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ARGUS. “Here TRUTH unliccnt'd reings, /(nd dare accost e'en kings themselves, ...Or rulers of the free.” MILLED GK VI Loli : TUBS DAT, MARCH 20, 1810. —— HIGHLY IMPORTANT ! By the laft Athens mail thje Editor of the Argus received John Mams, had arrived in En gland, France and Holland. Wo learn from tlic paflbngcrs in Wic Packet, that not the {mailed ap- pvchenfion was entertained that a war would enfue, in confequence of the ditmiffil of Mr. T.ickfom Our London papers are moftly filled with the correfpondence be tween our government and Mr. Jackfon. AMERICAN AFFAIRS. The Times of January 4, fays— The (ketch of American negocia- Not t! dVd the American govern ment know that he violated them f n And in the efri-.bliftiment of the for mer pofition, Mr. Jackfon would have found ample exercife for his talents, without undertaking the task of proving that men knew that England, nnd there pay a tribute.” f ■ Warmly as we have ever defend ed our orders in council, wo cannot dill believe that this our enemy's change of tone has been entirely produced by their operation upon commerce ; and are trot without which they declared that they did j our fufpicior.s that there is an indi- Wafhington City papers, up to tions becomes every day more puz- the 10ih Marcil They con- j and every day ate we more tain very late and important in- , c ? nvince d that great faults and not know. The lad topic upon which we (hall touch, is the financial date- ment of the Secretary to the Ame rican Treafuty. We omitted to obferve, in our remarks on this'vef terdnv, that the thirteen hundred tHoufand dollars whereby the ex penditure lad year exceeded the receipts, was covered by a fum al- orders & decrees of thefe powers j January I—The rupture, at pre brighten apace....A worthy cor- | fent, is not between Anvrica and refpondent, at Wafllington ct'y, England, but between the Ameri- ' — ‘ ' 1 can government and Mr. Jackfon. [Times.] London, January I.—Minifters have been bufily occupied in deli berations upon the lad difparches from America, having held two fays: We hive good reafon t$ believe, that the Britifh will fend out another minifter, and fhat the French will revoke their decrees.” Our reprefentative, JCapt. Cobb, in a letter to the Editor of lV Argus, fays: “The papers which J have inciofed you, contain important and a- greeable news. In addition, it gives me fincere pleafure to add that Mr. Smith, [Secretary of State] has received a letter from Mr. Pinkney, [our minifies* in London,] ftnting that Marquis Wellefley had informed him that the conduftof Mr. Jar Id on without doubt, been outweighing her means, ami obferves too, that (he acknowledges her inability to commence a war (which will ’mpofe no fciifible burthen upon us,) with out negneiating a lone for the bare infcrelt of which (he cannot provide, without having recourfe to fo novel a method as internal taxation ; mud Cabinet Councils between Thurfday 'hope, at lead, that (lie will not and Saturday* It is faitl if the A mcrican government refufe to re new their ncgociations with Mr. hafiily or umieceffarily encounter perils fo incalculable. Tlte importance however, of the (DJI me cotiuuaut mi. jai iviuu ■ . u..i\t_ , ,*r i i .i • -n refnondci.ee bc.wccn iWr. Liiiuik. v/i.l be difavoweo by the Bittifh > an j t j ie Secretary for the Foreign government, and that a gentle- | D cpartrncnt . man will be immediately fent i January ic—The important over in his room, with full pOW- news from America, contained in Jackfon, no other negociator will preceding observations, though we be fubitituted. January 8.—A long and very im- [ portent letter we have given in our paper of this day, from Mr. Smith to Mr. Pinckney, relative to the un happy difpute with Mr. Jackfon. ■--The whole materials however are vet {,.complete. We want the cor d's to adjuft all exifling differtil- ces.” TORPEDO WAR. The readers of the Argus have no doubt noticed the pro ceedings of Ccngrifs, on the our papers of ycllerday and to day, relate to three fubjedts : The finance of the country*, with which we have lefs concern: The conduct to be puvfued in relation to Mr. jackfon ; and the meafures propofed upon the refunrption of our O.ders in Coutt- _ cil. The laft is by far the mod mo- fubjed of Iorpctlots. The Sen- rnentous topic; for upon it will ul- ute have paffed a bill appt opt iat timately depend the queftion of ing 5000 dollars, for the purpofe ■of defraying expenfes that may be incurred in frying their prad- ical ufe. The vote on the paffegc peace or war. The refolutions propofed by Mr. Troup, a member of the Houfe of Reprefentaiives, if adopted as a law, would, we apprehend, te decifiVe of the bill hood ayes 18 n«ys j 0 f t ^ e determination of the Amori- 33; both our Senators voted in favor of the bill. In the Houle of Reprefentatives a motion was made by Mr. Livermore, to re ject the bill, which was loft— ayes 27, nces 76.—The whole of our reprefentation voted in fhe majority. Of the efficacy ol this mode of warfare, we feel ouifelvcs incompetent to judge ; hut were we to hazard an opin ion, it would be favorable.— Thofe d if pc fed to examine for themfelves, may, by applying at the Office of the Argus, fee a feries of numbeis which have appeared in the Aurora, accom cans to appeal to the (word. F.x- c hi five of (he confideration of this melancholy refill t, which mult fpring from the enadment of them, it will, weapprehend.be evident to all difpaflioriaie underllanciiiig, that i the refolutions are in themfelves pjrtial and unjuft, in every way in which they can bicomc the fid.jcdt of inveftigation I. They are un- : juft, in profefTmg to deal iudi/’critni- j natcly between us and (he French : j 2. '[hey aTe unjuft, in aflV£ting to i be a mere imitation of our On era in j Council : 3. And they are unjuft to ! the Portuguefe and Spaniards. | Upon the hoftile aft of Congrefs, j 1 refulting from the conduct of Mr Jackfon, we have the lefs to fay,be- trtifl not their correftnefj, (as found ed upon an aflumed (late of things, will be materially altered by the following molt important and more recent communication from France, which reached us at a late hour laft night: — Paris, Jan. 1.—" The merchants have already had fever a I conferen ces with the minifters of his impe rial majefty, on the preffmt (late of affairs ; and have fubmitted to them, that trade has, fince the llerliii and Milan decrees, taken quite a new direction, and is carried on by very circuitous routes, arid by perfens difavowed by the real merchants. Tile minifter:! announced, that his majelty’s intention was, that neutrals might trade freely with France, and France with neutral countries; that the obovementioned decrees hid been pointed only again ft the cont- m'erce of England ; and that if they had been miunterpreted, and a falfe meaning given to them, the mer chants (hould makd 'reprefentations, which would be favorably heard. “It already appears to be agreed, that tint vifitat h a, a meafure of po licy adopted by all nations, is not a violation of neutral rights, and that tlte decree of Milan was intended on ly to prevent the vifit directed by tlte orders pf council, of Nov. 1S07 ; by which neutrals were obliged to go to England, and there pay a tribute. It is alfo under Hood, that the emb.tr- cation here, of a more gener '1 ten dency, real or pretended, to accom modation, between France and A-* meric.t; however, if the preceding intelligence be authentic, little now remains for adjuftment; and if, on the removal of the American embar go towards France, the French com mercial ediifls fall to the ground, our orders of council, (for which the promulgation of thofe edicts was the avowed and juft caufe,) mult of courfe drop with them, without the neednty of a fpecific treaty —Times. January 10—Mr. Oakley is about to return to America. We believe he leaves town this day in order to em- bai k. The Ruffians are faid to have b.-en defeated near Siliftria and compelled to recrofs the Danube. The Turks are under the command of the General Vizier. Col. Tuirr, formerly Vice-Prefi- dent of the U. S. arrived at Hano ver on the ISih Dec. The report ol the day is, that Dr. Logan has, within a few clays embarked in a v ff 1 for Europe, his dt ftinition England, ;m.i that the objed of his tnif- fion, is in its efuruder much the fame as th go and provifioual fequelltation of, i t ‘ ROe8 l0 t he faeiificeof their American v* dels in France, were in journey m which he volunteered a few years ago to France ; that his prelent purpofe is to avert a war between England and the U 5. Any meafure which has peace upon honorable and rational principles for its objed, is lau dable, however excentric the ! means by which it may be brought about; though we very much queftion the fueceis of the prefent undertaking of Dr Lo gan—ive cannot withhold our applaufe from the generous and benevolent purpofe which is its object. With the llatefnutn of England, it is net a queftion of , fo much relative indifference, as ! it was with (he llatefmen of Fiance when Dr. Logan fuc- j cceded in averting war; with! France, it was only a queftion of momentary pride or paftiun ; with England it amounts to tin* I decifion of queffions going to j the fundamental power and poli cy of the Britifh government ; goes By the brig Affrce, arrived at New'- York from St. Bu: fln.lo inmvs, we learn that on tin 6th ol February, after a fcVdre con. tell, which lafled five days, too ill and of Gyadaicupe furrcndcr- cd to the Britiflj under general Bcc.kwith and admiral Cock rane. From the fame fourcc w,e learn that the ffiipa Loud;; Scc.ilia, fiotn New Yo k for Gij*on, and P.hcunix for L : fbon, were ,'T.pturcd on rhe-i.r paffagi, and feuTk'd by two French frigates, whet carried their clew,, to Guadelope. The {hip Romulus, arrived at Rollon in 51 days from I.if- bon, brings ^ifpatches from Mr. Adams, and private letters tx- ' prt ffing the moll favorable o- i pinion of his miffi >n. L'fbon j pi in s to the 28th of December ! are received by her, which, however, contain little news of intereft | The head quarters of the ■ Bri.ilh are at Abrantes, thit y j leagues from Lifb n, in a fu'k y | (late, being veiy much ieduced j by lolis. Gerona had not furrendered the 2f)th ol N tvember 1 The Spanifli army of the Manclta was at Valdepcnnas— that of the French unuer Victor at Cirulad B. ad. There is nothing faid about Cuke del Parquo or Souit’s ar- , my, which is rather ominous to | the cauft of Portugal. | Net a word about French forces entering Spain. confequence -of t be America followed by the non-intcr- courfenA 1 that we therefore confid- , , f ; Dtxttr.fions to the fovereignty of embargo law oft-. r °r , ■ 1 the ocean, to a lacrihce of their charleston, March 3. B ■nafartk has diff.tlved his marriage with the Emprcfs Jo sephine. She is to retain the rank of “ Emprcfs Q.ictn crowned,” with an annuity of two millions of Hvres. f lhe daughter of tin* King of Saxony has been mentioned as tlte pro bable fucceffor to Josephine. Hunburg, Dec. 1. We have not received pofirive information, concerniitg the Imure organisu- tion of tlu- Ilaufe-Towns. The following are the particulars *le- ferving tile molt credit: The Hanfe To.vns will be called the United and Free Imperial Ci ties ; they will be under the pro tection of the emperor ol France, will furnilh a quota 10 the con federation of the Rhine (TS'tO infantry, betides cavalry & 2oO artillery ) Their deputies will ftandiug maxim of monopoly, ered the Americans, who came into ' nnd it goes to call upon them to i affemble at certain times, for the purpofe of confuiting about panied with plates illuftrative of , caufe America hat. certainly fuftain- tlte machinery and experiments ed_ no ordinary provocation in this ^hich have been made. Should the experiments about to be made evince their efficiency, it will be worth all the navies that inftance. We have never yet given our opinion upon this fuhjedt, and (haft now therefore Crate it. Firft, then afiuming as a faff, that of which confiderable doubt plough the dominions of Nep* ( (Jill entertained, that Mr F.rskine tune- The refolutions offered by Dr. Lcib, in the Senate of the 'tj. S. on the 8fh inft. (which will be found in the fecond co did v\6I iu a manner contrary to ihe fpirit of his inftvuilions ; yet whence originated the neceffity of imputing the knowledge of this, our minillcr’s deviation from his diredlions, to America ? Ir is fufficient, accord- to the doflrine cited from V.it- lumn of the. preceding page.) i j c j, fty Mr. Smith, to fruftratc the breathes fentitnents worthy of an American—They ought to be the foundation of the ultima tum of our government. VERY LATE 1 ROM ENGLAND. Ncko York. March 5. Laft evening arrived at this port, tire Uritifii Packet Kliza, from Fal mouth, with the December and Jan. ma-fts. The packet failed on the 15th of January, and brings lam- don papers to the 12th of January, mclufive, ftom which we have co pied the mod interefting articles. The paper of the 12th dates as probable, that the French decrees would very fpeedily be revoked. The United States (hip of war our ports, as difguifed Engliihen; j forego their jealouiy, arid the and that fince Amerca has repealed jealoufy of their {hipping, mer her laws, ours fltould fall of them- j cantile, Eaff lndia, Weft India, (elves. , | and general navigating inti t efts, “ ! he merchants flatter them- ■> . c . ° , r , r , - • • „„ ; ol our growing wealth anu mart- leivcs from theie communications,! . r> and from the news lately received, that America was not difpofed to time enterpnze. It is requifite to keep thefe yield to England, that the political 1 confiderations in view; becaufe relations between the two coun- , will be* unwife to calculate up- . • /■ .. a. A.!.r.n „c i . r validity- of an engagement that the 1 minifter forming it thould have vio lated tiic intlrudlions given him : it , was not neceflary to prove or to aver j that the other contracting party knew this, “ To refufe with honor j (fays a high authority on public law) j to ratify what has been concluded ' or by virtue of a full power, it i; neceffary that the government ftiouli 1 have ftrong and felid rcafons, ntu rhat it Ihew in particular that it* min ijier bad violated bis injlractions ” Hence it appears [if ihis argument he weft funded, of which we have i no doubt] that the offencegiven-to America was perfeHly unneceffary and gratuitous : the rial merits of the queftien being this : “ Did Mr. Erskinc violate his infiiutlions ? tries, for the eftablifhment of per- fedl harmony, will become a drive ; and as it feems that both nations h-jve a well pronounced intent in their fnccefs, they will probably a- gree. on fome provifioual bafis, and permit trade to refumeitsrelations,re- ferving the ulterior difeuflions on the great queftion of maritime rights.” The public relations between this country and America, fuch as they appeared upon the face of the laft A* mcrican news, will, as we before hinted, be materially altered, by the contents of this important letter from Id itnce ; the ruler of which here, as w * fee, gives up the whole grounds 5. difpute with America, and con- .vdes not a little to us: “ It alrea- (y appears to be agreed, that the vi- it at sea,” (or in other words the he tight cf fe:;rch for which we have fo long contended,) “ a meafure of policy adopted by all nations, is not a violation of neutral rights, and that the decree of Milan, was intended only to prevent the vifit diredled by the ortlcrs, of council, Nov. 1808 ; by which neutrals rctr" obliged to go I on fucrefs ; anti any difappoint- munt, if it be againft our ex peditions, will not only be more agreeable to the U. S. but more honorable to him w ho may accomplifii it. Some pains have been taken to fpread a- broad a report that Dr. Logan undertakes this buf.nefs at the defire of government; the pur pofe of filch a report is not dif ficult to difeover ; it is bur fait to let Dr. Logan enjoy all the merit which is properly his. Aurora NEW-YORK, Feb. 10, 1810. Geo. Sumpter, minifter pie nipotentiary of the U. S. fov the Brazils, under the domin'on of the prince Regent of Purtu gal, arrived in this city yefler- day. We undetftand he will Ihortly depart from this port to South-America, to enter upon the dutitfi of his miffioa. thi-ir mterfts. Thefe cities can only have an ambaffador at the emperor’s court. The other perfons can only have a conful [at the Imp rial Hanfe-Towns.] December 2. The fame meal- ures have been taken at Hufum and at Tonningen as were taken at Altom againft ihe exporta tion of colonial produce, and throughout the Duchies of Iiof- tein and Slsfwitk. CT We feel a pleafure in ftat- ing to our fellow citizens, that the Hon. Howell C< bb, is in excellent health, and we are authorized to ftate alfo, that he will be held up as a Candidate for the next Congrefs Augusta Chronicle. DIED, on th.o 9th Inftant-. in the 54-ih ye?:; of his age, Briga dier General THOM AS GLAS COCK^ of this place. Augusta Herat K FOR SALE, A NeW Cotton Ma chine con lifting of forty two ci/- cies —Good cotton in like bag- ing will be received in payment, B. HUBERT. ■20ih March, 1810, j?!-H