The Sun.
London, England, 1813-09-23 00:00:00

ALIENS.

CIRCULAR TO THE MARSHALS OF TITO UNITED.
STAIRS.

°thee of thirCommissary-General of Prisoners,
Washington, May
Stn,--The Preside:ft, desirous of defining more .particulor-
ly thetreatratut of alien enemies; and of estentling as much
indulgence to them as may be compatible with the precau-
tions made tiecessocy by the present state of things, directs,
that in regard to such as may he within, your diArict you will
be governed by the following rules':
You will cause to be removed, as heretofore prescribed, if
nut already done under forther orders front the •Department
of State, all who are not females or under eightoen years of
age, or who are. not labourers,
.meehitnics, or mamilacturers,
arrived in the country. previous to the declaration of war, and
actually employe6 in their several vocations, subject, how-
ever, to thy following Modifications.
Persons of whatever Calling (except in cases where you may
have knowledge ef improper conduct) whit bane, according
to law,declared their intention to become citizens. of the
United Stater, at leeat six months before the 'declaration of
war, and in addition ore married.to natives, or arc ownero-
real.propertv, commerce, iu such coniiiierev as ,x-
-cltiOvely infernal, ate to . be permitted to remain at, or if re -
moVed to return to,,their usual places of residence ; provided
such residence be not at or in the immeekite vicinity of a
town or po:d on. navigable water, "where military works arc
maintained, or a body of troops are stationed,
Ynu will take care to still for, and be governed by proper
proofs of the facts alleged in each case; and as to all persons
so permitted to return, you are requested to observe the time
precautions and restrictions ss are used towards alien enemies
nut removed; and you are not tti canitrue the rebssafiic;
• hereby authorize any bar to a future rtimoval or appre-
hension of persons relieved by it, Should genera! cir,min-
stances require, or particular cases make. ilepessary, sucti
measure.

• You will wake to this '.ofroce weekly returns of ;01 cacto;
coining to your knowledge, of persiim, of the clu.,:s.dc*ignated
to rennoin, or oiletorn, who, by misconduct, have forfeited
their claim to such indolgence, and of the course you have
taken etc to each; us also of the pt‘i,..olo, of the class Teo:loved,
or designat!A•to be removed, wino, Irmo extraordinary cir-
cumstances of hardship, :nod from their chant(ter and
,depto,
went,- may he in your (opinion entitled to particular &onside-
ratioto, setting fuillz all. the eircurNtances 00 Which each
claim is fouilikil. I have the h4nour t 4 be, Sic.

:J. ,NIAS".IN.

[Front the ..Vational Pgtelligencer, Jit 22.1

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM
.LEONARDTOWN,
DATED. JULY 21 , 9 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT., TO TILE

I'OSTMA,,I'LR GE :MURAL.

"'The upper fieet, oi)e 74, one frigate, two
brigs, and two schooners,, which were between
Cedar Point and Cob Point, aame.t.lown 'and an.
ehorell'in a line from 'the part of Blackstone's
Island to Cheseltinc's Nand. Shortly after they
came to anchor, two barges were dispatched fall
Of men to sound the Maryland shore, bet Ween the
'two Islands, ,and, after repeated attempts to up-
proach the shore, returned to the ships.
' Another letter states, that they have sunk
wells at Illackstune's Island, and are watetinK,
" The above,account is substantially cotihrtne4
by the senior Editor of this paper; who came up
:ast night frinn Cedarirolut, ;where are stationed
Captaiu.eall.vell'i troop of cavalry, and about
150 militia Op le; the command. of Major 111,it-
-thew. Tl.,e British squadron, that is, the first
division of-the :feet, which lay off Cedar Point,
gottrader weigh on Tuesday morning. at day-light„
and proceeder.l down the river, since which no
Ilritisa vessel hai been so . General Aria-
strong ieturned to the city, Irina Warburton, tat
WednefiJuv. Wood INiunroe is yet below, but
is exßeeteif back to-litorrow.. Our volantcerg all
remain below, in high spirits, nnd, considering
the uncommon wetness of the season, are remark -
Ably bealthy, :The 1-lOuSt!, of Representatives,. it
will be perceived, have been sitting for the most
part of the last two d.sys with closed doors, We
have no idea what liz.ts been the subject of thei:•
deliberations, but probably.itrbas•relatiou to, our
iitate of, war."

;freal the Albaoy.irgas, of loly 27.)
rravArsr.arNo ON rim sr. LAWIIENCE.

A few days since, two pris:ate armed boats,
carrying' a '6 or 8-pounder, and 50 men, sailed
from Sacket's Harbour to craize tlt the St, Law-
rence! On Monday, the 19th, tbry fell in with it
gnu-boat, carrying. U 6-pounder (fl
%oying fifteen of the enemy's batteaux, captured
them without the loss of a man, and brought theta
into Cranberry Creek, about torty miles above

, Ogdenshargh. 'The Iratteaux lart oft board 236
his. poi 3-J0 bags' pilot bread, ammunition; bound
from 11)101am:a to Kiwrston. •
NEweEaN, British are in pos-
session of Ocracock and Portsmouth ; PfcAulort..
, also must inevitably fall into their hands.—lnfor-
mation Of the presence of -the enemy rat the two
former plaees was received here on,the afternoon
of Monday last, by the Revenue cutter, whieb. was
So fortunate as to escape the:pursuit of several
barges.
,Their force consists of two, 7-I's, thrtic
' frigates, three brigs, and three schooners, fifteen
barges from)) which mad;.! an attack two vessels
then lyirts at Portsmonth. One tel them Was the
private armed brig Anaconda, of New. York, and
the other the letter of inm clue Ados, late• front
France, with a cargo of silks,. 8.. c. The fin met
had lately returned from: a successful cruise,
having taken front one prize between 60-
and 70,000 dollars, whic h the Captain last
► neck deposited in the State Bank of this place.
77—She resisted the barges for several minutes,
until, finding them gaining upon het, her guns
were discharged in her bull, and she immediately
sunk. We expect they will visit its in Newbern.
From the number of 'vessels., it is supposed they
can send nearly one thousand men in barges.
-Nellie!), with a fair wind, may reach this place in
six or eight hour. We are, under arts , and un-
less greatly overpowered by numbers, we form a
band that will tight to a Mati.• In the course of
_ to-day our force will consist of about 500 men.
• . I.S.. Srune of the crew Ork the Anaconda have
just arriyed : they state that the. force laniled at
Portsmouth was 750 men ; that 13 eessels,,, seve-
ral of which were ships of the line, were off the
bar. They behaved better than we supposed.
-Centinels were placed at the different doors, and
money was offered by the .Adtairal for the pro-
visions. . They say they will come here. One
man, in attempting to escape with his family, was
killed.