •derqueen Ann., A treaty deliberately Named Under such circumstances, so analogous *■« 01 me y«ur lnu, ami wine > ire;ity was sanction'd by almost all tlie F.nro ptan slates, is unquestionably entitled to re ipecttul attention Great Britain now* affect* l>> contend tor the independence of Spain and 1 r barriers against die ambition o! Napoleon Hut in Pest* she far ex c i!s w!ia\ queen \nr e i n>ist d on; for that princess did not reqmr iliat no Bourbon s ould reign in Spain, only that ilie crowns of FraMae and Spain should not b.- placed on ilit* lie <d pi any one of that house j * here as Great Brnairf now demands that no li >n parte shall reign in'. Spfcm. And on the <> it o; Germany her p<»ncy ;i, it Would mem, uut to secure the indt-pt-ndtffiee of the s ales uorder.ng on France; but to bi inj^back the European sovereigns to their former state a >d bearing', wiiich was a condition of things most favorable to a monopoly of commerce in hei own hands. She calls it the balunce qj'poicer; but one of her proposals to France very dis tinctly siiews tvliai kind of a balance the B.i tih want. Na;m I eon says they require him to reduce lii-t navy to eighty ships of the lines which would leave Great Britain the uadis;.ut ed dominion of the sea, without either check or b.i.a ice. if the Briti-li were sincerely dispo ed to e-litblish a true balance an.ok nations, they would reduqetheir own navy, an > insist, outlie French cidperor’s reducing li is armies. But a fair equ.iiby uf.ii is not whai Great Britain wants. She is willing to balance all other nations, if'theywil ponnit her to li dd the scales and dispense justice according to lur own notions. A We cannot close this pap-.r,M:hout calling j the particular attention of thereader to the concluding part of that article which we have quond from the tr«. Ay of Utri- .cht. It guaran tees that even the peretm oj i.iem.et not soldi ers in actual service, thrill net be tuitn out <-f neutralveueU. Tlie spirit, and even the loitir of this provision, lias been preserved in many subsequent treaties ; and whilst it marks toe scrupulous delicacy obsei v«jd even towards the person ol an enemyinpt in sapis, forms an im posing precedent inwav^W of B»e poor unoffend ing n.u r I saimr, l.r^u^ii nV regard or deli c.icy w hatever is shewn ttt the person of an enemy is protected bylAe lag.V.y should not th.;t ilng protect the peilsrfn ot'afrirnd ? The U. S. frigates President and Congress, by the last accounts, have gut Well out to tea. Hereto, ore tlie President alone, has done won ders. We may say, in a u.<nbie sense, let tne rauiDiM i und Coiiokl.j :ttp together, -nd thei e will he Homing to tear lor national honor and interest. • Commodore Uccatut’s broad petulant, it will be s. cn lias bven lately struck down bv light ning. The circumstance may be received as a happy iimi fl. The Am rican naval flag yields only t« that supreme po*el&l>etorc winch all creation ^rembKi.ilt will Maecn that ttie Se cretary of he Nary,' in a toast Vi Washington, lias v. ry inpptty tmo'id.ed a bislidsia. The i cadet wid lit id ,u an,it Per .part of this paper, tli t late advice* h-vc b«en received * i uni London via Newport, Uiil*ie*!»V*nd. Oates art down to April io. A •>mati,artuir is elated in Iw : taken p.uce at Lum libburg, near the Kibe, between ^ French corps ot j,.» <0 men, and a very superior force ol Russians and Cossacks. Th • French, pressed, in tins instance, bv thre. bodns of tin tr enemy’s troops at once, to wit ; t e corps oi Gen. Hamburg, that ol General T.icticriuchefl, and a coi ps of Cossacks ; Were overcome. In detailing tins little battle, how «ver, t e British very plainly demonssraic that the French are in sufficient force on the Elbe auil the Wcscr to hoi l tha UusV.i.s in check ; and this, not by any new additions of troop,, but by means of the garrisons and detachments of men previously posted in that q tarter. 11 this arrival we are again notified of the move menu of B . rrtadoUe, the crow n prince ol Swe den, formerly a French Marshal and Prince n< Fon.c Corvo. It wu. be recollected that w>, have been told,ever since Napoleon first enter ed Russia, tint Bern*to le had adopted till able of England, tint one wltoie.year ha nearly elapsed, and be i ■,*it seem*. jli,t shout entering Swedish i^inrrAa, wfi.ch lies upon tbe margin of the rfeltte, and which, d'hodi-d, as is now s ated, an arm} of hi., command, he would, with the taoimies to be afforded by tbe British navy, litre occupied at alii moment whilst the'F;- nch were on their route to Moscow. But the poor snd sterii. kingdom of Sweden cannot furnish 50,0 0 men. Nor dors it appear to us that H r nudottc is^fully dec mod as to the a indue he will ultimWly p'lrfie. . He has hitherto ad vanced, it is cFtaain, ycry »Hi(y t and may, in the end, make ui^ ot*i« army Vn a very differ twit manner :rom wh it Grrat'fcriftin appears t«. expect We liaro, iif additaori^g/enrwed re port of Austrl ’s hsgbg joiiiW Rossi, again,* France. We do net B-Inkge thijiamior f >r there rrasona i first, tin-l>fi:isrt«abin^4ad no othci al information of tl« fact^bhieb is altogether at(varaence with pr Anbilityf for if Austria ha joined the English c<?llition, it weapld have beer effected by Lngiishgt^cans, that is, by mranso' English m-gociaiuSn and Eiudlsli money | an it is incredible, if Austria bid formally declai ed herself agaijsdWrancr, tf^tfie British ca bint l could hav?t.»h ig"pfl*«t 0|R. In the »< corn! place, the intelligence of JM fact is con •radictoryj in one article it is stated that a Austrian army of 80,000 men had joined th Russians in Volhynia, twhieli is a province oi ' Russian Poland,) and that 100.000 Austria, were also inarching into haly * whilst, in a article immediately foll^Tng*it ,s stated tin • 100,000 Aus.rians are fMiffehidAinto German • and 80,000 into 1 aly. fbii-Blv.-we do not be lieve the rumor, be« ainfjf.df Aiiatria is to h won by promises and g^nim a*ion*, tt is ohvi ■ ous that France can aff ord l»jjr better terms thai ; 0;r English and Russians < Thu,, for example , if th»- recovery ol the fdflMir Ionian possession I of the House of Austria an object, an. wbirh isreprrs-med to he the inducement beh • out by,me enemies of France, Napoleon ha ' (the unmosiUiu ability py^ U» 1 the emperor of Austria, in qu.'et occupancy of them ; whereas, if they arc to be gained bv tak ing side with Ittissia ami England, \u» ria won'd have to fig-lit pretty h-rJ for them It in not to be reasonably supposed that an/ sove reign in his senses would prefer fighting for that which he could get without tig ting Hut then* are many other considerations which w. iglt m ith us against the opinion that Austria will reli"<|iii*h her alliance with tin French.— 1‘hese, perhaps, we may submit lu the reader’* judgments hereafter. It will he remarked that, among all the arti cles of news<brought liv the arrival at N wport* there is not one which announces the move* ! ,nc,*t of the French Grand A rim. t\ lien that army doe* move, with Napoleon at its head, tha intelligence from ICurope will he very interest mg. hxtrucl of (t letter from one of the Peters* bu g Volunn era to hie friend in thie city, duti d “ Fort Meigs. Muy 20, 1813. “ Fur paiiicujf is I refer y ;>u to Gen. Har rison i flicial account. There were about JO of our c<>;» punv wounded, four of whoiu we have since lo.t—John Shore, George Hooker, Nicholas Alasfctnburg and George T« Uo gh.” *n >he above letter it is also mentioned that the dysentery is pre\ ailing in Fort Meigt, and that not more tn in 20 of ihe FeveisOuig Volunteers are fit for duty* A1 \R.1ED. O.i Thuinlur, srtli M..r, Mr. THOS. f5T'Y moivli mu, Richmond, to Miss. LUCY PEN^ HUJTI , jc (uni daughter of Col. William Hunt, of North Carolina. -On Thursday the loin Mar, hr the Reverend John.Will, Mr. sTlKLINli Li 1*800 VI U, to thu ttidy amiable Miss ELIZABETH JOHNSON, youngest daughter of James Juh.sou, esor ol Ohb. tow'/King Willliura. OV-r union d hearts the tender doves preside , lbiss gently on ye suit, ye Ikttiw^ h. uis ; BIchs the young brid.gioom and tlie bri. uhi bride, ^ Till death's cold hand at rests tho vital powers. (J. «sasr; ,.s> 11' thisplaoe, on Sunday night I-si tp u-.r MUNROF. m a o U n-Mi. Munro* r«t,,r ‘ •' .! Peter.mirg, whi n In ii.o uriiiug over of the p bliss Singe, his right arm was dieadtully shattered-which although since am putated produced the L >ik J»w, nul put an end to ids useful and valuable lit... ||e has left an amia ble »!£. disco soiate widow and ihreo voting chil dren to he wail Isis untimely and, and their irrepa rable loss. ‘ DIED -Departed this life on .Woodsy the 17th May, m the county of Goo.hluml, .Her nm„> , eal. Jf --mknev* a ill pain, whi h he endured with.. **-■■•*! fo'titodc, Doa rilAYOC. WATKINS it* the iJdyear oi hit age. I l.e tear* and heart .felt 51.110a • >! hi* uu mamti* friends and relations are the *»• »t etulemsiot the merit of this worthy you h, lie tried every effort to save „ life MhU i. «„Uii have been useful to h lu eli and society hut *1 . ! all proved iiielf.-itUol. * Not Witint ndiug he v os snatched hr the hand u'C .hSeu.e, trout hit viudies, .,t a., are when t!le min(f begin* t» untold t»elt, *„d receive the beirgnanC ray of science, notw.thslandiiig l.e was depnv.il . f .imiiy advantage* which an independent fortune - ,u.d nave given him ! yet he »„ |e*r md, ii.tellii* ;ent, a id ciramumcHtve. Charif, Candour, ihdanthroptiy a ere the distil,guisld.ig trait*.,f j„, character. He *u»a a:,,-,,, advocate for me mild dicirmcsol Chnstr.iuti, and an ; hie , nr,. ,ter of tfce right* 01 In* country.-Hi, political friend* lota 1 h.ni tor hi* seal m defer,, e of the r p,dd can coo .* and hi* pohlunl op,., euu mlmired hint, fo( € l banality 1 tie «r.,» bleaved a, h !,,,i . mlcuts and a com. prei.snMVe mind, which would h ve made him an 01 nament toll,* country, :„.d a„ |lo.,or o him*. If and taM.lv. II.• pnl.tical infunnation wa* exttu* »,ve, and l.e pr > raise. I fair to have acted in the the. rn» y t'c :* nii.l conapirnous i»f*vt lie moral, affable, liberal, and thoughtful j the ala lunng wdc of dissipation pre*ent.-d no ch u m* f.« i""i, but being ardently d. voted to Ineiaiu ie - 'Vu him l.is chid delight ; he never retorted i(| loose a i»i*«iueots winch are intended t Ic.ll ti ne « "hV! h« ,h » •* s,,or' enough, a d would di- of iiH-ll.-He pro.eda warm I'i< nd, a kin'j Ill-other ami an afto.-uon.ite ton. II .tala*' he ” n0w ,MI "ior> ; the l on "tie that so eloquent r a lusel odi*..la' 10 • in the bosom of a tr .utiisd 0 ei i the ha d that adnimikte. ed to.lhe want* .if the ni *• dy, anil the heart th.it inched at the affl , nous £ In* lelhyw cr. iturc*. ,-c ,s " .old us m., unie. tal ,o i. Inc *-When such4^ ihe loi* *e h ieioe«* plore, it i* impustiale to give uttcram e to our f. eU mgs, to det l ine the event r.fnur n.-l‘, or ,,ve to nlhei s ati adequate idea of its poignancy. *Y,-t ;t I* wull that t hose who love ’ him at ilea jy a* .u rselves, should partieljiale in our sjmp thy, a ,if llioue to whom he wa* uni. lown, *h uld hear of the talents, the noble ees of hta t, ai.d ha tut, y virtues •* that bless and embalm his mcmoi j **—■■»« ilnt why lament h.t untimely end, tho gh tal an from this (errcttrial abode, though depri.ednf that c - cesses of hit friends, lie it w.-fted to the realm* of eternal telici y, whom lui " will flourish in ima mortal youth.” * «,* “ C. IV' in our next. New Kstublidliiiient. WITH a view to t ie»esul>li->hinent of a re* pillar sale by PobiicifAuc ion of Houaeh >l<i Furniture of every dcAiption, Negroes, Ilorjs. «-•, C-mages, ic. 4;c. the subscriber ha» appropriateil the dwelt ngThome known •*» the (■LO"E VWVjWAjgs a jmee of <lepo»itrfi>r tho **»n<- pn p.ra otywi exposure tor sale_Tlio apartmem* btnnf^pbiiirnodions afford erery fa* cil.ty for a judicious arrangement, and ttie *u« perior advanta of sale in a building appro* printed s »lrly t-. this purpose, are soevident os to render a detail unnecessary.—Attention will b* paid to repairing defective piece* of Furni. fire, and liberal advances be ma le .1 required* J II. LVM .H,« ASA Ol IS. Richmond, June ,1, 1B13. dtovvr JN IKXPIjC I to vfin the course of neat winter. All MEmAavmg claima u ain*t me, are (‘equeind tcK.ono forward be*, ore the flrat Ay otjfpept^^ber next; a* thirf Notice will bAlead iiwhar after that ila*« KrtAWi rS ANDRBSON, s«„’r. A me lie, 2nd June._ wj.«ks. TToticb. ''MfS is to info~m tfe putdie generally, that 1 ■ my WihJAnE ■UlffFOgD,luu lately *t my bed ami boar# without any jn»t < a«i« vh«ta<»rvcr-—l lbforewarn all person* i rom harboring oi^HinUunig h r,—hI*i fr. n» raJmg or deal'm^^Bith >w on my t»< c unt, at k ' am determine^ prose uie men a* ,»re al>o»« ne lit toned, an<l aTTo (baling-,, *c. I will not leapoiaible lor anv debt <»i l»er contract;ng > ROBERT • tfUidgptgbsun, May Ui*.