The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-09-07

was on shore. has gone entirely to pieces
crew saved. and taken 90 board the Coiibri.
1t was the general opinion at Beaufort that
the Colibri was destroyed in the gale, as
there was scarcely chance for her escape,
from the situation in which she was pre-
viously. We furtherlearn the gale was not
felt very severely at Beaufort and has done
little injury. number of inlsrd coasters
are on shore in different places, but will be
got off without much damage.
FROM EDlSTO ISLAND
We learn that the entire crops of cotton,
corn, &C. are totally destroyed, aud several
houses blown down
FROM GOOSE CREEK
That SO violent was the gale, trees two
teet In diameter were torn up by the ROOFS
from which the destruction in that nsighbor-
hooo may DC judged. Gaz.
Washington. Sett. 9.
We understand that the Presiden, has
conferred on MAJOR GEoRcE CRocsAN.
the Brevet rank Of Lieutenant CoioneI in
the army of the United States, to rank from
the Cd of August 1854 day which will
ever be conspicuous in the biography of this
youthful hero, while it affords memorable
proof of the gallantrv and Spartan valor of
the little oano under his command in che
fortress Of Sardusky.
M
Harrison, dated at Seneca Town, the
Head quarters of the North western Army.
as late as the 22d ult. at which time All
was well. General Harrison had lust re
turned from a visit to Conn, odore PERpv
who had arrived with his fleet, ten sail. off
Sandusky bay.
For the National h1teAhge,icer.
The publication Of General Turreau's
| letter to Mr.. Robert Smith, is fortunate
Irfsy vne "a inv
| whole tenor of It is exceedingly honorable tn
Mr.. Jefferson and to Mr.. Madison. and ex-
| culPates the republican party from the foul
| imPutation OF bias to French peitics. In
that view alone, it is document of ine,ti
uable value. But if we consider it in ot5e,
hskts, how infinitely precious does it appear
to the true friend of his country.
! For my own part, ] am ready to admit
that the French minister merited, for the
imPertinence of that letter, sharp and
| Tv,rtten reprimand. And the only question
as conceive, which can arise in the mind Of
any man on that point, is, from 7uho,a ourhf
| the refirinand to haze proceeded ? Cen.
lurreau, with shrewdness peculiar to the
French diplomatic school, cautiously guards
himself against the possibility of an official
admonItion from the American government
by expressly stating to Mr.. Smith, in the
letter itself, that it is a eiphie, unofficial
communication. Indeed, whoever peruses
with the slightest attention, vii, perceive
that the letter IS personal ahfeal to Mr..
Smith, by Gen. Turreau, from the impartial
Econduct of Mr.. Madison and his predeces.
sor. 1t is an effort on the part Of the Mi
mister OF France, to procure, THROUGH tke
agency of Mr.. Smith, a change in the coun-
ellis of America, less friendly to Great Bri-
tain, and less hostile to the French empire.
This light. in which every intelligent and
candid citizen will necessarily see the pro-
ducSion, enables us to determine who ourht
to have written the reDrima and which it cal
led for. 1t is Mr.: Stiith himself that should
have answered it. He, and nor tie adunf
nistratio1l was insnGed. The letter of
General Turreau distinctly applies to the
|" loyalty" of MIR. Smith IN behalf of
France, against presumed partially in
Mr.. Jefferson and Mr. Madison for England
This application clearly supposes, on the
part OF General Turreau, a belief that Mr.:
Smith was secretly devoted to French poll
tics, and shat he would be willing to be-
come, in che council Of which he was a
member, an instrument stir up dispositi-
ons more favorable to France than the Ge
neral knew topreyail there. 1t is this sup
position, so degrading to the personal dignitv
of MIR. Robert Smith, that he ought TO have
resented by an indignant reply in writing
He, more especially, was bound to do so.
because the government 7uas BARRED. MIR.
Madison. had he even read Gen. Turreau's
communication, could not have directed an
official anszoer TO an unofficial letter as
that in form and effect, would have been TO
let down the administration from its govern
mental respectability to the hriyate level of
Turreau. Whether Mr.. Smith ever did
make written reply, he best can tell
That he owed it to himself and to his sta
ton to do it, every ore will agree. We are
now certain that the French ORIGINAL of the
letter was returned to the Minister. The
return being the act of the government, did,
of itself. preclude an answer in an official
shape for, in diplomatic correspopdence
that which is returned to the writer is al.
ways understood to be unworthy of notice.
The case of Mr.. Jackson, which is attemp-
ted to be made parallel to that of General
Turreau, is very widely different. Mr..
Jackson's was an official letter--It was re
ceiUed as an official letter and in the first
instance, before he was discarded, he was
admonished to dcsist. II was not, in truth.
for the first nor the second letter, that Mr.,
Jackson was dismissed. 1t was for nereis-
| ting TO justify the insult, that he was sus
pended and sent home. Gen. Turreau
took care, after the return of his letter, not
10 refent IL. II he had, he would have been
| sent home too.
What could have led Gen. Turreau to
select Mr.. Smith, as the member of the
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