The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-05-05

on our workmen, we avail ourselves Of die opDor.n.
hy 20 lay the essence OF The last nights mail before
our readers
Extract TO THE EDIToR Grom
-Jtashingron, Nay /, 1912. 3.
he recess Is totally defeated. Two
successive propositions for 6ne, emanatirg
tro" the Senate, and varying only as to its
commencement and duration, have been
promptly rejected by the House AT the
same time 1t is but justice to say that, as Ia:
as 1T was supported by any of the Rcpu5li
cans IN either branch of the Legislature, 1
believe 1t was ufder the persuasion that the
puDilc interest would sustain no injury, and
'na' 'he measure was necessary relaxa
non from the tatgues of six months. con-
tinued Session.
Some diversity o.,opinion prevails as to
the selection OF a suitable Northern charac
Ter FOR the Vice President. Nor Can any
g at TINS time be considered Us fixed " o.
Merry ana 'I-angdOn are much spoken OF
tompkins but little Those who are desi.
rSus tha', after Mr.. Madison, the President
s!Rll be taken from the North, say that If
eitRer OF the former is appointed,as his great
age vii disqualify him for tie chief mapis
uaCN the northern claims viii be Quoted
ana the President may be taken elsewhere.
and therefore they prefer that the choice
may ran upon one who in due time NAV be
elevated to the Presidency What j. an oh
jScllon WIN them Is a recommendation an
| me lor supposing it shall be deemct. iusc
ana expedient Gas think is pvobab c to an
| point the next President from the nor,h ). O.
shall, by taking one of those gentle men now
as VICE President, be lief. to a free and I'M
embarrassed choice of merit as subsequent
events may evolve it. There exists no in
tention OF having Caucus inme diateIv, but
tnink 1t probable there will be one before
we rise.
entertain norlonbt that we shall have
war before the Session terminates. An
inc members who voted against the recess
may De fairly set down for it, several o.
tnoSe VINO voted afiirmativelv on that oues
ton are known to be for it, and II, anv Of the
aDsentees are not less decisive The agore
gate OF all these will am persuaded torn
MAJ Gritty OF not less than from 90 10 lLC
ana think the Calculation a probable one
mat 'herc VIII be, in support of the propo-
sition Tor war, majority OF about two
thirds OF whatever number MAJ be present
on the vote. No precise time is detc,mjn-
on tor agitating the question After{he 4th
OF June, by which time the SO da, S original
" recon- nended by the Executive as the
Unit to the Embargo expire, it may DC ex-
! pcCtcd. -
7 The strange, unacCountable and execra
bic conduct of France (of which her Minis
ter here can afford no explanation, pro.
duces its perpleXity. 1t is by some attribu-
tea &C. be seizure OF the E.cchange and The
aGair at SaUGnHah. The latest informal N
received from Mr.. Barlow.is that contained
in the letter to MIR. Granger. In the BODY
OF the letter, which is dated the 18th OF
FEB. Mr. Is. writes that hcreXpects to send
by the Hornet good Commercial Treaty.
and perhaps one or two other Treaties. In
postscript, dated the 18th of March, he
-dds, detain the Hornet few days lon
ger to send by her the treaty
- letter was received & on lin by ano.
ther gentleman in this place, Jude ,,date tho
last OF February. from which it may be in
ferred that his negnciatinns were n. - u.
10 be rs successful as'he had expected. Ell
my own part confess | do not lock fo, >
very favorable arrangement With Bonanarf =
From hls justice We have nothing to exp. ct
imPeiled by his interes he WI lust 90 "a,
as ne thinks viii be sufficient TO bring u,
into collision with his enema. Sho,,ld f..
persist IL hiS Injustice, the propriety oil com.
pretending him in the war, IS q seutinent
which acquires every day additional
strength, and tkink will ultimately IRE.
vail"
fbe Boaton Patriot Of the Goth Arril declares Il i
tne determination Of The Republican Interest IN tl.
section Of the Union to support Mr. Gers 40 III.
next ficc- PreviGeit of the u. s.; and tbat st,.r
will be taken at the ensuing meeting Of The Ir,isla
turc ot Massachusetts, " to cs-opera'e with OH,
states III the necessary preparations for this uuro,e
'hc ship America has arrived st Salem ON ,b,
9sth nit. III II days from Gottenurg ,crn,n,
from ST 'rsurg stale, that tho,c will he M .r
befween france m! kHssia--.-B British rood. vii
therefore be excluded from. IT, Baltic
| Al o'clock, o,r-osiUrls- $500 900 were s,ibscri
| bed IN Baltimore towaJ9s the loan To the a. =.
| The d47tesecs Of the Ministers oil War and %
| Forelgn htSirs 10 the Conservative Senate o
france are ot necessarily to be construed into a,
assertion ot The operation al the Bsru aud Mi!al
becrecsir ts only in which We can Object Il
tWemf IhH french Emperor has right to banisl
the Brtish Flag aud British gools from, alI the bor
| OF his Empire ----aNd this is the only SENSE i,
which his Ministers have spoken az them. Hence
their expressions, that % disposabe ttoobs must b,
sent 10 wherever the British flag may be expcatc,
u cnier that " the greatest part Of the troop
mot s'ips) have been called o of th, E.D,,ir. I,
defend the y. and NJ DEGREES, 80 fatal to En.
| gspd."
| IT Various Communications unavohlaby omitted
! TO THE BENEYOLENT.
n neyy plan ofiastyucGag ANAL Chikhen, Il as
fisftHg the deshfHte, on the Gontieys, is here re-
commented for p"Jhc patronage.
Many respectable Clergvmcn aud iavmcn. of diff
! fercnt denominations, in The Y. g. have examine,
snd patronizcd ibis charitable Hesigr. And wha
may be more satisfactory 10 tie p.,hic ri lqra.e
4 several years experience hes proved tn he hrt',
beneficial, in many places ON our western * N0rtl,
/ ern ironters.------S0 foil explanation oc thi