Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-06-21

Another letter of same date says: an ex
press has Just arrivsds which states their
force to be six SIPS.
az Those who are disposed to favor tn e
establishments of a Bibte Society in this
city, are requested to meet at the Capitol,
at IL O'Clock tomorrow.
Richmond, June 81
MASSACHUSETTS, EEGISLATURE.
IN SEN.4I&
MFRtpAvaMay %.
. the Secretary delivered arntessage from
The governor. communicating aAletter from
the Secretary at wal OF the US States. re-
terred to i'll his excellency's speech.
liar DelGrims.f IL, March is. 1918.
"lp<answer toyonr eXcellency's let
ter of LIST inst. (endosing aeesolution of the
legislature ofMassachusetts, Aof Feb. 1918.
addressedt 10 the President of the u. States.
and REQUESTING svcAlsupply ohhuskets as
may be coryenieudy furnished, aud as NAV
be considerel the proportion to which the
commonwealth may be>enritledy') | have
the honor to inform our excelIency, that
as the arms proSidedin virtue Of the act of
April %, 1908, for Awning aud e~uuippine
the whole body otehe militiaof the Uni,ed
States, have been incassKterssfe, IN proper
ton to the militia To be supplied, tie prcsi-
dent has deemed it most Conducive 70 the ge-
neral interest, TO supply in the first place,
the frontier states, and the militia zvho hare
come tor7vard in The seY-vice of lasH- coun-
try.
When the ssateadf tbe> arsenals
will justifyAhe ACKNOWLEDGMENT will
the provis ibsss Of the lawn VEN resnect-
fully, 1 have the hopor tobe, Your excel
lency's most obediep servank,
"ISaNA RMSTRoNG.
" Ills ercs gency cue So Ons
gouermsr V AGasSacdagetfs."
The United States frigate Esssx, to whose
safety great fears have 6ee2< Entertained
has at length Seen heard ffpFH. A gentle
man who arrived in tow0ttiS morning from
Portland, (Maine) informs that just before
he left there, a vessel came in from St. Saliva
dor, the captain of which Informed that he
left the frigate Essex, and 3 American pr.
y@ateers, in the port of st. Salvador, block.
AIDED by a British fSfce.AyVhethqr the rs.
sex had been chased in, or thtered the port
voluntarily for Fhe purR9feAof Watering, ouI
informant could not leafra non could he as,
certain the nahes of ethcrNof Ae priva.
teers. The "a accounts from the priva
teer Anaconda belongingto his place, left
her of St. SAL Ador, withA large amounr
in gold and sill tef on board tbat she had Ia.
ken out of prizes she bad Gsp(pred Th;
Essex has been on hes cruise dp@ares of !
months.
Battle between M1rrAT and Suchet.-Il
our paper of Friday we published two ac.
countsDfa battle said to have taken place be
tween the French and English in the PENN.
sula, which we could not reconcile. BY tn,
following e%rratain the Boston Centinel, it ap
pears that all this confusion was occasioneC
by a mistake. The accounts when correct
ed, agree in giving the victory to genera
Murray.
from the Boston Centinek.
A letter from our attentive correspon
dent, dated Newport Mercury Office jun
10, says,
There was an important error in tn
kAlicant article we sent yon, as published i
Tho last Centinel. The truth is, that in tn
20 gagement on the 18Th April, near Alicanl
bet ven the French under Suchet and tn
aflet army under general Murray, tn
Afrehch (and not the allied troops) wer
| Completely defeated"