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FROM THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER. Observations. imputing the Pn'i-h degressions to th A’n if, and no to tin Nation. There arc occasions, when it becomes the duty, as wHi us th< interest of the people, to le’idci it >ii<.ultiiil and wdmil try service to their country. In such a c tse. the cause is com inon, am! th seivi.e is essentially rendered to themscives. It is iixely ‘hat there w.. .never a ii.ee. <>i an occasion* when the indue. incuts were Ri'-.ter than now exists in the United .Su.tcv ... when a | - v'litt <d i onset it ancons effort wont.i render so much public good* as at the moment v, lien this is wiitten. t his wid Le presently seen. i ,ie rutots of Great-Britain, speaking the language of tlic King, and enfon mg Ins < on mauds. have long caused depredations and ag gressions of various descriptions, to lie commit ted upon the privileges property and persons of the United Americans. These tilings have produced remonstrance and i oniplaiufibiit they have not produced redress foi the past, nor sa tisfactory assurances for the future ;xo far iiom it, the most glaring violations ate succeeded hy others, equally obnoxious, and the immediate ’ no cut* or authors of those violations, instead > of punishment, receive applause and promo tion ; not content with this, oilier strong in- ; ducernents are offered to the offenders as al- j lurements, to proceed in the corn *e of iniquity, | insult and oppression. Stimulated hy such examples, other com* matiders, holding the highest stations in the j British n.ival cvMislinicnl, have waged war j upon the United Stales, at the moment when ‘ tiici ‘tillers offered to our inir.is.eis, the de- ; in; : is lure of false friendship and h.suitor* ‘ e uttcoustiess. If the authors of the fixtoi feuees, have received adequate punisiimetit, ] u< reeding off'm es w< til'd not have been coin- J muted ; but instead ol this, the liti isii captains i have been taught to be ieve, that, to insult tl>c Aincvicaii (lag, lo plunder an Ainetitaii shi|i, or to kid an American citizen, were sure passports to royal favor and pub ic promotion niitl distinction. The ease o> Whitby, is a case in point. Whether, therefore, vve consider the late and i future aggn sinus, as the effects oi positive or implied orders, emanating from the ruler, or a. tin natural consei,fences of the piomotion of vVhitiiy, and others of a like description, still the conclusion will be the same. The greatest offenders have heietoloie teveived the greatest rew nils. An emulation has been thereby excited in the British navy, anil evety occasion vv iil he adopted of obtaining royal mu liiiicencc and favor. These things demonstrate that the conduct of the Bt iti h fleet at Norfolk, and in the niigii bmhood has its authority positively or impli cdlv from the British King ; and although the arergdjiyri minister. F.rskine, has |)e"vuiptoi ilj’ cFccTule'T. that these crimes and offences are neither autltoiisetl, nor will be sanctioned hy the government, yet Douglas and Humphreys will l ugli at the interference of vii. Id skiue ; they will tell him that George the third is his master, as well as their’s ; tliat lie is the foun tain id power, as well as honoi, and that the uniider o; an American, is not oniy the surest w :\ to his affections, but the most ready course to royal favor and reward. These few and plain observations are de signed to shew that no confidence can or ou lit to be pi., ml in ifie assurances or assertions of the minister. He is a benetici try of royal fa vor, and it requi es but a moment to dismiss him from the honorable station which lie tilts ; nor ought nave credit to be gi cn to Doug las or to admiral Berkley. The British tleet. vml afford hundreds ol equal dinstinciiom who will be gild to take their places, and perform those deeds tovvatds the United Stales which, (notwithstanding public orders to the contrary) will licet with the r yal pleasure. I ins slate td ti mgs cio.iiiy dt-.no strates, that tile Unit ed states are at war with Great-Hiitain, not vithstatiding- thei n.ir.iaie-s and servants, hotii ii l.ag and and in the United Stales, in am upon it, that there is no var ; that vvar is not intend ed, and that the fnemtlv rekaions between the two con;cries shad be not only renovated btu. saengthened. M <ll, then. if war exists, if the tempora v Suspension pioeth:. from Millie S) Stein of stale policy, which cannot vet be understood, if the wcakneis oi then l>;x:t imposes upon thou a temporary forbear. ice or inactivity; should any one presume, that lucre is a change in the s<- .timetils of the king ? If he was rancorous ur.d hostile towards ihe Ame.icans, while we en.ii’ voted lo soothe aid court his smiles whiles there was reason lo believe, that in ihe United S'ates, he had many friends and advo e res, it is likely, when every voice, every pen, end tvciy press, prod tin his injustice, and reuse the people to opposition and to arms, that lie will, from such causes, become kind tmd coneiti ring ? Ihe whole course of his life may be referred to Thai course will shew that In 1 has ne'er paused nor varied, even upon the most trivial point, in regard 10 the people < the Uni'ed States. He commenced his un f tui. ate tvign, under the persuasion, that we M ere his bondmen : his own deliberate conduct p: nvn.e.J the revolutionary war. The peace of l Tda. a,id the acknowledgement ol American independence, tended nth to increase the na tural rancour of his bosom. Nor has he ever a .mi tied the notion, that the Americans Mere iel>. Hums subjects ; and that, in the cha racter “f rebels, they deserved death. How else, i 1 is asked, can we liud excuses or mo tive,, for toe numi*erless and atrocious nuu ci~ s, and disastrous wars, which have proceed ed from the activity ot his agents with the in dims ? or how else can T. e account for the robberies on our merchant ships ; the impress ment of Aineiican seamen, the compulsive iuii Aments in these ships of vvar, and the as sassination of our fellow-citizens ! While, therefore, George the third shall sway the British sceptre, the* Unneo States have no reason to < aiculute upon peat e. T his has been long known by every Ameucan whqhas accurately considereii the subject. And altho’ a treaty indicative of peace should be made, it will proceed, not from the honest convic tions cf moral or political justice in the king’s mind, but from a belief, that it will not at this tin e be in lib power to succeed, and that the injmiesand mortifications winch be will sustain, vviii greatly out-weigh the satisfaction which may be enjoyed in the death of some Ameii caes. in the capture and destruction of some ships, or in the conflagration oi a few towns unci villages. In the heart of the king of England there will be no change. Rancour, malignity, ha tred and revenge, will thet e find a sure and welcome mansion. No l No! As long as this oiistuiate, implacable oid man shall rule the lintisli pi opie, and direct the powerful resour ces of that empi e, the United States cannot leasonubiy calculate upon an honoiabie, ho ncstand petmatunt peace. It therefore be j hoies, not only the executive department of ; government and the popular leaders, hut also j every private man, to hold themselves in read ’ ness for vvar. A-> to time, cau.se or manner, it is vain to make enquiries ; in vain to examine the most respectdblt authorities oi establish icd usages. The British king and his myrmi- : • (lions hold all these in derision and contempt : I They act according to their own impulsions ; ami niicii )ou uliei a complaint or require a- ! ■ toiiemcnt, they point to their numerous fleets • their well appointed forces, and to their system ■ I ol finance; they claim the exclusive inheritance ‘ jol ihe ocean ; they boast ot their tighis and ; j pre-eminence, and top tiie climax oi injus tice, they applaud, piumoke and reward the, authors of the most obnoxious and ntrociou* ‘ off ence ; offences which have no example noi _ causes of provocation. These truths, too evident to admit of con-! tradiction, and too nefarious to aunrit oi pal- : i liution, have been lately recorded in our nanus, i • • * . . hi characters and Un.s which nothing can ob literate. W c are caiteu to arms, and the e.di i- re-e hoed by every voice. Age and youiii, wealth and indigence, ardor anti mouc latioii, enteiuiti but a single senuuient. Who, it is asked, lias ot can h we confidence in the king of England i \V hut American call beiicve, white he is the o gan ot so much pow er unit nas oecn tne organ ot so much misclueij that any treaty, which may be made witli tut servants will be preserved longer than Uieic may exist in the mind of the king motives lor pie seiving it greater than those winch invite lot t uptime I Neither the l w ot nations, mom’ or inimical justice, are taken into consideration*. Every tmug will turn upon a single pivot, ..nil that is the capricious anti unialhoniabic obsa tiacy ot the king. Long, too long, indeed, has that gi cat and gallant nation been entangled and perplexed by , the misrule of one, whose age, imbecility, uis-! case and malady, has every way rehdcieu linn! an unfit organ of public dimes It is not so; A nicricuns to question the rights or nioti.es ol other nations, who support forms of govern-. meet, or yield to oppressions which we call tyrannies. It ought to satisfy 11s that vve a.e highly favored with u clegice of political liber ty, which is unknown to othei parts of the world.—Here every man constitutes ina diicet manner, a part ol the govern met ot his coun try ; perhaps, therefore, many may enter tain notions that the inhabitants of,Great-Bri-. tain enjoy equal privileges. If it w r ere so; if, as is the case m the United States, the powers ol government emanated directly from the peo- ! pie, then vve might justly impute lo the flriiisii nation, the many injuries which we have re ceived from the officers and agents of the go vernment. 1 his, 11 is well known is not the fact. I ne pe pie are the instruments of a pow er which they cannot control, oi a species of mdiicot tyranny winch is organised at the idol ol the tht one, and will not cease to exist as long ai tne pie.eut order ol things snail be the rule of action. Ao far as respects the injuries which have be 111 received, u. those vv lm.ll may happen du ring the present reign, ;hc nation does not de serve to be blamed, l'hev are ennutgiedin toil, which they cannot loosen by ordinary means. Patriotism and popirar ti.euis have been vainn asserted by the most celebrated men of modern times. Their . Hurts, instead of convincing the king or rousing ttie people, terminated 111 their being removed from office ; thus they have lost their usefulness, the people their ser vices, and the nation is once more compelled to bow is haughty head and receive a gracious yoke from the hands of those who have given an untied devotion to the cause of war, oppres sion and desolation. The age, infirmities, and maladies of the king h v e induced many to suppose, that death or disability would, before tins day, and may, even vet, shortly relieve the na'ion, and conse quently the world, from an odious system of oppression, which has no example in ancient and modern times. Relief to the British nation willalsv lead to relief for the United States. 1 he chains of tyranny may be broken, and the nation niuv yet. ere long, Ikj not less respecta ble for its (volitical liberty and national justice, tliun it has been heretofore lamed for arts, sci ence, enterprise and arms. l’lie war-worn world calls aloud for tran quility and peace ; but there Can be no tran quility, no pe ice, no concord of nations, while an obstinate and tyraunical luier of a powerful and gallant nation, chooses to say it shall ncthe so. Mich is the fate of Gteai-Brnaii',and such are the reasons for saying that a s ate of war .between Great-Britain and the United States is inevitable ; and that theie will be no substantial change, until death ov revo lution shall change the destiny of the na tion. A CITIZEN OF RICHMOND. FROM THF. BALTIMORE EVENING POST. JVe have been favored with ‘he following anecdote oj capt. Chauncy,of the United State* navy, Its genuine Yankee spirit will not be unpleasant to our reader& al thi* crisis. Avery short time since, captain Chauncy returned from a voyage to the Eust-lndies, which, under a furlough, he had maue as a pi i-ate citizen! On the passage home, in the I idian Ocean, he was brought to by a Britis/i ship of war of 64 guns, and a lieutenant and 10 01 12 men sent on hoard his step. ‘1 he British ofiic- r, an impertinent puppy, without tven sa luting captain C. as a person having any pre tensions to gentility would have done, immedi ately ordered one ofhis men to stand a; the hclnr.. Cup. C. jusdy offended, told liissuilo; to knock any man down who attempted to take his piace without his (Chauncy’s) orders. The attempt was made, and the English sailor, by patriotism paid his tribute of veneration to the nerve ol the Yankee. The lieutenant ripped out as many handsome oaths and threats as a person could wi h, and advanced to take the helm himself— Chauncy stepped before him, and upon the ’ Englishman’s laying his hand upon it, seized 1 him by the scruff*of the neck and threw him | overboard into the boat. Upon this, the lieu | tenant and his men went off, and presently capt. : C. was boarded hy 60 or 70 men, among them ! the first officer of u his majesty’s ship,” who : abased captain C. in words, not a little, for his ) treatment to the lieutenant, who replied, I treat ed the puppy as he deserved—he either did not know his duty and the manners of a gen , tlcman, or would not exercise them. You nave I now a superior force on board the ship— do , what you please. Captain C. then went on board the man of war, where he received some more ; compliments from the commodore, to which he replied in the same manner, without giving wav one inch to that haughty spirit which characterises too many of the officers of the British navy. This spirit probably preserved him from the effects of their violence, and he was dismissed as the d—dest obstinate Yankee rascal they had ever met with, without their knowing him as any thing else than the master of a common East-lndiaman. Previous to his leaving the British ship capt. C. very leisurely took a memorandum of the officers’ names who had insulted him, saying, “ perhaps I may come athwart you some day, w hen you shall know who and what I am.” HINTS TO YOUNG OFFICERS. In an army, where the officers and soldiers have both their professions and duties to learn, s gieat allowance in the commencement must ’ be made ; but patience, attention, and perse- I verance will sm mount all difficulties. Obedi j etice comprises nearly the whole of the sol dier’s duty, the officer has much to perform. ‘ To keep up that spirit that should exist be ■ tween the officers and soldiers, it is not enough that the soldier should be obedient—the officer j should be attentive to the health and ease of I, the soldier, when the necessity of discipline, 1 and the urgency of the service, do not require J the one to Lie exposed, and the other to be sa : crificcd. ] In exercise, the soldier should not be kept ■ in a pai ful position longer than necessary. On a march, attention should be paid to fre quent cnanges of position, as not to produce more fatigue than can be avoided. A raw sol dier feels great pain in standing with shoulder ed arms for thirty minutes together, while the officers are settling some plans of parade, or, what is less excusable,talking upon someindif fereut subject. By bringing the soldier to an order, he is at ease, and ready to perform his next morion with spirit and alacrity. Upon a march the soldier who has carried arms for half an hour, is more fatigued than he would be in five hours, by frequent changes. If marching to meet an enemy, his left arm would become so cramped as to be almost use less. The hours of parade should be judiciously cho sen, especially at a season, when exposure to the heat of the sun may he fatal to many va luable citizens. Tne quality of the troops ought to be re garded, and although it may be necessary to make soldiers of all, men unaccustomed to severe duly, should not, without actual ne cessity, be made to undergo exercise that may prove fatal, and deprive their country oftheirservices before an enemy appears; they should be accustomed to fatigue by degrees. For mere object of parade, five or six hours are too long to keep a regiment under arms, exposed to a burning sun in a climate where the thermometer in the shade is at 90 de greees. A regiment, in the British service, is seldom kept under arms for parade more than two hours at once. These few hints are thrown out, without meaning disrespect to any particular officer or officers, but with a view to promote the harmo ny that should exist in a service, where all are embarked in one cause, and with the same ob ject before them, all having the same interest at stake, and where the soldier has as much, and oftentimes more at hazard than his offi cer.— a: 'folk L.lgcr. PHILADELPHIA, My 16. The Helvctius, Captain Bowen, left Cantw* on the 7th of March. Ten days previous to her departure, an affray occurred between son e Chinese and some of* the crew of English East-India company’s ship, in, which the latur ■ unluckily kiHed a Chinese, for whom, tie Mainla.il.e demanded a nun ; which being re fused, the loading of the company’s ship was stopped; the chief of the English factory had the Mandarines made acquainted, that unless they were permitted to pioceed with loadii g of their ships, he would, on account of the approach of the S. W. monsoon, dispatch them as they were, and render the Chinese responsible for the loss that would occur thereon. Captain Rolls, ofhis majesty’s ship Lion, of 64 guns, demanded at the same time, that an officer and six men, who had been taken by the Ladrones about one month since, when attempting to land at Macoa to procure pro visions, should be restored ; that if they wee not, he would proceed to obtain redress. The Chinese Mandarines gave three days notice to the English factory, that, should they obstinately persist in not giving them a man, their supply of provisions should be stopped. The English had prepared themselves in Case of any further disturbances, as the ship Lion of 64 guns, a brig, and a discovery ship then at Macoa, were held in readiness to proceed at a momont’s notice, up the river; the Chi nese had scaled the guns in their forts ; and very severe consequences were apprehend ed by the gentlemen of the East-India com pany. “Canton, March, 18ID7. “ The English company are involved in con siderable trouble. inconsequence of someone of the crew of their ship Neptune having kill ed a Chinese, for whose life, this government have required one ot the cievv to be delivered up, which has been positively refused—the refusal has produced the stoppage of all the Chops for that sliip, and Mouqua (second of the lioug) by whom she is secured, has been, with the Linguist for the ship, cat t ied in chains inside the city. 1 have conversed with Che ongqua and Conseequa, who have assured nie, no inconvenience will attend the Ameri cans ; but assert, positively, a man must be giv en up. “ The sailors have behaved most infamous ly—they battled down and danced on the Span ish flag, and then destroyed it. Their captains apologised, and the next day, compelled the sailors to hoist anew one. Some few 01 the scoundrels shew a disposition to pull down the American, and a part of them were in the act of lowering the Swedish, but were prevented.— They have burnt one of the Mandarine’s houses in front of the factories This shameful con duct has induced the Chinese to determine, no more sailors shall be permitted to come up on liberty. It is generally thought the Englsh bu siness, except in the country, will be stopped in a day or two. The English, including the Lion man of war, at the Bocca Tigris, amount to 1600 men. A few days will decide this unfortunate business.” ZEAL FOR THE HOUSE OF GOD. An old Chinese went one day to a missiona ry, who was in his village, to represent to him the extreme desire he had of building a church there. “ Your zeal is laudable,” said the fa ther to him ; “ but w-e have not now the means of defraying so great an expence.” “ I aspire to do -it myself,” replied the villager. T'l.e missionary accustomed to see him for many years lead a very poor life, believed him not to in a situation to accomplish what he promised. He again praised his good intentions, repre senting to him the length of the village, con sequently the large size of a suitable, building, and his incompetency to so great a work. “Ex cuse me.” replied the countryman, “ I believe myself able to do what I propose.” “ But do you know,” said the father, “ that two thou sand crowns at least are necessary for such nn undertaking ?” “ I have them already,” replied the old man ; “ and if I had not I should not thus have importuned you.” The missionary was much charmed at learning that this good man, whom he had thought very poor, was pos sessed of so much, and that he wished to em ploy it so usefully! ; nor was he less surprised, when, having the curiosity to ask him how he had been able to procure this sum, he inge nuously answered, that for forty years since b© had conceived this design, he had retrenched from his food and clothing all that was not ab solutely necessary, that he might have the con solation before he died of leaving in his village a house erected to the honor of the true God THE SPIRIT OF CONTRADICTION. A woman, faunt’ring near a river’s brink, From thought,or thoughtleffnes, or drink, , No matter which, fel in it— And, as the story goes, She ended quickly a 1 her earthly woes, Was drown’d, to speak more plainly, in a minutei, Soon as her spouse the tidings knew, Swift as an arrow to the spot he flew, The corpse to find,and the lad duties pay. “ Friend,” cried he,“ with tearful eyes, If you know where my poor Peggy ties, Tell me, I pray:” “ Seek down the stream,” fa id one—“ Ah, no,* Quoth he,” I’d better upwards go— The wife on whom I doated, Was so obstinate a jade, That, by the mass, I’m much afraid. She ’gauill the dream hasfloated”