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*tgle& of the Administration to remon- Pirate against, and firmly to withlland the principle (declared by the other Belligerent) on which that prattice was grounded ( We he(i<ate not to fay, that such negleft, or partiality, we care not by what name it is called, tends to the disgrace and ruin of any nation, where it prevails. Whether the declaration of France, that (he will enforce the principles of her the United ‘'.tates,” will have ahv tendency to corrcft the Executive partiality, we pretend not to fay.—That it will have its due influ ence on the public opinion, and the deciliotis of the Legislature, we trull and believe. Wash. Fed. ’ From the Courier. THE situation of the United States is, at this moment more alarming and critical, then at any per iod (ince us dis covery. At the commencement of the revolution, the people entered into the war with cheerfulnefs and with one heart and one hand united to aflert their country’s rights. It was a war forced upon them, by necelfity—they were required either to submit to op preflions and grievances, like (laves, ©i to declare themselves independent. They nobly dared to be free, and Hea ven blelt their efforts, and crowned their exertions wiih liberty and love re ignty ! But for what are we now called up* on to go to war ? Is it lor principles essential to our loveretgntv ? Is it for the support of rights which are attempt ed to be wrefied from us, or which it is our duty to claim ? No—it is for the support of doubtful rights, and for ab- principles, Prevalent to our honor our independence, cur interell, or our happiness ! The attack on the Chesapeake would be a fufficient caufeol war, if the Bri tish goveinment avowed the afci as its own, and refufed to make atonement infu’ted honor, for this outrage upon our fovercignty. But it has de nied the afc't—has iccalled admiral Berk ley, and offered to make atonement for his conduCt—has officially renounced by a proclamation o( the king, the :igln or ihe intention of searching a national sh ip. which is, in faft, in it fell, a d;re£t dil avowal of Berkley’s conduct These being th% laCts, in the name of God, what else we require ? What ought we to demand other than atonement for he attack on our frigate, which the Bntrfh are jeady and willing to make ? ißut molt unfortunately for the peace p'rofperity of our country when the public mind ws iriita ed, Si its feelings rouled by the attack on the Chesapeake, it was deemed by the adaclrnmiltrati on, a moment peculiarly favorable to foift into their claim, favoiite o pinions and principles of their ow. , Un .coniieCted with the outrage upon our foveeignty, and unrequired ny the na tional honor, or the voice of the reflec ting part of the people. The people would cheerfully go to war in support o! then national vtffels as well as in Uip* port of the sovereignty of their coun try —hut, would th y be willing to go to war ;o*prote£t a parcel of lafcaiiy British dclerteis or American run a way negroes, and mullattocs ? Would ,lhe great body of the American people he willing to facrilice the commerce of the cduntry, the source from whence all our revenue is derived to protefcl British Tailors ud boaid ol our merchant vcfl'els p wou*„i they consent to min, perhaps, 100,000 American merchants or more, to gratify loirie*iavoiiie opi. nioti 01 pimeipie, uncliuiiu!, in a na tional point of view which may have been formed by the admimitration Pl■ short, are our merchants to be bank rupts and our mechanics beggars—are our planters to have their lands and negroes taxed io enable the govern ment 10 carry on the war, while their crops ate rolling in tl.ei’ barns, that a lew T’ infh leatnen may Ictve in our mer chant veffcU ? For Gods fake let us )aufe before we plunge our't ‘ves and Dur counu y into ruin and did'els; and [confidr r whether, if w-’ fhouid gam our [point, i 1 woidd he worth the expele ol |o much blood and treasure a> would |bc f|>cn’ to obtain it. StNLX. Fro'n the Boston Cent‘net IMPORT AN* f QUESTION. “ What j.v the nature of Buonaparte's blockading den te ?” As Groat Britain, it is reported, will re j taliate this decree in precise terms , it is important to /Imoticaris to know what the nature of th:d decree is. We have attend ed to the subject, and we state the follow, inor to be its purport : All Vessels and Cargoes hound to Or from arm of the British isles are good and law ful prize ; i All British manufactures or produce, to whomsoever belonging, or wheresoever ‘bound, are lawful prize'. I Tne first question which offers is. bv lwb.it acknowledged principle of'lre haw ol Nations does Buonaparte claim the right *o issue such an order f Is it the principle of blockade P N*J. —Bv that principle the blockade must be actual. It must be positive, and it* the power of the party to exclude ail coiiuwiiniration with the blockaded oort. so tar from b. ing able to ; blockade the sriib ports, cannot relieve his own from blockade. -dgain. Bv the principle of blockade vou can only seize arid couH-cate vessels in their egress or entrv into the blockaded port. i?ut by this decree all property of British growth or manufacture is lawful prize even in passing from one neutral port to another. How does this decree operate'on our treaties with France ? It is a direct violation of them, without, having been complained of to or Go vernment of any non-cxecution on our part. Bv the ] 2th article of nor treaty with Buonaparte, made the 3()th September 1800, it is stipulated, that “ we shall en joy free commerce with the enemies of France (contraband excepted) without opposition oY disturbance whatever, ‘ id to trade freely, unle>* the ports of such ene my are AC TU ILLY blockaded, besieged or invested , and it is agreed 111 case of blockade actually existing, no vessel shall be confiscated unless after being turned awav she shall again attempt to enter.” It is then clear she had no right to de dare a blockade, without investment or actual blockade, nor even to confiscate without first turning awav the ves el at tempting to etve*\ Bodi these she has vio lated in tlie present decree. Bv the 14ih article, 1,4 free shifts shall make free goods, ” in gther words that we should always have a right to carry even British property under the safeguard of our fl sg. Now ihe Froperor without one act of incivility on our part undertakes not only to annul that article, but to ieclare good prize nil American property, if the produce of Great Britain, though paid for by us. In other words, you shall not trade with my enemy at ail. Great Britain, as musthe expected, re taliates this decree. .She had assured our Government she should do if, last winter if we submitted to such an imposition.— We have submitted. Our rulers, it is apparent, will not resist the. conduct ol France. They condemned Mr. Mdams for doing it. Great Britain says as we should suppose she would. “ To sub mit voithout resentment to a gross violation of your neutral rights, avowedly aimed at toy destruction, is admitting the justice of huch pretensions, and in effect joining my enemy in the only warfare she can urge. Why has Buonr.parte done this at this moment ? Because be knows Greet Britain must retaliate, audit would widen the ureach between hei ..nd us. Smoaked Herrings. 200 Boxes prime fmoaked Her kings, .lust received per slip .e/j.ix, from Boston ; And for s le at Messrs. Lord and Hall’s wharf, by E. Crane. Jun. December 3 l 46 Francis Tufts, Having taken the store on Moore’s wharf l.ittly occupied l>v B. and C. Brooks, OFFFRS FOR SALE, Fite Jotloit iuii articles , viz ; Northern Rum in lihdt. Ditto Giu Holland Ditto Cogniac Brandy Jamaica Runt Mess Pin k Ditto Beef in half Barrel* Mackarel Cod I-idi Golhen Bnfei* Ditto ChfclV Tobacco in lihds. Ditto Manufactured Superfine Flour Kegs of Crackers Barrel* Rire Strg-tr, Coffee, Tea. Chocolate An afl'ornnent of dry Good* Hard Ware, Sic. Sic. &c. December 29 *S Manifests, /# Stale at this Office , Cbc Tiabontf. Savannah, Dec. 31, 1807. A conr’ martial lias been ordered bv the secretary of die navy, to sit on the 4th of January next, lor the trial oi commodore .Limci Barron, captain Cbitrle* Gordon, Win. Hook, gunner, and capr. John Hall, of the marine corps, late officers of the fri gate Chesapeake. Post Milder General —-Gideon Gran ger, ksq. Postmaster General of the Untied ■States has, we le irti, been prevailed upon to continue in Ins office ; of course, some very wry faces must be seem Government has been offered from 35 to 40.000 stands of arms, winch are daily expected from Holland, at four dollars each. They are said to be very handsome and well executed. A memorial from the merchants of Bos ton, praying for the repeal of the non im portniou law, was read in the House of Re presematives ol the United States on Mon day last, and Velerred to a committee. Du ring the debate Which the reading of the mmortal occasioned, Mr. Elliott, of Vor moot, contrasted the votes of several mem •hers on ibis, with those they had given on a former occasion, and lashed them for their versatility. The Boston memorial is there ,nre more fortunate than that from Phila delphia, in being referred to a committee although it is believed at Washington, that there is no idea cn'ertamed bv the house of either suspend.ng or repealing the taw.— New Fork Gazette. POUGHKEEPSIE, December 16. Msteor—On Monday morning last, between break of day aud sunrise, a ter restrial Meteor was seen from this place, flaming across the heavens in a direction from N. W. to S. E. ffpparentty it was as . huge as the moon at full, inconceivably light, and travelled with amazing velocity, leaving a luminous tail behind.—The light occasioned thereby when it crossed the zenith, was nearly equal to midday A i idg'e of heavy, dark clouds lay along the south and east, behind which it passed when it had arrived within about 30 de grees of the horizon, illuminating the cloud lor a moment, in all its pans. Within about 4 or 5 minutes, a heavy ex plosion was heard, from the region of the neavenn, where it disappeared, resembling the discharge oi cannou. i On the 17th of October, 1783, about 6 or 7 o’clock iu the eveniug, a Meteor of similar description passed over this and die New Anglaud s.aies, first appearing in the S. £.. aha exploding in the A*. W. about 30 degrees above the horizon. Charleston, December 24. Report of Gaptam Ehronltrom. Capt. Ehionjlrom jailed from Buenos Ayrt* the 18 t/i (Jit. left at that place Jhip | Diana , Tihbets } oj Vlijcojjei, expected 10 take in a cargo m a jew days jor En gland— brig Betsey, Forejl , of Chcrlcj ton , taking in a cargo Jor the Cape of Good Hope—also the Damjh Jhrp For tune, Petenor , taking m a cargo for London—and Jive Portuguese vejjels 5 brigs and schooners. A foul a week previous to the Frank. Hit's jailing , all the neutrals received orders from the government there, that they mujl depart from the River of Plate in 40 days Jroin the date vs the order, loaded or not . It was the general opinion there, that the Americans and Portu guejc were all spies Jor the Englijh; and for the term of two years no neutral whatever would be admitted into any of the ports on the River of plate, under any pretence whatever, even if they Jhould have a Royal Licence. Gen. Linitrs had entered into anew treaty with the commander of the British squadron, left cruifng in the river, which confijled of a Jugate, a /loop of war and a cutter, that the Britijh were not to mole ft the river trade , that is, from Montevitdo to Buenos Ayres, or any oj the. ports above Montcviido ; and tha the Spdnifh government, are. to supply the Btit jh jquadron, or any Jhips of their nation that may put m there, with what [applies they may want. Maldona do was appointed the port for their ren dezvous, and this was to continue in force for 6 months. iS’herltßs Blank Titles i r tff fdU at this Office. • THEATRE. BY PERMISSION OF T IE CITY COUNCIL The entertainments will take pia-.e . TO MORROW F.V R NtNG, When performance, entire' - , new will be presented, By Desire, A Vleiv of the Exchange , Wi 1 be L-en. STEINERT & CO. Hve for laie on Smith and Bourue’* wharf, Mefi Pork Ditto Beef Cargo N >. 1 D’tt# Hoi ! aud Gin Cogniac Brandv j Soap, and Candle* Piiiladelphi-i P irter ? Ham* iff Qn-litv Potatoes Clicrfe, and Batter 1,. P. Mudrira Wiue Tenerifle Ditto i Flemifli Sh. eting • Hempen Linen Irifli Ditto Bed Spread* A T AD. One Bn* of Maps containing MAPS of tlie UNITED STATES fliaded Ditto Ditto Dit'O Common Vatniflt Ditto Ditto Ditto Bcfl VariiilTi Arrow Smith’s 4 Quarters. —Europe, Asia, Africa and America. Faden’s Map of Europe coloured, and bed Var nifh Ditto Ditto Ditto D(tto lin'd and Ditto LIKEWISE, An Invoice of Garden Seeds. December 19 45 LANDING Fran) the Adonis SC Georgia from N. York |o hhds. Mmcovado .Sugar 18 chests Hyson Tea 4 bales Paper v -30 kegs F. *K. Powtler lOOOibs. blistered Steel ID pipes New Gin 22 ditto and half ditto and quarter casks Corsica Wine 30 qr. casks Malaga Wine 20 half ditto ditto ditto 30 boxes Soap 22 firkms best Goshen Butter 29 bbls. Loaf and Lump Sugar IN STORE, 50 hhds. New Bum 20 bbls. ditto ditto 6 hhds. 3d 4th proof Jamaica Rum 7 ditto 3d ditto West India do. 6 ditto and 10 bbls. Brown Sugar 7 pipes Schedam Gin, excellent 6 ditto 4th prouf Cogniac Brandy do. 11 tierces'! 6 barrels i Best Green Coffee. lOObags J 30 bbls. Mackarel 11 ditto Alewivcx 5 ditto Herrings 40 ditto prime Beef and Fork 50 firkins Boston Butter, in small kegs 1000 bushels Ground Salt 6 kegs 5J cut Nails 15 tons best Waggon Tire 10 ditto Old Sable lOOOibs. German Steel 80 sets dry Measures 1 bale Custas 2Jooyards American Manufactured Negro Cloth of a super ior quality 600 ditto imported ditto 10 pieces Cotton Bagging 12 ditto low priced white Flannels 2 bales Slop Clothing, and a genera! assortment of Groceries at retail. The foregoing are offered for sale whole* sale or retail, at reduced prices. JONATHAN MEIGS, Rd/ton's (late Clay's) wharf. November 30 “7 30 Dollars Reward. p—.. in AN AW'AY on the I Ij JLA. 24th instant, from the I ll PP er P art °f Jefferson J f Countv, a negro man nam- I •‘d CHARLES’, and a wench named TEAG. Charles is about 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, and a stout well made fellow ; had on when he went away Velvet Pantaloons, olive colour, check swansdown vest, nar row brimmed black Hat, pretty much worn, and a coat of dark grey Bath coating—T he Wench is 5 feet 6 or 7 inch, es high, slender made, 3nd pretty far ad*- vanced in pregnancy; had on a wh : lfe wrapper and petticoat, a white harder., chief round Her head, and a light coloured Bath coating cloak.—They took whir them two horses, the one c | 80 rrel has a small white streak jn his face, manJ and fore top cut * swa b tail, and a sore on his back j tb„e other a bay, has the left side of the p.mne cut abort* a droop rump, and twF 0 tail. Ihe abov c reward, will be pahl to anv person V<ho will deliver the negroes and horses, to ihe subscriber in JefLrson Coun ty ; and l weniy Dollars for securing the negroes in any Gaol, RO as he may get ihem again. HENRY CLEM. December 29 45