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JTf*, .1: ude, and to fend
tfctniflers to St. Petersburg,
to take advantage of it. It
would have be.-n fatisfadtu
ry the President, if his
Royal Highness the Prince
Regent had found it cc-mc
paTble with the views of
Great Britain, to adopt a
fi.Tiiiar mcafitre, as much
dfclay might have been a
voided, in accomplishiag an
ohjedi, which, it is admit »
ted, is of high importance
to both nations.
'1 he course propefed as a
fubifitute for negociations
at St. Petersburg, under the
auspices of the Emperar of
Rotlia, could not, I mud
rermik to your Lordship, !
have been required for the
putpofeof keeping the IJ.
States unconnected tgainft
Great Britain, with any af
fairs of the Continent.
There was nothing in the
proposed mediation tending
so h.‘ch a r cfult.—The terms
of the overture indicated the
contrary In offering to
bring the parties together,
not as an umpire, but as a
common t; iend, to difeufs
and fettle their differences
and rrfptCtive claims, in a
manner fatisfaCtory tothem
b ives, his Impelial Majeflv
lhewed the interelf which
he took in the welfare of
both parties.
Wherever the U. States
may treat, they will treat
with the tincere defue they
have reoeatedlv manifefted*
of tuminating the present
contcif witfi Great Britain
cn conditions of reciprocity
confident with the lights of
h >th parties, as sovereign
and independent nations*
and calculated not only to
eltabhfh prelent harmony,
hut to provide, as far as po
fihlc, agaimt future colei -
lions which might interrupt
it.
Before giving an anfver
to the proportion commu*
nicated hv your Lordship,
to neat with the U. States
independently of the Ruffi
an mediation, it would have
been agreeable to the Preli
dent to have heard from the
Plenipotentiaries of the U*
State-,, lent to St- Peters
bu g. The offer of a Me
diation by one power, and
the acceptance of it by ano
ther, forms a -.elation bc
tween them, the delicacy
of which cannot but be felt
From the known chara&er
however of the Emperor,
and the benevolent views
with which ins mediation
was offered, the President
Cannot doubt that lie will
fee with iatiM&Ciion a cen
currcnce of the U States,
in an aitvi native, which,
under exiiting ciicumiijn.
res, a fjords the belt p ruf
fe ct or obta.ning lptcdiiy
wbat uas the object of hs
l o' -t-. iiui.n i j.n ot vor
md: 1 to m k
* v < I »r*‘ fhi..., t, r
•’•'Vat n ut H; *,
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Rffrent that the President
accedes to his proposition,
and wdi take the measures
I depending on him for carry
| ing it into effect at Gotten
* burg, with as little delay ts
| poflible ; it being prefiumed,
that His Majesty theJCing of
Sweden, as the friend of
both parties, will readily
acquitficc in the choice of!
» place tor their pacific ne
gotiatiom, within his dom
inions.
The president is duly fen
fihle of tbe attention of His !
Royal Highnefe rh# Prince !
Regent, in giving the orders i
to the Admiral commanding j
the British squadron on this !
j coast, whifeh your Lordihip j
has communicated. »
I f#avc tile honor to be, See |
James Monroe.
m* ~i hi t r -»m
#*w-York, January f.
flxtrtM of a letter Jr 9m Maj.
General Half commanding
9n the Si agar a fra after, to
His Excellency Gaverwr
Tompfons, dated Eujfaloe,
December 25, 1813.
" On n y receiving infor
mation of the enemy's crof
fiog the Nisgara riVr, and
taking the fort, I imme.
diately set off for that fron
tier. On my arrival at Bat
avia, I found a number of
volunteer afTcmbled. I tar
ried there one day to forward
them on to the front er, and
make a rangements for those
who should follow,
“ I this day arrived at
Buftaloe and assumed the
command of the troops,
bringing all volunteers, now
on this Ration—The whole
number here, at Lewifi
town, 6cc. may amount to
about zoooof every de fieri p.
tion. The troops now out
can be kept out but a few
days. Those called out on
your excellency’s lad requL
fition, cannot all arrive at
this place till the middle or
latt of this week. The or
der did not reach me till the
evening of the i6th.
Our loss in the capture of
Niagara has been immense.
What number of brave
men have been facriiiced, we
have not been able to learn—
If mud have been great.
tc Several inhabitants have
been killed et Lewiftown,
&c. among whom it is not
aicertained there are «nv
J
women or children- I have
I the honor to be, &c.
“ amos haul.”'
I
Frew th# feme to the fame, W.ted
H .tc*-(Quarter*, Niagara Frontier,
Dec. 30, 1 81 3, 7 o'clock.. P. M.
j [received BY EX PR ESS. ] |
blit—l have only time to
j ackn-.wicdge the receipt of
\ your letter of the 26th ind.
1 and to add that this frontier
;is wnoly defcUtc, The
iiiittllt eroded over support- ;
eii oy ait 1 Oftg pally oS In- :
< dtai.c, ai a hale befoie day
iin.- luorniup, near 31a-, .k
* Rock—.they were mat by!
! ti-f militia under my com-!
!in i‘J with spirit: hut ovtr
r. .j ny i > urn lists and
| cliYciptine of the enemy, the
militia gave way and fled on
every fide : every attempt to
: r ally them was ineffectual.
The enemy’s purpose was
obtained, and the flourishing
village of BUFFALOE IS
LAID IN RUINS. The
Niagara frontier now liee «.
pen and naked to our ene
mies. Yoarjfcidgement will i
direCl you what is mod pro
per in this emergency. I
am exhausted with fatigue,
and tauffc defer particulars
till to-morrow. Many val*
uable lives arc loft*
I have the honor to be See
“ A. HALL.”
From Niagara. _
, There are in the city we ijn.
ucriand, v*»icus accounts of
‘be further deftrnclive progress
of the enemy in his inroad on
Ns-agara frontier, giving (
different rcprefentatioiis of its
| r*iem ©r*d importance, none
oi w"ich however have fallen
in our bands, except the fob
lowing—
Albany, Janudry i.
A n exprefi arrived last even
ing with dilpatchfcs for the Go.
vt*o(»r, from v?hom we have
received the dillrefitng intelli
gence, that the vuUges of Buf
falo'* end Black Rock wetede
ftroyed by the B itifh on Tburf.
day, the So.h wit. that Mr«.
Lovejoy, whole hwsband was
serving in the mi i ia, was mur
dered by the Indians or Brittfli,
that Col. Chare* was taken
ptdoner j that M*j< Gen. Hall,
had retreated, and bed hi* head
quarter* at E’even Mile Creek,
that Gen. M,Cme hjtd retired
to his residence, accompanied
by about 450 regular, as a f#fe
guard to cover hia retreat from
an exasperated populace. The
enemy after burning and plun- ,
deting B .ffjlor, again ‘returned
to Black Rock with the inten
tion as was supposed of re„
eroding the river.
Our informant also adds,
that there were four fmail
fchwoners <4 Baffafoe Creek,
which had been used as gun
boats, had fallen into the bands
of ibe enemy, and were deftly*
ed.
LATEST IKOM HALIFAX.
Boston, January 1.
The United States cartel brig,
Aualoatan, Smith, ? days from
H» if*i, with 140 prisoners, arrt- !
, vtd at Holmes’ Hole ott Tuesday
lart Amor*g the prisoners arc
midshipmen Curti*, Russell, Tha
yer and Higgiabmham. late of the
Chesapeake frigar© ; Midshipman
Duncan, of the President frigate j
Dr. Dix i»f tne Chesapeake, and
several officers es privateers Ate.
Several ©f them inform that 140
men were on b >ard the Magnet
prison ship, at Melville inland, da*
■ »:««<! a« hostages.- and from 4Gto
40>.f5cera on board the Malabar
! p» «»on ship, also detained as iio*sta«.
; Ibt cartel ship Bouwick
f ***'‘Ad in four or five days,-
tvun from 400 to SOO prisoners.
Nothing now at Halifax. No pri.
4c.*t in since the Hussnron sail
ed. Speke nothing. Sawnocrui*
*ers.
Lieutenant Badd, late of the
; Che apeake, remained at Halifax,
j Nn other vessels at Vineyard on
J ir.ur-.day.
| „
£ allm, Ms*. January 1.
1
\ I <m>t the pr’ttv efiktr* of the
I Ch«.sp* , *kfc 1 r ga'e, having bten 1
j • cl a*, d Horn C'uie c onfiacjrttnt at
SU i fax, ihe ten Lul sh «.dicers
wno ua.c b*u u c'osTy confined ia
I - f
!p<w:©h Jail, in retaliation. Iwve
been likewise released.
Bojt*n, January 1.
Last evening two person* were
coiriu.it; yd to the jail iq this tovrn
on a charge of HIGH TREASON
They were apprehended in Ber
wick, in pursuance of a w »rrant
from the Hon. Judge Story, by
Mr. Thaxter, aepucy marshal,
and conducted by him to this place
I We understand the charge allerig
j ed against them, it supplying »h- I
British ships off Cape liatbor with I
cattle.
Raleish, (.v. c.) Jan. 4.
The Supreme Court j s now
in leflion,—lt has been deter
mined, in the case of Creden
ton vs Jones, from Halifax,
that the ati* of the General Al
fembly of this State, common
ly called the Suspension Ad*,
atcunconflitutional. The cour!
grounds its decision on the toth
Fdionof the iff article of the
i'cderai Conllitntion, which u
m these werds, « No S Jc
J fliall enter into any treaty, at
lianct or confede/ation j g’rant
letters of marque and reprisal.
coin money, emit bill* of credit,
make any thing but gold aru ]
h ; ver coin a tender in paymehi
of debts, pafg any bill of auain •
der ex post facto Law, or law
impairing the obligation of con
trsds, or grant any title of no
bihty. Mr, J. j, Daniel, who
was counsr. for the Defends! t,
intended to take a Writ or Er
ror to the Supreme Court of
the United States, but on ex*
©mining the ad of Congrtfs, it
was dikovered that the above
case v;M not one of those enu
merited in the 25'h fe£tion of
the Ad of 1789 entitled “ An
ad to efiab.ilh the judieij.
Court* of the United States,’
1 hi> ffcdion is in the following
word*. ‘ I'hat a final judg
ment or decree in any lute in
(he highefl court of law equi y
of a ttste in which a dccifion in
the futt could be had, where is
drawn in quefiion the validity
of a treaty of ftaituteof, or an
authority exercised under the
United State.*, and the decision
agatnft their validity, or where
is drawn in question the validi
ty of a statute of, or on author
ity exciciscd under any state,
on the ground of their being re
pugn«m to the confiitution,
treaties or laws of the United
I States and the decision is in fa
vor of such their validity, or
where is drawn in question the '
construction of any clause of
the confticution, or of ©treaty
or statute of, or commission
held under the United Stales,
and the decision is againfV the '
title, right, privilege or exemp
tion, specially let up or claimed
by either party under fuck clause
of rhe said conflituticn, treaty,
statute or commission, may be
re-examined and reversed or
affirmed in the Supreme Court
of the United States upon a
writ of error.’
In the present case, thejudg.
cs have declared agantt the ati
of the (late, and the Defendant
has no right to his Writ of Er**-.
ror. Had the decision been in
favor and in support of the act
of the (fate, then the Plaintiff ,
could have bad a Writ of £r*
r©r, accoiding to the before
mentioned act of Congress.
Mr. Dtrniei ha* r*ifed ano
ther qucliion. It is this—Aie
' not those lecumes wuc came
into Court and ;cisnowkdged
themselves such under the >us"
i pension taw now discharged ?
Mr. P. Brown couufcl for
Plaintiff*
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a»M‘Le!!ao sn F - c 1 ! '1 ■
on TilViritJjK I-,.' j * J
USH GOODs t 0 M 'l
55 i 03, 1 37, m jo
lwn 43 doii; •S' 0 '!
pound sterling. CQ '■
BRjriSH SPitrc; I
* Jcfcrn, bv ihc arrival*; I
| NWH. ve „, tl ,„
°” C ® f , Who( « **« I
women's apparel, * e[r “ 1
f>nr w «,td, „, d . •;!
r . on : ? n f ,he y »«r vit wj „. 1
runbul, when „
‘ hc 'ufreSinn ,h ev »,|
tngl.lnraen, hid them a ;i , ; I
md conpyed on bos d tbe il
United Stares. 'U e ’ rr |
,n femßlc *tfitc proves ,o be J
second Lieutenant oi die r,J
A '«;«» reccivtd i„ e J
from W afhing<o«», r I
date Dec. 14, / 4^ gj * ;. tf 1
mation was receive ldfJ fv 1
50 g» that a D iiifh forced , C J
'•roop* had arrived at P? fL I
* nd lh « * &rififh fqufd.cnr ||
Swept aH the American ~nK J
‘ on she cosfi bet'-cr tri 0 j
tana and Pensacola
Na». Int. jan. 7. I
GF.ORG IA SUGAR.
We hive i*t*U iMn ; rvo |
pie* cl SUGAR made m G 1
git Lent tho Cans, the I
thttstatc, which »*,j! *-<*,{■
competent JtWgtr, to b .n < I
q uluy with »m made j ? i J L I
■ir Louisiana; »t'd frstn -D qol
ity of Cine railed the I,«, ,~I
uratU aii of which trat rcsovel
tor planting, there i« little ebufl
but that ib two or three j«« s./I
Drthe*«i great qcantuiea «;•; 1
rnadfi in that it*«e. and** ?»< -r • I
nouthera part# of tbi»—il
aod another link ta ;he chain „? rl
a 1 independence.
[Farolii*ft Gt*?re.
A letter to the Editor, rs? rM
Jonca, County, Geo. Dec. .1
Kates, fincc the defeat ol I
Indians by Gen* Flojdtioofl
of importance had taken , i. I
The Indians have afftn. I
about five iddes below a I
Floyd defeated 1! cm, in Mini
tiers fa id to be four thet’U.l
and determined to contjiui I
die.—lbtd. I
A letter f»»?n New* V> I
dated the 31st uk. ft«?ep I
S. g i rs have (alien in thst t; I
from thirty five dollars per h I
dred to twenty eight, in 2 vt I
1 few days. Coffee m- p»° D 'I
tion, and ft ill failit;g. In f !I I
adelphia the fai*e article*
already (alien from three : *I
dollars per handred. U l4 B
merely the tefuit of fpeca’* |
When they get the news ' I
‘Waffiington, of Caftl< ( A
di(patches, it will probab y c >
a peg or tvra lower, and |
will end the golden drear? J
ihofe speculators who caku |
on aroalfing fortunes ftt' 1
hard earnings of the indul*
pau of the coror^ohy*-"' 1 '- 1
The 1 Government, ! I
lsid have received inlut §
tioh of a contempU feu j
tack on the Southern C 8
unßer the command f
mifal Cockburn ; sn
Norfolk is the mod i 1
ble place of attack, * 1
the most expoled, tr-* I
tention ha 6 been 1
that point. - A dra * |