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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; *, ' ■ vx> , i \\ 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* j P'l*’ T- • .... rt I Quick Sale a\ , » 2, ’l AfM ? ,., h ;,° l , [ rtc m 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 * |