Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

DESULTORY. Late U. S. Brig ARGUS. , The following appears in a Sou thern paper. An American offi cial account of the action between the U. S. Brig Argus , Capt. Allen, and the British {loop Pelican , has never yet been publiffied. We have understood, and we believe from a correct source, that the mod important faffs relative to the capture of the Argus have never appeared before the public, because the senior officer of that vessel re mains a prisoner of war in England. In the mean time we lay before our readers the following (latement, which, we are credibly informed, is told by an officer of the'Argus, Cow at (we believe) New-York. After the battle had raged for fotne time and when it was mo mently expe&ed, from her {batter ed situation, that the Pelican would surrender, the Britifli frigate —— hovd in fight, close aboard—soon after, {he commenced a heavy fire upon the Argus, who quitting the Pelican, engaged the frigate; but her crippled (late precluded the possibility of contending with the lead hope ofefcape—she according ly surrendered to the frigate and the surviving senior officer went on board of her, and presented his {word to the commanding office!', who said, “ how dart; you, fir, pre feut your sword to me, when the Pelican had taken you ?” The A inerican lieutenant replied that “-he did not expett such treatment from a British Officer ; rather than sur render his sword to an officer of the Pelican, he woold throw it over board”—and accordingly did so. It was with difficulty that this officer afterwards procured his parole. (Weekly Register.) New Pork, March 11. The First Squadron. The Con flellation is hourly expected here from Norfolk, and the Guerrier soon from Philadelphia ; and the whole iquadron will fail from this port for the Mediterranean. The second squadron will rendezvous and fail from Boston. They are to carry the ransom and tribute mo ney to Algiers ! Col. The Frigate - Macedonian, the capture of which so mortified the Britifh,’ and the blockade of which in the Thames has cost their gov ernment no very trifling sum, is now warping down the river to N. London, together with the United” States, to prepare for sea. Several officers from the Britifli squadron , have been on board of them find the peace, to bid a final adieu to their favorate frigate. The British iquadron are under failing orders. The Supreme Court of the Uni ted States adjourned on Saturday lad, after having cleared the dock et of about fix*v cases, some of them of great importance. John Fergufqn is appointed May or of ‘the city of Nc.v-York, vice Dewitt Clinton. Mr. F. is a deci ced Republican. We are happy to learn that the patriotic date of Ohio has, with a liberality deserving high commen dation, a (fumed the payment of its quota of the Direct Tax for the current year A History of the IVar, which has terminated, between the U. S. of America and Great Britain, u already in.the press at Philadelphia, by JohnConrod, & Cos. Demo. Press. It is said, that after the figningof the treaty of pence at Ghent, lord Gambier, one of the Englifn nego ciators observed to ours, “ Gentlemen you have made a good bargain, for, we {hall have to restore to you New-Orleans and offered a bet of seven thousand guin eas that it was then in poKc ffion of the British. Mr. Clay, oik of our negotiators, immediately t4ok ir tip and the money was ffaktfl. My lord Gambler, we guess has found out ere this, who has loft the “ Tel love Beys.” (Sav. Rep.J MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. The following mod interefeing Message was on the 20th ult. trans mitted, by the Proficient of the U. States, to both Houses of Congress: To the Senate and House of Rre presentatives of the U. States. I lay before Congress copies of the Treaty of Peace and Amity between the United States-and hi’ Britannic MajeTy, which wqs sign- ; ed by the Connnilfioners -of br>m parties at Ghent on the 24th- of December, 181 4, and the ratifica tions of which have been duly ex changed. While performing this acf, I con gratulate you, and our conflituents, upon an event which is highly ho norable to the nation, and termi nates with peculiar felicity a cam paign signalized by the mod bril liant fuc cedes. The late war, although reluc tantly declared by Congress, had become a necefiary resort, to affei t tile rights and independence of the nation. Ir has been waged with a 1 success which is the natural rcfult j of the legislative counsels, of the j patriotism of the people, of the : public spirit of the militia, and of the valor or the military and naval forces of the country. Peace, at all times a blefling, is peculiarly welcome, therefore, at a period when the causes for the war have Sealed to operate; when the go vernment have demonfttrated the i efficiency of its powers of defence; and when the nation can review its conduit without regret, and with out reproach. I recommend to your care and beneficence, the gallant men whole achievements, in every department of military fen-ice, on the land and on the water, have so essentially contributed to the honor of the A r* rhevican name, and to the reitera tion of peace. The feelings of conscious patriot!fm and worth will animate finch men, under every change of fortune and rurfuit; but their country performs a duty to itself, when it bellows ihofe testi monials of approbation and ap plause, which are, at once, the re ward, and the incentive, to great actions. The reduction cf the public ex penditures to the demands of a peace tikblifhmetit v. ill, dbub’tlefs, engage the immediate attention of Congress. --There are, however, I important cotvfiderarions which for bid a sudden and generabi revoca tion of the mean;rcs that have been produced by the war. Experience i has taught us, that neither I:he pa cific difpofitiens of the American 1 people, nor the pacific character of their political infliturions, can alto gether cxemnt them from that fir if? U? A which appears, beyond the ordinary lot of nations, to be incident to the atiuai period of the world ; and | the fame faithful monitor demon j Urates that a certain degree of pre : paration fgr war, is not only indif : penfible to avert disaster in the on i set, but affords aifo the best security ; for the continuance of peace. ihe I v.ifdom of Congress will, therefore, | I am confident, provide for the j maintenance of an adequate regu lar-force ; for the gradual advance ; of the naval efiablifhment ; for improving all the means of harbor i defence; for adding difeipiine to i the diuinguifhed bravery of the ’ militia, and for cultivating the mii itarv art, in its essential brnache*, J 7 under the liberal patronage of gov ernment. The refourecs of our country were, at all times, competent to the attainment of every national ob ject ; but they will now be enrich ed and invigorated by the atiivitv which petite will introduce into all the feenes of domestic enterprise So labor. Ihe provrfion that has been made for the public creditors, du ring theprefent session of Congress, muff have a effect in the establishment of the public credit, both at home and abroad. The reviving interests of commerce will claim the legislative attention at the carlieft opportunity; and such re gulations will, I truss, be feafona biy devised as flull secure to the United States their just proportion of the navigation of the world, — The melt liberal policy towards, other nations, if met by correspond ing dispositions, will, in this refpefl, be found the molt beneficial policy towards our ft Ives. But there is no fubjeCt that can enter with great er force and merit into the delibe- * ration of Congress, than a consi deration of the means to preserve and promote th<? manufactures which have sprung into exillence, and attained an tin,paralleled ma- , turity throughput the United States during the period of the European wars. This fonree of national in dependence and wealth, I aqxio.q-fly recommend to the prompt and cc.r ftant guardianship of Congress. The termination of the legisla tive session will soon fepara'e you, fellow-citizens, from each other. & reflate you to your conflituents.— I pray you 16 bear with you the ex prellions of my I anguine hope, that the peace which has been just de clare! w;li not only be the founda tion of the mol friendly intercourse between the Unired States arfd G. Britain, but that it will also be productive of happiness and har mony in every lection of our be loved country. The influence of your precepts and example muff be every where powerful ; and while we accord in grateful acknowledge ments for the protection which Pro vidence has bellowed upon us, let us never ceafc to inculcate obedi ence to the laws, and fidelity to the union, as conllituring the palladi um of the national independence n 4 and prosperity. JAMES MADISON; Washington, February 18. AN'ACT Fixing the military peace eftablfli ment-ofthe Unired States. Be it enabled by- the Senate and House cf Representatives of the U. States rs America in Congress assem bled, That the military peace ef tablilhment cf the United States lhall confiff of such proportions of aitii’erv, in lap try, and riQeipennct exceeding in the whole, ten thou sand men, as the President of the United States {hall judge proper, and that the corps of engineers, as at present enlisted, he retained. § 2. Be it further enabled, That the corps of artillery {hall have the fame organization as isprefeibed by the act passed the 13th cf Match, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen ; and the regiment of light artillery the fame organization as is preferibed by the act passed the twelfth day of April, one thou-hi land eight hundred and eight; and that each regiment of infantry and riflemen, fnall confiff ofone colonel, one lieutenant colonel, one major, one adjutant, one quarter-master, one pay in after, one surgeon, & two far geo ns* mates, one ferjeant major, one quarter mailer ferjeant, two principal musicians, and ten com panies ; each company to confiS of one captain, one firff lieutenant \ and one second lien ten ant, four fer jeants, four corporals, two raufi cians, and sixty-eight privates § 3. Be it further enabled , That there fliall be two major generals, and four brigadier generals; tha major generals to be entitled to two aids-de-camp, and the brigadier generals to one aid-de-camp each, to be taken from the subalterns qJ the line, four brigade infpeflors, & two brigade quarter grafters, and such number cf hospital surgeons and furgeons’ mates, as the fcrvice may require, not exceeding five surgeons and fifteen mates, with one iiewart and one wardniafter to each hofpiral. Tiic brigade in spectors, appointed under this ach, ffiall be taken from the line ; and the brigade quarter masters, the adjutants, regimental quarter-maL ters, and paymasters, from the sub.- alterns of the line. § 4. Be it further enabled, That the compensation, fobftftance, and clothing of the officers, cadits, non-commissioned officers musi cians, artificers, and privates com posing the military peace effabliffi. ments, flral! be the fame as are pre feribed by the acf, entitled “ An a& fixing the military peace eftablifli ment cf the United Stares,” passed sixteenth March, one thousand eight hundred and two, and the a<ft. entitled “ An act to raise for a limited time, en additional military force, ” passed twelfth April, one thousand eight hundred and eight; and that the major generals (hall bs entitled to the fame compenfatioa as is provided by an act entitled “An aft to raise an additional mil itary force,” passed eleventh Janu ary, one thousand eight hundred £ twelve. § A. And be it further enabled* That the President of the United States cause to be arranged, the officers, non-com miilioned officers, musicians, and privates, of the se veral corps of troops now in thn service of the United States, in such a manner as to form and complete out of the fame that corps author ized by this act, and cause the fu pernumerary officers, non-commis sioned officers, musicians, and pri vates to be difeharged from the ser vice of the UnitecJ States, from and after the firff day of May next, or as soon as circumffances may niit. SG. And be it further enabled* That each commissioned officer, who fliall be deranged by virtue of this a&, there fliall be allowed and paid, in addition to the pay and emoluments to which they will bt*