The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-03-02

SAINT JOINS, (AnHgua. J January 81.
We were honored, on Friday evening last,
by the arrival in the roads of man of war
brig, whose name we have not learnt. belong
ing to President Madison Her h;ofessed
GRAND TO these seas is to apprehend the
| Collector OF the Custom house at New Or
! leans. who had abscondcd with one hundred
and EHy Mouscnd dollars, the property of
the American government; pretty round
sam to be at one time in the chest of such a
port, where the officers, if we understand a.
right, are Obliged to settle their accounts
every SIX months, and at period too, when
trade rs III great degree paraIyscd by the
lmpoiltc and vacillatirg conduct of the adj
mnlsir2tion. Coming with this important
object, she wa. accordingly provided with
q hand0iH addressed to tie .4genis of the
United StateS, and Others, without any sig
nature !! Now, with all due Difference tothe
ingenious Heads of that Government, il.
strikes Us, that Circular, addressed by one
OF their Ministers to the Governors or other
chief Authorities in these islands, miche.
have been far more efiicacious than all The
handbillS, which could have been printed
throughout the American Provinces, Dis
alter Ut8nm est, On the mo ming af err
the arrival OF this vesseI, an application,
we understand, was made to our President.
to allow his Brothers. Messengers to land
which he peremptorily refused, observing,
that, as our brave tars were interdicted
from their waters he would suffer no inter-
Course to take place between them and the
shore An answer which must meet with
general appreciation. Before, however, thus
could be conveyed on board, the brig, for
| reasons known only TO those who were in
her, was discovered to be under weigh and
steering for st. Kits. In about half an hour
afterwards, ii. M. S. Surinam hove in sight
from the Southwark, and some persons think,
| that this accounts for a departure so sudden,
and otherwise ineXplicabe. FeHr quepL
lfactnnt ahena fericuka caukun. Perhaps
thee might be n recollection OF the Chesa-
peake. But, it was right and prudent for
the captain to act thus, knowing how ex-
| ceedingy solcitous Mr.. Madison is, mir.
Smith tells us so, and we have not the bar
! dlhood OF Mr.. Jackson TO contradict him } to
live upon terms Of the most tender and en-
dearing friendship with Great Britain
Besides. these British rSen of war are some.
times so troublesome-and in this case,
they would have enjoyed the great advantage
OF being upon their own dunghill.
Bu,, seriously, with what title TO success
Can thatg1ycrnment ask favors from pco-
pie whom they are daily endeavocing to in
lure /! How can they demand that we should
deliver MP man charged simply with a
breach OF trust. which is not likely to draw
after it any. FUTURE i'll consequences; while
Trey have received, employed and, as far as
they could, protected men guilty Of no less
crimes than dcscriioH and mHtjHg ? An
untrieudly, aye hostile conduct, which if not
seasonably and forcibly cut short, By the spi-
rited measures of Admiral Berkeley, would
have threatened the speedy destruction of
our navy, that grand bulwark of our ;ndepen-
dence, and not OF ours only. bat of that very
republic, which then so uugratefully comfy
ed. and now more openly aims ar it, Il i
no here meant to irsiNus'- that any Cove.
nept should afford shelter ~ criminals of
another Ration, who have Pei s-irated Of.